Blizzard Entertainment Inc is lending a helping hand to children with cancer and other childhood diseases by auctioning off server-blade hardware, originally used in the early days of World of Warcraft. The proceeds are going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Hewlett Packard® ProLiant server blades were, at one time, home to hundreds of realms.
“World of Warcraft realms are like the virtual neighborhoods of the game’s community — they contain the spaces where millions of players have made friendships, forged friendly rivalries, and created lasting memories,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Each winner in this auction will own a small monument to those collective experiences. The best part is that this auction benefits a great charity doing tremendous work in helping children from the U.S. and around the world.”
Are you pondering in what condition the servers will be in? Well I doubt they’ll just unplug it from the wall (I don’t know how these fandangle machines work) knock the dust off and hand them to you. They will be enclosed in a “custom windowed case featuring the World of Warcraft logo and offering a view of the computer hardware inside. They will also come with a commemorative plaque signed by the World of Warcraft team, making each one a true collector’s item.”
The auction starts October 17th and will run for 4 weeks on ebay.com.
