In all seriousness, it's good to see Activision is trying to gain some good fame, too bad they'll likely balance it with more of their crap.
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Want to own a World of Warcraft server blade for charity?
Next week, Blizzard is going to be doing some special charity auctions featuring retired server-blade hardware. These original World of Warcraft HP BladeSystem servers hosted hundreds of North American and European realms at one time. The company estimates a total of 2,000 server blades from roughly 500 different realms will be auctioned. Each one will be contained in a custom windowed case featuring the WoW logo. This case offers a view of the computer hardware inside and comes with a commemorative plaque signed by the development team. The server blades will be auctioned off on eBay in different batches over the next four weeks, with the first auction starting on October 17. A third-party company called Kompolt will be managing the auctions and the best part about this is that all proceeds will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. For more information on the auction schedule or the FAQ about the auctions, you can go here. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)St. Jude's and the kids are getting love. First, Smash Mouth (fails) to eat 24 eggs after raising 10k for St. Jude's, and now WoW will ebay the server blades. How ironic, a research center named off a saint will accept charity coming from unholy relics tainted by the lives of the damned, nice!
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