A Guild Wars fan lost his house and belongings in a fire. By chance, the developer of Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet, caught wind of it and helped with a generous donation.
Just before Christmas 2017, a serious accident occurred in the home of a Guild Wars player. A defective dryer caused a fire in which the player’s house and that of her parents was quickly consumed by flames.
The family lost almost everything. Even the pets perished in the fire.
After the firefighting operations, the player searched the rubble of her home for usable items. There she found a game from her collection that had emerged unscathed from the inferno: The Collector’s Edition of Nightfall, an expansion for Guild Wars 1.
Developers see post and help
A video of the intact Nightfall edition finding was posted by the player on Twitter, where the developers at ArenaNet became aware of it. They decided to help the player and asked her for an address to send her “a t-shirt”.
However, what was delivered was much more.
A package arrived with all parts of Guild Wars, all expansions in special editions, and a lot of other Guild Wars swag. Most of the items were signed by all the employees of the studio.
Money is coming too…
Well, a bunch of gaming stuff is surely comforting after such a disaster, but the family had of course other concerns. They needed to quickly find shelter and advance rent.
But ArenaNet was there as well: By now, there was a call for donations on the internet to raise $5,000 for the victims of the fire disaster.
ArenaNet contributed the lion’s share of over $3,500 as well. The player and her family were extremely happy about this. She wants to keep the new Guild Wars editions forever. However, in a fireproof container, as she notes on Reddit.
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