World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 10 | Page 45

World of Warcraft Community Magazine // 45

their own gain within our fictional
universe. Blueberrie was one of
those rare souls, one who just
wanted to be there for everyone
else, she truly was selfless.
Sometimes we forget that even
though we are just playing a
game, that the people we play
with everyday are a different kind
of family. The kind you wonder
about when they don’t show up
to a raid, or the kind you worry
about when you haven’t seen
what kind of person they were,

her questing when the Burning

them online for a while. It’s not

it was extraordinary. It brought

Crusade first came out. Every

often we meet in real life those

tears to my eyes as I watched

single person there remembered

we play with: occasionally some

the Valley of Strength, filled with

how she was kind to them and

do, maybe at a WoW Meet or a

characters of all levels, slowly

how she wanted nothing more

Blizzcon; but when you do, you

getting down on one knee.

than to show her compassion

have a face to put to a voice in

for her fellow players. You don’t

vent, mannerism to attach to their

So if you’re not wondering already,

meet someone like that everyday;

avatar, and they become more

I’m talking about Blueberrie.

someone who has no concern for

real to you. As I sat here going

Mind you, she had many alts on
many servers, both Horde and
Alliance, but I knew her as Blue.
I met her about 4 years ago, only
to find out a while later that she
lived only an hour away from me.
Her and her husband had played
WoW together for years, long
before I knew the game existed.
I heard stories this afternoon, as
we walked slowly on our mounts
around Grommash Hold, of
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