$7,000 in exchange for deleting all your progress in WoW. What would you do?

There are players of World of Warcraft whose playtime is not measured in hours or days, but in years. People who have lived inside the world created by Blizzard since its inception twenty years ago, and whose character has experienced great feats, met other adventurers, mourned losses, and equipped themselves with the most unusual pieces from Azeroth. And the question is… How much would it take for you to erase it all?

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World of Sadness

This is what happened to Cdew, a professional World of Warcraft player and Twitch streamer who was playing with his level 57 Rogue and receiving donations from fans, who were giving him new challenges. This was the case until MartianPig, another user, made a donation of 7000 dollars with a simple message he had to accept to keep the money: “Delete everything”. It sounds like the start of a Black Mirror episode, but I assure you it is very real.

Cdew said “No way, Martian”, before starting to think about what he would really lose, listing all his online belongings in exchange for real money. In fact, after a while he says he will accept it, but before doing so he turns around, choosing to keep his belongings. Many, in fact, believe that Cdew never even considered it at any point. Who knows, 7000 dollars can almost recover everything you’ve lost, right?

It’s curious the revival that World of Warcraft has had this year: after being considered even “outdated,” its Hardcore version has brought back players who crave a challenge, and the Netflix documentary The Singular Life of Ibelin (which could be nominated for an Oscar) has made everyone remember the best of an MMO excessively parodied over the years… clearly undeservedly.

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