I don’t know who this player is, but they were having a bad day and were trying to get enough gold for a token so they could continue to play. I don’t always have the means / extra spoons to help out those around me in the way that they need, but in Warcraft I do, so I decided to send them 150k so they could get their token. I don’t think they expected me to actually do it. They had no idea who I was (I’m brand new to the server, I don’t even have a guild at the moment) and they were not asking me directly, but just commenting on trade chat.
It made their day, which in turn made my day. I like helping out where I can, and doing this in Warcraft is one of the very small ways I can help. I asked them to pay it forward in the future when someone else was having a bad day. I wrote them an in character note from my gnome merchant, and left the conversation at that.
Doing these small little random acts of kindness really puts me in a better frame of mind when the world is very dark and doesn’t seem like a good place. There IS goodness. I am a part of that. Even if it’s just in a video game, it’s going to be something that person remembers. Plus now they can keep playing, and honestly I can’t think of any better break from the real world than to go play in Azeroth.
Happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself.
A Pixel Nomad 