Blizzard auctions off old server hardware for charity: You can't actually own a piece of Azeroth, because the virtual World of Warcraft doesn't actually exist -- sorry, ThrallFan6969, it's true. But this is probably your closest chance to the fake thing: Blizzard is auctioning off a group of actual hardware server blades that were used to run the popular MMO in the past, which means that for a price, you can own the circuits and silicon that served up all of those boars, dwarves, and elves.
All of the money raised in the auctions is going to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. All in all, about 2,000 server blades will be auctioned off, and you can even aim to buy one from a specific realm -- the actual hardware where your very own characters once resided! Each blade will be mounted in a windowed case adorned with the WoW logo, and the hardware displayed prominently.
The auctions start on October 17 (just a few days before BlizzCon), and are being sold off in four different rounds. If you're going for your very own slice of the closest thing to Azeroth in the world today, good luck.
Blizzard auctions off old server hardware for charity originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. HERO ME
