It Deserved a Post of Its Own
WoW is a game, the people in it are not. Here is how you touched the lives of some of them…
Well, the Running of Da Bulls is done. I’ve read each and every post left here. I’ve cried, I’ve smiled… I even laughed while crying any number of times. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done–this trying to get through the grief. But my heartfelt thanks to each person who took their time to send their wishes, to console us in our grief, to find a special way to honor Sharvan’s memory.
The Running was an amazing event and my daughter would have had more fun than you can imagine if she’d been able to go. My husband, son, and I ran. We mooed and we missed her. What more can we do? It was something Shar wanted, for us all to go and have fun. It is “just a game,” but the people behind the characters are real. Family WoW nights will never be the same, but this is a place where, in some strange way, I find a bit of solace. I play the little priest she made me pick back up, after letting her sit unplayed for a couple of years. Shar told me I had to level up to 70 so I could play with her…so now I play, I cry, I grieve, I miss my daughter, but I play because this is one thing I can do, when there is nothing more I can do about so many things.
To each member of AC and everyone else who thought of my daughter with kindness, thank you. For the help with the expenses of her passing, we thank you too. It is certainly not the act of anonymous players … it is the kindness and generosity of real people, with real lives, and great compassion.
We will honor my daughter’s memory on the night of May 17th. If you find yourself with a moment to light a candle in the darkness, whisper a “moo” to the moon, and wish her well on her journey, I know it won’t go unheeded.
To BRK & Ratshag – thank you both. You’re both amazing men and my family will never forget your kindnesses.
Good Hunting and Goddess Speed
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Thank you for letting us share our hearts with your family.
/moo
Tears of compassion are more precious than than any nectar. May our tears ease the sorrow of those who suffer…
/moo
OM AMI DEWA HRI
Well I didn’t know your daughter, but am a BRK blog reader, and have been following the posts…. I just have to say how moved I was to read your letter. I brought me to tears….
I do feel and share your grief.
/moo
for your daughter <3
Sometimes, people impress me so much. Days like yesterday could help renew a person’s faith in man. I’m sure I would have loved Sharvan, and I know I love the people involved in making such an immense dedication happen.
/moo!
Moo. =)
I made a movie of the run and it is quite wonderful to watch… but it wont render. I dont know why.
So, all thats left is:
moo
/target Moon
/moo
I am a casual reader of BRK, and hopelessly addicted to WOW. I am in a wonderful guild full of amazing people that I consider friends. I am also blessed to have a wonderful wife and family, who could care less about WOW.
What I have read and learned about this situation has touched me. It makes me wonder what kind of people it takes to get to where this guild and those people involved in Sharvan’s life and passing. I wonder what has happened to some of the people in our guild who have quietly stopped playing. How would we find them, how would we know if something important has happened in their lives?
Your loss has motivated me to do more in my guild to get to know these people I consider my friends, most whose real name I don’t even know. I don’t want us to hid behind anonymous names and WOW classes/professions.
It’s sad that it has taken a tragedy to do this, but what you can take from this is that you will cause a set of relationships to deepen to the point where your daughter’s and her friends in the Cenarion Circle are, and that love, loss, joy and pain can be shared by others.
I wish you hope in the grieving process. It’s the worst kind of loss when a parent has to bury a child, but know that she is in a better place, a wonderful place and that someday you will be united again. And you can moo your content when your are together again.
Thank you,
Ekister
Even through the sundry internet jerkyness. I was refreshing to see an event like this (even with some of that mixed in, oh well). Too often we get comfortable behind the anonymity and forget there is a real person at the other end. Also in general the mourning of a death sometimes forgets to celebrate the life, even one you didn’t know.
/moo
I am very glad that we were able to do something to honor Sharvan’s memory. My deepest sympathies continue to go out to you and your family.
And thanks for sharing this, Kitty.
No parent should ever have to outlive a child. Our prayers, thoughts, and tears are with you.
Peace.
/moo
All my love to your family – I can’t begin to imagine how you must be feeling. /love and /hugs.
/salute
/moo <3
I could not make it… And I am sorry for that, not only because it promissed to be huge fun, but also because I wanted to show my sympathy. It sounds odd doing that for a total stranger, but I felt it needed to be done.
But I’m very happy to see a small measure of comfort came from the run.
/moo
Sadly I couldn’t be there but I was sending out moo thoughts at the time. These few paragraphs were touching to say the least.
/moo
Wow, what a powerful letter. It brought a tear to my eye.
I would have loved to have been there to give out a “moo” salute, but sadly I was not.
/moo
I never met any of you, but your names have not been far from my mind these past weeks. I know your family by blood and family by wire will always miss those no longer with them. And that is the way it should be.
Goddess bless and keep you.
It’s hard to do this for an old male night elf. Especially when he was crying. But:
/moo
Elune bless you!
I am saddened that I was not able to make it, but am glad that it turned out to be such a fitting tribute, and one which will always honour the special person that exists both in and out of the game. Even though I am a total stranger, it is clear to me that Sharvan would have found this to be a wonderful event. And the letter above brought tears to my eyes.
/moo
I have always been hardcore Alliance, but what can I say. I now have a Tauren warrior to play. MOOO
[...] Good Hunting and Goddess Speed from BigRedKitty [...]
[...] MMOs hätten keine Community, die mit der damaligen vergleichbar ist, habe ich vor kurzem eine WoW-Geschichte gelesen, die ich ähnlich ergreifend fand. Nicht nur, dass diese Spieler einen riesigen World Event [...]
May 17th. What a day that will be…. It was the day that my sister was born in 1960 and the same day she passed away on last year.
Now, Sharv is added to this day’s remembrances.
“As long as one is remembered, one is never gone.”
/moo
[...] Here is a link to the letter. Letter to BRK and Ratshag [...]
/moo
Our deepest and sincere condolences.
We felt deeply touched. Even though only some of our members made the run but we all felt the /moo.
From everyone at The Kingdom Horde: /moon /moo
This is weird, I never new Sharvan herself, I read about her here in BRK’s blog, I don’t even know why I read this blog, I dont have a hunter, I am druid, but I enjoy the way BRK writes. I’m from Brazil and I also play this game, but as you said, this is just a game, but there are lots of real people behind it, and this is one of the most emocional thing I had in my life.
Ever since I read this history for the first time I was touched, losing someone is not an easy thing, but the spirit of everyone who joined the ROtB and the /moos for sharvan was something that I can’t express with my poor english… I really dont have words for this.
Sorry for your lost Sharvan’s mom and dad but keep in mind that your daughter is an awesome person, not everyone can have so many people sharing this feelings.
Marlus.
Ps: for BRK, very thank you for this moments too, keep your good work on the blog and in the guild
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
/moo
Jager
/moo
/cry
/moon
/moo
/sing “Praise You In The Storm (Casting Crown)”
/bow out
/hug
/moo
Powerful stuff
BRK & Ratshag – you guys are awesome
Mr & Mrs Moo – my hearfelt sympathies
/moo from England
When my Dad retired he began playing PC RPGs and his party would always include a Dwarf called Kozimoto. Our AD&D phase was just coming to an end when Dad retired but he still rolled a Dwarf Warrior and I DM’d a few solo Adventures for him. His proudest moment was when I arranged for his Dwarf to acquire the pet wolf he’d always wanted.
Dad would have loved WoW. He definitely would have rolled a Dwarven Hunter called Kozimoto, and at level 10 he would have tamed the first wolf he came across. Yes, Dad would have loved WoW. Unfortunately I didn’t start playing it until April 2005 and that was a month too late because Dad died the month before. With me living in Los Angeles and Dad still being in Australia, WoW would have been a way for us to spend more time together, even though we lived so far apart.
My heart goes out to Sharvan’s family. I’m glad you have something like WoW that you can enjoy as a family and help bring you all together. Now it’s something to help you remember your daughter and the good times you were able to spend with her.
/moo
Hey, i’ve been an on and off reader for over a year now. Im sorry i missed the running of the bulls, and i am also interested in who sharvan is an her story, where can i find that?
found it, it wasnt hard to find
http://www.bigredkitty.net/2008/04/23/for-sharvan/
for anyone else looking
/moo
/moo
<3