World of Warcraft players throw tournament for Turkey earthquake relief

It is common to see fantasy movies, books and games featuring a big tournament that has high stakes. The tournaments in both grim medieval worlds or high-concept fantasy universes are filled with giant turkey legs and banners. It’s a comforting staple of the fantasy genre, and it’s one that World of WarcraftIn June, players were recreated to raise money for the victims of the February earthquake between Turkey and Syria.

Northeron Games was created in Epsilon by Roleplayers. It is a creative server, where users can create their own scene with existing scenes. World of Warcraft assets. These games gave role-players an opportunity to bring the Horde and Alliance closer after years of conflict and war — and allowed them to reach out to other players over platforms like Twitter and Discord to raise both awareness and more than $2,000 in funds for Doctors Without Borders to aid those affected by the earthquake and its aftermath.

Belethe Gwetha and the other members of Belethe Gwetha belong to the World of Warcraft role-play community. “Gwetha and I grew close to a community member of Epsilon who was affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and whose family had been affected by its destruction,” Belethe told Polygon. In February, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that affected more than 15,000,000 people struck. Belethe & Gwetha organized Northeron Games in order to honor and raise funds for a friend.

Image: Blizzard Entertainment via Fence Macabre

Northeron Games, a collaborative effort between role-playing groups and their fans. Fence MacabreYou can also read about the Honeyhearth Clan. The concept was straightforward: World of WarcraftInstead of exploring dungeons or slaying giants, heroes attended a 3-day Scottish Highland Games tournament? This event was based on Warcraft’s Wildhammer dwarves, who ride gryphons, wield elemental powers, and drink copious amounts of ale.

Fence Macabre is a role-playing veteran guild that represented Horde. They brought in more gamers to play. “We had a little of everything; there were the contest games themselves, where characters could win actual trophies that they could spawn in their homes,” says Gwetha. “We had vendors for market RP, and live performances.”

Some players, like an artist named CalriaThey also had live booths that would allow players to draw their own character portraits while they patiently waited. Another player, BeekDuring the whole event, the bar was kept staffed so that ale could be served. “We had 35 people who helped, from being RP vendors, phase builders, game facilitators, volunteer moderators, RP facilitators and performers, and another 10 who were artists that contributed over 25 art commission slots that we auctioned off,” says Belethe.

Image: Blizzard Entertainment via Fence Macabre

Epsilon’s moderation tools ensured that everything stayed on track, despite the moving parts. The moderation tools were very useful, especially when visitors tried to disrupt the event. “Epsilon allows us to remove people from the phase and make it to where they can’t easily enter it again,” says Belethe. “If this was on the Wyrmrest Accord or any other live WoW server there is no real way for people like us to prevent griefing and trolling the way we can on Epsilon.”

Epsilon can be enhanced by mods created by members of the community who wish to enhance its base features. Arcanum is an Epsilon mod created by Mindscape. Role players used it at Northeron Games in order to participate in unique and exciting games, such as gryphon racing and obstacle courses. Mindscape, an Epsilon mod created by Mindscape exclusively for private clients to create the fantasy tournament environment.

The Northeron Games were a good example of how a game can be called a “game” but still have nuances. World of WarcraftCommunity members can work together to inspire others with acts of kindness and sacrifice.