Gift to Veteran Players: Orc Wolf Rider Mini-Statue

Update (8:00 PM EST): According to the official post, all US and EU emails have gone out.
Update: Added official information. EU emails are starting to go out. There are a few reports of players getting one with small lapses in their subscription.

Gift to Veteran Players: Orc Wolf Rider Mini-Statue
The first people have started receiving their veteran gifts! The statue is an orc riding a wolf; it is a miniature version of the one located outside the Blizzard HQ. Credit to @thebl4ckd0g for the picture of the statue itself and Smitti for the picture of the inscription on the base.



Anniversary Gift
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We've been secretly working on creating a one-time gift to celebrate the WoW Anniversary, and it's now on its way to players that have been with us since the beginning. Emails have been sent to North America and Oceanic players to their registered address, which will include shipment tracking info. Our players in Europe will receive a similar email, and their shipments are expected to begin in the next few weeks.

If you're an NA region player (US, Canada, Oceania, Latin America) the receipt of an email is confirmation that you met the criteria to receive an Anniversary celebration gift. Emails have not yet begun to be sent out to our European players, but we'll start sending them soon. Shipment of the gift to EU players will begin in the next few weeks.

Criteria required to receive the gift:
  • Started playing WoW within 60 days of the game launch in your region
  • A continuous subscription for all 10 years, from launch to the Anniversary

We're thankful for everyone that chooses to spend time in Azeroth with us, and hope that this small token of appreciation expresses our gratitude to those few of you that have achieved the incredible milestone of playing World of Warcraft for all these 10 years.

[Update] All notification emails have been sent to NA and EU region recipients.

Support Article
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker)
As a way to thank our most loyal World of Warcraft players, we are sending a physical gift to players that have stuck with us since the very beginning. Eligible players have received an email at their registered Battle.net email address. If you did not receive an email, your account does not qualify for this gift.

These gifts have been sent to the physical address associated with eligible Battle.net accounts. To be eligible for this gift, a player must have created a World of Warcraft account within 60 days of the game launching in the NA or EU regions, and maintained their subscription or game time for all ten years.

Eligible players in the North American region, along with eligible Oceanic players, have been sent tracking information for the gift. Eligible players in Europe will receive tracking information when their gift ships later this month. If the shipping address on that email is incorrect, you will need to contact us with your updated information.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Gift to Veteran Players: Orc Wolf Rider Mini-Statue started by Simca View original post
Published on 2015-01-16 04:10 PM
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  1. Dudemanguy's Avatar
    That's a pretty badass statue. Grats to those who've received the gift.
  1. mmoc53cef85bc4's Avatar
    I started playing on release day in Europe but I haven't been a subscriber the entire time so I guess that excludes me. I like that they rewards their loyal fans.
  1. Protonet's Avatar
    I started playing 3-4 months after release so it´s sad not to receive one. But it´s fair enough that the most dedicated players get a reward for sticking around.
    Congratulations to all the lucky players out there
  1. Animist Primal's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DSRilk View Post
    It seems it's possible to receive the gift without having received notice. You can actually check the UPS website searching for your name and zip (under Track by Reference). This won't tell you if you're supposed to receive one, but it does seem to show something shipping from CA and headed my way, and I received no e-mail. The site is: http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/track?loc=en_US. Good luck!
    Did you have any lapsed sub time?
  1. Mang's Avatar
    Wow, that's actually pretty cool, I actually want one ;/

    Guess it's ebay for me
  1. Sidewinder's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DSRilk View Post
    It seems it's possible to receive the gift without having received notice. You can actually check the UPS website searching for your name and zip (under Track by Reference). This won't tell you if you're supposed to receive one, but it does seem to show something shipping from CA and headed my way, and I received no e-mail. The site is: http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/track?loc=en_US. Good luck!

    You sir are a saviour. Just checked on UPS and I have a shipment from Blizzard today. As far as my history, I have a closed beta account, with a period of two months June/July 2014 where I unsubbed during MOP. So it is confirmed that you can still receive the statue if you have unsubbed. Not sure as to what the cutoff will be to actually receive the statue, but at least 2 months is verified.
  1. aphistic's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Poshadin View Post
    There is a big difference between the two. The employee gift statue is about 25 pounds compared to the 7 pound one they gave to players.

    - - - Updated - - -



    I don't see any on ebay, and I am interested in buying one. If anyone here has one they want to sell PM me!
    Sure, $10,000.
  1. chase123's Avatar
    Has horde favoritism been mentioned yet?

    Personally I dont care for collectibles but it looks cool.
  1. WillFeral's Avatar
    Orc master race is now confirmed, thanks Blizzard!

    Lok'tar Ogar!
  1. Ickabob's Avatar
    That's a pretty badass gift, tho I feel bad for anyone who might have been just shy of the criteria required to qualify for it.
  1. mmoc420d930b3c's Avatar
    As good as Blizzard is with making games, they are really bad in how to promote themselves. This "gift or no gift" thing is a real turn off for most players, even many people who will receive it, don't like it and get angry. If they really wanted to reward loyality the right way, they should have made a robust veteran player system like some other games have. Ingame rewards for sub time etc.
  1. BankaiBilly's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DSRilk View Post
    It seems it's possible to receive the gift without having received notice. You can actually check the UPS website searching for your name and zip (under Track by Reference). This won't tell you if you're supposed to receive one, but it does seem to show something shipping from CA and headed my way, and I received no e-mail. Good luck!
    Can confirm! I never got a notification or anything but I just checked UPS and it looks like I have a package out for delivery today from CA!
  1. Poshadin's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DSRilk View Post
    It seems it's possible to receive the gift without having received notice. You can actually check the UPS website searching for your name and zip (under Track by Reference). This won't tell you if you're supposed to receive one, but it does seem to show something shipping from CA and headed my way, and I received no e-mail. The site is: http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/track?loc=en_US. Good luck!
    Did you put your full name under "Shipment Reference" and your country & zip?
  1. Shaderas's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by chase123 View Post
    Has horde favoritism been mentioned yet?

    Personally I dont care for collectibles but it looks cool.
    They had to make up for the Alliance favoritism for PVP this expansion. Horde is non existent in high rankings! (Sarcasm... mostly)
  1. Bylak's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Sidewinder View Post
    You sir are a saviour. Just checked on UPS and I have a shipment from Blizzard today. As far as my history, I have a closed beta account, with a period of two months June/July 2014 where I unsubbed during MOP. So it is confirmed that you can still receive the statue if you have unsubbed. Not sure as to what the cutoff will be to actually receive the statue, but at least 2 months is verified.
    What are you using in the "Shipment Reference" field?
  1. Embermoon's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Cybrok View Post
    First, fuck blizzard for saying fuck you to people who've played almost as long.
    Second, fuck blizzard for making it another horde piece of shit
    I can imagine Blizzard saying back: "Fuck you, for displaying the self-entitled, self-serving, "me me me me me" mentality. If we want to give a fucking gift, we have the fucking right to give it to whoever the fuck we want. You want gifts to go out to everyone, then YOU pay for them."

    On second thought, they'd probably never verbalize it, but they'd probably think it, before writing up a politically-correct blue post. Seriously though, the thing is just something else to collect dust. I'm not the least bit jealous of folks getting this.
  1. Psynyx's Avatar
    What an absolutely wonderful gift to those players who've been here, without missing any time, from day 1. You guys are part of why this game has been around so long and seen so many amazingly good and some bad things. I'm really happy for y'all that Blizzard decided to do something so incredibly nice for you. I really hope that you don't decide to sell your item on eBay. To me that's just rude.

    To those of you who are mad or upset that you didn't get this, just stop. Your self entitled behavior shows how little class you have. None of these people who've been here for so long, supported through thick and thin thought they were getting something 'special' for doing so.
  1. Danshot's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Bylak View Post
    What are you using in the "Shipment Reference" field?

    this, please inform me
  1. Sidewinder's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Psynyx View Post
    What an absolutely wonderful gift to those players who've been here, without missing any time, from day 1. You guys are part of why this game has been around so long and seen so many amazingly good and some bad things. I'm really happy for y'all that Blizzard decided to do something so incredibly nice for you. I really hope that you don't decide to sell your item on eBay. To me that's just rude.

    To those of you who are mad or upset that you didn't get this, just stop. Your self entitled behavior shows how little class you have. None of these people who've been here for so long, supported through thick and thin thought they were getting something 'special' for doing so.
    Unsubbed June and July 2014, still getting mine today. So it doesn't have to be uninterrupted service.
  1. Harpocrates's Avatar
    I wonder how many gold farmer accounts will receive this. Since we all see the damn gold seller for months because it was never banned
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