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. Shudder's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DSRilk View Post
    Your definition is incorrect.
    http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...y-and-jealousy
  1. Heladys's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kryn View Post
    Nice gesture from Blizz. But expect more sour grapes from die hard Alliance fans who'll turn it into Horde Bias!
    No need to turn it into what it already is!
  1. Normercy23's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Belize View Post
    I'm pretty sure a lot of people, even those not in the WoW community get "You are not prepared."

    You must be one of those people that like the "You won't get/remember this if you were born in the 90s"....
    I seriously doubt anyone not in the WoW community get that reference in this context.. but thanks for your contribution to my reward.
  1. Belize's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Normercy23 View Post
    I seriously doubt anyone not in the WoW community get that reference in this context.. but thanks for your contribution to my reward.
    You're welcome? No need to be snub about it, you're just putting yourself down to the level of the entitled whiners....
  1. Veritus7's Avatar
    So is this going to be a thing for people at their 10 year anniversaries? Because mine is six months away....
  1. Bathory's Avatar
    I'd love to see the correlation between those who are actually getting the gift, versus those who are calling "horde bias".
  1. mmocac610ba31b's Avatar
    Anyone in Europe got one (or some notice)?

    Also holy crap, all these whiners are incredible!
  1. Ulgrim's Avatar
    I contacted Blizzard customer support about it, and they knew nothing about it. Apparently the people in charge of the product never informed the customer service department.
  1. Normercy23's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Belize View Post
    You're welcome? No need to be snub about it, you're just putting yourself down to the level of the entitled whiners....
    You are right..I am.. Ive read too many threads today I guess.. apologies to you. (some of the others maybe not so much)
  1. mmocac610ba31b's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Veritus7 View Post
    So is this going to be a thing for people at their 10 year anniversaries? Because mine is six months away....
    No, it says in the previous news post:
    To be eligible for this gift, a player must have created a World of Warcraft account within 60 days of the game's release in America or Europe.
  1. Triskaideka's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Veritus7 View Post
    So is this going to be a thing for people at their 10 year anniversaries? Because mine is six months away....
    It's more of a "you've been with us since the beginning, thanks for helping us to succeed!" reward than a personal 10 year anniversary reward. Based on the "if you made an account within 60 days of launch" snippet in the since-deleted support article, I *highly* doubt that they're going to send them out every time someone hits 10 years subbed time.
  1. Xargoth6634's Avatar
    There are like 2 up on eBay right now for $1k+ each. Yeah, good luck with that with all the other ones that will soon be flooding the market, sellers.
  1. Nutri's Avatar
    This is the first time I've regretted selling my 2005 account in 2009, and starting anew in 2010.
  1. CrusaderNerò87's Avatar
    Great statue! Im saying this as a Alliance player. I have wished for a long time about a statue from the wow universe, and this would be cool to get! I cant seem to find anyone I like or dont cost ALOT of money.

    But I dont really remember how long after wow came out that I got the game.. I know it was quite some time before TBC came out. lol I have played this game very long now.. Cant remember at what time I started :P

    But nevertheless, this is a cool gesture from Blizzard and a big congratulation to those who get it! Big props!
  1. Belize's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ulgrim View Post
    I contacted Blizzard customer support about it, and they knew nothing about it. Apparently the people in charge of the product never informed the customer service department.
    What? How... I mean blizz is big, but it's not 10 000 people big, an email shouldnhave at least been sent to CS....
  1. Goron24's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kasmyn View Post
    I would love to know how many they actually sent out. I missed this by a lot subbed July of '05 and I let my sub lapse a few times when I got bored with the game *coughMoPcough* :P grats to anyone who receives one A little jealous here :P
    Yes it has to have been constant. Pretty lame for 10 years of active subscription/loyalty and money
  1. Laerrus's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by HammondQ View Post
    Horde biased hunk of horseshit. Should have been something faction neutral like a hearthstone replica.

    Way to alienate half your player base. Why would an alliance player want a statue of some random orc!?
    Not this again

    You do know that Metzen mains a Human Paladin don't you? A bunch of the other Devs also Main Alliance toons too. So tell me again how that makes them Horde biased?
  1. Video Games's Avatar
    I wish I had gotten one so I could sell that useless thing on ebay.
  1. Art3x's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Goron24 View Post
    Yes it has to have been constant. Pretty lame for 10 years of active subscription/loyalty and money
    It has more or less been confirmed that it doesn't have to be constant, read some of the posts on pages 9 and 10.
  1. dreaderus's Avatar
    Been subbed since Day 1 in 2004, had the odd lapse here and there over the years where sub ran out due to CC changing or otherwise a break for a month or so.

    No email, no confirmation, and nothing tracking on the website. I am from Canada, not sure if it would route through UPS for Canada mind you but I am assuming this.
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