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Thankyou for posting that article dhew, it was very informative. At first I was aghast at a number like 190k gold but if the conversion is only $700 I believe that is reasonable. Good for the guy.

Personally I think hes crazy for giving it to his *girlfriend*, why not keep it for himself!!! :P What if they break up....

Blizzard needs to remove the mount and ban that player. Romantic or not they broke the TOS openingly

does anyone read the comments that are already written? 4 times: worldfirst? 7 times: some sort of illness and so on...
give this a try:
think-read-write.

Not being funny but isnt this item BOP?

I have seen Ashes of Al'ar 2 times on EU Server (Dunemaul), they said it droped from Kael'thas (think ^-^ Dont remember so well) and that they we're the lucky rollers ^-^. So why is this such big news? Is it cause he bougth the mount for a buttload of gold? xP

I think it was very sweet for the guy to get his girlfriend the mount, and anyone who has negative comments because the game doesnt work the same everywhere should just keep them to themselves. I have been playing WOW for about a year and didn't even know about the phoenix mount, I am glad the girl got it, and that they are in an awsome guild! Good luck to them on many future WOW conquests and victories! And good luck to her in school and many futre endeavors to them both!

Chipje on Jaedenar EU (Alliance), has the phoenix to. :)

rudeness is weak. these two different accounts of the phoenix mount...it's interesting, but it is not cause to say ugly things. i am happy for both recipients that they got their mounts. the chinese account sounds like buying gold from a gold seller, but i wasn't there i can't say. and just because lots of people do it...you're still running the risk of banishment. i'm not judging them, i'm just saying that's the facts. as for the case where the recipient is terminally ill...folks, why shouldn't blizz do something like that? someone who truly loves the game and is not going to be around much longer?? come on, now. i'm still going to slog my way to mount hyjal and black temple anyway, and count myself lucky i'm still relatively healthy. i'm just happy his guild was at that end of the progression, so they could take that young man, with blizz's help, through to the end.

i cant even save up the 5k to get my epic flyer...i cant imagine how long it mustve taken to get 190k XD

If you're going to criticise other's ability to speak English at least use some grammar...

Actually he was a full member of this guild but the guild decided that if the mount would drop, people would have to buy it with guild instead of dkp/roll (w/e the guild uses).

So in other words, what was seemingly a romantic gesture is cause for jealous remarks fom players from other parts of the world?

Shows alot about the world...

hmm, I think you misunderstood a bit here; the guy PAID 190, 000G for this mount. The kid dying from cancer who got the mount from the GMs is a completely different person =)