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Perfect Ten
When a beloved friend, family member, hero, or role model dies, we feel the pain of that loss and grieve in many different ways. Part of that grieving and healing process is often entails those left behind constructing some sort of tribute to the dearly departed. Sometimes this comes in the form of a shrine of flowers, sometimes it's the establishment of a charity, and sometimes it's creating an in-game memorial that thousands if not millions of people will see over the course of years.

So while death and illness are depressing topics to dwell upon, I find the many MMO tributes that studios and even gamers have erected to be inspiring and a celebration of individual players' lives. With the help of my fellow Massively staffers, I researched 10 wonderful in-game tributes that serve to honor the lives of fellow gamers.

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As most people have heard by now, a massive earthquake struck the Sichuan province of China four days ago, killing 12,000 people and leaving as many as 18,000 more missing. The colossal tragedy shocked not only the Chinese, but all the people of the world.

Players of the Chinese MMO Zu Online were no exception. Without any prior planning, they collected together in the game's wuxia fantasy setting -- the mythic past of the the very region struck by this week's terrible disaster -- to mourn those lost in the earthquake, and to pray for their families.

A Zu player put together a tribute video, cross-cutting between footage from the in-game memorial service and photographs from the media coverage of the disaster, and posted it on the game's official forums. It's a noble tribute to the deceased. Watch it if you feel compelled.

[Via MMORPG]

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As shown in a recent One Shots, there was a gathering of Amarr in memoriam of a thousand days passing since the death of Emperor Doriam II in EVE Online. This is another image from that in-game gathering, sent to us by Rodj Blake, that we wanted to show off today. The large structure in the center of the planet is the Emperor Family Academy, where the memorial was held, and if you look at the full-size image, you can make out some of the approximately 70 ships in attendance as a semi-circle of dots on the right-hand side of the station. (And to think -- most of the "dots" are larger-sized ships!)

Do you have a screenshot of an in-game event that you attended? Perhaps just some fun RP event that you and your guild sponsored? If so, send those screenshots in to us at oneshots AT massively DOT com. Yours could be featured next!

Gallery: One Shots

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Today we actually have a really great explanation of just what was going on in the EVE Online screenshot above. Since Rodj Blake, CEO of PIE (Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris) was kind enough to send a full description, we're turning it over to him!

Last Sunday, players of EVE Online gathered in the Amarr solar system to commemorate a thousand days since the death of Emperor Doriam II. Various members members of the Amarr RP community gave speeches whilst outside the main station in the system (the Emperor Family Academy) a fleet of around seventy Amarrian ships gathered. This image showshow part of the fleet (led by two Navy Issue Apocalypse-class battleships and a Paladin-class Marauder) in close up, orbiting the station line astern.

Do you have screenshots of either player-run or GM-run events? If so, we'd love to see them. Just send them to us here at oneshots AT massively DOT com. Your screenshots could be the next ones featured here!

Gallery: One Shots

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Today we'd like to share with you a memorial that not all that many new World of Warcraft players may have ever seen -- or if they've seen it, they may not know the story behind it. This One Shot comes from Litamay from the Lightbringer server, who popped by to see the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior, which features the only named resurrection angel in-game -- and one that is visible while your character is alive. She writes:

[This is an image] of the shrine in the Barrens dedicated to the dev who passed away during development.

We've often thought that this was a nice touch to memorialize Michel Koiter's contributions to WoW. We certainly thank him and the rest of the team for bringing such a great game to the rest of us.

Do you know of an out-of-the-way place in your favorite game? Perhaps you just know of a great view? Whatever your reasons, grab some screenshots and send them to us here at oneshots@massively.com! Yours could be next!

Gallery: One Shots

MassivelyOne Shots: A Barrens memorial originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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