[IMG]http://forums.theeca.com/ http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/hordestein.jpg[/IMG]The earthquake that rocked Chile last weekend killed hundreds and affected the lives of thousands more. [URL=http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=21788]Zam has a story[/URL] on how the survival of a game-related accessory contributed a little hope to one of the quake’s survivors.

A 33-year old woman gamer named Karen, who lives in Santiago, was playing Guitar Hero: Metallica with friends when the quake hit. Many of her possessions were strewn about and destroyed as a result of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake, but the survival of one specific object, a World of Warcraft Blood of the Horde stein, gave her a reason to believe that the rest of her family in Chile had survived the quake intact.

She wrote an email to the [URL=http://www.3point.com/]Taverncraft[/URL], the stein’s maker just days after the disaster, writing:

[INDENT]All i wanna say that you made a good product and little stein give me hope, and have family in Concepcion and the other region that are the most affected for the earthquake and when I see the stein without a scratch for me was like ... yeah maybe my family made it too... that day I couldn't sleep... and only yesterday i have news all my family from the south are alive :)

[/INDENT]Karen also told Zam that she and her friends have continued to play games as a way to get through the aftermath of the earthquake.

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