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Thank you Dyrus, Voyboy, Scarra and Blizzard.
So I would like to start by stating I am terrible at writing things like this, but I felt like I should. I am a childhood cancer survivor who was granted 2 Wishes through Make a Wish Foundation. Yes, you're reading that right, I said 2. Apparently, you can get one for each life threatening illness. I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia when I was 14. I managed to beat the Leukemia through chemotherapy (albeit only temporarily) and got my first wish. About 6 months later, I relapsed (I am guessing here, its been so long now, that its sometimes difficult to remember when a lot of it happened). This time, a bone marrow transplant was my only hope. I ended up getting Graft Versus Host Disease because of having the transplant. The thing that had saved my life, had now put it back at risk. This was when I got the second wish. If you're curious what the wishes were, the first was to take my family and go to Disney World. The second wish was just for me, and I had a computer built.
I guess my main point I wanted to make here is thank you Blizzard for hosting an amazing event like this, and Dyrus, Voyboy and Scarra for taking part. It puts a huge smile on my face knowing you guys have done this to help other sick children. I know I will remember my wishes for the rest of my life, and this is all thanks to people and companies like you, who donate their time and or money to help make a sick child's wish come true. It also helps that you guys have brought a lot of good publicity to one of my favourite games, it has been much needed imo.
EDIT: Small over sight on my part. I was diagnosed on June 16th 2002 and had the Transplant on Friday, June 13th 2003. I have had a lot of complications afterwards, but if you go 2 years post transplant without relapsing they consider you cured. Here I am, almost 15 years later.
EDIT2: Apologies to the other regions who also did this that I wasn't aware of. I never meant to skip people. Thank you to them, and all the high end players who helped teach them the ropes of HoTS. Anyone who is willing to help raise money, or straight up donate time and/or money to the Make a Wish Foundation are amazing people.
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Yep, here you go! http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20766463/tryhard-for-good-the-competition-wraps-up-5-16-2017
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True on all accounts! The coaches did awesome! And the EU players that participated are also A+++++.
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Secret onion slicing pow wow? You're all invited!
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Thank you for sharing your story, it takes courage to conjure up those memories and share them like this. The Make-A-Wish cause is a tremendous one, and with two kids of my own, I cannot imagine ever being in need of their foundation. But knowing it is there and the work they are doing is truly moving.
The work that Dyrus, Voyboy, and Scarra put in during this fundraising was Herculean, way above the call, and was inspiring to see their dedication to this cause. Major kudos to them, I am total #FanBoi mode now.
Also just dropping a huge nod and thank you to our company for their involvement and support for this idea and the Make-A-Wish Foundation in general. We frequently have kids and families here visiting Blizzard for their wishes, and people jump at the chance to volunteer when we know they're coming.
Here's to more support for programs like these in the future! cheers