Was WoW's "tribute" to Robin Williams a money grab?

[gergroy]

Nicklesbe said:

DakonBlackblade said:

The trial is permanent, you just cant pass level 20 and its more than lieklly hell be on Orgrimmar and/or Stormwind. But this post explained al, youre a veteran woW player who doesnt liek the direction the game took in the last few years/ xpacs. I played WoW from BC to start of MIsts, stopped cause of real life dont allowing enought time anymore, Ive seen enought of your type to understand the reasoning behind this post, there used ot be a dozen post in this vein proclaming how Blizzard is Evil and wanted to sdestroy the playerbase and milk ppls money dailly on WoW forums. This pretty much settles everything, at least I know youre not crazy just a hatter.

The only one so far that has said Blizzard is evil is you. You are so blinded bt your bias that you don't even understand the point. They are profiting off his likeness, that is a fact, He is behind a paywall, that is a fact. Does that make Blizzard evil? No it just mkaes them greedy dicks just like every corporation. I get it you love them but ya gotta start accepting things for what they are and stop deluding yourself.

Do you know where the robin williams npc is going to be?  If he is anywhere in the free portion of the game (main wow or burning crusade) it obviously wouldnt be behind a paywall.

if it isnt, i still wouldnt consider it a cash grab.  I cant imagine anybody that would actually pay money just to go visit an npc character in an mmo.  That would be a waste of time and money even for the biggest robin williams fan.  Seems more like a tribute to the man and an easter egg for the current player base.  The premise of this threads seems overly dramatic to me...