Robin Williams to be Given Memorial in World of Warcraft

[Shawn Zipay]

Thanks to the rapid efforts of an online petition, the late Robin Williams will be memorialized within World of Warcraft.

Williams, a once avid gamer and fan of games in general apparently played WoW quite a bit.

It was reported that Robin used to play on the Mannoroth server, and was something of a troll in trade on good days or when anonymity allowed. Mr. Williams said in interviews that he took his World of Warcraft characters very serious - in fact he was well known for being an extreme PC builder who preferred to build his own overclocked and super-cooled systems. He often joked about his WoW addiction but also about the reactions he'd get from other gamers when he admits he plays the game.

The petition requested that an NPC be added within the game that would perform some of the late comedian's best jokes "so that he may continue making us smile long after his passing."

A Twitter response to a Tweet made to WoW Technical Director, Chadd Nervig, said that he and the team did see the petition and that they are "taking care of it."