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Curt Schilling enters EverQuest

Boston Red Sox pitcher to appear as a loot-dropping virtual bad guy for three days in June.

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that Curt Schilling will appear as a bad guy in EverQuest II during June 5, 6, and 7. The baseball star will exist in the virtual online world as an epic, loot-dropping virtual baddie who will battle players who cross his path. Anyone can register and sign up to battle Schilling online, while the event coincides with the three days of the Yankees versus Red Sox baseball series.

The event is taking place to support the ALS association, with $5 (£3) being donated every time a player defeats the virtual Schilling. Players can also type '/ALS' during the game to make donations to the foundation that assists sufferers of Lou Gehrig's disease, named after the legendary baseball player. Schilling's son will be the first person to battle his virtual dad on June 5.

27 Comments

  • lagrav

    Posted Jun 3, 2006 6:27 am GMT

    oh man i wish i had EQ2 now so i can kill schilling...stupid red sox

  • Brother_GriMM

    Posted Jun 2, 2006 4:11 am GMT

    stuff like this has been hapenning for ages, i mean celebs in games is nothing new, but it's still damn cool and for a worthy cause too!, hell i don't see WOW offering anything to charity, probably because Blizzard are too busy counting their subscription money and banning players for having 'too much fun' to be bothered with things like that

  • atuline

    Posted May 25, 2006 3:37 pm GMT

    The 'Advanced Squad Leader' community would also like him back as well. After all, he does own Multiman Publishing, the publisher to that WWII based boardgame.

    Oops, did I say boardgame on Gamespot?

  • nintendorocks

    Posted May 24, 2006 8:05 pm GMT

    Wow, that's......interesting. Well, I might just sign up to Everquest to kill Curt Schilling. I'm a Yankee fan. BTW, the Yankees won the series 2 games to 1. =) Glad to see Sony is raising money for Lou Gehrig's disease. Very new and interesting concept.

  • marc_man3001

    Posted May 24, 2006 2:33 pm GMT

    lol Curts on that evercrack? raid on schilling?

  • NeoJedi

    Posted May 24, 2006 12:59 pm GMT

    That is actually very cool of Schilling.

  • Kcube

    Posted May 24, 2006 12:33 pm GMT

    I wish they would do this kind of thing more often.Like when David Bowie was Lurking around SWG..Was pretty cool to say the least.

  • skemaal

    Posted May 24, 2006 11:42 am GMT

    He's been a fan of EQ for a long time. I remember him doing a review in PC Gamer a few years back for an expansion for EQ1 (don`t remember which one though). I think he also did an editorial in that magazine too about how he loves EQ.

  • Blazer88

    Posted May 24, 2006 11:37 am GMT

    For a good cause so I guess it's ok.

  • orthancstone

    Posted May 24, 2006 10:58 am GMT

    WoW killer? LOL, yeah...right .

    As has been pointed out, this makes sense given how big a fan he is of EQ. Arod? Dunno, does Arod have a blatently public record showing how much a fan of the game he is? Doubt it.

  • metdevthegamer

    Posted May 24, 2006 8:29 am GMT

    Heh heh, this story reminds me of this for some reason:

    http://www.dkvine.com/features/images/ssb2_iceicebaby.jpg

    It's going to suck if more and more celebrities are going to start appearing in video games; only if we could in anyway kill them virtually would it be halfway neat.

  • Ikthog

    Posted May 24, 2006 8:10 am GMT

    Can you say "WoW killer"? Finally, the edge EQII needs to topple the giant. Once we get more real-life people in there -- a raving Tom Cruise shooting death rays from his alien second head while screaming "I LOVE THIS WOMAN!!!", Dick Cheney in hunter's garb picking off players with his shotgun, maybe Tiger Woods offering access to the clubhouse (replete with Tiger branded armor and weapons) if you can beat his score... EQII will finally be teh awesome.

  • Corvin

    Posted May 24, 2006 7:38 am GMT

    I hope this doesn't start some sort of trend

  • roadrunner1178

    Posted May 24, 2006 7:08 am GMT

    Cool! Great way for Schilling to give back to his fans and raise money for a good cause.

  • SachielMyAngel

    Posted May 24, 2006 7:06 am GMT

    I demand pictures!

  • fat_shark

    Posted May 24, 2006 6:39 am GMT

    Is this the evolution of the celebrity Dunk Tank? :->

  • NRIAgent

    Posted May 24, 2006 6:05 am GMT

    Couldn't it be Arod instead? Curt's a good guy, not a bad guy! Though it's for a good cause... Maybe I can stomach it...

  • dwmorrow

    Posted May 24, 2006 6:05 am GMT

    Huh, I had no idea Curt was an Evercrack fan.

  • gmfh

    Posted May 24, 2006 5:05 am GMT

    This isn't suprising, considering that Schilling is a die-hard EQ fan. I remember him writing reviews for some of the the EQ add-ons for PC Gamer.

  • End_this_day

    Posted May 24, 2006 5:04 am GMT

    If schilling spends less time doing stuff like this he might not have 4 or 5 starts in a row when he gets whiplash from watching all the fluff balls he throws sail over his head and out.

  • NinjaFoot

    Posted May 24, 2006 4:53 am GMT

    Chappelle as a monster in WoW? Maybe he could reprise his role as Blackzilla from his show!

  • Lauryn2000

    Posted May 24, 2006 4:25 am GMT

    Shilling is doing a good thing especially this will help donate money to the ALS-Lou Gerigs Disease.

  • twoism

    Posted May 24, 2006 4:16 am GMT

    They should put more celebs in the game. And have them control their own characters!

  • SaintSadistic

    Posted May 24, 2006 4:02 am GMT

    Interesting idea, I knew someone was bound to put it to good use some day.

  • Strike_Zer0

    Posted May 24, 2006 4:01 am GMT

    Wow that's kinda weird. But yeah its for a good cause so I guess its all cool.

  • Splitwaveyo

    Posted May 24, 2006 3:48 am GMT

    Wow, I guess it's for a good cause though. Funny how he likes EQII so much, just hope he wasn't getting paid to say that.

  • Fusekazuki

    Posted May 24, 2006 3:17 am GMT

    Wow, while for a good cause does anyone else think it's a little hokey? This is gonna pave the way to allow other celebs to hock their wares so to speak. Well Schilling in EQ2 I demand to see Dave Chapelle as a monster in WoW!

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