MMOs tend to function, more or less, as enormous mechanisms for competition. PvP, being the first to a particular raid, pulling off troubling works of deception in EVE Online—this is what I associate with the phrase 'massively multiplayer'. But sometimes, the stars align and players come together to do something truly nice for each other.
A Reddit user and Old School RuneScape player going by Gr3g1n4t0r posted to the game's community subreddit yesterday that it had "been a year since my son, Zeke, has passed away." The player's son had been born prematurely, but "held on for almost 4 months until he sadly passed away."
