On behalf of Duriel the Maggot King, Diablo 4 developer Blizzard is donating 30 million maggots to “birds present process remedy and rehabilitation” at a UK-based charity.
Blizzard introduced the charity drive in a tweet on Monday, explaining that “for each 25 likes on this submit we’ll donate 45,000 maggots to birds present process remedy and rehabilitation at Twiggywinkles UK,” a specialist wildlife hospital, for this yr’s Earth Day. “Ship hundreds of thousands of maggots to meat their maker,” reads the announcement.
Duriel the Maggot King has enlisted you to assist sacrifice his horde.For each 25 likes on this submit we’ll donate 45,000 maggots to birds present process remedy and rehabilitation at @TiggywinklesUK.Ship hundreds of thousands of maggots to meat their maker. pic.twitter.com/YYmwdaHIZ4April 22, 2024
The principles of the occasion stipulated that, by way of April 22 at 11:59 PDT, Blizzard would donate a bucket of maggots, apparently round 45,000 per bucket, to Twiggywinkles, with the utmost donation being, naturally, 666 buckets. Nicely, folks appreciated the ever-loving crap out of that submit, and the charity rapidly reached 500 thousand maggots, after which 1,000,000, after which three million, and so forth till the utmost of 30 million maggots was reached just some hours after kicking off.
Apparently, that is sufficient to feed the animals at Tiggywinkles for 2 entire years, which is fairly cool! And in line with somebody on Twitter who is aware of one thing about shopping for maggots for fishing, the little buggers do not come low-cost. In a reply to Blizzard, the Twitter person stated the associated fee would come out to roughly $1 per like, which on the time of writing would equal about $19 thousand {dollars}, though that may very well be factoring in likes that got here in after the cutoff. “Can you place a worth on the enjoyment of consuming maggots!?” Blizzard replied.
Basic grossness apart, this can be a real good deed by Blizzard on Earth Day, and I am simply completely satisfied to listen to all the hungry little birds are being well-fed. It is virtually sufficient to forgive Duriel for killing my Diablo 4 character so many occasions… virtually.
