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Re:The Wi Flag -Turns out some players in Asheron's Call wer... by berkle4455 on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:37PM (#34744621)
Sorry, who is Wi?
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Re:The Wi Flag -Turns out some players in Asheron's Call wer... by johnnyo on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:41PM (#34744672)
"Wi" was An early player of the game that was the a victim of the bug. His character's name was Wi, and the bug was named after him.

I remember people theorizing it was due to a short name (only 2 characters), and so would create longer usernames to try and avoid the "curse"

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