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Thank you for the kind words, everyone! I've been sitting on this one for a while and have been eager to share it. I'm glad you all liked this track and the work the team has done this season. I think this season has some of the most interesting and eclectic music in the game yet, and it's all a team effort. More to come!

I would appreciate it if everyone could refrain from internet squabbling at least once in this thread. Thank you.

As I mentioned in another comment, this is simply a nice gesture that I'm doing for my friend whose presence in my life meant a great deal to me. I and many others who knew him have contributed the bulk of the money raised so far, but because what he did for a living was public facing, I thought it would be nice to extend the invitation to do something nice for his family to anyone else whose life he touched, whether they knew him personally or not. I know I can't prove it by a comment on the internet, but I set this up with the blessing of Stan's wife and she is the only person who will have access to the money. There's no obligation here and you are free to ignore it.

Stan was never an employee at ArenaNet. He, like many game composers and musicians in general, was a freelancer. While I don't know the inner workings of his finances, being a freelancer is inherently unpredictable. His passing was very unexpected, and this is simply a nice gesture from someone (me) whose life he helped change for the better in an effort to give something back.

I'm me, don't worry :).

Hello everyone. As some of you may have seen over the last couple of weeks here and elsewhere on social media, Stan LePard, composer and orchestrator for Guild Wars 2, the Halo series, Destiny, and many other titles from Microsoft, PopCap, and others, passed away unexpectedly. Stan was a good friend as well as a colleague, and he had been working on Guild Wars 2 right up until the present day with the Icebrood Saga.

I've set up a fund to help support his family as they recover from this awful situation. If you are able, I'd greatly appreciate a donation of any amount. After GoFundMe takes out their fees, 100% of the money will go to Stan's wife.

I know Stan would really appreciate the support the community has shown for him and his music in the last few weeks. Thanks for reading.

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Hi everyone. Thanks for all the kind words about Stan, both here and on Twitter. I'm absolutely devastated by this news, but it's been amazing to see the outpouring of support from the community.

Stan was a fundamental piece of Guild Wars 2's music post launch, in ways that are hard to quantify. I'm happy that his legacy will live on in the game, as well as the other games he was a part of, and in the hearts of fans all around the world.

As I mentioned, there is a plan in early stages to set up some sort of support fund for his family as they deal with their loss. I'll post something about it here when it's been solidified. Thank you again.

This arrangement is so great! Thanks for having me (marginally) be a part of it and for all the time and effort everyone put into it!

Hey, cool to see this in the wild! I hope you enjoy it, and thank you again for helping me raise money for charity!

Hello again for a final update. All the auctions are now over and we've raised over $1,300! I'm honestly blown away by how great the response has been to this! I'm going to be adding in a personal contribution so that the final donation can be an even $1,500. I have to wait for the funds to clear from eBay/PayPal, but I'll post something on Twitter once I make the donation.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO BID, RETWEETED, OR SAID SOMETHING NICE AND ENCOURAGIND. I hope I have an opportunity to do something like this again in the future.

My phone was exploding, haha! Very cool how much demand there was. I was afraid the whole thing would be a big dud, but it's outdone my expectations by a mile.

Holy cow look what we did!

The initial batch of auctions are now over and I'm amazed at how much money we've raised! The remaining two auctions end tomorrow, so there's still a chance to get a special version of the soundtrack and raise some more money for charity!

There has been an absolutely amazing response to this so far! Thanks so much to the Guild Wars 2 community for your generosity. There is less than 24 hours left on the initial 5 auctions, and two days left in the bonus international auctions. Let's finish strong!

I don't have any extras lying around. I checked with iam8bit and they don't either, unfortunately.

Just added more non-US options. Please see the latest edit to my original post.

Please see my latest edit to the original post. Thanks again for your interest!

Unfortunately, I don't have any control over that. I'm hoping we can do another pressing, though, and will be bringing it up with the studio.

I'm working on that now. See my edit to the original post.

I'm looking into international shipping now. I'm not very experienced selling stuff on eBay, so I missed that international shipping wasn't an option when I first posted it. Please keep an eye on them if you're interested.

Hi everyone. I've been thinking a lot lately about ways I can do something positive for people in a difficult year. I recently remembered I had some test pressings (pre-production copies used for quality control before final retail production) of the Path of Fire vinyl soundtrack lying around, and now I'm auctioning them off. 100% of the proceeds will go to charity, specifically Direct Relief, to help in the little way I can with their Covid-19 relief efforts.

There are five copies of the test pressing, as well as one sealed copy of the final retail release from iam8bit. The soundtrack is sold out on their website, so this is possibly the only way to get a brand new copy! For the winning bidders, I'll gladly sign/personalize the sleeves (within tasteful boundaries, of course).

Thanks, as always, to this fantastic community of players. I genuinely appreciate the love you have for the game as well as the music. Thanks also to this subreddit's mods for allowing me to p...