I play with a friend i met online about a year ago. We only know each other through wow; i'm 24, he's 13. I tought him the basics of wow and we just kept playing together, i helped him get into raids and stuff. He doesn't do the best dps out there but he enjoys raiding and sadly people don't invite him much; so i organize pugs to get him a spot. About 6 months ago, i offered a chopper to him for his birthday. He was so happy, he wanted to give me a gift for my birthday too. Sadly, i have pretty much everything, i got a good guild into hard modes, and a few gold capped characters.

Jokingly, i told him that getting my second binding (geddon)for my birthday would be really awesome.

Obviously he didn't really know what it was, so he said ''omg i'll get it for you for your birthday ''

I chuckled a little bit and said it's fine you don't have to :P

Time went by, i ended up transfering server, he couldn't get money to transfer to he decided to start a paladin on my server. He slowly leveled, i ran him a few instances, but surely he was getting closer to 80. At the same time, my birthday was getting closer and closer. (Meanwhile, i had been soloing molten core for about 18 months, with no luck with the binding.)

Eventually, he hit 80, he was so happy. We ran a few randoms to gear him, did toc a few times, etc.

The next tuesday, 2 days before my birthday, i decided to bring him to MC with me. he was really excited because i had been talking to him about it and he wanted to see those big bosses. We cleared some trash, killed a few bosses, and finally ended up pulling geddon. He died swiftly, but my friend died to living bomb. when the boss died he said ''dont loot rez me first i wanna loot for you''.

i went along with it, i rezzed him, as soon as he got up, he kneeled down to loot the boss.

There it was, the binding i had been looking for for so long. After 2 years of farming, it was there, on the loot table. i couldn't believe it.

My friend, completely unaware what that meant and how much luck was involved simply said "you see? i told you i'd get you your second binding for your birthday ."

I was speechless. he promptly passed on the binding, so i could loot it to complete thunderfury.

When i think back about it, i can't help but wonder how it happened, and how happy he made me, just as i did when i offered him his motorcycle.

So there you have it, the story of the little guy who called a binding drop 6 months in advance.

Edit: Fast forward 2 years and 8 months, I still play the game, and i grew closer to my friend this story is about. Unfortunately, he drowned in his pool last weekend. Since this little story grew so popular on Wowhead I'd like to use this opportunity to tell you guys how awesome he was, and how much fun I had playing this game with him. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends, and anyone who ever had the chance to know how kind and joyful he was. I'm gonna miss you Matt.