World of Warcraft

I think of the new hardcore servers as the next "love letter" to their fanbase. In the same way that Classic Vanilla was, but perhaps lost it as they started making changes into Classic BC and Classic Wrath, to the point where now Classic WoW is becoming unrecognizable to its original (or perhaps second) rendition in the Vanilla rerelease. This is what they were asked for and they listened, working with the important community players in a way that, by and large, seems to be paying off. I'm also in the don't-trust-Blizzard camp, but it's important to praise them for a job well done when they've done the right thing. And it seems like they did a good job so far.