Found this story from Bashiok I love it because its Cain!
My name is Deckard Cain Elder, and I am 16 years old. When I was just a baby, Blizzard had a surprise drawing for Diablo with very vague details. All anyone knew was that if they wanted to be a part of the drawing, they had to send a postcard to Blizzard with their name on it, and after a said date, they would pick a card at random to win the prize. Being a very big Blizzard fan, my father decided to take part in this. He thought about it for a while, and decided that since my name is so unique, he would send the postcard in with my name on it instead of his. My first name comes from the Harrison Ford’s character in the movie Blade Runner, my middle name is my mother’s maiden name, and my last name is my fathers family name.
It had been about 4 or 5 months after my father had sent in this postcard with my name on it to Blizzard, and he had begun to forget about it, and accepted that, because of the period of time since he had sent the card in, we hadn’t won this unknown prize. About 6 months after the drawing, a box arrived at my parents apartment in South Dakota. Not having ordered anything, they were curious as to why it had shown up. When they opened the box there were five things inside. A long yellow envelope, a copy of Diablo, a black hat with Blizzard in blue printed on the front, a very large Diablo T-shirt, and a blue statue of Diablo that stood a little over a foot tall. Inside the envelope was a letter from Bill Roper, the producer of Diablo, that explained that I had been chosen for the drawing prize. (I will have an imgur link to pictures of the Diablo statue, me holding the letter, and the letter up close for you to read.) The letter basically explained that the prize for being chosen in this drawing, was to have your name in the game. I honestly feel that, because of my unique name, Blizzard saw my name on the postcard and thought it suited the character they were looking to name. But either way, it’s seriously cool. So if you ever wondered how Blizzard named Deckard Cain, you now know. http://imgur.com/a/48BPL Link to the pictures. http://i.imgur.com/BKH3N.jpg Identification… just in case you have a hard time believing.
I saw this yesterday as well. I think that's awesome; I had no idea where the name came from but definitely didn't think they got the name from a random person, especially for a character that plays such a huge role in the games.
Hopefully they threw the kid a courtesy beta invite
someone jokingly told bash they should give him diablo products for life, he replied with "i'm not opposed to that idea" =P (or something similar at least) made me laugh.
More likely kids will randomly walk up and shout "STAY A WHILE AND LISTEN!". Or complain that he ID'd their unique boots and they were just gore travelers again.
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"Hopefully they threw the kid a courtesy beta invite :)"
- falcompsx
+1 to this idea!