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Gearbox's Tribute To Michael Mamaril (R.I.P.) In Borderlands 2

Posted on Thursday, September 20 @ 15:40:20 Eastern by Nicholas Tan

This story is old, but it's new to me. And it's incredibly important.

For those of you playing Borderlands 2, you may have noticed an NPC standing around Sanctuary named Michael Mamaril. It's already rare to have an NPC be have a name (and a last name at that), and if you take a few seconds to talk to him, he's a fellow Vault Hunter who is more than happy to share his rare loot, many times blue- or purple-level rarity. He's so charitable that he's in my tips guide and that I spend a minute looking for him every time I return to Sanctuary.

Apparently, that was the point.

Michael Mamaril is based off a real person, whom Gearbox Software decided to pay tribute to (hence, the "Tribute to a Vault Hunter" Achievement/Trophy). A Destructoid fan named Carlo wrote an email into Gearbox Software about his friend, Michael John Mamaril, who passed away from cancer at 22. Michael was a huge fan of Borderlands 2 and Carlo thought that he would be cool for Claptrap to read a eulogy (available below).

Gearbox obviously went one step further, going well beyond the call of duty. Michael Mamaril will now be immortalized in the Borderlands universe.

Awesome job, Gearbox! My hat is off to you.

Related Games: Borderlands 2

Tags: Gearbox Software, Borderlands 2, Goodies, hot

Comments

moretokes
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Sep 20th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
How thoughtful!

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elmoreoocyte
Joined: Apr 2012

Posted: Sep 20th, 2012 at 5:02 pm
If I wasn't such a bearded, hardass of a MAN I might have misted up a bit from that eulogy...

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Stickyellowsock
Joined: Oct 2009

Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 9:11 am
That mother****er always gives my friends rare items and always gives me the shaft.

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Jonathan_Leack
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Deep... real deep.

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oblivion437
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 10:41 pm
I will always stop in to say hello to him. Not just for the items but just because. I can carry a little bit of his memory with me every time and carry some fragment of will into the land that some bit of it may find a way forward to the things its appetite desired. He deserves it.

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Talbane
Joined: Sep 2012

Posted: Sep 28th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
No wonder that guy was giving me rare items (not Michael) but this guy was just giving us rare guns wow,,,,,,, did not know. ty Michael.

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Snickersmack
Joined: Sep 2012

Posted: Sep 30th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Bravo Gearbox, bravo.

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ElectricNerd
Joined: Oct 2012

Posted: Oct 17th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
Out of curiosity...and not to sound harsh...but how was he a fan of Borderlands 2 if he died before the game came out?

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