I'm devastated to report that Sandra Powers, the power behind Petopia and creator of Warcraft Mounts, passed away from cancer on 25 January. Known as Mania to Petopians, Sandra ran Petopia through WoW's golden age and is responsible for taking the small site and making it what it has become. Sandra was funny, patient, smart, generous, and a great teacher. When she couldn't run it anymore she handed Petopia to me in the mid-2010s and taught me all I needed to know. Sandra was an MMO producer and engineer who worked on Asheron’s Call, EverQuest II, and she and her husband Eric built their own MMO: Project Gorgon. The world is a worse place for her loss. You can find Sandra's famous orc persona immortalised behind Trueshot Lodge in Highmountain.
I'm devastated to report that Sandra Powers, 'Mania' to most Petopians, passed away from cancer on 25 January.
Sandra was the power behind Petopia and creator of Warcraft Mounts. She's responsible for making Petopia what it has become.
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