He says:
“I said hey this thing is going to drop from Broodlord, it’s the head, and I’m going to take it,” Smith says. “This was before people knew what it was for.” He didn’t know it would put him on the path to becoming a legend.
& I thought - that's something that really seems like its missing from modern gaming in general. Its not something Classic will likely be able to reproduce. You basically have to play in a vacuum for the mystery to be there.
But I don't think there is anything you can do about that - unless you are the only one playing the game. Odds are, even without data mining, someone with more free time will get there before you and brag about it all over the internet. I don't think there is much Blizz can do about that... and abandoning PTR testing is just insane - bugs need to be fixed, etc...