05-11-2011, 03:30 AM
Hi Frictional Community!
Firstly, I promise I'm not spam (sorry if it seems like that). My name is Vernon, and I'm helping to organize a fundraiser based off of Amnesia. My brother and I came up with this idea after seeing all of the glorious youtube videos of people playing this game and screaming like little girls. It's going to be a lot like your average gaming marathon, but with a few more twists. On May 28th I'm going to livestream myself playing Amnesia for all of you to watch. During this time my brother Tim and a group of volunteers will try to scare me in every way imaginable outside of the game, for your comedic enjoyment. It will sort of be like when someone comes up behind you and puts their hand on your shoulder during a scary moment in a videogame, only much, much worse. The day afterward, we reverse the roles and do it all over again, with me trying to scare Tim.
The charity we are trying to benefit is Camp Kesem UCSD, an organization that puts on a yearly Summer camp for the children of cancer patients. This camp helps them cope with the sort of stress that kids their age shouldn't have to endure, but predominantly it gives them a week to have play and have fun without the burdens of everyday life. This year's camp is having trouble making ends meet, and my brother and I want to do everything we can to aid them.
We're trying really hard to get the word out about this fundraiser, but we seem to be having trouble gaining traction within the gaming community. I was wondering if we could get this forum's help in informing the public about our event. We already have the support of GameMarathons.com and Joystiq, but most of my emails to gaming organizations went unanswered (even my email to Frictional didn't receive a reply
)
If you want, you can check out more of what we're about on our FirstGiving page, and possibly donate if you have the means. There's even a handy video explaining the fundraiser, if that's your style.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I try not to ask for handouts, but this is a pretty important cause to me and my brother, and we really do need all the help we can get.
Firstly, I promise I'm not spam (sorry if it seems like that). My name is Vernon, and I'm helping to organize a fundraiser based off of Amnesia. My brother and I came up with this idea after seeing all of the glorious youtube videos of people playing this game and screaming like little girls. It's going to be a lot like your average gaming marathon, but with a few more twists. On May 28th I'm going to livestream myself playing Amnesia for all of you to watch. During this time my brother Tim and a group of volunteers will try to scare me in every way imaginable outside of the game, for your comedic enjoyment. It will sort of be like when someone comes up behind you and puts their hand on your shoulder during a scary moment in a videogame, only much, much worse. The day afterward, we reverse the roles and do it all over again, with me trying to scare Tim.
The charity we are trying to benefit is Camp Kesem UCSD, an organization that puts on a yearly Summer camp for the children of cancer patients. This camp helps them cope with the sort of stress that kids their age shouldn't have to endure, but predominantly it gives them a week to have play and have fun without the burdens of everyday life. This year's camp is having trouble making ends meet, and my brother and I want to do everything we can to aid them.
We're trying really hard to get the word out about this fundraiser, but we seem to be having trouble gaining traction within the gaming community. I was wondering if we could get this forum's help in informing the public about our event. We already have the support of GameMarathons.com and Joystiq, but most of my emails to gaming organizations went unanswered (even my email to Frictional didn't receive a reply
)If you want, you can check out more of what we're about on our FirstGiving page, and possibly donate if you have the means. There's even a handy video explaining the fundraiser, if that's your style.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I try not to ask for handouts, but this is a pretty important cause to me and my brother, and we really do need all the help we can get.
Good luck!