The 24 hour gaming marathon for charity

[monteeburns]

But by providing the details of a corrupt charity that has nothing to do with this charity event and telling people to be very careful about giving to charity, do you realize you could unnecessarily be dissuading people from supporting this specific charity event?
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Not really, providing the charity does what it says and I have no reason whatsoever to think otherwise, why would anyone be put off? Charities themselves warn about checking the credentials of those who collect for charity in the high street before giving them money, because your money may not end up where you think it will, they obviously don't think it puts people off. Finding out how a charity spends its donations is no different, not doing so is in effect saying I can't spare the time to ensure it's going to actually help those who need it. But I disagree with your analogy of the Titanic, there's not a lot people can do to ensure the ship they sail on is safe these days, I think a more appropriate analogy would be to warn people buying tickets on the internet to be careful who they purchase from, does it stop people buying tickets? nope, but it may help ensure they end up with legitimate ones from a legitimate source. I donate what I can afford to a cat charity each year, but I like to be sure that most of the money I'm donating is going to help cats, to me that's part of the responsiblity of giving to charity, it doesn't just start and end with opening my wallet.

Just for the record - it says on the Turbine Extra Life page, all proceeds go to the charity, and on the Children's Miracle Network Hospital FAQ page it says 'Our operational expenses are met by generous underwriting from national sponsors such as Walmart, RE/MAX, Foresters and others.'

So no worries about where the money is ending up

[Sapience]

Guys I was going to make a thread about this but someone has done so already.

I just wanted to say I know times are tuff for alot of folks here. If you can donate a little bit it would go along way to help out the kids, this is a great thing that turbine is doing.

Happy hunting guys and 18 days till RoR!!!! : )

Thanks for the support! I've had two people take me up on my offer to play any game you name (assuming I can actually get hold of it and the sytem to play it on) for a full hour and tweet a pic while playing it over my personal twitter account (link in my sig if you care) for a $50 donation.

So far I've had the following requests...

Hello Kitty (2 hours)
Superman 64 (1 hour)

Clearly someone is trying to punish me or something.

Had to make a dash to Ebay and grab the Superman 64 cart. $6 later... Challenge....accepted!

But just as important, and frankly more so, are all the people doing exactly what you suggested. Chippng in what they can and showing support. I see Clover and Celestrata have had people chip in on their behalf and I'm really impressed by the number of people signing up and joining TeamTurbine.

We're already at 52% of our company goal and I've just hit 75% of my personal goal. You guys really are awesome.

Now let's see if we can't blow those goals away.

[hauntedautumn]

Thanks for the support! I've had two people take me up on my offer to play any game you name (assuming I can actually get hold of it and the sytem to play it on) for a full hour and tweet a pic while playing it over my personal twitter account (link in my sig if you care) for a $50 donation.

So far I've had the following requests...

Hello Kitty (2 hours)
Superman 64 (1 hour)

Clearly someone is trying to punish me or something.

Had to make a dash to Ebay and grab the Superman 64 cart. $6 later... Challenge....accepted!

But just as important, and frankly more so, are all the people doing exactly what you suggested. Chippng in what they can and showing support. I see Clover and Celestrata have had people chip in on their behalf and I'm really impressed by the number of people signing up and joining TeamTurbine. You guys really are awesome.

If I was to punish someone this way, I'd force them to play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on NES or Altered Beast on Sega Genesis... I wouldn't even do that for $300 per second!!!!!

[Rasdun]

There are corrupt charities swindling people today (and that's just a general comment, not to imply that Children's Miracle Network is necessarily swindling people).

Again, the point is that the general comment is not necessary or could have been couched in a more positive light. This thread was not about any charity, it is about a specific event that hopefully people will support. Adding in comments about corrupt charities and giving details about corrupt charities just detracts and adds undue negativity.

[Sapience]

Altered Beast would be kind of mean.

[Eartholloth]

Thanks for the support! I've had two people take me up on my offer to play any game you name (assuming I can actually get hold of it and the sytem to play it on) for a full hour and tweet a pic while playing it over my personal twitter account (link in my sig if you care) for a $50 donation.

So far I've had the following requests...

Hello Kitty (2 hours)
Superman 64 (1 hour)

Clearly someone is trying to punish me or something.

Had to make a dash to Ebay and grab the Superman 64 cart. $6 later... Challenge....accepted!

But just as important, and frankly more so, are all the people doing exactly what you suggested. Chippng in what they can and showing support. I see Clover and Celestrata have had people chip in on their behalf and I'm really impressed by the number of people signing up and joining TeamTurbine.

We're already at 52% of our company goal and I've just hit 75% of my personal goal. You guys really are awesome.

Now let's see if we can't blow those goals away.

ROFL@ hello kitty

As they say Sapience be careful what you ask for.

[Sapience]

ROFL@ hello kitty

As they say Sapience be careful what you ask for.

Oh I knew what I was getting into. If it means $50 to help kids, I'll sufffer through an hour of the worst video game anyone cares to throw at me.

[Eartholloth]

I appreciate all the kind comments, but Turbine deserves them, not me

On a more angry note.... I am appalled at how my post has been responded to by some of you. Absolutely disgusted. All I was doing was making suggestions about how Turbine could do other things to raise money besides a gaming marathon that would be healthier to it's players. I could give a rat's behind less about conspiracy theories, giving the money to fix the game instead, blah blah blah.

If you want to be idiotic, please leave my thread alone.

Looks like my Warden has some people to boot in the face and steal their waffles after all....

Thank you Sapience and Celestrata for posting, I really enjoyed reading what you wrote.

I am sorry your thread had to get trashed.

[Eartholloth]

Oh I knew what I was getting into. If it means $50 to help kids, I'll sufffer through an hour of the worst video game anyone cares to throw at me.

I think it's great what you guys are doing Good luck to you all.

[monteeburns]

Adding in comments about corrupt charities and giving details about corrupt charities just detracts and adds undue negativity.

Bringing it up ensures people know it goes on and avoid it in future, to me the best place to raise awareness of ensuring charity money goes to the right people it is in a thread about giving to charity. I already posted about this particular charity giving all proceeds to the hospital and it not going to admin costs. You could have done the same. But let us not argue further on this one...

[Sapience]

All I was doing was making suggestions about how Turbine could do other things to raise money besides a gaming marathon that would be healthier to it's players.

Technically we're offering to be the ones playing, so the health thing is all on us. But I do appreciate your point. Though Celestrata did mention other ways we and WB make charitable contributions, I thought I'd point out a couple of the things Turbine Employees have done that fit your call for healthier options. We don't usually post when employees do these things, though those of us in less than great shape do support them fully.

• The Pan-Mass Challenge (150 mile bike ride to support cancer research)
• The Susan G. Komen 3 day walk for a cure (60 mile walk for cancer research)
• Local 5k and 10k runs for smaller local charities.

[Rasdun]

I think a more appropriate analogy would be to warn people buying tickets on the internet to be careful who they purchase from, does it stop people buying tickets?

If you post on a legit ticket-sellers website to warn people to be careful about buying tickets, citing examples of corrupt selling, but not offering any info one way or the other about the ticket-seller whose website you're posting on, then, yes, I think it may unnecessarily dissuade would-be ticket buyers from buying from that legit website. Just like your post about the Bono nonprofit here on this thread that was meant to support a legit charity -- the specific post of yours that I originally responded to.

Thanks for posting some relevant info about Children's Miracle Network in your most recent post.

At this point I think I am just increasing the noise level in this thread and I won't respond to anymore posts detracting from the OP's intent. Sorry folks, was just trying to counter some negative posts (and then trying to explain myself)!

[Whart]

Think of that. We could be in your kinships right now, and you won't know it! OooooOoOOoEeeeeeEEEEoooooo!

Ooh, now I know who I can blame when we all get killed and everyone looks at the *cough* hunter: It's all Turbine's fault!

Lots of luck--I look forward to supporting your efforts and hope many others do the same!

[Iktomi]

Think of that. We could be in your kinships right now, and you won't know it! OooooOoOOoEeeeeeEEEEoooooo!

Considering the fact that I personally know everyone in my admittedly small (but veryvery old) kinship, if you are in there without my knowing it, it truly would be an "OooooOoOOoEeeeeeEEEEooooo o!" moment. /laughs

(oh and as someone else said...upkeep is due. chop chop! /giggles)

[maxjenius]

Again, the point is that the general comment is not necessary or could have been couched in a more positive light. This thread was not about any charity, it is about a specific event that hopefully people will support. Adding in comments about corrupt charities and giving details about corrupt charities just detracts and adds undue negativity.

My off-topic post was in reply to another off-topic post, as is the case with yours to mine, and now mine to yours, etc., etc., etc.

Perhaps the mods will do a sweep and delete all the off-topic posts in this thread.

[DarkCntry]

Oh I knew what I was getting into. If it means $50 to help kids, I'll sufffer through an hour of the worst video game anyone cares to throw at me.

If you play Revolutions 2012 to completion and alone, I'll piggy-back maybe another $20 onto my charitable donations for the year

Oh who am I kidding, $20 for that torture is inhumane and I'd be arrested :P

[hauntedautumn]

Technically we're offering to be the ones playing, so the health thing is all on us. But I do appreciate your point. Though Celestrata did mention other ways we and WB make charitable contributions, I thought I'd point out a couple of the things Turbine Employees have done that fit your call for healthier options. We don't usually post when employees do these things, though those of us in less than great shape do support them fully.

• The Pan-Mass Challenge (150 mile bike ride to support cancer research)
• The Susan G. Komen 3 day walk for a cure (60 mile walk for cancer research)
• Local 5k and 10k runs for smaller local charities.

Well that's awesome! Honestly I'd love to have you all post when the Devs do charities and such, then it might help any misconceptions of people who are reading what you do advertise, you know? I just want everyone to do good for themselves, and I don't think 24 hours of gaming is good because some people will take it too seriously and get sick or hurt from not eating, going to sleep, etc. But I suppose a 3 day walk or 150 mile bike ride deserves a nice day of vegging out. I did a kick-a-thon and did 1,000+ kicks in 1 hour to raise $1,000 for Muscular Dystrophy, so I indeed vegged out that night on LotRO and every day that week I participated (only twice because of how sore I was after doing that 3 hours a day... doh...).

Please ask whomever can make it happen to maybe refer those whom care to a page with WB and Turbine's contributions to the community, or have someone create the page. I'm always willing to gather all the jumbled data and write it myself too.

[HugoHu]

Rather than raising some charities they could actually just fund it themselfs. But everyone is after good advertisement

[Unique]

Rather than raising some charities they could actually just fund it themselfs. But everyone is after good advertisement

You want them to fund the entire network of childrens hospitals themselves? Really

This is an event held by Extra-life.org, the only connection that Warner Brothers/Turbine has is that some charitable people that work for them are donating their time and effort for the cause - it's the same as if a bunch of guys at your work form a baseball team or join in a run or walk to raise money, nothing to do with the company except they all work there.

Get your facts straight


http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?...nt&eventID=508


For the last four years, thousands of gamers have joined together annually to play for 24 hours for Extra Life – a gaming marathon in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®. Gamers rally friends and family members to sponsor their play. The funds they raise go to help save and improve the lives of kids at the CMN Hospital in their community.

Since 2008, our incredible players have raised more than 2 million dollars, and this year, on October 20th, 2012 we believe they will outdo themselves yet again.

We'd like YOU to join our lifesaving fight.

WHEN: October 20, 2012 @ 8am (Or choose a date that works for your schedule)

WHERE: Anywhere you like to game (Most people play from home!)

GAME/PLATFORM: Play any games on any platforms you want including mobile devices!

HOW IT WORKS: Simply ask your friends and family to sponsor your efforts. They can make a monthly pledge or a one-time gift. Then, have a seat and play games on October 20th.

WHO IT BENEFITS: Gamers select the children's hospital they want to play for during registration. In the US and Canada there are more than 170 CMN Hospitals to choose from. Players may also choose to play for hospitals in the UK and Australia.


You and your friends could form a group of your own, get sponsors and sign up and raise money for kids with life threatening illnesses. In fact.......I dare ya to help save a life.

[Uddl]

Wish you all good luck, and I'll keep my fingers crossed that you'll raise a good amount for the kids! Charity is a cool thing!

[maxjenius]

You want them to fund the entire network of childrens hospitals themselves? Really/

I think he means what I wrote earlier. They could just give a million bucks (or whatever) to the charity's targets directly rather than making a marketing campaign out of it.

[Celestrata]

I think he means what I wrote earlier. They could just give a million bucks (or whatever) to the charity's targets directly rather than making a marketing campaign out of it.

This is far, far from a marketing campaign. This was us just getting behind something good, and we thought the community would be interested in joining or helping us, so we made a forum post about it. That's pretty much it.

[Wabeccolicious]

These make me smile. Go Team Turbine!

[Damojo]

I think he means what I wrote earlier. They could just give a million bucks (or whatever) to the charity's targets directly rather than making a marketing campaign out of it.

Evil master plan #433: let's advertise our game via the forums and our own Facebook page, and dress it up as a charity effort. Pretty poor evil masterplan, a marketing campaign to the existing customer base!

........or maybe, just maybe, this is what it appears to be. Individual people getting involved in something which will generate funds for charity. And nothing to do with Turbine or WB as companies.

[forusrname]

I am also not too keen on an unhealthy marathon gaming session.
I would prefer a donation NPC, for every gold we give to him, turbine donates a dollar or something.