Showing posts with label extra life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label extra life. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

MechWarrior Online: Walk MS and Extra Life Fundraisers for 2016

Here you will find the fundraisers I will be doing in 2016 while playing MechWarrior Online.

Walk MS 2016

For the third year in a row I will be raising money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society while playing three 12 hour sessions of MechWarrior Online on April 21, 22, and 23.

Donate to Walk MS Here




Extra Life 2016

Raising money for Rady Children's Hospital San Diego while playing MechWarrior Online for 24 hours straight on October 6 and 7. This will be my fourth year in a row of doing this 24 hour event!

Donate to Extra Life Here

Monday, October 27, 2014

Extra Life 2014 Aftermath

Please check out my Extra Life 2014 Aftermath post on the MechWarrior Online forums when you get the chance. Thanks!

http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/173521-extra-life-24-hour-charity-event/

Also, below is a match that took place in the 23rd hour of the 24 hour MechWarrior marathon to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Playing MechWarrior Online for Charity: Extra Life 2014

On October 25, 2014, I and other members of Death's Hand Brigade will be playing MechWarrior Online for 24 hours straight in order to help raise money for the Children's Miracle Hospital Network during Extra Life's National Day of Gaming.

If you would like to make a donation, please visit DHB's Extra Life team page. Each member will be playing for a different hospital, so be sure to check them all for the hospital nearest you.

I will also be broadcasting the entire 24 hours I will be playing on Twitch.tv. Be sure to stop by. Thanks!

http://www.extra-life.org/team/dhb

Monday, November 4, 2013

Extra Life 25 Hour Fundraising Event

I'm just going to borrow the post our Extra Life team leader, Dark Treader, made to our private boards. YouTube clips of him saying his thank yous and my last match follow.


Wooo-hoo!

That was an awesome run, everyone! After 25 hours of MWO, with Gimpy running his stream and getting the word out, we were able to meet our goal of $1000! As of 4:13pm EST, 11/3, we're at $1,205!

So, major events during the event:
1. The Extra-Life.org site & associated servers, 4 times during the event, came under a DDoS attack. Why this happened, no one knows, but the general consensus is that whoever initiated it is an asshole of the highest caliber. But in a strange way, I think this did help to increase the support for the program, as the event hit a new milestone this year: as of the time of posting here, they've raised over $3.4 million dollars!

2. A WHOLE lot of people from the unit joined in and participated, giving the group support. We ran 12-mans for a good block of time on Saturday (even did some "training" drops to help out 2nd, and I put training in quotes because if you saw the result of the drops from our end... oi. Taking goofy builds vs. 2nd's comp builds is definitely not a way to have success :) ), then broke back into 4-mans for the rest of the run. A BIG thank you to everyone who dropped with us, helped support us, and especially during the last few hours when all of us were drained and the energy was gone, kept us going for that last stretch.

3. We made our team goal (as stated above), and two of the team made personal goals as well - and donations are still coming in! So if you're interested in donating, you're more than welcome to do so :)

4. Thanks to Niko Snow from IGP/PGI for hopping over and dropping with us!

5. We got a shoutout on the MWO Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/MechWarriorOnline ), also :)

I think that pretty well covers the big points of the day, it was a lot of fun overall, and we raised a decent amount of money - a good bump from last year's numbers :)
Next year, I'd love to see us even more organized and try and double or triple the amount we raise. I know that 24 or 25 hours is a big block of time to set aside, but I think it's worth it - and the numbers we posted and the word we spread about the event showed.

In any case, just wanted to say thanks again to everyone who supported us and donated to the cause.

DHB effin' ROCKS! :D



Dark Treader say his Thank Yous
 

Gimpy's last match of playing 25 hours straight.