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New Child's Play Fundraiser (in memory of our friend, a true nerd like you and me)
btwr
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Hi guys,
I've been reading these forums for a long time (and reading the comics for years), but I've never posted before. I've kept mostly to the IGN boards but I finally have something important to say, so I registered, and I hope you guys can help us out for a great cause.
My friends and I will be hosting a video game marathon on Friday night - October 24th, 2008 at 11:59PM EST. We will be raising money in memory of our late friend Nicholas Capobianco's for three charities: Child's Play, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Ronald McDonald House. Nick was a close friend who passed away this June after losing his battle with leukemia. He spent time as a child in a Ronald McDonald house, and he also loved video games, which is why we settled on these three charities.
We weren't always (translation: ever) in the "cool" group in high school. We weren't invited to the fun make-out parties, but our merry gang of outcasts had fun every weekend anyway, sitting around Nick's TV playing video games, usually co-op, for hours on end. Bomberman marathons, Mario Kart tournaments, beating TMNT IV once again just for the hell of it - that was our coming age of age. It might not have the makings of a great teen movie, but hey, we all turned out alright. And now that Nick's gone, those memories are all the more poignant.*
The video game marathon will consist entirely of co-op games (2-4 players) and we will broadcast both a live feed of the game as well as a webcam feed of us playing. This is similar to wonderful Mario and Zelda marathons in the past.
There are lots of things you can do to help us in our quest to raise $5,000 for these causes. You can:
1. Visit nicksmarathon.com and make a donation
2. Visit nicksmarathon.com and give us a Digg or tag us on delicious
3. Join our group on Facebook
4. Forward this info, our website, or details about this fund raiser to other people you think might be interested
5. Ask Tyco and/or Gabe to post something on the site to help us out!
Thanks a lot guys. Nick was a true nerd like you and me. It was such a sad day when he passed away. We hope this can be the first of an annual event.
I've been reading these forums for a long time (and reading the comics for years), but I've never posted before. I've kept mostly to the IGN boards but I finally have something important to say, so I registered, and I hope you guys can help us out for a great cause.
My friends and I will be hosting a video game marathon on Friday night - October 24th, 2008 at 11:59PM EST. We will be raising money in memory of our late friend Nicholas Capobianco's for three charities: Child's Play, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Ronald McDonald House. Nick was a close friend who passed away this June after losing his battle with leukemia. He spent time as a child in a Ronald McDonald house, and he also loved video games, which is why we settled on these three charities.
We weren't always (translation: ever) in the "cool" group in high school. We weren't invited to the fun make-out parties, but our merry gang of outcasts had fun every weekend anyway, sitting around Nick's TV playing video games, usually co-op, for hours on end. Bomberman marathons, Mario Kart tournaments, beating TMNT IV once again just for the hell of it - that was our coming age of age. It might not have the makings of a great teen movie, but hey, we all turned out alright. And now that Nick's gone, those memories are all the more poignant.*
The video game marathon will consist entirely of co-op games (2-4 players) and we will broadcast both a live feed of the game as well as a webcam feed of us playing. This is similar to wonderful Mario and Zelda marathons in the past.
There are lots of things you can do to help us in our quest to raise $5,000 for these causes. You can:
1. Visit nicksmarathon.com and make a donation
2. Visit nicksmarathon.com and give us a Digg or tag us on delicious
3. Join our group on Facebook
4. Forward this info, our website, or details about this fund raiser to other people you think might be interested
5. Ask Tyco and/or Gabe to post something on the site to help us out!
Thanks a lot guys. Nick was a true nerd like you and me. It was such a sad day when he passed away. We hope this can be the first of an annual event.
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