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brandylynn8403

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02 Feb 2010 at 07:53 - 1

This will be our first in-game event in Guild Wars to help fund raise money for the people in Haiti! Come out and show your support or please visit:

Canadian Red Cross Official Fundraise for Haiti Donation Page

We thank everyone for all of their kindness and generosity!
Host:
Gaming World Events
Type:
Causes - Fundraiser
Network:
Global
Date:
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Time:
10-4 pst
11-5 mst
12:00pm - 6:00pm cst
1-7 est
6pm-12 am GMT/UTC
7pm-1am Germany & France
9pm-2am Finland
Location:
Guild Wars Lion's Arch International 5

Basically we will be hosting a 6 hour event to where the gamers of Guild Wars can donate. Our goal is to get up to $1,337. Cause we are gamers after all why not donate 1337 Amount of Money Eh?

Can't donate money? No problem come and hang out anyways we will be giving out tons of in game prizes as well as In Game Gold. Also there are other ways to help Haiti.

Here are some Links on it.

music for relief
Different ways to Help
Swagbucks Donates to Haiti

Also guys Make sure to visit our facebook page
Gamers Giving Back

Hope to see you all there

~~Barbie & Kelli~~

**Please look for official News on this Event From NC SOFT on guild wars.com on Friday.**

MalibuBarbie

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Ugly Ducklings[ugly]/Sombreros

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03 Feb 2010 at 04:32 - 2

Hello Everyone !

I see some alarm has been raised about the event. I was the person that approached Arenanet about having an ingame event to help out with the disaster that occurred in Haiti. I think it is in poor taste that some of you are looking at this with disapproval. I wanted to have a way that the Guild Wars Community could show their support.

If you cross reference the Red Cross page that we have set up, you will see that it is legit and not a scam. I have spoken to Regina about the event and there will be an official announcement done by Regina on Friday ( as per her e-mail to me at 7:02pm CST today.)

I hope that all of you can come out and support us whether you donate money towards the cause or not. I believe this is a good chance for our community to show support to a global cause. Please be aware that there will be other options for people to donate to the cause without having money. We have posted several options on Gamers Giving Back on Facebook if you wish to check this out.

You may also check out our official RED CROSS donation page as follows:

http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=806067&langPref=e n-CA

You will also see a donation done by myself on there as well. Alas, I do feel for the people that have been heisted by scams before. If you feel that way.....at least come out and enjoy the in-game party, where we will be giving out Guild Wars 2 prizes ( donated by Arenanet) and ingame items as well. There is also going to be a music stream available that people will be able to tune in for chances to win some of these prizes just for coming out and showing their support. Like I said..there will be more news about this event officially posted by Arenanet on Friday.

If you have any further questions about this event, please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] or contact the Guild Wars Community Manager Regina.

Thank you for your support ahead of time and I look forward to seeing all of you on Sunday!

~Rhonda
aka M A L I B U Barbie

MalibuBarbie

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03 Feb 2010 at 04:40 - 3

I forgot to add, that the SOLE donation page is the Red Cross page that I set up with the goal of $1337.00 dollars. Yes, this was intended to inspire gamers. This is not a large goal, but I am sure we can meet or beat it!

The Canadian Red Cross allows you to setup personal pages on their website in order to keep track of all of the donations. The money goes directly to Red Cross, so you will have no fear that it will be mis-managed.

We will also keep track of the people who donate on this page as well, as some of the prizes that will be distributed for the event, will be given to the people who donate to the cause. Note I said, some, not all.

As I previously stated, if you don't feel comfortable donating, don't, there is no pressure, all we ask is for people to be aware we are having the event in-game and if you could show up in Lion's Arch on the 7th and have some fun.....that is all we could ask for

~ Rhonda

brandylynn8403

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03 Feb 2010 at 04:44 - 4

That is Correct Rhonda. We are not trying to cause a big Old fight here we are just trying to do something for Haiti, by getting the Guild wars community involved I'm sorry you guys see this as a scam or a Vial thing. But please Check out our donation page before you discount us. It takes you directly to the Red Cross website.. But also Like Rhonda said. If your not comfortable donating we are not forcing the issue. Just a fun idea to help, and get the community involved. And I too hope to see you there on the 7th
~Brandylynn Kelli

MalibuBarbie

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03 Feb 2010 at 22:44 - 5

Hello everyone!

I just want to apologize for all of the confusion. In light of the event planning and due to my job during the day, there was some poor communication between the planning members of this event. The section " Donation Page" will be renamed shortly so that people are not confused as to what page they are heading to. As well, the logo for the event will be reworked to eliminate further confusion. We were all very excited about planning this event for the game and unfortunately this thread was started too soon and at that point was already out of my hands.

Again, I want to apologize for any confusion to the community that this thread has caused and hopefully things will be a little less confusing once the thread is re-worked by Kelli upon her arrival home.

Regina Buenaobra

ArenaNet

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Me/

04 Feb 2010 at 00:45 - 6

Thanks for the clarification on your posts, MalibuBarbie and brandylynn8403.

Please read the original post. They are not directly taking the donations. They set up a page with the Canadian Red Cross, which allows anyone to create a fundraising page. All funds will go to the Canadian Red Cross. You may have seen similar fundraising pages through other organizations like the United Nations Children's Fund. For example the Star Trek ONTD LiveJournal community set up a page on UNICEF to raise funds for Haiti. Gaming World Events has done similar with setting up the donation page on the Canadian Red Cross website. They've also given you a few links to other places to donate for the Haiti efforts.

Secondly, Gaming World Events did indeed contact us last week to see in how far we could support their efforts in terms of publicity. My higher-ups said it was cool with them to do a news post on our website, since they would be doing an in-game event for this. And I also offered to show my support in-game for a little while during their event, because I think it is a good cause. They just got a little over excited about spreading the word before the news post was up, which is where there was a bit of confusion here.

Anyway, I hope that's all cleared up, and thanks for your attention.

JR

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04 Feb 2010 at 12:13 - 7

Thanks for the clarification Regina, Rhonda. I've cleaned up the thread a little, and will ask Chief to put up a news post on the front page.

brandylynn8403

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04 Feb 2010 at 16:11 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by JR

Thanks for the clarification Regina, Rhonda. I've cleaned up the thread a little, and will ask Chief to put up a news post on the front page.

Thanks JR. I know Rhonda and i are very excited for this. Sorry for the misunderstanding. ^.^

Chief

Site Contributor

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04 Feb 2010 at 16:51 - 9

The announcement has been posted.

Derrick the Nomad

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04 Feb 2010 at 16:52 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by MalibuBarbie

where we will be giving out Guild Wars 2 prizes ( donated by Arenanet) and ingame items as well.

~Rhonda
aka M A L I B U Barbie

Guild Wars 2 prizes? Is that a typo?

Dakka Dakka

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W/Mo

04 Feb 2010 at 17:19 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derrick the Nomad

Guild Wars 2 prizes? Is that a typo?

LF CLARIFICATION ON THIS PLEASE!! I think this is a great idea and will definitely show up to give my support to the cause

AnClar

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Texas USA

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04 Feb 2010 at 17:28 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derrick the Nomad

Guild Wars 2 prizes? Is that a typo?

I'm guessing that the GW2 prizes would be the GW2 Concept Art book.

BladeWind

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04 Feb 2010 at 17:34 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnClar

I'm guessing that the GW2 prizes would be the GW2 Concept Art book.

Correct.

Dakka Dakka

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W/Mo

04 Feb 2010 at 17:44 - 14

ok danke for the clarification

TK

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04 Feb 2010 at 17:47 - 15

Kelli, Barbie, I applaud you both for leading this event. This is such a great idea and I hope many more people catch on to it. I'll see you ladies at the event in game.

TK

leetLoLa

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04 Feb 2010 at 19:39 - 16

What's the gmt times of the event?I was saving money For the local red cross but i will donate them there =)

Elon's Rose

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04 Feb 2010 at 21:15 - 17

Quote:

Originally Posted by leetLoLa

What's the gmt times of the event?I was saving money For the local red cross but i will donate them there =)

Would start at 7pm GMT.

Lord Dagon

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04 Feb 2010 at 21:54 - 18

ok sounds fun i might see if i can find any cash lying around and donate.

also ty for clarifying the " GW2 prizes" had me really confused lol.

ok well hope to see you all sunday

(wait.. jsut realized isnt the Super bowl on sunday? this could cause a dent in your american population on sunday ;p)

russiansteven

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04 Feb 2010 at 23:15 - 19

Hey guys!
Glad to see that someone is stepping up to the plate and doing a good deed for Haiti.

-I am excited!

Devastating Flames

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05 Feb 2010 at 00:42 - 20

ok count me in i'll donate somethen dunno how much but i will if i can

Devastating Flames

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05 Feb 2010 at 02:30 - 21

i've donated to it go anet and good going for those who set this up

brandylynn8403

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05 Feb 2010 at 03:37 - 22

Thank you all for the support i know rhonda and i are looking forward to this. YOU guys are awesome and i will try to get the Times up for different time zones asap

MalibuBarbie

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05 Feb 2010 at 03:41 - 23

Sorry about the misunderstanding on the Guild Wars 2 stuff...I hope everyone understands now

and.....a BIG THANK YOU to all of the donators so far! Your contributions are amazing! This event won't be a success without people like you!

*Can't Wait til Sunday!*

~Rhonda

Lord Dagon

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05 Feb 2010 at 19:38 - 24

just saying i think this si a great program you guys are doing and i wish you the best of luck.

the only thing im saying is that you probably will get a smaller (miniscule even) american population due to super bowl this sunday. Besides that you're all good

i wish you all the best of luck and hf w/ wintersday

Hyperventilate

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06 Feb 2010 at 00:11 - 25

If this money was not going through the Red Cross, I'd have donated. The Red Cross screwed over my Grandmother when her house burned to the ground in the early California fires. They "lost" four pages of her item list.

Not to mention not all of the money you donate will actually go to help someone.

I have placed my donations (As well as the rest of my family and a few of my friends) through other companies.

I find it amazing to see a bunch of gamers banding together to help people truly in need. Very cool if you ask me.

Kudos to all of you.

Earth

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06 Feb 2010 at 00:25 - 26

This thread is not for discussing whether a country should or should not be giving help to Haiti. Make a new thread in Off-Topic for that.

Likewise, if you want to discuss the "back" in the title of the event, PM the event organisers. If all you're trying to do is troll, stop polluting this forum with it.

Thank you.

brandylynn8403

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06 Feb 2010 at 11:48 - 27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hyperventilate

If this money was not going through the Red Cross, I'd have donated. The Red Cross screwed over my Grandmother when her house burned to the ground in the early California fires. They "lost" four pages of her item list.

Not to mention not all of the money you donate will actually go to help someone.

I have placed my donations (As well as the rest of my family and a few of my friends) through other companies.

I find it amazing to see a bunch of gamers banding together to help people truly in need. Very cool if you ask me.

Kudos to all of you.

I would just like to say to you i can understand everyone has their preferences. but we other links to donate but if you already did so. I hope to see you at the event on Sunday. we are going to have a blast.

Verene

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06 Feb 2010 at 15:53 - 28

Hmm. My post was deleted, perhaps a little overzealously, considering the fact that all it said was that I think this is a great idea...

Anyway, I did donate yesterday. Only $10, not a whole lot, but anything is better than nothing and that's about all I can spare at the moment. And I'll try and hit the event tomorrow

brandylynn8403

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06 Feb 2010 at 16:07 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verene

Anyway, I did donate yesterday. Only $10, not a whole lot, but anything is better than nothing and that's about all I can spare at the moment. And I'll try and hit the event tomorrow

That is awesome make sure to include your in game name on the donation page so we can add you in the drawing tomorrow.

brandylynn8403

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07 Feb 2010 at 17:44 - 30

Hey guys Due to the Wintersday event there is issue with id 1 of La so we have Moved it to id 5 So ID5 Of Lions Arch.

brandylynn8403

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07 Feb 2010 at 20:05 - 31

Amount Raised:
$1,145.00
[86 % of goal]
Fundraising Goal:
$1,337.00

at 12:05 pst

Regina Buenaobra

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07 Feb 2010 at 20:08 - 32

Thanks MALIBU Barbie, DJ Kelli, DJ Popcorn, and everyone at the Gaming World Events crew for organizing this. Well done, everyone. I'm sorry that I could stay for only two hours. I had an awesome time anyway. It was incredible to see such generosity of spirit, time, and money from the GW community.

Verene

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07 Feb 2010 at 20:21 - 33

Awwww, the district is full. I can't come join in.

BladeWind

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07 Feb 2010 at 20:47 - 34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

Thanks MALIBU Barbie, DJ Kelli, DJ Popcorn, and everyone at the Gaming World Events crew for organizing this. Well done, everyone. I'm sorry that I could stay for only two hours. I had an awesome time anyway. It was incredible to see such generosity of spirit, time, and money from the GW community.

Your welcome Regina, it was a blast having you there!

@ Verene, just keep trying, you will get in.

brandylynn8403

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07 Feb 2010 at 23:04 - 35

Amount Raised:
$1,337.76
[100 % of goal]
Fundraising Goal:
$1,337.00

AS OF 3 PM PST WE DID IT GUYS GOOOO COMMUNITY!!!!!!!

BladeWind

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07 Feb 2010 at 23:06 - 36

We did it!!!!!

I dont know about you guys but im so proud of our community!

Leon Pheonix

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08 Feb 2010 at 00:32 - 37

Awesome job everyone! It was really fun!

TK

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08 Feb 2010 at 01:09 - 38

A huge thank you to the organizers of this event! Well done!

Another huge thank you goes out to all the donators. Without you, this could never be possible. Thank you for your kindness and opening up your hearts to help those in need.

And finally, congratulations to all the winners.

Thanks also go to everyone who came out to the event to show their support.

Well done everyone!

MalibuBarbie

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08 Feb 2010 at 05:24 - 39

Hey Everyone! I just want to say thanks to all of you who came out and supported the event! It meant alot to me to see so many of my fellow guild wars players out and giving back to the world in a good way

I look forward to hosting more events like this one for the community in the near future! Thanks again!

~ Rhonda

Pugs Not Drugs

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09 Feb 2010 at 00:30 - 40

what gw2 items were given out? sorry, i know this is kind of inappropriate considering the subject matter, im just really curious