Donation page can be found here : http://www.tinyurl.com/DC4HaitiIn two weeks time Alex and myself are planning a 24-hour charity gaming challenge marathon. We have a brand new Digital Cowboys Account and for one whole day we will be trying to amass the largest gamerscore that we can on it.
Longstanding and very vocal community member Giles has pledged to sponsor us £10 for every 100 gamer points earned! so willl be playing every game donated by our community as well as the pile of games we have from our own shelves so no money will be spent on new games. We are aiming for 5,000 points over the 24 hour period, which would mean Giles donating a hefty £500.
What we need is community support here.If you can, pledge either a per-gamerpoint amount like Giles or a lump sum to this en devour, because we need a lot more than what one generous man can give. So far we've had donations of £157 and we've not even begun. We're 8% towards our goal of £2,000 and all donations will be going to Doctors without Borders, which will aid in the medical care for the thousands of Haitians injured in the recent earthquake.
MSF (Medicines Sans Frontiers) an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from health care. In emergencies and their aftermath, MSF rehabilitates and runs hospitals and clinics, performs surgery, battles epidemics, carries out vaccination campaigns, operates feeding centers for malnourished children and offers mental health care. When needed, MSF also constructs wells, dispenses clean drinking water, and provides shelter materials like blankets and plastic sheeting.
As for the challenge itself; we will start on Saturday at 11pm on the 20th of February and finish up on Sunday a day later. We’ll be up all day and night, constantly swapping controllers and checking to see where the next gamerpoints can be found.
You can help us by sending us any terrible games you think it would be funny to see us try to get points from, or send us good ones if you prefer. Giles has already pledged to send us Avatar, Jumper: Griffin's Story, Up and CSI Hard Evidence.
You can also help us with all the online multiplayer achievements. We’ll be twittering our progress constantly so everyone can get involved and make suggestions on what we could do next.
We've had a small but very positive response to this so far but we want some major backing from our community. Even if you don't donate, you can add to our score on things like Halo 3. so lend us your support folks.
Go to the Justgiving page at the top of this post and help us with the games we're playing and achievements we can get. Make any suggestions you like to challenge us. we should hopefully be getting some video footage of this too for YouTube.
The GamerTag that you will need to add is
DigitalC0wboys ^
That's a ZERO not a O
This is a good thing we can do for other people so the unofficial title will be One Day Not Wasted.
