Colony Of Gamers Network Child's Play Drive 2009

[TrackZero]

The Colony of Gamers Network 2009 Child's Play Drive has begun!


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[TrackZero]

Well, it's another year of Child's Play! For us here at CoG that means we get two awesome things. One, knowing that our donations are going towards helping sick kids play some sweet games. Secondly there's our CoG Network raffle for some awesome prizes. It's win freaking win!

For every 10 dollars you donate to the Colony of Gamers Child's Play Drive, you will receive one virtual raffle ticket.
You will receive an e-mail at the address you use for the PayPal donation with further instructions. Initial batch of raffle tickets has been mailed out.
(Please ensure e-mail is correct.)

More raffle items to come! Check often for updates. Raffle items will be updated here.

Raffle Item 1 Anyone

What secrets lie in the heart of the Mystery Bag? Legends speak of it being filled with gaming treasure. Perhaps industry schwag, new games and other assorted items could lay inside? Only time will tell.

Raffle Items 2 and 3 Anyone

Once again, CoGs own ADDGirl is providing the awesome. This time in the form of crocheted beanie hats and the winners choice of 8-bit Mario character on the beanie! Be sure to specify which item (2 or 3) you're using your raffle tickets on once the tickets get mailed out.

Raffle Item 4 Registered Colony of Gamers Members Only

What's that sound? Oh, is it you kicking royal ass using a MadCatZ Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition Stick* made of genuine Sanwa Denshi parts? It very well could be if you've got the lucky ticket.

* 360/PC stick version.


Raffle Item 5 Anyone

Had your eye on that special PC game? Say Dragon's Age or Left 4 Dead 2? Well, our very own Ghostbear has you covered. He's putting a $50 Steam purchase on the line for one lucky gamer.

Raffle Item 6 Anyone

Still need the "A Little Help from Your Friends" and "Super High" achievements from the fantastic 'Splosion Man in co-op? Well, maybe the games developers, Twisted Pixel can help you out with that. This raffle prize is for a co-op gaming session of 'Splosion Man with Twisted Pixel!

Raffle Item 7 Anyone

Perhaps you're one for the limelight? Want to see your name up there in big letters? For a lucky someone, they may win a special mention in the credits of Twisted Pixels next game, Comic Jumper!

Raffle Items 8, 9 and 10 Anyone

Missed grabbing a copy of the smash PC game, Torchlight this holiday season? Fear not. Those fantastic cats over at Runic Games have graciously put up three Torchlight codes for our Child's Play drive! So why not get your own game on while you help some kids do the same? Be sure to specify which item (8, 9 or 10) you're using your raffle tickets on once the tickets get mailed out.

Raffle Item 11 Anyone

Didn't manage to make it to PAX '09? Well, thanks to our intrepid mightbe, you can take a piece of it home if you win this prize. He's throwing in a PAX '09 schwag bag, filled with shirts, lanyards, a set of Tritton AX Earbuds and other errata! You won't even need to become a Grey Warden to get ahold of that Dragon Age shirt. Also includes the limited edition Colony of Gamers PAX '09 shirt!

Raffle Item 12 Anyone

Are you a gaming collector of all things rare? Missing that one priceless piece of gamer history? Well, thanks to those fine folks at Naughty Dog, one lucky winner will receive a Uncharted 2: Among Thieves proof disc signed by Naughty Dogs own Evan Wells (Co-President), Christophe Balestra (Co-President), Bruce Straley (Game Director) and Amy Hennig (Creative Director)! This proof disc is even more special due to the misprinted game title "Among Thieve". For those of you wondering, the proof disc is what's sent to the manufacturing plant as a final check to confirm that the code is good, before it goes to be printed. It's basically the "gold master" disc everyone talks about (but it's not gold), and yes, it is encoded to play on consumer PlayStation units (as opposed to devkits or debug units).

Raffle Item 13 Anyone

Do you love Nathan Drake and want the world to know it? No better way than sporting the limited run Uncharted 2: Among Thieves "I Play Dirty" poster which Naughty Dog printed just for their cinema events. Not only that, but it will also be signed by members of Naughty Dog - autographs galore!

*If you can not see the donation tracking widget in the first post above, use the button below. Your donation will still go to the CoG Network Child's Play Drive 2009, but may not show in the tally right away.



Donations must be received by 12am Eastern on Saturday, January 2, 2010 to receive raffle tickets. Raffle entries must be received by 12pm Eastern on Sunday, January 3, 2010 to be eligible for drawing.
Winners will be drawn on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 and notified via e-mail no later than January 9, 2010.

All proceeds will be donated to Child's Play. For more information on Child's Play visit their website at www.childsplaycharity.org

Raffle for entertainment purposes only. Colonyofgamers.com and its partners make no representation on delivery of raffle items. Some items region specific.

[fitbabits]

For the last three or four years, I have donated to CP through other means. This time, I will be donating through CoG.

The ASPCA, Child's Play, and Doctors Without Borders are the three organizations I have chosen to donate to on an ongoing basis.

[Aggort]

I'm glad to say I can donate this year! It may be a small amount, but I know every bit helps!

[PathMaster]

Great. Can't donate at the moment, but I will donate again this year. Thankfully I actually have money to donate this year.

[Jackel]

Just donated 100, but for some reason it would only let me do an echeck so it wont show for a few days.

[Sl1pstream]

My donation will have to wait until next month, there's some other stuff first.

[ShadokatRegn]

Oh man, I will be joining in on this!

[zarathstra]

I gve what I could. Unfortunately, money is pretty tight right now.

[Pale Ale]

I suspect there is only one answer...


ROB LIQUOR STORES!


After all its for the children.

[Nameless]

I'll be donating something for sure, but the amount I give will definitely be proportional on how many days of work I get in the next month.

If there's one charity I can fully get behind, it's this one.

[Midrael]

Hooray! I was waiting for CoG to get this started up. Donated!

[zarathstra]

I would like to thank CoG for doing this again this year.

A bit of a personal story:

My youngest brother was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 2. Consequently, he spent much of his remaining 2 years in and out of the hospital. The pediatric wing at the time had 2 Super Nintendos with TVS mounted on those portable IV poles for an entire floor full of little kids who were in a lot of pain and had absolutely nothing to do all day. You can imagine what its like to be a kid, and be in pain, and not understand why, and on top of it all, you're bored out of your mind. Whenever we could get one of the SNES's, it was the high point of the day. At least for a while, he could forget about all the discomfort and just enjoy playing whatever kids game they had for a while.

Unfortunately, since there were only 2 units, most of the time someone else had them. Anything we can give will help solve problems like this and help make a sick child's day just a little brighter.

[diablopath]

I'll add to zarathstra. When I was younger, I spent two weeks in ICU. On two of those days, I got to play Xbox. Those were the only two days that I had any joy during my stay.

I'll donate what I can.

[Sazime]

I'll be getting in on this at the end of the month. IE, OT pay for kids.

[Purple Santa]

Donation done. I wish it could be more but I might throw in more later. I always wish it could be more.

I'll let ADDGirl know this started up again. She liked having some of her stuff as some of the donated goods given away and she wanted to do so again.

[MachEnergy]

I would like to request that I am again allowed to win whichever prize I would like. It was really amazing winning last year. I assume the same results this year.

Thanks!

[AgtFox]

There is now a module on the front page on the right side under Site Navigation for the ChipIn widget so it is readily available and you don't have to search for it.

[roboninja]

Awesome. Will donate when I get home and can surf this site without proxy.

[AgtFox]

Originally Posted by Purple Santa

Donation done. I wish it could be more but I might throw in more later. I always wish it could be more.

I'll let ADDGirl know this started up again. She liked having some of her stuff as some of the donated goods given away and she wanted to do so again.

Let Drew (TrackZero) know. We're certainly up for prize donations and I believe we are working on some other stuff. We unfortunately don't have Dana heading it this year, it is a large undertaking and I think it burned her out last year. We are hoping to actually go beyond $5k this year and go up the sponsor list, but we start at $5k