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Lady Areola Fappington
New Order Logistics CODE.
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Posted - 2014.03.21 10:22:00 -
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I was looking into Fanfest this year, and I noticed the Charity dinner is in benefit of Get Well Gamers. GWG is a charity that donates video games, and game systems to children's hospitals.
I'm a nurse who works for a children's hospital, who has received video game systems from GWG. It doesn't seem like a lot to me and you, but those video games mean the world to the kids on my ward. Some of them have extremely painful, awful medical conditions that no kid should face. Some are terminal, and don't have long for this world. The treatments they face are sometimes worse than the disease itself. Just being able to sit down with "my" kids, forget everything, and just play Mario Kart for a few hours means a lot.
We're a charity hospital. There's no way we could budget for those games. Most of the families there have no way to budget a luxury like a PS3. Healthcare is expensive, and pediatrics even more so.
I sent CCP a personal thank you, and now I'd like to thank the community. Sure, we're a bunch of dysfunctional, arguing neckbeards (and neckbeardettes), but damnit, we can do some good in the world.
Thank you again CCP, and thanks, EVE players. You've got an old nurse in tears over this, and I'm proud to say I'm a member of the EVE community. The risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built and we want to keep that (infact, this is much more representative of the consensus opinion within CCP). |
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CCP Falcon
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Posted - 2014.03.21 10:46:00 -
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<3
CCP Falcon -á || -á EVE Community Manager -á || -á EVE Illuminati
@CCP_Falcon -á || -á-á@EVE_LiveEvents |
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Ryder 'ook
Die..Brut
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Posted - 2014.03.21 10:51:00 -
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<3 Every atom in our bodies was forged in the furnace of ancient stars - it's time we return home. |
Samoth Egnoled
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Posted - 2014.03.21 10:59:00 -
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o7 Ego Sum Mortem Incarnatum - I Am Death Incarnate |
Scipio Artelius
The Vendunari End of Life
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Posted - 2014.03.21 11:06:00 -
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o7
This and the recent plex for good demonstrate the real quality of the people who play this game.
We're not doom and gloom scum at all. eve-bazaar - Discount prices on ships and PLEX. Real savings to drive your ISK further. |
Salvos Rhoska
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
379
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Posted - 2014.03.21 11:28:00 -
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o7
(inb4 the real actual toxic individuals and their alts try to paint us all as psychopaths and sadists) |
Ralph King-Griffin
Var Foundation inc.
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Posted - 2014.03.21 11:52:00 -
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Scipio Artelius wrote:o7
This and the recent plex for good demonstrate the real quality of the people who play this game.
We're not doom and gloom scum at all. only to each other, you know, cos its fun. If in doubt...do...excessively. |
Lady Areola Fappington
New Order Logistics CODE.
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Posted - 2014.03.21 12:18:00 -
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Before I head out for work, I want to share a couple of specific stories that stand out in my mind.
The first one, I had a little guy on my ward, around ten years old. He was fighting off a nasty case of leukemia. Now, if you've never seen someone going through chemo, it tears a person apart. Chemo drugs work because they are just barely less poisonous to you, than they are to the cancer. The poor kid was so weak and burned up, he'd been in a wheelchair for over a week. I remember wheeling him out into our common area (where we keep the games) for some fun. I head back to my station to do paperwork, and about ten minutes later, I hear a commotion. I duck out to see what's going on, and my patient was up on his feet, all smiles, punching the air. He'd beaten our reigning Super Smash Brothers champ, and was beside himself with pride.
Second story, I'm again doing paperwork in my station, keeping half an eye on the kids and visitors in the day area. I glance over, and a father and son are playing Madden. I didn't think much of it till the next day, when I was reviewing charts. It turns out, the kid had risky heart surgery scheduled for that evening, and he didn't make it. One of the last moments those two had, was having fun playing games together.
You guys and gals are helping make these things happen, and I just wanted to make sure you know. You're making a difference, and it's awesome.
Now, I think there's some Grr Goons threads to post in, and too many non-compliant miners to gank. Fly fun, ya'll! o7 The risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built and we want to keep that (infact, this is much more representative of the consensus opinion within CCP). |
Jenn aSide
STK Scientific Initiative Mercenaries
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Posted - 2014.03.21 12:23:00 -
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Lady Areola Fappington wrote:
Now, I think there's some Grr Goons threads to post in, and too many non-compliant miners to gank. Fly fun, ya'll! o7
Just remember while you are at work giving from your soul to care for sick and sometimes dying children, the fact that you blow up other people's pixels in a video game about blowing up pixels makes you a terribly bad person and you should feel bad (according to the wise forum-folk o EVE GD).
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Lucy Oreless
Control-Space DARKNESS.
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Posted - 2014.03.21 12:36:00 -
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<3 _____________________________________________________________________________________ -áI did not have sexual relations to THAT woman.... |
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Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
1095
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Posted - 2014.03.21 13:20:00 -
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I am psychopath in real, but in EVE I am really kind to others, sometimes. <3 Edit signature? What's the point? |
Doireen Kaundur
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Posted - 2014.03.21 13:28:00 -
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Lady Areola Fappington wrote:I'm a nurse who works for a children's hospital....
You're a nurse in a children's hospital and chose "Lady Areola Fappington" as your name?
Are you the "naughty" kind of nurse?
Cue Benny Hill music. Minimizing the cost of replacing implants.
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Spurty
V0LTA Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2014.03.21 13:36:00 -
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You shall forever be blue to me *signature is not allowed on the EVE Online forums* |
Bunnie Hop
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
444
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Posted - 2014.03.21 14:08:00 -
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The Bunnies approve of this thread.. |
Mizhir
Euphoria Released Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2014.03.21 14:13:00 -
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A heartwarming story. Thanks for sharing it.
As someone has said before: EVE players are nice in real life because they get to be douchebags towards eachother in the game. (Not the exact same phrase, but you get the point ) One Man Crew - Collective solo pvp |
MicroWarpdrive II
Beyond Divinity Inc Shadow Cartel
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Posted - 2014.03.21 14:14:00 -
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Seraph Essael
Devils Diciples League of Infamy
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Posted - 2014.03.21 14:23:00 -
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And this right here goes to show just how wrong people are when calling all CODE members a bunch of lowlifes with no heart... You couldn't have proved them more wrong... +1
(not to tarnish your in game rep or anything you big softy ) Quoted from Doc Fury: "Concerned citizens: Doc seldom plays EVE on the weekends during spring and summer, so you will always be on your own for a couple days a week. Doc spends that time collecting kittens for the on-going sacrifices, engaging in reckless outdoor activities, and speaking in the 3rd person." |
Chianti
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.21 14:28:00 -
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Nurses are my favorite people!
Graduate of the Royal Amarrian Institute of Alt Posting, class of 2003. |
Jake Warbird
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.03.21 14:32:00 -
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This is the only community I've ever been part of. I like it here. |
Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
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Posted - 2014.03.21 14:41:00 -
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Seraph Essael wrote:And this right here goes to show just how wrong people are when calling all CODE members a bunch of lowlifes with no heart... You couldn't have proved them more wrong... +1 (not to tarnish your in game rep or anything you big softy )
Psychopaths can be empathic when they want. <3 Edit signature? What's the point? |
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Morwen Lagann
Tyrathlion Interstellar
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Posted - 2014.03.21 14:49:00 -
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This kind of thread is why I sprang for the charity dinner last year and am doing it again this year. Morwen Lagann CEO, Tyrathlion Interstellar |
Malcolm Shinhwa
Bad Touches
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Posted - 2014.03.21 15:51:00 -
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I'm not going to Fanfest and therefore not the charity dinner. But Lady Areola Fappington you email me an address, and I'll ship a PS3 or XBox there the next day. I know violence isn't the answer. I got it wrong on purpose. |
Major 'Revolver' Ocelot
GRU Special Forces
220
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Posted - 2014.03.21 16:03:00 -
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EVE community is best community. I love to reload during a battle... There's nothing like the feeling of slamming a long silver missile, into a well greased chamber... |
Lady Areola Fappington
New Order Logistics CODE.
1282
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Posted - 2014.03.21 16:13:00 -
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My boss let me sneak home a little early to post. He thinks you guys are great, too. Yes, I had to explain the name. It was ~awkward~.
Anyone who wishes to donate, here's the link. Get Well Gamers
The best part about this charity is, you can also donate games and game systems to them, as well as money. Got an old game collecting dust, and Gamestop won't give you anything for it? Send it on over, and GWG will put it to good use. For USA peoples, you can shove 5-6 game CDs in one of those first class flat-rate envelopes, as long as you use those slim plastic DVD cases.
CCP, I don't know if you can, but a Plex 4 Kids drive would be a really cool thing, for people unable to make the Fanfest trip and attend the charity dinner. I'm sure if I ask James 315 really nicely, he might even chip in some New Order isk, just to keep everything nice and CODE compliant. The risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built and we want to keep that (infact, this is much more representative of the consensus opinion within CCP). |
Serene Repose
Saanen Freight Service
1137
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Posted - 2014.03.21 16:17:00 -
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Salvos Rhoska wrote:o7(inb4 the real actual toxic individuals and their alts try to paint us all as psychopaths and sadists) Psychopath! Sadist!!
o7
I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility toward every form of tyranny over the mind of man.-á |
Maekchu
Black Rebel Rifter Club The Devil's Tattoo
21
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Posted - 2014.03.21 16:22:00 -
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o7
Even though, we are some whiny sons of bitches. Who cry over losses of pixel assets, and then proceeds to the GD forums to throw poo at each other. We still manage, to support such initiatives.
It god damn warms your heart!
Now, who the hell is chopping up onions in here!? |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2014.03.21 16:22:00 -
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Malcolm Shinhwa wrote:I'm not going to Fanfest and therefore not the charity dinner. But Lady Areola Fappington you email me an address, and I'll ship a PS3 or XBox there the next day. Very cool, o7. |
Mandarine
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
49
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Posted - 2014.03.21 16:28:00 -
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Lady Areola Fappington wrote:I was looking into Fanfest this year, and I noticed the Charity dinner is in benefit of Get Well Gamers. GWG is a charity that donates video games, and game systems to children's hospitals.
I'm a nurse who works for a children's hospital, who has received video game systems from GWG. It doesn't seem like a lot to me and you, but those video games mean the world to the kids on my ward. Some of them have extremely painful, awful medical conditions that no kid should face. Some are terminal, and don't have long for this world. The treatments they face are sometimes worse than the disease itself. Just being able to sit down with "my" kids, forget everything, and just play Mario Kart for a few hours means a lot.
We're a charity hospital. There's no way we could budget for those games. Most of the families there have no way to budget a luxury like a PS3. Healthcare is expensive, and pediatrics even more so.
I sent CCP a personal thank you, and now I'd like to thank the community. Sure, we're a bunch of dysfunctional, arguing neckbeards (and neckbeardettes), but damnit, we can do some good in the world.
Thank you again CCP, and thanks, EVE players. You've got an old nurse in tears over this, and I'm proud to say I'm a member of the EVE community.
Oh look, another Schadenfreude-seeking online nuisance pretending to be a nurse, just so people might believe griefers are in fact clergymen, doctors, salvation army volunteers and firefighters |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
11082
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Posted - 2014.03.21 16:29:00 -
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LAF, you have gained my respect as a human being. Keep it up. I shall go through my storage units to see if my old consoles and games are still there, as this would be a worthy cause to donate them to.
o7 Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings? |
Graabeerd Khagah
ImaNicePirate.com Ideal Society
124
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Posted - 2014.03.21 16:58:00 -
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I can certainly vouch for this!! +10 Blue!! I can also say I am proud of this community as well, despite all of the wreckless trolling spamming and what not. BUT, when an Angel comes in to share something this special, it's also great to know there ARE CARING people yet today.
Join The Revolution!! FLY SAFE!! |
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