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Extra Life 2018, Team Standing Stone Games, and October 20th Marathon Livestream

I am now coordinating my third year of fundraising for Extra Life, and I want to provide information to any LOTRO players who would be interested in taking part in this charity event! I'm doing something a bit different this year in that I'm adding our Dungeons & Dragons Online community to the mix. Traditionally, I'd done Extra Life for LOTRO in October, and Movember for DDO in November, but I was asked by some DDO players to raise money in their community for Extra Life this year, so let's see how it works to blend both drives for both games. That might mean you can donate to Extra Life and not Movember, or Movember and not Extra Life, or a bit for both, or a lot for both (thank you!) It's all good, the main point of this is to help raise funds for great causes. If you can't donate this year and want to help, consider spreading the word about this fundraiser to a friend or family member, or in your social media circle, and help us out.

NOTE: I will be launching Movember in November, per usual. Info on how to donate to that will happen then. There'll be different stuff as incentives.

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All right, without further ado, let's get to the good stuff! Once again we are doing what we can to raise some funds for Children's Miracle Network hospitals, specifically the Boston Children's Hospital for us, with a month-long fundraiser and special livestream marathon!

On Saturday, October 20th from 10:00 AM Eastern until at least Midnight Eastern we'll be hosting a LOTRO Extra Life Marathon on Twitch.tv/LOTROstream, and raising money during that time! LOTROstream team members will take turns playing the game and raising money for this important charity. We'd love it if you felt like stopping by and saying hello. This is a great way to celebrate Extra Life and hang out with other LOTRO players. Expect some giveaways and fun stuff in chat.

You can read more information about Extra Life, a nonprofit organization that raises money for Children's Miracle Network affiliated hospitals, by clicking here.

To donate to the Team: http://extra-life.org/team/standingstonegames

To find my donation page: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/jerrysnook

To sign up for Extra Life, if you want to raise money yourself: http://www.extra-life.org/

ANYONE is welcome to join the Standing Stone Games team, provided you are willing to do your part to raise money to help sick kids during this event.

I have set a goal of raising $3,000 for the Boston Children's Hospital. Since the LOTRO development team is based in the Boston area, this hospital made sense, although you are welcome to donate to any member of the Standing Stone Games team, and the money will go to the Children's Hospital they have designated.

Incentives

If you donate at least $10, you will be entered into the various LOTRO Point drawings that are unlocked by the Standing Stone Games Team reaching certain milestones. If you donate to me or another Team member, it counts! If you donate at least $5, you'll be entered into the drawings for the Modor Collector's Editions.

There's one important thing, though: Extra Life doesn't provide me with enough info to match your donation to a forum/LOTRO community name, and I don't get donation info you donate to other team members, so if you donate and want to get a prize, you MUST fill out the following info and PM it to me on the forums here:

The name you used for your donation on the Extra Life page:
Forum name (or Twitter handle, etc.):
Amount Donated:
Date of Donation (if you know it):

Without further ado, here are the incentives!

Group incentives:

$1000 - Ten 500 LOTRO Point codes and ten Hero of the Small Folk Title codes will be randomly distributed to people who donate at least $10 to the fundraising effort through a random-number-generated drawing.
$2000 - Ten more 500 LOTRO Point and ten more Hero of the Small Folk codes will be randomly distributed to folks who donate $10+.
$3000 - Ten more 500 LOTRO Point and ten Ghost Bear codes will be randomly distributed to folks who donate $10+.

ALSO: Anyone who donates at least $5 will be entered into a drawing for one of five Mordor Collector's Editions we'll award at the end of the fundraiser, provided you've given me your contact info as listed above.

Further incentives may be announced in the future if we meet this goal. :)

Individual incentives:

$5 - Forum Title of your choice, within the community guidelines. PM me with your desired choice. If you already have a custom title, I can add another!
$10 - Custom Forum Avatar - Let me know what you want your avatar to be, and I'll do my best to make it happen.
$20 - In-Game Hero of the Small Folk title AND Ghost Bear pet certificate
$30 - Perlino Steed Certificate AND Cremello Steed Certificate
$50 - One of Two Fiddle Packs: Bardic Fiddle AND Traveller's Trusty Fiddle OR Lonely Mountain Fiddle AND Sprightly Fiddle
$75 - Battle-Worn Steed of the White City Certificate

If we can come up with some other realistic incentives, I will add them later. If anything is added, you'll get them if you meet the donation threshold.

All incentives are cumulative, so if you donate $30, you also get the benefits of the lower tiers. For example, if you donated $100, you would get a Battle Worn Steed of the White City, One of the Two Fiddle Packs, a Perlino Steed, Cremello Steed, Hero of the Small Folk Title, Ghost Bear pet certificate, custom forum avatar, and forum title. If you have a specific request based on the level of your donation (both fiddle packs for $100 instead of the steed or whatever), just PM me and we'll sort it out. I will be taking donations through November 15th.

The LOTRO community has long been among the most supportive of Extra Life, and we are set to have a lot of fun this year! Thank you for your donation, however large or small it may be.

Sincerely,
Jerry Snook
Cordovan - Community Manager, Lord of the Rings Online