Hey but why are you so faggish about people asking for donations not everyone is lucky enough to be a 30 year old white male in America :/ some people work two jobs and can't make EVO just let them rock

Originally I was gonna write something pretentious like "because I work for myself, pay for myself, and I'm entitled to do so" but then you went and slurred on me. So congratulations, YOU'VE EARNED YOURSELF AN ESSAY. So before I begin I want to make it clear. Situations such as when Knives had some family issues and reached out for some help for money do not apply to what I'm about to discuss, just the same as Clockwork's charity. In both cases it's simply charity to help out someone in NEED. Or a cause. So first off, going to EVO is a privilege, not a right. As a player, you are not required to go to EVO. So don't think that player X needs to go to EVO. They don't. And even if they went, they may never even get on stream or be seen, depending on how the streaming schedule and the bracket works and how well they did. So there's that, but I'm gonna look at it like this. Most of the people begging have made their EVO plans last minute. They're now looking at Vegas tickets at roughly $500 give or take, $100 registration, and they're looking for a place to crash last minute. Poor planning for a trip that will probably run them $700-800. On the other hand, let's look at what I did by planning ahead for EVO. Plane ticket - $150

Room (Tues-Mon) - 100

Registration - $100 So I'm spending $450. Even if my ticket was 200 that's 300 in savings. So saving for $600 (including 150 for food costs which can easily be cut down) over the course of 6 months manageable, certainly. That's only 100 a month over 6 months. If you're smart and determined to save and go to EVO, then you don't need to be, you just need to be smart. "But Huoshen, I still need to go to X event as well" No you don't. And if you did, someone would be paying for it. "That's why I'm gonna get people to donate to me" So you're gonna beg, right? Because that's what you're doing. You're asking for money, and in return, you're basically giving all the people who give you money jack squat. Because that's what you're doing. I don't understand why people want to give you money, but as Valle said, "I'll respect your HUSTLE". Because what you're pulling off is certainly a HUSTLE. If I ever asked for money to go to an event, I would put it like this: Donate me:

$10 - Hand written Thank you Card with my signature, because you're awesome

$20 - Private invite to dibs to X Factor or bucket drinks before they go out to the general public at events

$100 - Private 1 hour lesson of Marvel/KOF/P4A

$500 - A Bucket drink made in your honor, with any selected drinks you want involved or a specific flavor in mind. See what I'm doing here? Giving people who give me money some kind of reward. Even if it's just a hand written card. It's something as a thank you. As it stands people are just simply begging for the money and taking it and not returning something substantial to those who give them the money. I would continue, but sadly, I'm at the post limit, so ask again for more info on my take.