Posted 20 January 2016 - 12:41 PM

Ok so I think I need to answer a couple questions I have received about this event.For those that don't know, on Christmas morning of 2014 my wife gave me my present. We were broke at the time so we didn't spend any money on each other and instead spent it all on the kids. So her present to me was one 24 hour period each month where I could game all I wanted without having to worry about chores, kids, and other fatherly duties.I decided to not only game for those 24 hours each month, but to also turn those 24 hours into a charity event called a Mechathon where I would play MWO for those 24 hours while streaming and raising awareness about a needy charity. We have supported so many good charities over the last year including charities for homeless and abused youth, disabled veterans, the mentally ill and most of all, cancer research and cancer patient support.In October we did the Mechathon for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and in November we did the Mechathon for the Movember Foundation (who support mens health and male cancer research and patient support). While both Mechathons for the BCRF and Movember did well, neither reached their donation goal.In December I didn't host a Mechathon mostly because of the normally busy month combined with what is normally an even busier month for me (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Wedding Anniversary, New Years, Birthday). The plan was then to host a makeup Mechathon in late January after everything else calmed down. I then decided that since we didn't meet the donation goals for BCRF and Movember that the makeup Mechathon would also be for both of those organizations again because you know, you can never have enough funding for cancer research and support.Most who have been playing this game since before December know how these Mechathons work. But for the new player population it is pretty simple. At 9am on Thur the 28th I will start the stream on twitch.tv/ngngtv. I will be sitting in the NGNGtv channel of the No Guts No Galaxy TS server (ts3server://voip01.n1585.hypernia.net?port=9992&password=mechwarrior&nickname=Outreachuser&addbookmark=NGNGOutreach). Anybody who wishes to join me for some drops is welcome. This event is open to all pilots regardless of faction, unit, or experience (this event is for charity not lore). To join me, just get on the NGNG TS and go the NGNGtv sync room. From there you will be dragged up into the main NGNGtv channel (when room is available).Nobody who joins me for drops is required to donate a thing. These are all free will donations.To date we have raised $765 for the BCRF and $500 for Movember.If anybody has any other questions, please feel free to ask them here.

Edited by RjBass3, 20 January 2016 - 12:44 PM.