Fundraising tournament for Japan quakes/tsunamis - Page 5

Hi everybody, this is going to be a crosspost between TeamLiquid and Reddit.
My name is Ross Hollopeter and I am currently trying to organize a Starcraft 2 event that will generate donations for relief efforts for the tsunami in Japan.

The idea is based off of a similar fundraiser that speeddemosarchive.com (SDA) hosted recently to gather donations for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The way that their event worked was that the hosts streamed a 4 day straight marathon of video games being completed quickly. During this stream they would hold raffles and bidding contests wherein each dollar donated would count as a raffle ticket or bid. For example they would hold a bidding contest to auction off the rights to name the Pokemon as they were caught while streaming that game. Using this system, they generated $52,000 in donations from the community in 4 days.

Who We Are: A group of friends who are saddened by the recent disaster in Japan. We want to do something to help that goes beyond donating the small amounts that we can, and we believe that raising awareness through a fun event is a great idea to get the community to donate.

The Goal: Generate donations for tsunami relief by holding a 24 hour marathon of Starcraft 2 featuring leading professional players and casters.

The Process: Keep the audience interacting with the stream and donating. Reward the audience for donating by letting them affect the outcome of the game.

What We Hope to Get From You the community: It's very hard to get in contact with the players and casters. If you are a player or caster who is interested in participating, let me know! Of course once we get some casters and players and a time confirmed, we need you all to spread the word! Let everybody know! Of course anybody that can donate their talents and expertise is welcome!

Below is a description of some of the events that I plan to include in this marathon.

1. Allow viewers to donate to vote on which players should play next.
2. Free for alls, team games, and custom games featuring high caliber players and famous members of the Starcraft community.
3. Donation raffles of gaming gear. (We are already in contact with a large company about donating prizes.)
4. A custom game type that will allow viewers to donate money to give advantages to their favorite players. I.E. if somebody donates a dollar for Chill, Chill gets an extra 100 minerals. If somebody donates
5 dollars against Combat-Ex, we kill his collosus. 5. There are many other possibilities. Donate to play against pros etc. please let me know of your ideas!

The event will take place on a weekend during a time when there are no major tournaments. Obviously the cause is very urgent, and if it's possible to organize something of this scale by this weekend that's when we'd prefer to have it.

I hope that you will consider my proposition, and I thank you for your time.

If you are interested or have the contact information of someone who would be interested, please contact me via PM on teamliquid or in this thread. My username is SultanVinegar
Ross Hollopeter