EPTLookNoHands Fundraiser Announcement - Page 10
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eisenhoward0
United States22 Posts
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sharky246
1197 Posts
On March 20 2012 03:36 Ventor wrote: I don't really agree with this fund raiser. It's great that you're trying to do what makes you happy but I don't see why you're asking people for money to do it. A lot of people are put into situations in their life where money becomes an issue and they can't get what they want at the moment and have to work for it. This just seems counter intuitive to that and you're skipping the 'working hard' bit. lolwut?! If you had any bit of dignity, you would show support for a disabled person. | ||
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Exil
Poland88 Posts
On March 20 2012 15:15 sharky246 wrote: lolwut?! If you had any bit of dignity, you would show support for a disabled person. I get, that he is disabled, but rly does this means that i need to help him and if dont want to do it i dont have dignity? No, it's not. I would help, but not to disabled person that want to play games, travels around the world and spanding time with pros. If he would need cash to creat somthing like: cup for disabled people; inventing thing that would help people on wheelcharis or without hand to play games, espacially sc2; then yes, it would be AWSOME IDEA. But giving him cash for traveling and having fun just becous he is disabled doesn't sound ok for me. But it's your cash, so it's not my problem. Just don't say, that others, that think this idea isn't right dont have dignity. | ||
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pigtheman
United States333 Posts
i dont have money to spare  but ill be tuning in | ||
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give.ViviD
Sweden235 Posts
On March 20 2012 15:54 Exil wrote: I get, that he is disabled, but rly does this means that i need to help him and if dont want to do it i dont have dignity? No, it's not. I would help, but not to disabled person that want to play games, travels around the world and spanding time with pros. If he would need cash to creat somthing like: cup for disabled people; inventing thing that would help people on wheelcharis or without hand to play games, espacially sc2; then yes, it would be AWSOME IDEA. But giving him cash for traveling and having fun just becous he is disabled doesn't sound ok for me. But it's your cash, so it's not my problem. Just don't say, that others, that think this idea isn't right dont have dignity. Can't help but feel the exact same way, he's essentially begging for money to stay in Korea because it's super-duper expensive because of his disability but that doesn't mean in any way that we should feel obligated to fund his almost luxurious stay in Korea. I just think it's an incredibly egoistic event with no goal or purpose other than those of his own, I for one won't be spending any time nor money on this event, what everyone else decides to do is up to them of course. | ||
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ragnorr
Denmark6097 Posts
On March 20 2012 18:07 give.ViviD wrote: Can't help but feel the exact same way, he's essentially begging for money to stay in Korea because it's super-duper expensive because of his disability but that doesn't mean in any way that we should feel obligated to fund his almost luxurious stay in Korea. I just think it's an incredibly egoistic event with no goal or purpose other than those of his own, I for one won't be spending any time nor money on this event, what everyone else decides to do is up to them of course. In what way are you obligated? Its a fundraiser, if you dont like it just dont support it. It is not like people who supported him does not know what the money is going to | ||
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sharky246
1197 Posts
On March 20 2012 18:07 give.ViviD wrote: Can't help but feel the exact same way, he's essentially begging for money to stay in Korea because it's super-duper expensive because of his disability but that doesn't mean in any way that we should feel obligated to fund his almost luxurious stay in Korea. I just think it's an incredibly egoistic event with no goal or purpose other than those of his own, I for one won't be spending any time nor money on this event, what everyone else decides to do is up to them of course. On March 20 2012 15:54 Exil wrote: I get, that he is disabled, but rly does this means that i need to help him and if dont want to do it i dont have dignity? No, it's not. I would help, but not to disabled person that want to play games, travels around the world and spanding time with pros. If he would need cash to creat somthing like: cup for disabled people; inventing thing that would help people on wheelcharis or without hand to play games, espacially sc2; then yes, it would be AWSOME IDEA. But giving him cash for traveling and having fun just becous he is disabled doesn't sound ok for me. But it's your cash, so it's not my problem. Just don't say, that others, that think this idea isn't right dont have dignity. Life isn't always about making the most pragmatic decisions. Sometimes, you just gotta do what your heart tells you to do, i.e chipping in for a handicapped person, donating money to the poor, etc. | ||
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ScruffyJanitor
Australia108 Posts
EDIT: for those that havent heard of space thought Id add to the love. http://www.mymym.com/en/news/11677.html | ||
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cygnus-AT
36 Posts
And i also don't understand what justifies this thread being spotlighted & sponsored by TL. Nonetheless, i wish looknohands good luck with his endeavours. | ||
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Myrtroll
139 Posts
And i also don't understand what justifies this thread being spotlighted & sponsored by TL. You may have an argument with the spotlighting, but the sponsor thing afaik is him paying for this to TL. TL does nothing other than allow it. (and my guess is they wouldn't if not for the sponsor thing) | ||
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Mysti_
France185 Posts
On March 20 2012 19:17 cygnus-AT wrote: I'm sorry, but i think that if for anything, we should be donating those kinds of sums for people needing basic help with their disabilities, and not for travel expenses of 1 disabled person. i mean, asking for 40,000$ because you want to travel and play games in korea? :/ And i also don't understand what justifies this thread being spotlighted & sponsored by TL. Nonetheless, i wish looknohands good luck with his endeavours. I definitely agree with this, he doesn't seem to be in the need at all, I would much rather donate to help people that are privated of their basic human rights and needs (homeless people, famine in Somalia etc...). Plus he already traveled so much why would he want to come back to korea for another 5 months instead of helping other disabled people to get the chance to travel too ? That's a pretty selfish goal, it would be different if he wanted to help other disabled with the money he gets, but that's not the case. That being said I hope he will get the money he wishes but I won't participate. | ||
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chrissummers
243 Posts
But this begging for money to continue to travel and stay in ( quite expensive ) foreign countries is very weird and I agree with the people criticizing this event and the egocentric behavior. Most of us people here would like to travel and not pay for it, too, but we cannot. Even though I think human beings need to help the ones that are in need, I don't see how the OP is in need of going to Korea again, staying there for several months etc. I mean I often see handicapped people living on the streets, I cannot and would not give each of them money. So what exactly is the difference? These people often beg for money to buy food. the OP needs money to travel. Something is wrong with this. I am pretty sure, the OP does not have bad intentions and maybe he wasnt or isnt aware of the issues, but I think his paypal should be excluded from these forums. | ||
Lip the Pencilboy
Italy420 Posts
good luck for the things to come | ||
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Magic_Mike
United States542 Posts
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fizzink
United States12 Posts
Cheers to everyone making dreams happen! | ||
looknohands119
United States815 Posts
On March 20 2012 21:20 Lip the Pencilboy wrote: yo boy, hope u still wearing that shirt we gave ya at dreamhack, was a blast meeting you! good luck for the things to come Hey there Lip! Yup, of course I'm still wearing it. It'll hopefully make a few appearances during the fundraiser too. ^^ | ||
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Magic_Mike
United States542 Posts
On March 20 2012 23:03 fizzink wrote: I see the self-appointed hecklers are busy typing! So much time tearing down - so little building... Cheers to everyone making dreams happen! GG my friend. | ||
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ReboundEU
508 Posts
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Ventor
United States336 Posts
On March 20 2012 23:03 fizzink wrote: I see the self-appointed hecklers are busy typing! So much time tearing down - so little building... Cheers to everyone making dreams happen! Life isn't fair and there's no reason people should be giving someone money to go have fun in Korea just because he's handicapped. Everyone has dreams which are hindered by something but instead of working hard this guy is using his disability as a crutch to squeeze money out of a people. The only reason people will give money is because it will bring them a false sense of selflessness. I'm too intelligent to be fooled by such. If you're going to be condescending then at least provide more reasons to why people SHOULD give him money. | ||
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Ryuhou)aS(
United States1174 Posts
uhh because it's the right thing to do? Help support a fellow human being realize his dream? Wouldn't you want somebody helping you realize your dream?! I watched this guy playing on ESL TV with mr. bitter, and he's incredible. The best part about him is his positive outlook on life, it's super impressive to me, since if i had the same disability I would never be as happy about my life as he is. | ||
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