This really should be a blog post, but given the response to this event, making it a news feed seemed more apropo.

Let me start be saying, running a site like ours, no matter how small it can be, is tough work and definitely not easy on the wallet. Being a man of modest means, really drives that point home. Over the last several months, i've been dealing with planning a wedding, and the stress, costs and struggles with that (not to mention my regular day job issues) have really put a damper on my administrative role here. Regardless, this isn't about my moaning, it's about how we, as a small site can really make an impact on our worldwide community, even during trying times and personal struggles.

Some three years ago, we as a group of moderators and administrators, decided to take the plunge into the world of "the charity drive". It's been a universal agreement amongst most of our membership that giving back is really of vital of importance as a community and it's hardly a simple task to organize. This site doesn't generate any real income (mostly by choice) so not having a large resource pool to draw from makes things like site modifications to support such an event, fall directly on my hands. It's also quite simply amazing that, however you slice it, Mart Brinkley, has been our bullhorn, a diamond in the rough and has really fostered our promotion. Without him and the many people here that contribute to our goals, we simply could not exist, let alone tackle such an undertaking that a charity event requires. It's tough for me to verbalize just how nicely people are pulling together, not just now, but in the overall life of the site. That's really the point, we have continually tried to be a home for those that need it, with support, an open forum to vent and that have overall feeling of friendship without much requirement. Regardless of our struggles to sustain, i'd truly like to continue that trend.

If the goal of fund raising events is to show how well a community can pull together for a cause, then we've met that goal. It's always come down to the contributions and efforts of the whole that make a poor mans goals really come through, and that's how we do it, no matter how much we raise.

As we're using Stupidcancer.com as this years beneficiary of our charity event, I just wanted to share this email with everyone:

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YES! How can I be in the podcast?

Show up in Teamspeak this Sunday evening @ 7:00 p.m. EDT (April 15th 2012), and just follow the instructions.

What will the podcast be about?
We will highlight our upcoming Charity event on May 19th 2012

What else do I need to do?
Be prepared to give short but constructive answers. You will be ask 5 questions during the recording session. You will have EXACTLY 30 seconds to speak. Then we will move on to the next person.

What will the questions be?
I have no f'cking idea yet, I'm still making them up

See you Sunday evening

The 3rd Annual BPC 24 hour Charity gaming marathon is set to start on May 19th 2012.


This year we'll once again be raising money for www.stupidcancer.com


We'll post more details in the upcoming weeks, but be sure to mark the date in your calendar.


And get ready for our massive social media campaign that we need everyone to participate in

So it's that time again, time to give back to our community doing the thing we love to do, Play Games! This year however there's a little twist. Typically us admins and moderators decide on a charity, but this your it's your choice. Please help us, help others and vote! As we gear up this year, we ask that everyone participate in getting the word out when we finally decide. Please take a moment and look over the sites.

Thanks a lot!
~ munki