Sideshow & Syrana

Why, yes, that is a night elf pointing at me.  And… what’s this? They blame Syrana?  Oh ho, the < I Blame Syrana > guild franchise has opened up another chain, I see.  And on my home server no less!

Buncha filthy stinkin’ Alliance… blamin’ me.

(Which also happens to be the home of my new baby priest…. *shifty eyes*)

Wowza, I can hardly believe the 1st Annual Hearts, Hands, and Voices charity drive organized by Azeroth United has come to a close.  It ran November 1st through December 13th.  It was filled with great mini-drives and support.  The initial fundraising goal of $5,000 was surpassed quickly too!

As for our own mini-drive, #iblamesyrana, we ended with a total count of 1237 blame tweets which raised $300!

I consider that a smashing success.

We started out sponsoring 500, then Samodean, Fulguralis, Fuubaar, and Pixelated Executioner offered their support and sponsorship as well!  Sure, we didn’t reach the updated goal of 1500, but we came quite close!

So a HUUUUUGE THANK YOU to everyone that helped out!

Oh my goodness, there’s not much time left for the Hearts, Hands, and Voices charity drive!  The community has been fantastic and we’re raising a lot of money for Child’s Play, which is awesome.  But, there’s some more money to be spent!

If you want to donate yourself, you can do so using the ChipIn widget on the right sidebar, or go to Azeroth United to check out the fabulous prizes you will be entered to win if you donate $10 or $20.

Otherwise, you can blame me on Twitter (for good or bad!) by adding #iblamesyrana to your blame tweet to help raise money.  Sideshow and I already donated our contribution for the first 500 blame tweets, but we still have sponsors!

Killing ‘em Slowly is sponsoring blame tweets 501-1000

Pixelated Executioner is sponsoring blame tweets 1001-1500

At the time that I’m typing this up, we’re still shy of 800 blame tweets for this mini-drive goal!

So go forth and blame Syrana!

It was perfectly fitting that I wore this today, seriously.  We have surpassed 500 #iblamesyrana tweets!

*cheers* *confetti*

I have made our donation for reaching 500.

But it’s not over yet! You still have until December 13th to chip in for the Hearts, Hands, and Voices Child’s Play Charity drive.  And! Don’t forget! The next 500 #iblamesyrana tweets are being sponsored by Killing ‘em Slowly.

At the time I’m writing this, I tallied up a total of 554 blame tweets, so we have a ways to go to reach 1000 yet.

But I know we can do it!  Now, go get yer blame on!

So the Hearts, Hands, and Voices Child’s Play charity drive is going quite well! We’re having a blast on Twitter with all the blame tweets.  Some are downright hilarious, others make me go “awww, sowwey!”

But here’s a little story about how I fail…

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Remember folks, today marks the start of the official #iblamesyrana tweet count for Azeroth United’s Hearts, Hands, and Voices charity drive for Child’s Play Charity.

Not sure what this #iblamesyrana tweet thing is all about? Check out this post here.

Also, there are 2 other bloggers that are also pitching in to donate based on these blame tweets!  Check out their posts about it:

The Price of Blame Has Just Gone Up by Fulguralis

Stepping Up by Samodean

Also, if you want to take a look at the #iblamesyrana tweets, you can check ‘em out right here on the site! (And hopefully it’ll make my daunting fun task of counting them easier!)

Have fun with this, spread the word, and let’s raise some money… it’s truly a time for the Alliance and the Horde to set aside their differences and together shout a new battlecry: FOR THE CHILDREN!

That’s right, there is a new incarnation of #iblamesyrana on Twitter.  A few folks have already started to warm up their blaming skills in anticipation.  You may have heard a little about it on a couple of podcasts or even seen the post over at Azeroth United.

So, here I am, going to lay it all out for you and get you pumped for charity!

Of course, I want to encourage you to give to the Hearts, Hands, and Voices charity drive over at Azeroth United (AU) which is aiming to raise $5,000 for Child’s Play Charity between November 1st and December 13th.  There are even some nifty incentives you could win!

Whether you are able to help give to the cause or not, you can help us give to the cause.

How This Works:

• Starting as of November 1st, we’ll be keeping track of tweets containing #iblamesyrana.
• For each blameworthy tweet (no empty tweets please) Sideshow and I will donate 10 cents to Child’s Play. (up to a maxium of $50)
• At the end of the drive, we will match the amount raised via tweets (up to the maximum).

Examples:

• There are 500 blameworthy tweets containing #iblamesyrana.  At 10 cents a tweet, the tweets raise $50, so we’ll donate a total of $100
• There are 100 blameworthy tweets worth $10, so we’ll donate $20.
• So, you got ganked ingame? Computer crashed with the BSOD? Your tire is flat? Tweet about it and add #iblamesyrana

I urge you all to help us reach the 500 tweet mark!

Don’t have a Twitter account? Well now is the time to get one! It’s free and you can abandon it after you blame me if you really want.

Why is there a cap in place?

Well, I’d feel bad if there ends up being thousands of tweets bringing us to a total we can’t afford.  And we don’t want to disappoint the children, am I right?

However, if you guys want to continue blaming if/when the maximum number is reached, feel free! It may still help put the word out there and get folks to donate.

Now get out there and spread the word (and blame)!

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*Sidenote: If the maximum tweets are not reached during the drive, we’ll consider counting the ones that went out this week in all the excitement.

Now… to come up with fun rank names…

In case you didn’t get to catch the live Twisted Nether Blogcast show last Friday while Sideshow and yours truly were on there, it is now available for your listening pleasure!  You can access it here or download it on iTunes (look for episode 59!).

Now that you’ve heard us get twisted, look forward to our guest appearance on Rawrcast on October 3rd!

So some of you may have noticed the #IBlameSyrana tweets the other day.  This is where the hashtag topic started (even though the blaming had started previously with this post.)