7 years ago

RSG teams up with the American Cancer Society

http://www.realityskewedgamers.com/helpacs.jpg

Hi, everyone. Finity from Reality Skewed Gamers here. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has one of the best player bases of any game I and many others have ever played. Reality Skewed Gamers is invested in SWGOH, but also in fostering a gaming community that goes above and beyond. This past June 2018, RSG with the help of the SWGOH community raised over $10,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention due to some events that affected SWGOH players...

For 2019, Reality Skewed Gamers is partnering with the American Cancer Society to raise money to help cancer. This year, cancer has affected someone close to Reality Skewed Gamers - SithLordStu. Who is Stu? Stu was an original founding member of RSG back when RSG was Real Sith of Genius. The eccentric, hilarious and foul-mouthed man known as SithLordStu quickly became a viewer favorite for his no-holds-barred opinion sharing, quick wit and fun-loving attitude about games and life. Stu was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer. He has undergone treatment, and while the surgery seems successful, he will never be deemed fully cancer-free due to the type of cancer he had.

Reality Skewed Gamers is fighting for and supporting Stu with our #stustrong campaign and we would like to bring the SWGOH community together in this fight. In April 2019, Reality Skewed Gamers is looking to represent the Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes community when we run a half-marathon at Walt Disney World in the runDisney Star Wars Rival Run weekend. In the lead up to the half-marathon, we are looking to make a bigger impact than this past year and raise $15,000 in our fight against cancer.

How can you help?
You can donate to the American Cancer Society (ACS) through Tiltify for some fun and rewards: http://realityskewedgamers.com/RSGrunsforACS.html

Reality Skewed Gamers not only wants to build a gaming community, but a gaming community that makes a difference in the community at large. We hope we can count your support and remember...

BE #STUSTRONG!

CG_SBCrumb
New Spectator
7 years ago
Pinning this for now. You folks are supporting a great cause and go Stu!!!
Iy4oy4s
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
Remember when you guys supported WWF with the Ewok bundles? Why don’t you do something like that? Charity get something, you get something and we get something. Win win win.
Good on RSG!
ICEMAN--51
7 years ago
"Iy4oy4s;c-1690216" wrote:
Remember when you guys supported WWF with the Ewok bundles? Why don’t you do something like that? Charity get something, you get something and we get something. Win win win.
Good on RSG!

Dude is spot on about putting some incentive out there for the players. I haven’t spent on this game since they took out the 21 day crystal boosters, but if there was something like this then Win Win.
Lochaber1984
7 years ago
If CG sold a $5 pack containing 500 Stun gun salvage, 500 mk3 carbanti salvage and 500 stun cuff salvage, there would be half a million to donate to the charity...
Player_7ctrhms9
7 years ago
"John_Matrix1985;c-1690307" wrote:
If CG sold a $5 pack containing 500 Stun gun salvage, 500 mk3 carbanti salvage and 500 stun cuff salvage, there would be half a million to donate to the charity...

Nice idea...definitely.

Come on CG - show you really support rather than just give lip service.
drummer40785972
7 years ago
A worthy cause. Let your guilds know. Via discord, line and other chats.
Leytuhas
7 years ago
"Viserys;c-1690705" wrote:
"John_Matrix1985;c-1690307" wrote:
If CG sold a $5 pack containing 500 Stun gun salvage, 500 mk3 carbanti salvage and 500 stun cuff salvage, there would be half a million to donate to the charity...

I'd pay more than 5 bucks for that, especially if it was going to a charity

Right now there's no difference between me giving to my regular charities or giving to this one that CG isn't endorsing but tag as announcement so everyone sees it at the top. Guess which one wins in this case? The ones that I've already chosen myself, since there's no additional incentive to change.
kkid911
7 years ago
"Leytuhas;c-1690728" wrote:
"Viserys;c-1690705" wrote:
"John_Matrix1985;c-1690307" wrote:
If CG sold a $5 pack containing 500 Stun gun salvage, 500 mk3 carbanti salvage and 500 stun cuff salvage, there would be half a million to donate to the charity...

I'd pay more than 5 bucks for that, especially if it was going to a charity

Right now there's no difference between me giving to my regular charities or giving to this one that CG isn't endorsing but tag as announcement so everyone sees it at the top. Guess which one wins in this case? The ones that I've already chosen myself, since there's no additional incentive to change.

Totally understandable. I am glad, whether it is ACS or a different charity, that you are giving to a good cause. Really, that is our main goal. For us, because an original member of our group was diagnosed and treated for cancer, ACS seemed like the direction we wanted to go and to try to engage the community in. We do have things like #stustrong wristbands, and we will have some items provided by the American Cancer Society we will be giving away through some fun games we will be holding on Tiltify, but nothing that can compare to 500 carbantis for $5 :D

But you have your charity of choice and that is what we love about this community. There are a lot of socially conscious people looking to make a difference somehow. For those that don't have a specific charity they donate to but want to donate to a good cause, then hopefully we can provide them a fun opportunity to join other SWGOH players and donate to the ACS. And even if you don't donate monetarily, I do hope you can join us and support us. We will be holding a 12hr live stream on December 15th, playing different games, doing giveaways, and having some people from the American Cancer Society on our stream. :) ...not to mention running a half-marathon in April (which is totally killing my knees!)
kkid911
7 years ago
"Cavalcade;c-1691176" wrote:
Where is the option to directly donate money to Stu to ensure he actually gets the help he needs?

If you would like to help Stu directly, he has a GoFundMe for his medical bills: https://gofundme.com/help-stu-fight-cancer
alexjester15
7 years ago
What events happened?