Pony Up for Ponies - Achieved!

Sparhawk wrote:
Elysium wrote:

Guys, just an FYI -- the second article may already be taken. I need to confirm.

Rabbit ponied up $500 himself to prevent more pain and aggravation.

On the plus side, that's another $500 for the donation drive.

Taharka wrote:

... we are at $625 promised. That's amazing, folks. We just need to finalize the way that people actually send money and Rabbit's fate is sealed. >:-)

Add this to the current drive total of $14,102 and we've reached the first stretch goal! Hooray!

Edit: Much too late to apologize for my horrendous math skills. Sorry.

UPDATE -- Just confirmed with our second $500 donor. That individual would like to leave it open for you guys to raise the donation to get the second article, and he will only step in to provide a topic if the community does not meet its goal to buy the second article.

In short, you guys are welcome to continue pursuing a second article.

Thank you all so much for the support you have shown us and the joy you are bringing to my life by making Julian write stuff.

Is there any amount we can pay to make Sands go on a date with Moe?

Yes, but it's the equivalent to the GDP of a good solid Baltic nation.

HedgeWizard wrote:
obirano wrote:

I'm a bit sad to see the weiner bomb go.

You can keep it, if you really want to!

obirano wrote:

Nah. It's ok. I'll take the company car.

GWJ has to be the only place you can show up waving around your weiner bomb and a few bucks to get the company car.

Elysium wrote:

UPDATE -- Just confirmed with our second $500 donor. That individual would like to leave it open for you guys to raise the donation to get the second article, and he will only step in to provide a topic if the community does not meet its goal to buy the second article.

In short, you guys are welcome to continue pursuing a second article.

Thank you all so much for the support you have shown us and the joy you are bringing to my life by making Julian write stuff.

As The Official Escrow Holding Company for the GWJs, it is my duty to announce that we're $185 from our second $500 goal.

The lastest heroes include:

RedJen
tuffalobuffalo
Obirano

For the sake of sanity, let's put a deadline on our contributions to Tuesday the 25th? If we can't raise the money for article #2 by then, I will release the additional funds people have sent me so that they can get credit for their pledges, and mysterious donor person can move forward with their plan.

Does that sound reasonable?

THIS JUST IN: We're $85 away.

Eighty-five. Eight. Five.

$60.

close...so close....

I think following this thread has brought me more joy and amusement than actually playing ponies. We can do it!

shoptroll wrote:

I think following this thread has brought me more joy and amusement than actually playing ponies. We can do it!

I'm going to try and play the game, though. I don't want to be left out of the discussion when it takes the gaming zeitgeist by storm.

HedgeWizard wrote:

$60.

$40?

Chumpy_McChump wrote:
HedgeWizard wrote:

$60.

$40?

$40!

HedgeWizard wrote:
Chumpy_McChump wrote:
HedgeWizard wrote:

$60.

$40?

$40!

Payment sent and we should only have $15 left now. If it were not for mat leave I would finish off the rest of the payment.

Has the second article been decided?

$15 remains!

FIFTEEN DOLLARS! Won't someone please think of the children?

Done.

"And gentlemen in Goodjerland now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That paid with us for Julian's Sparkle Ponies!"

HISTORY, f*ckers! I'm part of it!

Yay! We are a winner!

You're all going "Yipee" while I'm weeping inside, wondering what horrible horrible thing you will collectively decide for me.

Maybe something ... I dunno .. fun? I know that's just a DUMB idea.

The question is fun for whom? Dance for us!

Hahaha! Nice. So, I guess we get to submit ideas for a second topic now. Time to start thinking. Is the general idea that it has to be gaming related and make rabbit cry man tears?

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Hahaha! Nice. So, I guess we get to submit ideas for a second topic now. Time to start thinking. Is the general idea that it has to be gaming related and make rabbit cry man tears?

Maybe the second article should be about the process of writing the first one.

Can there be more tears than this:

IMAGE(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A3MRvGZCYAAS3OU.jpg)

Garden Ninja wrote:
tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Hahaha! Nice. So, I guess we get to submit ideas for a second topic now. Time to start thinking. Is the general idea that it has to be gaming related and make rabbit cry man tears?

Maybe the second article should be about the process of writing the first one.

Can we just get someone to do a documentary about writing the first article instead?

Garden Ninja wrote:
tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Hahaha! Nice. So, I guess we get to submit ideas for a second topic now. Time to start thinking. Is the general idea that it has to be gaming related and make rabbit cry man tears?

Maybe the second article should be about the process of writing the first one.

Who says the first article isn't going to be about the process of writing the first article.

Put *that* in your recursion pipe and smoke it.

I gave GWJ $1010 and all I got was this lousy Sparkle Pony article.

I didn't donate to this, so feel free to toss out my opinion, but I think the second article should be on something he'll actually enjoy. To make up for the soul crushing despair he's going to be feeling with all the Sparkle Pony madness.
Otherwise.. I'll pray for you Rabbit.

I'm +1 for the death of gaming mags that Rabbit has written for.
Or maybe an indepth comparison between Demon Souls and Dark Souls?

St.Hillary wrote:

I didn't donate to this, so feel free to toss out my opinion, but I think the second article should be on something he'll actually enjoy. To make up for the soul crushing despair he's going to be feeling with all the Sparkle Pony madness.
Otherwise.. I'll pray for you Rabbit.

That's probably a good idea. How about an article about gaming where he pretends it's the future like 2050 or something?