Extra Life, Team Standing Stone Games, and You!
Once again Standing Stone Games, players from throughout the LOTRO community, and associated friends and family are raising money for Extra Life! Our fundraising through Team Standing Stone Games will help the local Boston Children's Hospital, which provides life-saving treatment and care to children from all over the world.
We hope to raise $30,000 for the Boston Children's Hospital this year! Team Standing Stone Games includes both Dungeons & Dragons Online and The Lord of the Rings Online players, developers, and friends. Last year we were the top fundraiser for the Boston Children's Hospital, and we'd love to do that again.
Join us for an Extra Life Marathon: Friday, November 3rd!
Join us for Extra Life this Friday! Starts November 3rd at 8am Eastern on Twitch.tv/LOTROstream and runs past Midnight. Giveaways, gaming, and life-saving fundraising!
Why Extra Life?
Extra Life is a charitable organization that unites thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised more than $70 million for sick and injured kids. Click here to read more about the organization.
How can I help?
Donate and/or join our team! In the coming weeks the Standing Stone Games Extra Life Team will be fundraising together, and we have some fun activities and giveaways planned to support the cause.
To donate to the Team: http://extra-life.org/team/standingstonegames
To find my donation page: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/JerrySnook
To sign up for Extra Life, if you want to raise money yourself: http://www.extra-life.org/
What should I do after I donate?
It is important that I receive additional information from you in order to be able to get you your incentives. I have set up a survey in SurveyMonkey this year to capture this information and more easily distribute your incentives to you.
ONCE YOU DONATE, PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SURVEY HERE IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE INCENTIVES!
If you donate at least $10, you will be entered into the various giveaways that will take place after November 30th. If you donate to the team, me, or another Team member, it counts!
Group Incentives:
- $10,000 – Points and picks! We'll select 25 people who donate at least ten dollars to the fundraising effort through a random-number-generated giveaway to receive a 500 LOTRO Point code. We'll then select another 25 people to receive a pick from the Community Loot List.
- $20,000 – More Points and picks! We'll select an additional 25 people who donate at least ten dollars to the fundraising effort through a random-number-generated giveaway to receive a 500 LOTRO Point code. We'll then select another additional 25 people to receive a pick from the Community Loot List.
- $30,000 – Points, picks, and an expansion giveaway! We'll select an additional 25 people who donate at least ten dollars to the fundraising effort through a random-number-generated giveaway to receive a 500 LOTRO Point code. We'll then select another additional 25 people to receive a pick from the Community Loot List. We'll also give away an Ultimate Edition of Corsairs of Umbar to three people who have donated at least $10!
All group incentive giveaways will take place after November 30th, and winners will be notified through the contact information provided to me in the SurveyMonkey survey.
Individual incentives:
- $10 - One pick from the Community Loot List, and an entry into every giveaway!
- $20 - Two additional picks from the Community Loot List.
- $40 - Three additional picks from the Community Loot List
- $60 - Four additional picks from the Community Loot List!
All incentives are cumulative, so if you donate $60, you also get the benefits of the lower tiers, meaning a $60 donation would get ten total picks from the Community Loot List. These will be distributed to you through codes that are entered through Redeem Code in the LOTRO Store inside of the game. You are free to distribute these codes to friends or family as you wish.
- If you wish to receive multiple of the same item, just indicate that in your survey message to me.
- Donations that have already been made to Team Standing Stone Games in 2023 are eligible for these incentives! Simply fill out the survey and let us know when you donated and how much, along with your picks.
- Donations to any member of Team Standing Stone Games counts.
- If you aren't sure what you want at the time you make the donation feel free to wait until you are ready to send in your survey. Just make sure to get it to us before the end of November!
- If you have any questions, please contact Community Manager Cordovan through the forums.
Here is the Community Loot List:
New for 2023:
IN GAME TITLE: The Sociable – This title was originally distributed in the 2013 and 2014 Extra Life fundraising efforts, but has not been available since.
HOUSING ITEM: Pig in a Blanket Housing Decoration – This item was originally distributed in issue 154 of the LOTRO Beacon.
PET: Spotted Corgi – New to the list for 2023! Distributed during official community gatherings in limited quantities over the past year.
COSMETIC ITEM: Ceremonial Cloak of the Misty Night - New to the list for 2023! Similar to an obsolete item that used to be able to be acquired from the Tier II Challenge mode of Ost Dunholth, in a different color and turned into a cosmetic cloak.
The rest of the list:
IN GAME TITLE: Aid to Those in Need
IN GAME TITLE: Artist(Prefix)
IN GAME TITLE: Artist(Suffix)
IN GAME TITLE: Art Lover
IN GAME TITLE: Audience Member
IN GAME TITLE: Concert Attendee
IN GAME TITLE: Event Organizer
IN GAME TITLE: Event Winner
IN GAME TITLE: Hero of the Small Folk
IN GAME TITLE: Musician(Prefix)
IN GAME TITLE: Musician(Suffix)
IN GAME TITLE: Performer of Note
IN GAME TITLE: Provider of Event Information
IN GAME TITLE: Speaker for the Musicians
IN GAME TITLE: Speaker of Words
IN GAME TITLE: Spectator
IN GAME TITLE: Striving for Victory
IN GAME TITLE: Viewer of Events
IN GAME TITLE: The Well Met
HOUSING ITEM: Best House in the Neighborhood Trophy
HOUSING ITEM: Sleeping Grey Cat
PET: Anniversary Celebration Corgi (NEW!)
PET: Lively Slug
PET: Tundra Cub
PET: Spirit Bear
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Bardic Fiddle
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Lonely Mountain Fiddle
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Sprightly Fiddle
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Traveler's Trusty Fiddle
MOUNT: Cremello Steed
MOUNT: Perlino Steed
MOUNT: Steed of the Red Dawn
MOUNT: Steed of the White City
Thank you for your donation, however large or small it may be. There is never a time that children will not need life-saving help, but especially this year, the work that is being done is more critical than ever.
Sincerely,
Jerry Snook and Team Standing Stone Games
Community Manager, Lord of the Rings Online