Charmy’s Special Announcement, “Ike’ll Get No Sympathy From Us!”

Okay, here’s the thing. This was kind of my own little idea that me, DarkWish, and hey_suburbia (owner of WiiNintendo.net and WiiFuse.com) turned into an official project for the site. It’s an idea for helping out the victims of Hurricane Ike. Those of you that play Super Smash Bros. Brawl will know that the character Ike frequently says, “You’ll Get No Sympathy From Me!”, so it’s time to show Ike/Hurricane Ike that “Ike’ll Get No Sympathy From Us!”

What we’re asking all of you to do is to record yourselves playing a match in Smash Bros. Brawl battling an Ike. You can choose whichever character you want (except Ike), any stage, whatever items, or any other settings you want, but you have to be battling an Ike. The Ike can be human or whatever level of COM player you wish, and of course you must win the battle, defeating Ike. Then when you have your video, send them to DarkWish’s e-mail at

[email protected]

Once we get around three videos, we’ll post them on the WiiNintendo.net main site, and then when we get a few more, we’ll make another post, and so on. After so and so amount of time, we will combine every video we get into one huge compilation video with little pop-up text saying who’s battling.

The whole point of this is to show that “Ike’ll Get No Sympathy From Us”. We’re going to band together to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Ike, while having some fun at the same time. This is our chance to use this huge gaming community that we have to make a difference. Starting today, we will be accepting donations for Hurricane Ike victims via PayPal, and after a few weeks, we will send 100% of the donations to the American Red Cross, for the purpose of helping the Hurricane Ike victims. As proof that we aren’t going to use this money elsewhere, hey_suburbia will record the transaction and post it on the main site so you have evidence.

So when does it start? Right now! You can start donating by clicking the donate button below. We will also be setting up a link on the sidebar for you to donate as well. Please donate whatever you can. Every cent counts. We don’t really have an expectation of how much we want to make, but the more the better. Please spread the word on this project as well, so that we get more people involved in this cause. Remember to send your videos in to [email protected] ASAP! The donation button is below, and you can read the history of how this project started after the jump.

Together, we can take down Ike and show him that he’ll get no sympathy from us!

How this started, or I should say why I came up with this idea is because this is the first time I’ve ever been the slightest affected by a Hurricane. Smash Bros. Brawl is one of my favorite games, and I thought it was funny that the Hurricane was named Ike, because Ike is a character in the game. So, I was trying to think of ways to help and then I came up with an idea. I sent it to my DarkWish on the WiiFuse Forums (wiifuse.com) that we have, and he said it was a great idea. So we told the owner of the site and he approved! I also released this big news on our podcast, The Wii-kly Fuse, to all of our listeners Tuesday night.

It was kind of a metaphorical thing, with everybody defeating Ike, and it was fun. I hope that our efforts will be blessed, and we will have the wonderful experience of helping people that have lost everything by doing something that we love.

Charmy

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