So, for those who do not follow strange Canadian sketch comedy, I would like to bring your attention to this charity group: https://desertbus.org/

Every year, they do a charity drive for Child's Play, a charity focused around putting games in the hands of children who are in hospitals. This takes place over the course of nearly a week, with each hour of their charity marathon being "purchased" by charitable donations through their website directly to Child's Play. They have raised over $5 million USD to date, across 11 years. 2018 was their largest year to date, having raised just over $700,000 USD and run their comedy streaming marathon for six days and sixteen hours.

The team behind Desert Bus has a lot of support from Wizards of the Coast, as many of its members are Magic: the Gathering judges and the like. As a member of the Legend of the Five Rings community, I think that this is a worthy cause and a worthy challenge for us. As such, I will be reaching out to other community organizers online and in the United States about setting up an informal, online L5R LCG tournament for next year's Desert Bus for Hope charity drive, and I would like YOUR support!

In short, what I envision this would consist of:

1. An online Jigoku tournament, which starts on Day 2 of the Desert Bus charity drive with a $15 suggestion donation "entry fee", payable to Child's Play through donate link on Desert Bus's website. For maximum effect, I will set a two hour window for those donations, and a request to put your Clan in your Donor Account so we can show some L5R and Clan pride.
2. Local charity tournaments that weekend, with local tournament organizers donating the proceeds to Child's Play through the Desert Bus website.
3. Just an ongoing Desert Bus League during the Charity Drive with players participating in Desert Bus's greater community while playing L5R.

For at least the first one, I have a commitment from Rhiannon McCullough (http://www.rmccullough.com/) to provide a unique playmat as a prize to the winner, and I will be reaching out to other L5R artists and the like about support for the event.

Is this something you would be interesting in helping me organize? If so, please let me know! Either drop me a PM here or reach out to me on Discord!

I wouldn't want to use their name but I think a charity event would be great.

9 minutes ago, Kakita Shiro said:

I wouldn't want to use their name but I think a charity event would be great.

Do you have a problem with the group? They have ties to both M:tG and Netrunner, so I figure getting some more visibility using their platform would be good for the community.

I don't have any issue with the group. I just wouldn't want to appropriate their name without their express permission.