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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 31 Dec 2012 : 05:12:14
Alright, I've got to give WotC some props for this... Guy loses his RPG collection in the flooding caused by Sandy, one of his friends pinged WotC, and WotC sent the guy a big box of stuff.
WotC sends Sandy Victim GM a Christmas shocker!
There are also some pics...
Now, I'll admit, when I lost everything in a fire, I happened into a really good deal on the game material, and an author who prefers to remain anonymous sent me pretty much all of their written works. And that was most cool. But now I'm wishing I'd thought to go to the source!   |
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| Dennis |
Posted - 09 Jan 2013 : 09:34:20
So nice of them. And Ayrik, it's okay to be suspicious of corporate motives.Just don't expect WotC to send you 'gifts' should something similar (Ao forbid) happen to you. |
| 9thChapter |
Posted - 09 Jan 2013 : 07:40:04
C'mon Ayrik...stop the Vacouver bashing (so sayeth one Vancouverite to another).
This is San Fran north. |
| Ayrik |
Posted - 09 Jan 2013 : 05:25:20
Kudos to WotC, indeed.
I'm half thinking I should move somewhere with more natural disasters, just to score a box of D&D goodies! Vancouver does not suffer from hurricanes, tornadoes, monsoons, flooding, firestorms, volcanoes, earthquakes, plagues of locusts ... no dams and dykes to burst, not too much of the cityscape at low elevations. All we get is tons of bad weather, seasonal temperature extremes, and a few weeks of exciting colourful lightning storms.
[Edit: I reserve the right to remain cynical and suspicious of corporate motives.] |
| Thrasymachus |
Posted - 09 Jan 2013 : 04:42:49
That's really awesome. 
@ Wooly - Thanks for giving us cynics a heads up. |
| Markustay |
Posted - 08 Jan 2013 : 01:16:47
quote:
Originally posted by Xnella Moonblade-Thann
How bad was it for you, Markus?
For me? Not bad at all. I lost cable for a week, that was it. It meant no TV, phone, or Internet, but since we still had power we could play non-internet based video games and we still had cellphones so we barely noticed.
I live in the center of Long island - the coast was wiped out. We have over 500 miles of beach all total and it was pretty damn bad. Since all the coast is either parkland or private property, we won't know how bad (with our own eyes) until next summer when everything reopens. The city and NJ got stomped pretty damn hard as well, probably just as bad if not worse. CN and PA got hit, but for both of them it was a fairly narrow corridor (but bad in that corridor).
I can't believe how fast they got the tunnels and subways back up. People were complaining that it took a few weeks for everything to work, but we are talking about 842 miles of track and a half dozen state-spanning tunnels completely underwater. I have to give the city credit.
Like I said, I was one of the lucky ones. I had a couple of huge trees come down in my backyard but they missed everything (and now I got LOTS of firewood). EVERYONE had trees in their yard - most weren't so lucky. The worst part (for me) was getting around that first week, between the gas shortages and all the road closures. I am glad the worst is over now (but not for the people along the coast - thats going to take at least a year or more). There are entire neighborhoods just GONE now, and in a few cases there isn't even land there anymore (we lost a lot coastline).
It is what it is - you get so numb seeing this stuff on TV all the time; its a lot different when it happens to you. |
| 9thChapter |
Posted - 07 Jan 2013 : 06:22:28
Very cool to hear this. |
| Xnella Moonblade-Thann |
Posted - 07 Jan 2013 : 02:59:17
How bad was it for you, Markus? |
| Markustay |
Posted - 04 Jan 2013 : 13:08:37
Hey! I saw Sandy out my window! Where's my phat lewtz?
But seriously, having gone through something similar myself (almost two years ago now), I know how the guy felt. It feels like a piece of your life has been ripped away.
Kudos to WotC. Well done.
Not to turn this happy thread dark, but we here in 'the zone' have decided FEMA is completely useless. Common citizens (and yes, that includes those WotC guys) have done more for everbody then the Gov't has - they just sit in their trucks and 'plan'. Seriously. It sucks.
To anyone who helped in anyway, I just like to say Thank You from all of here at ground zero. The outpouring has been awesome, truly. |
| Dark Wizard |
Posted - 01 Jan 2013 : 21:17:34
Saw this on G+ a little while ago and love that WotC were able to help out where they could. It speaks volumes about the staff of WotC.
It is also fortunate coincidence WotC reprinted two older editions recently, meaning they had three editions of D&D in stock to help rebuild the DM's library. |
| Euranna |
Posted - 01 Jan 2013 : 03:08:25
That was very awesome of WoTC. It actually makes me think more highly of them. :)
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| Dalor Darden |
Posted - 31 Dec 2012 : 13:33:31
Good for the gifted! Awesome for WotC. |
| Drakul |
Posted - 31 Dec 2012 : 10:55:27
Now if every other big company could do this, our faith just may be even further restored. |
| Xnella Moonblade-Thann |
Posted - 31 Dec 2012 : 09:34:33
Woah! Now that's something I'd never expected to see from any company bigger than a small regional company. I guess there are some people in the business world that have a heart. |
| Diffan |
Posted - 31 Dec 2012 : 09:01:53
Wow! 1E, 3E, and 4E stuff plus adventures and supplements. Truely an awesome gesture. |
