Age of the Empire: Gamers "Needs Food Badly" September 14th, 2008

Gamers organize a food drive for the hungry and supports the Star Light Foundation.
 

Level 1 "The Gauntlet"

The initial start of the gamer’s “National” food drive for the hungry this holiday season, started yesterday morning at Nintendo World. TriForce along with members of Empire Arcadia lined up outside of Nintendo World 2 days before the launch of the Nintendo Power 20th anniversary, to utilize the gaming fans of Nintendo to try and raise canned food goods for the unfortunate.  As expected gamers came out by the several hundreds knowing that only the first 400 gamers would be allowed in for the Nintendo Power Party.

Knowing that more than 400 gamers were going to be at Nintendo World and on the line days before the event, it did not stop the gamers from coming anyway. Gamers of all ages, sizes, gender and race created the line faithfully and mingled with all the other gamers on the line. Playing scores of Nintendo DS games and Picto Chatting it has been the staple activity of Nintendo fans that attend Nintendo World events. Knowing far well how Nintendo gamers behave, TriForce took advantage of the situation and knew that a chance to do more good with the gamers at Nintendo World. The test of the Gamers Gauntlet began!


Standing the Nintendo World Line since Thursday, TriForce works on some questions for the food drive Trivia contest.


Knightmare and Triforce pack up over 100 cans in such a short days work.

How the Gamers helped out

Early Saturday morning TriForce spoke with the gamers on the line and told them of the project to raise food for the hungry this holiday season by gamers. He urge them to participate in the first attempt at the National food drive by competing in a Tetris DS Challenge and a gaming trivia contest. Each gamer that got a question correct would get 2 points and that 2 points would equal 2 canned food goods that Empire Arcadia would donate.

As for the Tetris DS Challenge, competitors who wish to compete had to donate at least 1 canned food good. Any gamer that would get 800K points would receive a donation from Empire Arcadia of 3 canned food goods. Getting 900K would receive a donation from Empire Arcadia of 5 canned food goods; where as 1 million points would receive a donation from Empire Arcadia of 10 canned Food goods. Although no one was able to get pass 200k, 12 extra cans were donated by Empire Arcadia anyway for the participation of each of the 12 gamers that supported the drive by competiting in the Tetris DS Challenge.

Game Trivia Charity Winners: *Each point equals 1 canned food.

Robert Sutton: 18 points (1st)
Kevin Connolly: 16 points (2nd)
Noah Waldman: 12 points (3rd)
Navin Das: 10 points (4th)
Aramis Troche: 9 points (5th)

Notables contributing gamers:

Kyle Baker: 6 points
Jason Paladino: 7 points
Fabian Molan: 6 points
Hao Asakura: 2 points
Jacob Kohler: 6 points
Lindsey Bunk: 2 points
Mike Borinski: 2 points
Bryan Schultheiss: 4 points
Victor Rodriguez (MOM): 2 points
Total Points: 102

Tetris DS Challenge

Bryan Schultheiss: 48,490
Scott Kohler: 35,663
Jacob Kohler: 1,350
Navin Das: 24,282
Kevin Connoly: 26,126
Hao Asakura: 21,247
Fabian Molan: 7,969
Robert Sutton: 35,382
Noah Waldman: 15,029
Michelle Pearle: 286,303
Aramis Troche: 44,845
Lindsy Kerul: 970



Stacking and Racking up on canned foods.


The food will be stored at the ARC until TriForce contacts the local New York Food bank to be dropped off later.

Back at the ARC

After the Nintendo Power Party, TriForce, Knightmare, Dragonslayer, Valkyrie Zero, Valkyrie Legend, Valkyrie Legaia and Peter “Red” Pappas headed to the local super market and shopped for some food. Buying a assortment of canned vegetables, sausages and sardines the gamers end total was 112 canned foods. Triforce and Knightmare packed up the food in some crates and stored them at the ARC.

The modest number of canned goods will be packaged into cardboard boxes and shipped later this week to the local New York Food Bank. Stage one of the gauntlet to raise food by gamers is officially over. The gamers of Empire Arcadia will now host a meeting about the possible E For All canned food drive. Later this week TriForce will contact Billy Mitchell, Todd Rogers in the upcoming days to finalize the possible impromptu food drive at the E For All event. Seeking help from even Fatal1ty gamers will need all the help they can get as it can greatly increase interest and influence to gamers nation wide to help in this good cause. This is a great opportunity to help those in need and put our share of responsibility and obligation as humans on this planet. Stay tuned.
 
 

TriForce gathers as many gamers on the line to participate in a Trivia for Food.

  
The gamers egarly join the Trivia contest. By a show of hands as you can see they are all game.
 
TriForce asks about 40 questions and tries to add some difficult ones as well. The gamers battled it out as usual with thier competitive nature..
 
Here is the group of gamers that helped raise 100 canned food while waiting 2 days online for Nintendo Power 20th Anniversary party.
 
After the Trivia questions, TriForce uses his Tetris DS "Standard" WR as a Challenge to raise more food.
  
As gamers wait for Nintendo World to open they don't mind working on the Tetris DS Challenge.
 
 
Starting from Level 1, this player has a long way to go to beat the WR.
 
For the most part, the impromptu canned food drive at Nintendo World work out pretty well.
 
Knightmare helps Triforce pack up the cans.
 
The two sort out the canned food to make sure they match.
 
Level 1 complete! They raise 100 canned food goods.
  
Next stop...E For All! Let's hope that level 2 will bring ten times this amount.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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