So, to assist Shadow in his current needs, there is now a site for all RFGeneration.com members to give a little (even the most minimal possible) to help him in his current situation and show how much we appreciate how well he has maintained the database, tossed some knowledge our way, or even tossed some games our way.
He is considering selling the Vectrex collection, so we need to show that we will save it.
Please follow the link to protect the Vectrex:
http://www.gofundme.com/1j43koYou will see the following on the site:
This page was created for the game collectors at RFGeneration.com, however any other donations would be much appreciated.
Our most active and devoted database editor and fellow collector is currently dealing with serious short-term financial issues. Although selling off his collection, which may be very difficult to reacquire, is an option for him, I know we can let him know how much we appreciate his work on the site by providing in his time of need. When you purchase a new game for $60, tossing a $5, $10, or $20 donation to assist affects your wallet so little but helps so much. This is a community, so let us show what we can do. Shadow can always purchase a copy of Earthbound for each of us in better times.
As I began to push this post through the site personal, there was a concern of overhead by the donation site. If you want to toss something to Shadow without a worry of the 5%, send a Paypal gift (or other means to avoid host fees) directly to jasone@k.st and I will make sure that it gets to him. To emphasize this is a "we can support our own" type of post.
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Passed along a bit to help. My prayers are with you, both Shadow and Jason (who sounds like a very good friend.)
Please let me know if anything more can be done.
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Wow, thanks for the help Jason... and Jes. I posted an update here: http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=10316.new#new
Fortunately, my mother gave me enough to not sell the Vectrex, so it'll stay at the house. I will still be selling things to make sure I don't fall back into this situation, but most of it will not be things I can't recover. If bills no longer become an issue, any additional money will be funneled back into the site to fund the server costs.
FWIW, I have bought someone a copy of Earthbound before. I wouldn't hesitate to do it again, especially if they were getting a good deal on it.
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