JOIN US FOR THE JERRY STEFEK MEMORIAL CRAWL FOR THE CURE: ETHERMEET 2024 ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 2024!

Posted on by caddy1071 in 2024, ACS, American Cancer Society, Crawl for the Cure, DCC Mayhem, donations, Ethermeet, Hero, Judges, RPG, Smite Cancer, token


The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Ethermeet 2024 is moving full speed ahead to doing more Good for the American Cancer Society with your help! The event will be on Saturday, Dec. 14 from 7 AM until Sunday, 1 AM CST.

Unfortunately, we were unable to get this submitted in time, but this is a video we made for the American Cancer Society for the event.  Please take this opportunity to learn more about our namesake, Jerry Stefek, and how we strive to continue his ethos of Good:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T-RB98jKkqn3xSsxlRsN4FuVBw2gVc73/view?usp=sharing

Our Sessions – Start Times (CST), Judge, and System:  

7:00:00 AM Chuck Cumbow:  Castles & Crusades – The Lost Tower of Sivad
10:00:00 AM Edwin Nagy: Dungeon Crawl Classics – The 12 Days of Orcus
1:30:00 PM Jim Meyers: Weird Frontiers – Weird Journey to Corruption
4:30:00 PM Julian Bernick: Umerican Survival Guide – Find My Monkey!
7:30:00 PM Luau Lou: Mutant Crawl Classics – Christmas Comes to the Sky-High Tower
10:30:00 PM Brian Shutter:  Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland – Death Planet: Nakatomi

The memorial play-a-thon is in memory of Jerry Stefek: gamer, father, friend and altruist. We tragically lost Jerry to aggressive lymphoma in 2018.  Also, Aaron Koelman, DCC superfan, man of iron faith and will, man of supreme kindness and wisdom, who succumbed to his long battle with pancreatic cancer in 2023. And, alas, a friend of our supporters, Matt Bowen, has also been unfairly taken in the last year. We ask for you to help us prevent these tragedies. ALL proceeds from this event, as always, will be donated to further cancer research and patient assistance through the American Cancer Society.  

Any donation of $4 or more will be entered in a drawing for great prizes every hour featuring our awesome sponsors!  Please visit our sponsor site as it is updated for the latest updates! 

AND, there is more goodness to be had – we have two artist contributors who will be using their talents for the cause during the event!

  • Brad McDevitt, legendary Goodman Games artist, will be joining us from 11:00 AM CST until 5:00 PM CST working on an original artwork for the event! We’ll have raffle entries for the artwork available for a $5 donation, and we’ll be checking in with Brad to check his progress through the event! He’ll be hosting his art jam from his Facebook account, should anyone want to keep a window open watching his work! Check out Brad’s art at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BradMcDevittArtStore!
  • Christopher Tupa will be taking requests for sketches during his game with Insanti Claws at the Final Admission Theater and Half-Price Oyster Bar at 7:30 PM CST! Want to see Shrek with a light saber? Bob the BurgerBarbarian? Make your suggestion, make a donation, and Christopher will get to work! Christopher will post the sketches in his blog at his website after the event for everyone to share at http://www.ctupa.com! (Don’t forget to check his other art on the site while you are there!)

View our list of extraordinary Judges and players gathering for your entertainment, and see the game and raffle schedule (always being updated, but look at that Judges list!) so you are sure to have contributed by the time your “must-have” creator is scheduled in the raffle lists! Your $4 donation also gets you a thank you from us with your Ethermeet 2024 Memorial Token, this year featuring incredible Weird Frontiers artwork – DESIGN FRESHLY CRAFTED! Thank you, Hazel!

Additionally, at 7:30 PM CST, tune in for a little twist of late-night horror nostalgia with your Judge and host, Luau Lou (as Insanti Claws!), and the late night show at 10:30 PM CST with Brian Shutter!

Finally, DONATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!  If you’d like to support the cause and you can’t make the event, we’d love to have your support!  You can find the instructions and links for donation here!  Thank you for your support!

Please tell your friends about this awesome RPG entertainment event and join us on December 14th on the Twitch channel DCC Mayhem. Your donations, taken through Tiltify, will not only help the American Cancer Society but will also influence our games during this online event. Tell us what chaos or boon you would like our players to encounter, and we’ll put it in the game – donor’s choice!

We look forward to seeing you there!

LONG OVERDUE THANK YOUS WHICH MUST BE GIVEN!

Posted on by caddy1071 in 2023, ACS, American Cancer Society, Crawl for the Cure, Gamehole Con, Hero, Judges, Team, Thank You, Volunteers

Hello all! I did want to make sure I gave some explicit thank yous to the people who make this event happen – as things have been getting bigger, it’s been vastly more challenging, and these folks have made sure you have a fun event that raises money for good! THANK YOU for making these events possible – I am eternally in your debt!

THANK YOU:

  • Matt Robertson (A.K.A. Grape Ape or the Master of R.A.W.!) – A special thanks to Matt for jumping in remotely a throwing tons of creative ideas into the mix to make it a better event! We couldn’t use them all, but he definitely made things cooler and inspired ideas for future events! Thank you, Matt, for all the awesome contributions from afar for this and past events! You are awesome!
  • Sean Murphy – Sean and Edwin are the RPG charity superpowers in my eyes. Thanks for always being there to provide great examples and ideas for us to learn and create from! You rock!
  • Jim Meyers – Jim was there in the morning and late in the evening setting up and breaking everything down, making up because we were up all night preparing and not on time. (SOMEDAY I’ll fix this. 🙁 ) THANK YOU, JIM! Your incredible work ethic to push past the tired and whirl circles around me in a zombified state and keep things on schedule was astounding! (And then run many hours throughout the day AND build out his personal Gong of Doom the weekend before for an awesome addition of fun and setting… You sir, are amazing!)
  • Keith Nelson – Another who was there for set up, take down and ran the majority of the day so we could collect the awesome money we did for the American Cancer Society! Additionally, wandered the parking lot with me late in the evening after the event when I was so tired I hopelessly forgot where my car was. Thank you, Brother, for taking care of an exhausted Judge and taking the time to chat about the old school with me for a bit in wind-down – WAY awesome ending to an excellent event.
  • Chris Zank – Chris was the face of the event to many who walked up with his cheerful expertise! He knew our sponsors’ products cold and spread enthusiasm throughout the event wowing our ops staff all the way through – THANK YOU!
  • Gary Cunningham – Gary has been dedicating hours running for the Crawl for the Cure for many years now, however confusing I make the additional rules for the event! THANK YOU for all your help in running an awesome game for our supporters!
  • Bill Walters – Bill is incredibly generous in his support for the Crawl! He helps throughout the days, contributes awesome and very valuable prizes (just check the prize list – scheezooey 😉 ), provided additional awesome Frog God Games silk screens of Tegel Manor for the event, and even orchestrated the “donation bells” acquisition so you got your raffle tickets in good order! You are awesome, Bill! THANK YOU!
  • Peter Garancis and daughter Kylee – (not on the crew, just awesome player volunteers!!!) SPECIAL thanks to Peter and Kylee!! They were stalwart players and were there setting up for us – talk about excited players! Pete also donated the Funky Dice Trays from his company, Dark Nebula Games. THANK YOU, Pete and Kylee for your efforts and donations to the campaign!
  • Alex Kammer, Josh Hoyt and Gamehole Con – Thank you for always supporting my crazy events and making them possible! Your trust and support are so appreciated and honored!
  • Our sponsors – Just amazed – this community rocks. Please support them.
  • Edwin Nagy – Edwin is a mentor to me in all of this and I always, probably annoyingly, ask him for advice and ideas on these events. Additionally, he lent the awesome Frog God Games toys (battlemat-scale size map of Tegel Manor!) to make this spectacle possible! It was awesome! THANK YOU, Edwin!
  • Steve Seminerio and Hazel Welch – The people who without there would not be a Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure! While I come up with the gaming ideas, Steve and Hazel do all the real work of how we work the raffles and donations in the background, set up the OBS for the event, etc! As well as putting up with Stress Cory and the massive amount of work preparing and winding down the event. Thanks and love for everything you do to make these insane events possible! It would be impossible to do without your grit and support!

The Jerry Stefek Crawl for the Cure often gets labeled as “Cory’s project” – I hope it’s very clear that there is an army of support behind this event to bring you incredible gaming experiences that provide Good for others! THANK YOU, ALL, for your support of the Crawl for the Cure and the Good and hope we help provide for others in need! I am so happy we can share these successes together!

Thank you!
Cory Welch and Staff
The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure