TJSMCftC 2o23: ETHERMEET MEMORIAL TOKENS ARE ON THE WAY!

Hello all!  Greetings from the Crawl staff and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  We have finally gotten everything together and The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure 2023: Ethermeet Memorial Tokens are in the mail!  Back in December, we raised $3,291 for the American Cancer Society with your help, and this is a beautiful token of our appreciation, magnificently adorned with Doug Kovacs Xcrawl Classics artwork to add to your luck pool! Thank you for your support for this incredible cause!

The tokens were sent out late yesterday, and I apologize for the poor timing with Gary Con, but time was running short and we wanted to get these into your hands!  Expect to see them in the next few days!

We will be kicking off our planning for the next Gamehole Con mega-funnel in the near future, and we are stoked to bring it to you!  You can look forward to updates as we get the plans in place – we are stoked to bring you the next quest for Good!

Additionally, please check out Purple Pirate Games’ latest Kickstarter, the 3rd level MCC adventure Installation 665 by Julian Bernick of Goodman Games and Spellburn notoriety. Julian is a very welcome presence at our Crawl for the Cure events giving his brand of frantic and hardcore adventure to our players and viewers! On top of that, the adventure contains additional contributions from other veteran authors Stephen Newton and Daniel Bishop, and a droolful mass of artwork is brought to you in this chunky tome! Check out the link and be drawn in by the secrets of Terra AD, you will not be disappointed! 

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/purplepirategames/installation-665

Additionally, please consider supporting our other incredible sponsors of our events from our website. All of the awesome content everyone receives from their donations is fully provided by these stand-up, magnificent creators! Something else you will not regret. 

https://oursponsors-em.crawlforthecure.net/

Have an incredible St. Patrick’s Day, and thank you all again for your support of The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure, we are looking forward to the great Good we spread in the future! I hope to see folks at Gary Con, and hope to roll some dice with you!

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

CRAWLERS CAME… CRAWLERS CONQUERED… HEROES BROUGHT HOPE TO THOSE NEED! THANK YOU FOR A VERY SUCCESSFUL JSMCftC 2023: ETHERMEET!

– First, an apology. Cory took some time for some personal and professional tasks and commitments after Ethermeet, and this wrap-up of the event is terribly late. I hope you can forgive me for taking this time, as there were some things that needed to be handled over the period. All rewards minus the Memorial Token should have been met by this time, and you will set your eyes upon that little beauty VERY soon! Thank you for your understanding, and I sincerely apologize for needing the extended time to take care of these tasks.

On Saturday, December 9th, 2023, six Judges of incredible merit ran games from 7 AM CST until 3 AM CST with amazing players in the best roleplaying systems around to dazzle and entertain our most revered patrons which enabled us to earn $3,291 for the American Cancer Society! Our 16 generous sponsors gave our donors 20 hours worth of prizes and major prizes to our top donors! Everyone came together on December 9th to give aid to those fighting this harrowing disease! See your impact with The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure over the last 4 years of adventure and heroic contribution, Crawlers! We should breach $20,000 at our next event! THANK YOU, ALL, FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT!

Thank you, Judges for your exciting hours of adventure to collect for the cause!

  • Castle Keeper Chuck Cumbow of Troll Lord Games: Journey to White Plume Mountain (Castles & Crusades)
  • Judge Edwin Nagy of Frog God Games: The Stone Ado (Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)
  • Judge Brendan LaSalle of Goodman Games: Dungeon City Limits (XCrawl Classics)
  • Judge Julian Bernick, Goodman Games Author: The Band from Utopia (Umerican Survival Guide)
  • Judge Luau Lou Hoefer of Dandyline Games: The Technomancer of Candy Mountain (Mutant Crawl Classics)
  • Neon Lord Brian Shutter of Super Savage Systems: Cyber Vamps from Beyond the Grave (Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland)

Thank you for giving your time and talents for the cause, and a special thank you to our “late show” participants, Luau Lou Hoefer and Brian Shutter for running into the wee hours of the morning Eastern Time Sunday to keep those donations flowing! Your commitment to the cause is immensely appreciated and bolstered our cause into the night!

Please visit the sites of all of our sponsors and support their superior collections of adventure products! You will not be disappointed!

All the prizes for your generosity should have been mostly completed before the 1st of the year, with a mistaken delayed send fixed recently and the upcoming release of Dandyline’s Unnatural Selections, Vol. 2 product coming soon! Our sponsors brought it to Ethermeet with the awesome products and donors should be wading goblin deep in adventure and excitement through their works!

We have completed the design of The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure 2023: Ethermeet Memorial Token featuring a jaw-dropping XCrawl Classics creation by Doug Kovacs. We are very pleased to present it to you now:

These are on order, and we will get these to you as soon as possible so you can use yours for your Luck or stunning marker token!


“Crawling for the prize, TOGETHER!”


BUT WAIT, THERE IS MORE! We have more to come in the year to come before Gamehole Con! I’m going to put together some Sponsor Delves showcasing the products of our incredible donors. Also, I will not fail in getting more of the past Ethermeet sessions back on to Twitch and YouTube! With 20 hours of play this year, I can’t guarantee I’ll get through all the past three years by the next Crawl, but I will attempt this Mighty Deed if I can.

We hope to have an incredible announcement for our community in the near future relating to the Crawl for the Cure, and we will be working this year for another awesome event at Gamehole Con XI!

We are so proud of this generous community that has come together for the cause! Thank you for enabling all of us to make a difference for those in need!

Thank you for your support of The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Ethermeet 2023

Hello all! I am sorry for the delay in wrapping up The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Ethermeet 2023 this year. I needed catch up with personal and work obligations, and I’ll be honest to say the brainspace needed a bit of a break. All rewards except the Memorial Tokens (I’m working on getting that awesome artwork!) have been sent out to our legendary donors! Below is the message sent to our sponsors and donors – we made an incredible $3,291 over our 20-hour session jam, and had an incredible time of wonderful entertainment during the course of the event. I will follow up with the wrap up, but this was a sincere thank you to our awesome community for their efforts and treasure for the cause!

Hi all!  The Jerry Srefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Ethermeet stream came to a close last night at 3 AM CST, and we have a current (and AWESOME) total of $3,291 to give to the American Cancer Society for their great works!

I went into a long hibernation yesterday and we’ll continue our work getting everything together over the next few days to get you the full results! We will be trying to automate our processes a bit (writing some scripts for crunching data) and getting your winnings together in e-mails confirming any prizes won during the event with you in the upcoming days.  We’re still working on getting the artwork on the Memorial Token, and we’ll also get that together for you as soon as possible!  In the meantime, you can find everything you have won from your awesome donations at: https://crawlforthecure.net/wpcftc/?page_id=1541 You can Search or Sort on the HOURLY RAFFLES SCHEDULE table to find all your winnings! We’ll tally up the contribution totals soon and get the major prize winners their prizes as well.  Thanks for your patience as we move this forward!

THANK YOU to all of our incredible DONORS, SPONSORS, GAME MASTERS and PLAYERS for making the Crawl for the Cure possible! (deserved thank yous will be forthcoming!) The team and I are humbled we are all able to make a difference through your support.

Thank you!



Cory Welch and Staff
The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure
https://crawlforthecure.net
Twitter/X: @crawlforthecure
Instagram: jerryscrawlforthecure

AMPLIFY DONATION COMPETITION!


Interest and curiosity rewarded!


Thanks for coming to check out The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Ethermeet 2023 and for extending your generosity to donate to the American Cancer Society!  Whether you’re a first-time viewer or a returning fan, we’d love it if you would AMPLIFY your impact by sharing with people you know and inviting them to join in.

This year you can AMPLIFY our reach, and your impact, to do more Good for the American Cancer Society.  On our Tiltify donation page, you can AMPLIFY the campaign by creating your own AMPLIFY link that you can use to share through social media.  The email you provide when creating the link will allow us to track the donations it generates.  Encourage people you know to check out and enjoy Ethermeet and make their own year-end donations to the ACS.  For some friendly competition and to thank you, we’ll award a $50 Amazon gift card to the person whose AMPLIFY link generates the highest donation total by the end of the stream! From the campaign link, press the “Generate amplify link” button and share your link to your social media to start the competition!  Let’s hit that $5,000 goal for the ACS! We’ll contact the winner by e-mail with your prize!

Thank you for your extended support of The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Ethermeet!

ANNOUNCING: ETHERMEET 2023 FLGS GRASSROOTS ADVERTISING CONTEST!

We are excited once again to announce a Grassroots Advertising Flyer Campaign for The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Ethermeet 2023 to further bolster the cause, spread the word and give our Friendly Local Games Stores some recognition! We will hold a raffle for a $100 DriveThru RPG gift certificate for those that work with our awesome game store communities to spread the word about Ethermeet! We want to do as much Good as possible, and we’d love to have your help and thank you for that aid!

The rules:

  • Between now and 9 PM CST Friday, December 8th, 2023, print our PDF flyer (multiples appreciated!), and ask permission to post it in your local game store(s) to spread the word.
  • Take a picture of the posted flyer (details visible, please!) and an additional picture of the game store with its name and logo to thank them for their support!
  • Post these pictures and pertinent information about the game store to our Twitter/X or Instagram feed, (Twitter/X: @crawlforthecure, Instagram: jerryscrawlforthecure) with the hashtag #jerryscrawl – let’s give them some advertising!  Each game store post gives you another chance in the drawing.
  • We’ll contact the winner through Twitter/X or Instagram to get your full information after the drawing for you to collect your loot!

We think this is a great way to get our word out in game stores, spread it on Twitter/X or Instagram (or both!) and give our local retailers a bump for their support of the cause! Thank you for your support, and we wish you good hunting in obtaining this trove of adventure!

https://ethermeet.crawlforthecure.net

Twitter/X: @crawlforthecure
Instagram: jerryscrawlforthecure