Topic: 3rd Annual NWR Live Podcast Telethon for Child's Play

[Jonnyboy117]

We're doin' it live, for the kids, all over again! UPDATE: The full recording is now available -- all 9 hours!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/sitenews/32097

We're back with another mega-podcast for charity, all performed live with many opportunities to interact with the NWR crew and our special guests. Please consider supporting this event with a generous donation to Child's Play -- all money goes directly to the charity (all we do is track it through a service recommended by Child's Play). When certain amounts are reached, we'll unlock another hour of exciting live content! Check out the incredible results of the previous editions of this event -- in 2010 and 2011.

The show is over, but you can hear the magic with the three-part recording. Subscribers to Radio Free Nintendo will get it automatically; otherwise, just download with the links below!

Part 1 - Wii U, Metroid Prime, Eurocast (Enhanced AAC or MP3)
Part 2 - Radio Trivia, Nintendoaire, Famicast (Enhanced AAC or MP3)
Part 3 - NFR's Wait Wait, 3DS Report Card, Shenanigans (Enhanced AAC or MP3)

JIGGAWHAT: An epic Nintendo/gaming-themed live audio "podcast" telethon
JIGGAWHY: For Child's Play, a charity that provides toys and games to sick kids
JIGGAWHO: Nintendo World Report staff, special guests, and you!
JIGGAWHEN: Saturday, November 10, 2012 from 12:00pm Noon Eastern (9:00am Pacific, 5:00pm GMT) until...?
JIGGAWHERE: Right here, so bookmark this page! Check back soon for the audio stream, live chat, and donation link.
JIGGAHOW: Magic of the Internet

Here at Nintendo World Report, we've long been supporters of Child's Play, the fantastic charity that provides toys and games to hospitalized kids. If you're not familiar with Child's Play, check out the official website and listen to Jonny's RFN Special interview with Mike Krahulik, co-founder of the charity (and Penny Arcade), way back in 2007. So, when our old friend Karl Castaneda brought us an idea for doing a special, live-streaming podcast to support Child's Play, we got excited. Not only can we do things live that don't make sense in a recorded show, like real-time listener interaction, but the lack of editing means there are fewer constraints on how long the show can run. Then we thought... why not do it telethon-style, all day long? It's been a great success so far, and this year we're hoping to raise more money than ever for this excellent charity!

***If you are new to NWR podcasts, please be advised that the show contains explicit language. We're doin' it for the kids, but the show itself is for grown-ups.***

Content Program and Fundraising Goals

(Note: Schedule and guests are subject to change before and even during the event. Each hour of content will be unlocked when the corresponding donation goal is met. Fundraising goals are totals; i.e. all previous donations are counted toward the amount. Pacific time zone is three hours earlier than the times shown below!)

12:00 EST - Wii U Hype Train w/ Brad Shoemaker, Jeff Kalles, and Jon Lindemann (Free)
1:00 EST - A Decade of NWR's Game of the Decade: Metroid Prime feat. Garnett Lee & David Ellis ($500)
2:00 EST - The Eurocast: It Came from Across the Sea ($1000)
3:00 EST - Radio Trivia Live -- name that game music to win prizes! ($1500)
4:00 EST - NWR Connectivity presents Who Wants to Be a Nintendoaire? ($2000)
5:00 EST - The Famicast: Live from Japan featuring 8-4 Play ($2500)
6:00 EST - Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me w/ Nintendo Free Radio and P1P's CJ and Phil ($3000)
7:00 EST - 3DS Report Card w/ Craig Harris and Billy Berghammer ($3500)
8:00 EST - Shenanigans w/ your live calls! ($4000)

Special guests include:

• 8-4 Play's Mark McDonald, JJ Epperson, and Brenden Pritchard
  
• Player One Podcast's Chris Johnston and Phil Theobald
  
• Craig Harris (formerly of IGN's Nintendo Voice Chat)
  
• Giant Bomb's Brad Shoemaker
• Weekend Confirmed's Garnett Lee
• Penny Arcade's Jeff Kalles
• 17-Bit's Billy Berghammer
• 343 Industries' David Ellis

We will make every effort to obtain a clean recording of this live event, but due to the complex technical nature of doing so, we cannot guarantee a recording will be available later. Please plan to attend the event live if you want to be sure!

Special Prizes - Listen to the live telethon for details on how to win. Very special thanks to Carmine Red!

• Gold Nunchuk (Rare, Mint Condition, Out-of-Stock Club Nintendo Award!)
• Diamond Trust of London (Region-Free, World's First Kickstarted DS Game) 
• Hyrule Historia **Japanese Edition** (Zelda 25th Anniversary Art Book, in Like-New Condition)
• Set of TWO $20 3DS eShop Cards (North American, total value $40 USD)
• 25th Anniversary Legend of Zelda Wii/DSi 2000 Points Card (North American, Limited Edition)

Other Prizes - Winners may choose any single item from the lists below! No donation required to win.

Games (Region is North America unless otherwise noted!)
Fishing Master (Wii - New)
Donkey Kong: Original Edition (3DS eShop Code)
3D Classics: Urban Champion (3DS eShop Code)
Penguin Patrol (3DS eShop Code)
Spot It! Mean Machines (3DS eShop Code) - 3 in stock!
Skulls of the Shogun (Xbox Live Arcade Code - Thanks to 17-Bit!)

Collectibles (We'll ship anywhere otherwise noted!)
8-Bit Raccoon Mario Acrylic Painting (by Andy Goergen)
17-Bit T-Shirt (size XL)
Your Choice of Gaming Shirt from bitmap'd
Animal Crossing "Booker" Plushie (7" tall)
Wind Waker "Link" Plushie (7" tall)
NSMB Wii Jigsaw Puzzle (550 pieces, 18" x 24")
Small Tektite Meteorite Rock Specimen (2 in stock!)
Nyko 3DS Power Pak Battery Accessory
Diamond Trust of London Soundtrack (Download Code)
Disgaea "Flonne" Figurine
Bleach Figurine
Spectrobes novel
Mario Glow-in-the-Dark Baseball Cap
Street Fighter Baseball Cap
Tales of Symphonia: DotNW T-Shirt (sizes L and XL - one each in stock!)
Mario Sports Mix T-Shirt (Size XL)
Conduit 2 T-shirt (Size M - 3 in stock!)
Disney Guilty Party T-Shirt (Size XL)
Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion T-Shirt (Size XL - 2 in stock (one Dexter, one Samurai Jack))
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare T-Shirt (Size XXL)
MotoHeroz T-Shirt (Size M)
Goldeneye 007 T-Shirt (Size L)
Street Fighter T-Shirt (Size S)
Professor Layton and the Last Specter T-shirt (Size L)

Ways You Can Help:

• Donate! This is the most direct way to help meet our goals for the event and support Child's Play. You can donate money before, during, and for a couple weeks after the live event.
• Promote! If you're part of a community or group of friends who enjoy Nintendo, please help us spread the word and explain what's so great about this event. (Always be respectful -- don't spam on our behalf.)
• Participate! Listen to the live event, play in the chat room, and call in for interactive segments -- you'll make the event better for everyone!
• Prizes! If you've hit the limit on donating money but have some special gaming swag or digital game codes to give away, we could use them as prizes. Please email us with any offers.

[broodwars]

Things are pretty tight at work lately and will be for the rest of the month, but I think things will have died down by the 10th so I'll be able to make it on the show in time for our segment if we get that far.      I look forward to hearing another massive podcast. 

[Nbz]

Very excited for this! Is started listening to the show about 2 months before the first live Telethon back in 2010, so this is something I always look forward to! Hopefully I'll be able to participate in some form during the call ins. Good luck guys, let's smash last year's total!

[Shaymin]

My limericks are ready.

[ShyGuy]

Yoshidious???

[SonofMrPeanut]

Wow, I was just relistening to last year's show the other day!  Work schedule pending, I can actually call in this year! 

[HeyItsMe]

Hmm I think I might have to switch my days off. To see this live.

[Glad0s]

Very stoked for this, guys. Hopefully I'll be able to be there and call in. I'll have to check my calendar. Hopefully Greg and Jon can find the time to show up!

[Sundoulos]

Very happy to hear that you're doing this again!  I've always enjoyed these; it's also near-perfect timing for some nerdy Wii U hype.

[AnGer]

12:00 noon Eastern, that's...


correction: That WOULD BE 18:00 for me – if I weren't in NYC that weekend. I really hope the recording will work out, I want to listen to this when I get back.

[Plugabugz]

I hope this year we get the Greg Soliloquy hour.

An hour of Greg reciting Shakespeare like Patrick Stewart.

[Pixelated Pixies]

Can we donate now?

[Retro Deckades]

Sign up Greg Leahy for the final segment.

Immediately achieve your fundraising goals.

Boom. Done.

[Kairon]

Woah, somebody already donated $200?!??

[RagnaBlade]

I have a feeling this could be the best one yet........ Take my money!

[Ceric]

When are we going to get the levels with the Money Values?

[Jonnyboy117]

Look for an update later this week with more content plans, a partial list of guests, and a tentative (incomplete) schedule. Generally, the goal this year is going to be $500 per hour, with an overall goal of raising $4000. It is a modest increase from last year, which I believe is achievable through wider promotion and awareness of the event. Naturally, we'd appreciate everyone's help in that regard. ;-)

[ClexYoshi]

This is gonna be a craaaaazy Saturday. I'll be Fresh off of the premiere of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic's Season 3 premiere and shunning listening to the usual livestream of the podcast I listen to for that fandom in order to be here and rooting for you guys! Hopefully I'll ahve scrounged up a little something to donate as well.

[Glad0s]

It's a simple formula:

RFN > Ponies. Animated or otherwise.

[Ceric]

Or we could just combine them and have one segment be live commentary of Ponies   Get Maxi in on that.

[Lithium]

Or we could just combine them and have one segment be live commentary of Ponies   Get Maxi in on that.

I'd donate extra for that

[Ceric]

Or we could just combine them and have one segment be live commentary of Ponies   Get Maxi in on that.

I'd donate extra for that

I would volunteer but I would need Lamp Assistant.

[Glad0s]

If there's a ponies section, I will sincerely donate negative dollars.

[NWR_insanolord]

I will donate extra if there is promise to not talk about ponies.

[UncleBob]

You know what would blow this out of the water?  Make there be a prize that's a Wii U.

[MegaByte]

Thanks for the offer, UncleBob!

[Kairon]

Man, I just spotted the wait-wait-don't-tell-me segment that's up there. That hyped me up! I can't wait!

[broodwars]

Man, I just spotted the wait-wait-don't-tell-me segment that's up there. That hyped me up! I can't wait!

*gulp* 

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

At least you've done some podcasts before, Broodwars. I'm making my podcast debut on the Eurocast. Live. To hundreds of people. Terrifying.

Other than that, you guys are in for a treat. I was a listener for the past two telethons, so it's interesting for me being on the other side now. Needless to say, we've got some great guests lined up. I won't say anything, because it's all still up in the air, but if you listen to a lot of video game podcasts, you might be hearing a few familiar voices.

[UltraClayton]

Something that would surely bring in the dollars is Red Velvet...

[Shaymin]

And then Child's Play would run like hell from the show and there'd be no reason to do it.

[Quadran]

Other than that, you guys are in for a treat.

An hour of euro-related gaming in the telethon? Colour me interested.

[Glad0s]

Using the term euro-gamer without including Greg is like Pink Floyd without Roger Waters. Here's to an hour of A Momentary Lapse of Reason! Woooo!! At least I hope that Greg is doing better than Waters solo career....

[Glad0s]

Sorry for the above comment everyone. I think Jonny must have possessed me or something...

[Ceric]

Just had a Practice/working session on the Wait Wait segment.  Some interesting changes and inherent tweaks.  Exciting times.

[Jonnyboy117]

If you haven't caught the Twitter and Facebook announcements, here's a quick update:
- Donations are live, so you can donate early if that's more convenient.
- The topic list and schedule are now up on this page. This can and will change as we continue to nail down all the details leading up to the event.
- Special guests are being announced one by one. We've already got 8-4 Play, Craig Harris, Phil and CJ from Player One Podcast, and Brad Shoemaker from Giant Bomb. And we're not done announcing guests!

All of this goes up on the telethon page as soon as it's announced or changed, but you may not realize the page has been updated if you don't follow us on the social networks. So I'll try to post about the big announcements here. Look for another huge guest on Friday, and we'll have prize lists going up over the weekend.

As always, we would greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word about this special event.

[Hey Einstein!]

I dunno, the Division Bell was okay.

[geo]

I will be contributing when I can (after the bill cycle this month), but to anyone new to this site, linked here by 8-4 play, etc., the radio trivia and nintendoaire segments that they do are PHENOMENAL, so that is something else to look forward to and encourage you to contribute.  Please check out previous radio trivia episodes or connectivity segments w/ nintendoaire.  They're a treat!

[Jonnyboy117]

Good news, everyone! We've already passed $500 in early donations (which is AWESOME!) and that means we'll definitely be doing the second hour of the telethon: A Decade of NWR's Game of the Decade, Metroid Prime. And I'm even more excited to say that Garnett Lee, who practically invented gaming podcasts as we know them, will be joining us for that segment! Garnett is a personal hero of mine, and I've wanted to get him on RFN for many years. This is going to be even better. And he has specifically requested that we take some live calls during that segment, so you can talk directly with him about Metroid Prime (and maybe some related things).

[TJ Spyke]

I am disappointed that Greg won't be able to make the live podcast. I will still listen to it, but it won't be the same. I am sorry that my financial situation won't let me afford to donate though.

[Shaymin]

The money ends with seventeen cents right now... I smell an 8-4 bump for some reason.

[AV]

i donated last night, glad I can help make this awesomeness happen

[RagnaBlade]

Is paypal the only way to donate?

[Jonnyboy117]

PayPal is definitely the only way to donate through our event. I checked the CP website, and it refers to a text message option, yet the information on how to do so seems to be missing. However, they do sell Child's Play t-shirts and greeting cards with proceeds going to the charity, so you might have more options through that web store. Of course, PayPal lets you use a checking account or credit card, and they don't take a cut since Child's Play is a registered non-profit. The ChipIn donation tracker is the only recommended method for collecting donations per Child Play's event guide. However, you can send a check directly to Child's Play via this address:



Child's Play
123 NW 36th Street
Suite 210
Seattle WA  98107


If you do so and want to use the canceled check as a receipt for tax purposes, their tax ID is 20-3584556.

[Pixelated Pixies]

That's one mighty impressive list of guests. You've really pulled out all the stops this year. I'm thoroughly looking forward to it.

[KisakiProject]

Can't contribute much this year but I'm really looking forward to this!  Great cause & great show!

[Sarail]

I really REALLY loathe that I'm having to work this weekend. I'll be able to catch a little bit of the fun in the morning before I head off to work, but I'll be missing the majority of the shenanigans. Blast it. :/

[BeautifulShy]

I decided to check this topic because it was on top of the page so much and I just noticed that it is the same day that Season 3 of MLP:FIM airs only a few hours after the premire airs. I see the first page me being offered to be on here to talk about the show but I probably can't since I don't have skpe and or a mic.Also dispite my loud voice on the internet I have a quiet one in real life. 

Besides the content of the podcast shouldn't matter much because this is for charity and you should donate regardless.

[TJ Spyke]

I would love to call in and be heard on the show, but the mic on my computer sucks. I now last year there were some callers with bad mic quality though.

[Kairon]

Goodbye spare mint condition Gold Nunchuk. It was nice owning you until you were called away to fulfill your destiny as a telethon prize. T-T

[NWR_Karlie]

Looks like Eurocast is nearly unlocked. Start writing in with your questions now! (you can PM me, Daan or even Killer_Man_Jaro!)

[UncleBob]

For the record, I do plan on donating something along the lines of Wii Shop/DSiWare/eShop downloads, as I historically do - however, I'm waiting for the end of the updates this week to see if we're lucky enough to get a gifting feature in the eShop.

But no, I won't be donating a Wii U.

[Ceric]

...
But no, I won't be donating a Wii U.

...I'll be donating TWO Wii U.

Right UncleBob Right...

[Shaymin]

Did somebody ask about a stretch goal?

@crosstawk: @DonaldMick $5000. If we go $1000 over our goal, I will divulge the entirety of the infamous Red Velvet story on the final segment.

[NWR_Karl]

To elaborate, this is what will happen:


Upon reaching $5000, which is $1000 more than our 100% goal, I will release the URL of the "lost" drunkcast from PAX East 2011 which, up until now, has only been circulated among the NWR staff for our own amusement. This podcast is the origin of the term "Red Velvet" and has the original telling of the accompanying story, along with the reactions of the rest of the crew as I tell it.


This is actually a way better deal for you guys since, in addition to hearing the original telling of Red Velvet, you'll hear an additional hour of other drunkcast stories, including musings on:


- The firing of Tim Rogers
- The origin of our poutine obsession
- Many many fancy beers (this episode doubles as an unofficial Rough Draught)
- Using a toilet in Zero-G
- Noise complaints from the hotel management
- Machete mishaps
- Drunk rambles from Lindy, Neal, Jonny, Mike Gamin, Lauren, Mike Sklens and, of course, myself.


So start pushing those donations! The minute we hit $5K, I'll release the URL into the chat. It's already hosted and ready, so all we need is the cash.

[Fatty The Hutt]

You've got my donation.
C'mon $5000!

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

You guys made it official: we're over $1000, and this means that The Eurocast: It Came from Across the Sea is now confirmed to be happening. Hooray!

Can I just say how awesome it is that the donations have hit this milestone before the telethon has even started? Everybody who has donated: you rule!

[Chiramii]

Holy f***! I'll have to sell my house and family to reach this goal if necessary...

[Ceric]

Holy f***! I'll have to sell my house and family to reach this goal if necessary...

You wouldn't happen to have a Baby girl with good genetics would ya?

[Chiramii]

You wouldn't happen to have a Baby girl with good genetics would ya?

Not a baby I'm afraid, she turn 4 in December but she is a very good kid. Top notch if I may say so myself!

[Ceric]

You wouldn't happen to have a Baby girl with good genetics would ya?

Not a baby I'm afraid, she turn 4 in December but she is a very good kid. Top notch if I may say so myself!

Hmm... I've got a 4 year old son (April) That might be far enough apart   Now my son is spoiled and needs Discipline but, he is one of those really resilient kids who are hard to discipline or tell you their actually sick.

On the Flipside she's old enough to play Skylanders.

[Kairon]

@_@

[MegaByte]

Somewhere, "doin' in for the kids" went horribly wrong.

[TJ Spyke]

How much would I have to donate to be made admin for a week? LOL

[S-U-P-E-R]

How much would I have to donate to make sure the above post never happens?

[Sarail]

And how much would I have to donate to make S-U-P-E-R vs. TJSpyke the main event at Impact Wrestling's next pay-per-view?

[pdoksus]

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[NWR_Karl]

Give it about fifteen minutes. It's got to go through PayPal to ChipIn, so I'm guessing one of their systems hasn't updated yet.


If a full 30 minutes goes by and your amount hasn't updated the total, then we'll take the issue to ChipIn.

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

For anybody who hasn't been watching the donations tracker, we hit $1500 during this last pre-Telethon dash. Radio Trivia Live is officially coming to the headphones near you! Boom!

[NWR_Karl]

Well that happened.

Thanks for tuning in, everyone. I'll try and have the first of the podcast edits done by tomorrow evening so late-comers can hear what they missed.

[Razorkid]

What a successful telethon! Congradulations folks, it was awesome!

[Shaymin]

For those who missed the stretch goal announcements:
- Karl delivered on the Red Velvet story. Listen at your own risk: http://www.crosstawk.com/storage/PAXcast-unedited.mp3 (or http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/podcast/PAXcast-unedited.mp3 if you'd prefer to hammer NWR's bandwith in lieu of Karl's)

- Because we cleared $6000, there will be a special LIVE Retroactive early in the New Year... on Majora's Mask.

[UncleBob]

Shoot.  I was too busy spending money I didn't have on myself and forgot about this.

Just threw a few bucks into the ChipIn.  If I haven't donated a prize next year before it starts, someone shoot me a text message and kick my butt into gear.

[Traveller]

Oh My God! The Red Velvet story exceeded expectations on the crazy.... Just when I thought it was about as far as it could go, it kept going.
 

[ShyGuy]

I missed the back half. When is the complete mp3 recording going to be released?

[LittleIrves]

Congratulations, all. What I heard yesterday was fun stuff, and I look forward to catching the other segments in their non-live subdued glory soon.

[Crimm]

Karl is splitting the files and doing some cleanup. I'd say the suite should be up soon.


Jon really did drop the mic at the end. He hung up the skype call.

[NWR_Karl]

The first third will be coming along later tonight.

The second and third cuts will be coming throughout the week.

[ejamer]

The first third will be coming along later tonight.

The second and third cuts will be coming throughout the week.

A huge thanks for this. Even doing the absolute minimum to get these online is probably a ton of work. As someone with a family who can't sit in and listen, getting the podcast version after the fact is a great treat.

[TrueNerd]

Um, Red Velvet was AWESOME. The best part was that I thought it was gonna be the story about Karl getting head in a public restroom that he brought up early on so then when the real Red Velvet started I was completely surprised. This story has been hyped for a year (for me at least, maybe longer for others) and I can't imagine anyone being disappointed with it. Fantastic.


Red Velvet >>> Red Wedding in Game of Thrones.

[Traveller]

Yeah Red Velvet was astonishing. I could hardly believe it was real, I lost it when Karl admitted he continued working there for two more months.

[MoRZ]

Yeah Red Velvet was astonishing. I could hardly believe it was real, I lost it when Karl admitted he continued working there for two more months.

yup, this really took it over the top

[readyletsgo]

So, wondering when you guys will get part 2 & 3 up?
Have listened to part 1 about 4 times now, going onto the fifth listen now, and dying to hear
the rest as I missed it all last Saturday!
Keep up the SHAMAZING work you guys! And would love to hear more of the Eurocast weekly if you can do it!

Roll on the 18th and 30th!

[geo]

So, wondering when you guys will get part 2 & 3 up?
Have listened to part 1 about 4 times now, going onto the fifth listen now, and dying to hear
the rest as I missed it all last Saturday!
Keep up the SHAMAZING work you guys! And would love to hear more of the Eurocast weekly if you can do it!

Roll on the 18th and 30th!

I'd guess one a week

[ShyGuy]

Where is the first third?

[TJ Spyke]

Where is the first third?

It was posted last Sunday, that is when I downloaded in iTunes.

[ShyGuy]

What about us people who DONT USE ITUNES

[TJ Spyke]

What about us people who DONT USE ITUNES

Check the article on the main page, where they post both the AAC and MP3 versions:

AAC - http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/podcast/nwrlive2012-1.m4a
MP3 - http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/podcast/nwrlive2012-1.mp3

[Jonnyboy117]

ShyGuy, I think you know that we always post direct download links to every NWR podcast. The links are on the telethon page, right at the top. Same place I put them the last two years.


Part 2 is up now, by the way. Karl was jetting around most of the week, hence the delay.

[ShyGuy]

I was looking in the podcast section and getting confused. /Ty emoticon

[Fatty The Hutt]

Now that we finally got to unlock Red Velvet, I think next year's stretch goal prize should be the story of whatever happened to the first 116 Jonnyboys.

[TJ Spyke]

Can the Red Velvet story be made available for download on iTunes?

[NWR_Karl]

Next year's stretch goal will be unlocking the PAX East 2013 Drunkcast, set to be recorded this Spring.

And TJ, Jonny mentioned on the show that it's only going to be a direct download on the site - it's not going on the feed.

[Shaymin]

The 3rd part is ready to go on the iTunes feed or in the first post here.

Not included: 20 minutes of me cursing.

[Fatty The Hutt]

finally got around to listening to Red Velvet. Did not disappoint.
 
"We made a day of it."
 
-lol

[Ceric]

The 3rd part is ready to go on the iTunes feed or in the first post here.

Not included: 20 minutes of me cursing.

or me hosting.

[JasonMaivia]

Ow!!!! Owwww!! My gut hurts!
It's a good pain from laughing so hard. 


Thank you so very much for the show.  I really enjoyed it; my ears are thankful.