Alright it's been a little while since I've done an announcement topic but I've got some explaining to do not to mention Extra Life is in less than 5 days away!

If you don't know about our Extra Life event check it out on our front page, it's pretty much got all the information needed. It will also be streamed live to the website for the ENTIRE 24 hours if all goes well, so be sure to check out Blurrypron Live and join us if you can't make it in person! About the updates, or rather lack there of. Near the beginning of last week (the day after recording last week's Reach Around actually) I was hit by a HORRIBLE cold. I haven't been to a doctor about it because I really don't have the time to go to one but there's a chance that it was in fact the swine flu. Either way, I've been sick as all hell lately; pretty much more sick than I'd ever been in my life, so hopefully you can understand why the website has been lacking horribly in updates. Also the week before I got sick the hardware that I used to capture video game footage from my consoles crapped out on me so my hands were literally tied behind my back. I managed to get the capture device working and HAVE been recording in-game footage for 2 Final Reviews. One is on a fairly long and said to be the most difficult RPG of all time, so it'll probably be a 2-parter, and the other I'm hoping to get done for next week and it will probably be a shorter one.

So you're thinking "Well I know your hands have been tied and you've been sick as bawlz but what about Mike?" Well the truth is, Mike is no longer with us... j/k... Mike has been doing A LOT for our event this weekend. In fact, I haven't done ANYTHING when it comes to the event itself other than raising money and getting I think one sponsor haha! Mike along with Matt and Chris from Ironjet have been hauling ass for this event! The other day Mike did an interview with the newspaper, Chris got us Hockey Tickets not to mention it's his store that's hosting the big event. So everything that has to do with this big event has been planned, worked on, and accomplished by these three and Chris' fantastic wife!

I'd like to thank these guys (and girl) for all the work they've done to help not only this website out, but the children that need your money to live a proper life. I promise either next week or the week after things WILL get back to normal with the updates, but since we've been so busy with everything else lately there's not much myself or anyone else can do about the lack of updates. Thank you for your patience and stay tuned because Extra Life is going to be FUCKING AWESOME and we'll be dicing up some of the best parts of the event to show them to you!

-Dukey

We made the newspaper! Below is the article:

Charity Marathon for Kids.
Andrea Nicholl Staff Writer
Pay, play and support children with cancer.
A 24-hour gaming fundraiser will be held at IronJet Promotions from 8am to 8am on October 17th and 17th.
The idea was sparked by Extra Life, an American fundraiser that raises money for the Texas Children’s Hospital, one of the world’s largest pediatric cancer and hematology facilities.
The creators of blurrypron.com, Corey Duchscher and Mike and Justin Vany, partnered with Lara and Chris Dobson of IronJet Promotions to organize a similar Extra Life event in Lloydminster.
“We’ve basically taken that concept and turned it into our own kind of thing,” said Mike. “It’s evolved to become more personal and more local.”
All proceeds from the gaming marathon will be donated to pediatric cancer research and two children diagnosed with leukemia, Mary Ella, 17 months, from Nanaimo and Oaklin, 4, from Lloydminster.
“We saw the need in the community and we saw these two kids,” said Lara Dobson. “It’s a scary thing and the last thing we want these families to have to worry about is money.”
“The goal is to rais as much as we can for both families and to show them that we’re thinking of them and care about them,” said Dobson.
The gaming fundraise will feature Wii, Xbox, Beatles Rock Band, ol-school arcade games and a Guitar Hero tournament. Prizes will be awarded, including a set of Edmonton Oilers tickets.
The May 6 Cinema has also joined the cause and will donate $1 from every movie ticket sold on Oct 17 to the families and pediatric cancer research.
Mike said respons has been great thus far, emails of encouragement are flooding in and people from Regina, Prince Albert and Edmonton will make the drive to participate.
“We want to see everybody and anybody out there, young to old and everyone in between,” said Mike.
All donations are welcome at IronJet, 4610-49 avenue (beside the post office). If you cant attend the gaming marathon, visit blurrypron.com for a live 24-hour feed.

See toldya Mike was on this like jaundice!

good to know wow that is cool that you guys are in the news and all that. hope you get better dukey!