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Help vVv Zero make it to Apex! Donation link now up!

Mew2King

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people have been taking forever on responding to me about buddy passes. So if anyone lives extremely far away (like some other country or something?) and wants a flight discount just message me. There are plenty left because everyone is taking forever to get back to me.
 
CT Chia

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Confirming that I got Don and Illmatic's donations.

That puts us at $110 iirc, meaning $190 to go to get the visa.

We then have to see the flight specifics, but it shouldn't be that bad considering I also believe he has help from M2K with a buddy pass. He is applying for his visa or something I think or the eligibility to get it in about a week or two (has a meeting set) so that's a big step there.

also remember of course, if by any chance this falls through, all donations will be refunded
 
Strife

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I would donate to this, but thanksgiving really hurt my pocket.
 
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So in the past two weeks Zero only got $10 in donations? That's not looking hopeful...
 
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It turns out I have a bit more money than I realized. If I can get myself on a cheaper loan repayment plan then I'll donate some money to this. I'd like as much international talent as we can get.
 
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Don JP said:
Donated $5. Good luck vVv ZeRo.
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Gracias Juan Pablo!

Mew2King said:
do you still only need 100 more to go?
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I wish it would be that easy Jason :(.

Here's my post explaining the situation:

vVv ZeRo said:
One of my friends read the topic, and he didn't understand everything correctly. Instead, I would like to say this:

Attending Apex 2012 has been my dream since the beginning of 2011. However, the money I had to get for my whole work of the year didn't come (Screwed out of money). After explaining this situation to a couple of my friends in SWF, some of them suggested to open this donation fund. I need in total, $2,500 to attend Apex 2012 (Traveling alone, and I'm just 16 years old). The $300 I'm raising are to "start" my papers to be able to leave Chile. With my visa, I can then start getting together things like plane tickets, hotel, food & transportation. But I'm going to see what I'm going to do with that, after I receive my visa authorization. That's why the $300 I'm trying to raise is very important, for a start. For now, I am selling various personal things, and working part-time. And it's in Chile, which means, $1.50 per hour.

Also:

Thank you very much Aisight and King Funk for your donations! :)

Thanks everyone for reading.
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felipe_9595 said:
I hope you can get the 2500 $, it would be really sad if you cant go to apex.
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Siiiiiiii... ojala que pueda ir!! :D

愛sight said:
So in the past two weeks Zero only got $10 in donations? That's not looking hopeful...
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BUT there are people who HAVE donated and that's something I appreciate A LOT :D. Like you :). There's still hope :).

Strife said:
It turns out I have a bit more money than I realized. If I can get myself on a cheaper loan repayment plan then I'll donate some money to this. I'd like as much international talent as we can get.
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Oh that's AWESOME. Somebody, un-ban this awesome person!
 
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pesticide said:
play mid/high stakes poker and win the $1100 in a week?

sounds like a good plan to me

edit: but in all seriousness, i'd donate if i had more monies :(
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Hmmm, I mean, I would try it but I can't gamble legally, I have to be 18 Years Old to gamble in Chile and I'm just 16 years old... Now, if you're talking about illegal gambles... Nooooooooo :(. Way too risky/Dumb decision. I would get problems with my Visa/Record which means = No entry to the United States = No Apex 2012.
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Well, I appreciate your comment and I hope you get a lot of money somehow so you can donate it to me :).
 
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I don't mean to be rude, but did you really think you'd get $2500? Smashers tend to whine about measly $5 venue fees.
 
TSM ZeRo

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t3h Icy said:
I don't mean to be rude, but did you really think you'd get $2500? Smashers tend to whine about measly $5 venue fees.
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That's not rude, it's a completely valid question :).

Yes, I tought I could get it by doing A LOT of things/works/selling things in 1 year. Unfortunately, some things "didn't even happened/worked out they way I tought they would... :(
 
CT Chia

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lol i think he's joking

also strife was someone's alt account

dont worry zero you got this, i rly wanna see you rep the world team

win that aib ladder you got this
 
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vVv ChiboSempai said:
lol i think he's joking

also strife was someone's alt account

dont worry zero you got this, i rly wanna see you rep the world team

win that aib ladder you got this
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i was only semi-joking lol

joking in the way that i didnt expect him to do it

but serious in the way that i know people/have friends that are fully capable of winning $1100 in 1 week

if it's "apex or bust" and if he happened to be good @ poker then by all means i'd say go for it! :awesome:
 
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It's two steps, first he needs to get his Visa, then the flight. The goal in the OP is to get the Visa. There would likely be more after that for the flight, but there is help on the flight from M2K's buddy pass and vVv. Not sure on the exact amount of that yet, but it will certainly not be as much as most international flights.
 
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Broccoli Kong said:
Donated $50. I hope this helps in some small way for you dude. You are seriously very inspiring, you deserve to live your dream =)
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Thanks Will. I appreciate your donation a lot! I REALLY want to meet you at Apex 2012, you're SUCH a cool person! We need to party or something at Apex! :bee:

Also, thank you very much Player 1 for your $5 Donation!

Much love from Chile <3 <3 <3.

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It really is incredible when you consider how many people have donated in such a short period of time.

Zero's thread isn't the only one, either. There are TONS, with similar results.
Smash community is amazing.
 
CT Chia

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Confirming that I have the donations from Will, Player 1, and $5 from aisight's matched player1 donation

I'll be providing a full detailed update on everything soon
We're basically ready for the visa and then collect money for the flight (which won't be too much) and then zero will be confirmed. once we can get the info from m2k's contact about purchasing the plane ticket with the buddy pass i can update everything properly
 
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Basically the one brawl player I'm kinda hyped to see besides Vermanubis, because hes from chile

<3
 
CT Chia

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Got $10 from a Tyler Rivard


This gets us to:

$20 Donated by HBK
$75 Donated by aisight
$5 Donated by King Funk
$10 Donated by Ksizzle
$5 Donated by Illmatic
$5 Donated by Don JP
$20 Donated by Dennis Wei
$50 Donated by Will
$5 Donated by Player-1
$5 Donated by Aisight
$10 Donated by Tyler Rivard
$25 Donated by Bionic
$25 Donated by Aisight

= $260
 
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