Hey all, so funny story. You know Guy Perfect, the guy who wrote Sentinel and Sentinel+, long-time contributor to the Titan Network? Also one of the guys on the team that is allegedly working on creating a CoH client-compatible reverse-engineered server? Well, he's moving to Texas! Or at least he's trying to...
Texas or Bust! Wait, that was supposed to just be a saying...Shortly after getting underway from Oregon, a cylinder head in his van cracked and he found himself homeless and transportationless, stranded. The good news is that he managed to rent a U-Haul truck, he ditched his brick of a van, and is back on his way. As I type this, he has stopped for the night in Lodi, California and will be back on the road tomorrow morning. The bad news is that this unexpected turn of events has severely impacted his financial situation due to the added expenses of scrapping the van, renting the U-Haul (those things are REALLY expensive for long haul trips like that), gasoline, and once he gets to Texas, car rental until he can get set up and established.
That's where we come in. Because of his significant contributions to the Titan Network and the City of Heroes community, I am hereby declaring now through the month of March
Help Guy Move to Texas month! What this means is that funds donated to the Titan Network now through March 31 will go to help Guy Perfect defray the unplanned expenses that he's incurred during this move and, once he arrives, keep a roof over his head and wheels under his--*ahem*--undercarriage for up to a few weeks once he gets there.
Okay, you've convinced me! How can I help?Easy! If you have a few bucks to spare, click the button at the top of this post. Or alternatively, go to our
home page and click on the "Help Guy Move to Texas!" PayPal button in the Support Our Friends section. All of the billing information is handled securely by PayPal. We don't see your billing info or your address. Your donation will actually go through the Titan Network (we're not holding any back, promise!), and I will forward the donations to Guy where he can thank you appropriately.
Buy what makes Guy so special?I normally don't like to solicit donations, but I'm making an extra special exception in this case for a few reasons:
- I've known him for years and he's given me lots of good reasons to trust him. So much so that today I personally sent him an amount to help make sure he gets to Texas that I would never send someone I didn't trust implicitly.
- He's done a lot of down-and-dirty hard work for the Titan Network and City of Heroes community, including the development of Sentinel and Sentinel+. Without him, you all would still have been using /settitle macros to record your badges. Without him, you wouldn't have exports of your character. Without him, the alleged reverse engineering effort would hypothetically take twice as long.
- We're still leaning heavily on his contributions to the team for various and sundry things, and the less the guy has to worry about where he's going to live and what he's going to eat, the better.
- He's actually really responsible with money. He doesn't eat out, he doesn't waste it on unproductive things.
In short, he's given a LOT of time and effort to the community over the years, and continues to do so even with the game shut down. If you want to drop a quick thank you to the Titan Network, I can't think of a better way than by helping out one of its most dedicated contributors.
