NeenerNeener.Net Rallies Gamers And Game Developers To Fight Multiple Sclerosis
Annual MS Fundraising Walk Scheduled for April 17, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LANCASTER, PA, April 4th, 2005 - NeenerNeener.Net, a website dedicated to Massive Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games (MMORPGs), today announced that they have received support from game developers and gamers across the world for the MS Walk 2005. Team NeenerNeener.net participates in the annual fundraising event benefiting research for Multiple Sclerosis, and with generous support from the interactive entertainment industry, has raised more that $30,000 since 2001.
Shawn "Kwip" Williams, the founder of NeenerNeener.net was moved to action when his wife, Becky "Kwipette" Williams, was diagnosed with MS. Since 2001, their fundraising efforts in the gaming community have grown, and this year, Team NeenerNeener.net will be accompanied on the Walk by representatives from Mythic Entertainment and Turbine, Inc. The MS Walk 2005 is scheduled for April 17, 2005, and donations to Team NeenerNeener.net can be made at their site, www.neenerneener.net/ms.php.
"The first year, we expected to raise maybe $1,000," says Shawn. "Instead, we raised more than $8,000 from gamers across the world who were used to reading the humorous stories, but instead found themselves moved by the touching tale of what Becky and I were going through in dealing with her MS."
"The media tends to portray gamers in a negative, anti-social light, and the overwhelming support Team NeenerNeener.net has received shows how inaccurate this is. Every year, we have thousands of gamers stepping forward to donate what they can," said Shawn. "This year's support from game developers is even more proof that the gaming community is full of wonderful, caring people."
Sanya Thomas, Internet Relations Manager for Mythic Entertainment is traveling from the Washington, DC area to join Team NeenerNeener.Net, and Jesse Kurlancheek, Nikolaus Davidson and Heather Sinclair, developers from Turbine, Inc., are traveling from Boston, MA.
About NeenerNeener.Net
NeenerNeener.Net is a gaming humor website, focusing on stories about the adventures of Shawn "Kwip" Williams and his friends in various Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, or MMORPGs. Many of the stories involve his wife, Becky "Kwipette" Williams, also an avid gamer. In 2000, Becky was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. The following year, Becky and Shawn formed Team NeenerNeener.Net, and turned to the gaming community for help in raising funds.
About Mythic Entertainment
Mythic Entertainment is one of the most successful developers and publishers of massively multiplayer online role-playing games in the world. Credited with 15 online games, including the award winning "Dark Age of Camelot," Mythic's success is based in proprietary technology, superior game design and exemplary customer service delivered by a talented staff of more than 150 people. More information about Mythic Entertainment is available at www.mythicentertainment.com.
About Turbine, Inc.
Turbine, Inc. is a premier producer, publisher and operator of online subscription entertainment and is headquartered in Westwood, Mass. With studios on two coasts, the Company is the largest privately held online games company in North America. Turbine's catalogue includes some of the most famous online entertainment brands, including "Asheron's Call®," "Dungeons & Dragons® Online" and "The Lord of the RingsTM: Middle-Earth TM Online." For more information on Turbine and its services, please visit www.turbine.com.
To learn more about Team NeenerNeener.Net, visit their website at www.neenerneener.net/ms.php.
For more information about the MS Walk, contact the National Multiple Sclerosis Society at 1-800-FIGHT-MS or online at www.nationalmssociety.org.
For more information about NeenerNeener.Net, contact Shawn Williams at 717-799-0991 or email kwip@neenerneener.net.
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Phone: 717-799-0991
Email: kwip@neenerneener.net
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