PokerDonors.com

Hey, I made a blog post a few days ago, but it didn't really get anyone coming onto the site (except twotimesopt ), so I'm trying this. Admins, lock this up tight of it's not okay, I PM'd an admin the other day, but never got a response.

http://pokerdonors.com

I sponsored two kids out of pocket to get things going, and through some friends/family, and a very generous donation from twotimesopt, we have enough to renew it next month. And with a little more help by the end of the month, enough to sponsor a third kid.

There's a FAQ to answer most of the questions, and I'll be quick to respond to any questions here. You can also see a picture of the kids we're sponsoring in the Charities section.

I update the site very often, so you'll be able to see a history of your donation within ~12 hours in the News section. If you look in the Site section, you can see some all-time numbers, and how far we are from making our quota/sponsoring an additional child for the month. You can also view who's donated the most over the past month or all-time.

I wrote/run the site myself, and I maintain it between slow-times at work, and when I have time at home. But there will rarely be an hour in the day when I won't have some kind of access to it. I've put poker playing on hold for the time-being, and I won't be playing on my PStars or FTP accounts while this thing is going.

Anyhow, anything is extremely appreciated, and don't feel pressured to match with twotimesopt's very sweet donation; $2-3 is awesome too.

Thanks much,

Cory

Some Q/A from the blog post:

Show nested quote + On August 12 2007 19:31 milkman wrote: if u want people to donate money to ur site, u need to be more clear right on the front page why and what their doing. and u need some sort of theme/images or something, i mean i could make this site with html from my head + notpad + /w a blindfold... but good idea, and good luck I definitely agree that the site could use some help graphically. But that's secondary to getting the functionality down for now.   On August 12 2007 20:08 vegable wrote: If everyone on LP ended up donating a buy-in (or half a buyin for higher stakes players) then we could end up sponsoring 100 children. That's a good deal all around Ha! That'd be nice for sure But I don't really expect that from anyone...I mean, if we can just toss a few BB's in every now and again, that'd be cool too. I would expect the average donation to be $2-3, which is way more than the average Joe is giving. The way I figure, 2 kids have already prospered from this project, and all it's cost me was a bit of time, so anything that comes out of it going forward is all extra.

Show nested quote + On August 12 2007 20:20 twotimesopt wrote: AWESOME can you get another stars account for donation purposes? it's pretty jank to have to donate to "KingKory" on stars. so you're not playing any poker while this thing goes on? weird...seems like they need not be mutually exclusive prolly not necessary to post PT stats on the site... other than that, it's cool as hell. GREAT WORK MAN! PS: you should include detailed instructions on how to donate. i know it's simple, but it'd be more user-friendly if you just stated TO DONATE: transfer funds to KingKory (Awesome City) on Stars, etc. etc. ALSO: i have done a little html/css stuff, i might be able to help with programming/creative stuff   From FAQ Section Hello, my name is Cory, or "KingKory" on PokerStars. For the duration of this endeavor, I will not be playing poker under any of the usernames listed on the 'News' page. I tried to get my "KingKory" alias changed to "PokerDonors", but apparently that's against PokerStars code. If you submit proof of any of the usernames on the 'News' page involved in a real money poker hand (while this site exists), I will ship you $100 out of my own pocket. I sent emails back-and-forth to Stars. I guess once you create a username on Stars, you agree to NEVER change your username EVER EVER AGAIN. I probably could have covertly changed my name, but I didn't want to risk it down the line. As far as playing during the project: It just seems wrong to me to play on the same account that has a bunch of donated cash. I figure I'll be busy most of the time in the next couple weeks working out some twinks anyway. - PT Stats: You think? I thought it'd be good to know that the person managing the donations was also a somewhat-serious player as well...and not a completely busto one at that. - Help: I just may have to hit you up on that CSS stuff

this is soo good and cute:D this kind of threads shows that the world has gotten as cold as i sometimes fear show the love!

I think you should make it more obvious that the money is going to charity - I couldn't tell from the main page and it took me awhile into the FAQ to confirm that this is a poker player -> charity thing.

and maybe make it display better in internet explorer, the text is cluttered all over, some of it over the other so its hard to read

But very nice idea, great work

*edit* sent a little

^ Ty

Yeah, I'll probably had a little descriptor on the frontpage. Maybe I'll copy over that italicized piece under the "Charities" link.

Man, I think it looks better in IE...I'll see if anything can be done if it's hard to see.

this is what it looks like in my browser:

What are you talking about? That looks totally awesome and edgy!

That is really bad though, I'll check it out tomorrow.

kek how can i donate a pennys

i'd be interested....

is transferring the money to your Stars account ok?

shipped 10$!

awesome idea and everyone should donate

On August 15 2007 22:21 TimDawg wrote: i'd be interested.... is transferring the money to your Stars account ok?

Yup

I also have an FTP account (on the frontpage, "PokerDonors" you can transfer to.

Ty Loco $4 away from sponsoring a 3rd kid

this pwns and i wanna be top1 donator so ill donate 36 to u on ftp

On August 16 2007 07:00 hansen jr. wrote: this pwns and i wanna be top1 donator so ill donate 36 to u on ftp

Bumps us to almost 4 kids.

On August 15 2007 20:55 Zorglub wrote: this is what it looks like in my browser: http://aycu05.webshots.com/image/26284/2000427791258980623_rs.jpg

Does it look like this for anyone else?

On August 16 2007 07:21 KingKory wrote: Show nested quote + On August 15 2007 20:55 Zorglub wrote: this is what it looks like in my browser: http://aycu05.webshots.com/image/26284/2000427791258980623_rs.jpg Does it look like this for anyone else?

It looks even worse now with more people on the list

Bah. I'm going to try to move everything into a table, instead of just floating on the page.

Give me a few hours...looks like I'm not getting much work done this morning

This is the best initiative I have ever encountered in the poker world.


Very good job sir I will surely donate.


edit: shipped

Shipped.

Emmanuel won my heart. :D

Wow...thank you SakiSaki.


Children Currently Sponsored 2
Donations[$] This Month $747.00 ~ 21.3 children

21 kids...that's amazing.

Come the end of the month, we will have 21 (or more ) entries in the "Charities" link!

And thank you too Suicide. Remember guys, a donation of $2-3 is also appreciated, so please don't be shy.

Still working on the tabling for the site, sorry if it looks like crap...I'm making progress.