My first blog launching ARR was from December 20th, 2013, which was about a week after the box scheduler change IIRC. That means we’re rolling up to some important milestones. One YeARR later we have a box that is still not “perfect” - whatever that may be - but is quite entertaining for a wide variety of races at the lower to middle TV ranges.

We have a new client packed with tricks enough to dirty up the shiney new pitches! We have a road that I am told leads to the NAF championships! We have had a number of new site improvements and still some people have found time to monkey around! But it wasn’t all fun and games. Well, in a certain sense it *HAS* been all fun and games, but bear with me - I’m making a larger point here. We have had server trouble and replaced hardware. We have had twitter updates of power outages and SSL certificate updates and site maintenance. And by “we” here I mean “Christer and Kalimar and a few other people do the work and the rest of us get to play games”.

So in celebration of all this, OenarLod and I have decided to take this next two month season of our respective Black Box metagroups (HLP and ARR) and show that those of us fighting to make the ‘Box a better place can make a difference.

Thus begins “A Box Full of Money”, the great HLP and ARR fundraiser. Over the current season (Dec 1st through Jan 31st) OenarLod will pledge to donate $1 for each HLP or HLC sprint completed. Likewise, I pledge to donate $1 for every completed ARR sprint. In addition to this, one of us will kick in an additional $5 if our group has the fewest completed sprints. But that’s not all! We officially invite human teams into the Dec 31st ARR Brawl (enter human and ARR teams into the Black Box Brawl on that day) and whichever side has the fewer BBB titles out of it will kick in another $5.

So to wrap it up: For every ARR team that plays 16 games in the box over the next 2 months I’ll give $1 to FUMBBL and OenarLod will give $1 for each Human team that does the same (with bonus monies in the offing depending on the results). I know what you’re thinking - and yes this will be a blast. And since [holiday guilt] ‘tis better to give than to receive[/holiday guilt], you can play the game and/or join us by matching our pledges!

I’ll keep a tally of two different pledge levels:

1. 
   DonatARR! ($1 for each ARR sprint, something like 15-25 if we go by past seasons, but may be more with $$ on the line)
   
   Strength and Honor! ($1 for each Human sprint, probably roughly similar numbers)
   

If we get 15 more matching pledges for each pledge level then that would translate into *each* game of a human or ARR sprint turning into $1 for FUMBBL! If you are flush with funds, throw a multiplier on there and pledge one or more times at the human level and one or more times at the ARR level and help drive up the interest!

For example, you could pledge once at the human level and three times at the ARR level - because we’re better, clearly… ;) My best guess is that such a pledge would be worth around $100 but it really depends on what happens with the sprints. And when you think about it, what kind of a price tag would you really put on dirty tricks cards? :D

So get out there and fill the box with money!

EDIT: I forgot to add, please PM me all donation pledges, I'll try to watch topics and such, but it will help me track and update if I get PMs.