Yesterday I was contacted by a donor that wishes to remain anonymous. This donor is matching dollar-for-dollar all donations up to $10,000!

This puts us (as of this posting) at $10,774.88.
($4987.44 + $400 in uncleared eChecks = $5387.44 x 2 = $10,774.88)

I’m also making my final preparations to represent the community at the Sotheby’s Auction on Thursday. My wife works for the airlines, so I’m going to be hoping a flight from Cincinnati to London tomorrow. I should arrive at 9AM Thursday morning, with plenty of time to make it to the auction taking place at 2PM.

With four days remaining until the auction, the Quest for the Flag campaign has surpassed $5,000 in total donations.

As of today at 11 am EDT, supporters have donated over $2,600 during the 72-hour community-organized “Money Bomb” donation event, bringing the QFTF Campaign total to $5,002.44.

This is an incredible outpouring of support and appreciation for Funcom!

With only a few days remaining until the auction, every dollar we can raise is vital!

I’ve received reports of ChipIn/PayPal bugging out on people and payments not processing. Therefor, to allow for more participation in the “Money Bomb” event, along with the associated incentives, we’re going to extend the event through the weekend.

So for those of you that may have missed today’s event, or had some difficulty with payment processing, you now have until Sunday at 11:59PM EDT (GMT -5) to submit contributions!

We’ve raised an amazing sum of money today despite the technical difficulties – Over $2200 in a 24 hours period! Bring the total raised up to $4487! (including $400 in echeck contributions which take 3-5 days to process)

Thank you very much to everyone supporting this project!

The graph page should give the most up-to-date information. The feed from the chip-in is on a 15-20 minutes delay (sometimes it seems longer). To see accurate numbers in the widget, you’ll need to clear your browser’s cache.

Exciting news! I’ve recently been informed that our “mole” inside Funcom has managed to smuggle out some amazing stuff…

• “The Secret World” Posters, signed by the TSW development team
• Additional autographed copies of Dreamfall:TLJ, signed by Ragnar Tornquist

These will all be given away at random to anyone who makes at least a $25 contribution* during the May 1st “Money Bomb” event.**

In addition, anyone who contributes over $100 during the event will be eligible to win a “Premium Autograph Package,” which includes: Click to continue »

Join the TSW Community tomorrow as we watch the countdown hit zero and the donations start rolling in.

We will be chatting live on Funcom’s IRC server:

• irc.funcom.com
• port: 6667
• #thesecretworld

You’ll need an IRC client, such as mIRC, or you can use a web-based client like mibbit.com or chatzilla.

We hope to see you there!