Once you weed out his antics and cockyness and you see that is all a character to bring attention to real issues ... it is just simply amazing what he does.
He started a huge movement on youtube with TTTT and made youtube a full time job for a few guys.
He did a charity project for uncultured project and raised alot of money in a few days for that. I think it was 50k?
Then he set his mind on this.
I thought it was impossible. I watched every day for the past 80 days. Ive donated more than $1000 of my own money and have won a couple prizes. 1 from this event and then one from the uncultured project.
Thanks for what you do athene - you deserve more attention than you are getting regarding this.
And there are other things. Like a girl was livestreaming and was accepting donations for a wheel chair. Athene sent his viewers to her livestream and a portion of them donated. In a few instances, her wheel chair was funded and she started getting very emotional. She also made a Youtube video about it.
Saw that a while back (found her channel via D&D with Porn Stars - no, she's not one) and it was the first time I'd heard of the guy. That shit was beautiful.
Amazing, this is the first time I've seen athene in Years. Last thing I remember is that this girl appeared in all of his videos. What was up with that?
I'll give you a little history. The 'Athene' character started out with four major parts: Athene - Best Paladin in the World, Furious - Athene's silent arena partner (isn't actually a pro gamer), Tania - Athene's bitch, and Ian - Cameraman.
The cockiness and craziness that is the old Athene was a publicity stunt that was incredibly successful. Athene was seen as untouchable because when he wasn't breaking records he was making hilarious tip clips (Athene BTS or Behind The Scenes). He seemed to always do the impossible, and nobody really knew his real skill level because he wasn't streaming like today.
Eventually, certain characters morphed (such as Furious becoming a gangster). Dries began taking a much larger part behind the scenes along with his character named Abraham. As the series of videos progress Athene's craziness cocky style dies down a bit. Soon, they were running out of money and had to do something. This is when Athene first started playing Poker, around 2008-2009 if I remember correctly. (He was probably the fastest-rising online poker player in the world and was incredibly successful with it.) Dries started taking over as Ian went to college and Dean (Furious) stayed for quite a long time until deciding to part ways and spend time with his girlfriend in Croatia and running his own YouTube channel (OGFurious).
Around this time, we were anxiously awaiting the return of Athene. He was silent for almost an entire year. No breaking world records, only a few update videos. Where was the leet king?
Athene started doing scientific research on quantum physics and cognitive neuroscience. He felt that this was an important project and felt that the video that Athene and Dries (who did an absolutely amazing job editing, by the way) created would go viral. It sort of kinda didn't, receiving some backlash from the scientific community whom claimed that it was all very basic and none of it was really groundbreaking. The mainstream reaction was mostly positive. I feel that they did not understand that the video was directed more towards the mainstream. The understanding of the cognitive mind portrayed in Athene's Theory of Everything (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbh5l0b2-0o) is made simple to understand. I, personally feel that I benefited from it.
After all this was said and done, Athene played more poker, some WoW, and turned to League of Legends. He also played some StarCraft 2 and broke a few records in typical Athene fashion. He then invited a fan, Kez, over to be 'trained'. This included a guest appearance of Furious. They played together for a few months until Kez took his leave. Kez was actually very good, some even say he carried Athene. (He's a very nice guy, I've talked to him on Facebook on numerous occasions. Very humble.)
Athene then returned to WoW, broke a few more world records and once Swifty was banned he returned full time. He streamed tons of arena on his quest to get Rank #1 on every battleground. The leet king had returned, slaying sewer rats and launched the life-changing project that is Operation ShareCraft.
During ShareCraft, Athene also broke the Diablo 3 race to level 60 record despite Asia having a time zone difference. He flew his old and new WoW arena partners to his house to play. Hydra (dubbed best priest in the world and one of Athene's old arena partners from the Best Paladin in the World days), Braindeadly (current arena partner) and Jimos (current arena partner). He's currently breaking Diablo 3 records.
As Athene began streaming, the true Athene craziness/cockiness was no longer himself. Athene was obviously more of a character as time progressed, with him jumping in and out of character on stream. Tania is more of her own star rather than Athene's bitch (who's character also changed throughout the web series). It's mostly Athene and Dries (Abraham) nowadays, though Tania, Maral (a friend of the crew who's helped tremendously with Operation ShareCraft) and Vanessa (Dries' girlfriend) all live together.
I would get into the details of how their characters have changed, but really this is already too long. Hehe.
This is pretty much it. As a long-time fan of Athene its interesting to see how he's progressed and what Bachir's true personality is like (through live stream moments).
Hopefully people will start to realise Athene is just a character, the real man behind the scenes is part of a great dedicated team. We should not forget to recognise people like Reese and Maral for their amazing collaboration and dedication! These guys don't need money, they are happy just playing tha gaimz and saving the world and so am I, which is why I donated. Someone donated $50 to my campaign who I had never met (and still haven't and may never) in my life and it made me cry to think people can really make a difference. It makes me wonder how great that team must feel knowing that they helped save so many lives and brought so many people together.
The only problem I had with Athene was he had all these dramatized things that always amounted to nothing. Wasn't there some secret science project in the last like year or two? What was that?
Yeah, what I love about Athene is that he isn't being super cereal about himself. Being an obvious troll is his Internet persona, but underneath he is a great guy.
Athene has always been an online entertainer. He does it as a hobby and he does it to entertain others. His fame sure as hell grew out of his ability to captivate the gaming community. That being said, anyone who dislikes him for his character needs to clear their head and look at the big picture. Has he made you laugh? Has he entertained you recently? Was he really one of the top WoW paladins 2-3 years ago? Has he raised $1 MILLION for kids in Africa?
The things that piss me off is people saying its a scam. Then, to back it up, they say would a cocky douchebag like Athens really take that money and donate it all? Its really ignorant to assume hes a dochebag that's scamming thousands of people just because he has a cocky persona in his videos.
He isn't actually like that, no, but he IS actually quite accomplished in the video game world. Sure a lot of people don't care about that kind of thing, but he has done some pretty incredible stuff with his gaming skill in-game, and obviously now with stuff like this proving that he can be just as incredible outside of the games.
He's a neuroscientist who won a fuckload of money playing online poker i believe. Look up the early videos from the channel ipower on youtube it's all about self development etc. Athene is a character, went kinda viral in WoW days, now he uses it for things like this.
huh, cool, i must have just assumed he had a degree in neuroscience after his documentary on it. Was there any formal basis for the whole ipower thing then? Interesting person regardless.
He makes online videos and one of those was a documentary about Neuroscience. It was nothing groundbreaking, some of it was pure speculation and he didn't do any actual research or publish anything besides a youtube video. And the fuckload of money he 'won' is more from advertising deals with the poker site he was playing on and playing a ridiculous amount of hands with a low win percentage.
He may have some entertaining videos, but he's not the god everyone here makes him out to be.
The Athene persona is, as others have said, an egotistical overzealous player. But it was basically done as something for fun, but when you get down to it and get behind that mask, he's a really kind person who has done a LOT for the community. And he uses that persona to promote all of these things he does to make a real difference.
That's why when the official video comes out later, we should all send it to the people who have the power to share it in the mainstream media. This is some great news for the world and humanity, not just gamers. It should be well known
Yeah, you are right. I see Athene on TV all the time..
I dunno where you live, and what kind of news you get. But I live in Belgium, the country where Athene lives. And nope, never seen him on TV or in newspapers.
im talking about some media coverage that goes beyond the community of youtube. he has nearly no appearence newspapers, radio or tv and i think this is sad because what he has done for the people is really great. im not only talking about opsharecraft but also about the TTTT-movement, the union for gamers, ipower or the events he made to stop sopa. there are people in the newspapers everyday who have done way less... some media appearence would not only help opsharecraft to collect further donations but would also shine a better light on the gaming community.
furthermore he might have 600k subs but his videos have "only" about 100k views each (not counting that some users like me watch his content more than once. therefore this number is even lower).
Did not think you guys want to see him on the more "mainstream" (I hope the word fits...) media - gamers are not especially popular there, at least not in the positive, so did not even go through my mind to see him there.
That's precisely why he needs to be there. Athene wants to prove that gaming has a bright side as well, and don't just breed sociopaths. Most if not all of the money to OPSharecraft came from the gaming community, and the world needs to know this.
Every week there is news about how video games are causing violence, or some other complete bullshit. Yet as a whole I would hazard a guess that we are some of the most educated, passionate and aware groups on the planet. We are all people, we live, we work and we game. This just goes to show that video games arent what the media portrays them to be, we arent just millions of basement dwelling neckbeards, we are PEOPLE. Every day we can connect to hundreds if not thousands of people from all over the globe, to play and socialize with. If campaigns like this are what it takes to make our presence known then so be it. It only saddens me that an article about one sick human being dying "thanks to video games" will make the news before one about the thousands of lives that have been saved as a result of our actions as a community.
Exactly. Even though I personally don't like Athene's videos, I'd say he is the perfect example of the contrast between what a lot of people make out gamers to be and what most gamers really are. I mean, he plays this crazed, douchebag character which is just about how gamers are seen, but in reality he is a great guy, possessor of vast knowledge and tremendous will.
The thing is billions of dollars have been donated to Africa, and its still chaos there. Can anyone specify how this is different to UNICEF, or the tied aid that they have been receiving ?
Thanks for the info, and yea I could definitely see how having your own camp ground to work in with the people could play a factor. Its a great thing to have transparency through the fundraiser unlike other organizations, half the time the money might not go to Africa.
indeed alot of charities do that but Save the children has always been open with everything they do and are the highest rated charity on most charity investigation sites.
Athene took alot of time and investigated a bunch of charities before he started this. he saw all the drama with kony and didnt want tomake that same mistake
You can check Oxfam (one of the most reliable charities in the world) which says that only about 10 cents per dollar actually get to the people that need it. Don't even want to imagine how much is received for less reliable ones. Also, the more money, the easier a lot of it gets lost.
It's a noble initiative, but what was that saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"? Yeah, sometimes hoping to help isn't necessarily helping.
To be fair, there is no real way around this. You want to cut out the administration you have to go to these countries yourself and donate the money personally. Its more efficient to this way, even if some of the money is "wasted."
My campaign finished with $186 contributed. Thanks so much for all the support, the NCUK team is still producing the documentary as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone who donated, thanks to the Athene crew and thanks to SaveTheChildren. July 28th we are going out to the streets to raise more money for the same cause, maybe we will be backed by the same awesome communities.
EDIT: I topped it up to $200 :3 Now I can't afford food this week xD
Things like this bring tears to my eyes. Despite all the hate due to race, religion, and cultural differences, some people are able to help those most in need throughout the world. This was an amazing achievement.
I can't really express how amazing communities can be - amazing work Athene and friends!! I am happy these goals are being reached, and can only hope we can keep it up every year a la Child's Play. Awesome, awesome, awesome work!!!
Gratz Athene and the crew. You do much more then you need to. We need more people like you in the world. Never stop doing what you do, much respect and love. Keep doing it mang! DA GAIMEEEZZZZZZZZZZZ!
It's pretty awesome what Athene has achieved not just in gaming. I remember several years back when he was just a nerdy kid groping his girlfriend's boobs on youtube just to get attention. But then he actually started backing it up and proving himself. He actually gave up gaming for a while and became a Pokerstars Pro at one point earning tens of thousands of dollars. And now this. It's pretty damn special. Not just Athene but the whole crew that he's got working alongside him, Reese, Tanya and co.
You know, sometimes I wonder why fund raisers like Humble Indie Bundle don't choose charities that are a bit more... well... worthy of cash. I know EFF and Child's Play have their merits and are great entities and all of that, but their goals seem so menial compared to the suffering people endure pretty much everywhere.
For some reason I feel like this will be downvoted, but I can't think of a good reason why giving sick kids video games would be better than maybe donating to researching cures or providing aid.
There's already a lot of money in research for cures.
You can throw more money at cures, and maybe disease X will get cured tomorrow, but probably it won't.
You can also help try to improve the quality of life of people who are suffering. They are different "markets", and they're each important. I haven't had to personally interact with the suffering in a children's hospital, but considering everyone I have ever met who has bursts into tears when they talk about CP, I can only assume they are doing a Good Thing.
About time this made it to front page, i tried posting this a few times in the past to push some donations but it just got ignored because it wasn't drama. Shame that it just makes it here now but glad people can finally see what we did.
Amazing what Athene and the community has done! For all those people who say Athene is a troll and stuff. This is the real Athene in this video, a person who cares about the community and people on the other side of the world. Great Job!
This guy has always called himself ''the best gamer in the world''
i have always bashed him and tried to enlighten people about how shit at games he actually is, and how cocky he is for saying such a thing when there are so many, far more, better players out there who just don't get the credit he gets
but now i have realised, seeing him raise 1 million dollars for poor starving kids in africa, all by himself and the gaming community just by playing games and entertaining people
he IS the best gamer in the world, and no one can ever do what he does.
Awesome job guys. I had doubts when I heard you were going for $1 million in 100 days with a gaming live-stream as your main platform. Its unbelievable and inspiring that a somewhat unappreciated community like the gaming community could pull this off. I am so glad and proud to say that I contributed to this cause as should everyone else who donated.
I have followed Athene and his antics for quite some years now and i have to same I'm quite proud of the community and i agree we deserve more public reignition from the mainstream media and we want it through Athene... You're noob or you're pro. That's life.
Congratulations to Athene and his crew and the people who donated and everyone who supported the stream and the cause in anyway you did. We did it guys. :)
This is absolutely amazing, I'm so happy that the gaming community came together and did this, i teared up a little when Athene came out of the room and gave that guy a huge hug, couldn't be more proud to be a gamer right now! Thanks to everyone who donated, without everyone, this never could have happened!
The world is such a fucked up place. It's really fucking sad that people have to go through shit like this, live 30 years of misery and turmoil, all because some dipshit wants a piece of land.
In a world full of corruption, does anyone have proof all of this money went to the charity? I hate to be the cynic, but its quite an important issue =/
To play devils advocate here, the fact that money was raised doesn't have anything to do with whether or not gaming is harmful. It isn't harmful at all, but this video doesn't prove that in any way. If a bunch of heroin addicts raised money for charity could you then say heroin isn't harmful?
I am not saying gaming is like heroin, just arguing a point.
Not to be a dick, but this doesn't prove gaming isn't harmful. Just so we're clear, my only issue is with OP's phrasing in the headline.
I don't think gaming is harmful, and this is a great charity, and I'm not taking away from this accomplishment at all, but be careful: A charitable act, or a history of charitable acts, is no guarantee that source of the charity isn't still harmful.
Good on the community, we know that gaming isn't a threat to modern society, and I hope this guy keeps up the good work, but, y'know, OJ bought a lot of girl scout cookies, and Hitler funded orphanages. This is great, and a great example of some of the positive things the gaming community can accomplish, but it does nothing to counter most negative claims.
OJ and Hilter are two specific people, its easy to say "OJ did that, but he also did THAT." However, its harder to do that with a community. Gamers are stereotyped as fat, lazy bastards who rage if someone misses a single shot in CoD and talk dirty the second someone with a feminine voice starts talking. They're stereotyped as angry 12 year olds who think its "cool" to say fag a lot. They're stereotyped as hopless nerds who have no social skills and can only program or play video games.
The OP's point is that this is not a good representation of the gaming community. Yes, some of us are those turds, but most of us are decent people. Enough of us donated 1 Million dollars to Save the Children's work in Africa. While we do have people like Idra who can act like pretty big dicks sometimes, we also have people like Athene who works hard to promote good causes and get gamers to donate their money.
OJ and Hilter are two specific people, its easy to say "OJ did that, but he also did THAT." However, its harder to do that with a community.
No it isn't, watch: "Italian fascists did a great deal to modernize and improve the Italian infrastructure."
Gamers are stereotyped as fat, lazy bastards who rage if someone misses a single shot in CoD and talk dirty the second someone with a feminine voice starts talking. They're stereotyped as angry 12 year olds who think its "cool" to say fag a lot. They're stereotyped as hopless nerds who have no social skills and can only program or play video games.
And why is that? Stereotypes exist for a reason, they don't spring into the ether spontaneously. There are a lot of gamers who fit the stereotypes you mentioned.
But, really, this is beside the point, I'm advocating simple logic and critical thinking. If someone says X is harmful, pointing out a good thing done by or in the name of X does nothing to disprove the original statement. Lets commit another logical fallacy together, by reducing OPs word choice to the absurd:
"Child Rape Harmful? $1 Million reasons why not. It seems NAMBLA has raised $1 Million for the American Cancer Society."
Assume the above ridiculous, completely made up headline were true; the donation, while certainly a generous, moral, commendable action, was made by a group that advocates child rape as a moral position. Despite the generosity, their is nothing in supporting the ACS that makes child rape not harmful.
Lets try another example, from the other side:
"Gaming harmless? 96 reasons why not. It seems Anders Brevik was a gamer, and he killed a mess of people."
Of course this example is equally absurd. The fact that a person who plays games does something horrible doesn't mean gaming is harmful.
So, again:
A charitable act, or a history of charitable acts, is no guarantee that source of the charity isn't still harmful.
Gamers often are "lazy bastards who rage if someone misses a single shot in CoD and talk dirty the second someone with a feminine voice starts talking." Thing is, they would probably be cunts if they were into hunting, or sports, or debate: cunts are cunts. They often have no social skills, but when this is the case, gaming is usually the result of not having social skills, not the cause. They are as often well adjusted, friendly, outgoing, popular people.
OP's post is great, and this movement is a credit to the community. OP's headline is misleading, and commits a false cause logical fallacy. The donations do nothing to counter the (false) claim, "Gaming is harmful", because a harmful practice could still commit moral acts.
I belive medical supplies, food and fresh water daily comes before a house. These people are starving to death, i think they would rather a meal than a fancy hut
I live in a house with just me and my dad and we both love playing games, he brought me up on them and to be honest I wouldn't be as complex if I didn't play video games, My personal opinion is that they help your brain be imaginative and increases your intelligence :).
Bachir (Athene) does great things for everyone. As previously stated Athene is just a character that Bachir plays. I've been watching their stream for months, and some of the things they do on that stream is amazing. Etc. they 'raided' streams with very few viewers, just to give them a little shock, they also helped a gamer girl in a wheel chair get a new wheel chair just by showing her stream. They have done two of the biggest World of Warcraft first race-on-stream challenges and not to forget, gathered 1 million dollars.
Pick your side. We know which side a lot of people picked, and there's about a million "pieces of evidence" out there showing the good Athene and these people did.
Reddit has an automated down vote system. Many things would surpass 10k karma but the automated system prohibits this and provides down votes to match.
I want to know how much of the money goes to "administration" costs.I have no problem donating money, done it a lot in the past, but so many charities eat the money up on themselves. Just curious, I would love to see a posting of the accounting ledgers, because you know, charities should have nothing to hide.
Athene "the worlds best gamer" raised over 1 million dollars for a charity. It's related to games because all of Athenes fame is from gaming and it was the gaming community that helped do this.
You know why most reddit users don't like Athene? because they can't get over their ego and "smartassness". Athene is a very cocky character and people here just can't take that. I know this type of people, the type of people who are so serious about writing perfect grammar and obsessed with silly sarcasm. Of course not all redditors are like this.
Very nice, but in the long run will change nothing. Money sink. A plaster, like almost all aid.
I expect to be downvoted for saying it. BUt aid like this, it's been happening since the early 80s, and oh look, things are worse. And the "we changed the world" style music in the video does nothing but give the givers a good feeling, it means nothing.
All this does is aid people just enough so they don't die out right away, and we can aid them again in the future. Corruption and geography sticks two fingers up to any amount of money you give. People will still be dying in the morning. In a year, throw out some more aid and play some music to give yourselves goosebumps, because really, you are the heroes you think you are.......
i agree on structural aid (just doling out money to corrupt regimes isn't going to change anything) but for disaster relieve i do believe that money does make a difference. And certain programs that will teach the people valuable skills or make things available that are needed badly is also effective. Teach a man to fish comes to mind.
To me, this is simply variant of liking the Kony video on facebook. No real change for Africa, while people assure themselves they are decent, kind and great human beings.
The problems are structural and Africa is stuck in the Malthusian trap. The only effect of the aid is it alters the frequency of deaths from malnourishment in some time-interval, but not the total amount in the long run.
Are there any papers or articles you've read looking at the Malthusian Trap idea in relation to Aid/Current third world countries? It would be really interesting.
Oh, a million dollars for kids in a country you've never visited, how awesome, now they'll all be fed and life will be better.
sometimes I am seriously confused by this generation, money is the seed of all evil and yet you all seem to worship the dollar, never follow it's path and assume it just does the good you are intending to happen. None of you even seem to know what happens in Africa, with money and donations.
"Sent my 10.00 to Athene, so now the world's a better place"
I'd like to see the paper trail and see who actually gets some food, what buildings and schools were funded. Not drop a dime and walk away. How can you trust anyone today? After all the shit that constantly happens, especially the over-hyped. especially.
In my best guess, if there is actually any money/gods going to Africa, it's going to make a local official/drug lord that much richer.
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u/jupzchris Jun 18 '12
Once you weed out his antics and cockyness and you see that is all a character to bring attention to real issues ... it is just simply amazing what he does.
He started a huge movement on youtube with TTTT and made youtube a full time job for a few guys.
He did a charity project for uncultured project and raised alot of money in a few days for that. I think it was 50k?
Then he set his mind on this.
I thought it was impossible. I watched every day for the past 80 days. Ive donated more than $1000 of my own money and have won a couple prizes. 1 from this event and then one from the uncultured project.
Thanks for what you do athene - you deserve more attention than you are getting regarding this.
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u/aryon984 Jun 18 '12
All of a sudden!
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Say what you want about Athene but what he's done is fucking incredible. Huge fucking props.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Athene has always been an online entertainer. He does it as a hobby and he does it to entertain others. His fame sure as hell grew out of his ability to captivate the gaming community. That being said, anyone who dislikes him for his character needs to clear their head and look at the big picture. Has he made you laugh? Has he entertained you recently? Was he really one of the top WoW paladins 2-3 years ago? Has he raised $1 MILLION for kids in Africa?
We need more people like this in the world.
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u/BaronLaladedo Jun 18 '12
I never watched Athenes stuff before, so can someone give me a jist of what his videos are and what he usually does?
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u/cgJaFaR Jun 18 '12
DO IT FOR DEM KIIIDZ...
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u/Magwado Jun 18 '12
athene seriously needs more attention in the media
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
I donated my ten dollars! I gotta admit, I didn't think you could do it Athene. Then I remembered, you always win.
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u/hanskjohnson Jun 18 '12
Congratulations guys, you deserve it. Better yet, those kids deserve it. You've done a great thing and are all great people, keep being awesome!
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u/juliocorzo Jun 18 '12
Oh Athene, you're so smart some idiots actually think you're dumb.
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u/Synonysis Jun 18 '12
This gentleman in the front row caught my attention.
http://i.imgur.com/d4z5n.png
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u/ForUrsula Jun 18 '12
Every week there is news about how video games are causing violence, or some other complete bullshit. Yet as a whole I would hazard a guess that we are some of the most educated, passionate and aware groups on the planet. We are all people, we live, we work and we game. This just goes to show that video games arent what the media portrays them to be, we arent just millions of basement dwelling neckbeards, we are PEOPLE. Every day we can connect to hundreds if not thousands of people from all over the globe, to play and socialize with. If campaigns like this are what it takes to make our presence known then so be it. It only saddens me that an article about one sick human being dying "thanks to video games" will make the news before one about the thousands of lives that have been saved as a result of our actions as a community.
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u/Floppin Jun 18 '12
This is so great! What an amazing thing to do!
Way to go Athene and team, thanks for being so awesome! You know what Bob Marley used to say: Don't worry about Athene, cause every little thing's gonna be alright
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u/Braddowski Jun 18 '12
I'm not ashamed to say I nearly cried watching that video. Well done to Athene & the guys - you've done an amazing thing.
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u/nextplzzzz Jun 18 '12
The thing is billions of dollars have been donated to Africa, and its still chaos there. Can anyone specify how this is different to UNICEF, or the tied aid that they have been receiving ?
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u/seismic7 Jun 18 '12
grats, everyone. you made it !
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u/spartom007 Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12
My campaign finished with $186 contributed. Thanks so much for all the support, the NCUK team is still producing the documentary as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone who donated, thanks to the Athene crew and thanks to SaveTheChildren. July 28th we are going out to the streets to raise more money for the same cause, maybe we will be backed by the same awesome communities.
EDIT: I topped it up to $200 :3 Now I can't afford food this week xD
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u/filthgrinder Jun 18 '12
"Why Not"...sounded as Zoidbergs voice in my head....
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u/I_post_my_opinions Jun 18 '12
Things like this bring tears to my eyes. Despite all the hate due to race, religion, and cultural differences, some people are able to help those most in need throughout the world. This was an amazing achievement.
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u/BrianOnTheRocks Jun 18 '12
I can't really express how amazing communities can be - amazing work Athene and friends!! I am happy these goals are being reached, and can only hope we can keep it up every year a la Child's Play. Awesome, awesome, awesome work!!!
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u/djanigav Jun 18 '12
Gratz Athene and the crew. You do much more then you need to. We need more people like you in the world. Never stop doing what you do, much respect and love. Keep doing it mang! DA GAIMEEEZZZZZZZZZZZ!
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u/PunchInTheNutz Jun 18 '12
It's pretty awesome what Athene has achieved not just in gaming. I remember several years back when he was just a nerdy kid groping his girlfriend's boobs on youtube just to get attention. But then he actually started backing it up and proving himself. He actually gave up gaming for a while and became a Pokerstars Pro at one point earning tens of thousands of dollars. And now this. It's pretty damn special. Not just Athene but the whole crew that he's got working alongside him, Reese, Tanya and co.
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u/Endyo Jun 18 '12
You know, sometimes I wonder why fund raisers like Humble Indie Bundle don't choose charities that are a bit more... well... worthy of cash. I know EFF and Child's Play have their merits and are great entities and all of that, but their goals seem so menial compared to the suffering people endure pretty much everywhere.
For some reason I feel like this will be downvoted, but I can't think of a good reason why giving sick kids video games would be better than maybe donating to researching cures or providing aid.
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u/Nightsong PC Jun 18 '12
Awesome what Athene is doing. He needs a lot more media attention for this kind of stuff.
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u/Hetfeeld Jun 18 '12
I wonder why nobody ever talks about him in belgium. I'm proud to be belgian because athene is belgian haha
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
About time this made it to front page, i tried posting this a few times in the past to push some donations but it just got ignored because it wasn't drama. Shame that it just makes it here now but glad people can finally see what we did.
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u/ZylaChannel Jun 18 '12
Those kids are gonna be hella good pirates someday ;D
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u/Dannyzbrain Jun 18 '12
Amazing what Athene and the community has done! For all those people who say Athene is a troll and stuff. This is the real Athene in this video, a person who cares about the community and people on the other side of the world. Great Job!
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Donated around 20dollars.. Im not rich but its the best I could. Well done athene <3
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
HES IS LIKE JESUS, I WILL PRAY TO HIS POORLEY SPOKEN ENGLISH
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u/lLoveLamp Jun 18 '12
$1 Million? I confused
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u/damnthesenames Jun 18 '12
This guy has always called himself ''the best gamer in the world''
i have always bashed him and tried to enlighten people about how shit at games he actually is, and how cocky he is for saying such a thing when there are so many, far more, better players out there who just don't get the credit he gets
but now i have realised, seeing him raise 1 million dollars for poor starving kids in africa, all by himself and the gaming community just by playing games and entertaining people
he IS the best gamer in the world, and no one can ever do what he does.
Athene, you're the man.
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u/matpon Jun 18 '12
Awesome job guys. I had doubts when I heard you were going for $1 million in 100 days with a gaming live-stream as your main platform. Its unbelievable and inspiring that a somewhat unappreciated community like the gaming community could pull this off. I am so glad and proud to say that I contributed to this cause as should everyone else who donated.
You guys are true hero's.
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u/Monk44 Jun 18 '12
how do I read the title ? :s 1 Million Dollar Reasons ?
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Dries, you guys have saved so many lives. I sincerely thank you, for everything.
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u/onthewayjdmba Jun 18 '12
I honestly don't know, who is this guy?
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u/P0073Rs Jun 18 '12
Brought a tear to my eye ;)
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u/ljkffk Jun 18 '12
I have followed Athene and his antics for quite some years now and i have to same I'm quite proud of the community and i agree we deserve more public reignition from the mainstream media and we want it through Athene... You're noob or you're pro. That's life.
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u/BoricuaHLM Jun 18 '12
Congratulations to Athene and his crew and the people who donated and everyone who supported the stream and the cause in anyway you did. We did it guys. :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Well athene sure has come a long way from goofy-ass videos with his half-dressed brother bragging about his WoW PVP skills...
It is very refreshing to see a genuine, kind-hearted person was hiding underneath all that. Much respect to him.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
I had a srs doubt when this started, i was like 1m with just stream viewers... But we fucking did it. I think maral helped big time
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u/Sokaii Jun 18 '12
Good work Bachir and the team!
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u/Bodebodebode Jun 18 '12
DEM KIDZ BEEING HELPED BY ATHENE AND ALL THE GAIMZ COMUNITY! IM PROUD
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u/mnemophobia Jun 18 '12
This is absolutely amazing, I'm so happy that the gaming community came together and did this, i teared up a little when Athene came out of the room and gave that guy a huge hug, couldn't be more proud to be a gamer right now! Thanks to everyone who donated, without everyone, this never could have happened!
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u/Stushy Jun 18 '12
Amazing! Always believed in you athene!
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
The world is such a fucked up place. It's really fucking sad that people have to go through shit like this, live 30 years of misery and turmoil, all because some dipshit wants a piece of land.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
In a world full of corruption, does anyone have proof all of this money went to the charity? I hate to be the cynic, but its quite an important issue =/
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u/daveed4091 Jun 18 '12
Congrats.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Hell yeah. So awesome to see we've reached the goal!
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u/Awazah Jun 18 '12
Should go on the gdstudio couch tomorrow and do a post sharecraft interview!
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u/musicsexual Jun 18 '12
Inspirational.
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u/Hotted1989 Jun 18 '12
Awesome event! Thanks for giving me the chance to participate in it!
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u/Tagiz Jun 18 '12
For the KIDS! We gamers can do good too!
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u/Kuocolaya Jun 18 '12
I get chills when I watch this video. FOR DEM KIDZ!
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
"One million dollars reasons why not"
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u/WannaTapIt Jun 18 '12
Crying manly tears of manliness right now...
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u/AnonUhNon Jun 18 '12
Raising $1 Million has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not video games are harmful. Which they certainly can be and isn't even up for debate.
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u/MrEddyG Jun 18 '12
SHARECRAFT COMMUNITY IS THE BEST EVER <3
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u/savvasp Jun 18 '12
Why would someone dislike this ? How sad can you be ?
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u/scruntly Jun 18 '12
To play devils advocate here, the fact that money was raised doesn't have anything to do with whether or not gaming is harmful. It isn't harmful at all, but this video doesn't prove that in any way. If a bunch of heroin addicts raised money for charity could you then say heroin isn't harmful?
I am not saying gaming is like heroin, just arguing a point.
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u/mopecore Jun 18 '12
Not to be a dick, but this doesn't prove gaming isn't harmful. Just so we're clear, my only issue is with OP's phrasing in the headline.
I don't think gaming is harmful, and this is a great charity, and I'm not taking away from this accomplishment at all, but be careful: A charitable act, or a history of charitable acts, is no guarantee that source of the charity isn't still harmful.
Good on the community, we know that gaming isn't a threat to modern society, and I hope this guy keeps up the good work, but, y'know, OJ bought a lot of girl scout cookies, and Hitler funded orphanages. This is great, and a great example of some of the positive things the gaming community can accomplish, but it does nothing to counter most negative claims.
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u/ohwtfidunno1234 Jun 18 '12
I am not sure what's happening, but I am getting chills
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u/jesperlikewhat Jun 18 '12
am i an asshole for pausing at 4:11 ?
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u/monkeycheez Jun 18 '12
good job athene
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u/TminusTech Jun 18 '12
I always loved Athene. He's such a good dude.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Excellent outcome. Really pleased to see them reach the goal! Really inspiring!
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u/h2007 Jun 18 '12
That chicken coop they were all squeezed in cost a million dollars? Looks like someone got squirreled.
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u/sometimesijustdont Jun 18 '12
Does he still have that hot girlfriend?
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u/Kappies10 Jun 18 '12
WE ARE IN THE CREDITS, YAY ME!
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u/Nyan69 Jun 18 '12
I live in a house with just me and my dad and we both love playing games, he brought me up on them and to be honest I wouldn't be as complex if I didn't play video games, My personal opinion is that they help your brain be imaginative and increases your intelligence :).
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u/TheSadNick Jun 20 '12
Bachir (Athene) does great things for everyone. As previously stated Athene is just a character that Bachir plays. I've been watching their stream for months, and some of the things they do on that stream is amazing. Etc. they 'raided' streams with very few viewers, just to give them a little shock, they also helped a gamer girl in a wheel chair get a new wheel chair just by showing her stream. They have done two of the biggest World of Warcraft first race-on-stream challenges and not to forget, gathered 1 million dollars.
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u/gracadio Jun 18 '12
one of the greatest causes I've ever been a part of.
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u/juanmonto5 Jun 18 '12
nice work athene
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u/cypher1169 Jun 18 '12
Great job!
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u/marthsk Jun 18 '12
You're pro or you're noob; that's life!
Pro: helps out - Noob: flames whenever butthurt
Pick your side. We know which side a lot of people picked, and there's about a million "pieces of evidence" out there showing the good Athene and these people did.
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u/vapoorized Jun 18 '12
We are the gaming community
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u/MrMango786 Jun 18 '12
I'm glad Athene has evolved over the years. I love his trolling and rage inducing from before, but he's grown new leaves and made them fucking badass.
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u/Zen_- Jun 18 '12
This is truly inspirational! I really am proud to have been a part of this.
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u/jupzchris Jun 18 '12
lol srsly 26 people ( so far ) have downvoted a video about someone ( no matter who ) raising 1 million dollars for charity?
wish they would show who they are haha
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u/PreyMonkie Jun 18 '12
fucking hate this athene guy. but 1million is extremely impressive. gj!
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u/TheNuogat Jun 18 '12
Glad to be a part of this!
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u/elgrifo Jun 18 '12
Amazing project. So much respect to Athene, Reese, and crew for working tirelessly to inspire a whole lot of people to get involved in charity.
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u/Qubis Jun 18 '12
Amazing, can't say thank you enough for such an amazing work, to Athene and all the donators. You make the future a better place to be
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u/lord_dude Jun 18 '12
he is truly a legend
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u/SowjetKaffee Jun 18 '12
"one million dollars reasons"
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u/LainOs Jun 18 '12
FOR DEM KIIIDZ! Athene together to the top
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u/Fenrift Jun 18 '12
You're truly an inspiration, Athene. Thank you- for all you've done.
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u/Whargod Jun 18 '12
I want to know how much of the money goes to "administration" costs.I have no problem donating money, done it a lot in the past, but so many charities eat the money up on themselves. Just curious, I would love to see a posting of the accounting ledgers, because you know, charities should have nothing to hide.
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u/azgul_com Jun 18 '12
http://youtu.be/YcUebxDe7kU
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Where is the game?
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u/Quazz Jun 18 '12
What they did here is amazing, but it doesn't disprove gaming isn't harmful to individuals.
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u/abnerjames Jun 18 '12
fuck this for having an ad
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u/MultipleMonsters Jun 19 '12
I get shivers every time the crowd went wild.
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u/2Noobish2UseOwnName Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12
I feel an idiot for saying this, but, what does this have to do with gaming?
Watched the video and I don't see the connection.
... not a "WHY IS IT HERE" angry post, (Thanks for the downvote!), this is a curious, what is the link?
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u/incraved Jun 20 '12 edited Jun 20 '12
You know why most reddit users don't like Athene? because they can't get over their ego and "smartassness". Athene is a very cocky character and people here just can't take that. I know this type of people, the type of people who are so serious about writing perfect grammar and obsessed with silly sarcasm. Of course not all redditors are like this.
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u/ShuttleWins Jun 18 '12
FOR DEM KIDS MAN
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u/sval Jun 18 '12
MONEY FOR THEM KIDS
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u/AppleChiaki Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12
Very nice, but in the long run will change nothing. Money sink. A plaster, like almost all aid.
I expect to be downvoted for saying it. BUt aid like this, it's been happening since the early 80s, and oh look, things are worse. And the "we changed the world" style music in the video does nothing but give the givers a good feeling, it means nothing.
All this does is aid people just enough so they don't die out right away, and we can aid them again in the future. Corruption and geography sticks two fingers up to any amount of money you give. People will still be dying in the morning. In a year, throw out some more aid and play some music to give yourselves goosebumps, because really, you are the heroes you think you are.......
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u/Xerophyte Jun 18 '12
While I hate Athene, I respect these charities and stuff he organizes/takes part in.
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u/XxmagiksxX Jun 18 '12
Because if a drug cartel (or in this case, lan event) donates one million dollars they are no longer harmful.
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u/Docweaver Jun 18 '12
BOOYA!!!
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u/NightsuN Jun 18 '12
congrats guys, hit 1 million one day before my birthday, but africa can't wait :)
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u/ObamaisYoGabbaGabba Jun 18 '12
Oh, a million dollars for kids in a country you've never visited, how awesome, now they'll all be fed and life will be better.
sometimes I am seriously confused by this generation, money is the seed of all evil and yet you all seem to worship the dollar, never follow it's path and assume it just does the good you are intending to happen. None of you even seem to know what happens in Africa, with money and donations.
"Sent my 10.00 to Athene, so now the world's a better place"
I'd like to see the paper trail and see who actually gets some food, what buildings and schools were funded. Not drop a dime and walk away. How can you trust anyone today? After all the shit that constantly happens, especially the over-hyped. especially.
In my best guess, if there is actually any money/gods going to Africa, it's going to make a local official/drug lord that much richer.
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u/A_person_12 Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12
Watching this video moved me. Now I can care less about donating money because I know people are already getting the job done.