** EXTENDED **
[NOTE: The Telethon Funding Stretch Goal Rewards have been extended through Midnight CST January 12]
It has been a truly amazing and humbling Holiday Season! With Alpha Testing on the horizon, our amazing community has pushed us past the $8 million milestone! To celebrate, we are hosting an all-day, Wondrous Winter Telethon on Monday January 11 from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM Central Time (16:00 UTC to 04:00 UTC).
$28,000: Current Telethon Funds Raised
(Dev Team shots every $2500 $2000 increment)
As a special bonus, we are offering Telethon Funding Stretch Goal Rewards to any backer that pledges a minimum of $5 from the start of the telethon, until Midnight tonight, January 11 January 12 (Spending Store Credit to make $5 minimum purchase does not apply). The Telethon Funding Stretch Goal Rewards are:
- Achieved! $10,000 – /snow emote
- Achieved! $25,000 – Snowflake Cloak (increases length of /snow emote)
- $50,000 – Ice Nightmare Mount (frozen coconuts with icy mist plus white horse head with icy, misting eyes)
Warning: Telethon video is Rated PG-13 for Alcoholic Content
(might get upgraded to Rated-R depending on rate of pledges)
Here is the schedule of events:
10:00 am CST: Welcome! Meet the Devs/Office Tour
11:00 am CST: R25 Post Mortem
You can pre-post your R25 Post Mortem questions right here in the comments section!**
12:30 am CST: ONBE and Royal Warrant awards
1:00 pm CST: Lunch with the Team! Tabletop Gaming Session & IRC Q&A/AMA session with the Devs!
2:30 pm CST: Deep Dive: Combat, Spells, Skills
4:00 pm CST: Deep Dive: Gear Crafting & Economy; Kickoff the Community Sponsored Portalarium Holiday Part (4pm thru 8pm CST)
5:00 pm CST: Deep Dive: Agriculture & Food
6:00 pm CST: Scenes and Story
7:30 pm CST: Deep Dive: Player Housing and Player Owned Towns
9:00 pm CST: Deep Dive: PVP & Guild Warfare
10:00 pm CST: Goodbyes and Thank Yous with everyone still standing!
And, because it would not be a proper Telethon of the Avatar without merriment and spirits, there will of course be shots. Past Telethons have taught us, however, that too much of a good thing can make the following workday…. well, unpleasant. 
So participating Dev Team members will once again be taking 1 Shot/Sip for every $2500 $2000 of new money raised during the telethon!
The Wondrous Winter Telethon of the Avatar will include deep dives, lots of prize giveaways* (like coins, t-shirts, store credits, even pledges!), and even some surprises, so you don’t want to miss a moment of it!
* There will be some really awesome prizes awarded during the telethon, but you have to be present (and active) in the IRC chatroom to qualify for each drawing.
**Please keep in mind that questions and feedback related to each segment will be given priority and really verbose questions may be skipped, as they can be a challenge to shorten and summarize live on the air. In brief… please keep your questions… brief. 
