Hey everyone. We've received a few requests recently from people who wanted to donate something to Jonathan Holmes after hearing that his place had been broken in to and a bunch of awesome stuff had been stolen.
No idea what I'm talking about? A few weeks ago, Holmes got home to find his place had been burgled. He lost some pretty awesome stuff: his PS3, Wii, his computer, his video camera, some rare games, etc. He posted a few things about it on his Twitter.
Over the past few days, we've received a few requests from people who wanted to send in some donations to help out. Let me be clear: no one is actually asking for donations. We all realize that there are many, many things for you to donate to right now. However, we also didn't want to ignore the people who kept requesting a way to chip in.
So, if you're one of those people, here's what you can do. Paypal allows you to make donations to an email address, so you can do so to mrdestructoid at gmail dot com. Just be sure to specify that it's for Holmes. We'll make sure all of it goes to him.
If you need any more information, leave a comment below or email me at andrewkauz at destructoid dot com.
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I donated to the relief efforts in Japan as well, through Xbox Live, and the year before that I bought $200 worth of toys for "Toy's for Tot's", so don't feel to bad. I realize there are plenty of organizations out there that could do with some help. This was just my own personal crusade to help someone I consider to be a realy cool guy. Much like Jonathan, I'm not trying to guilt anyone into contributing, or make people like VenusInFurs feel bad because they don't have the means.
I'd love to see a list of the things missing. Maybe we can give everything back to the amazing Jonathan. The Dtoid community has always been very generous I'm pretty sure we can do this!
My apartment was broken into and my PS3 (with Demon's Souls inside) was stolen - there were two people, at least that's what the police said after dusting for prints. It really freaking sucked. Nothing ever came of it, but I hope those people's prints can help the police when the sons of bitches steal again.
I feel for Holmes, because nothing feels worse than having someone break in to your house. Sure they are just things, but it still sucks to think that someone forced their way in to your house.
A Japanese version of Tatsunoku vs. Capcom signed by Ryota Niitsuma and a copy of No More Heroes 2: Hoppers Edition
<3
Love ya Holmes!
I'm not a Paypal Guru, but I've been told by a number of friends that that's the case.
Thanks again for doing this!
I've been in contact with Jonathan for a while now, and he provided me with a mailing address, but at this time I'm not comfortable making it public knowledge, for safety reasons obviously. Since you work with him, could you ask him whether the address he gave me was for his home or office, as I haven't heard from him since Monday.
@Magnalon,
I hope you're wrong, but if that's the case, I'll just send him the check directly.
Then again, I never use Paypal outside of buying stuff on ebay, so I don't really know what I'm talking about.
When you get robbed, it makes you feel like the world is a colder, more brutal place than you had thought. That's a terrible way to think. This post helps me to stop thinking like that. You guys are more awesome and compassionate than I could have ever hoped for.
I love you for real.
@ Holmes You're an awesome guy who consistently goes above and beyond for us. It's the least we can do. : )
It is free if you hit the option "payment owed" - I know that much.
Anytime my brother from another Mother. Anytime. We love you too. For real, for real.
That's good to know. I don't ever want to see Holmes turn heel. It would be like Rey Mysterio turning heel. It. Just. Won't. Work.
I'll make sure to add a couple of dollars to the donation pot once I get my tax refund.
That I know of, you can add a donate button to any website by getting the HTTP code from Paypal's site. You would just need a premier or business account, but the people who want to contribute don't get charged for making donations. Hope this helps. Again, thanks for your help in this. If you're ever in California, look me up. Knott's Berry Farm's on me. All the funnel cake you can eat! *lol*
It doesn't matter the amount. Be it a dollar or a hundred dollars, the intent is there, as is the genuine display of human compassion you've shown, which is more than enough. It's people like you that, as cliche as it sounds, make Dtoid and the World a better place. Thanks man.
I'm doing it right now. We're all cool. Also, your missus was not meant to hear that "What you're wearing?" question.
I'm so paranoid about being burgled that we ended up moving into a place where we live in an attic space. Criminals don't like stairs, right?!
That sounds really awesome. I'd be up for something like that. Um...what's FNF? *L*
Hope you don't need a credit card to make an account D=
Friday Night Fights, it's dtoid community members playing games online together on friday.
Ooooohhh ok. I don't have too many multiplayer games though. I have Super Street Fighter IV and Gears of War, but that's about it. I could probably get my hands on a copy of Black Ops though.
But to others: see? Theft and Piracy are different. If they had pirated Jon's belongings they would both have them now! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B62sbOiaQI
I have never had this happen to me, but I do imagine it happening to my house often, and that thought alone allows me to keep a baseball bat, mace, and cake nearby at all times. Unfortunately, we all cannot be home 24 hours a day.
I hope what I've donated will help brighten your spirits, at least for a little while. Though, a list of what was stolen would allow us to send you strange and provocative things, along with (close to) proper replacements.
Just keep being yourself for you, me and everyone else here. Not to mention for the people that you can actually see and touch (aka family, friends not on the net).
And thanks to Kauza and Saphodravingo for making this possible and/or whoever else was involved.
Those who donated can PM me the dollar amount they sent, so I can post it to my blog.