LANCASTER, PA, MARCH 28, 2005 – NeenerNeener.Net, a website dedicated to Massive
Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games (MMORPGs), today announced that they have
received support from game developers and gamers across the world for the MS
Walk 2005. Team NeenerNeener.net participates in the annual fundraising event
benefiting research for Multiple Sclerosis, and with generous support from the
interactive entertainment industry, has raised more that $30,000 since 2001.
Shawn “Kwip” Williams, the founder of NeenerNeener.net was moved to action when
his wife, Becky “Kwipette” Williams, was diagnosed with MS. Since 2001, their
fundraising efforts in the gaming community have grown, and this year, Team
NeenerNeener.net will be accompanied on the Walk by representatives from Mythic
Entertainment and Turbine, Inc. The MS Walk 2005 is scheduled for April 17,
2005, and donations to Team NeenerNeener.net can be made at their site,
www.neenerneener.net/ms.php.
“The first year, we expected to raise maybe $1,000,” says Shawn. “Instead, we
raised more than $8,000 from gamers across the world who were used to reading
the humorous stories, but instead found themselves moved by the touching tale
of what Becky and I were going through in dealing with her MS.”
“The media tends to portray gamers in a negative, anti-social light, and the
overwhelming support Team NeenerNeener.net has received shows how inaccurate
this is. Every year, we have thousands of gamers stepping forward to donate
what they can,” said Shawn. “This year?s support from game developers is even
more proof that the gaming community is full of wonderful, caring people.”
Sanya Thomas, Internet Relations Manager for Mythic Entertainment is traveling
from the Washington, DC area to join Team NeenerNeener.Net, and Jesse
Kurlancheek, Nikolaus Davidson and Heather Sinclair, developers from Turbine,
Inc., are traveling from Boston, MA.
About NeenerNeener.Net
NeenerNeener.Net is a gaming humor website, focusing on stories about the
adventures of Shawn “Kwip” Williams and his friends in various Massive
Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, or MMORPGs. Many of the stories involve
his wife, Becky “Kwipette” Williams, also an avid gamer. In 2000, Becky was
diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. The following year, Becky and Shawn formed
Team NeenerNeener.Net, and turned to the gaming community for help in raising
funds.
About Mythic Entertainment®
Mythic Entertainment is one of the most successful developers and publishers of
massively multiplayer online role-playing games in the world. Credited with 15
online games, including the award winning “Dark Age of Camelot® Mythic’s
success is based in proprietary technology, superior game design and exemplary
customer service delivered by a talented staff of more than 150 people. More
information about Mythic Entertainment is available at
www.mythicentertainment.com.
About Turbine, Inc. ®
Turbine, Inc. is a premier producer, publisher and operator of online
subscription entertainment and is headquartered in Westwood, Mass. With
studios on two coasts, the Company is the largest privately held online games
company in North America. Turbine’s catalogue includes some of the most famous
online entertainment brands, including Asheron’s Call®, Dungeons & Dragons®
Online and The Lord of the RingsTM: Middle-EarthTM Online. For more information
on Turbine and its services, please visit www.turbine.com.
To learn more about Team NeenerNeener.Net, visit their website at
www.neenerneener.net/ms.php.
For more information about the MS Walk, contact the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society at 1-800-FIGHT-MS or online at www.nationalmssociety.org.
For more information about NeenerNeener.Net, contact Shawn Williams at
717-799-0991 or email [email protected].