Don Baker GCRC Update

First of all it is with a massively heavy heart that must inform all of those involved, weather participants or those that have offered their assistance along the way that Don is no longer with us. He passed this morning around 5:30am EST, peacefully & in his sleep.

At the beginning Don was acutely aware of the cup but paid it little attention due primarily to a lack of understanding. Unbeknown to me when my wife transferred all the funds we raised for Gateway from our Paypal, there was an option to send the the Honoree a letter notifying them that a donation had been made on their behalf. When he asked my wife about & it was explained to the best of his understanding he simply said "Tell them all I said Thank You"

Secondly I would like to extend my apologies to the remaining teams for lack of availability & communication over the past few weeks. With Don's condition deteriorating & having to be admitted to Hospice & my best friend whom we buried yesterday being put on life support a few weeks back, these have been difficult & trying times for me & my family. I know this is a gaming community & I apologize for the gloom nature of this post but I just want all the participating teams to know I have various reasons for being afk & that I will be afk later on this week as I have travel to Ohio for Dons funeral services.

Lastly on to the business of completing this cup. With 8b1ts FiFg attending CC5 this weekend & the cup being stalled trying to get an international match in (8b1ts FiFg vs excel) with the only ideal day that works for both teams being Sunday, my plan is as follows to get the remaining matches in on Sunday Dec 21, back to back. There is only 3 possibly 4 matches that remain that need to be played.

Beginning with...

8b1ts FiFg vs excel
Sunday Dec 21 @ 14:00 EST (20:00 CET)

We will make an afternoon/evening event of it with all matches being broadcast & shoutcasted by Mistaken. I will then release prizes at the conclusion to the winning teams.

8bits & excel have already agreed to this I just need confirmation from VAE & mamut.si. Please contact me if this is an issue for you.I will get a map schedule & make another post this coming weekend after I confirm everything. Your co-operation is greatly needed in this as we need to get this cup wrapped up & prizes awarded.

Thank you