Recommended AssociatesHow Can A Tropical Island Resort Be Given Away?By lynthomas Oct 2, 2008 - 12:02:50 AM
The new generation of video games are being made so difficult that many players last no more than 10 seconds. Yet it is the very nature of the challenge that keeps people coming back time and again. Rick and Wendy too are facing the impossible challenge that pushes all the boundaries, in giving away a boutique resort, on a tropical island in the South Pacific.
One producer of video games told us, "Ikaruga, re-released their latest video game in April for Microsoft Xbox's Live Arcade. It is so difficult that some users post their best performances on YouTube". A video game researcher at MIT, Jesper Juul, says "There is an art to exasperating people in such a way that it keeps them interested in the game". This is what makes video games different from all other forms of creative media. It's all about the feeling of inadequacy and how stupid it makes you feel to get stuck somewhere. Juul explains "People love the rush it gives them when they eventually achieve. Isn't that why athletes push themselves to the point of no return and beyond, so as to achieve a medal at the Olympics? It's all about the feeling of satisfaction and being able to outperform others". It is facing the same impossible odds that pushed Wendy and Rick to take up the challenge and create Win a Resort and the once in a lifetime Blue Moon Opportunity. Absolutely no one gives away a boutique six roomed luxury resort, on prime waterfront land, on a tropical island, in Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. Guests at Seachange Lodge stand looking at the view, shaking their head in wonder, exclaiming "You can't possibly mean that you're giving this away!" Rick and Wendy plan to stay on in Vanuatu. "It's great living in the Happiest Country on Earth and the home of South Pacific Survivors". Rick and Wendy are not giving the six-roomed boutique resort away, they are simply selling it through an Internet raffle. They'll get market value for the property, just as if they had sold it through a real estate agent, but with no commission. All the raffle money goes into a Child Trust Fund. The interest from the fund will give kids a high school education, into perpetuity. These kids are condemned to never leave their isolated tropical island home, unless they get outside help. Kids who dream of being pilots, teachers, doctors just like children all over the world. They deserve a chance. Nearly a year ago Rick and Wendy came up with the idea of raffling Seachange Lodge on the Internet. Someone will become the lucky owner of Seachange Lodge Resort, around June 2009, for just $Au125. Mortgage free! Why is that any harder to believe than someone winning a house, or a holiday, or a car in a raffle? Why not win a small boutique resort that could be run as a successful business or private holiday home, in the travel adventure destination of the South Pacific? Imagine having the right to give the resort away as a present if you don't want it for yourself! At the same time you give some really great kids some choices, while having fun yourself. ### Contact the CEO of YouMe Support Foundation at admin@youmesupport.org for more information. YouMe Support Foundation provides education grants to underprivileged children in the northern tropical islands of Vanuatu. Link to this article:Share:
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