I just had an idea.

[Goon_Panda]

And it is very likely to fail.

But we might as well give it a shot.

Rob Dyrdek

I am damn sure he is a stinkin' rich entrepreneur and professional skateboarder. He was heavily involved in the Skate series, and his facility in LA was featured as downloadable content for Skate 2.

He seems like the guy who would be willing to help keep this game going. If we give him/his organisation (Dyrdek Enterprises) the information to show that this community really means something (cheesy, I know), Rob might just give us a hand with keeping the servers up. And yes, I'm saying it's possible that he might pay for the operation of the servers etc. What I mean by that is that depending on the price, he could purchase them and provide funds for their operation.

Yeah it might not work, but shit, we gotta try.

What we need is...

- Petition
- Examples of the contect we create

The petition isn't a must, but we need to show him this site (and Lb), and some of the videos we make. A CAP of Fantasy Factory might help as well.

We should seriously try this.

http://dyrdek.com/contact/

Fantasy Factory, 1672 Hammonton Smartville Rd, Marysville, CA 95901.

Ph: 530-742-4300

Heck, if any of you live close enough, perhaps even give him a visit too lol.

P.S. I'm not sure if I can do the phone thing thanks to being in NZ.

[Yarivpa]

I like the idea!

I had another one wich was to ask ea to leave us the website (to the likebutter webmaster for example) bit i'm not sure it is possible

[Goon_Panda]

No that wouldnt work yarivpa. We'd need server savvy techies and plenty of cash. It would be difficult to keep the donations flowing.

[Yarivpa]

Ok so you have to prepare an e mail to Rob but i'm pretty sure he do not care about skate 3... But we have to try!

[Goat]

Dude....

[momadaddy]

this may be hard but i think it is our best bet. we need to find the rainbow farting unicorn that powers the skate website and servers and ask him kindly to keep it going. he normally requires a box of lucky charms, one of those Friendly's brand Watermelon Sherbet cake things, and a copy of the official Space Jam soundtrack on cassett tape as an offering

[Kinky-]

make a thread on here as a petition (: ?

[Hobbs]

Greeaat idea panda this is very nice!

[SolidMojo]

Should apply to the Rob Dyrdek Foundation. Write it with crayons and send by snail mail with a picture of a bald child.

[yumpancakes1]

I've talked about giving the idea to Rob for the past year. Might as well give it a shot

[Roccityroller]

Should apply to the Rob Dyrdek Foundation. Write it with crayons and send by snail mail with a picture of a bald child.

Demz?!

[emericaridr11]

I've talked about giving the idea to Rob for the past year. Might as well give it a shot

about a year and a half ago i tried for a week to get a hold of this guy..... good fucking luck, busy busy busy dude

[yumpancakes1]

Project Save Skate 3?

[Hobbs]

Lets do this thing!

[InsideManager]

Though this may be difficult or a long shot, it's better than doing nothing and/or just posting angrily on the skate 3 blog that they never update or read anyways. I highly doubt any complaining we do will make EA forget that they love money and don't want to spend it on us, and they also don't care if 5 people say they won't buy anymore EA games either. Rob might legitimately care to some degree, maybe, likely not but it is better than doing nothing.

So let's get a ball rolling or something, somebody should throw together a couple examples of community videos or graphics/photos or anything, maybe a membership count from LB and fluckit, some solid things that could be included in an e-mail to the company. Chances are Rob won't even see the e-mail a secretary or somebody would but if we send a message with no content simply asking for help, it'll likely fall on deaf ears.

[Ayreon]

Community Collabs? Take ur pick


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUZLUr6U2Gs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnkUzHKJuVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycWvPGB-8xg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59mIrsWY8to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F-w9pFWPUw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeUhnBBABkE

[Goon_Panda]

I'm yet to try any of this stuff, but basically what we wanna show is...

- 2 Full lengths
- 2 Community vids
- 2 Solos (Favoritism will come into play here)
- Pics of a Fantasy Factory CAP
- Graphics. Preferably Alien Workshop remakes and hopefully Dyrdek pro models (Inside...).

- If you have any more ideas, please put them in a reply here.

There are 3 other guys I thought of...

Danny Way - Creative Director or some shit, came up with ideas for most of the spots etc.

Jason Lee - "GET GET GET IT"

This one is definitely a long shot but...

Andrew Reynolds - He was so hyped about the remake of his part from Baker 3. He wanted to meet with the guy who did it.

Hey Demz, you still got Cuz' number?

P.S. I'm gonna leave this phone thing to someone else. Rob will probably think I'm just some gamer kid who wants his multiplayer back. I'll try the email though. I'll put up an example of what I'm going to send in a reply here and if you think I should add to it then tell me.

[Hobbs]

this sounds like it is going somewhere! smart fucking idea!

[yumpancakes1]

MY REMAKE OF JAWS IN A HAPPY MEDIUM 2? or Arizona Road Trip?

[Goon_Panda]

Jaws had no involvement in the series but still, that looks rather enticing.

[SK8ERatWAR]

how naive can you be? "maybe he'll pay for the servers."

I think he couldn't give less of a crap about the series.

[Hobbs]

well we got to give it a shot dude!

[Goon_Panda]

Here's what the email might look like

Hi.

I am a part of a community which is based around EA's Skate. videogame series. On April 29, 2013, the Skate. series' online features will no longer be operating.

Our community creates videos, skate parks, and graphics with this game. As of the 29th, we will no longer be able to do this. Electronic Arts seems to think that the number of people using the servers for Skate 2 and Skate 3 is dwindling, but as it turns out, this is due to the lack of effort they have put into maintaining and operating the servers.

Here are some examples of the content we create from these games.

.....

Here are links to two popular websites that we share our content on.

www.skatefluckit.com
www.likebuttermag.com

SkateFluckit is a forum for those who have left the official EA Forums due to the attitude of other members who use them.
LikeButterMag is a digital magazine showcasing what we do with EA's Skate videogames.

We all know that this game is close to Rob Dyrdek's heart, as he was involved in all three installments in the Skate series, 1 of which has already gone offline. The Fantasy Factory was featured in Skate 2, and has been made numerous times in Skate 3's Create A Park feature.

So what we are asking (begging) is for some help with keeping the servers up and running for as long as possible. This can either be done by negotiation with Electronic Arts or by purchasing control over the servers.

Thank you for your time.

[momadaddy]

[Hobbs]

Holy shit moma that was one of the most awesome vids i ever saw! Also panda that seems perfect to me!

[XImortalDEATHX]

I'm definitely down to keep it up and send one of my videos. I can only imagine this through their eyes, though. "They care this much about a game?" Unfortunately most of them don't realize the hours plenty of us have dedicated to this game. I've spent over 400 hours on this game, and the last 100 have been towards something. Hopefully one of them see's our side.

[Goon_Panda]

I'll definitely need to mention the hours and dedication we all put into this game.

[InsideManager]

longshots are better than no shots.

[Goon_Panda]

longshots are better than no shots.

[momadaddy]

this is a 6 month activity chart for xbl



anyone who is a xbl rewards member and gold can look at a chart like this

[Hobbs]

holy shit moma thstd cracra

[momadaddy]

it averages out to be about 2 hours a night. i had to work it out after seeing that lol. just info that almost everyone can get that might be handy. probably not though

[Goon_Panda]

And the community on average isn,t really close to that. There's no yellow bar...

[exoskate89]

If we end up showing one or ayreons community vids i say the cap tour fl since it has many skaters from both consoles and many parks

I think this could lead to something its better than nothing

[NotedDerk]

Shit, you beat me momadaddy, I got this much, haha.

[momadaddy]

trying to film for the fl

[andreas]

[Hobbs]

where is yellow?

[Goon_Panda]

where is yellow?

Exactly.

[Hitmanx123]

ive spent at least a half a year on skate 3 alone. its the game i played when im bored. i honestly cant think of ANY other game id playfor 4 hours stright not doiung anyting but playing and not get bored. only time i usually stray away from skate is when people invite me to other less interesting games( battlefield not included).