Grow A Video Game Moustache – Raise Money For Movember

Kotaku AU

We all love competitions at Kotaku, and we’re easily the best at it, so how about we focus our mad competition skills for a good cause by raising money for Movember? We’ve created a Kotaku page for Movember so that we can all raise money as a team and, in addition, we’ve attached ourselves to Activision Australia, who have committed to adding $1000 to the team who raises the most money. Currently we’re up against The Official PlayStation Magazine Australia — come on guys, we can totally smash these guys!

All you have to do is head to our page and register for Team Kotaku. From that point, all the money you raise individually will be added to our total as a team. If we managed to beat out the other teams registered at Activision Australia’s Modern Warfare network we get to add another $1000 to that total.

And obviously, it’s for a good cause — raising vital funds for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and depression. This is our chance to do our bit together as the awesome community we are.

So, let’s do it folks! Tomorrow is the first of November. Register now, start promoting the page and getting donations, start tomorrow clean shaven and grow some incredible facial fair.

Here’s some inspiration.

I’m going to be going for a Captain Price-style number, since I’m a little bit ginger and all. I’ll post up a weekly update of my progress each Monday, and if you guys join in and send my pics of your progress, I’ll post them up as well!

Good luck folks! And don’t forget — register here, join the team and let’s get this going! Retweet this, post on your Facebook, and let’s recruit as many people as possible!

EDIT: Activision has informed us that there are some copies of Modern Warfare 3 up for grabs for those that raise the most money!

Discuss

(29 Comments)
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    Dr What? (dressed as a time travelling alien zombie vampire werewolf)

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Man, I shaved my beard and left the moustache. I looked like a total pedo so I had to shave it off.

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    Chazz

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    Pshh, we all know real men sport this moustache;

    http://i43.tinypic.com/rqvv5c.jpg

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      oggob

      Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:12 PM

      Hey, I’m John Waters, and this is… The Creep.

      And don’t forget to smile!

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    Batguy

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Hmm, been talking about doing this for years, might this year finally be the one when I do?

    Might try to emulate Mike Haggar

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      Mark Serrels

      Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:15 PM

      Do it!

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    bookiegnu

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    Joined the team. Shaved my amish beard last night to make room for the mo.

    Go team Kotaku

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    PuppyLicks (Dressed up as a Gundam)

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    I’m in.
    Just signed up now :D

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    PuppyLicks (Dressed up as a Gundam)

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    So we just send the team link to people and they can donate from there yes?

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      Mark Serrels

      Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:29 PM

      Once you’ve joined the team, any contributions made to your page accumulates to our grand total as well. :)

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    bookiegnu

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    Oh, and aside from raising money for great causes, in case anyone needs any more mo-tivation (sorry), raise more than $40 individually and you get free Grill’d burgers.

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    Cav

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    Oh dear Mark… Knock back my invitation and borrow AG screenshots? Oh well, let’s just see if you can beat our Australian Gaming Community Movember Team! We have 41 members and have nearly raised $2.5k!

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      Morkai

      Monday, October 31, 2011 at 5:33 PM

      This is the team that I was talking about in my comment below…

      *Waves*

      Hi Cav :P

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    Disco

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Im already doing this with my school clinic so im more than happy to help!
    Question though- what moustache goes best with a shaved head?

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    Morkai

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    I’ve only just shaved off my beard this morning, and will be growing back as hideous a mo’ as I can manage, but alas, I’m already a member of a different team of gamers/writers etc.

    It’s looking good though, we’ve got around 45 members and last I heard, we’d raised nearly 2500 before Movember officially started…

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    Tristan Damen

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    Unfortunately, I already setup my own team (where I’m riding solo), and I don’t think I can switch.

    Mark, if you know of a way, let me know and I’ll jump on board.

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    MrTaco

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    Wouldn’t mind having a go at Movember. But can’t do it this year, since my friends have a wedding in two weeks and as a groomsman I have been banned from participating :(

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    Unicron

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    I just signed up Mark.
    My dad is actually waiting back for test results for prostate cancer as we speak.
    To say this awareness event hits home is an understatement.

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      Jiff

      Monday, October 31, 2011 at 9:17 PM

      Sorry to hear.. Hope your dad pulls through

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        Unicron

        Monday, October 31, 2011 at 11:37 PM

        Thanks Jiff. Yeah it’s pretty full on when life just grabs you in a head lock and says ‘look at this bitch, how do you like it? Deal with it.
        And that’s just me, I worry what dad is going through.

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    GentlemanJ

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    Usually do this through our work team, I wonder if I can join more than one team?

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    Hermes and Thoth

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    I am unable to participate in movember because of major presentations i must give. Serious ones.

    And then Ill be waiting until March and will be growing a Macho-Man Randy Savage beard for heart disease. I still can’t believe they’ve taken you Macho-Man.

    The event will be called Marcho-Man. I invite all to join.

    In the meantime, I will

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    Unicron

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    If you really want this to take off Mark. Do updates for us about the numbers in the team and weekly donations updates. I’m guessing a lot of people aren’t quite sure that you can donate at any stage during the month, not just commit at the start of the month.
    Anyway, good idea getting on board, this is my first PROPER Movember, so i’m glad i can help out with a website i love. Cheers.

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    Franz

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    Shit, somehow I’m stuck on the australian Kotaku

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      Nick

      Monday, October 31, 2011 at 8:28 PM

      Welcome to the Dark Side! We have cupcakes and T-shirts :)

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    Jamie Kennedy Experiment

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    Raise money for Movember!? I need to raise money for my video game spending in Novemeber.

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    Korwin

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    My moustash grows in patchy and thin and makes me look like a serial child sex offender, I’ll pass on the growing of it thanks :D

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    Jiff

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    This is all the excuse I need to grow a nice John Bonham type mo (or Lemmy as I apparently look like with a handlebar)
    Not much of a charity raiser type but I’ll see what I come up with

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    Baron

    Monday, October 31, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    Time to look scary again

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