Gwangju International Center

SPEAKER: J.J. Billett

WRITER: Eunho Kim

CO-WRITER: Joey Nunez

DATE: May 2, 2015

 

“Your passions can change the world.” J.J. Billett said during his GIC Talk, which was entitled: “P2PRPG: Faith + Hobbies + Leverage = Good.” This GIC Talk was the first of four focused on the GIC Talk Monthly Theme of “Let Freedom Ring,” giving GIC Talks that help bring freedom to the audience and to others.

P2PRPG represents “Pay-to-Play Role Playing Games,” and J.J. further mentioned that through these games, he created a story with others. J.J. explained that a DM (Dungeon Master) and GM (Game Master) with PCs (Playable Characters) play these games together.

J.J. considers his charity, with the name of P2PRPG, to be one of his main hobbies, with one of his passions being to help others. “I want the world to be a better place, and I want orphans to feel special,” J.J. stated during his GIC Talk. Through his charity, J.J. has so far raised won for the Adopt-A-Child for Christmas program in Gwangju.

In order to raise awareness and support for Adopt-A-Child, J.J. also encourages others by providing appealing prizes and rewards, so that PCs enjoy the games while also raising financial support for this and other charities.

Last year, J.J. asked Gwangju residents to create four fund-raising items: art character portraits, painting mini-models (also discussed during Paul Starr’s GIC Talk on April 4), dice bags, and game-board terrain.

When J.J. first started playing these games with unfamiliar people, he got to know others and thus created lasting friendships. J.J. also joked by saying, “You can get to know the people who you are playing with, or you can keep the relationship weird,” with his encouragement to have people play and enjoy each other’s company around the game board and in life. 

J.J. plans to reach out to Daegu orphanages later this year through his charity’s events, in addition to raising more funds. “I want to raise 4 million U.S. Dollars.”

J.J. will bring P2PRPG to this year’s Alleycon, on September 19 and 20. Event information is now available by visiting: http://alleycon.com/

 

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