Victory (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} fanfare) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} 0kingdom_hearts,@ 2006-09-25 17:50:00 |
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This isn't over yet! You've all seen the petition, hopefully, and now it's time for the second step! Please, please, please, on my honour as a Kingdom Hearts fan, I implore you all at least consider lending a hand to this campaign - even if it's just passing on the link.
UPDATED NORTH AMERICAN EMAIL ADDRESS. PLEASE SEND ALL N.A. LETTERS TO NEW ADDRESS.
MOST RECENT UPDATE: Sept 26. 06, 10:45 pm ---
As well, on a more campaign-related note - there seems to be four or five different response letters. Has anyone gotten an email reply from Reception yet? So far, the five copy/paste responses have come from Support. Until someone gets a reply, send the letters to both addresses, just in case. PLEASE email me, or comment here, if you get a reply from Reception, or if anyone on the N.A. line gives you any more information!
We have gotten Reception letters - they're apparently being forwarded to Support, and we'll see what comes from it. I'll call again in the morning, when they open, before I go to school, and check out what's happening, see how much attention is being forwarded to who.
We're almost at 2000 on the petition, and I still have another couple-hundred emails to sift through. Thank you to people who are being SO PATIENT with replies!
IMPORTANT NEW NEWS, SEPT 26/11:00 PM
There's a NEW letter being circulated, to emailers - one linking people to the Japanese website. Is this a run-around or something to watch? Either way, we have to KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
HOW WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS
We all know, more or less, that the petition is just a small step to anything we might accomplish. I fully understand how corny some online petitions can be, and I never intended, from the start, to leave the battle to end there.
There are other methods of contact, and letting Square know just how much we care about this. This is a big deal to us! We CARE. This is our fandom, and we’ll take what we can get, if we can get it! We’re going to go all out on this, fandom, and we want to do everything possible.
There are emails to be sent, and phones to be called. Naturally, you don’t have to do anything here, but if everyone takes that mindset, nothing can be done. Aslovediamond pointed out to me, before - “the very meager effort of typing your name and clicking a mouse hasn't a fraction of the impact of an inbox stuffed with e-mails demanding Final Mix and CoM.”
So, with that said, we have inboxes to cram.
WHY WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS
Because we love Kingdom Hearts. We know this is a franchise that could end with a KH3, or a Final Mix, or... or anything. Frankly, we all know this series won’t last forever, and we want whatever we can get. Chain of Memories remakes? Sure! We’ll take it, gladly. If we can get it.
Here’s the cheese of it: we’re fighting for our fandom, just as much as we’re fighting for our want to see more - we’re gonna pick up our keyblades and fight. Come on. You know Sora would back us.
WHAT TO DO
In short: we’re going to (e)mail them and call them - but NOT spam them!
EMAIL
North America: reception@square-enix-usa.com
Europe: info@square-europe.com
BUENA VISTA: here
I can’t find any other email addresses! If people can find them and tell them to me, I will edit them into this post.
harukami wrote an EXCELLENT outline on emailing them HERE, and, by all means, REFERENCE. Spell check is MANDATORY. I understand this is a lot to ask, to have you all write letters, but this is our fandom and we care. It doesn’t have to be long, essay-like and with dramatic footnotes. It just has to be sincere, polite and heartfelt. It is IMPORTANT that we get this. The petition is our ground, and we’re getting bigger from there.
PHONE
North America: 1 (310) 846-0400 (<--- this is NOT the support line. Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm, PST)
England: +44 (0)870 600 0182 (Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm, U.K. time)
If you’re going to be speaking on the phone, here are some tips, aka, things I’ve found that’ll work better than anything else:
♥ Ask, politely, about the Chain of Memories remake/Final Mix 2
♥ If they don’t know - yes, some of them don’t know - inform them about it and TGS 2006’s presentations.
♥ Tell them that you are EXTREMELY interested in seeing this game come to your country. Mention that you are concerned that it won’t leave Japan.
♥ Be very polite and understanding - no outbreaks or demands.
♥ Ask if there is anyone you can contact about it, and if not, ask if they can pass on the message to their superiors.
♥ Be CLEAR and CONCISE, and don’t be shy!
♥ Tell them that this is important to you and the rest of the fans, and ask what else you can do to bring this to Square Enix’s attention.
SNAIL MAIL
NORTH AMERICA
Square Enix, Inc.
999 Sepulveda Boulevard, Third Floor
El Segundo, CA 90245
Disney Interactive
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-8139
JAPAN
SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg.
3-22-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo 151-8544, Japan
PLEASE only write to the Japanese locations if you can SPEAK/WRITE IN FLUENT, CORRECT JAPANESE. Saying “Kingdom Hearts sugoi desu wa neko-chan Sora-kun is so kawaii” will not impress them or compel them to care.
WHEN WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS
RIGHT NOW. Get going! WRITE IT UP! Dial those numbers!
CAN I HELP?
These are things we NEED to do, to spread the word of this email campaign AND make this anywhere near a success:
- Pass around the word! Tell every Kingdom Hearts fan you know! Link it to LJ communities, forums, RPGs, friends, everything. Let people know why you want their help.
- Help each other out! Write up letter templates, think up new things to ask, look for people to talk to within Square-Enix that can help us. Find new addresses to contact, and numbers to call.
- Have patience and compassion! We’re going to work HARD on this, if we really want this game. So maybe the link appears on your friends page a few dozen times. So maybe it takes a little while to make any progress. This may take time, and we have to start NOW. From the beginning. But we have to do this RIGHT. We can’t scream in their ears, or bother them to their wits’ end. We need to make this a success.
-Report feedback! Seriously. If you get a reply, by all means, post it and let people know. We have to keep each other informed!
FAQ
Online petitions don't work! Why bother?
As I've detailed before, some people really don't go to the effort of writing letters or calling because they don't have time, or don't have the patience, or really don't have the drive. I don't expect the petition to do much, in the long run, but it's worth keeping around for a fall-back option - at the time of writing, we have over 800 signatures - I have no record of how many emails have been sent, but I'm guessing it's the in the hundreds range and climbing. It's important that we at least have some guess of how many supporters there are, even if not all of these people have sent e-mails. I do not expect the petition
I didn't get a reply to my email. What's wrong?
Square takes their time. Be patient. I have no idea how many emails they get in a day, let alone from this project.
I got an email that only said that Square doesn't know if they'll release it here....
That's okay! In fact, that's great! While it may not be a "super! We'll make it now, just for you! ♥" letter, it at least shows that you've been RECOGNIZED. That they've acknowledged your support for the idea.
I have a banner/website to link it from.
Excellent! Post the banner here and I'll add it to the linklist, and post your link on the website in question. Post here, too, to tell me where it's been posted. That way, I can get an idea of how many referrals we're getting and from where. I promise that's important.
I have a question/idea.
Comment below, or email me at jrezny[at]rogers[dot]com. I promise I'll try to get back to you - emailing me might be a bit faster.
LINKS
The Petition
The Petition Pitch
rikufuu’s wonderful Rally Banner (PLEASE upload it to your own server, or Tinypic or Photobucket or Imageshack! Don’t suck up her bandwidth!)
Takushi Rena's super banner.
Feel free to make banners, art, rallies, WHATEVER YOU CAN to help the movement!
PLACES PIMPED TO ALREADY
khfanficrants ---------- fanfare ---------- SURPLUS idealistically, kais_snowfall
blackcoatcasino---------- idealistically
kingdom_hearts ---------- fanfare
kh_icons---------- idealistically
platonistic ---------- idealistically
0kingdom_hearts ---------- fanfare
khxart ---------- princealia
kingdomhearts2 ---------- princealia
pewp_deck_rp ---------- levade
underourblanket ---------- levade
dramadramaduck ---------- levade
nihilismflora---------- pebi
antifisis---------- pebi
ayurvedic---------- pebi
gambler_of_fate---------- pebi
discomposition---------- pebi
anamneses---------- pebi
dark_mouse_love---------- pebi
naminexriku---------- pebi
luceat_eis---------- pebi
sorafans---------- pebi
marluxia_namine---------- pebi
_namine---------- pebi
rikufans---------- pebi
keybladerating---------- camatie
organization13---------- camatie
riku_x_sora---------- camatie
rikufans---------- camatie
thedancinglight---------- camatie
khyaoi---------- pyro
axel_fans---------- pyro
KH Insider----------hakumei_kouu
IF YOU POST AT A LJ COMMUNITY, PLEASE TELL ME, SO I CAN ADD IT TO THE LIST. Remember - politeness is important!
CURRENT TO-DO LIST
IF YOU CAN HELP WITH ANY INFORMATION HERE, PLEASE COMMENT WITH THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION
♥ Get major KH websites to carry this information <--- emails sent to KHU, KHinsider, KH2net, all PENDING
♥ Find contact addresses for Square's German, Italian, French, Chinese, etc, locations
♥ Find contact addresses for DISNEY INTERACTIVE
♥ SHARE THE LINK
UPDATES
Sept 24. 06, 9:45 pm --- pimped-to list, more suggestions
Sept 24. 06, 10:15 pm --- need help
Sept 25. 06, 3:15 pm --- we have overwhelming support, I am SO pleased!levade got in touch with an extremely helpful lady who gave us a NEW EMAIL ADDRESS to contact. Please see the email section for details.
Sept 25. 06, 7:30 pm --- new banner by Takushi Rena.
Sept 25. 06, 10:45 pm --- I got a really cute sign on the petition - #1270, a boy named Keith, wants the game to come out for his brother, who is apparently in the hospital with cancer. Personally, I'm touched, and honestly, it's just another reason to work harder on this :)
With love,
Jennifer Rezny
fanfare
jrezny [at] rogers [dot] com
UPDATED NORTH AMERICAN EMAIL ADDRESS. PLEASE SEND ALL N.A. LETTERS TO NEW ADDRESS.
MOST RECENT UPDATE: Sept 26. 06, 10:45 pm ---
We have gotten Reception letters - they're apparently being forwarded to Support, and we'll see what comes from it. I'll call again in the morning, when they open, before I go to school, and check out what's happening, see how much attention is being forwarded to who.
We're almost at 2000 on the petition, and I still have another couple-hundred emails to sift through. Thank you to people who are being SO PATIENT with replies!
IMPORTANT NEW NEWS, SEPT 26/11:00 PM
There's a NEW letter being circulated, to emailers - one linking people to the Japanese website. Is this a run-around or something to watch? Either way, we have to KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
HOW WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS
We all know, more or less, that the petition is just a small step to anything we might accomplish. I fully understand how corny some online petitions can be, and I never intended, from the start, to leave the battle to end there.
There are other methods of contact, and letting Square know just how much we care about this. This is a big deal to us! We CARE. This is our fandom, and we’ll take what we can get, if we can get it! We’re going to go all out on this, fandom, and we want to do everything possible.
There are emails to be sent, and phones to be called. Naturally, you don’t have to do anything here, but if everyone takes that mindset, nothing can be done. As
lovediamond pointed out to me, before - “the very meager effort of typing your name and clicking a mouse hasn't a fraction of the impact of an inbox stuffed with e-mails demanding Final Mix and CoM.”So, with that said, we have inboxes to cram.
WHY WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS
Because we love Kingdom Hearts. We know this is a franchise that could end with a KH3, or a Final Mix, or... or anything. Frankly, we all know this series won’t last forever, and we want whatever we can get. Chain of Memories remakes? Sure! We’ll take it, gladly. If we can get it.
Here’s the cheese of it: we’re fighting for our fandom, just as much as we’re fighting for our want to see more - we’re gonna pick up our keyblades and fight. Come on. You know Sora would back us.
WHAT TO DO
In short: we’re going to (e)mail them and call them - but NOT spam them!
North America: reception@square-enix-usa.com
Europe: info@square-europe.com
BUENA VISTA: here
I can’t find any other email addresses! If people can find them and tell them to me, I will edit them into this post.
harukami wrote an EXCELLENT outline on emailing them HERE, and, by all means, REFERENCE. Spell check is MANDATORY. I understand this is a lot to ask, to have you all write letters, but this is our fandom and we care. It doesn’t have to be long, essay-like and with dramatic footnotes. It just has to be sincere, polite and heartfelt. It is IMPORTANT that we get this. The petition is our ground, and we’re getting bigger from there. PHONE
North America: 1 (310) 846-0400 (<--- this is NOT the support line. Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm, PST)
England: +44 (0)870 600 0182 (Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm, U.K. time)
If you’re going to be speaking on the phone, here are some tips, aka, things I’ve found that’ll work better than anything else:
♥ Ask, politely, about the Chain of Memories remake/Final Mix 2
♥ If they don’t know - yes, some of them don’t know - inform them about it and TGS 2006’s presentations.
♥ Tell them that you are EXTREMELY interested in seeing this game come to your country. Mention that you are concerned that it won’t leave Japan.
♥ Be very polite and understanding - no outbreaks or demands.
♥ Ask if there is anyone you can contact about it, and if not, ask if they can pass on the message to their superiors.
♥ Be CLEAR and CONCISE, and don’t be shy!
♥ Tell them that this is important to you and the rest of the fans, and ask what else you can do to bring this to Square Enix’s attention.
SNAIL MAIL
NORTH AMERICA
Square Enix, Inc.
999 Sepulveda Boulevard, Third Floor
El Segundo, CA 90245
Disney Interactive
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-8139
JAPAN
SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg.
3-22-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo 151-8544, Japan
PLEASE only write to the Japanese locations if you can SPEAK/WRITE IN FLUENT, CORRECT JAPANESE. Saying “Kingdom Hearts sugoi desu wa neko-chan Sora-kun is so kawaii” will not impress them or compel them to care.
WHEN WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS
RIGHT NOW. Get going! WRITE IT UP! Dial those numbers!
CAN I HELP?
These are things we NEED to do, to spread the word of this email campaign AND make this anywhere near a success:
- Pass around the word! Tell every Kingdom Hearts fan you know! Link it to LJ communities, forums, RPGs, friends, everything. Let people know why you want their help.
- Help each other out! Write up letter templates, think up new things to ask, look for people to talk to within Square-Enix that can help us. Find new addresses to contact, and numbers to call.
- Have patience and compassion! We’re going to work HARD on this, if we really want this game. So maybe the link appears on your friends page a few dozen times. So maybe it takes a little while to make any progress. This may take time, and we have to start NOW. From the beginning. But we have to do this RIGHT. We can’t scream in their ears, or bother them to their wits’ end. We need to make this a success.
-Report feedback! Seriously. If you get a reply, by all means, post it and let people know. We have to keep each other informed!
FAQ
Online petitions don't work! Why bother?
As I've detailed before, some people really don't go to the effort of writing letters or calling because they don't have time, or don't have the patience, or really don't have the drive. I don't expect the petition to do much, in the long run, but it's worth keeping around for a fall-back option - at the time of writing, we have over 800 signatures - I have no record of how many emails have been sent, but I'm guessing it's the in the hundreds range and climbing. It's important that we at least have some guess of how many supporters there are, even if not all of these people have sent e-mails. I do not expect the petition
I didn't get a reply to my email. What's wrong?
Square takes their time. Be patient. I have no idea how many emails they get in a day, let alone from this project.
I got an email that only said that Square doesn't know if they'll release it here....
That's okay! In fact, that's great! While it may not be a "super! We'll make it now, just for you! ♥" letter, it at least shows that you've been RECOGNIZED. That they've acknowledged your support for the idea.
I have a banner/website to link it from.
Excellent! Post the banner here and I'll add it to the linklist, and post your link on the website in question. Post here, too, to tell me where it's been posted. That way, I can get an idea of how many referrals we're getting and from where. I promise that's important.
I have a question/idea.
Comment below, or email me at jrezny[at]rogers[dot]com. I promise I'll try to get back to you - emailing me might be a bit faster.
LINKS
The Petition
The Petition Pitch
rikufuu’s wonderful Rally Banner (PLEASE upload it to your own server, or Tinypic or Photobucket or Imageshack! Don’t suck up her bandwidth!)Takushi Rena's super banner.
Feel free to make banners, art, rallies, WHATEVER YOU CAN to help the movement!
PLACES PIMPED TO ALREADY
khfanficrants ---------- fanfare ---------- SURPLUS idealistically, kais_snowfallblackcoatcasino---------- idealisticallykingdom_hearts ---------- fanfarekh_icons---------- idealisticallyplatonistic ---------- idealistically0kingdom_hearts ---------- fanfare khxart ---------- princealiakingdomhearts2 ---------- princealiapewp_deck_rp ---------- levadeunderourblanket ---------- levadedramadramaduck ---------- levadenihilismflora---------- pebiantifisis---------- pebiayurvedic---------- pebigambler_of_fate---------- pebidiscomposition---------- pebianamneses---------- pebidark_mouse_love---------- pebinaminexriku---------- pebiluceat_eis---------- pebisorafans---------- pebimarluxia_namine---------- pebi_namine---------- pebirikufans---------- pebikeybladerating---------- camatieorganization13---------- camatieriku_x_sora---------- camatierikufans---------- camatiethedancinglight---------- camatiekhyaoi---------- pyroaxel_fans---------- pyroKH Insider----------
hakumei_kouuIF YOU POST AT A LJ COMMUNITY, PLEASE TELL ME, SO I CAN ADD IT TO THE LIST. Remember - politeness is important!
CURRENT TO-DO LIST
IF YOU CAN HELP WITH ANY INFORMATION HERE, PLEASE COMMENT WITH THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION
♥ Get major KH websites to carry this information <--- emails sent to KHU, KHinsider, KH2net, all PENDING
♥ Find contact addresses for Square's German, Italian, French, Chinese, etc, locations
♥ Find contact addresses for DISNEY INTERACTIVE
♥ SHARE THE LINK
UPDATES
Sept 24. 06, 9:45 pm --- pimped-to list, more suggestions
Sept 24. 06, 10:15 pm --- need help
Sept 25. 06, 3:15 pm --- we have overwhelming support, I am SO pleased!
levade got in touch with an extremely helpful lady who gave us a NEW EMAIL ADDRESS to contact. Please see the email section for details.Sept 25. 06, 7:30 pm --- new banner by Takushi Rena.
Sept 25. 06, 10:45 pm --- I got a really cute sign on the petition - #1270, a boy named Keith, wants the game to come out for his brother, who is apparently in the hospital with cancer. Personally, I'm touched, and honestly, it's just another reason to work harder on this :)
With love,
Jennifer Rezny
fanfarejrezny [at] rogers [dot] com
