Y'see the thing is, Allison didn't get the donations because she was a girl. The injury was pretty much career-ending and without surgery she could never draw again. That's why people donated so much, and when the drive turned out to be much more successful than they needed, it snowballed from there. Oh, and they offered stuff in exchange for donating.
So that's why the donation drive was so much more successful than other similar efforts.
Also I hope this gets sorted out as Extra Credits is pretty much right behind Zero Punctuation, and a really great show. This looks to be bad for both the site and the show. You can't say they didn't bring it on themselves though.
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