>In short, if I want to raise money for big brother big sister
>I go to them ask them how they'd like me to do that. I don't
>go knocking doors and asking for donations without the consent
>of the organization I'm collecting for. There is no
>accountability and it opens you up to possible legal action.

I'm not a lawyer, but I am 99% certain that it is perfectly legal to solicit donations on a website as long as you aren't comitting fraud. If you lie about what will be done with the money, or about your relationship to purported recipients of the funds, then it becomes fraud. But if make it clear you're not affiliated or endorsed by Carrion Fields LLC, and use the money the way you, then you're fine.

You don't even have to be giving the money to CF. If you're really that scared, you can say "Hi this is my personal website and I'm asking for personal donations to me. I'm not affiliated with or endorsed by Carrion Fields, but I'll be taking these donations and if I feel like it I'll use them on a marketing campaign for the game."

Again if you just don't want to bother with this, that's cool I know I sure don't want to bother with it. But the legal argument is really not valid. People ask for personal donations for random #### all the time and only get sued when it's obvously a scam (e.g. "Give me money for cancer treatment" when in fact they don't have cancer and just want a tv).

Also you keep discussing CF like it's a real organization like big brother big sister, and it's just not.