JockeMS
formerly SuperJOCKE
Awesome Games Done Quick 2014 - A 7-day Speerun charity event for the Prevent Cancer Foundation by SDA
BONUS STREAM Jan. 12th-14th
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BONUS STREAM Jan. 12th-14th
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Hi all. So I'm posting this thread to promote this amazing charity event called "Awesome Games Done Quick". Every year since 2011 (I think), speedrunners from SpeedDemosArchive (SDA) and SpeedRunsLive (SRL) come together to play games as fast as they can to raise money for a good cause. People from all over world, ranging from the US and Canada, to places like Europe (one guy is from my homeland, Sweden) and Australia. Last year, these guys raised over 400 000 dollars for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, and for their summer event the same year, Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ), they raised over 250 000 dollars for Doctors Without Borders. These are no small feats, and shows that this is no joke.
The event runs from January 5th (12PM EST) through the 11th, with a bonus stream running from January 12th through the 14th, and can be watched on SDA's website as well as on their Twitch.tv channel. The stream is ongoing for 24 hours every day during this week.
These guys won't forcefully ask you to donate to this cause. Just by watching you support it, as the ad revenue from Twitch goes directly to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. However, by donating you can win some awesome prices if you donate the ammount required. You can read more about this on SDA's homepage (links below).
So, if you enjoy videogames and want to support a great cause, please tune in and watch these people do what they love (some even do this for a living). You'll be highly entertained, I promise you that.
Links:
SDA/GamesDoneQuick's homepage: http://gamesdonequick.com/
SDA's Twitch channel: http://www.twitch.tv/speeddemosarchivesda
Watch the event on either of these pages.
SDA's Youtube channel: http://tinyurl.com/nvww2m6
Check out SDA's Youtube channel for speedruns and past marathon runs if you're curious about what speedruns really are.
The AGDQ schedule: http://gamesdonequick.com/schedule
Check this page out to see what games are going to be run, as well as the times they will be on stream (times are shown as your local time).
Jak and Daxter (highly entertaining runner)
Super Monkey Ball 2
Banjo Kazooie
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (this will blow your mind; it's a lot more technical than you'd think + an amazing runner)
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
TLoZ: A Link to the Past
TLoZ: Twilight Princess
Donkey Kong Country 1-3
Diddy Kong Racing (watch the current WR holder run this; this will entertain you)
TLoZ: Majora's Mask
TLoZ: Ocarina of Time
Super Metroid
Paper Mario (this game will have the same, let's say, "entertainment value" as Diddy Kong Racing)
Super Mario 64 (this will be one-handed)
TLoZ: Wind Waker HD
Super Monkey Ball 2
Banjo Kazooie
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (this will blow your mind; it's a lot more technical than you'd think + an amazing runner)
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
TLoZ: A Link to the Past
TLoZ: Twilight Princess
Donkey Kong Country 1-3
Diddy Kong Racing (watch the current WR holder run this; this will entertain you)
TLoZ: Majora's Mask
TLoZ: Ocarina of Time
Super Metroid
Paper Mario (this game will have the same, let's say, "entertainment value" as Diddy Kong Racing)
Super Mario 64 (this will be one-handed)
TLoZ: Wind Waker HD
These are just my recommendations from past experiences; I haven't been disappointed by these games before. But watch as much as you can; you never know what will happen with these runs. There might be some hidden gems in that schedule.
Also, feel free to discuss the runs you've seen throughout the week. However, don't badmouth any of the runners or the audience, wheter it's some personal thing about them or if they made some mistake during their run. These people take their time and spent their own money to get to this event to raise money for a good cause.
Thanks for taking your time reading this, and I hope you take your time to watch as well. If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them to the best of my abilities. Other users may have an answer as well.
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