Summer Games Done Quick (Charity Speedrunning Marathon, June 22-28)

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velcrozombie1
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Summer Games Done Quick (Charity Speedrunning Marathon, June 22-28)

Postby velcrozombie1 » June 15th, 2014, 12:13 am

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It's been six months; that means it's time for another charity speedrunning marathon!

Watch over 155 continuous hours of live speedruns! Games of all genres, platforms and ages, ranging from the Commodore 64 to games less than a year old. Donate for bonus games and additional modes of play while putting yourself in the running for unique prizes!

Last year's Summer Games Done Quick raised $255,000 for Doctors Without Borders, with every cent going straight to charity. January's Awesome Games Done Quick raised over $1 million dollars for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Let's see how far we can go this time!

For a list of times, games and runners, go here: https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule

velcrozombie1
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Summer Games Done Quick (Charity Speedrunning Marathon, June 22-28)

Postby velcrozombie1 » July 1st, 2014, 7:27 am

The marathon ended up raising over $700,000 for Doctors Without Borders, nearly three times what it took in last year. It's amazing to think that this whole thing started out with a handful of people in a basement raising $10,000 less than five years ago.

Someone has compiled the links for each game from the Twitch archive. The list can be found here:
http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion-30/every-run-every-time-the-best-of-sgdq-2014-1488105/?page=1

Some highlights are already on Youtube (search for SGDQ 2014), but it usually takes a couple of months for the videos to be encoded and properly released. Videos from both previous marathons and other speedruns can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCId5mQSBVAOrOdLdfY1J4VQ


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