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It's the time of the year where you watch people play games fast and post bad memes in this thread. Summer Games Done Quick is an annual charity speedrunning marathon brought to you from St. Paul, Minnesota, featuring runners from Speed Demos Archive (SDA), Speedrun.com, SpeedRunsLive and TASVideos. All money donated during the event goes to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. The stream will be running between July 26th and August 2nd, and in that time you'll get to see a lot of cool runs and races. Links of importance The schedule can be found at this link. Times are in your time zone and should hopefully be updating as the event progresses. Watch it at the main site. If you want to watch in your media player of choice, you can use Livestreamer. How to use it: quote:Windows users can find an easy-to-use installer here. There'll be the possibility to watch runs later on the Games Done Quick youtube channel. ============= SGDQ: What it is All money collected during SGDQ goes directly to Doctors Without Borders, with nothing going to anyone participating in the event. It's 100% charity. All attendees (including runners) pay for their own expenses. SGDQ started in 2011 and has happened every year since, originally benefiting Organization for Autism Research. As the event grows each year, more work is put into improving the quality of the stream. There's always going to be some hiccups, though, because everyone working with the event is only human. This year a tech crew was actually hired to hopefully ensure everything goes well. ============= Donations The main website has its own donation button, which you can click and then specify an amount of money to donate. You will be able to leave a comment with your donation. During earlier marathons, all comments were read out on stream, but as more and more donations come in each year, it has become impossible to do so. Therefore, there will be a filtering system in place. In general, this is the idea: quote:-The program should auto-filter donations that are less than a dollar, but in case if one slips through, filter it out. There is also a scrolling ticker for donation comments on the main page. The donation tracker for SGDQ2015 can be found at https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/16 ============= Prizes One of the more popular things to drive donations are the donation incentives and the raffle prizes. When you donate, you can have your donation go towards one of the many donation incentives that are available for different games. This involves naming characters, selecting different modes, in some cases even choosing which game will be played. All the incentives are available to view on https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/bids/16 There's also usually prizes for each block, but they're not generally easy to get ahold of this year to show them off in advance. Usually if you win you'll have to wait a while before you get yours, not the volunteers' fault as much as an organization flaw. ============= FAQ: Q: What runs should I watch? A: Mega Man X2 Race, Mega Man & Bass, Tetris Block, Super Metroid. Also whatever you think might be cool. People will gush about them eventually and post lists. Q: Will ____ be there this year? A: Check the schedule. Sometimes runners can't make it. Q: So did you hear about the guy who got c--- A: Yes, please continue to post stale memes. Q: Why isn't ____ on the schedule? A: Because it wasn't offered/The Run Sucks/There's too many other games already. Q: Why didn't they read my donation comment? A: Your comment probably sucked. Q: Where is this happening? It looks different from last year. A: St. Paul, Minnesota. More detailed info on the GDQ website. Uznare fucked around with this message at 11:52 on Jul 24, 2015 |
# ? Jul 24, 2015 06:44 |
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Looking forward to picking you out in the crowd Uznare-kun.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 06:51 |
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"Gotta Go Fast" - Sonic, 2006
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 06:52 |
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Wonder if it will be as boring and static as AGDQ was.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 07:01 |
It's ending in Chrono again, which is never a good sign.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 07:02 |
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There's going to be a speedrun of Space Station Silicon Valley this year, highlighting the main reason SGDQ is my favorite of the two. Weird, obscure N64 games are my lifeblood.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 07:04 |
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Doctors without borders? but where am i going to watch awkward nerds deal with sad cancer stories??
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 07:07 |
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Looking forward to this. The donation incentive/tracker links in the OP need updating though. https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/16 https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/bids/16
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 09:58 |
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How does incentives making runs tougher/longer interact with the schedule? Cause the DS2 incentive could be pretty time-consuming...I know two experienced DS1 runners tried it on a whim during Dreamhack for that game and it took more than twice the time a regular run would (~1:25 normal, 2:58 challenge), and the schedule doesn't seem to accomodate that kinda time-loss.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 11:59 |
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The schedule can update in real-time, so that if a run goes over or under its allotted time, it adjusts accordingly. This might mean that a run you're looking forward to might get moved significantly, so keep an eye on the schedule. Recent marathons have been rather good about keeping time, however.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 15:07 |
looking forward to discussion of cucking as well as multiple discussions of whether or not its depressing to have sad stories juxtaposed with video games
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 15:34 |
Insurrectionist posted:How does incentives making runs tougher/longer interact with the schedule? delays are as intrinsic as speedruns to SGDQ
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 15:35 |
also if there is a single game you watch this whole marathon watch the Tetris block it will poo poo on your mind
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 15:38 |
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Donate for my incentives, and the other ones as well
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 16:25 |
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Rocketlex posted:There's going to be a speedrun of Space Station Silicon Valley this year, highlighting the main reason SGDQ is my favorite of the two. Weird, obscure N64 games are my lifeblood. Now we just need a Rocket: Robot On Wheels speedrun and my life will be complete.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 17:30 |
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Alteisen posted:Wonder if it will be as boring and static as AGDQ was. I'm probably going to watch a couple runs regardless but seriously hoping that they lighten up yeah. Been watching for a few years now and the last stream was so dull that I couldn't really even use it for background noise.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 17:40 |
it got a lot better after the first day, they are probably taking that into account for this one too, but honestly with the amount of people there at the last one, it couldn't be as casual imagine all the dumb embarrassing awkward distracting poo poo people did when it was small, now just imagine way more people there with the same climate
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 17:51 |
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It really depends on the runners and company. Not everyone knows how to be presentable to an audience while still being able to pull off cool tricks. See Yoshi's Island or Super Meat Boy runs from previous *GDQ years versus say the Tony Hawk runs in terms of being interesting.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 17:51 |
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Eonwe posted:it got a lot better after the first day, they are probably taking that into account for this one too, but honestly Yeah but it wasn't fun coming to the thread and not seeing "why is that person in the back dressed like a witch" or "what the hell is that cat on the sofa"
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 17:58 |
Mazreal posted:Doctors without borders? but where am i going to watch awkward nerds deal with sad cancer stories?? Don't worry, you'll still get that here because people don't pay attention to what they're donating to.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 21:02 |
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Big Jon is the only run that matters.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 23:44 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2O5C2NRWzQ
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 01:38 |
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Not to stir the pot or anything, but I missed it in the last thread, does anyone else feel like Calebhart is kinda douchey
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 02:44 |
Observe Me posted:Not to stir the pot or anything, but I missed it in the last thread, does anyone else feel like Calebhart is kinda douchey Yes, and he breaks controllers over speedruns so.
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 03:11 |
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Mr E posted:Yes, and he breaks controllers over speedruns so. he punches himself and throws chairs. everytime i see him stream i am afraid of what physical harm he will self inflict onto him or even to his lovely gf. when he's angry he's terrifying
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 03:16 |
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All I know is zoast is going to be in the Super Metroid race, and I am so hype for that. Plus he also holds the current world record (not counting the X-Ray glitch), with 42'56". Here's the run, the whole time I was p. much
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 03:21 |
bucksmash posted:All I know is zoast is going to be in the Super Metroid race, and I am so hype for that. That was the best run I've seen in a while. I love watching zoast, he's so chill and has great music choice during his practice.
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 03:23 |
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Mr E posted:Yes, and he breaks controllers over speedruns so. I don't know about that, but that 10 minute douche monologue he did after the Megaman X race at AGDQ 2015 made me cringe quite a bit.
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 03:27 |
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big john is the superior muscle man and his streams are chill as gently caress
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 03:31 |
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Fistful of Silence posted:It's so good. I just hope even half the weirdness and charm comes through when being speedrun. Some day I hope to see a full GDQ speedrun of Iggy's Wreckin' Balls. All tracks.
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 03:38 |
Cubey posted:big john is the superior muscle man and his streams are chill as gently caress
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 03:51 |
Rocketlex posted:Some day I hope to see a full GDQ speedrun of Iggy's Wreckin' Balls. All tracks. Be the change you want to see
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 03:56 |
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Cubey posted:big john is the superior muscle man and his streams are chill as gently caress This is 100% true.
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 04:05 |
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I am most excited for Kirby's Tilt and Tumble played on a Gamecube.
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 08:13 |
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Yoshi's Island 2 is extremely played out. The rest of the opening day is going to be extremely lethargic because of it. xtreme
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 08:30 |
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caleb frightens me because i keep expecting him to rip a weaker speedrunner in half and drink their marrow for sustenance
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 08:32 |
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Please let me know what the hot memes I can spam in twitch chat are. I missed the latest meme cycle and it would help if you guys could give me a refresher so I can impress the ladies.
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# ? Jul 25, 2015 09:21 |
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uhhhh, darude - sandstorm???
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kappa
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