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The last two (or more?) years there have been a bunch of goons who have participated in Extra Life. I was sort of surprised I hadn't seen a post about it yet, so here's this. What is Extra Life? Extra Life is a charity that raises money for the Children's Miracle Network hospitals. There are things year-round, but the big event is the 24-hour gaming marathon. This year it will be on November 5th. It's a great cause to support by doing what you're probably already planning on doing. You can find more information at http://www.extra-life.org How can I participate? Sign up on the Extra-Life site (http://www.extra-life.org/register) and then start sending your donation page out to people to raise money. When you sign up you can choose which Children's Miracle Network hospital your donations will go to. If you've got a group of people you can form a team. The main SA team over the last couple years is Goons Hate Cancer (http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=28793) but anyone can start a team. What am I signing up for? November 5th is the day to play 24-hours worth of games (video games, board games, role playing games, anything that can be called "games".) But it's all on the honor system so you don't have to play on November 5th, you don't have to play for 24-hours in a row, and you don't need to stream, record, live-tweet, or anything else. You can decide how much effort you're going to put into it, the more important thing is spreading the word and raising money to help sick kids. Can I post on SA about my stream/donations? You can certainly post your info in this thread (and please do so we know who all is participating!) We also have mod permission to post about streams you are starting in the Let's Stream thread (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3655843). The only rules are that you don't spam the thread begging for donations. You can mention it's an Extra Life stream, but otherwise just treat it like any other stream you'd post in that thread. What if I don't raise a bunch of money? That's fine, even if you raise $1 that's $1 more going to help sick kids than there was before! Section 9 fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Oct 12, 2016 |
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My Info and space reserved for extra info My Page: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=217088 This will be my third year doing this and it's been a lot of fun. I don't have a lot of recordings from last year because I tried to make things more involved than just one person, a game, and a webcam and ran into a ton of technical issues which made parts of the stream (and thus the recordings) unwatchable(*). But if you're interested there's a link to my Youtube channel in there with the couple I could salvage, and the series I've been recording as hype for this year. You can tell from the views that I don't know a whole lot of people who are really interested in Let's Plays. This year I think I've learned from last year and things should be a lot smoother. We'll be doing two streams: one going all 24 hours of video games, and a second in the other room for board games that will be going whenever we have enough people around to get a game going. (*)-If you don't think you can pull it off technically, or might screw up your stream or are otherwise intimidated, I will post the failed portions of last year's stream. You can't do worse. Section 9 fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Oct 11, 2016 |
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Oct 11, 2016 05:31
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Once again I'm heading up Goons Hate Cancer. Feel free to join. http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=28793 And here's my page. http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=206690 twitch.tv/givepatajob givepatajob fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Oct 11, 2016 |
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I'm participating for my second year, will be streaming from 8am CST - 8am CST (or until I pass out from wine). A friend wants me to stream DDR which I'm awful at, so that should be fun. Also joined Goons Hate Cancer. Last year was a lot of fun, played through a lot of SNES and NES classics that people requested (DKC, Mega Man 2, Contra 3, etc.). Lost my voice at about the 14 hour mark though so had to stop. So this year I'll probably have a lot more "here's just a video of me playing a game" rather than try to provide nonstop commentary and hilarity. Yay Extra Life! http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=207564 https://www.twitch.tv/groovidex
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It's my first year this year. A buddy of mine has done it for the past 3 years. We joked about how our local board gaming event is always the day after, yet he stumbles in and plays board games for 8 hours every time, so I said I would join in in solidarity. Time to put my money where my mouth is. Which is at the BC Children's Hospital, obviously. For my marathon, I'll be doing 24 HOURS OF TORMENT ripping and tearing through the 2016 version of DOOM. I'll be playing on Nightmare, not Ultra-Nightmare, because there's only so much of me dying in the first level people will be able to take. I'm also planning to have some stupid fun things to do like blind runs described by an observer, co-op play with one person moving the mouse and the other using the keyboard, THE WORST SNAPMAPS, prizes, and me cheating my rear end off by playing older doom games* instead or other terrible loopholes. I gotta double-check the time, but I think it'll be 5pm-5pm Nov. 5-6, which should leave me 3 hours to play board games too. http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=220006 https://www.twitch.tv/saplaneguy *not doom 3 gently caress doom 3
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Oct 14, 2016 00:45
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If anyone would like to write up something better than I have for the goons hate cancer page, please PM me and I'll change it. Wouldn't complain about a team fundraising image either. I'm not exactly the creative type.
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Oct 14, 2016 11:58
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We're doing the Sarge Club Misery Cavalcade again this year! 48 games, 24 hours, 100% misery. http://sarge.club I am "looking" "forward" to it.
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Oct 14, 2016 20:58
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This will be my third year. Same 24HR goal. http://www.extra-life.org/participant/iceorb I also do a small giveaway as an added incentive to donate just in case helping kids with cancer isn't enough. A 10 dollar donation will get you a chance to win a game on Steam that is up to 15 dollars in value. A 20 dollar (or more) donation will get you a chance to win a game on any platform up to 60 dollars in value. Prizes are purchased out of my own pocket. Stream will be live on my twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/theiceorb Or you can watch https://www.goonstack.win as the live stream player will be replacing the front page during the stream. Thanks to anyone who donates or shares my link! IceOrb fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Nov 2, 2016 |
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Oct 17, 2016 16:07
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I'm participating, fourth year in a row. Goal is $400. Already part of a team. Bonus gimmicks: If I hit $500, I'll go for an extra hour. Until my schedule is full, if you donate $25 or more, you can request a game for me to play during the stream. Must be PC or PS4, most cost less for me to get it than the value of your donation, must not be porn.
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Oct 17, 2016 19:37
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I'm doing this with Another Person again this year. Last year we raised a little over $1000 in 24 hours, so this time we're going to try for $2000. http://www.extra-life.org/participant/gamekiwi As a bonus, if you donate at least $5 before the day of the marathon you will get to pick ingredients to go on AP's sandwich that he'll eat live on camera. Every $5 lets you pick another item. The submission form is here and goes over the rules and things AP is allergic to in more detail. http://bit.ly/GKELEating We'll probably also come up with other donation incentives leading up to/during the event, but the sandwich is the big one.
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Oct 18, 2016 06:33
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I'm doing it again this year. Goal is at $1500, and I feel confident I can break that mark. Nearly broke $2000 last year. http://extra-life.org/participant/wms2016 Sadly, I have no incentives to offer to anyone here except for my gratitude and an IOU for a hug that you can cash in if we ever meet in person. Last year, I did the 24 hours straight thing and really felt it during the following week. Also fell asleep for a bit during the 4am-6am portion, but that second wind really took over for the final 6 hours. I couldn't see straight, yet if I played an extra 30 minutes, I may have finished VVVVVV at the very end of the stream. It'll be two 12s this year from 10-10 EST on 11/5 and 11/6. My stream will also be family-friendly as I work at a middle school and will have students tuning in. That means E or E10 games only (unrated games are subject to review from the building principal, so don't expect anything too wild on the PC side of things), breaks for 15 minutes at the end of every 2 hour segment, and no foul language. So if you're looking for something safe, tune in.  And, of course, good luck to everyone participating! For the love of whatever deity you hold dearest, please remember to stay hydrated, take breaks, and get up to at least stretch. A little bit of that went a long way in helping me get through last year's marathon. HelfMyselp fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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Oct 19, 2016 00:54
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givepatajob posted:Once again I'm heading up Goons Hate Cancer. Feel free to join. I'm participating this year, joined up on Goons Hate Cancer team! Going to shoot for the full 24 hours with moderate breaks for eating and pooping and stuff. My page is here.
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Oct 20, 2016 14:40
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 Hi, I'm here representing Team Frog Nugget, a group featuring LPers such as myself, Artix, Faerie Fortune, nine-gear-crow and LP Superstar Blind Sally*, among others, and we're ready to suffer for the good of sick children! We did a practice run of this back in March, so we could get a feel for what we'd be in for and now it's time for the real deal, so join us from Oct 29 12 PM EST - Oct 30 12 PM EST to help us raise money for charity! Donate to us and you can win a handmade crochet doll, crafted by our very own Faerie Fortune! We hope to see you at stream time! You can find our stream at https://teamfrognugget.com. *Blind Sally may or may not participate ChaosArgate fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Oct 26, 2016 |
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Oct 21, 2016 04:22
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http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=228735 I'll be streaming for 24 hours starting Nov. 6th at 7am. I set a modest goal of $100 but will double whatever I raise up to $150.
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Oct 21, 2016 23:07
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http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=228624 Participating with a humble $100 goal on the 5th, likely starting around 1 PM GMT. Current schedule is alternating between My Summer Car and Jalopy from 1 PM until 8 PM, followed by Arma for a few hours (Probably from 8 up to 2 AM), and then Desert Bus from 2 AM to 8 AM, then going from suggestions from there (Probably Euro Truck, maybe Silent Hunter). Stream : https://www.twitch.tv/herpicleomnicron5 HerpicleOmnicron5 fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Nov 1, 2016 |
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Oct 21, 2016 23:44
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Doing it again! (goal of $200) Page: http://www.extra-life.org/participant/clappingcactus Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/clappingcactus
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Oct 24, 2016 04:08
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Doing it again goal of 225 http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=234026 Stream twitch.tv/brainster31
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Oct 24, 2016 23:15
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I love this charity so very much, and I've decided to make a go of it this year. I will be streaming the entirety of Dead Space beginning 8:00 PM Saturday night to raise a little money for Children's National here in DC, who've done so much for my son. Page: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=234664 Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/yancy_street Yancy_Street fucked around with this message at 00:29 on Nov 5, 2016 |
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Oct 26, 2016 01:14
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Going to give this a try. I started with a goal of $100 because my friends are cheap, but somehow I hit $166 within a few hours so who knows where it will end up. Anyhow, I plan on doing 24 games in 24 hours, if you guys want to do some co-op or something hit me up, I'm playing on PC Page: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=234457 Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/shredomatic Any ideas for schenanigans to do on stream to raise more money? I was thinking of singing songs or something for every $20.
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Oct 27, 2016 13:59
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I never thought this would become a yearly tradition, but here I am again on my fourth year! Page: http://www.extra-life.org/participant/supsuper Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/supsuper Will try to do 24h of DOS games on Extra Life weekend (5th-6th November). Join for the kids, stay for me being absolutely terrible at videogames!
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Oct 29, 2016 20:03
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I'm doing this with a few friends already, A couple of us will be streaming on the 5th at 10am CST for the full 24 hours. Page: Extra Life Page Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/no_talentsa We're doing a blind run of Gears of War 4 during 'prime time' but before/after that we've got, well, just some awful games and a dramatic reading of a harlequin romance about stealing wives. If anyone wants to hook up in games, join our team/discord/whatever, fire off a PM.
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Oct 30, 2016 20:54
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This is my first year! I plan to start at 10 AM CST, and go until whenever. Since it said the average person makes $100, I set my goal at 200, but even if I make it, I'll likely keep going for a while. No idea how long I'll go, but several hours at least. I'll be playing Smite, so if you're a fan of the game, or are interested in seeing what it's like, give me a look! Donators will be allowed to pick what god I play or maybe game mode, or both, based on arbitrary feelings I have when you donate! http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=237217 And my twitch https://www.twitch.tv/nucularcarmul Hope you join me for a bit, my page is dedicated to the Children's Hospital of Saint Francis here in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Nov 1, 2016 18:34
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I lowered the team goal of Goons Hate Cancer to something more reasonable than the default team goal. I think we might be able to hit 5K over the course of this. Unless Lowtax hops in and donates one of his huge sacks of money. Unlikely though. Anyone still interested in joining or participating, please do. Feel free to PM me with any questions about twitch setup or streaming in general. I'm not exactly a pro, but I do it often enough. Goddamn, the reddit team is making us look foolish.
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givepatajob posted:I lowered the team goal of Goons Hate Cancer to something more reasonable than the default team goal. I think we might be able to hit 5K over the course of this. Unless Lowtax hops in and donates one of his huge sacks of money. Unlikely though. I'm also more than happy to help any goons that may need assistance getting up and running with the best quailty stream their internet or setup can muster. I can be reached via PM or via discord which can be accessed via my extra life site: https://www.goonstack.win I'd recommend if this is your first year you test everything a day or two before so you aren't scrambling last minute when you find something busted. Also gives you a chance to find what graphical settings play nice with your PC while you stream.
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Nov 2, 2016 16:22
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So, how are you guys going about getting people to come out to your streams? What're your strategies? I feel like the election this year has everyone in a sour mood, and I'm seeing a lot less interest out there than in years prior.
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Nov 3, 2016 01:48
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My friends and I are trying this out and planning on going the full 24 hours starting 8 AM Pacific. Extra Life page Twitch channel And we even made a cheesy intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffkr8ilmtzQ We'll be playing a variety of multiplayer games throughout and D&D during the evening. Noper Q fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Nov 4, 2016 |
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Nov 3, 2016 03:47
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Yancy_Street posted:So, how are you guys going about getting people to come out to your streams? What're your strategies? I'm posting here for one. Everyone I actually know that cares about games/kids is already involved with this. For me to branch out it would require me attracting strangers on the internet. The rest is shaming donations from family and friends.
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Yancy_Street posted:So, how are you guys going about getting people to come out to your streams? What're your strategies? I just post highlights from my earlier years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3POtikwyD4&list=PLcCpJdeNVzyNcth76zFlr9NRwI_KcwvU2&index=3 Speaking of which, my podcast is getting together to do stuff this year, so it'll be my first non-solo effort. We'll be live at 11 AM CST at https://www.twitch.tv/klapman, and will be going the full 24 hours. I genuinely don't know if there'll be drinks, but if there are the drinks will be vodka + Red Bull, so that we don't just get drowsy and fall asleep. For now the plan is to have a main centerpiece starting at about 9 PM, with us playing through the entirety of I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream. So that'll be from 9 PM to somewhere around 4 AM, I'll probably have a separate archive for that. There probably won't be any pizza tracker + frog stuff this year because I won't be stoned the entire time, but I'll try and work some funny stuff in there. We have a pretty solid mic and a half-decent webcam, so the technical quality shouldn't be laughable.
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Yancy_Street posted:So, how are you guys going about getting people to come out to your streams? What're your strategies? I've been advertising that I'm doing this for about six months so I have my core group that's interested. I also leverage my youtube subs as well to drive people towards the stream. I'm not like yt famous by any means, but I have a decent chunk of followers. Lastly I give away free stuff with certain donation levels as a means of getting folks interested, it does the job well enough. Donate money to save kids lives? Nah. Donate money and win a game? Sure! klapman posted:I just post highlights from my earlier years Do 24 hours ordering Dominos. I'd watch.
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Third year in a row for us here. Last year we had a transformer get knocked out in a storm and lost power for 5 hours so I can't imagine it going any worst this year. Stream is here Extra Life page is here Hopefully we'll be starting at 8am on the 5th and go the whole 24/5 hours.We'll be playing quite few retro games as well as some indie party games and a few races thrown in for good measure.
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Yancy_Street posted:So, how are you guys going about getting people to come out to your streams? What're your strategies? You just have to use social media and make sure you're contacting the right people.  Since the Microsoft acquisition I'm considering streaming from Beam this weekend as opposed to Twitch. May not be a bad idea to try and get in early on that. Thoughts? givepatajob fucked around with this message at 12:42 on Nov 4, 2016 |
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Nov 4, 2016 11:49
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The good news is, I already made my goal!  The bad news is, I hosed up my wrists so I'm delaying my stream to next weekend.
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Nov 4, 2016 14:30
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This is my first year participating and my locally owned game shop is hosting it. Like true bandwidth hogs, we're using the shop next door's wifi to run this poo poo overnight because the local ISP couldn't be bothered to run a data drop into the store in the last month. We even told 'em the urgency was for a kid's hospital charity and they just said "Our technician will be there sometime between never and oblivion." I'm going to attempt to run a livestream on twitch, which I've never done, and play games that are critically acclaimed which I've never played. So here's hoping my computer doesn't turn into a giant fireball and burn down the store. Also I need to work on brand consolidation. I have too many usernames for all the different poo poo. My Link: http://www.extra-life.org/participant/therussbus My Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordofgoatstv Publicly editable games suggestion list: http://goo.gl/VuMcz5 Steam ID is Slightpirate if you feel like dropping something on me that you think I should play. I'm broke as joke at the moment. If it's multiplayer we can probably play together!
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This is my 2nd year doing Extra Life. I forgot to post on here (like a dummy). I'm raising money for Dell Children's Hospital in Austin, TX. I'm trying to raise $500 (and am currently at all of $20 because I'm my only donator). I'm going to mainly be playing things I've never played before in an attempt to work through my immense backlog. If you donate, I'll take a requested game to play (so if you wanna see something you haven't before, now's a good time). I'll be streaming from 12-12 Central time on both Saturday and Sunday. My Link: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=231270 Stream: http://twitch.tv/shinino List of PC Games: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Jn-sceC60KXSHgsWeQ8Fd3Eeflb9D_7KtomZTvv9oc/edit#gid=0 Stream still running behind, starting around 2:45-3:00 Shinino Kage fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Nov 5, 2016 |
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Nov 4, 2016 16:15
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I'm not a regular games poster, but my fiance, Target Practice, is. This is our 3rd year doing extra life, but our secret is...we usually don't play. Anything. Because we're volunteering at our local in-person 12 hour Extra Life event! We're part of Team CSU Bakersfield, raising money for the only children's hospital in the Bakersfield, Ca area-- and it's badly needed. Last year, Extra Life in Bakersfield raised more than $30,000 for the Lauren Small Children's Medical Center at Dignity Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield. This money is used to buy life-saving medical equipment that helps families stay local rather than making the 100+ mile trip to another city. We'd really like to beat it this year. We can't do streaming games because we're working, but we may stream registration/check in! So exciting! Target Practice: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=233831 (who hasn't quit met his goal yet) Mine: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=209467 tsc fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Nov 5, 2016 |
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Nov 5, 2016 00:20
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Doing this for the second year now. Friend and I gonna start playing through the Dead Space series for 24 hours starting at 8AM PST tomorrow. For donations, we'll be raffling off several Steam games of varying value ($15-$60), with tickets starting at contributions of $10. Page: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=218757 Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/deepfudge
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Our twitch team is live. https://www.twitch.tv/2dcon Right now we are playing some game where an onion king is telling us to feed a giant meatball
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Nov 5, 2016 02:11
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I'm already almost at my goal of $250! Playing bad games chosen by other Goons for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. People are so nice  http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=228883
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Jumping in here to say the gf and I are both doing this again to raise money for Seattle Childrens. My little goal is still $100, but together we are going for $1000. Last year she almost his that herself. We'll be going live at 4am PST Mine: https://www.twitch.tv/redsoarer http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=217353 Hers: https://www.twitch.tv/wittlewittleriri http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=217261 I plan to mostly be doing Civ6, LoL, Overwatch, and Rocksmith 2014 (bass) She will be doing some Dragon Quest Builders, INSIDE, and Overwatch If anyone wants to drop by, even if you don't donate, the support would be appreciated!
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I'm live right now. Going until 9pm tomorrow. https://www.goonstack.win
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