So happy and sad right now.
Let me explain. There is this
group called the Speed Gamers, which holds video game marathons for
charity. They play the games, stream
them online, and take donations for different causes. I’ve only seen one marathon completely and that
was the Pokémon Marathon back in 2008.
They collected $5,923.69 for ACT Today, which is a charity for autism.
The last couple of days, the Speed Gamers did another Pokémon
Marathon, also for ACT Today, but with a goal of $50,000. The catching of the Pokémon is fun, and the
earning money for charity is fun, but the most fun part is the community. While some of their members are playing the
games, other members are talking with the fans on chats, or doing crazy things
on the other screen. There are contests,
auctions, raffles, drawings, singing, random goofing off, just everything
awesome. Having fun while giving to a
good cause.
The goal of this marathon was to capture 646 Pokémon, which
they did with about 3 min. to spare. On
the previous day when the donation was getting close to 50,000, Bulbagarden, a
website dedicated to Pokémon, donated 1,000 dollars, pushing the donation to
the goal! The last raffle of the show was an Oshawott doll. People had to donate in the name of one of
the members of the Speed Gamers. The
fans went crazy, donating almost 4,000 dollars just over that doll; bidding
went past the deadline by 1.5 hours. Y3llow
deserved it, he did sing “Call Me Maybe” on a previous day.
As per tradition, the marathon ended with “The Final
Countdown.” The community was just so
awesome. No flame wars, no evil, just
people who had a genuine love of Pokémon and helping charity. It was sad to leave the group, but alas the
event was over. So congratulations to
the Speed Gamers for capturing 646 Pokémon and donating $57,543.50 to ACT
Today, a record for the Speed Gamers.
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| Awesome Job Guys |
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