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Speedrunning Charity Marathon (75 games) (37 comments)

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Posted by ZeriouS @ 20:39 CDT, 27 July 2013 - iMsg

It's over! After a 5 day marathon they received in total US$ 252.930,64 with the live viewer count rising up to around 50000 viewers and being the number one channel on Twitch for a certain period outclassing everyone else.

"Speed Demos Archive, the home to video game speed runs, is proud to present the third annual speed running marathon: Summer Games Done Quick 2013. It is a 5-day online event (from July 25-29th) to raise money for Doctors Without Borders, streamed live for you to watch!"

Among the played games are Doom 64 (The Absolution), Final Fantasy, Metroid, Sonic The Hedgehog, Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda and many more. In front of a live audience. Have you seen the Doom 64 speedrun on Watch Me Die difficulty? The run time was 1:15, check the VOD. It has been watched by ~30000 viewers live.

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Games List (in order of scheduling)

About SDA

About Doctors Without Borders

Donation history

VODs: Speed Demos Archives
Stream: Twitch (Offline)

Edited by Badb0y at 15:40 CDT, 30 July 2013 - 25770 Hits

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<< Comment #1 @ 00:11 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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wow... now this one I LIKE

<< Comment #2 @ 01:44 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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higgs - Reply to #1

I've never understood the appeal/entertainment factor of streams like this... could you explain it maybe D:

<< Comment #3 @ 02:16 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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holy_b33r - Reply to #2

dunno I just like speedruns

<< Comment #16 @ 23:59 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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ZeriouS - Reply to #2

Using exploits, such as strafejumping and other techniques in Quake, but using similar bugs of the game engine in other games. There are so many little details (timing, memorizing,..) that players in that speedrunning community learn in order to set world records, it's incredible that they dedicate so much time into their preferred game. Maybe you could compare it to DeFRaG competitions.

Edited by ZeriouS at 00:02 CDT, 29 July 2013

<< Comment #18 @ 14:23 CDT, 29 July 2013 >>

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skint - Reply to #16

and the fact the players are talking you through the runs and how and what is going on makes them even more worthy of a watch... even if your never going to play the game its still interesting

<< Comment #21 @ 16:40 CDT, 29 July 2013 >>

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ZeriouS - Reply to #18

Absolutely. And sometimes during this event they break and set new world records...

<< Comment #24 @ 03:09 CDT, 30 July 2013 >>

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Le0 - Reply to #16

They also ocasionally get someone from the game's dev team on skype as they speedrun it.
Awesome sauce.

<< Comment #4 @ 03:13 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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mouse*

i fucking love speedruns!!!

<< Comment #5 @ 03:55 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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smari

Not into speedruns but the 100k $ they got so far is very impressive.

<< Comment #10 @ 14:36 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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ZeriouS - Reply to #5

120k and still rising.... impressive indeed!

<< Comment #6 @ 05:20 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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ProT :

Maybe add this stream to the live streams side box, at least during the event?

<< Comment #7 @ 05:37 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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ZeriouS - Reply to #6

Request sent to the admins!

<< Comment #8 @ 11:26 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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cumrag

does the donated money actually go to the charity?

<< Comment #9 @ 14:35 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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ZeriouS - Reply to #8

I think so :)!

<< Comment #11 @ 15:53 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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ProT : - Reply to #8

Seems to be legit: https://twitter.com/MSF_USA/status/360523414395551746

<< Comment #12 @ 17:44 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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cumrag - Reply to #11

ok, but does the charity actually provide aid to those who need it?

<< Comment #13 @ 18:04 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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ProT : - Reply to #12

As far as I know, MSF is a well-known and respected association.

<< Comment #14 @ 18:59 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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megaman3 - Reply to #12

yes. This ie about the 999th time they do it.

<< Comment #15 @ 22:23 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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sober

lol YSG dominating da twitch streamz

YSG > Kappa/FrankerZ

<< Comment #17 @ 12:14 CDT, 29 July 2013 >>

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Badb0y

sometimes i have tears in my eyes how the speedrunners break games. if you want to cry, search metroid prime 2.

<< Comment #19 @ 15:51 CDT, 29 July 2013 >>

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0TT0

You should watch Double Dragon speedrun, one man playing with 2 joypad . :)

<< Comment #20 @ 16:33 CDT, 29 July 2013 >>

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ZeriouS - Reply to #19

wtf, link! Right now it's "Kirby 's Return To Dream Land" runned by.... *drum roll* Kirbymastah

<('.')>
(>'.')>
<('.'<)

<< Comment #22 @ 18:23 CDT, 29 July 2013 >>

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Stopped reading at "Catechumen"

I Disapprove of this thread

<< Comment #23 @ 22:07 CDT, 29 July 2013 >>

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Amazing stream. True dedication.

<< Comment #25 @ 05:17 CDT, 30 July 2013 >>

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TBE

check these out :)

Edited by tbe at 05:46 CDT, 30 July 2013

<< Comment #26 @ 11:03 CDT, 30 July 2013 >>

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pacmanpl '

Hell yeah! Mr. K is Tom Cruise of speedruning :D
He speedruns simcity and makes it great to watch.

Spraying everywhere :3

Edited by pacmanpl at 10:43 CDT, 1 August 2013

<< Comment #34 @ 16:41 CDT, 31 July 2013 >>

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ZeriouS - Reply to #26

Speedrunning Sim City and Maniac Mansion at the same time...... *gasp*

<< Comment #27 @ 11:25 CDT, 30 July 2013 >>

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Lave

are there any actual pc games where they do speedrunning?
all i ever see are those NES or N64 or whatever games D: is there something like the Half-Life1 or Quake quickdone?

<< Comment #28 @ 14:57 CDT, 30 July 2013 >>

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pacmanpl ' - Reply to #27

Of course!
http://speeddemosarchive.com/quake/
SDA community started with quake. I don't know if they speedrun Quake or Half Life on SGDQ but coolkid (world record holder) was at ESA (European Speedster Assembly) that happened ~week ago.
http://europeanspeedsterassembly.com/

Console games are major part of these events but you can always find some PC goodnes.
There aren't many Quake/HalfLife speedrunners unfortunately. Speedrunning these games is pretty damn hard :E

<< Comment #29 @ 15:17 CDT, 30 July 2013 >>

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ZeriouS - Reply to #28

Nooo waaaay, we missed that ESA on ESR :(

<< Comment #31 @ 16:55 CDT, 30 July 2013 >>

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naper ' - Reply to #27

I think at Awesome Games done quick they did a few of the doom games on pc.

<< Comment #30 @ 15:19 CDT, 30 July 2013 >>

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xou

Reminds me of smokey's runs on super metroid before the SDA days...

http://www.samus.co.uk

<< Comment #32 @ 17:30 CDT, 30 July 2013 >>

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Fr0zzen

I thought this is Race

<< Comment #33 @ 10:59 CDT, 31 July 2013 >>

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pacmanpl '

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_d...&t=126
Quake done in 17 minutes.

<< Comment #35 @ 16:48 CDT, 31 July 2013 >>

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melechesh '

250k wtf

<< Comment #36 @ 21:32 CDT, 31 July 2013 >>

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aeoL

This was the highlight of the event

Edited by aeoL at 21:33 CDT, 31 July 2013

<< Comment #37 @ 00:41 CDT, 1 August 2013 >>

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aeoL

Also a wild Jamerio appeared

Edited by aeoL at 00:42 CDT, 1 August 2013

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