https://www.hospitalshelpingkids.org/ExtraLife/
I was considering participating in this, and then got to thinking about what I'd like to play. In the spirit of things like DesertBus, I prefer the idea of playing a single game for the full 24 hours. Thinking about a game that'd be interesting not only to play but for people to watch I came to...Minecraft!
But I got to thinking about taking it one step further...how about multiplayer! And thus I come to you my fellow Escapists. Anyone up for a 6-12 person 24-hour streaming Minecraft game? I think it'd be a lot of fun and gimmicky enough to get us a handful of sponsors! It'd be a great experiment to see what a small group of people can accomplish in that game in one day, and a chat room of watchers would guarantee no running low on ideas of things to build.
Or maybe some people would like to set up some teams for some other games? Just thinking out loud here, looking to foster some ideas for the event.
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Edit: I've given up on the Escapist Forums since I find the mods here to be complete jerks and . I recommend anyone interested to seek out the highly more organized CheapAssGamer Extra Life Group [http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=272690].
Escapist Extra Life group anyone? (I'm hoping there's not a topic or group on this that I'm missing)Extra Life is an annual 24-hour video game marathon that raises money to help heal sick kids at your local children's hospital. This year's event begins at 8:00am in your local time zone on October 16th, 2010. Each of our participants is currently raising money by recruiting at least 4 sponsors to give $1.00 for each hour of the marathon (that's $24.00 per sponsor).
I was considering participating in this, and then got to thinking about what I'd like to play. In the spirit of things like DesertBus, I prefer the idea of playing a single game for the full 24 hours. Thinking about a game that'd be interesting not only to play but for people to watch I came to...Minecraft!
But I got to thinking about taking it one step further...how about multiplayer! And thus I come to you my fellow Escapists. Anyone up for a 6-12 person 24-hour streaming Minecraft game? I think it'd be a lot of fun and gimmicky enough to get us a handful of sponsors! It'd be a great experiment to see what a small group of people can accomplish in that game in one day, and a chat room of watchers would guarantee no running low on ideas of things to build.
Or maybe some people would like to set up some teams for some other games? Just thinking out loud here, looking to foster some ideas for the event.
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Edit: I've given up on the Escapist Forums since I find the mods here to be complete jerks and . I recommend anyone interested to seek out the highly more organized CheapAssGamer Extra Life Group [http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=272690].