Extra Life 2014

Soldato
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Hey,

Just like a couple of years ago I am taking part in Extra Life again this year! Last time out there was a lot of backlash which I'm hoping will be somewhat more restrained this time....

Anyway what I'm doing is playing a game for 25 hours straight over the weekend of the 25/26th October (yes the weekend the clocks go back :p) in an effort to raise money for sick children. However there is a slight catch with the fundraising this year - due to legal difficulties money can only be raised in support of hospitals in the US & Canada which I know will put some people off.

That said I have selected a hospital that does excellent work for sick children internationally so all is not lost!

I'll be playing Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel in what I had hoped to be 4 player co-op but sadly I only have 1 teammate at this time. To make it even more fun I won't be starting the game until the weekend of this challenge so other than a few hilarious trailers I'll be going in blind!

Currently my only teammate is Dedwoods42 whom I have been co-op'ing BL2 with in some sort of thinly veiled 'practice' so as of now there are 2 slots open (if anyone wants to join) or they will be left open for random drop in players!

Right now (and the purpose of this thread) is to attempt to get some donations for this quite simply stupid challenge as currently I'm sitting at a measly 3% of my goal. If you're feeling generous you can donate here:

Click Here to Donate

Additionally I shall be emptying out my Steam inventory and supply of game codes as a form of bribery - a list will be posted when I've worked out exactly what I've got to get rid of! :D

Thank you :)
 
Sounds a good cause, I would love the join a 25 hour session, but I have to work when the clocks change to bring the systems down & back up when the clocks sort out! :(

Good luck on your target.
 
I could possibly be free for 25 hours over that weekend, is it ok if i drop you a message via trust to discuss it?
 
Think I've played more Archeage than that on the two weekends since its release haha.

Sounds like good fun for a good cause though, best of luck on fund raising :)
 
I could possibly be free for 25 hours over that weekend, is it ok if i drop you a message via trust to discuss it?

By all means! The more the merrier! :)

Think I've played more Archeage than that on the two weekends since its release haha.

Sounds like good fun for a good cause though, best of luck on fund raising :)

Oh I know it's not long but this is ideally being done in 1 session. Without sleep :p
 
Hooray! Another couple of sponsors :D Finally starting to get the ball rolling :)

I have a few things in my Steam inventory to give away with more to come later as well:

1 x Borderlands 2 GOTY
3 x Contagion
3 x Payday 2

I finish work tomorrow at 5pm, how about the lowest unique donation gets a free game from the list above? :D

GO! :D
 
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Also - big news. The contents of my Steam inventory will also be emptied during the stream (it's a bit pitiful) but also I will be giving away a bigger prize...
Every donation of $10 or more will enter you into a raffle to win a SteelSeries 9H - a review sample that I have no use for. It probably won't come with the little external sound card as I have no idea what I've done with that - but it's still £100's worth of headset, just waiting to be won... Names will be drawn from a hat live on the stream and I'll post it to the winner the following week!
Get donating people ;-) http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=105342
 
Just 11 hours until this starts and sitting just shy of the $200 dollar raised mark! Even just 5 dollars would help!

Oh and I might have accidentally bought some games that need to be given away....:D
 
Aaaaaaaaaaand done! :D Finished with a big ol BUTTSLAM straight into the LAVA! :D

25 hours done (in a row!), some sketchy play from 3 - 5am but we persevered! :)

I even managed to hit my goal :D
 
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