The damage caused by Hurricane Harvey in the USA is probably known to everyone through media coverage. The speed runners from Games Done Quick have now collected 227,876 US dollars in donations in a spontaneously organized marathon lasting several days. The money goes to them Houston Food Bank, an organization that has made it its mission to ensure the basic supply of food and everything else necessary for life.
Games Done Quick raises millions of dollars for charity every year
Games Done Quick was previously known for 2 major events in the year Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) mostly in the first or second week of January and Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) in summer.
Computer gamers from all over the world meet for a week and play their favorite games in record time. So if you've always wanted to see how Portal can be created in 17 minutes or Dark Souls in under an hour, you've come to the right place.
The whole event is broadcast live on Twitch and offers special incentives for viewers to donate with prizes and special categories. For example, there are goals like donating $ 5,000 for a specific game and the speedrunner can only use one hand or special levels are demonstrated.
All of this takes place in a very familiar atmosphere, with comments from other players who are familiar with the current game. In the meantime, the event has become so well-known and big that the donations have far exceeded 1 million.
At the beginning of 2017, AGDQ was even able to crack the 2 million mark and collect it 2,222,990 US dollars for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The donations at SGDQ in July went to Doctors Without Borders and amounted to fantastic 1,760,567 US dollars.
So it's really amazing how much good is being done here by the speedrunner community.
The next regular event, AGDQ2018, will take place from January 7th to 14th, 2018. If you want to take a look now, you can watch the videos of the Harvey Relief Done Quick in this Reddit thread. With one click you are then directly at the corresponding Twitch VoD.
In our Article on Summer Games Done Quick is also the link to the overview of the videos.
