AGDQ 2016 - Speedrunning Marathon for prevent Cancer foundation

[Kage]

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.

 

It's winter of a new year and that means Awesome Games Done Quick is live for 2015 (ok I'm 24 hours late but the lineup was slow except for TASbot).

 

For 2014, AGDQ raised over $1 million dollars for the Prevent Cancer Foundation which primarily raises money to help promote awareness in the public and helps scientists network with each other on their research.

 

You can find the live stream here

https://gamesdonequick.com/

 

They run 24/7 of games non-stop from a large variety of speedrunners. The aim is to run the game fast, through tricks, glitches and whatnot while entertaining the viewer! I'm still in awe of when they first showed that Ocarina of Time glitch that sent young link allll the way to right when the tower is collapsing right before killing Ganon. I'll never get tired of watching people play Punch-out!!! from just audio cues blindfolded. The 4-way races are entertaining as well.

 

This year they have/had games like Donkey kong Tropical Freeze, infamous, Tomb Raider... Metroid, Zelda, Kingdom hearts. Final Fantasy VII~ Not as many JRPGs but I hear it's because more people got bored because they tend to be long runs. Whatever T_T Chrono Trigger Wondershot to $1million so fuck it lol

 

Here is the schedule!

https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule

It's currently an F-Zero run.

 

Here is a 2 hour long highlight reel from the first AGDQ I watched.

[Kage]

It's been a year and I'm a day late in reminding people.

 

AGDQ 2016 is here.

 

Jan 3 - Jan 10

 

If you have any interest in watching speedrunning or what not, check it out.

If you have any interest in video games, check it out.

If you have any interest in video games and charity marathons, check it out.

 

Each year the amount of money raised gets higher and higher.

 

TASBot is going to be on Jan 10

 

Usual Tyson's Punch-out! Blindfolded is in the schedule too.

[Kellach Woods]

This is what I wrote on my workplace's facebook wall.

 

Stuff to watch for that I know will be good due to watching way too much of this :

-Nocashnocash's FF4 no64 any% run : Great representative of the FF4 speedrun community and it closes out AGDQ. Those of you who don't know just how glitchy FF4 can be beyond the Item Duplication glitch will be shown quite a showcase despite it being no64.

 

-Yagamoth's Secret of Mana 1player2controller any% run : Smoothest voice on twitch, hailing from Switzerland, and holds the WR. (He also has a Goof Troop 1p2c any% run earlier in the marathon)

 

- TMR's Lion King any% Hard run :

Okay this is really just to see TMR struggle to not curse on camera as he has a real foul mouth.

 

- PJ/MechaRichter any% Insane Battleblock Theatre co-op run :

They ran 100% last year, but this portion of Team Poor Life Choices is always good for a laugh due to their chemistry. Stamper will be there like last time.

 

- MURPHAGATOR! doing Vendetta any% :

It's a dude speedrunning a brawler we have on the MAME cab in the breakroom. Character bid war means you'll see either of Mike Tyson, Hulk Hogan, Mr. T or Jean-Claude Van Damme.

 

- 4 way Batman race :

Probably gonna be better than Super Metroid anyway. Batman with a gun and better music.

 

- TMR's Battletoads run :

BLINDFOLDED TURBO TUNNEL INCENTIVE. C'mon man.

 

- The Whole Awful Games Done Quick block

I know of at least two (Lagoon and Escape from Atlantis) that are sure to delight with how bad they are and the people who run them being good entertainers. Especially Dragondarch aka the beard in Team Bearded Flex.

 

- zallard1/sinisterwon's Punch-Out!! runs :

Zallard destroys SPO in less than half an hour, then they have a blindfolded race.

 

- Bonus : Gyre's FF1 (Famicom) "run" :

Less a run than a 7 minute glitch. Spoiler : Chaos runs away from you, you win the game.