Charity fundraising organisation Games Done Quick has raised a fantastic $3,131,475 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation after hosting its annual AGDQ livestream over the past week.
As fans of the show will know, Awesome Games Done Quick sees super-talented players speedrun their favourite games for charity. The skill levels on display are immense and world records have been known to be broken during the live streams over the years; those watching live on Twitch - and indeed anyone who visits the organisation's website - can donate to the cause during the show.
As always, this year's event featured plenty of great Nintendo games, including the likes of Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Donkey Kong Country 3, Pokémon Sapphire, Cadence of Hyrule, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and plenty more.
You can rewatch the speedruns here if you'd like to see how it all goes down. Alternatively, this 'Finale' video sums up the event and its history rather nicely.
Last year's Awesome Games Done Quick raised a similarly amazing $2.39 million. The next event, Summer Games Done Quick, is due to take place in Bloomington, MN on 21st - 28th June.
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It was a superb event this year, really enjoyed it. I urge everyone to check out the Link to the Past randomiser run on crowd control, it was hilarious. And don't worry if you didn't understand a word of that - like all runs it's really accessible and well explained throughout so give it a go and watch some of the vods.
Edit: For some reason there are hardly any runs uploaded to Youtube yet but if you head on here you can watch all the runs on Twitch: https://gdqvods.com/event/agdq-2020
More like Awesome Games Done Censored. I wonder what speedrunners got banned this year for the most moronic of reasons. A little while back a player was walked out of the building after making fun of the Owen Wilson "Wow" during his run. And another player made fun of a specific airliner due to a bad flight experince, and not only was he walked out but they begged and begged the airliner for forgivness on social media. The funny thing is, the PR for the airliner had no idea what was even going on, they litteraly did not care.
Damn, I didn't realize this was going on, I missed the whole thing!
The Super Mario Maker 2 blind relay race was great! Also I always personally enjoy watching Linkus7 speedrun Zelda Wind Waker
@UntitledBGender ya beat me too it
So many great runs this year. Wish the event didn't have to end
Didn't get to catch much, but that Super Metroid Impossible run was so nuts! Gonna have to go back and watch a few of the runs when I have time.
If you didn't see the 2p1c Blindfolded Punch Out run... you need to.
@holygeez03 Was just about to mention that, needs to be seen to be believed!
That and the Mushihimesama Futari 1.01 Ultra run by Gus was legendary! It may not be his WR, nor not as clean as his Stunfest 2019 run, but some of those dodges and cancels got me at the edge of my seat! And he got to wrap it up with the recital of his 'Guspel' afterwards! The perfect end to his run! For those questioning if it's also a speedrun, yes, there are places where time can be shaved off, mostly in the midbosses and stage bosses, and Larsa's TLB forms, too.
I really liked the Splatoon 2 speedruns Games Done Quick did with TonesBalones -he's pretty entertaining & likable. I at least watched Octo Explantsion more than once. EDIT: Ah, now I remember. I also watched TonesBalones do the the hard final boss/inner agent a bunch of times. I think it took me 100-150(200?) times to beat the inner agent. I kept trying and getting demoralized, and trying again weeks or months later. I got so used to losing that I schmidt my pants when I beat it last summer. That may sound weak or respectable depending on how good you are at Splatoon. I had to have the gold pin.
Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion speedrun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgr5xwn17Q
Splatoon 2 speedrun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyHEEkfCteo
Great event this year, lots of memorable runs. Animorphs, of course, and crowd control LTTP.
@patbacknitro18 Was that the Bonesaw "Blame Canada" Jak and Daxter run? That was hilarious. I hope he didn't get banned for that. "Get my kah keez!"
I was watching when it jumped $300k without explanation.
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