The Road to Mario Marathon Update 5/29/20
TSG Generations begins! May 1-???
Zelda Delayed but other events to come!
Last week we decided to delay our week long summer marathon “Zelda Hyrule vs Lorule 3” until Summer 2021. Our marathons rely heavily on travel and being in spaces with many people that not only include TSG members but also hotel attendees and staff. For everyone’s safety and financial situation we want to give our attendees time to cancel their flights and arrangements.
HOWEVER, it’s not all bad news! We will be doing a 72 hour Mario Marathon from July 17-20. This event will function similarly to our marathons from 2008-2010 where we will have local volunteers play and commentate as well as volunteers who will play and commentate remotely.
In addition to this event we will be hosting another marathon that begins on May 1st called “TSG Generations”. This marathon will focus more on remote play, highlighting our staff and community members. We will create a schedule in blocks based on what generation the games came out. The first generations of video games will be scheduled at the beginning of the week, progressing to the more modern games to close out the marathon. The length of the event will depend on the amount of volunteers we get. One of our goals is to relay the stream continuously for as long as we can.
The TSG Generations and the Mario Marathon will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. All of our events can be viewed on twitch.tv/thespeedgamers . Stay safe and see you all in the chat! TSG.tv
Zelda MArathon July 17-23 2020 for St. Jude
We will be hosting Zelda: Hyrule vs Lorule 3 starting on Friday July 17 at 6pm central and going for over 145 hours until Thursday July 23. You will be able to watch and chat with us live on twitch.tv/thespeedgamers as we raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We are currently preparing a lot of different antics and prizes to try to push us on our quest to reach $1,000,000 raised for charity. We are currently over $850,000. In between our marathons be sure to hang out with us in our discord, discord.gg/tsg or stay up to date will all things TSG on our twitter, twitter.com/thespeedgamers . SEE YOU IN THE CHAT!!!
Retro Pokemon Marathon for St.Jude December 13-17
Our next event is our Retro Pokemon Marathon for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We will be streaming for 96 hours attempting to catch all of the first 3 generations of Pokemon. Come watch and chat starting Friday December 13th at 5pm CT .
Zelda Marathon for St. Jude is LIVE!
Our 2019 The Legend of Zelda Marathon: Hyrule vs. Lorule II is now LIVE! Tune in through Friday, July 19 at http://twitch.tv/thespeedgamers and donate directly to St. Jude at http://tsg.tv/donate!
Hyrule VS Lorule 2 Benefiting St. Jude (July 12-19)
Ya’ll, oh do WE have a marathon for you! This summer (July 12-19) we will be playing through just about every Zelda known to man to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The format will be a follow up to our 2016 Summer marathon, Hyrule vs Lorule. For this event we split our group up in to two teams, Hyrule and Lorule. Through the gameplay players will be able to earn points for their team. At the end of the week, we will crown a champion to the team with the most points. You will be able to view the entire event on twitch.tv/thespeedgamers
We will be posting more details about the point system and how viewers can tilt the bout for their team. We have so much planned for this event and I cannot wait for you all to see it!! Until then, take a look back at our original Hyrule vs Lorule marathon with this retrospective done by Jasef:
Our Nintendo All-Stars Marathon for St. Jude is LIVE!
Check it out through Monday, December 17! If we reach $8,000 by Monday at 6pm CT, we’ll extend the marathon a full 24 hours!
Soulsborne Complete, Nintendo All-Stars For St. Jude December 14-17 is Next!
Last night we wrapped up our Soulsborne marathon benefiting Direct Relief. Our fall event continues to grow. In fall of 2016 we raised $4,500, 2017 $7,000 and this year $8,300! Thank you to everyone who contributed, from the viewers to the volunteers on site. A special thank you to Kampy and MC from Zeldathon/Direct Relief who assisted in making the event so successful. During Soulsborne we also debuted our new mascot/logo Molasses designed by Space Coyote. Overall a very memorable event with new faces, stunts, and more to look forward too.
Up next we have Nintendo All-Stars benefiting St. Jude Chidren’s Research Hospital December 14-17 2018 on twitch.tv/thespeedgamers. More details will be coming soon. Be sure to keep up with everything TSG by watching “TSG After Dark” every other Monday at midnight on our twitch page. Next episode is on Monday October 22. See you in the chat!
