Extra Life 2022 is "next" weekend!

It's that time of year again! Extra Life is right around the corner and I'm once again participating. Instead of running solo this year I've partnered up with Louis, aka Esefine, for some more variety instead of just having my face on the screen for a total of 24 hours.

Here is a link to our team page of Fast Good to Go!

Note that... friends, whether or not you're around the Dungeons & Dragons table... never let you forget the dumb things you have said when tired. That was my epic naming for a Star Destroyer... like I said, I was tired!

So what is Extra Life?

Extra Life is a fundraising program of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®. The Extra Life community fundraises year-round to Change Kids’ Health to Change the Future. Donations go to member children’s hospitals to fund critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services, along with innovative research, vital pediatric medical equipment, and child life services.

Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised over $100 million USD to Change Kids' Health to Change the Future. Right now, children's hospitals need YOUR support.

Why am I doing Extra Life?

I do Extra Life because I've had friends and family that have needed the services that the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals provide. So if I can help raise even a little bit in order to help these services to continue to help friends, family and their friends and families? Being that we spend our time gaming? It's a small ask.

What are we playing?

This took a while to figure out. What game could we play and not get bored of... That was the question. Our opening for the year was Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, and we had a blast. Finally, a Soulslike that had multiplayer that didn't boot out either player if they died and even allowed you to bring them back if they lost all their health!

Also happy to see that feature was brought over to the upcoming Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty also from Team Ninja.

Following that, I went and played a good twelve hours as a follow up event with Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Asking people to donate right before the holidays can be a tough ask, so with that in mind, I try to have a few streams over the course of the year to help with that! I also make a donation with every stream. I will not ask people to do what I myself won't.

This brings us to next weekend where Louis and I are going to try for the actual 24 hours in one go. I normally split it in half or try to go as long as possible and then finish up the next day. With that in mind, we are going to go for gold. This year we are playing:

●     Gears of War

●     Gears of War 2

●     Gears of War 3

●     and maybe, if we haven't met the 24 hour mark by that point, Gears of War Judgement!

So what is this post really about?

This post is about supporting your Extra Life players! Support isn't just about donating, it's also about stopping by their streams to say hello, sending them an encouraging message that they've got this, or bringing them a cauldron of coffee because they are going to need it.

And finally? It's about thanking both Louis who's gaming with me this year, Robert who's always there for me as my moderator, and the rest of the team that stops by to say hi. It's all really appreciated.

That's it, T-Minus 1 week to go until game day!

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Cloud Imperium Games Will Meet Rival CCP at "Battle of the Bricks" To Fundraise for Extra Life!

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, and LOS ANGELES – July 13, 2022 – Cloud Imperium Games will soon meet their interstellar rival, CCP, at the CIG studio for the "Battle of the Bricks," a fundraising event for Extra Life, a charity supporting Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. Battle of the Bricks tasks each team with hand-building replicas of popular ships from sci-fi spacefaring MMOs, EVE Online and Star Citizen, while completing difficult challenges. Tune in to Star Citizen’s Twitch channel at 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific on Friday, July 22 to watch CCP and Cloud Imperium Games build ships while eating the world’s hottest chili peppers, revealing embarrassing photos, and more. The fundraiser will remain open until December 31, 2022.

CCP and Cloud Imperium Games are accepting donations today on the Battle of the Bricks fundraiser page here: Tiltify - Battle of the Bricks.

Throughout June 2022, EVE Online and Star Citizen players submitted digital recreations of their favorite spacecraft to be considered for the charity live stream event. The teams received countless creative submissions, with EVE Online’s Primae and Star Citizen’s Banu Merchantman being selected by a panel of community judges as the winners for the build-off.

“When Cloud Imperium Games challenged us on Twitter to a spaceship build-off back in December, we gladly took them up on it,” said Rafn Herlufsen, Director of Player Experience and Community at CCP Games. “CCP Games and Cloud Imperium Games are friendly rivals, but they are similar in that each has a dedicated community of intrepid space pioneers. Tune in to the live stream event on July 22nd to cheer on your team and help us fundraise for a good cause.”

“We knew our friends at CCP would answer the call to the Battle of the Bricks, and we're excited to bring our amazing communities together for this fantastic fundraising event for Extra Life,” said Tyler Witkin, Director of Community at Cloud Imperium Games. “It has been inspiring to see our separate universes join forces to rally around such a wonderful cause and celebrate the creativity and passion on display in the space game genre that we all share. We hope everyone joins us live for the final challenge on the 22nd.”

“We're thrilled that CCP Games and Cloud Imperium Games are going to be supporting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals through Extra Life,” said Adam Schifani, Senior Manager of Community Experience at CMN Hospitals. “We are grateful to both the EVE Online and Star Citizen communities for their generosity and passion!”

As various donation milestones are met during the stream, CCP and Cloud Imperium Games will spin a wheel to determine the activity both teams must attempt. Activities for the stream range from wholesome to zany, including EVE Online or Star Citizen in-game ship giveaways, trying rotten shark, eating mystery-flavored jelly beans, and much more. The full list of activities that the teams could be tasked with attempting will be revealed during the live stream event on July 22, 2022.

EVE Online can be downloaded for free by visiting www.eveonline.com. For all the latest information about the game, please visit EVE News. 

For further information, including how to download and play Star Citizen, visit the official website. Enlist today and join this ever-expanding universe by visiting the game’s Welcome Hub and Guide System for tips on how to play.

About EVE Online®

EVE Online (PC/Mac) is a compelling, community-driven sci-fi MMO game where players can build and pilot a wide variety of spaceships, traversing vast solar systems for free and choosing their own path from countless options, experiencing space exploration, immense PvP, and PvE battles, mining, industry and a sophisticated player economy in an ever-expanding sandbox. EVE is a captivating game in which hundreds of thousands of players compete for riches, power, glory, and adventure, forging their own destinies in a single thriving universe.

Article by: Susan N.

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One Gamer Fund Unites Game Industry Charities

Good Saturday afternoon everyone!

We all do a lot of gaming around here. I mean, it's what we do. The reasons behind this gaming are not always the same however as that what makes us different. Some do it for fun, some do it for the competition, some do it to relax and some do it to help others.

Rémi and I fall under each of the above and thanks to him a few years back I joined up with the yearly Extra Life where thousands of players around the world play in a 24-hour fundraising and gaming marathon to support Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. So when the wonderful people at Stride PR reached out to us about the new One Gamer Fund going on this weekend, we had to share it.

Find out all the details below and happy gaming!

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Fundraiser this Weekend to Support AbleGamers, Child's Play, Games for Change, Global Game Jam, IGDA Foundation, Stack-Up, Take This
 
One Gamer Fund, a newly unveiled initiative committed to supporting AbleGamers, Child's Play, Games for Change, Global Game Jam, IGDA Foundation, Stack-Up and Take This, will unite gamers and game developers this weekend in the name of fun, contributing to seven of the most impactful gaming charities in the world.

One Gamer Fund will raise funds and share the proceeds amongst the supported organizations, benefiting a large community of gamers and game developers through the excellent work of these charities.

Gamers who want to support One Gamer Fund can:

• Purchase a game or bundle published by Good Shepherd Entertainment on Steam this weekend. Fifty percent of Good Shepherd's proceeds from the sale of these titles will go to One Gamer Fund.
• Tune into Twitch, where streamers raising money for One Gamer Fund will be featured on the front page all weekend long.
• Stream on Twitch and use Tiltify to collect donations and get your stream promoted on One Gamer Fund's social media channels.
• Dress to the nines in a One Gamer Fund shirt, available for purchase for $12.00 at The Yetee.
• Give directly via OneGamerFund.org or send donations via PayPal to onegamerfund@igdafoundation.org.
• Become a corporate sponsor by emailing Seven Siegel.

"Gamers are among the most generous humans on earth, raising millions of dollars a year for charity," said Russ Pitts, co-founder and president of Take This. "One Gamer Fund is a logical and long-overdue next step in harnessing the bottomless heart of the gamer community. Seven charities combined into a Voltron of altruism. And we're honored to be a part."

"Millions of gamers have already contributed to the individual charities One Gamer Fund supports because each of their causes are so meaningful," says Seven Siegel, co-founder, One Gamer Fund. "With One Gamer Fund, it's never been easier to help some of the most distinguished gaming charities all at once."
For more information, please visit the official website or follow One Gamer Fund on Twitter.

Article by Pierre-Yves

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Extra Life 2015

Hi everyone!

So for something a little bit different, I want to bring attention to something that I've only heard about over the past couple of years. 

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