The Speed Gamers Raise Over $26,000 For Charity 65
Levonn Lawrence writes "Moving into day four of seven, The Speed Gamers (TSG) continue to play a Final Fantasy marathon for an unusual reason: charity. The guys at TSG are playing through every main Final Fantasy game, from one to twelve, over a period of seven days in hopes or raising $50,000 for ACT Today (Autism Care and Treatment). The marathon is streamed live for people to watch. ACT is a charity helping to financially support families effected by Autism. The marathon started 6pm CST, Friday, July 17th, 2009 and is going until Friday, July 24th 2009. So far they've raised over $26,000 (not a typo) and they're only 89 hours in."
Re:Neat Idea... (Score:2, Informative)
Someone has beat you to it [mariomarathon.com]. They just raised $29,000 for Child's Play.
Desert Bus (Score:3, Informative)
Don't forget Desert Bus for Hope [desertbus.org] where they raised $70,423.79 in a little over 5 days. As long as you keep paying them (during the pledge drive) they play.
I'm actually much more impressed with this, since it requires constant attention [wikipedia.org] or you veer off the road, and get towed back to your starting point in real time.
Let Pen Jillette explain it! [youtube.com]
Re:Fundraising (Score:4, Informative)
C) there are a lot more people who can run marathons than are competent in carpentry.
I am not competent at carpentry, in the sense that I am completely inexperienced and untrained, yet I was able to do work for habitat for humanity.