Fallout 3 marathon for charity

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A bunch of guys are going to have a 60-hour marathon play through session of Fallout 3 starting February 17th, with the goal of raising $2000 for Child's Play. Take a look at the website and consider donating.<blockquote>On February 17th, a group of gamers will be playing through the popular video game "Fallout 3" for over sixty hours, all while collecting donations for Child's Play Charity, giving entertainment and more importantly, hope, to those in children's hospitals.

Child's Play (www.childsplaycharity.org) is a charity "dedicated to improving the lives of children in hospitals around the world through the kindness and generosity of the video game community and the power of play". Over almost a decade, it has raised over ten million dollars for those children, donations which Cameron D. Hosner, President & CEO of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, says will "support seriously-ill children in hospitals by distracting them from their illnesses, and help them cope with fear, anxiety, and boredom”.

Over a period of almost two years, this marathon team has raised over two thousand dollars throughout three marathons. We have been able to do this both by showcasing the game and through audience interaction. The viewers of the marathon aren't just viewers, they are participants, and valued members of the team.

The event begins at www.fallout3marathon.com at February 17th at 5:00 PM Pacific, and will stretch on for over sixty hours.</blockquote>
 
Sixty hours of playing? Wow, give these men a medal.

But nevertheless, at least there's one good thing that Fallout 3 did.
 
Guiltyofbeingtrite said:
Cool that it's all teens doing it. I think the longest I've played a game without a break was 5 or 6 hours ,can't imagine 60.
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Oh don't be impressed, within a couple of hours they will ask if they can stop because it gets old really really fast.
 
I've done several 20+ hours of NV but I doubt I could ever do much more than that without my eyes and mind shutting down. Good luck to whoever they are
 
There aren't many quests in FO3. They will probably run out long before 60 hours if they play straight through the questlines. I see a lot of sandbox play happening in their marathon.
 
60 hours straight? Don't have have Koreans dying on their chairs from playing that much?

Seriously, that's pretty cool of them. But I would never play that much. My eyes hurt after 4 or 5 hours, not counting the fact that Fallout 3's world gets dull fairly quickly if you ask me.
 
Guiltyofbeingtrite said:
Cool that it's all teens doing it. I think the longest I've played a game without a break was 5 or 6 hours ,can't imagine 60.
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A BUNCH of guys, they won't have one guy playing for 60 hours nonstop. :roll:

60 hours straight? Don't have have Koreans dying on their chairs from playing that much?

Seriously, that's pretty cool of them. But I would never play that much. My eyes hurt after 4 or 5 hours, not counting the fact that Fallout 3's world gets dull fairly quickly if you ask me.
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Is there a some sort of comprehension deficit virus going on here? A BUNCH of guys, as in, MORE THAN ONE GUY. Jesus. Freaking. Christ.

You can even look them up and it's like 8 dudes :roll:

There aren't many quests in FO3. They will probably run out long before 60 hours if they play straight through the questlines. I see a lot of sandbox play happening in their marathon.
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DLC...
 
For several guys 60 hours isn't really that much. Plus, this isn't the first time they're doing something like this, so they know what they're doing.
Pretty cool. Check out the Sidequests tab on their website.

Best of luck.
 
So...
They're gonna do a Let's Play with several people that play for 60 hours and people are gonna pay to watch them play?
Or?

How exactly does this work? :?
 
Mr Fish said:
So...
They're gonna do a Let's Play with several people that play for 60 hours and people are gonna pay to watch them play?
Or?

How exactly does this work? :?
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It works by being for charity...
 
Mr Fish said:
So...
They're gonna do a Let's Play with several people that play for 60 hours and people are gonna pay to watch them play?
Or?

How exactly does this work? :?
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They don't even have to watch. They just go and play the game, and you donate some cash or something.

As for how it works, I imagine they'll take 4-hour turns, with no one doing back-to-back turns. Like 24 hours of Le Mans racing. This reduces fatigue and the likelihood of "Korean computer cafe syndrome".
 
It's a cool initiative and a charity well worth supporting IMO.

People taking turns playing F3 could prove interesting to watch even if you dislike the game.

Best of luck to them.
 
8 guys . . . 60 hours . . . 2000$.

Doesn't really seem worth it. But. It's an excuse to play a Great Game, I guess.

Have they really only raised 2000$ over three years, or did I read the news post wrong?
 
Hello everyone, I'm the person running this marathon and I can't thank all of you enough for your support.

To answer some questions, we will be playing Fallout 3 for sixty hours straight and streaming the entire thing. We're not all going to take four hour shifts, because that would be a little lame, and we wouldn't have the opportunity to begin to pass out from fatigue. We'll basically just stay up until we pass out, and try to pass out in kind of shifts. It's going to be a crazy and perilous time that will hopefully prove to be fun to watch! :)

"Korean computer cafe syndrome" could come, though nobody has died in previous marathons, so we hope to keep that up. :P

To clarify, we've raised 2,000 dollars over the course of three other gaming marathons, through the past year and a half or so.

As far as time goes, if we run out of things to do we'll start playing the DLC and/or New Vegas. Hell, we could always jump onto Fallout 1 or 2 if we wanted to. There's no lack of content for us to play.

I hope to see you all there this Friday. :D
 
Would someone care to explain my dumb self how playing a game could result in accumulating $2,000 for charity?
 
They play a game, people watch and donate money. Like a Telethon but with gaming. So Gamethon.
 
Why is a game required though?
I suppose to get awarness but, I still don't get it.

If I had money (which I don't) then if I wanted to give some to charity then I'd do so out of the kindness of my heart, not because I want to watch some randoms play a game.

I just don't get the financial situation of certain charity events, sorta like those marathon/running/walkathon charity events.
People... Walk? And they get money to charity?
Is it that they who walk/run donate the money to walk/run?
Why not just dump a load of cash to the charity and "not" run?

I'm sure it's just me but I just don't see why I'd pay charity to watch some randoms play a game. If I wanted to donate to charity then I'd do it because I had the money and because I wanted to, not becaue I want to watch others play a game.

/confusedaboutcharityevents.
 
Mr Fish said:
Why is a game required though?
I suppose to get awarness but, I still don't get it.

If I had money (which I don't) then if I wanted to give some to charity then I'd do so out of the kindness of my heart, not because I want to watch some randoms play a game.

I just don't get the financial situation of certain charity events, sorta like those marathon/running/walkathon charity events.
People... Walk? And they get money to charity?
Is it that they who walk/run donate the money to walk/run?
Why not just dump a load of cash to the charity and "not" run?

I'm sure it's just me but I just don't see why I'd pay charity to watch some randoms play a game. If I wanted to donate to charity then I'd do it because I had the money and because I wanted to, not becaue I want to watch others play a game.

/confusedaboutcharityevents.
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I work in charity fundraising among other things so I'll give my $0.02. It's a gimmick, and it generally works. It raises awareness of the issue and publicizes it, it's been linked to here so that works. That works to get both the potential donors attention and the public at large. It also throws a little competition in it that motivates the fundraiser to try and get even more pledges/donations, as there is sometimes a prize.

I've done it for cycling, 160km/miles and if you get enough people to donate for the cause your entry is free. The benefit to me is that I get to use main roads without worrying about m/any cars and it's fun.
 
I've seen events where people run for charity. Donors pay a given amount of money per mile traversed by the runner. Gimmicks attract attention and it's fun for the participants; competitors and donors alike. This gimmick certainly got our attention.
 
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