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January 27, 2021 11:00 AM EST
AGDQ 2021 wasn t the first online GDQ event and it certainly won t be the last, and it s showed how the events are adapting to the Covid era.
The gaming community is full of yearly celebrations. E3 is a celebration of gaming, as is the annual The Game Awards. But whereas these events are self-congratulatory, one series of events instead looks outwards. Games Done Quick, otherwise known as GDQ, is an organization that regularly hosts gaming marathons. Donations are open during the course of these marathons, with every cent going towards one charity or another. But like everything else in today’s world, Games Done Quick events have had to change to fit the Covid-19 era.
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Throughout each year, Games Done Quick holds speedrunning marathons to raise money for different charities. The latest of those events was Awesome Games Done Quick 2021, which ran 24 hours a day for a week from January 3. The result is they’ve managed to raise over $2.75 million for Prevent Cancer Foundation.
A total of 157 speedruns took place during the event. Between them, they managed to raise a total of $2,775,484.03 from 42,103 donors at the time of writing. People are still able to donate to the event if they choose; over $16,000 has been donated over the last 24 hours alone. The grateful recipient, Prevent Cancer Foundation, will be using the money to help people to get cancer diagnoses as early as possible, with the aim being to prevent the disease before it even starts.