Among his reasons, Apollo Legend notes that only about 60% of donations to Prevent Cancer Foundation go into research, while the heads of the organization take a hefty cut. On October 13th, 2016, prominent YouTuber covering Games Done Quick (GDQ) Apollo Legend released a video explaining why he does not support GDQ. Online Relevance ControversiesĪs the event grew more popular, it has drawn criticism for the way it allocates donations and its vague rules and harsh punishments for streamers. The tournament raised over $2.12 million for Doctors Without Borders. Super Mario Bros 3 also was raced, and the race was praised by arstechnica (shown below, right). Ĭeleste was also raced at the event for the first time, and the game's creators appeared to commentate the race (shown below, left). A TAS run of the platforming game Celeste generated headlines from publications covering the event, including IGN. TAS, short for Tool Assisted Speedrun, allows developers to enter a frame-by-frame controller input to run a game to show a run that is theoretically possible but nearly impossible for a human to pull off. One of the most notable runs at the event was done by a program called TASbot. On June 24th, 2018, Summer Games Done Quick began at the DoubleTree Hilton in Minnesota, and ran until July 1st. Kotaku covered a stream of " Resident Evil VII by streamer Carcinogen, praising Carcinogen's hosting ability and pointing out several humorous moments from the gameplay (shown below, right). Deadspin covered streamer Zallard1 beating Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!! simultaneously using one controller (video shown below, left). This led others to host Twitch streams on their accounts so posters could chat freely.ĭuring the event, several speed runs gained media attention. This was done to combat spam problems that had plagued the chat in previous years. During the event, Twitch only allowed subscribers who paid a $5 per month subscription to access the chat feature. The event ran until January 14th, and set a new record for money raised by a Games Done Quick event, raising $2.26 million. On January 7th, 2018, the winter Awesome Games Done Quick event began at the Hilton Washington Dulles. To date, their highest total raised is 2.2 million dollars, which the event raised in January of 2017. The first Summer Games Done Quick was held in August of 2011, and raised $20,000 for the Organisation of Autism Research. The following January, it raised over $50,000 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The first event was held in January of 2010, and earned over $10,000 for CARE.
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