Marathon
Description:
In April of
2009,
ExtraLives.org first came online. We promised to regularly broadcast
video gaming Marathons in order to raise money for various charities.
Within the course of a year, we've held five full length Marathons
(plus a round of Minithons!), adding up to hundreds of hours
of gaming and nearly $27,000 raised for various charities.
To honor our
one-year
anniversary, we'll be revisiting our first Marathon-- the Pokemon
Marathon!
Just as was the case a year ago, we'll be split into teams with two
games being played simultaneously (for example, one team plays Gold
while the other plays Silver). The broadcast is formatted as a race
with each team vying to complete their set of games first.
We'll be playing through a bunch of Pokémon games,
including...
- Pokémon Red
- Pokémon Green (lovingly "translated"
from it's original Japanese)
- Pokémon Trading Card Game (on the
Game Boy)
- Pokémon Gold
- Pokémon Silver
- Hey You, Pikachu!
- Pokémon Snap
- Pokémon Ruby
- Pokémon Sapphire
Plus a few bonus games like...
- Assorted bootlegged Pokémon games
- The Pokémon Trading Card Game... with
real cards!
All the
money raised will go to the Free the
Children, a charity that
provides clean water, healthcare, food and education to children in
developing nations!
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Why
Pokémon? Again?
The first Pokémon Marathon still remains our favorite Marathon
and we'd love to revisit it as it lasted a mere 40 hours-- at least 50%
shorter than the average Marathon.
Everyone knows (and maybe even
loves) Pokémon and we all have fond memories growing up with the
games. The games are easy to play and have a lot of different ways they
can be played through.
Plus, we feel it allows for us
to involve the viewers in as many ways as possible including the naming
of our Pokémon and battling against us online.
We
get the chance to battle
you?
Yes! People who donate $20 or more will
have the opportunity to be selected to battle us live online during the
Marathon!
We have set aside at least five timeslots dedicated to battling
via wi-fi. Additional ones may be added. For now, wi-fi battles will
take place after...
- The Pokémon Red and Green race
- The Pokémon Trading Card Game
- The Pokémon Gold and Silver race
- Pokémon Snap
- The Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire race
If you're looking to battle us, be sure to stick around until the ends
of those games. There's no way to tell what times exactly the
battles will occur so check back regularly!
In order to be considered for battling, you must leave us your Friend
Code and the name of the corresponding game. This can be done by
leaving us a ChipIn comment following the donation. This is done
through the following process:
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Once you donate, you
should be redirected to a page that presents you with a few options.
Click the one circled in red to be brought to a page where you can
leave your comment. |
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Once that is done,
leave your comment here. Be sure to include...
- The name of the game the code is for
- The Friend Code itself
One thing to note: Although it may say so, your comment is not publicly
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If you accidentially forget to do this after donating, no worries--
just send me an email at Tim@ExtraLives.org
with the time and date of your donation, as well as the amount and your
Friend Code and we'll be sure to add you.
One last thing! Be sure to add our various Friend Codes before the
battle! These include...
- Tim's SoulSilver: 3094-9573-3776
- Jason's HeartGold: 3352-6351-2265
- American Steve's HeartGold: 3309-7057-0597
Be sure to add the all if you're looking to battle us!
What's
the criteria for completion?
For Pokémon Red and Green, the game is
finished once we've beaten the Elite Four.
Pokémon Gold and Silver are done once Red in Mt. Silver is
defeated.
We consider Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire to be complete once
we defeat the Elite Four.
The Pokémon Trading Card game is done once the four Grand
Masters are beaten.
Pokémon Snap is done once we've taken pictures of all of the
Pokémon.
The voice recognition in Hey You, Pikachu! has been giving us issues
lately and will likely cause problems with completing the
game. As for the various
bootlegged games-- we'll try our best to get as far as we can depending
on the difficulty and stability of the games.
What
system will
you play the games on?
All of the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance Pokémon games will be
played on the GameCube's Game Boy Player. Pokémon Snap and
Hey You Pikachu! will be played on the Nintendo 64.
I
want to watch, but I'll be away. What
do I do?!
Provided there
are no unforeseen
technical issues, we'll be recording the entire Marathon
so you can re-watch
it whenever you'd like!
Is there going to be
a raffle?
Yes! I am in the
process of getting some ExtraLives.org T-shirts printed up to raffle
off. We will be raffling five
of these shirts during the Marathon and one shirt will be reserved for
the highest donor, making a total of six
shirts we're giving away.
But wait, there's more! Marathon regular Hinkles
recently took a trip to Japan and brought back some neat Pokémon items for us to give away to
donors, including a Celebi plushie and two Pokémon books (one of which being an
activity book and the other being about Diamond and Pearl, including a
full Pokédex for all of the Pokémon currently in
existence). A picture of the prize is below:
Unlike the past Marathons, we will not
be raffling off all of the items at once. Instead, we will raffle off a
T-shirt approximately every 12 hours.
The items donated by Hinkles will be the last things to be raffled off to
one lucky winner!
Just like the previous Marathons, every $5 donation counts for one
entry in the raffle. Each $5 entry will enter the donor in every raffle we have throughout the
course of this Marathon. Donations made to battle us online via wi-fi
will
also count for raffle entries.
You didn't have a
banner contest-- how will I get free entries into the raffle?!
Well, throughout the Marathon we'll be having
various trivia contests where the first five people to email the
correct answer to Contest@ExtraLives.org
will receive an entry in the raffle. We'll also hold some fan-art
contests for free raffle entries, so be sure to tune in for more
details!
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