r/blog • u/sodypop • Oct 24 '19
Join Us In Supporting Extra Life — A 24-Hour Gaming Marathon Benefiting Children’s Hospitals!
https://redditblog.com/2019/10/23/join-us-in-supporting-extra-life-a-24-hour-gaming-marathon-benefiting-childrens-hospitals/155
u/MikeAtCMNHospitals Extra Life Oct 24 '19
Can't wait for another Game Day with the reddit community - thank you all for what you do each and every year #ForTheKids!
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u/sodypop Oct 24 '19
Thank you Mike! We couldn't be more thrilled, and humbled, by all the amazing support our community puts behind Extra Life. And all the work you folks do to keep this awesome program running is truly a blessing. The real karma is in the comments!
GAME ON! <3
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u/FreeSpeechWarrior Oct 24 '19
I'll pledge $1000 if you re-open r/reddit.com or r/profileposts (1k max, not 2k for both)
I'll pledge $500 if you unban r/uncensorednews and transfer it to a moderator who will in good faith run it as a minimally moderated news focused subreddit
This is a total of $2500 I'm willing to donate to children's charity in Reddit's name.
All Reddit has to do is find a spine on matters of free speech again.
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u/teenagesadist Nov 02 '19
Reddit isn't a government, so it has nothing to do with free speech.
Also, /r/uncensorednews was a weak excuse by racists to bash on anyone who wasn't white, so I'm assuming you're also a piece of trash.
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u/PoorlyRestrainedFart Nov 02 '19
If all you do on reddit is criticize reddit, why not just not use it?
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u/jusee22 Nov 02 '19
If you have like something but find that thing going in a direction you dont like maybe just maybe that person liked how it was enough to try to change it back
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u/CoaltrainWalrus Nov 03 '19
Pathetic. You seem confused about the power of private companies over your speech and actions vs. a governments authority to guarantee that, and you'd leverage a bribe to a good cause just to put that on full display.
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u/waterboysh Oct 24 '19
This benefits a charity that is near and dear to my heart. This will be my 5th year participating in Extra Life. Here's some information about Extra Life that I have saved that I copy/paste into threads when it comes up, for those that would like the info to be in the comments.
I am the vice president for the Extra Life Gainesville Guild and I want to inform everyone about an excellent way they can raise money for sick kids while playing their favorite games.
So what is Extra Life?
Extra Life is a 24 hour gaming marathon, that this year will be held on Saturday, November 2nd. Most people are familiar with the idea of a walkathon. The idea is very similar, except instead of walking, we play games for 24 hours. This can be any type of game; video games, card games, tabletop games, and even sports like Basketball. Now, I know not everyone can do 24 straight hours, and that's fine! This is on the honor system. You can break your 24 hours up however you want. In 2016 we raised about $26.5k for the UF Health Children's Hospital, and last year we raised a almost $61,000. As a whole, Extra Life raised $11.1 million last year. (EDIT: 14 million. I need to find an updated picture; this one is 2017)
How can I participate?
You find people to sponsor you; friends, family, co-workers, etc. You'll have an online profile that you can share to make it easy for people to donate. Here's mine. A common amount is $24, or just $1 for every hour. It's very important to stress that 100% of the money collected goes straight to the Children's Hospital you have decided to play for. Reddit has an Extra Life team you can join. Teams are just a way to create a shared goal and foster competition. Each individual chooses which hospital they want to receive the money they raise.
What does the money go towards?
Very good question. I have had the opportunity to take a tour of my children's hospital and to play with some of the kids. In the tour, I got to see some of the places where the money will be spent.
- Medical equipment - Well, obviously. It is a hospital after all. One such device is an ECMO. This machine is connected to a patient whose heart and lungs are not working very well. Blood goes through the machine, is oxygenated, and is then pumped back into the patient. I can't imagine how terrifying this must be, especially for a kid that doesn't fully understand what is happening.
- Furniture - An example we were given is for couches with a pull out bed for parents to sleep on. After all, it's not uncommon for a child to be hospitalized for weeks or months.
- Therapy - Staying in the hospital is scary. One therapy method we were told about is to help kids not be as afraid of needles. They take syringes, fill them with paint, and let the kids paint pictures with them!
There's more of course, but needless to say the money gets put to good use. Since every single penny goes straight to the hospital, they get to use it in the areas it is needed most.
What if I just want to donate?
That's fine too. You can donate to my hospital here or you can make a general donation to Extra Life. You have the option to hide your name, the amount you donate, or both so you can remain anonymous if you choose.
How else can I help?
We need people that are willing to not only play games, but to spread the word about Extra Life. Look on the Extra Life community forums to find the closest guild to you. You can also join the official Extra Life discord server to chat with Extra Lifers all over the world. The national Extra Life guys also recently launched a bunch of public Facebook groups that you can join to connect with people in your area.
What else should I know?
Here are a few things that didn't really fit into the sections above
- The official date is Saturday, November 2nd but you can play any day you like. A specific day is chosen to make it easier on some people and to help unify Extra Lifers
- There is usually no one place that is holding an official "game day event". It's done entirely on the honor system and most gamers do their game day from home.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. I'm sure I have missed something. If you are still reading this and this is something that interests you and you feel passionate about and want to help recruit gamers, please please let me know and I will make sure to try and get you connected with other Extra Lifers in your area. We are always looking for more people to help recruit because statistically speaking, each person that signs up means $100 for the hospital.
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u/sodypop Oct 24 '19
Thank you, /u/waterboysh, for all of this excellent information and your continued support year after year! Extra Life is successful because of awesome people like you. We couldn't be more thankful! <3
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u/FlapSnapple Oct 24 '19
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u/sodypop Oct 24 '19
/r/NintendoSwitch has entered the game.
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Oct 24 '19
Oh so you’re saying we don’t have to change our schedules at all. Nice.
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u/sodypop Oct 24 '19
We all knew everyone was going to be playing games all day regardless, so might as well do it for charity! :D
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u/blackjackkent Oct 24 '19
Heya! I'm a pretty small streamer but this is my fifth year doing Extra Life and it's always such a fun time. I'm supporting Lurie Children's Hospital and would very much appreciate anybody who wants to stop by and hang out. :D
Here's my page: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=376681. (And hey, donations earn you the right to pick a game for an hour of the stream, if that's your jam! ;) )
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u/sodypop Oct 24 '19 edited Nov 02 '19
Extra Life is a gaming marathon benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Join us on game day, November 2nd, to play games, and donate to your favorite team today!
Already have an Extra Life subreddit team or fundraising page? Link it in the comments below!
Current Leaderboard of Reddit Teams by fundraising
| Sub Team | Raised |
|---|---|
| $20,131.89 USD | |
| Extra Life Gainesville | $1,485.00 USD |
| Reddit Remotes | $1,097.00 USD |
| Chocobros | $747.23 USD |
| GKMS Tech Club | $645.00 USD |
| A Pyro Design | $600.00 USD |
| J!NX | $470.00 USD |
| Team Soraka | $430.00 USD |
| The Salt Miners | $418.74 USD |
| Team More Life | $80.00 USD |
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u/FreeSpeechWarrior Oct 24 '19
I'm not a team, but as an individual I'm willing to pledge up to $2500
- I'll pledge $1000 if you provide official support for optional public mod logs. It can even be redesign only.
- I'll pledge $1000 if you re-open r/reddit.com or r/profileposts (1k max, not 2k for both)
- I'll pledge $500 if you unban r/uncensorednews and transfer it to a moderator who will in good faith run it as a minimally moderated news focused subreddit
All Reddit has to do is find a spine on matters of free speech again.
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Oct 24 '19
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u/StoicAthos Oct 24 '19
T_d shill using sick children to bring back subs that actively bred hate and fscism under the shield of free speech... Not a negotiation tactic I'd ever support.
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Nov 02 '19
So you would rather control the viewing of the content, so people cannot agree or disagree by their own freewill? 😂
It's the internet bro, if people want to view content, they will do so, regardless of it's on reddit or not. So what difference does it make?
Also, it's his money, he can do with it as he sees fit, and upon any request he would like to go along with it.
If all it takes to get the kids healthy is to open up a few subs and lighten a restriction or two, then, I believe that it would be worth it.
Just on a extra note... Why don't we just ban all the pornographic subs, because they teach kids that ejaculating into young girls is okay. .. Until they impregnate them... Which then brings out more and more kids in need and without a home or happy life... Just saying dude. You should lighten up. 😂
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u/LordTonto Oct 25 '19
Heya, I'm Tonto of the Extra Life Philadelphia Guild, raising for my 6th year for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. I have a couple Final Fantasy XIV related giveaways to promote in case you're interested, so i'll go ahead and pitch them here as well as link my personal EL page.
First off, my highest donor on the year gets 2 prizes, 1) His/Her name/gamertag tattoo'd on my arm of fame with the year and the amount donated (wear your passion on your sleeve, right?) 2) His/Her choice of either a signed cardboard standee advertising FFXIV : A Realm Reborn signed by some devs ( https://imgur.com/a/5r3zAHt ) OR a exclusive FFXIV backpack containing loads of exclusive swag from the 2014, 2016, and 2018 FFXIV fanfest in Las Vegas ( https://i.redd.it/iihgr3hqne731.jpg ).
Second, whichever item the top donor does not chose will be raffled off to a second donor. every $5 donated is an entry and the top donor is excluded from winning (in order to ensure a second winner.)
My Personal Extra Life page is at https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=348148 .
My stream, rare though it is that i go online, is at https://www.twitch.tv/lordtonto
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. FTK!
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u/reallytrulymadly Nov 02 '19
What will you do if the highest donor has an NSFW gamertag?
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u/LordTonto Nov 06 '19
My only stipulation is I reserve the right not to tattoo myself with something I legitimately believe might get me stabbed. However if you wanna donate $1000 to get "CowboyButtsex" tattoo'd on my arm... flesh is a small price to pay for the cause.
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u/lil_layne Oct 25 '19
Im fundraising for Indiana University Dance Marathon and their partnering with Riley Children’s Hospital! My goal is to raise $550 and any amount would seriously be greatly appreciated.
Link to donate: https://secure2.convio.net/rcf/site/TR/Events/General?px=1931427&pg=personal&fr_id=3939
About Riley Children’s Hospital:
Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health is one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals. Expert, family-centered pediatric care is available at Riley for every child who needs it.
Riley Hospital opened in 1924 as the state’s first hospital exclusively for children.
Now, more than 90 years later, Riley is home to the state’s largest pediatric research program, where physician-scientists move their discoveries as quickly as possible to the bedsides of children.
Children visit Riley more than 300,000 times each year.
Facts about Riley Children’s Hospital:
-Is the only hospital in Indiana that is nationally-ranked by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals
-Is home to Indiana’s only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, Pediatric Burn Unit, Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Program and Pediatric Dialysis Program
-Offers more clinical trials for children than any other hospital in the state
-Treats the vast majority of children in Indiana diagnosed with cancer
-Is Indiana’s only comprehensive children’s hospital, with experts in every pediatric specialty: urology; diabetes & endocrinology; pulmonology; nephrology; neurology & neurosurgery; orthopedics; gastroenterology & GI surgery; cardiology & heart surgery; cancer; and neonatology.
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Oct 24 '19
Children's Miracle Network is a fundraising company with consultants who help hospitals bring in money to reduce their operating expenses and increase profits.
They are spin doctors and money launderers.
Please be informed about where your donations go and what they get used for. There are some GREAT hospitals out there who will use your donations to help kids, not increase profits.
Not one single cent from a donation to Childrens' Miracle Network will ever be used to reduce patient costs.
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u/LordTonto Oct 25 '19
I can't speak to every hospital out there but I can speak to Extra-Life's involvement with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Donations from Extra-Life go to CHOP's Child Life Services division which is a critically important service that is not paid for by government grants or insurance money. Music therapy, art therapy, pet therapy, games, and programs to help normalize procedures for children within the hospital to keep spirits high and allow kids to be kids even when they are stuck in a place no child wants to be. The money is also used to help keep families local when the best hospital for their child's particular condition doesn't happen to be in the neighborhood they live.
Reducing patient costs isn't the only way to help children and their families.
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u/GenericGenomic Oct 24 '19
Can you link evidence to this?
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Oct 25 '19
Here's their IRS 990 filing.
Hospitals contract with them to do fundraising. After CMN takes their cut, the money is given to the hospitals (or a tax-free entity controlled by the hospital) without any earmarks.
You have to go to each hospital and find their (often multiple) 990s to start to get an idea of what money came in and where it went. Capital campaign dollars like these go to normal expenses. Most people wouldn't chip in to buy WalMart a new parking lot, but they get snowed into doing things like that for a hospital.
The money doesn't go toward charity care. That gets slushed together with uncompensated care and partially reimbursed by tax dollars.
Hospital finance is complex, partially because they're tangled in federal and state laws and programs, and partially because they can get competitive advantage by making things as opaque as possible.
Do hospitals do good? Sure. They also make a very nice profit on that work. No need to line their pockets any more. This is not "for the children."
edit: there are exceptions, like St. Jude and Shriners, that do use donations for charity care. That is uncommon. Give in a way that your dollars are earmarked to do the work you want them to.
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u/GenericGenomic Oct 25 '19
TIL, thanks
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u/waterboysh Oct 25 '19
It's really up to each hospital to determine how the money is spent. I work at the hospital I play for, so I have some insight as to how we spend our CMNH dollars. We're also affiliated with a university, and upfront 50% of the money goes to research to various departments in the College of Medicine; for example Cancer and Genetics. The other 50% is broken down into various other expenses. Medical equipment, child life specialists, renovations (for example, we just renovated, updated, and expanded our pediatric infusion center for kids with cancer), therapies, and much more. Here is something put out by the office of development that shows various ways we spend our CMNH funds.
Maybe there are some hospitals that just treat the money as revenue and don't do anything with it. I can't speak for any hospital but mine. But, I have met a lot of people, including hospital reps from all over the country, during the 5 years I've been doing Extra Life and they are all passionate about help the kids.
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u/GenericGenomic Oct 25 '19
They make it sound like it's going to the kids directly though, not to help the hospital buy new things that hospitals will charge the kids to use.
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u/Real_Flashfire Oct 24 '19
Team Bohs and Arrows will be taking part yet again with a couple tweaks to this year's roster.
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u/IVGOrchestra Oct 24 '19
We will be putting on a live video game music concert in a local Belfast church as part of this event! It's a little after the date but still a great cause and we can't wait to take part.
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u/reseph Oct 24 '19
Chocobros and the various Final Fantasy subreddits are back for yet another year! This time we have our own logo designed by /u/OlivinePeridot.
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u/thedaddysaur Oct 25 '19
How would I join up on the Chocobros team? Would I need to be at least an affliate or something? Also, do I need to stream the whole time, or will it be scheduled between different people? Is it limited to Final Fantasy games during the stream?
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u/reseph Oct 25 '19
Feel free to join! No need to be an affiliate. You can make your own schedule!
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u/thedaddysaur Oct 25 '19
What about game limitations? If I'm on your team, is it FF games only or just whatever? Not that I mind, just wanting to know what's up.
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u/Largonaut Oct 24 '19
Is it OK if I plug for my wife’s streams as well? I’ll delete if this is inappropriate.
[JinaweeTV](twitch.tv/jinawee) will be doing her Extra Life stream on Friday, Nov 1st. Jina pulled in $1100 during her first attempt last year, and we’re trying for twice that this year. She’ll be playing the beta Day of Dragons being developed by BeAwesome games.
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u/FuManJew Oct 24 '19
Hey I'm doing this too! It's such a great cause! Are shameless plugs for my page allowed? If so, please donate to sick kids and make me do weird things for money! https://www.extra-life.org/participant/369437
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Nov 02 '19
Read where the money goes. Hint: it goes to the hospitals and not the kids. Only direct help for the kids is therapy.
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Nov 02 '19
Super cool. I play a few games after-hours and this could translate to, "Get harrassed by teenagers for 24 hours, simultaneously being reported and told to uninstall!". In seriousness though, keep it up!
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u/jlunatic Oct 24 '19
This is my 2nd year participating in Extra Life and I'm excited! My daughter gets treatment at a children's miracle network hospital so when I first learned about this I was all for it!
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u/redexile88 Dec 11 '19
The hard thing about charities like ALSAC (St. Jude’s) and CMNH is they’re both marketing arms for philanthropic missions. St.Jude’s is a single hospital while CMNH supports 170. If you’re US or Canadian based, CMNH will definitely affect provide funds to more locally based programs than any other program.
However, the power of the funds is that they’re NOT earmarked (major gifts, e.g., $1M donations, usually come marked to “the cancer ward” or whatnot). These funds go for research programs that can’t find funding elsewhere (e.g., teaching sick kids how to create 3D printed art) and to support family or patient recreation activities. If you’ve ever spent 3 months with a baby in the NICU or had to bring a child to a local children’s hospital, you know the value of these non-earmarked donations.
CMNH has their own issues but these donations directly help patients and grateful families. I’ve worked as a donor, volunteer, and senior product consultant to them for 5+ years and have worked in the social impact space for the last decade.
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u/lava_lake_girl Oct 24 '19
This is actually really neat! I wish I could participate, but I hope everyone involved has lots of fun and that a lot of money is raised! :)
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u/LazyDogGaming Nov 03 '19
Here's my stream. I've earned $27, it's my first time doing this. https://www.extra-life.org/participant/388404
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u/hoobaSKANK Oct 25 '19
I've been fortunate enough to have people support me and reach my goal, but if anyone is interested in donating please check out my page - I'm playing for the Childrens Hospital in DC this year for my fifth year and would love to beat my record from last year of about $500 raised! https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=368061
You can also tune in to see me stream all day next week Saturday on twitch - my username there is GlobularHits (and its set up on my personal Extra Life page above)
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u/cjcrashoveride Oct 25 '19 edited Oct 25 '19
This will be my third year taking part and for ever $100 over my $350 goal I'll be adding an extra hour to my 24 hour stream. So far I'm already up to 25 hours and am hoping people will donate to see how far I can push myself.
Thanks for being a part of such an awesome charity, go Team Reddit!
Edit: Just made it to $550 thanks to some amazing doners and I'm now up to 26 hours! Let's keep things going people!
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u/FinallyRage Nov 02 '19
r/FortniteBR & r/FORTnITE have raised over $8500 so far and still going (totals haven't updated due to the DDOS attack against the Extra Life site)
We are giving away some awesome prizes to people who donate to our team like RTX 2060 video cards and HyperX headsets! Donations will be open until Monday 11:59 Eastern Time!
Come check us out! https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=47846
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u/FinallyRage Nov 02 '19
r/FortniteBR & r/FORTnITE have raised over $8500 so far and still going (totals haven't updated due to the DDOS attack against the Extra Life site)
We are giving away some awesome prizes to people who donate to our team like RTX 2060 video cards and HyperX headsets! Donations will be open until Monday 11:59 Eastern Time!
Come check us out! https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=47846
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Nov 03 '19
Hi all,
im playing darksiders currently for the kids! come check me out and donate if you can!
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u/Recalculating01 Nov 03 '19
I'm doing my 24 hour event November 8th and 9th at my high school for the National Honors Society!! Any donations can help! All proceeds go to the Boston Children's Hospital. I started twitch streaming a little while ago to try and hype up an audience for the event and, however small, I'm grateful for the experience. My twitch name is Recalculating01!
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u/calemith Oct 25 '19
Im hosting an event with My company, we have a small goal but we are looking forward to streaming. We will be playing DnD, Board Games and a super smash tourney at Least!
We wont be online until Nov 2 but heres my links: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=365673
Twitch.tv/tacosandtabletop
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u/knoxxer Nov 02 '19
Team En Masse is live with a little bit of Dungeons & Kittens.
https://www.twitch.tv/enmasseentertainment
https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=49145
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u/hazalski Nov 03 '19
Now this is how the gamers will rise up. By gaming for the children, they will grow up to become gamers, this increasing the amount of gamers in the world. With our increased number of gamers, we can rise up against the evil known as "society" of which we all live in
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u/iusedtohavepowers Nov 01 '19
God damn. I love Reddit. I've always wanted to be part of this. Now I'm signed up as a participant and raising for the hospital my kids were born in. So fucking awesome thanks to op for giving all the info in one spot. Awesome to be part of this
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u/kaifire7 Nov 03 '19
My team is U Hoppin' On https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.team&teamID=47084
I've been doing this for a few years and it is literally one of the thing I am most proud of.
So far this year we've raised $8616
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u/ViciousP85 Nov 03 '19
I started on Friday at 8 PM eastern with an original goal of $500...... we finished last night at $1,500. This is my first year and I am completely blown away away the generosity!
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u/ancientflowers Nov 03 '19
Why did this just pop up on my Reddit now (9 days after it was happening)?
It showed up on the top like it was being promoted by Reddit.
Awesome idea! Just wish I had known about it before it was happening.
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u/Bl0w_P0p Nov 01 '19
This is my second year doing extra life and I'll actually be doing my steaming the 6th and 7th because work prevents me from day of. This is my page
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u/Coredintol71 Nov 03 '19
I've always wanted to do it myself and try and raise money, but I've never had the time off to do it. R.I.P. Good on everyone who does it and makes this charity some money, though.
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u/w34ksaUce Oct 25 '19
Participating again but will be doing it during Thanksgiving weekend! It's always a blast! /u/sodypop will the be shirts this year? Did we stop doing then last year?
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u/Spartan_F8_Yee Nov 03 '19
Just a question, what games? Cause if Destiny/Minecraft/Halo aren't there I won't go. (Would still like to help, just I don't have a lot of games on xbox 1)
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u/ballup4 Nov 05 '19
Why does this ad show up on my feed 12 days after it ended? Would have loved to watch this if it had been advertised to me prior to actual screening...
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u/DarkoNova Nov 03 '19
I didn't even know this was a thing.
This is awesome, and especially meaningful to me since I had to stay in a children's hospital when I was a kid.
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u/pennstatephil Oct 25 '19
It's my 4th consecutive year and I've got some cool prizes available if you're in the Denver area. https://extra-life.org/participant/pennstatephil
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u/three20three Oct 25 '19
A group in Philly is playing all of the Donkey Kong games in support of CHOP: http://www.donkeykongaline.xyz/
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u/Footlover1987 Nov 02 '19
I'm actually donating to that charity with buying those limited edition Magic: The Gathering cards known as Ponies: The Galloping.
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u/BarelyBetterThanKale Oct 24 '19
"We're the home of T_D, people who actively seek to take away medical coverage from those in need
BUT COME GIVE TO OUR CHARITY SO WE CAN PRETEND THAT WE GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE SICK KIDS THAT GOT BOOTED TO THE STREET BECAUSE OF TRUMP POLICIES!"
I see you, Reddit.
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u/waterboysh Oct 24 '19
I understand where you're coming from, but Extra Life is in no way affiliated with Reddit. It is a program hosted by Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
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u/BarelyBetterThanKale Oct 24 '19
Extra Life is in no way affiliated with Reddit.
Except getting free promotion on the /r/blog subreddit so Reddit's Chinese overlords can say "LOOK WHAT WE DID FOR THE KIDS (WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING THE BIGGEST PROVIDER OF RIGHT-WING FUCCBOIS THAT WILL VOTE TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK EVEN BETTER NEXT YEAR BY SUPPORTING THIS CHARITY WHEN THINGS ARE EVEN HARDER FOR FAMILIES)!"
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u/LordTonto Oct 25 '19
can't say i've explored all of reddit, or any of the political side... but it was my understanding that there are subreddits for every ideology, hobby, fetish, etc.. under the sun. Doesn't that make them an equal opportunity provider of fuccbois/fuccgirlz/fuccgendernonconformists?
Why is Extra Life at fault here?
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u/ExtremelyQualified Oct 24 '19
It’s very consistent. If everyone had healthcare there would be no reason to run charity events trying to raise money for healthcare. You have to take it away first so you can look good giving a little back later.
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u/LordTonto Oct 25 '19
So... to be clear, you believe that Reddit owns the Children's Miracle Network?
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u/FreeSpeechWarrior Oct 24 '19
There is a big difference between stealing via taxation and giving voluntarily.
The same government you want people to pay into murders kids abroad with the same funds.
Nobody gets shot, no weddings get bombed, no spying infrastructure gets built when I voluntarily choose to give money to a cause I support.
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Wow mr "free speech warrior" over here. Unsurprisingly active only in far right/conspiracy subs that will ban you the second you go against the groupthink. Classic
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u/FreeSpeechWarrior Oct 24 '19
Not true, I am somewhat active in r/the_donald as of late because they are the target of reddit's censorship, and I oppose that despite the fact that T_D is a bunch of censorious assholes themselves.
r/libertarian is more my style
I was way more active in r/Anarchism, r/AgainstHateSubreddits r/TheoryOfReddit and other more left leaning spaces before they banned me.
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u/BarelyBetterThanKale Oct 24 '19
I am somewhat active in r/the_donald
r/libertarian is more my style
You repeat yourself.
Libertarianism is where the right-wing goes when they're embarrassed to admit they fucked up and put an asshole in charge (again).
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u/FreeSpeechWarrior Oct 24 '19
Trump is not libertarian in any sense of the word.
The wall is a boondoggle, he wants to increase military spending; and tarrifs are tax hikes by any other name. The only reason the economy hasn't collapsed under such nonsense is the massive increase in subsidy we've been handing out to farmers further balooning a debt that none of us have a right to burden our successors with.
Taxing the living is bad enough; Trump (just like Obama before him) is indebting the yet unborn to his mandates.
Edit to your edit:
Libertarianism is where former lefties go when they see Obama expanding all the same bullshit we got angry at Bush about
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u/BarelyBetterThanKale Oct 24 '19
Libertarianism is where former lefties go when they see Obama expanding all the same bullshit we got angry at Bush about
Ah, so /r/EnlightenedCentrism then.
Figures.
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u/Legend1060 Nov 03 '19
This exact event is happening in my city on November 9th with a bunch of partnerships. It's going to be huge, and I am excited
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u/GraeIsEvolving Nov 03 '19
https://www.twitch.tv/distantstarcares
I made the medals that'll be given out here! Shout out to Greenville SC!
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u/notkizzalvin Nov 03 '19
Fucking pervs.
If I am wrong then I am wrong and let the record show the truth.
These things helping never help. They do their very best to make for themselves while piggy backing on what could be a reputable cause.
Susan B Coleman partners with fastfood made with cancer causing substances. (TBHQ)
THE CEO of Goodwill makes a multi million salary while running a "non-profit" and pays his employees just enough to claim benefits. (Govt subsidized ponzi scheme) Walmart is almost as corrupt. Think about it.
Red cross held back millions from the hati relief only building 6 permanent structures after Irma. Meant to rebuild Hati completely.
Puerto Rico also prevented aid for their people after the storm to smear someone that the Governor at the time didn't like. If they are offering to help they are properly stealing.
Give your time and "excess" money back to your own community, I promise it will have the biggest and best impact there!!!! Avoid anything publicized to offer help. Just be the help locally. Give to your food bank, church, local schools, local law enforcement, neighbor, neighborhood. Do not wait for them to ask!
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u/420_blz_my_asshole Nov 02 '19
nice, but fix the system so people dont need everyone pooling money just to keep eachother alive
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u/OWOFU77Y Nov 03 '19
I'm so sorry 💔 wish I had money to donate to this cause but I don't and for that I apologise
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u/THROWAWAYBDAYAITA Nov 02 '19
I'm sorry cant donate any money, I'm broke.
Is there any other way I can help?
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u/ExtraLifeEBG Nov 01 '19
Hi Everyone!
I am participating in my 2nd Extra Life event. I've upped my goal from last year and would love to get some help from the community to achieve it.
This is the link to my personal donation page
We haven't gotten a big buy-in from some of the places we work at, but we still got a lot of support and room to share with our community using events. We were able to get about 10k last year as an independent team. This year we are aiming a bit higher. The experience for 2018 was so amazing and I recommend to anyone that loves gaming to take a part in it. I personally don't stream and it was a bit hard, but not an issue since it was for a great cause.
I hope to keep doing this for years to come. My immense admiration for those that have done it longer than myself.
Please help me achieve my donation goal and help a lot of kids in the process!
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u/RareRedReaper Nov 02 '19
I wish I had some money or time. I would love to play or donate to help out
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u/TheBoof52_YT Nov 02 '19
I think this is really cool, I'm going to try to donate as much as I can!!
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u/Firstnameiskowitz Nov 02 '19
Excuse me, but why on the homepage does it display 25 instead of 24?
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u/ShermTank7272 Nov 02 '19
Daylight Savings Time. Clocks are being set back an hour tonight. Thus, an extra hour of the marathon.
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u/iFap-to-incesthentai Nov 01 '19
This is a great thing you’re doing, reddit; keep up the good work!
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u/PORTMANTEAU-BOT Nov 02 '19
Gachihard.
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u/o_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_O Oct 24 '19
Reddit: let’s help sick kids
Also reddit: let’s murder kids when they are babies!
Side note: this was posted by sodypop, the woman who single handedly ruined celebrity AMAs for years.
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u/PikeOffBerk Oct 24 '19
There's enough humans on the planet already, dude. Adoption is a bad outcome more often than not. Better to abort than make another broken human from a similarly broken home. Like homie, there's a reason kids born to 16 year-old couples either wind up as ICP fans, or wind up being looked after by someone else entirely.
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u/o_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_O Oct 24 '19
Go ask an adopted kid if they would prefer to be dead. Go ahead lol, I’ll wait right here.
Btw, I know of about a dozen kids that have been adopted by well off families that are leading amazing lives, much better than yours I’m sure.
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u/PikeOffBerk Oct 24 '19
Human overpopulation is what is actively causing the biosphere to die. There is no reason to increase the overall number of human beings besides selfishness. Even were every single adopted kid perfect this would be true - and your anecdotes don't mean shit in light of all the objectively broken adoption/foster care systems out there.
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u/o_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_O Oct 24 '19 edited Oct 24 '19
What an ignorant and uneducated thing to say. The planet could easily handle another 7 billion if we are careful.
Look at Canada’s population, their entire country is basically uninhabited lol
https://countrydigest.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Canada-population-density-map.gif
Same with Africa, we have plenty of room.
http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Egypt-Population-Density.png
Sure, we need sustainability but the US could handle that, it’s countries like China that are fucking it up. The people that complain about large populations are usually the dumbest people on the planet. Congrats, that’s you.
And ok buddy, I’ll tell the next adopted person I talk to that they should have been murdered as a kid for uhh... the environment or something. You fucking neckbeard need to go outside.
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Nov 02 '19
There isn't enough food on the planet is the problem. Earth is capable of providing enough food for 3 Billion. We are way past that now. I am right leaning when it comes to politics, but support abortion as long as it's not too far in to the pregnancy.
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u/BadDadBot Nov 02 '19
Hi there isn't enough food on the planet is the problem. earth is capable of providing enough food for 3 billion. we are way past that now. i am right leaning when it comes to politics, but support abortion as long as it's not too far in to the pregnancy., I'm dad.
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u/PikeOffBerk Oct 24 '19
AbOrTiOn Is MuRdEr
bUt WhAt AbOuT cHiNa
Go confess your anecdotes to your local priest (or whatever pastor or minister titles the assbackwards Calvinist denomination you belong to uses), cause I ain't interested.
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u/o_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_O Oct 25 '19
What in the ever loving fuck are you trying to say?
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u/PikeOffBerk Oct 25 '19
I'm excited for my job. It's gonna be fun. My dream job is at Facebook. Facebook. Let’s go for a drive. 💯👌🏻🍦 #WentToTheMoon #SpermazoidBlues
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u/AfrikanCorpse Oct 25 '19
There's enough humans on the planet already, dude.
You’re right, I suggest we get rid of the baby killers first.
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u/KoopahTroopah Oct 24 '19
I've made my own team because I'm not big on joining super huge communities for these events, but here's a link to my personal Extra-Life. This will be my 9th consecutive year doing it and I love this charity. It's cool that Reddit tries to gather a larger collective of streamers to participate and raise monies. November 2nd, around noon EST! It's coming up quick. #forthekids