The 7-day Awesome Games Done Quick speedrun marathon has officially ended. It’s been a great event, with speedruns for games includingThe Outer Worlds,Marvel’s Spider-Man,Fire Emblem: Three Houses,Control, and even atwo-player blindfolded run ofMike Tyson’s Punch Out!!!. Yet while it’s been a week of awesome speedruns, AGDQ 2020’s greatest feat is its record-setting donation total. Early totals have AGDQ raising over $3.1 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.
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The sum is even more impressive when compared to the marathon’s totals from its early years. The very first AGDQ in 2010 raised just $10,532. It would take until 2014 for AGDQ to cross $1 million and another three years to cross $2 million. But the event shows no signs of slowing its impressive growth. Between 2018 and 2019, AGDQ increased its donation total over $700,000. It’s exciting to imagine just how much theGames Done Quickmarathons can continue to grow in the years to come.
In addition to the impressive$3.1 million total for AGDQ 2020, the event as a whole reached an impressive watermark. Over the event’s 10 years of marathons, it’s raised an impressive $25 million. That amount is split between several different charities, though AGDQ and SGDQ have since settled in a single one each. AGDQ supports the Prevent Cancer Foundation that funds preventative cancer screenings and information campaigns. SGDQ supports Doctors Without Borders, which gets volunteer doctors to the places they’re needed most across the world.
AGDQ is over for now, but it’ll be back again in just under a year. The next AGDQ is already scheduled for January 3 through January 10 in 2021. That means AGDQ’s sister-marathon SGDQ is just six months away. 2020’s SGDQ is planned for June 21 through June 28. And there’s always a chance that the Games Done Quick team will put together a special Games Done Quick Express in the months between.Speedrunners, clearly, are always willing to help where the opportunity presents itself.
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