General Discussion

     

EDIT: Put the video stream in this thread.


Next Friday (June 24th 11AM EST) marks the beginning of the 4th annual Mario Marathon.  What is Mario Marathon?  Here is a snippet from their home page. 
 

About Mario Marathon

 
Mario Marathon is an annual fan run fundraiser for Child's Play Charity. Child's Play provides toys, games and books to patients of children's hospitals worldwide.

The multi day internet event, broadcast live online, attracts an audience from around the world to watch as the team plays through twenty five years of Super Mario Brothers video games.

Now in its fourth year, the event has attracted nearly 500,000 viewers, and raised over $125,000 for Child's Play.

For more information checkout our Frequently Asked Questions

 
Last year they raised $82,382.70 and this year they want more.  New to this year's marathon is Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels (aka Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan) which is arguably the hardest Mario game ever made.  They are also going to be playing the other main Mario games as well in their all weekend marathon session.
 
 
Here is a little FAQ that will help the new viewers this year.
 

Where can you watch the stream?

 
You can watch it on their own website HERE,you can watch it on their UStream page HERE, or you can watch it right on the top of this thread!  If you watch it on their website, there are audience noise buttons you can press and also play games with them when they are currently playing games.
 

Where can I donate?

 
You can donate pay going to their donation page HERE.

What can I do if I can't/don't want to donate?

Tell your friends and family about it.  Also spread the word on Facebook or Twitter to get more people to watch.
 

When and what games do they play?

 
Well, here is the rough schedule.  Also, it depends on their donation count.  The more people donate, the more they play.  This is straight from their homepage.
 

Mario Marathon 4 Line-Up

There are over 1,000 levels across the ten Mario games chosen for the Mario Marathon 4. Your donations determine which of those levels the team will complete.

The order the games will be played is listed below. For details on the exact levels and donation goals check the Level Checklist.

		Levels	Donation $$
	Mario Galaxy 2 Beat w/ 75 Stars	1 - 75	$55.46
	New Super Mario Bros Wii Worlds 1,2,5,8	76 - 114	$105.46
	Mario Galaxy Beat w/ 60 Stars	115 - 175	$235.24
	Mario Sunshine Beat w/ 50 Shines	176 - 226	$423.81
	Mario 64 Beat w/ 76 Stars	227 - 303	$969.40
	Super Mario World 100% Run Through	304 - 400	$2,626.21
	Super Mario Bros. 3 100% Run Through	401 - 490	$6,503.05
	Super Mario Bros. 2 100% Run Through	491 - 510	$7,945.96
	Super Mario Bros 100% Run Through	511 - 542	$10,943.97
	Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels 100% Worlds 1 - 8	543 - 574	$15,066.06
	Mario 64 100% 120 Star Run	575 - 617	$23,137.70
	Mario Galaxy 100% Completion	618 - 676	$41,657.93
	New Super Mario Bros Wii 100% Worlds 3,4,6,7,9	677 - 726	$68,544.20
	Mario Galaxy 2 or Super Mario Sunshine All Blue Coins or Green Stars	727 - 786	$124,564.85

 

Other Links for Mario Marathon

 
Facebook Page - LINK
Twitter Page - LINK
 
 
Kick back, relax, and enjoy the marathon.  Remember, it's for the children!
 
  

Wait, The Lost Levels is on display? I wish to see BillyMC attend that event. It is only appropriate.

5 more days.   :)

@Hizang said:

What do they attempt to beat each of the games?

Yeah.  The more people donate, the more they play as well.

@Hizang said:

@JJOR64: 
Do they attempt to do this in one day, I find that to be quite imposible.

They play the games all weekend long.  They go for 100+ hours straight.

@Hizang said:

@JJOR64: 
Dude what, with no sleep! Thats insane, but very cool at the same time!

There are multiple people that play different games.  While one or two guys play over night, some of them sleep.

3 more days.  :)

About 9 hours till it kicks off.

I watched way too much of this last year.  
 
Same thing will probably happen this year. 

@TomP said:

I watched way too much of this last year.   Same thing will probably happen this year. 

Same here.  Going to watch as much as I can.  Gotta work later today and Saturday, but those wont be super long shifts.

5 more minutes till it kicks off.

I watch it every year! 
Probably will donate some money this time.

Francis York Morgan just donated.

Oh, they've got Giantbomb as a promotion achievement! 
And Jeff's twitter as a trophy case! 
Cool. Hope MM gets all the attention it needs around the web.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii on the stream at the moment.