Awesome Games Done Quick 2014 January 5th -11th!

Hello everyone! So, approaching very quickly 14 days to be exact is Awesome Games Done Quick 2014. If you've watched past marathon's you know what your in for! If you're reading this however and asking yourself what is AQDQ? Let me break it down for you!

AGDQ 2104 FAQ:

What is Awesome Games Done Quick?

A: Awesome games done quick is a week long marathon where a group of gamers from the Speed Demos Archive play video games for a week straight to raise money for various charities!

What is Speed Demos Archive?

A:Speed Demos Archive is a group of gamers who like to speed run video games. They help each other develop strategies compete against each other for times and are generally just a fun loving group of gamers.

Where can I watch?

A: When the marathon starts you can tune into SDA's Twitch page or join the GB community on Explosive Runs.

Where Can I donate? / Who are they raising money for?

A: This year the benefactor of the donations will be the Prevent Cancer Foundation. You can DONATE HERE.

What games are being played?

A: If you want to plan out your viewing or simply know whats coming up you can find the schedule for the entire event right here. The schedule IS prone to changing so keep an eye on it for the latest changes and updates.

Can I watch an archive of last years Marathon?

A: Yes, currently the archives from last year are on their twitch archives page.

Missed some runs from this year?

Catch up on all the AGDQ action you missed by using @truthtellah's handy guide here.

Okay, I'm making this thread not only to give people a heads up but for all discussion once the event starts. I hope some of you guys tune in last years event and SGDQ were both fantastic events. If you really want to see some guys do crazy things with video games I'd suggest you tune in! =)

I loved the last one, and I look forward to this one, as well. I hope everyone enjoys it and donates! :)

Sweet! I've been watching a lot of the videos from past events the last couple of months, but this will be the first time I watch any of it live. Cosmo's Zelda OoT from last AGDQ (actually, Jeff showing that on a UPF) introduced me to speedrunning, hope we get something as awesome this year!

YAY! SGDQ was awesome :p glad this is on soon.

Also, SDA's Youtube page is a better way to watch the archived streams than Twitch.

@amyggen: On the final day as of right now Cosmo is scheduled to run Wind Waker HD!

Yeah, his run of that game in last year's AGDQ was great, so looking forward to that. Generally a good list of games and runners this year. Good to see PJ running a couple of games, his run of mostly awful games in past events are some of my favorites. I'm guessing we'll hear a lot of Bluegrass' laugh during those segments :P

Event last year blew me away, can't wait. Especially now as I run Vice City myself, looking forward to that one in particular.

Awesome, that line up is great!

Yess, I had a lot of fun watching bits of the last stream.

Woo hoo! Looking forward to it very much. All of the folks on Speed Runs Live who will be attending have been practicing up doing no-reset runs of their games in preparation this past month. It'll be an great event again this year for certain. Everyone's excited.

Cool, I'll give it a watch. I've been watching last year's games a lot over the last week.

This is cool stuff.

I am pretty stoked for this.

@herbiebug: Awesome. Some interesting choices for games this year.

I always support this and this year is no different!

nice. I will watch quite some stuff and then be upset about the fact that mostly Nintendo games or NES/SNES games will have an audience while new games and speedrunners are abandoned with no one watching...

Such games.

You got that Water Extended Super Slide down yet? :D

Oh boy! I can't wait to completely fuck up my sleep schedule!

Much speed.

Yeahh! Looking forward to the new year!

Bitchin'. Missed the one in the summer, time to make up for it!

I do not pay much attention to speed running but this event should be great. Impressive seeing a bunch of folks being real good at their game of choice. I am however looking forward to Cosmo's WWHD run. Seen him practice that a bit.

So I've been tuning into RWhiteGoose's stream a lot recently and it's been awesome to see his fanbase grow. I'm really excited to see his run of Goldeneye this year.

so -wow-

The promo for AGDQ 2014 came out today! Get Hyped

SOOOOOO excited

Sleep for next week is just straight effed

Awesome. I enjoyed watching the some of the stream last year a great deal

YSG get hype!

@demoskinos: Quick heads-up - before people start trying to click through on the "Where can I watch?" Twitch page link you've provided you might want to correct it - it's missing the "a" at the end of the hyperlink.

@morello: Word. I'll check into that when I get home.

are they using twitch still? i had heard that there was some drama between some of the members and the twitch staff late last year

Can't wait for this. Got into watching speedrunning last year from watching Funkdoc. And then SGDQ was just unbelievably good. So many memorable moments.

@buft: As far as I know they are. If anyone finds out different let me know so I can update the OP.

I would guess they'll still be using Twitch, on their "Streaming now" page every stream listed is a Twitch stream.

Im looking forward to this. Had a good time in the summer watching the various speed runs and talking with you guys during them.

So, how far do you guys think Sinister1 in his blindfolded Punchout run this year?

#YSG

VIDEO GAMES!

Looking forward to it. Enjoyed it last year and enjoyed SGDQ last year as well.

#FrankerZ

It will still be on Twitch. Horror has stepped back for now cause of the drama between him and the runners in question.

What is supposed to have happened between them and Twitch then?

Let the games begin!

@happenstance: http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=719733 As to avoid bringing any negative drama in to this thread you can read up here if you want to know the details.

My friend dxtr is going there! I didn't ask him which games he would be running, but I'm assuming it will be Ducktales and Batman for the NES.

Anyway, he's super good and VERY handsome and you should all tune in.

@demoskinos: Thanks

So thanks to @rorie I was able to get this thread pinned for the duration of next week while the event is going on so it will be easy to find for everyone. I also shot across the idea of having a twitch embed in the GB chat room but the chance of that seems hazy at best. Since a good many of you seem pretty pumped for the event a chat room that we could rotate in and out of seems like a fun idea. I'm not counting on having the GB chat room so what are our other options for a dedicated chat room for the week? Anyone have any suggestions for chat solutions?

Ah, the real reason I miss working from home. I am going to miss practically all of this. BOOO!!!!

I believe he no longer has any association with Twitch now. Pretty sure it was one of those " I 'resigned' " departures.

Okay, awesome news. Thanks to @chaser324 everyone who wants to watch and chat live can head over to Explosiveruns.com and chat on the IRC channel over there once this thing kicks off.

That sounds super rad!