Awesome Games Done Quick 2013 - Speedrun marathon for Prevent Cancer Foundation

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[B]Alternate promo video[/B]
[video=youtube;HgRoHxkvevo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgRoHxkvevo[/video]
[quote=Speed Demos Archive][URL="http://speeddemosarchive.com/"]Speed Demos Archive[/URL], the home to video game speed runs, is proud to present the third annual speed running marathon: Awesome Games Done Quick 2013. It is a 7-day online event to raise money for cancer prevention, streamed live for you to watch!

Prevent Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that saves lives through cancer research, education and community outreach. 100% of your donations go toward supporting Prevent Cancer Foundation in its mission.
Featuring over 115 games, speed runners will play continuously in order to collect donations for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, our partner for this event. During the marathon, donations enter you into various prizes, and can be used to determine the outcome of bidding wars! The various prizes and bidding wars can be found in the AGDQ2013 schedule below.[/quote]

[B]When:[/B] Starts Sunday, January 6th [URL="http://www.happyzebra.com/timezones-worldclock/est-us.php"]1PM EST[/URL]
Ends Saturday, January 12th

[B]Where to watch the stream: [/B][URL="http://speeddemosarchive.com/"]Speed Demos Archive website[/URL] or the [URL="http://marathon.speeddemosarchive.com/"]SDA Charity Events homepage[/URL]

[B]Special Events:[/B]
[B]Prizes[/B] — Donate for a chance to win great prizes such as hand-knitted plushies, perlers, artwork, games, and even big grand prizes such as a real metal Master Sword, or a Wii bundle!
[B]Donation bids for runs[/B] — As with every SDA marathon, you can donate for file names of your choice and for certain challenges in runs. However there are also challenges for different routes, character choices, difficulty levels, and more!
[B]Races[/B] — If the excitement of seeing games demolished by speedrunners wasn't enough, then don't miss the intense speedrun races! Runners face off against each other to beat the game in record time!
[B]Bonus Games[/B] — Throughout the event, opportunities will arise for some of your favorite games/runs from previous marathons to be showcased despite missing from the schedule.
[B] Awful Games Done Quick[/B] — Starting Thursday, January 10th [URL="http://www.happyzebra.com/timezones-worldclock/est-us.php"]~2:30 EST[/URL] they will be speedrunning terrible games. There is something to be said about the dedication it takes to speed run a game. There is even more to say about the dedication it takes to speed run terrible games.

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This has the list of all the games that are to be played, estimated completion time, about when they will start, who will be running them, and donating incentives.

I watched summer games done quick marathon last year. That marathon was incredible and its looking like this one will be even better.

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