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Banner art done by the wonderful shiroiusagi!
Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) is a yearly marathon put on by Speed Demos Archive, an association of speedrunners, people who play video games quickly and with an intense amount of skill.
These speedruns end up being highly entertaining to watch, and the marathon consists of an assortment of speedruns. Beyond the entertainment, the marathon is done in support of the Prevent Cancer Foundation, an organization that helps to fund cancer prevention research and to spread awareness of cancer via education and outreach. As a highlight for the marathon this year, we have Raelcun playing two games: Mark of the Ninja and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, so be sure to support him in his efforts!
From a Teamliquid.net perspective, AGDQ is very closely intertwined with our community. A number of our site’s users and staff have, and continue to be, closely involved with the marathon in terms of being there, participating in it, and even simply watching it and conversing about it. There is a sense of coming-together and community surrounding these events that is hard to explain unless you partake, and I really hope you end up doing so. Two years ago we were graced with a quite fetching dance performed by Flicky after completing his Bayonetta run, immortalized for you all in a still frame.
We also managed to get Cait Sith in Final Fantasy VII named ESPORTS.
On January 08 2012 09:10 itsjustatank wrote:![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/DHXro.jpg)
16:08:50 <Gumbygum> ESPORTS
16:08:52 <Kitaru> ESPORTS
16:08:48 <kgy> ESPORTS
16:08:50 <Gumbygum> ESPORTS
16:08:52 <Kitaru> ESPORTS
16:09:01 <daveosaur> lol, esports
16:09:06 <fiercedp> #esports
16:09:09 <packattack> ESPORTS, its in the game
16:09:10 <Gamer1414> Esports lives!
16:09:12 <weatherbee> He yells ESPORTS through his megaphone weapons
16:09:12 <Dragoshi> ESPORTS
16:09:14 <Tofu> ESPORTS! yes! gj flicky
16:09:15 <carlsagan42> ESPORTS
16:09:16 <`tyr> ESPORTS
16:09:18 <DarkwingDuck_> Well done ESPORTS. Making a comeback.
16:09:20 <kgy> ESPORTS
16:09:22 <Gumbygum> FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKK YEAH ESPORTS
16:09:23 <Dragoshi> so ESPORTS finally got a spot
16:09:28 <Liquid_Gracken> haha esports <3
16:09:29 <gunitver1> Yeah esports
16:09:36 <CMK> Mandatory joke about killing Esports at the end of the disc.
16:09:41 <Bloodynoob_> ESPORTS
16:09:42 <mybodyisreggie> ESPORTS
In a more melancholic tone, a year later we were able to get Steiner in Final Fantasy IX named after  Violet, who passed away last year due to leukemia, a form of blood cancer.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/o4ZDZle.jpg)
On a personal note, these marathons have in the past become highlight moments for my year. Having ended a long spell of extended unemployment this year, and with a hope towards getting a much-desired promotion, I do plan to go the extra mile this year and actually donate, but the available money is not really the catalyst. About a month ago, a very close family member of mine suffered a stroke and, in the process of his recovery, we discovered that he has advanced liver cancer, and that there are signs of lung cancer having spread to the liver as well. As a result of this, I really feel like these are the last few days and weeks with which I can enjoy being with this family member. Needless to say, the holiday season has been quite bittersweet for me.
The good news is that by watching and supporting the marathon, you and I can have a positive effect on people’s lives, no matter how hard to articulate you might think it will end up being.
For more information about the marathon, check out the official website. The run schedule can also be found there. You may also be able to see it on a certain website, where anything is possible.
 
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So hype for AGDQ, let's see if we can beat last year's amount!
Especially hyped for the TAS block and the PC Block (Raelcun GOGO DEFEAT MENGSK)
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HYPE HYPE HYPE.
I started watching ADGQ last 2013. Watched pretty much every day at any point I had free time. The runs were memorable and simply awesome to see. It was a fantastic introduction to the speedrunning community. I'm too unmotivated to ever speed run myself, but that doesn't mean I appreciate what these speed runners are doing. SGDQ was just as awesome, so this shouldn't be any more different. Good luck & hf!
Going to be interesting to see how much they can get for donations. The numbers keep getting higher & higher. 
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It gets better every year
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fuck it is taking me forever to beat ff9. how the hell...props!
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This marathon introduced me to the speedrunning community and completely changed my attitude about speed runs. And it's for a fantastic cause! So pumped!!
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I remember when the first marathon was in somebody's basement, and the people-stream featured one or two people max.
Looking forward to Raelcun's two runs, Breakdown, ZFG, Castlevania, Zelda, Ninja Gaiden, and Blast Corps. Sad to see TMNT go!
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I was going to be hosting during the Doom/Resident Evil block but traded the shift due to work hours 
Met Raelcun, Flicky, supposedly Scintillia is there as well but I haven't seen him yet.
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Sweet Looking forward to the swarm run... I still haven't played single player because I didn't want to relearn bindings 
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Hypeeeeeeeeee. Is there likely to be a TL donation incentive this year?
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AGDQ2013 was amazing but it is the absolute worst time for me this year i have 4 finals between jan6-10. hope i can watch some vods after they are done.
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Looking forward to it. Always a great event.
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Yeah! Will be so great!
Could you add some links to shedule and so on .... so basically:
http://gamesdonequick.com/
btw: we already raised over 2000$ ... and the stream didn't started yet :D
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On January 05 2014 23:03 Geisterkarle wrote:Yeah! Will be so great! Could you add some links to shedule and so on .... so basically: http://gamesdonequick.com/btw: we already raised over 2000$ ... and the stream didn't started yet :D
the links are at the bottom, but i'll prettify it and make it more visible
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although there arent alot of my favourite games this time, i'll still be watching them all!
and hooray for chrono trigger as the very last item to end of the event!
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left to the start, man i cant wait any longer! :p
Thank you for the hype blog!
Also, I'll try to get my hands on the beautiful Tychus Finlay Statue which can be won. It's unlikely but hey, it's for a good cause
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added the countdown and more visible links!
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I just realized that shirousagi pulled a Sm4sh for the banner art. "Raising money for" and it's also the 4th AGDQ. Well played.
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They are doing the final mic checks now, Bonesaw is set up and doing some practice. Hypeeeeee
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im really glad i have the next few days off
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I'm off screen, I will try and move in closer if people move around after jak and daxter. I'm off to the left of the guy in the orange hat, I have a tl shirt on
Left on the stream, I'm sitting to his right
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i eagerly await the stream being graced with your presence
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Bonesaw is KILLING his run, he's one of ny favorite runners for sure :D
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hotline miami will be my hype moment of the day
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do we have anything close to being a LR thread for the event here?
bonesaws a pretty cool dude
im just waiting for quake and half life, need to check schedule and pray its not on at a terrible time
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Screw general no one likes it there
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I like this thread better ;D
Also such high viewer counts already, really hype :D
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shoutouts to archas for shouting tl out
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Yeah but it was a tl abl shoutout, lameeee
We should name the trainer in soul silver abuzu hahahaha
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Now that sounds like a plan.
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Or maybe the rival would make more sense
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This event is awesome, everyone should give a try. I discovered it last years I will try the most that I can this year.
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Man, am I the only one who's getting major lag? :/ Last year it was working great.
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$25k+ so far. This stuff is incredible.
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On January 06 2014 05:22 Torenhire wrote:
No lag for me! Oh wait
see anything is possible
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Getting constant horrific lag for me.
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it's working fine for me, if you can lower the quality that might help
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I was talking to a guy in the front row who has a tl sweatshirt, he's a lurker drom the AHGL zynga team!
I'm sitting in second row in the section behind couch row. Behind yoshifan (I think that is him, can't see his front :p)
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I stood up on camera for emu :p
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I'm not really a big Teamliquid name by any stretch (I have a TL Jersey! That counts!), but I've done a hell of a lot of routing for Skyrim any%, which is a bonus game donation incentive. Keep that in mind if you're donating but not for anything in particular! It'll be Wymorn running it and it's sure to shock quite a few people who have played through it casually with some of the things that are possible.
This event is awesome though, there are so many games I'm looking forward to seeing!
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oh awesome
ive seen a few runs of that and it does look interesting
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I love TASes.
Staboteur, I'll donate to your incentive! It sounds sick ^_^
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Hope I can catch some of the games I like, maybe donate a bit. Your standard low on money student, can't miss much unfortunately.
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i mean just watching the stream with or without ads helps (because twitch is donating based on maximum peak viewer)
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Dime hangs out on TL? Man, I need to frequent the general forums more >_>
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I feel so stupid now because I remember seeing his name around x.x
Excuse my brain fart D; GLHF Dime
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"this game is very difficult"
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oh wow what bad luck for the speedrunner for fire emblem.. i swear he has got the worst luck ever for that run..
edit: had to end his run without completing hah.. what luck
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This shit is magic! AwfulGDQ, I can't look away! watching those guys talk about how atari failed with E.T. and then beats the game in about a minute. Donald land, a diabetic superhero game, i just don't think i have time to sleep.
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today's the final official day of AGDQ! if you havent tuned in yet, make sure to do so today
also help make sure Plexa wins!
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Great blog. One of my favorite community events for the past few years
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