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Games Done Quick is a series of charity video game marathons. These events feature high-level play by speedrunners raising money for charity. Games Done Quick has teamed up with several charities throughout its history, such as Doctors Without Borders and the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Millions of dollars have been donated to great charities, thanks to the GDQ speedrunning marathons, and many prizes have been awarded to those who donate!
Here is the main website for Games Done Quick: https://gamesdonequick.com/
Awesome Games Done Quick is the annual GDQ marathon performed in the winter, while Summer Games Done Quick is the annual GDQ marathon performed in the summer. This year, AGDQ is from Sunday, Jan. 6th to Sunday, Jan. 13th.
Here is the schedule of all the AGDQ'19 games that will have speedruns, along with the names of the runners, expected run times, the category/ type of speedrun, and donation incentives (prizes you can win by donating during a specific speedrun, additional caveats you can create for the speedrunners, etc.): https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule
Please watch, enjoy, and donate!
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How do I do the correct time zone 
Starts in 2:30h
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Germany3128 Posts
As usual I'm mostly here for that old N64 stuff and plattformers. Not too many runs catching my eye so I'll just tune in when I have the time.
Runs I'll definitely watch though:
Mario Kart 64 with Skips by Abney: Mind blowing run, nostalgia and a great runner.
I wanna kill the Kamillia 2 by BLABLAFU: Big fan of all the I wanna... plattformer fangames and BBF has a really great shade of dry humor that really connects with me. He is also the ragemaster himself
Pokemon yellow race between Gunnermaniac and Pokeguy: Love the old pokemon stuff and a race is always great. Also really like Gunner. Can't say I know too much about Pokeguy apart from him being really skilled.
DK Tropical Freeze race between Kruncha, Michael Goldfish and Spikevegeta: Fun game, race and 3 great guys running it, one of them being Spikevegeta? Yes please
These are the ones I really want to watch. If I have the time I'll try to catch some Zelda(Twillight Princess), Portal and Megaman stuff
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Like TheNewEra, I'm also usually here for the N64 and platformer games!
The runs I'm most interested in watching:
Sunday- DKC, LoZ:MM
Monday- Bomberman 64, Crash Bandicoot, Splatoon 2
Tuesday- Rayman 2, Mario Kart 64, SMB3, SM RPG
Wednesday- LoZ:TP
Thursday- Crypt of the Necrodancer, LoZ:WW
Friday- Diablo 2, Pokemon Gold, FF4, SM Sunshine, FF9
Saturday- Puyo Puyo Tetris, Luigi's Mansion, LoZ:ALttP, SM Odyssey, Super Metroid
Any other suggestions?
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On January 06 2019 22:59 TheNewEra wrote:
As usual I'm mostly here for that old N64 stuff and plattformers. Not too many runs catching my eye so I'll just tune in when I have the time.
Runs I'll definitely watch though:
Mario Kart 64 with Skips by Abney: Mind blowing run, nostalgia and a great runner.
I wanna kill the Kamillia 2 by BLABLAFU: Big fan of all the I wanna... plattformer fangames and BBF has a really great shade of dry humor that really connects with me. He is also the ragemaster himself
Pokemon yellow race between Gunnermaniac and Pokeguy: Love the old pokemon stuff and a race is always great. Also really like Gunner. Can't say I know too much about Pokeguy apart from him being really skilled.
DK Tropical Freeze race between Kruncha, Michael Goldfish and Spikevegeta: Fun game, race and 3 great guys running it, one of them being Spikevegeta? Yes please
These are the ones I really want to watch. If I have the time I'll try to catch some Zelda(Twillight Princess), Portal and Megaman stuff
FYI the schedule says Gold, not Yellow, I believe... so it'll be Pokemon Gen2, not Gen1 
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Always love watching these runs. Unfortunately this year I will have to miss most of them due to work.
At least I will try to watch D2 ao Pokémon on Friday. Will do my best to catch the SMB3 speed run and the mario kart ones.
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On January 07 2019 01:00 KobraKay wrote:
Always love watching these runs. Unfortunately this year I will have to miss most of them due to work.
At least I will try to watch D2 ao Pokémon on Friday. Will do my best to catch the SMB3 speed run and the mario kart ones.
There's usually a list of VODs uploaded by Reddit (and eventually on YouTube) within a day or so
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Germany3128 Posts
On January 07 2019 00:37 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Like TheNewEra, I'm also usually here for the N64 and platformer games!
The runs I'm most interested in watching:
Sunday- DKC, LoZ:MM
Monday- Bomberman 64, Crash Bandicoot, Splatoon 2
Tuesday- Rayman 2, Mario Kart 64, SMB3, SM RPG
Wednesday- LoZ:TP
Thursday- Crypt of the Necrodancer, LoZ:WW
Friday- Diablo 2, Pokemon Gold, FF4, SM Sunshine, FF9
Saturday- Puyo Puyo Tetris, Luigi's Mansion, LoZ:ALttP, SM Odyssey, Super Metroid
Any other suggestions?
Oh I totally missed crypt of the necrodancer thats also something I'm gonna look forward to.
And yeah you're right  It's gold not yellow. my mind associates Gunner with Yellow
Any idea about bonus incentives? Which game might happen?
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China6330 Posts
Man I've had Hollow Knight since release and this run further solidify my regret of buying a game I have no hope to complete.
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I'm so happy Path of Pain is entirely optional. I could probably beat it eventually but I just don't want to.
But that reminds me I've gotta play the new DLC content...
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First 2 hours in 160p because provider does working on internet cable for better internet or something..... and thats going to happen every day during this AGDQ around this time. :/
But thats not gonna stop me from enjoying the awesome runs. Hollow Knights looks nice. :D
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I am definitely enjoying the lineup, lots of N64, Zelda (yes!!!) and old school games. Times are not horribly convenient for me given my interests below, but hey there are always the VODs.
Tonight: Marjora's Mask, probably will miss Portal (sigh)
Mon: EJ2, SGnG
Tues: Rayman 2, Bastion, MK64, SMB3, SMB RPG
Wed: ES3, Twilight Princess
Thurs: Prey, Doom 2, Wind Waker
Fri: Diablo 2, FF4, SM Sunshine, FF9
Sat: Link to the Past, SM Odyssey
Also one complaint I have already - some of these interviews are just way too long. I realise why they have them, but they are dragged out a bit I feel.
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On January 07 2019 01:22 TheNewEra wrote:Show nested quote +On January 07 2019 00:37 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Like TheNewEra, I'm also usually here for the N64 and platformer games!
The runs I'm most interested in watching:
Sunday- DKC, LoZ:MM
Monday- Bomberman 64, Crash Bandicoot, Splatoon 2
Tuesday- Rayman 2, Mario Kart 64, SMB3, SM RPG
Wednesday- LoZ:TP
Thursday- Crypt of the Necrodancer, LoZ:WW
Friday- Diablo 2, Pokemon Gold, FF4, SM Sunshine, FF9
Saturday- Puyo Puyo Tetris, Luigi's Mansion, LoZ:ALttP, SM Odyssey, Super Metroid
Any other suggestions? Oh I totally missed crypt of the necrodancer thats also something I'm gonna look forward to. And yeah you're right It's gold not yellow. my mind associates Gunner with Yellow Any idea about bonus incentives? Which game might happen?
Usually bonus incentives can be found when you go to Donate any money and select the option to put that money towards a specific cause (game incentives, naming a save file, choosing a special character, killing vs. saving the Metroid animals, etc.); I'm not sure if there's a master list of all the donation incentives accessible elsewhere.
Edit: Found it! https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/bids/agdq2019
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Northern Ireland22212 Posts
enjoyed the majora's mask run, that's all i've watched so far
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Too bad the time slots for TAS bot runs are EU unfriendly. I wonder what that portal gun will be.
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I normally look at games I have never heard of and get surprised how much fun it was!
But let's take a "normal" look:
Have to try to catch PJ and Actraiser 2 today! And maybe find out what the hell "any% arranged mode x68k sound on" is for Castlevania Chronicles ...
Momodora could be something to check out.
Super Mario Bros. 3mix race will be fun
N++ and after that WC3
Mega Man X1 relay race sounds promising
The Awful Games Block 
The Dead Cells race
The FF4 Free Enterprise Race (personal highlight)
but that already is in my VOD-section
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Germany3128 Posts
the Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts run was really enjoyable. Glad I júst happened to tune in
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Barely caught 2 minutes of Castlevania SotN, I set aside time to watch that every single time except today. So many games to catch up on but so little time.
For Warcraft 3 and all the Castlevania games, have they changed much in the last, idk, 6 months? If not, I might just skip those in the vod this year and catch some other runs.
Definitely watching Awful Games no matter what, Mega Man Zero 2 (I almost ran that myself once... almost), Portal, Metal Gear Solid, and Shadow of the Colossus, Jak and Crash, all (most) of the races I gotta watch. I haven't seen any Dead Cells gameplay since it first came out (or maybe the first beta release?) so that should be fun. Splatoon 2 sounds really interesting.
I don't wanna say "there are too many good and extremely good-bad runs" because that's impossible, but maybe "I hate how I have no time to watch every run."
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Apparently MMZ2 was a world record (in a somewhat non-competitive category).
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Can't wait to watch the Hollow Knight run, that game made me love games again.
Why are there so many guys at AGDQ wearing make-up and women's clothing, by the way? Is that some meme or GDQ running gag? Like "save the animals"?
I'm also really curious to see what a Diablo 2 run looks like. It's not like you can plan it very much beforehand, and the world record would likely go to the first guy who finds Ral+Sol or something.
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