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The Texas e-Sports Association is pleased to announce the 'Play with the Pros' Charity Event. The event will consist of 30 hours of consecutive streaming where we will be joined by a number of well-known pro players and StarCraft personalities. The goal of the event is to have a great time giving the community the rare opportunity to interact with well-known players while raising money for an excellent cause.
Logistics **UPDATED**
Begin: Saturday 8:00pm CST
End: Sunday 11:00pm CST
Stream **UPDATED**: Thanks to iNkA who has kindly allowed us to use his stream!
The stream is now: http://www.twitch.tv/inkasc
The Event
During the event, we will host different players for a few hours at a time. While a player is on the stream, they will participate in a wide variety of activities including:
- 'Play the Pro' matches with stream viewiers (1v1, 2v2, 4v1, FFAs, etc)
- 'Play the Strat' (Stream audience suggests strat to use against stream viewer)
- Team Battles (team battles that pit professional teams against each other)
- 'Mono-Battles with stream viewers
- Custom games with stream viewers (user-made maps)
- Show-matches between players (+ friendly banter in Skype!)
- Interviews using questions from Stream Audience and this thread
Thus far, the following players have confirmed attendance in the event.
- coLFireZerg
- coLRyan
- coLTriMaster
- GoSuPokebuni
- QxGAxel / Axeltoss
- QxGiNkA
- QxGtheognis
- sixjaxViBE
- ThisIsJimmy
- vileState
- vileHawk
In addition, we are anticipating the attendance of 5-10 other players, pending scheduling confirmations. If you are a player that would like to join the cause, please PM me at your earliest convenience! An official schedule will be released on Friday once we have given time for anyone who wishes to join. (Each player's time on the stream will be catered to their game preferences.)
The Charity
Since this is a community-focused event, the community will decide the chairty all revenue will go to! The following poll will be open until the event comes to a conclusion Sunday evening.
- American Red Cross
- Child's Play
- Doctors Without Borders
- Save the Children
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Poll: What charity should proceeds go to?
Doctors Without Borders (113)
47%
Child's Play (80)
34%
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (22)
9%
American Red Cross (12)
5%
Susan G. Komen for the Cure (7)
3%
Save the Children (4)
2%
238 total votes
Child's Play (80)
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (22)
American Red Cross (12)
Susan G. Komen for the Cure (7)
Save the Children (4)
238 total votes
Your vote: What charity should proceeds go to?
(Vote): American Red Cross
(Vote): Child's Play
(Vote): Doctors Without Borders
(Vote): Save the Children
(Vote): St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
(Vote): Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Donations
We encourage donations to any of the above charities. Alternatively, TeSPA is offering organization 2011-2012 T-shirts to anyone with a $20 dollar donation. If you would like a T-shirt, the cost (about $6) of the shirt will come out of the donation, but we will send all proceeds to the winning charity at the conclusion of the event. To make such a donation, visit this link on our website.
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