Posted: 8/19/2009 1:45 AM
Post subject: 72 Hour Pokemon Marathon
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Pekopon
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Hey there! Haven`t been here in quite some time. Well today I`m bringing news of the biggest video game internet event of all time. The folks at thespeedgamers.com are going to be holding a 72 hour marathon of Pokemon games to raise money for charity. The event starts on December 18th 2009 6:00PM CST (Central Standard Time) and they will be legitimately catching all 493 pokemon. Remember that this is for charity, so when the day arrives, don`t forget to donate. If you donate 5 dollars or more, you get a chance to win prizes in draws. If you couldn`t take all this is, you can watch this Promo video I made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EeiI83hAYE&feature=channel_page Now I`m not promoting this to gain hits for the site, I`m promoting this for the charity. The charity they`re donating to hasn`t been decided yet, but eventually they will post a poll asking which one, so you can influence what they donate to. More details will be posted on thespeedgamers.com in the coming months, so keep an eye out. This is one event you won`t want to miss. And remember that this is being streamed live, so you have to plan your sleep schedule ahead of time. So go check out the site and the promo video and get pumped for the big event. This is Pekopon signing out!
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Posted: 8/19/2009 4:40 AM
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Last time I weren't able to watch hardly anything of their Pokémon marathon, I sure that I'm able to this time :). Looking forward to it.
Posted: 8/19/2009 4:58 AM
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The Final Fantasy marathon was bigger (and also for charity). It was scheduled to last 7 days (168 hours), but this article says that it took them 65 hours to finish 4 games, so I don't know if they finished on time.
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Posted: 8/23/2009 11:55 AM
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CtrlAltDestroy
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Strange they decided not to wait for HG/SS. Also, last time they did this, I think they spent more than 3 days, and failed to catch all the pokemon.
Posted: 8/23/2009 1:37 PM
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CtrlAltDestroy wrote:
Strange they decided not to wait for HG/SS. Also, last time they did this, I think they spent more than 3 days, and failed to catch all the pokemon.
I think the last time they did it, their copy of Ruby failed and killed the save, so even if they were close, that would have still killed their chances.
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Posted: 8/25/2009 10:01 AM
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Are they going to sleep in those 72 hours? I could never stay awake for three days oO
Posted: 8/25/2009 3:16 PM
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Yrr wrote:
Are they going to sleep in those 72 hours? I could never stay awake for three days oO
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