Hello everybody and man it has been a while, hasn't it? This is nothing to worry about since this is a time of the year when I just don't spend as much time in front of the screen due to family events... and I spent a lot of July in particular away from home, so the previous post spent a length of time on the front page. But it's time again to see what's going on.
But I am getting ahead of myself. Welcome everyone and welcome to the even the idea of Extra Life. If you don't know, Extra Life is a charity event that runs every year to help sick kids via the Children's Miracle network. The process is really simple: people sign up, play games to get donations, and the Children's Miracle Network handles everything in the background so the hospital that gamer chose to play for basically gets everything. And I can honestly say I've been honored to be doing this every year since it began.
But I think this might be one of the more interesting updates in general as it looks like for the first time in years, the Extra Life website is getting a major update, reorganizing it, modernizing it's look and hopefully making it that much more useful to those playing, those donating, and those who just want to know whas going on!
It might take a little bit to settle, but it does feature two ways to raise donations for the event as Extra Life has supported Donodrive for a long time. In fact since I began using a panel on my twitch page for the event it has gone through them. However it now seems when you sign up, you will now pick if you wish to continue to use Donodrive or if you would rather use Tiltify, expanding just what we as a community can do, so feel free to use which ever one you wish to use. But if you wish to play, I suggest you get to the main page and make your choice soon... we are getting ever closer to the big event.
An what is that big event? Why the 24/25 hour marathon, of course. At the heart of the Extra Live year is a marathon where each gamer plays for a full day straight to celebrate what we have done and push the cause that much farther. This year, like last we do not have a specific day but an entire week where gamers will pick a day for their run. This year the week will be:
- Phantasy Star Wednesday (8 PM Eastern Time): Every Wednesday night, I continue my push through every US-Released entry in the Phantasy Star franchise in order of release. This is both to help raise money for sick kids and to celebrate one of the last franchises I absolutely adored to survive through current day. Currently we just finished the story line of Phantasy Star Online Episode 2 (via the PC Blue Burst edition on the Ephinea private server) and are now making a point to at least try every side mission before wrapping it up and moving to Episode 3 on the Gamecube.
- First Person Friday (8 PM Eastern Time): Much like Wednesday, I am also streaming every Friday as well, but this day is more open: as long as the game is played from a first person perspective. Currently we are playing through Clive Barker's Undying, and an open calendar as to what is to follow.
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/megabyte114
Extra Life: https://dd.extra-life.org/teams/TheRedSector
But on that note, Im afraid I have to get going. There is a lot to do in the time we have remaining so I will see you in the streams.
