I won an Extra Life fundraising award.
[dc]A[/dc]nother Extra Life weekend has come and gone. I played games for 16 straight hours on Saturday and into Sunday morning (9 AM Saturday to 1 AM Sunday).
I finished up my 24 hours of gaming for charity on Sunday, with two blocks of four hours each.
Final Numbers
My goal this year was to raise $300 for the Sparrow Children’s Center here in Lansing. I ended up raising $505 instead!
Once again I joined the Gravity Works team and as a whole, the entire team raised $1,525 (the team goal was $1,000).
Thank you again to Gravity Works for turning its Old Town office (here in Lansing) into a gaming space for the event.
Awards All Around
As the image above shows, I won the Gravity Works “top fundraising award” this year. I completely forgot about their annual trophy until I saw it shoved into my hands around 1 AM Sunday morning.
Dan at Gravity Works built the trophy and did an amazing job. (Dan actually raised $20 more than me, but since he built the trophy, he couldn’t win it)
Goals and Rewards
Like last year, I had rewards unlocked when I raised certain amounts of money. This year’s unlocked rewards were:
- Wearing a cowboy hat.
- Wearing a 3-piece suit.
- Wearing cowboy boots.
- Wearing my long Doctor Who scarf.
- Wearing a wig.
Then, the big prize when I hit the $500 mark: I shaved my beard. Gaze upon me, if ye dare.
HI KIDS
Stephanie was not happy: “I don’t even recognize you.”
Games Played for Extra Life
What did I spend my time playing this year? In no particular order because I sure as heck can’t remember:
- Machi Koro
- Betrayal at House on the Hill
- Magic: The Gathering – Canadian Highlander variant
- Magic: The Gathering – Commander variant
- Ultimate Chicken Horse
- Stikbold!
- Gang Beasts
- TowerFall
- Fibbage
- Quiplash
- Drawful 2
- Bidiots
- Dominion
- Dance Central 3 (I think)
- Resident Evil 4 (Sunday at home)
- Costume Quest 2 (Sunday at home)
Thanks again to everyone who donated and who played games with me! See you next year. There’s a bunch of more Extra Life photos on my Instagram feed. I thought of setting up a Twitch account, but it was too late in the day on Sunday. Maybe next year.
