493 Pokemon in 72hrs for Charity!

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The Speed Gamers Pokemon Marathon

493 Pokemon in 72hrs

Last year (December 19-22, 2008) The Speed Gamers tried to catch 492 in 72hrs while raising money for ACT Today (Autism Care and Treatment).

Sadly to say they failed to meet the time of 72hrs, but finished shortly after.

Pokémon Versions Used: Fire Red, Leaf Green, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl; Pokémon: Gale of Darkness,

Pokémon Colosseum + North American and Japanese Bonus Discs, Pokémon Ranger: Shadow of Almia, My Pokémon Ranch.

Well this year with 1 extra Pokemon added on they shall try again.

The games used will be a little different from last years list, but will have the new Soul Silver.

When: December 18th at 6:00PM

Where:http://www.thespeedgamers.com

Charity: Ally's House

Sponsored by: Toby Keith (Country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor)

Events: During the marathon they will have multiple contests to win various prizes.

Who are The Speed Gamers:

TheSpeedGamers have been streaming video game marathons for over a year to raise money for various charities.

In total they have raised over $98,000 dollars and played 14 marathons.

They have raised over $50,000 in their week long Final Fantasy Marathon, and have made multiple news appearances. This upcoming marathon will be for Ally's House. This charity's is sponsored by Toby Keith (Country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor), and their mission is to "to help Oklahoma kids with cancer and their families. Donations will be used to help these families through this difficult journey."

[DefiantHawk]

Thanks for the heads up! This will definitely be interesting, hopefully they'll make it this time

I made a sig sized version that won't stretch the page if you don't mind.

The code to display it in your sig:

[url=http://www.thespeedgamers.com][img=http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/1959/thespeedgamerpokemonmar.png][/url]

[Neo]

It's great to see that they have achieved their goal.

[Mewtwo Ex]

Impressive to say the least. By seeing the amount raised i should have tried that for my own benefit.

[Neo]

I watched a few ours of it. It was pretty good. Would have loved the donations that they got though.

[ScientificPikachu]

I'm not sure but I recently visited the site and they're gonna do it again. This time, I guess with the Gen V Pokémon (BW). Maybe June 15-22, 2012.