GWJ Extra Life 2020

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That's right, folks, it's almost that time of the year again!

Just like that, Game Day is around the corner. The exact day is November 7th, 2020, but as usual, events will be happening before and after the scheduled day (year long, some would say!).

I do hope you will once again join us to support Children's Hospitals in all corners of the North American continent. With everything going on, They need our help now more than ever.

Please join the GWJ team and/or donate via any of the goodjers participating in the event.

As we get closer to the date, we'll have more information and updates with links to streamer pages, dates, times, and more!

Stay tuned for further updates for Extra Life!

Comments

I sure hope everyone is as excited as I am! Subject to change, I've got a tentative schedule hammered out. Subject to change, because I might just take the entire Friday off and increase stream time.

Prospective schedule is as follows:

Friday, Nov 6th, 2020

  • Last Day in June (Paris time 20:00, EST 14:00 , PST 11:00)
  • Astrologaster (Paris time 23:00, EST 17:00 , PST 14:00)

Saturday, Nov 7th, 2020

  • GWJ adventure game for November (TBD) (Paris time 9:00, EST 3:00 , PST 0:00)
  • LUNCH BREAK (Paris time 12:00, EST 6:00 , PST 3:00)
  • Two Point Hospital (Paris time 13:00, EST 7:00 , PST 4:00)
  • Outer Wilds (Paris time 16:00, EST 10:00 , PST 7:00)
  • DINNER BREAK (Paris time 19:00, EST 13:00 , PST 10:00)
  • Guild Wars 2 (Paris time 20:00, EST 14:00 , PST 11:00)
  • The Sexy Brutale (Paris time 21:00, EST 15:00 , PST 12:00)
  • Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (Paris time 23:00, EST 17:00 , PST 14:00)

Sunday, Nov 8th, 2020

  • Two Point Hospital (Paris time 9:00, EST 3:00 , PST 0:00)
  • LUNCH BREAK (Paris time 12:00, EST 6:00 , PST 3:00)
  • Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (Paris time 13:00, EST 7:00 , PST 4:00)
  • Hollow Knight (Paris time 15:00, EST 9:00 , PST 6:00)
  • The Sexy Brutale (Paris time 17:00, EST 11:00 , PST 8:00)
  • DINNER BREAK (Paris time 19:00, EST 13:00 , PST 10:00)
  • Crypt of the NecroDancer (Paris time 20:00, EST 14:00 , PST 11:00)
  • Resonance (Paris time 21:00, EST 15:00 , PST 12:00)

Any suggestions are more than welcome!!

Wooo! I'm starting to get hyped up for this, too. I just saw a memory on my instagram account from last year where I was a part of an Extra Life event our local team put together. It's been a bit sad that we haven't been able to organize anything this year, but we've still all been keeping in touch ay least.

Of course, seeing that memory reminds me that I need to get off my butt and A) also hammer out a schedule and B) start getting back into regular streaming again. I think it was like some time in June or July when I last did one, so I'm a bit out of practice.

Once I get a schedule out there though, I'll be sure to let y'all know!

Oh yay!!! Aweseome, CptD! So glad to see you're in. And yes, it's a bummer that there won't be local events this year, but if anything, that means we must redouble our efforts!
I guess I'm lucky not to have been able to attend any local events. Can't miss what you've never had.

Someone should do live commentating on the blaseball playoffs Saturday.

Mixolyde wrote:

Someone should do live commentating on the blaseball playoffs Saturday.

This is a great idea - I might be up for this, schedule pending!

TheHarpoMarxist wrote:
Mixolyde wrote:

Someone should do live commentating on the blaseball playoffs Saturday.

This is a great idea - I might be up for this, schedule pending!

I would watch it! You can grab one of the wide screen user styles so that all of the games are visible on the stream. Blases Loaded might help, too (Thanks, RangerRick!).

Claws up!

After years of wanting to participate, but not being able to, I find that this year, I can! Just need to figure out what the heck I'm doing this in the next month.

Mantid wrote:

After years of wanting to participate, but not being able to, I find that this year, I can! Just need to figure out what the heck I'm doing this in the next month. :?

Oh awesome, looking forward to it!

I, on the other hand, have decided to Friday, Nov 6th off in order to increase play time. Tentative schedule is now:
Friday, Nov 6th, 2020

  • Goetia (Paris time 10:00, EST 4:00 , PST 1:00)
  • LUNCH BREAK (Paris time 12:00, EST 6:00 , PST 3:00)
  • Hades (Paris time 13:00, EST 7:00 , PST 4:00)
  • Reaching for Petals (Paris time 15:00, EST 9:00 , PST 6:00)
  • Goetia (Paris time 17:00, EST 11:00 , PST 8:00)
  • DINNER BREAK (Paris time 19:00, EST 13:00 , PST 10:00)
  • Last Day in June (Paris time 20:00, EST 14:00 , PST 11:00)
  • Astrologaster (Paris time 23:00, EST 17:00 , PST 14:00)

Saturday, Nov 7th, 2020

  • GWJ adventure game for November (TBD) (Paris time 9:00, EST 3:00 , PST 0:00)
  • LUNCH BREAK (Paris time 12:00, EST 6:00 , PST 3:00)
  • Two Point Hospital (Paris time 13:00, EST 7:00 , PST 4:00)
  • Outer Wilds (Paris time 16:00, EST 10:00 , PST 7:00)
  • DINNER BREAK (Paris time 19:00, EST 13:00 , PST 10:00)
  • Guild Wars 2 (Paris time 20:00, EST 14:00 , PST 11:00)
  • Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (Paris time 23:00, EST 17:00 , PST 14:00)

Sunday, Nov 8th, 2020

  • Two Point Hospital (Paris time 9:00, EST 3:00 , PST 0:00)
  • LUNCH BREAK (Paris time 12:00, EST 6:00 , PST 3:00)
  • Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (Paris time 13:00, EST 7:00 , PST 4:00)
  • Hollow Knight (Paris time 15:00, EST 9:00 , PST 6:00)
  • The Sexy Brutale (Paris time 17:00, EST 11:00 , PST 8:00)
  • DINNER BREAK (Paris time 19:00, EST 13:00 , PST 10:00)
  • Crypt of the NecroDancer (Paris time 20:00, EST 14:00 , PST 11:00)
  • Resonance (Paris time 21:00, EST 15:00 , PST 12:00)

Hope everyone has a chance to swing by!

A bit unexpectedly but I've decided to join the team too!

It's my first time participating in charity streams so a lot of things are new but it's all exciting and for the good cause.

Times and games TBD at the moment.

Hooray!!! Looking forward to it, hopefully I can catch some of your stream too!

TheHarpoMarxist wrote:
Mixolyde wrote:

Someone should do live commentating on the blaseball playoffs Saturday.

This is a great idea - I might be up for this, schedule pending!

Sadly it looks like Blaseball will be on siesta during this event. But maybe we could do the Monday after if they start up.

Mixolyde wrote:
TheHarpoMarxist wrote:
Mixolyde wrote:

Someone should do live commentating on the blaseball playoffs Saturday.

This is a great idea - I might be up for this, schedule pending!

Sadly it looks like Blaseball will be on siesta during this event. But maybe we could do the Monday after if they start up.

Well Extra Life accepts donations year round.
That being said, you could always schedule that as a non Extra Life stream.

CptDomano wrote:

Once I get a schedule out there though, I'll be sure to let y'all know!

Whoops, forgot to update this with my schedule. I'll be doing the full 24 hours on November 7th over on my Twitch channel, but here's the (very) rough schedule (spoilered to save space):

Spoiler:

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The reason why I say very rough is because this is the first year that my family will be at the house the whole time, and I fully expect at some point my son to show up and want to play something. It's also the reason why everything is on the PC instead of having some console games--he'd be pretty upset if I took over everything for the full day.

Eleima wrote:
Mixolyde wrote:
TheHarpoMarxist wrote:
Mixolyde wrote:

Someone should do live commentating on the blaseball playoffs Saturday.

This is a great idea - I might be up for this, schedule pending!

Sadly it looks like Blaseball will be on siesta during this event. But maybe we could do the Monday after if they start up.

Well Extra Life accepts donations year round.
That being said, you could always schedule that as a non Extra Life stream.

Yeah, this is definitely something I want to revisit and though it would have been nice as part of this, we can do it as a thing in of itself.

Wow, CptD. You're a braver streamer than I, I'm spreading it over three days, and the kids will be off with their dad. Looking forward to drop by during my lunch/dinner breaks!!

Ok, I think I've figured out what I'm gonna do for Extra Life and how.

I'm playing safe and don't plan any streamathons but for the whole month of November I'm going to have at least 3 streams a week - Mon, Wed and Fri - at 22:00 GMT+2 (3pm EST (?))

In terms of games, I will continue with Tacoma and then follow with Grim Fandango Remastered. That's the short term plan.

I also have a couple of indies in mind, so hopefully will get to them.

Fingers crossed everything will work out as planned

Those are some really really good games, sounds like you’re in for quite the ride!

I am a little late putting this up but I will be streaming 11-07-2020 from 9 am to 11 pm est. No list of games at this point.

Looking forward to it!! And don’t worry about not putting up a schedule. I have mine as a guideline more than anything. More often than not, there are a few changes. I’m already thinking of getting rid of the Middle-Earth slots, for example.

Edit to add: I’ve just realized that Saturday is N7 day and I feel like not planning a Mass Effect game is a huge oversight. /O_O\

Just a (belated) quick update, since Game Day has now come and gone.
First off, as is quite often the case, my schedule was indeed more of a guideline, I ended up playing no Middle-Earth: Shadow of War at all, despite planning two slots for it. Instead, I mostly played Goetia, the entirety of Astrologaster (which was an absolute blast, we all had lots of fun), Loom of course, Hades, Outer Wilds and I even snuck in some Mass Effect 3 because it was Mass Effect day.
Overall, the GWJ team exceeded its 1k$ goal by collecting a little over 1.4k$!!! I want to extend a very warm welcome Mantid, NaivGamer and Psycotoaster for participating in the GWJ team effort. And remember, folks, donations are open year round, so be sure to check out the Gamers with Jobs team page if you wish to make a donation.
On behalf of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and the sick kids, thank you so very much.