AGDQ 2020 Sets A New Record For Donations

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gamesdonequick&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Awesome Games Done Quick<&sol;a> &lpar;AGDQ&rpar; is an event that has been going on for the last 6 years of its ten years so far&comma; it has raised around &dollar;1 million to support charities such as the Prevent Cancer Foundation with video games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The event comprises of a week-long marathon featuring various gamers speed running their favorite games&period; And can also include additional challenges&comma; new content&comma; and other types of games&period; The event ran from January 5 through January 12&comma; viewed on the Awesome Games Done Quick <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;twitch&period;tv&sol;gamesdonequick" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Twitch<&sol;a> channel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This time though&comma; after just four days of streaming for AGDQ 2020&comma; the community hit the &dollar;1 million mark again making it an impressive seven-year streak for its &dollar;1 million fundraising goal&period; The community did not only hit the mark&comma; but also surpassed it at the end of the event with an amazing total of &dollar;3&period;04M&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Thank you to everyone for helping us not only break &dollar;3&comma;000&comma;000 in donations&comma; but for also helping us break our all-time record for donations in a single event&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;AGDQ2020&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;AGDQ2020<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;iw5vMcL2x3">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;iw5vMcL2x3<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; sumi 🌙&period;✦ &lpar;&commat;sumichu&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;sumichu&sol;status&sol;1216239241551908865&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">January 12&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-151211 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;01&sol;12091532&sol;AGDQ&lowbar;2020&lowbar;Mike&lowbar;Tysons&lowbar;Punchout&period;jpg" alt&equals;"AGDQ blind speed running " &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>AGDQ Events<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The most prominent part of the event was the speed runners&period; Their pure amazing talent certainly helped reach their goal&period; This was the combined efforts of dozens of talented speed runners coming together for a great cause&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Games played during AGDQ ranged from retro games on the NES&comma; SNES&comma; and Sega Genesis to modern games on PC&comma; PS4&comma; and Xbox One&period; Such as <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;destiny-2-review&sol;">Destiny 2<&sol;a>&comma; Control&comma; Devil May Cry 5&comma; Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;remaster-legend-zelda-skyward-sword&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">The Legend of Zelda&colon; Skyward Sword<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;super-mario-64-ds-sells-5-million-copies&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Super Mario 64<&sol;a> and much more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>AGDQ is a great example of how passionate gamers and the gaming community as a whole can come together to do amazing things&period; And if you were among those who missed the event and want to donate&comma; you can still do so by following this <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gamesdonequick&period;com&sol;tracker&sol;ui&sol;donate&sol;28" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">link<&sol;a> to donate whatever you can to help fight cancer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>AGDQ and the speed running community continues to impress and help break records every year&period; And we cant wait to see how well the event does again next year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gamesdonequick&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">GamesDoneQuick<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;