The Metroid Marathon (2011) was the third marathon of the Metroid series hosted by TheSpeedGamers. This was their 23rd marathon, and their 19th for a charity. The charity for this marathon was Civic Force for Japanese Relief, aiding Japan in their troubles with the recent earthquakes and tsunamis. TSG Staff member JaggerG was able to attend and cover a number of games throughout the marathon. Chat OPs Calvin and Blaumagier (also known as Lothis) attended as well, supporting the marathon by gaming, commentating, and donating.
Once again, TheSpeedGamers teamed up with the guys at Fangamer to help support the marathon. While the marathon went on, TheSpeedGamers promoted the new Visor T-shirts that Fangamer made exclusively for the Metroid series. All proceeds made from the shirts during the Metroid Marathon would go directly to the charity.
To donate, TSG introduced a donation widget from “WePay.” It works just like the Chip-In! Widget that has traditionally been used for the charities in previous marathons. At the start of the marathon, only US viewers were able to donate with the new widget, but that was soon remedied to allow viewers to donate worldwide.
As the marathon took off, TheSpeedGamers introduced a new way to choose stunts. The project was titled “The Wheel of Misery,” where the gamers spun a wheel to find out what they would do for donations. (Eat something, Sing, etc.) However, victims of the wheel had the power to avoid stunts that they would absolutely NOT do, such as a person with a gag reflex problem opting out of eating a disgusting concoction.
| Metroid Marathon (May 2011) |
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| Date: May 6-9 |
| Length: 72 hours |
| Charity: Civic Force (Japanese Relief) |
| Total: $8000+ |
Games:
Friday 6pm-7:05pm – Metroid – Oscar
Friday 7:05pm-8:15pm – Metroid Zero Mission – JaggerG
Friday 8:15pm-2:25am – Metroid Prime – Phil
Saturday 2:25am-5:05am – Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – JaggerG
Saturday 5:05am-10:30am – Metroid Prime 3: Corruption – Baltes
Saturday 10:30am-12:30pm – Metroid II – Britt
Saturday 12:30pm-2pm – Super Metroid – Cameron
Saturday 2pm-9:40pm – Metroid: Other M – Lothis
Saturday 9:40pm-12:10am – Metroid Fusion – Jagger
Sunday 12:10am-1:15am – Metroid – Oscar
Sunday 1:15am-2:55am – Zero Mission (9% run) – JaggerG
Sunday 2:55am-9:30am – Metroid Prime (Hard run) – Phil
Sunday 9:30am-3:30pm – Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (101% run) – JaggerG
Sunday 3:30pm-9:30pm – Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Hard run) – Baltes
Sunday 9:30pm-11:15pm – Metroid II – Britt
Sunday 11:15pm-12:45am – Super Metroid – Cameron
Monday 12:45am-7:15am – Metroid: Other M – Lothis
Monday 7:15am-8:45am – Metroid (2 item run) - Jagger
Monday 8:45am-11:45am – Metroid II (Silly run?) – Britt
Monday 11:45am-1:45pm – Metroid Pinball – Lothis
Monday 1:45pm-3pm – Smash Bros. (All Samus)
*Metroid Prime: Hunters to be played sometime during the marathon.
Commentary:
Friday 6pm-9pm – Britt
Friday 9pm-12am – Tyler
Saturday 12am-3am – Rob
Saturday 3am-6am – Fettouhi
Saturday 6am-9am – Rust
Saturday 9am-12pm – Britt
Saturday 12pm-3pm – Phil
Saturday 3pm-6pm – Chase
Saturday 6pm-9pm – Britt
Saturday 9pm-12am – Tyler
Sunday 12am-3am – Rob
Sunday 3am-6am – Britt
Sunday 6am-9am – Rust
Sunday 9am-3pm – Baltes
Sunday 3pm-6pm – Chase
Sunday 6pm-9pm – Phil
Sunday 9pm-12pm – Tyler
Monday 12am-3am – Calvin
Monday 3am-6am – Britt
Monday 6am-9am – Rust
Monday 9am-12pm – Various
Monday 12pm-3pm – Britt & Calvin
Monday 3pm-6pm – Britt
Community Jokes Spawned
James Van Der Tweets
Bonate! (Typo of Donate)
Slow Crap (Typo of Slow clap)
Associated Organizations
Videos
