Hi there. Thank you for your interest in our ridiculous fund-raising scheme for Macmillan Game Heroes.
You’re here to find out what’s going on and how you can help, right?
EH?! WHAT’S HAPPENING? WHO ARE YOU!?
It all started with a simple idea. A 24 hour marathon streaming session for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Then it became 26 hours. If a marathon is 26 miles, a marathon stream should be 26 hours, right?
Then it got silly.
Now, we’re trying to stream for as much of May as we possibly can, across multiple channels, with gaming, hangouts and lord knows what else. It’s an evolving perma-stream which will hopefully bring people a little joy and in return, they’ll help us raise a little cash.
HUH. OK, WHEN’S THIS ALL HAPPENING, THEN?
The whole thing kicks off on May 9th at 09:00am. Here’s the schedule of known events but keep check back as we’ll update this as we go.
SATURDAY MAY 9th 09:00am TO SUNDAY MAY 10th 10:00am
Gamer Tagged are kicking it off early! The ever amazing Ross Pollock from Gamer Tagged is going live on stream before we even finish our showers and wolf down a slice of toast. (Editor’s note: Couldn’t find that Ace Rimmer “what a guy” gif from Red Dwarf, sorry)
SATURDAY MAY 9th 10:00am TO SUNDAY MAY 10th 12:00pm
The Marathon Stream! 26 hours of all sorts of games which will open up with the beginning of a brand new Mid Game Crisis Minecraft realm and slowly descend into madness. Expect to see some Mount Your Friends, an intense Civilisation session and quite possibly some bizarre nonsense on Tabletop Simulator…
SUNDAY MAY 10th 11:00pm to MONDAY MAY 11th 05:00am approx
WWE Money In The Bank hangout – We’re going to be watching Money In The Bank live and we invite you to join us and shoot the shit, while maybe chucking a penny or two in the pot.
Please note, we will NOT be broadcasting the Money In The Bank PPV. You’ll just be getting us on cam, talking utter crap about wrestling and having a right old laugh.
TUESDAY MAY 12th 12:00pm to WEDNESDAY MAY 12th 12:00pm
Makka takes over streaming duties for 24 Hours In The Apocalypse, a marathon State of Decay 2 session. Expect to see some of us popping up in that one too, because apparently we really just don’t like sleep.
This is an evolving schedule, so keep coming back for updates.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?!
Really? I mean, it’s for charity, dude. Jeez. Well, let’s see what we can tempt you with, shall we? How about a giveaway? In fact, how about a buttload of giveaways?
The wonderful team at Insert Coin clothing have provided us with a 20% discount code for everyone who views the stream, as well as three vouchers which will be given away during the course of our fundraising efforts. Check out their range online, it’s absolutely gorgeous stuff. I need all those pins…
We’ve got a £20 online gift voucher for Bleading Marvellous, thanks to the awesome Dan! Folks, check out their online store, they’ve got some amazing horror and geek goodies. Be sure to follow them on Facebook, too!
The super talented Ben Cameron has donated a three month subscription to Pin Badge Club. I just signed up to this one myself and it’s absolutely brilliant. Drop Ben a follow on Twitter and thank him for us, he’s an absolute gem!
Thanks to our lovely pals at Bethesda UK, we’ll have DOOM codes to giveaway! Drop them a follow on Twitter and say thank you!
You like awesome t-shirts? Yeah you do! The good people at Qwertee have given us three codes to giveaway, each of which can be redeemed for a t-shirt of the winner’s choice!
Ross from Gamer Tagged (and Creative Ramble, your soon to be favourite podcast) is not only streaming for us tomorrow, he’s got a couple of PSN gift cards to give away. What’s more, he’s given us a couple too, along with a Steam code for Doom PC. Ross, you are the stuff of legend sir. Follow him on Twitter and tell him he’s gorgeous, will you?
More to come, keep checking in.
AND YOU’RE DOING ALL THIS FOR CHARITY?
Absolutely. There are links below to the justgiving pages, plus every sub to AMidGameCrisis on Twitch throughout may will be donated to the cause.
WHAT’S THIS I HEAR ABOUT YOU COLLECTING ON PAYPAL, THEN?
Ah, that. That’s a separate thing but you’ll probably hear it mentioned from time to time, so i’ll explain.
We’re doing all of this because it’s a good cause and we’ve all had people in our lives who have been affected by cancer, but what really spurred us on was the recent diagnosis of a very dear friend. In a bid to cheer him up and support him, we started a Paypal fund to throw some pressies his way and cover any costs he might have, should need arise. That’s something we did between friends and family and it’s not something we’re expecting any of you to throw into.
That being said, there will be people tuning in who know who we’re talking about and would like to support him, or who are just very generous and kind-hearted and so we’ll be popping the link to the Paypal below. Every penny we collect in there will be used to support our friend and his family during a difficult time and anything left will be donated to Macmillan, so that’s all good and lovely. Got it?
RIGHT, I’M CONVINCED. SHOW ME THE LINKS AND STUFF.
Yes! Glad you’re aboard. OK, here’s where to go to watch the streams:
GAMERTAGGED – Youtube.com/GamerTagged
MID-GAME CRISIS – AMidGameCrisis
MAKKA – RealCastCuraga
Here’s where to go to give money:
MID-GAME CRISIS – Game Heroes (James McLellan)
MAKKA – Game Heroes (CastCuraga)
And here’s where to go to throw a few quid at our pal:
OUR PAL’S PAYPAL – PablosAngels
YOU DONE?
Not quite.
We’d like to thank a few people, if we may.
Thank you to Sold Out Entertainment for giving us the two review copies of Zombie Army 4 for our spooky streaming session, it’s very much appreciated and bound to bring in those essential viewers!
Thanks to The Attitude Era Podcast for a lovely shoutout, we’re big fans and it was great of you to share our efforts with your following.
In fact, thank you to EVERYONE who’s shared, retweeted, liked and generally just spread the word. Whether you have 10 followers or 10,000, it’s the same to us. Sharing equals potential new eyes for the stream, which equals potential donations. So, thank you so very much.
NOW YOU’RE DONE?
Almost! We still need some help, folks. If you would like to join in by streaming a couple hours so we can take a break or perhaps you’d like to host us on your channels to get out to a wider audience, maybe you’ve even got something you’d like to chuck into the giveaway pile? Please drop me an email at jamie@midgamecrisis.co.uk, any time, day or night. I won’t be asleep, obviously…
OK, GOODB-
Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter and check us out on Facebook for updates.
OK JEEZ BYE.
Thanks. Love you.