Gaming is one of the most popular hobbies and activities that help players have fun and cope with the stresses of everyday life. Fast gamesfor the past 14 years, has used speedrunning to help those in need by raising money for numerous charities. While the main events usually focus on the Cancer Prevention Foundation and Doctors Without Borders, special marathons are held when the players behind Games Done Quick feel the need to help other causes. One such event could be the Games Done Quick Express held at TwitchCon, which supported ten charities simultaneously in 2018. Sometimes, in response to important current events, Games Done Quick will quickly assemble a group of speedrunners to help those affected by the effect at hand.
The reach of Games Done Quick and the generosity of those participating in the event helped internationally in an effort to help with the 2011 tsunami in Japan, and later even worldwide through the Corona Relief Done Quick event to raise funds for the victims from the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. With Hurricane Helen causing massive damage and destruction, GDQ once again brought together talented speedrunners to help out at any moment. Gamers interested in helping the many people in various US states in need can look forward to the GDQ Disaster Relief Done Quick, which starts on October 11th and runs through October 13th.
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Games Done Quick may organize additional events from time to time, but usually this is a summer and winter schedule. GDQ has a female-focused Flame and Frost Fatales side event, but it's more of a hit or miss in terms of the organization's regular schedule as a whole. Even TwitchCon's Games Done Quick Express has missed a few years, and since Japan Relief Done Quick in 2011, GDQ has only put together four charity events in response to current events.
The most recent was 2020's Corona Relief Done Quick, which means the upcoming Disaster Relief Done Quick breaks the trend of at least three to four Games Done Quick events a year to help those living in need due to hurricane damage Helen. The story of GDQ stepping up disaster relief serves as an unspoken statement about how badly the Category 4 cyclone devastated the eastern US, no doubt affecting gamers like streamer Tfue as well as regular people in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. Disaster Relief Done Quick aims to donate to Direct Relief, a charity that helps people in need during emergencies.
Games Done Quick has previously supported Direct Relief in two events – Corona Relief Done Quick and as one of the charities supported by the Games Done Quick Express 2018. It is also worth noting the speed of placing Disaster Relief Done Quick in general as a Games Done Quick campaign just finished its Express 2024 event at TwitchCon just two days before Helen's release. While the October event likely won't bring in as much as the previous Summer Games Done Quick and Awesome Games Done Quick events, as most GDQ side events typically didn't, it's still clear that GDQ has good intentions and wants to help those who are hurting after the storm. Those interested in watching or even donating can look forward to Disaster Relief Done Quick on Games Done Quick's Twitch channel from October 11th at 6:00pm ET to October 13th at 11:59pm ET.
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- Date of establishment
- January 1, 2010
- Headquarters
- USA
