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Labor Day Half Marathon is on!

Howdy folks! We'll be hosting our first of two marathons this Saturday August 30th starting at 3pm CDT. We will be giving away 4 WoW subs for those who donate at least $50 USD and enter to win! You can donate directly on our Extra Life page where you can also learn more about Extra Life and why we participate every year. After you donate, don't forget to register to win. Winners will be drawn at 6pm, 9pm, 12am, and 3am. Our goal this year is to get to get to our 20k lifetime milestone. Donating, sharing, and watching us on Twitch all help. Are you in? See you there!

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It's that time of year again, friends!

Tomorrow, November 2nd, we will be gaming and streaming for 24 hours to raise funds for our favorite charity, Extra Life.

We have raised over $15,000 since we started on this quest 7 years ago and so far we've raised just over half our goal of 4k for this year.

Register after donating for some great give aways! 

This year we will be giving away a physical Collector's Edition of Word of Warcraft: The War Within, digital Epic WoW and Epic D4 Expansion editions, WoW game time, and Battle.net balance. A donation is required to enter and winning is not guaranteed. You can enter and read more about the give aways here! 

$10 donation or more to be entered for Random Drawings  $50 donation or more to be entered for 1 year WoW sub  $65 donation or more to be entered for Digital Epic Editions of WoW and D4 $75 or more donation for physical WoW Collectors Edition (shipping not included) $85 or more donation for an in-game WoW Brutosaur 

Relevant Links

You can find our Donation page here: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Sollitaire

You can find our Twitch Stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/sollitaire

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Schedule

We will start tomorrow at 12pm CT.

I don't have an official schedule this year other than our semi-annual 5v5 ARAM Heroes of the Storm shenanigans at Midnight central time. Here are some of the games we will for sure be playing: World of Warcraft (Retail - this includes Delves, Keys, and 20th anniversary randomness across a multitude of characters) Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred (starting the expansion for the first time) Final Fantasy 14 (Working on the Dawntrail MSQ) Heroes of the Storm (All Random All Middle crazy town) JackBox - I have just about all of them Here are games I might play: Baldur's Gate - I've only played the intro to this and didn't get very far past that Chillquarium - super passive game that is just kind of brain smoothing when I need some down time A little to the left - cozy game that can sometimes be challenging Little Kitty Big City - will probably do this with my daughter Here are games that have been recommended (which I haven't played or looked up on purpose, that I'll sprinkle in sporadically throughout the day) Chance of Sennaar The Witness Super Bunny Man Hand Simulator (recommended for late late night fun) Inside Firewatch Ape Out Keep talking and nobody explodes (probably also a late night option) --- others on this recommended list I have but haven't played --- Tiny Glade (I think I own this but have yet to play it) Elden Ring (I have this and tried it once and raged pretty early, but that was because I had a hard time doing a keyboard/mouse setup - may try with a controller - this is only if I feel super masochistic) Have a game to recommend? Leave a comment or come say hi on my stream during game time. Hope to see you all tomorrow!

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Shortened Labor Game Day

Alas! I am sick and have been all week. So, we will still be hosting Extra Life Labor Game Day time today on Twitch but it will be a bit shortened and a bit sporadic. This way I can take breaks as needed. We will for sure be hosting our HotS 5v5 ARAM at Midnight CDT! So be sure to check us out there.

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It’s that time of year again to Play Games and Heal Kids!

This is my (Sollitaire) 7th year participating in Extra Life - a gaming focused charity that supports Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. You can read all about who I am and why I do it on my Extra Life participant page. I will use this space here to update people about our (this is a family affair) times and schedule of events so people can keep track and join us if they want. So please be sure to save this blog so you can keep up with our shenanigans!

This year, given the official release of World of Warcraft: The War Within is next week (early access begins today!), we will be commencing this momentous occasion that is followed by a nice holiday weekend with a half day marathon going from 2pm CST on Saturday August 31st to 2am CST (at minimum) Sunday September 1st. During this time I’ll be playing the new WoW expansion (and maybe even some D4 seasonal content to spice it up) live on Twitch where I will be encouraging donations and doing giveaways. A full schedule of what we will be doing and when will be posted here by August 30th.

For those who are familiar with our marathons, we will also be doing our 12am CST Heroes of the Storm 5v5 ARAM as usual. Even if you don’t play, it’s pretty funny to watch 10 people try to murder each other while also yelling at each other over discord all streamed live on Twitch. 🤪

Of note, our full 24 marathon will be on Game Day November 2nd starting at 12pm CST. More details will be provided about that once we get closer to the date!

Giveaway Details:

For those who are wiling and able to donate, you can *donate different amounts from $5 USD to $100 USD or more to qualify for a wide range giveaways such as WoW Game time, Digital copies of both WoW: The War Within and Diablo 4, Battle.net Balance, and one lucky winner will be able to win a physical WoW Collectors edition with the 20 year anniversary statue (winner must pay shipping). For those who are unable to donate, sharing this post, the Extra Life participant page, or my Twitch stream is a huge help!

Specified donation amounts are required for different prize categories. You must donate to win. Only one prize can be awarded per donation. Not all donors are winners. While you can donate in different denominations only the USD equivalent will qualify you for entry. Donation does not equal automatic giveaway entry.

To be entered into drawings to win, please fill out the form via the link provided on my Extra Life participant page page after you donate so you can select the items you’d like to be entered into drawings for. Don’t forget this step!

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2023 Extra Life Schedule

Welcome to our 2023 Extra Life fund raiser! This fund raiser is run by @sollitaire and her family to raise money for sick kids. We normally do this on the national game day, the first Saturday in November, but this year we're doing it during Labor Day Weekend, today September 2nd 2023.

Were I a more organized person, I would have had this up and running pre Extra Life stream day. Sadly, this year I am not.

So we're going to use this platform for now to provide our Extra Life schedule on the day of so people can kind of keep up with or know what's going on over the next 24 hours (starting at 12pm ct).

Streaming will be here: https://www.twitch.tv/sollitaire

September 2nd

12pm: Seasonal Sorc in Diablo 4 2pm: OW Invasion with the twins 4pm: WoW Dragon Flight Shenanigans - probably dragon races 6pm: Dinner Break 7pm: WoW Hardcore Shenanigans - rolling a new Hardcore toon and will see how far I get before I die 10pm: Back to Diablo 4 12am: Heroes of the Storm 5v5 custom ARAM!! 3am: Baldur's Gate - newbie, just past the intro 5am: FFXIV Shenanigans - between 85 Red Mage finishing Endwalker or a baby Lala bard/pally starting all over again (at first dungeon) 8am: Breakfast break 9am: Whatever will keep me going until 12 noon...

Enter to win prizes!

You can learn more and do so here: https://forms.gle/stjDi4y2zcEs465GA

Rules of entry:

A minimum donation is required to enter. 

Donations must be through Team Hubbard's 2023 Extra Life Facebook Charity page or directly to Team Hubbard's 2023 Extra Life page unless previously discussed

Your donation cannot be anonymous

A valid email address must be provided to enter the give away and receive a keys

You understand there is only one item win per person max even if you've opted into more than 1 item

You understand you cannot sell any digital keys you receive if you win

You understand the WoW Subscription giveaway is for game time only and not the game itself

You understand you must own World of Warcraft (Current or Classic) to use a WoW Sub Key

You understand you must have a Battle.net account to redeem a key

 You understand that if you win any physical products you are responsible for paying for shipping

Prizes this year include the following:

Digital Goods

Given away throughout the day

Various amounts of Blizzard Bucks/Battle.net account balance - you can spend this in any game on PC.

WoW Cosmetics, mounts, pets - just a few random items

WoW Subscriptions for a years worth of game time (doesn't include game)

Physical Goods

Given away starting at Midnight CT Winner pays shipping for all physical goods

1 of 1 WoW 15th Anniversary Collector's Edition with Ragnaros Statue (you can see it and its contents for sale here - does include 30 days of game time but no game).

1 of 1 Dragon Flight Collector's Edition - includes game! (You can see it and its contents here - it was only available exclusively through Blizzard and has been long since sold out)

1 of 1 Diablo IV Collector's Box (does not include game- you can see it and its contents here and while yes you can still buy it today - you can get it through our give away and feel good about the money you spend as it will be a donation to help sick kids!

Other Goods

1 of 1 Blizzcon ticket - this includes entrance to the convention in Anaheim during the first weekend of November (now you see why we're doing this early) but DOES NOT include any travel accommodations.

All of these details and more are on our Extra Life page!

See you sooooooon! (Last updated 11am Sept 2nd)