Just an update - as of 2 minutes ago (1:09 CST) they broke last years SGDQ 2015 record of $1,215,000 and are currently up to $1,224,847 and climbing. They added a Super Mario 64 70 Star Race on as a bonus :)

Well keep in mind that entry fees for this were $50-$70 and they sold nearly 1000 entries - I’m pretty sure those went to the actual logistics of this and the money they’re bringing in from donations goes directly to the charity.

It got a standing ovation- super glad I was here in the room when the million mark hit. Such positive energy and during my favorite game ever no less.

218??? That’s friggen weird man. I grew up with a 218 number in West Central minnesota. What a weird reminder of home and also why west central minnesota has this attraction to Freddie’s is even weirder

My friend and I on launch night (we are both white) took walks to go catch Pokémon and we went through a church parking lot and into the back of a convenience store and I thought “we look weird as white men, imagine if we were black”

I had originally intended to take the week off but...life had other ideas and I ended up putting my notice in to my job two weeks ago so I couldn’t take off to spend the entire week there (that would have been the dream).
I’m just watching, I’m not into streaming though this event is encouraging to me to try…

I live in Minnesota - about 20 miles from this event so I’m very fortunate to not have to pay for hotel or travel. I should have clarified that because I realize that adds a lot of money on to the $50 price. My apologies.

This instills a sense of community though. One that transcends racial, gender and sexual identities and brings people together to celebrate something they are passionate about.

No - no we aren’t at war.

I have been fortunate enough to go to this event this year and the Twitch stream doesn’t do it justice.

Shouldn’t talk about Trump’s fecal discharges like that...it’s not nice when talking about the next POTUS

You know... I hate being wrong. I hate even more being wrong for most of my life.

Trump is richer than probably the entire readership of Gizmodo combined. I doubt in 30 years he’ll even noticed these properties are missing.

Thanks - I learned something today

Yea - it was explained in better and nicer terms by other people. You’re just a dick.

Hmm, I guess this is what a small town public education gets me. Thanks for letting me know - I actually didn’t know the difference.

I hope that as we go along as a human race we realize that there is room for both and they can both co-exist or possibly reflect two sides of a very mysterious coin.

Is it wrong that I lost interest when I realized that it was all scripted and fake rage?

There’s a twin under the green part that puts the object out at the same exact time, thus giving the illusion.

Blizzard - Let’s make Totems Great AGain