Winter Charity Marathon 2020
GG Souls is hosting a Soulsborne charity marathon December 3-5!
This exciting event will feature some of the best challenge runners and speedrunners in Soulsborne, including Distortion2, The Happy Hob, Elajjaz, Squillakilla, Kwitty23, FaraazKhan, Lobosjr, and many others! GG souls is raising funds for child antipoverty programs through Save the Children. Support our campaign for Save the Children here.
Prepare for an exciting three days!
The Winter Charity Marathon features Dark Souls and Demon’s Souls Remake tournaments, dance pad challenge runs, and some late night Among Us with the Soulsborne Twitch community. Prepare to laugh, prepare to cry, and always…Prepare to Die! Watch the tournament and events live at Twitch.tv/McRapt0r.
Marathon Schedule
(ALL TIMES EST)
Thursday, December 3
10 am - Winter Charity Marathon begins
Dark Souls Trilogy: SL1 Deathless Race
11 am - Dark Souls (Kazoodle, Backflippius, BarkerGH, thatCoolBlackDude)
1 pm - Dark Souls 2 (McDrunkard, Otzdarva, GinoMachino, SoundsTricky)
3 pm - Dark Souls 3 (BioticNova, EdenIssue, Squillakilla, Dinossindgeil)
5 pm - The Happy Hob challenge runs
Host: Twitch.tv/The_Happy_Hob
9 pm - Among Us with the Dark Souls community
Host: Twitch.tv/Kwitty23
Friday, December 4
9 am - Pre-tournament cast
10 am - Dark Souls 3 “Convergence Mod” No Hit Runs
Channel 1: Twitch.tv/McRapt0r
Backflippius, BBgainz, CouchJockey, GinoMachino
Channel 2: Twitch.tv/Darthnyquil
BadgerAttitude, Schiyo, TigerG92
Dance Pad Challenge Runs
2 pm - Dark Souls 3 with Loreena
4 pm - Demon’s Souls with Luality
6 pm - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice with LilAggy
9 pm - Among Us with the Dark Souls community
Host: Twitch.tv/SoundsTricky
Saturday, December 5
9 am - Pre-tournament Cast
Demon’s Souls Remake “Deathless Race” Tournament
10 am - Distortion2, Elajjaz, Lobosjr
1 pm - FaraazKhan, Dinossindgeil, Larxa, Loreena
4 pm - Kwitty23, LilAggy, Squillakilla
7 pm - Marathon Wrap-up
Support the Event
Save the Children
GG souls is raising funds for child antipoverty programs through Save the Children. Support our campaign for Save the Children here.
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Giveaways
There will be TONS of giveaways at the GG Souls Winter Charity Marathon. Enter here for a chance to win a PS5 digital edition console (US residents only), Demon’s Souls Remake Digital Deluxe PS5 game, and Flamelurker Displates: https://bit.ly/3ngmMma
Gamestop & Bandai NAMCO giveaways
Also, thanks to our generous partners at Gamestop Gives and Bandai NAMCO, we have TONS of games and gift cards to giveaway live at the event. Be sure to watch the three-day event for your chance to win!
Tournament Rules
Dark Souls Trilogy: SL1 Deathless Race
Four teams compete across the Dark Souls Trilogy in an SL1 (no leveling) Deathless Race. The winning team will be ranked by their cumulative in-game time (IGT) across all three games. The winning team receives a prize pool total of $225.
No glitches, out of bounds, quitouts, or force quits are allowed. Each death counts as a 1.5 minute penalty against IGT. (Maximum deaths: 5).
Dark Souls 3 “Convergence Mod” No Hit Runs
Seven individual runners compete in the “Convergence Mod” of Dark Souls 3 in a no hit (“hitless”) challenge run. The route is all bosses main game (no DLC). Players are ranked by the least amount of hits taken. In the event of a tie on hits, the player with the quickest IGT wins. Prize Pool: first place $100, second place $50. (Maximum Hits: 5).
Each player is permitted to only use one magic type and consumables. Young White Branches, Hidden Body, and Chameleon is not allowed.
Demon’s Souls Remake “Deathless Race” Tournament
Nine individual runners race through Demon’s Souls Remake in a Deathless tournament. Players are ranked by the IGT on their best run during a 3-hour time block.
No glitches, out of bounds, quitouts, or force quits are allowed. Each death counts as a 1.5 minute penalty against IGT. The route is any%, with the tutorial skipped. (Maximum deaths: 5).