[x5_Bard]

The Starlight Foundation is an Australian children’s charity group that aims to help children who are hospitalised or have serious medical needs. Founded in 1988 they have grown into an organisation that offers a variety of support for kids and also their families. Especially important is the Starlight Wishgranting, an amazing service for the kids and families who are undergoing extreme hardship. Offering a break from the pressures and stress from their illness and providing memories for the whole family at the same time is something very special.


EB Games began their partnership with the Starlight Foundation in 2008 and have continued to grow since, last year raising $500,000 during Starlight Week. This year is the Starlight Foundations 25th anniversary and they are aiming to raise $550,000. In order to achieve this goal they need your help! The Starlight Gamethon will run for 25 hours straight starting on Thursday May 2nd at 12pm and finishing on Friday May 3rd at 2pm. There is a broad range of games and sections from pizza eating and cardboard fortress building to SC2 HotS and CoD tournaments and don’t forget the toilet paper cosplay!


The SC2 action will be starting on Thursday with Team Exile5 and PiG, as well as Nv's Rossi showcasing games from 10pm with the possibility of a showmatch or just some general SC2 HotS action on stream. So come join in on the fun and please make a donation if you can. It’s a cause that’s well worth supporting!


If you are interested in donating or want more information please go to: http://starlight.ebgames.com.au/index.php?page=home


And you can find the live stream at: http://www.twitch.tv/ebgamesaus


Looking forward to seeing you all on stream!

[x5_dot]

They've got $103/550k so far! Gogo donate and watch

[PiG]

This is a really huge effort from EB and the general gaming community to support a great cause. Personally I think it's so cool that we'll get to play a showmatch and show off some competitive gaming as part of such a huge "mainstream gaming" event! Really hope we can help raise that $550K! Appreciate any support just by spreading the word of the event and tuning into the stream, we're on 11pm Thursday night I believe!

[Maynarde]

Shall be helping promote this, these initiatives are really awesome and it went well last year as well

[Mayo]

Just got back from the event, was pretty fun!

[PiG]

Starcraft going live shortly probably going to do a 2v2 showmatch!

[TtSYF.tRoy]

When does this event finish tomorrow? Might come in, Its at flinders street yeah?

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Swanston St, I believe

[PiG]

Originally Posted by pXtRoy

When does this event finish tomorrow? Might come in, Its at flinders street yeah?

It finishes at 1pm tomorrow! I fly out at ~2pm though so I doubt I'll stay here the whole night! Will need to get some shut-eye :P. They want to stream some other games now so some star games will be delayed a little.

We'll be doing a me vs 3 beginners casted by Doombie and a 2v2 with me casting. Should be amusing and just a bit of fun, can't promise amazing production as this is a general gaming event not just an eSports thing :P. Will be a lot of fun though and hopefully we can amuse some people enough to donate!

[TtSYF.tRoy]

Originally Posted by PiG

It finishes at 1pm tomorrow! I fly out at ~2pm though so I doubt I'll stay here the whole night! Will need to get some shut-eye :P. They want to stream some other games now so some star games will be delayed a little.

We'll be doing a me vs 3 beginners casted by Doombie and a 2v2 with me casting. Should be amusing and just a bit of fun, can't promise amazing production as this is a general gaming event not just an eSports thing :P. Will be a lot of fun though and hopefully we can amuse some people enough to donate!

Yeah mario cart was a good, i might take some time off school and come in.