Game for Life

Greetings all of you AGR readers! I come to you today with a very special proposition. If you have been on the Internet, and you like to play games, then hopefully you have heard of Extra Life. If you haven’t, Extra Life was started last year by the people behind sarcasticgamer.com. In essence, it is a marathon gaming event to help fight pediatric cancer. The players seek sponsors (and themselves) to donate money that goes to cancer research. Well… here, the official explanation:

Extra Life is a 24-hour charity gaming marathon that aims to raise money to fight pediatric cancer.  Extra Life is working in partnership with Texas Children’s Hospital and all funds are earmarked for the Texas Children’s Cancer Center.

It’s really easy to help out.  All you have to do is sign up at the Texas Children’s Hospital donation site for Extra Life.  The site makes it easy to send out requests for donations to people you know.  Those people donate and you get credit for obtaining the donation.  On October 17th at 8am (in your local timezone) you just play games for 24 hours.  It’s that simple.

You can check the site FAQ for answers to common questions about Extra Life.  However, if you still have more questions or comments, head on over to ouractive forum community and you’re certain to find the support you need.

This year we’re looking forward to building on last year’s tremendous success, with your help.

So what does this all have to do with AGR? I’ll tell you…

This year, there is a team AGR. What this means is two things:

1) You can join our team and participate under the AGR banner. Get family and friends to sponsor you, and raise money for cancer research.

2) If you can’t participate, you can sponser the AGR team and give us a good reason to play games for 24 hours straight. Remember, all donations go directly to the Texas Children’s Hospital for cancer research.

By now you are surely saying, “Wow Anski! Where can I sign up/sponsor/donate/get more info/etc. on this awesome event?” I would answer you by saying you can visit one of two sites to get started.

If you want to join AGR’s team, or sponsor the AGR team as a whole, visit here. From there, you can create your own profile and join the AGR team, or hit the giant Donate Now button and sponsor AGR.

Also, if you wanted to directly sponsor me, my personal fundrasing page is here. I am fairly certain that individual sponsorships also apply to the team as a whole, but I will admit that since I missed out on this event last year, I am not entirely sure. Either way, it goes to a great cause and will help keep me up and playing for all of those hours.

So please, consider joining or sponsoring AGR for this cause. We very much appreciate it!