Its that time of year again and that means Extra-Life is back! Extra-Life is an annual gaming event where people play games for 24 hours to raise money for childrens hospitals. This year Extra-Life will be happening on November 5th.
Last year the Giant Bomb team passed a massive milestone. Since the Giant Bomb team has been participating in Extra-Life (2011) weve raised over $500,00. $530,989.99 to be exact. Thats over HALF A MILLION DOLLARS!
Getting Involved
Lets face it. Most of us are playing video games for a disgusting amount of time anyway. It may as well be for a good cause AND ITS SO EASY TO JOIN! Go to
www.extra-life.org, sign up and join the Giant Bomb team. You can join the team during the sign up process or by going to the team page and hitting join
www.extra-life.org/team/giantbomb.
How do I get people to give me money for the kids?
This is the hardest part but also the most rewarding. Social media is your best friend. Tweet it, tumbl it and Facebook share while youre at it. Live streams are also a great way of getting donations. If youre going to stream do everything you can to make it a quality production. Were talking shiny graphics, lower thirds with a donation link, code giveaways e.c.t.
Finding a theme for your stream is also helps. Its give you a goal and youll never. Maybe youre going to play all of the Halo games because youre crazy or maybe youre going to play 24 hours of Dota 2 because you like good video games.
I'm a busy person with a job, kids and a crippling drug addiction. I don't have time to play video games!
No worries friend you can still help. Check out the roster of team Giant Bomb and donate to someone you like the look of.
Ive read your words, Ive signed up and joined the Giant Bomb team. What now?
This most important part of Extra-Life is the build up to November 5th. Use all that time to spread the word and plan your live stream. Once youve signed up post the link to your donation page and any live streams you may be doing in this thread. If you have any questions post them here and Ill try to help out. This really is a community effort.