Like your speedrunning with a European twist? Look no further!
Feeling a touch of the post-AGDQ blues? Thankfully, it’s not just North America that is serving up good old-fashioned charitable speedrunning for your viewing pleasure. Until February 23, The European Speedrunner Assembly will be bringing you a24-hour Twitch stream, showcasing a variety of runs, and asecondary stream, all in the name of good fun and raising money for Save the Children.
ESA has been showing awesome technical gaming feats since 2015, and has gone from strength to strength lately. I had a great time attending the main summer event last year in Malmö, while the winter event (which has been going since last year) is hosted from the beautiful city of Växjö, also in Sweden. After adding the Movember event to its roster at the end of last year, and raising over $120,000 for Save the Children at the summer event in 2018, ESA is building a thriving community, all while helping out some worthwhile causes.
So, what catches my eye in theschedule? Here are my top tips for one game a day to check out (and to donate to!) during the week*:
- Monday, February 18, 13:30, Stream 1 –Resident Evil 2 (2019)run by Distortion2
Tuesday, February 19, 11:51, Stream 1 –Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)run by RebelDragon95
Wednesday, February 20, 08:00, Stream 2 –The Witcher 3: Wild Huntrun by triggerino1
Thursday, February 21, 04:00, Stream 2 –Final Fantasy Xrun by Metako
Friday, February 22, 04:24, Stream 1 –Kingdom Hearts 3run by IrregularJinny
- Saturday, February 23, 13:04, Stream 1 –Cupheadrun by kalevan_herra vs. Kirthar vs. TwoCPlus
*All times are listed according to the Pacific Standard Time.
Fancy throwing a donation their way? you may make all of your donations and pledges to Save the Children via ESA throughthis website.
Header photo credit to Michael Kire
