Event page (happening now!): http://www.twitch.tv/crashpro3
What is it?:
Streaming 72-Hours straight for the Children's Miracle Network accepting donations while playing the entire Ratchet series.
All ten Ratchet & Clank games will be played through during the event. The games may not be in this exact order, but expect a similar order to this:
Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando/Locked and Loaded
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Ratchet Deadlocked
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
Secret Agent Clank
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
CHAT
Using UStream’s built-in chat feature, talk to fellow audience members throughout the entire event. Even talk directly to the players from the text chat. But play nice with others and follow the rules.
DO NOT:
Back-seat moderate the chat.
Ask to become a moderator.
Use profanity.
Post links to other sites.
Irritate the players/commentators.
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Overall, please be responsible; act mature. This to be a fun atmosphere, however, just don’t ruin it for everyone else.
DONATE
All of the money donated goes directly to Child’s Play via PayPal transactions, but these transactions do NOT require a PayPal account in order to donate. Donators will also have a chance to win prizes from raffle drawings throughout the event. In order for a donation to be eligible for the raffle, donors must donate $5(USD) or more when a raffle is announced.
Donating more than $5 (USD) does NOT affect chances of winning, but there are benefits for donating more than $5. When a donation is received, it will grant a chance in the current drawing. When the raffle entered is over, donors for the next raffle begin, and the chances of winning are again reset back to zero people entered. There will be as many raffles as possible, so expect about ten raffle prizes.
But wait, there’s more!
$5 only gets a donor into a raffle. One of ten raffles, to be more precise. That means donating $5 ten times; $50 worth of donations, is enough to enter all ten raffles. Which is a great amount on its own, but come on, where’s the fun in just that? There’s a also a GRAND PRIZE at steak.
Unlike Pro3Studios’ previous marathons, which gave the grand prize to the highest donor, the formula will be changing this time for the better. For just $20 per entry, donors can enter to win a copy of The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy for PS3. Note that Pro3Studios is a United States-based group, so this means they’ll have these remakes of the first three games ahead of the North American launch for the event. The person who wins the Grand Prize Raffle will win the copy played through during the marathon. So for North American viewers, this means there’s a chance of winning a copy of a game before it even hits store shelves! Remember: this is a region-free game. That means all three Ratchet & Clank games, remastered for the PlayStation 3 will be Pro3Studios’ thanks for donating.
And for the Grand Prize Raffle, donors may enter as many times as they wish. Every $20 donated from the beginning of the marathon to the end offers another chance in the Grand Prize Raffle.
But that’s not all! (again)
What about some more fun? For $25, they’ll let you choose a song (preferably from video games or anime) and sing as best they can (and probably make hilarious highlight reels in the process).
In previous years, Pro3Studios had a person chug a bottle of hot sauce, did a group Numa Numa sing along accompanied by dancing, and even had someone do barrel rolls while dodging marshmallows shot from a gun made out of PVC pipes. All in the name of charity and fun!
There are plans to stir up some new memorable moments for donations this year, so be sure to watch!