Gaming speedrunners raise more than $1.2 million for Doctors Without Borders at SGDQ

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Gaming speedrunners raise more than $1.2 million for Doctors Without Borders at SGDQ
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The annual speedrunning charity event Summer Games Done Quick (http://mashable.com/2016/07/03/summer-games-done-quick-2016-stream/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) finished up late Saturday night, raising just less than $1.3 million to be donated to Doctors Without Borders. All week, some of gaming's fastest players gathered in Minneapolis and streamed their attempts to beat games as quickly as possible while encouraging donations.

SEE ALSO: What it means to be one of six 'Tetris' Grand Masters in the world (http://mashable.com/2016/07/07/tetris-grand-master/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


Over the years, Games Done Quick has raised about $3.5 million through SGDQ, which is its second speedrunning charity event. The original one, Awesome Games Done Quick, happens every winter. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/sgdq-2016-wraps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


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