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GDQ is a fundraise in the United States that was founded mike Mike Uyama and was originally organized from the communities of SpeedRunsLive and Speed Demos Archive communities made on Janurary 1, 2010. From the Games Done Quick (GDQ) website, "Games Done Quick is a series of charity video game marathons. These events feature high-level gameplay by speedrunners raising money for charity."

Satistics

GDQ had raised over $40+ million dollars over nearly 40 marathons and are the biggest fundraisers globally for 'Doctors Without Borders' and the 'Prevent Cancer Foundation' charities. On average they have over 3,000 people in attendance including attendees and staff.

Marathons

Every year they have they have 2 events: their winter event, Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ); and their summer event, Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ). They also have smaller marathons to support other charities throughout the year.

Awesome Game Done Quick

AGDQ Marathons
Dates Charity Number of Marathons Amount Raised Overall
Janurary 1-3, 2010 CARE 1 $10,532
Januray 6, 2011 - Current Prevent Cancer Foundation 13 $20,763,470

As of November 2022

Summer Games Done Quick

SGDQ Marathons
Dates Charity Number of Marathons Amount Raised Overall
Auguest 4, 2011 - May 28,2012 Organization for Autism Research 2 $67,676
July 25, 2013 - Current Doctors Without Borders 10 $18,824,286

As of November 12, 2022

Special Marathons

Special Marathons
Dates Charity Number of Marathons Amount Raised Overall
April 7-10, 2011 Doctors Without Borders 1 $25,800
October 26–29, 2012 Lindsey King 1 $9,733
March 20, 2015 AbleGamers Foundation 1 $3,500
September 1–3, 2017 Houston Food Bank 1 $299,455
October 26–28, 2018 10 charities 1 $139,879
September 27–29, 2019 AbleGamers Foundation 1 $152,595
December 27–29, 2019 N/A 1 N/A
February 23–29, 2020 Malala Fund 1 $54,287
April 17–19, 2020 Direct Relief 1 $403,632
September 4, 2020[ The Trevor Project 1 $4,434
November 15, 2020 - August 27, 2022 Malala Fund 4 477,156

As of November 12, 2022

Banned Runners

Bonesaw577 - 2016-2018

PvtCinnamonBun - 2017-current

Cyberdemon531 - 2017-2018

BubblesDelFuego - 2018-current

Luzbelheim - 2020-Unknown

Mekarazium - 2022-current