2013 Mindcrack Marathon
The 2013 Mindcrack Marathon was a 48 hour livestream marathon held by Mindcrack (in association with MCProHosting[1]) on 18-20 October 2013 to raise money for Child's Play, a charity that provides toys, books, and games to children in hospitals around the world. The event was first announced on the Mindcrack Podcast on 15 September,[2] and later on 16 October in an event reminder featuring PauseUnpause and AvidyaZEN.[3] MCProHosting provided the whitelisted server for $20 donors.
All money donated during the event was added to the Far Lands or Bust! (FLoB) season 4 fundraiser total. The goal of the marathon was to have FLoB reach its $100,000 season goal. The FLoB fundraiser was at $47,268.31 on 17 October.[4]
Contents
Participants[edit]
21 Mindcrackers (of which there was 26 at the time) participated in the stream.
adlingtont | AnderZEL | AvidyaZEN | BdoubleO100 | BlameTC | Docm77 | Etho |
generikb | Guude | kurtmac | mcgamer | Mhykol | Millbee | Pakratt0013 |
PauseUnpause | Pyro_0 | SethBling | thejims | Vechs_ | VintageBeef | W92Baj |
Guests[edit]
Individuals not members of Mindcrack participating in the Mindcrack Marathon
Events[edit]
The marathon was streamed to the Mindcrack Network Twitch page, with the stream and donation widget displayed on MindcrackLP.com. The 48 hours were divided into 16 3-hour long segments, with the allocated streamers free to fill their portion of the stream however they pleased. Three segments also listed Guude as the streamer, though the partnered Mindcracker was the one that streamed in all cases.[a] generikb and BdoubleO100 were listed to stream together during slot 2 (18 Oct 6:00pm - 9:00pm);[5] BdoubleO streamed to the Mindcrack Network Twitch page, while generikb streamed to his own. Slot 14 (20 Oct 6:00am - 9:00am) was left as a wildcard, which ended up being AvidyaZEN.
All times given are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00), and are to the nearest hour.
Time period | Streamer | Mindcrackers | Activities | Archived stream |
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18 Oct 2013 3:00pm - 6:00pm (slot 1) |
kurtmac | adlingtont, AvidyaZEN, BlameTC, Guude, PauseUnpause, SethBling, VintageBeef, W92Baj |
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18 Oct 2013 6:00pm - 9:00pm (slot 2) |
BdoubleO100 | AvidyaZEN, generikb, Guude |
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18 Oct 2013 9:00pm - 12:00am (slot 3) |
mcgamer | Guude |
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19 Oct 2013 12:00am - 3:00am (slot 4) |
PauseUnpause | BlameTC, Etho, Guude, Pakratt0013 |
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19 Oct 2013 3:00am - 6:00am (slot 5) |
Pakratt0013 |
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19 Oct 2013 6:00am - 9:00am (slot 6) |
Pyro_0 | Docm77 |
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19 Oct 2013 9:00am - 12:00pm (slot 7) |
AnderZEL |
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19 Oct 2013 12:00pm - 3:00pm (slot 8) |
kurtmac | AvidyaZEN, Guude, PauseUnpause, W92Baj |
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19 Oct 2013 3:00pm - 6:00pm (slot 9) |
PauseUnpause | AvidyaZEN, BlameTC, Guude, kurtmac, mcgamer, Mhykol |
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19 Oct 2013 6:00pm - 9:00pm (slot 10) |
BlameTC | AvidyaZEN, Guude, Mhykol, Pakratt0013, PauseUnpause, Pyro_0, SethBling |
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19-20 Oct 2013 9:00pm - 1:00am (slot 11) |
AvidyaZEN | generikb, Guude, Mhykol, Pakratt0013, PauseUnpause, Pyro_0, Vechs_, W92Baj |
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20 Oct 2013 1:00am - 3:00am (slot 12) |
Pakratt0013 | AvidyaZEN, BdoubleO100, Etho, generikb, Guude, kurtmac, mcgamer, Mhykol, Vechs_ |
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20 Oct 2013 3:00am - 5:00am (slot 13) |
mcgamer | AvidyaZEN, BdoubleO100, Docm77, Etho, Guude, Pakratt0013, Vechs_ |
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20 Oct 2013 5:00am - 9:00am (slot 14) |
AvidyaZEN | Docm77, Pyro_0, SethBling |
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20 Oct 2013 9:00am - 12:00pm (slot 15) |
kurtmac | adlingtont, AvidyaZEN, Docm77, Guude, PauseUnpause, VintageBeef, W92Baj |
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20 Oct 2013 12:00pm - 3:00pm (slot 16) |
PauseUnpause | adlingtont, AnderZEL, BlameTC, Guude, kurtmac, Millbee, Pyro_0, Vechs_, VintageBeef, W92Baj |
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Videos[edit]
Archives of the stream were supposed to be uploaded to YouTube[6] by AvidyaZEN,[7] though the process was tedious and time consuming to do.[8] The streams are no longer available on Twitch, and much of the event has been lost.[9]
Prizes[edit]
Donor server[edit]
$20 donors during the marathon were automatically whitelisted on the donor server, provided they had entered their Minecraft username into their comment correctly. The server was hosted by MCProHosting, and the IP was mindcrack.mcprohosting.com
. The server included a hub, 2 survival faction PvP worlds, 2 plot creative worlds, and 2 King of the Ladder worlds. Access to the server was a gift to thank those donating and did not prevent those who broke rules from being removed.
Raffle items[edit]
Originally these items were intended to be auctioned off, using an auction bot in the Twitch chat. An attempt near the end of the first streaming slot did not work due to fraudulent votes,[10] so it was decided to raffle the items instead. Raffles were opened for period of time in which $20 got the entrant 2 tickets and an additional ticket for every $10 more. Winners were then chosen using a random number generator.
- 4 Mindcrack postcards signed by Baj and the Mindcrackers that attended MineCon 2012
- 1 Mindcrack postcard signed by the Mojang team, Baj and the Mindcrack members at MineCon 2012
- 2 Far Lands or Bust 3-D glasses signed by Notch, with a Minecraft computer gift code
- 2 Minecraft swords signed by Mindcrack, Minecraft and YouTube personalities at PAX East 2013
- 1 shirt signed by YouTubers at PlayOnCon 2012
- 1 MineCon 2012 swag bag with extra buttons
- 5 Minecraft Xbox 360 games to be signed by Mindcrack members at MineCon 2013
- Pyro's MineCon 2012 attendee badge
- Signed poster from MineCon 2012
Outcome[edit]
$3884.83 from 147 contributors had been raised in the two hours before the marathon began.[11] As of FLoB #308, $117,897.69 was raised during the marathon, taking FLoB's total to $165,548.50 from $47,650.81.[12] /r/mindcrack moderator nWW reported a total of $118,097.69 raised during the event.[13]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ This was due to Guude's poor Internet speeds. The slots that Guude was allocated to were:[5]
- Slot 1 with kurtmac (18 Oct 3:00pm - 6:00pm)
- Slot 9 with BlameTC (19 Oct 3:00pm - 6:00pm)
- Slot 16 with VintageBeef (20 Oct 12:00pm - 3:00pm)
References[edit]
- ↑ MCProHosting (18 October 2013). "Mindcrack Marathon | Childs Play Charity & MCProHosting". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb1milFsSOM>.
- ↑ Mindcrack (15 September 2013). "Mindcrack Podcast - Episode 51". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfbbjzLki4o&t=90s>.
- ↑ Mindcrack (16 October 2013). "Mindcrack Marathon Charity Event". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fKm16nSr6k>.
- ↑ kurtjmac (17 October 2013). "Minecraft Far Lands or Bust - #307 - Sidewalk Canyon". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZlZdvv4GqA>.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 MCProHosting (16 October 2013). "Mindcrack Marathon Charity Live-Stream! Friday, October 18th-20st". Reddit. <http://www.reddit.com/r/mindcrack/comments/1olktc/mindcrack_marathon_charity_livestream_friday/>.
- ↑ MindcrackLP (22 October 2013). Twitter. <http://twitter.com/MindcrackLP/status/392566671321227264>.
- ↑ AvidyaZen (22 October 2013). Reddit reply. Reddit. <http://www.reddit.com/r/mindcrack/comments/1oynyy/avidyazen_mindcrack_smp_070_too_much_awesome/ccxh0tj?context=1>.
- ↑ AvidyaZen (23 October 2013). YouTube comment. YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=kXb3-hewFjA>.
- ↑ brooky12 (10 August 2014). "Help preserve Twitch streams!". Reddit. <https://www.reddit.com/r/mindcrack/comments/2d4w0o/help_preserve_twitch_streams/>.
- ↑ Mindcrack (23 October 2013). "MindCrack Marathon | Friday 3PM - 6PM | Streamer: KurtJMac". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXb3-hewFjA&t=2h42m31s>.
- ↑ Mindcrack (23 October 2013). "MindCrack Marathon | Friday 3PM - 6PM | Streamer: KurtJMac". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXb3-hewFjA&t=7s>.
- ↑ kurtjmac (23 October 2013). "Minecraft Far Lands or Bust - #308 - Mindcrack Madness". YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r87f3CXE-Jc>.
- ↑ nWW (20 October 2013). "Mindcrack Marathon Post Stream Discussion/Archive". Reddit. <https://www.reddit.com/r/mindcrack/comments/1oulrb/mindcrack_marathon_post_stream_discussionarchive/>.