Marathon / Stream Name: L+R+A+Start’s Top 5 Marathon
Players: Adam, Dan, Loc, and David
Games: Super Mario World
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario 64
Pokemon Red and Blue
We will race the Pokemon games.
These are the top 5 best selling games according to our standards.
Charity: Freehold Township Marching Band
Starting Date: September 4th 12:00 PM EST
Marathon Length: 2 – 2 1/2 days
Stream Link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/l-r-a-start
Website: http://lrastart.webs.com/
Other: This should be a great marathon!

Marathon / Stream Name: Haloathon
Players: Paul Gillespie,
Daniel Bragg,
Gregg Remmer,
Phil Holmes
Games: Halo: Combat Evolved,
Halo 2,
Halo 3,
Halo Wars,
Halo 3: ODST,
Halo Reach
Charity: Child’s Play
Starting Date: 10/09/2010
Marathon Length: 100 Hours
Stream Link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/haloathon
Website: http://www.haloathon.com
Other: We aim to have completed Halo Wars in time for the release of Halo Reach where we will complete it live on its release day.

Marathon / Stream Name: 48 Hours for Minerals
Players: Abyss
Ipp
Sheekthief
Wolf
Stropheum
prodiG
Games: Starcraft 2
Charity: Child’s Play
Starting Date: 8/20/2010
Marathon Length: 48 Hours
Stream Link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ragequit-tv
Website: http://www.ragequit.tv
Other: The event is a marathon stream of Starcraft 2, provided by www.RAGEQUIT.tv – it will feature public events, show matches, possibly tournaments, and coverage of other tournaments.

Marathon name: Gamemarathons.com’s Legend of Zelda Versus Marathon
Players: Various players from Ocean City Trinity and Triple Speed Runners
Games:
Legend of Zelda
Zelda 2: Adventure of Link
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Charity: Child’s Play
Starting date: September 10
Marathon length: 60 hours to start, up to 36 extra hours based on donations received
Website: Main: http://gamemarathons.com/marathons/versus/
OCT: http://oceancitytrinity.wordpress.com
TSR: http://www.triplespeedrunners.com
Other: This will follow a similar format to the previous versus marathons.  We have designated Xbox 360-style achievements for each game, and the team with the most points after time’s up is the winner!  Beyond that, look forward to seeing almost the whole series played to their fullest potential!

Other teams still have time to participate in this event too!  Just email us!

Marathon name: The Rise and Fall of Sonic Marathon
Players: Tim, Jason, American Steve, Cuban Steve
Games: Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic CD
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Heroes
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2006
Sonic Unleashed
Charity: Charity: Water
Starting date: August 20 at noon EST
Website: http://www.extralives.org

Marathon name: The Speed Gamers’ Prince of Persia/Assassin’s Creed Marathon
Games: Various games in the Prince of Persia and Assassin’s Creed series
Charity: Gulf Restoration Network
Starting date: August 20 at 7PM
Marathon length: 72 hours
Website: http://www.thespeedgamers.com

Marathon / Stream Name: Halo: Endurance Evolved
Players: Kyle
Lucas
Josh
Alex
Games: Halo
Halo 2
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 3
Charity: Child’s Play
Starting Date: August 17, 2010
Marathon Length: 2-3 days
Stream Link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/halo-endurance-evolved
Website: http://www.haloendurance.com
Other: We saw Mario Marathon and decided we wanted to do some good, like they did. We have an intro video on our ustream, and we have our website all set up. From a technology standpoint, we could do the marathon today. Sadly though, nobody really knows about us.
Please, check us out, and help us have at least a small degree of success. Thank you!

Marathon / Stream Name: Metal Gear Marathon
Players: Sam
Tanya
Daniel
Games: Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

We also decided that if we receive enough donations we will play Peace Walker as a bonus
Charity: Child’s Play
Starting Date: August 6th
Marathon Length: How ever long it takes
Stream Link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/metal-gear-marathon-2
Website: www.starsmarathon.com
Other: We did a metal gear marathon last year but this time we’ve added the two original metal gear games on the msx and we might even play the newly released metal gear solid peace walker.
We had a lot of fun with our mario marathon and we expect to have even more this time.

Marathon / Stream Name: Zelda for Eternity (an Epicly Long Zelda Marathon)
Players: -Garrett
-Richard
-Zach
-Mike
-Foster

More players may join the marathon, but this is what we have right now.
Games: -The Legend of Zelda
-Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
-A Link to the Past
-Link’s Awakening
-Ocarina of Time
-Majora’s Mask
-Oracle of Seasons
-Oracle of Ages
-The Wind Waker
-Four Swords Adventures
-The Minish Cap
-Twilight Princess

+ About an hour and a half of Super Smash Bros. Brawl after Majora’s Mask.
Charity: NBCF (National Breast Cancer Foundation)
Starting Date: August 6th @ 12:00 PM
Marathon Length: 12 Games (+ Smash Bros.)
Stream Link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/zelda-for-eternity-an-epicly-long-zelda-marathon
Website: www.zeldaeternity.com
Other: This marathon is going to be massive; possibly the biggest Zelda Marathon ever. The team and I along with a handful of guests, are going to be playing through 12 of the series’ finest creations, as follows:

-The Legend of Zelda
-Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
-A Link to the Past
-Link’s Awakening
-Ocarina of Time
-Majora’s Mask
-Oracle of Seasons
-Oracle of Ages
-The Wind Waker
-Four Swords Adventures*
-The Minish Cap
-Twilight Princess

(*depending on what time we finish The Wind Waker, Four Swords Adventures may have to be moved in the lineup so it can be
played by four people simultaneously)

Of course, I can’t take full credit for this marathon. No, it’s been a collaborative effort from numerous people. Allow me to introduce you to them.

First, there’s Richard (Doublet). Without this guy, I doubt the marathon could have ever gotten off the ground. He’s handled pretty much all the tech stuff for the stream and came up with a good majority of the ideas we’ll be using for the marathon. He’ll be playing through the original Zelda completely by himself, as well as Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages.

Next, there’s Zach. This just plain awesome guy stepped in to join the marathon when we were short handed. While he won’t be doing anything special for the marathon apart from helping to play through the games, without him, completing the marathon would be a whole lot harder.

Then, there’s Torbjorn (Falcool). Our Norweigen chatmaster will be chief moderator for our stream’s chatbox. He’s a big help to us, as without him, we’d probably lose a lot of sleep monitoring the chat ourselves.

Finally, there’s Mike. He’s… Canadian!

…But seriously, Mike will have a similar role to Torbjorn, as he’ll be a mod in our chat, however, when Majora’s Mask comes along, he might just attempt to play through the whole game by himself. A grand undertaking to be sure.

Now, this marathon isn’t just for the sake of having a marathon, no, it’s purpose is much more noble. The marathon’s motive is to persuade people to donate to the NCBF (National Breast Cancer Foundation), a lovely charity with a great purpose in the world. 100% of donations will go to the charity, so any small amount of money helps. You can read about them here:http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/About-NBCF/

But of course, that’s not all. About halfway through the marathon, we’ll be taking a break from Zelda and switching over to Super Smash Bros. Brawl! During this time, you, the viewing world, can challenge a member of the team to an online match! Yes, you too can experience the joy of battling against my already pretty mediocre Link after I’ve been playing video games for three days straight. Oh fun. Sure, you could challenge another team member, like my friend Richard’s Toon Link, or our chatmaster’s Lucario, but let’s be honest, you know you want to brawl me, right? No? Well crap…

Anyway, that about wraps it up. You can track the marathon’s updates (and watch it, when it rolls around) on www.zeldaeternity.com. Right now, it’s scheduled to begin the sixth of August.

Marathon / Stream Name: Nintendo Marathon 4 Child’s Play
Players: ChewyChimcar
HoodedCobra
Games: July 25-Earthbound
July 26-Zelda
July 27-Kirby
July 28-Pokemon
July 29-Mario
July 30-Free Choice
July 31-Super Smash Bros.64
Charity: Child’s Play
Starting Date: July 25
Marathon Length: 7 days
Stream Link: http://nm4cp.tk/
Website: http://childsplaymarathon.webs.com/
Other: A fundraising group are playing Nintendo Games for a week straight to help raise money for Child’s Play.Their current goal is 500$ dollars. They really need some donations so far they only received 3$.Also if you donate certain amounts you can actually play in the marathon and be a moderator.