Microsoft Announces This Year's G3 Event

Microsoft Announces This Year's G3 Event

Gaming and Giving for Good on August 18th

Written by Matrarch on 01 August 12 at 16:34 | Credit to CounterInsurgnt

Last year, Microsoft launched its G3 initiative through which gamers can raise money for the Childrens' Miracle Network Hospitals simply through gaming. After all, as the Childrens' Miracle Network states, not all kids can play video games, but all kids want to play, so here's a chance for gamers to get together and make that happen.

What can you do to help out? First, head to the Extra Life website and get yourself registered. Once you've completed that, ask your friends and family to sponsor you for every hour that you intend to play. Then, on August 18th, fire up your Xbox and play for the number of hours you were sponsored for.

In order to encourage as many people as possible to join, Microsoft revealed that they will also be offering up a free weekend of Xbox LIVE Gold to coincide with the event, so you have no reason not to participate. You'd just be playing games anyway!

Feel free to post links to your fundraising pages in the comments below! For more details on the event, head right over here.
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Posted on 01 August 12 at 16:41, Edited on 02 August 12 at 14:44 by mancide
EXTRA SPECIAL UPDATE READ PLEASE

So, when I signed up yesterday, the correct event registration page was not up, so I inadvertently signed up for the October 20th event. From reading the FAQ you can play your hours at any time, since it's all on the honor system. But I just wanted to point out if you signed up with the team link below, it registered you for the October 20th event, since that's what it registered the team for when I created it.

The TrueAchievements team site for the Microsoft G3 event can be found here: http://www.helpmakemiracles.org/team/TrueAchievements

Sorry for the confusion.

I created a TrueAchievements team for the October Extra-Life event, you can find the team page here: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.te...
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Thanks so much for writing this up!

I'd just like to point out that you can also join and create TEAMS to fundraise or go solo.

There is also a dashboard video you can watch about the kids you would be helping.
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why give? they would probably just snub their nose at you after, even if they are children. i would participate, if it was like 2002.
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sphinx4 said:why give? they would probably just snub their nose at you after, even if they are children. i would participate, if it was like 2002.wow
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sphinx4 said:why give? they would probably just snub their nose at you after, even if they are children. i would participate, if it was like 2002.Lol I agree, everyone who's considering donating: put those kids in ur shoes and they probably wouldn't care, so why should we?
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xCherrYXx said:sphinx4 said:why give? they would probably just snub their nose at you after, even if they are children. i would participate, if it was like 2002.wowWhy give. Hmm well perhaps some day in the future you will have a kid who needs help because they are sick or dying and then you can ask yourself that question again.

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Raised nearly $400 last year; hoping that I have the ability to participate this year.
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WhitestAFI2ICAN said:sphinx4 said:why give? they would probably just snub their nose at you after, even if they are children. i would participate, if it was like 2002.Lol I agree, everyone who's considering donating: put those kids in ur shoes and they probably wouldn't care, so why should we?.....
Some of these kids are the most giving and caring people you would ever meet! And some act more mature then people double or triple their age.... *looking at you*
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WhitestAFI2ICAN said:sphinx4 said:why give? they would probably just snub their nose at you after, even if they are children. i would participate, if it was like 2002.Lol I agree, everyone who's considering donating: put those kids in ur shoes and they probably wouldn't care, so why should we?You are both undeserving of the air you breathe, imho
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zMiseryBusiness said:WhitestAFI2ICAN said:sphinx4 said:why give? they would probably just snub their nose at you after, even if they are children. i would participate, if it was like 2002.Lol I agree, everyone who's considering donating: put those kids in ur shoes and they probably wouldn't care, so why should we?You are both undeserving of the air you breathe, imhoIt is a pretty disgusting attitude to have.
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I've participated in Extra Life every year... it's an awesome event. I'd love to do both events (Extra Life is in October, G3 is August) but I doubt my friends would want to donate to both.
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You are welcome to not want to participate, but let's keep the conversation here about the event itself and the good it does. If it's not for you, feel free to move along and just game as you normally would.
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xPut Name Herex said:Hey! You! No feeding the trolls!(moving on)

I'm curious how one can help without sponsors / money to back them? At this point I'll have more then enough games to play, so it'd be an honor to help a cause. Problem is, all my friends are broker then I am (which is too broke to donate) and I won't mention my current standing with "family"...
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xPut Name Herex said:Hey! You! No feeding the trolls!This. Trolls trollin' the trolls on every thread ever.

I may participate, depending on whether I'm studying or whatever at the time. Would be pretty cool, I guess. :)
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Posted on 01 August 12 at 18:34
yea what Matrarch jus said, yall sound stupid as fuck very immature ass hell....
ive signed up on our team, ive missed it last year but i was also part of the child's play too
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i would take part but the hospitals are all based in the states as apose to europe as well. otherwise i would have had alot of sponsers due to doing fund raising events.
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