The European Speedrunner Assembly (♓ESA) has announced that the ESA Summer 2020 charity speedrunning marathon - originally postponed to October - has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
ESA, which has been hosting international speedrunning events for charity since 2012 has announced the cancellation of its previously rescheduled Summer 2020 event. The assembly will instead be taking the time to prepare for the Winter 2021 live event, which is still set to take place. Theඣ marathon, which was intended to be a live event with an in-house audience was initially planned to be hosted from July 24 to August 2, but was due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The cancellation was announced via a on their website, as well as on . When the live event was initially rescheduled, few were surprised as these events typically reel in very large crowds, which is far from ideal amidst the current crisis. These events are held in Malmö, Sweden and regularly bring in speedrunners from all over Europe, and even from around the world. At t🍷he planned time of the event, the Swedish border was open only to residents of the European Union, so many prominent runners from outside the European Union would have not been able to participate. Moving the event online was certainly the right choice.
The online event which replaced Summer Live, ESA Summer Online hosted speedrunners, broadcasting live from their own homes, as opposed to the typical venue they host from in o﷽ther events. In the week-long event, they raised nearly for , a Swedish Alzheimer's research foundation. This is less than the nearly raised in this event last year, but considering every run was hosted from the runner's own personal setups in their bedrooms, instead of from a professionally organized venue with higher quality production, you really can't knock the total. Add this to the made in their Corona Relief event in May, and ESA have more 🅰than made up for the donations missed out on.
ESA has garnered over for various charities since their inception, and with more time to plan for their next event in Winter 2021, we can definitely expect them to break well past $400k during it. Make sure you keep an eye out for any further updates regarding the event, as well as other events they host. The recent creation of their Break The Record: LIVE streams have seen the world records shattered in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Super Mario 64 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:DOOM Eternal, 𝔍and that just goes to show the incredible level of skill that is displayed at these events, so make sure you give theღm a watch.
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