Nov. 2 - Extra Life Marathon

[Fuzzy Wuzzy]

I couldn't care less if he plays 25 consecutive seconds of vidya for this and then , I don't care if he pre-sells all his swag, up to and including the T-shirt that's on the way to him for being an enhanced participant, and ends up turning a profit that he pockets when it's all said and done, I'll say it again;

Good job CWC for using your online reputation to raise money for a decent cause. All the 's can go eat a on this one if they want to nitpick at you here. If you had just made that video and gotten the other $100 donation that was offered by one of your sponsors you could have done much better than you did but there's still time for that to occur, no matter how unlikely.

But, about the rest of your existence . . .

Y'know, I can agree with you for the most part. Props to Chris (!) for actually trying to raise money for the charity. Ironically, it was probably his online infamy that made it possible for him to reach his goal, but it was a goal achieved nonetheless.

What grinds my gears though is the fact, nitpicky as it may be, he is once again taking the laziest path available, and has apparently not held to his promise (no activity on his PSN account as of this writing). Yes, the kids are still getting the $220, awesome. But this will just further imbed in Chris' mind that he doesn't have to do anything, not even play vidya, and he will still be able to delude himself into thinking that he's some kind of hero even though being insincere and lazy.

I wouldn't be surprised if he added the Extra Life Marathon to his resume if he still cares. I'd like to see how human resources react to that when they see what Chris did for his Extra Life Marathon.

 

[WWWWolf]

Oh damn, Rooster Teeth is also doing the marathon. And I'm sure they can pull the whole thing off. They're professional like that.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE TO A BUNCH OF HEX-BOX TROLLS, ARE YOU, CHRIS? Get yourself marathonin'!

 

[shutupman]

Does anyone have him on PSN or whatever the nDS equivalent is to verify that he's at least got his vidya on?

 

[_blank_]

Well, 15 hours in (marathon was supposed to start at midnight EDT) and so far haven't seen a single change on Chris' PSN page (Surprise!). Although I doubt we do, is there anyone PSN Friends with Chandler to see if he's been doing anything at all?

 

[Pikonic]

At least he's not Facebook whining…

 

[MrTroll]

At least he's not Facebook whining…

The day is still young.

 

[Marvin]

He could be playing games on his iphone.

 

[The Mackers]

He could be playing games on his iphone.

I was thinking he could be, and though it probably technically counts, I still think...

DOESN'T FUCKIN' COUNT!

 

[Furina]

Any spies watching his PSN activity?

It would be classic Chris to just load up a game and leave it running so it looks like he's playing while he does whatever it is he does during the day/night. That seems like the intensely lazy shortcut we'd expect from Chrissy, assuming he hasn't forgotten all about the marathon what with the revelations regarding his High-School posse.

 

[_blank_]

Well, bit of interesting information... apparently the ExtraLife servers was just hit by a DDoS attack. From their Facebook (not gonna bother screencapping it):

UPDATE: the cause of our downtime has been determined, Extra Life was subjected to a DDoS attack. Please read this important note from Jeromy:

Dear friends,

We’ve discovered that the Extra Life website experienced a DDoS attack against our datacenter. I am not sure what kind of person would DDoS a charitable initiative.

I am so sorry that you are going through this frustration today. Our entire team is purely heartbroken that someone would do this. But it has happened.

As frustrating as this is for everyone involved, it pales in comparison to what the kids we’re trying to save go through. That reality, for me personally, is about the only thing keeping me somewhat calm right now.

I am very angry and very sorry. You deserve better than this. The kids deserve better than this. Extra Life has given a lot of us some of the happiest moments in our lives.

This is not one of those moments.

Please hang with us through this.

It is important that we spread the word. Please get on every form of social media you can and tell your friends what happened. We can overcome this together.

Be ready to make up for lost time and share the news when we go live!

Sincerely,
Jeromy "Doc" Adams

Soooo... ruling out the fact that Chris doesn't have the mental capability or initiative to create a DDoS attack to get out of doing something, does this mean that Chris still has time to make up his 25 hours?

 

[WWWWolf]

Order (Last played)

Skylanders SWAP Force
15 of 40 Trophies
October 30th 2013

YOU FAILED! Boooooooooooo...

 

[Holdek]

Order (Last played)

Skylanders SWAP Force
15 of 40 Trophies
October 30th 2013

YOU FAILED! Boooooooooooo...

That's kind of shaky...like I've seen two months before his PSN profile gets a playing update, and I was under the assumption that he plays it like daily. I think this is because it seems to give dates for only some of the games.

 

[TastyWoodenBadge]

Order (Last played)

Skylanders SWAP Force
15 of 40 Trophies
October 30th 2013

YOU FAILED! Boooooooooooo...

That's kind of shaky...like I've seen two months before his PSN profile gets a playing update, and I was under the assumption that he plays it like daily. I think this is because it seems to give dates for only some of the games.

It only gives the date of the last trophy you earned for a particular game, for example you could be playing the same game daily but it will say that you were last on it a few weeks ago.

It's very confusing I know.

 

[The Mackers]

Yeah, but if he were playing games for what is it, 25 hours straight? He'd have earned at least ONE trophy

 

[rad]

Yeah, but if he were playing games for what is it, 25 hours straight? He'd have earned at least ONE trophy

No, not really.

 

[ATM]

Chris is currently online on Wii U, figured it was worth mentioning here. It's not actually showing him playing any games however, which is normally the case.

 

[Holdek]

Yeah, but if he were playing games for what is it, 25 hours straight? He'd have earned at least ONE trophy

Do all the games award trophies?

 

[Lady Houligan]

Well, bit of interesting information... apparently the ExtraLife servers was just hit by a DDoS attack. From their Facebook (not gonna bother screencapping it):

UPDATE: the cause of our downtime has been determined, Extra Life was subjected to a DDoS attack. Please read this important note from Jeromy:

Dear friends,

We’ve discovered that the Extra Life website experienced a DDoS attack against our datacenter. I am not sure what kind of person would DDoS a charitable initiative.

I am so sorry that you are going through this frustration today. Our entire team is purely heartbroken that someone would do this. But it has happened.

As frustrating as this is for everyone involved, it pales in comparison to what the kids we’re trying to save go through. That reality, for me personally, is about the only thing keeping me somewhat calm right now.

I am very angry and very sorry. You deserve better than this. The kids deserve better than this. Extra Life has given a lot of us some of the happiest moments in our lives.

This is not one of those moments.

Please hang with us through this.

It is important that we spread the word. Please get on every form of social media you can and tell your friends what happened. We can overcome this together.

Be ready to make up for lost time and share the news when we go live!

Sincerely,
Jeromy "Doc" Adams

Soooo... ruling out the fact that Chris doesn't have the mental capability or initiative to create a DDoS attack to get out of doing something, does this mean that Chris still has time to make up his 25 hours?

Actually they were DDoS attacked twice. I have two separate emails in my inbox regarding it. And as for the "make up for lost time", they stated on the website ages ago that you didn't have to actually commit to yesterday if you were unable to, just that they wanted you to game for the cause at some point. (I've been doing mine in chunks while the baby's been asleep the last few days.) However knowing Chris he forgot until about 3 PM, and then decided that he didn't want to HAVE to play vidya... so he watched TV or something instead. Or typed more manifestos to post to Facebook. Who knows.

 

[Francine StripeCheer]

Well, bit of interesting information... apparently the ExtraLife servers was just hit by a DDoS attack. From their Facebook (not gonna bother screencapping it):

UPDATE: the cause of our downtime has been determined, Extra Life was subjected to a DDoS attack. Please read this important note from Jeromy:

Dear friends,

We’ve discovered that the Extra Life website experienced a DDoS attack against our datacenter. I am not sure what kind of person would DDoS a charitable initiative.

I am so sorry that you are going through this frustration today. Our entire team is purely heartbroken that someone would do this. But it has happened.

As frustrating as this is for everyone involved, it pales in comparison to what the kids we’re trying to save go through. That reality, for me personally, is about the only thing keeping me somewhat calm right now.

I am very angry and very sorry. You deserve better than this. The kids deserve better than this. Extra Life has given a lot of us some of the happiest moments in our lives.

This is not one of those moments.

Please hang with us through this.

It is important that we spread the word. Please get on every form of social media you can and tell your friends what happened. We can overcome this together.

Be ready to make up for lost time and share the news when we go live!

Sincerely,
Jeromy "Doc" Adams

Soooo... ruling out the fact that Chris doesn't have the mental capability or initiative to create a DDoS attack to get out of doing something, does this mean that Chris still has time to make up his 25 hours?

Thorg strikes again!

 

[fridgesrants]

The one time Chris could have had an excuse to play video games for a long period of time and he does not even try to attempt playing on the day of this event.