| Day[9] United States. February 01 2012 13:58. Posts 7347 | Profile Blog # |
February 7th, 2012 shall forever be known as the DAY OF RECKONING!
That's right folks, I'll be doing an 8 hour streamathon for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning on February 7th! However, streaming single player games can be oh so lonely. So, we’re going to make a big social game out of it. I’ve invited 8-15 well-known gamers to simultaneously live-stream themselves playing and to share prizes with their audiences!! (That's YOU).
LE EVENT STORY
I love playing games, but given my time constraints, I must be selective! KoA:Reckoning seemed like a game that was right up my alley: open world RPG with bright colors and a badass combat system. Moreover, I love Todd McFarlane. He's the art director. How can I resist? :D
So, I reached out to 38 Studios (the developer) to see if I could have rights to stream the game on release day (similar to what I did with Skyrim). They kindly gave me the rights to stream, at which point I wondered how many of my friends were also excited for the game. As it turns out, pretty much all of them! So, rather than all game in isolation, I decided to organize a massive simultaneous streamathon where we all play the game at the same time!
38 Studios was so excited to hear about it that they threw in a ton of amazing prize giveaways (see below!). Since things were rapidly growing, I figured why not have a special web page where you could go to see everyone that was streaming and get updates and the like? Because this whole event is somewhat last minute, the webpage is being produced as we speak. I'll be posting a link to it as soon as it's done!
As you can tell, I take my fun very seriously.
WHAT GAME?
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an open world 3rd person action RPG.
THE TEAM:
1. Ken Rolston, the Lead Designer of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2. R. A. Salvatore, New York Times bestselling fantasy author (who created the game universe and lore)
3. Todd McFarlane, the sexiest comic book artist of all time (Spawn/Spiderman).
4. And they were all brought together by Curt Schilling, the former Red Sox pitcher, who is a massive gamer and the CEO of 38 Studios.
Penny Arcade just gave the game a sick review: http://penny-arcade.com/2012/01/27/amalur (“Better than Skyrim…smooth flashy combat system…[the art] in my opinion is absolutely beautiful...”).
Here's a free demo of the game!
WHEN?
Tuesday February 7th, 2012 from 2pm PST to 10pm PST (maybe later for me!)
WHERE?
TwitchTV stream page!
http://www.twitch.tv/team/reckoning
Event info page!
http://reckoning.amalur.com/dayofreckoning
WHO?
So far, the following gamers have agreed to participate: Ciderhelm, Lore (WoW); Total Biscuit, DJ Wheat, iNcontroL, JP McDaniel, Pomf et Thud (SC2); FourCourtJester, Travis, Chips et Noi (League of Legends); Soe (Any game ever); TobiWan (Dota2) and moar!
New: Gamebreaker.tv is now joining the fun! Yeah! :D
WHAT CAN I WIN?
When 38 Studios heard about the streamathon, they got SUPER excited and offered the following prizes to be given away to viewers of the stream. I kid you not. They have offered the following:
• GTX 560 Nvidia Graphics cards
• A top of the line Doghouse Systems desktop laser engraved with the Reckoning logo and possibly autographed by the dev team/Visionaries
• A Spawn studio tour with Todd McFarlane
• A hand-drawn Destiny card of the winner's choice by Todd McFarlane
• A 38 Studios Providence studio tour with Curt Schilling and R. A. Salvatore
• Limited Edition McFarlane Troll figurine
• T-shirts
• A life-size Reckoning Great Hammer
• AND MORE!
HOW DO I WIN THINGS
Tune in on Tuesday! We'll have voting polls for the contests. All you have to do is make a vote and you're automatically entered into the drawing!  .
FUCK YEAH
I know right?
I'll be continuously updating this page as I get more info. This'll be the first time I've done something like this, so hopefully it'll go smoothly! :D. Woop!Last edit: 2012-02-07 15:40:16 |
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| ThaZenith Canada. February 01 2012 13:59. Posts 3046 | Profile Blog # |
| Honestly didn't even know the game was coming out this soon, might have to tune in to see if it's worth playing. |
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| Xinder United States. February 01 2012 14:00. Posts 1397 | Profile Blog # |
FUCK YEAH!!  Watching Day9 play skyrim was hilarious. I can only imagine him playing this game will be entertaining as well. PLUS prizes!?! Sign me up!Last edit: 2012-02-01 14:01:24 |
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| Arkanthiel Philippines. February 01 2012 14:01. Posts 80 | Profile # | |
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| GrandPyromania United States. February 01 2012 14:01. Posts 2 | Profile # |
| You can bet your trumpet dancing patootie that I, a random fan, WILL BE THERE! (watching from work on my phone :D) |
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| TBone- February 01 2012 14:02. Posts 1749 | Profile Blog # |
| ho sick! spotlight this awesomness! |
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| Kitty4Cat Canada. February 01 2012 14:03. Posts 54 | Profile Blog # |
| Nice!!! That's a great idea Day[9]!!!! Moreover, 2pm PST is 5pm EST so school will be finished, I'll get to watch it! :D |
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| Day[9] United States. February 01 2012 14:03. Posts 7347 | Profile Blog # |
| Oh woops! Lemme post a demo link! |
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| ZisforZerg United States. February 01 2012 14:04. Posts 224 | Profile Blog # |
oh dear god you are so cool
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| dcemuser United States. February 01 2012 14:04. Posts 2757 | Profile # |
Holy shit. That guest list is huge, and the prize list is also extremely impressive.
I hadn't heard of this game before now... this is probably like the best advertising for them possible. |
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| Warri Germany. February 01 2012 14:04. Posts 1831 | Profile # |
Never heard of that game, guess ill tune in  |
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| cComrade United States. February 01 2012 14:05. Posts 2 | Profile # |
| I don't think i've ever been so happy in my entire life. |
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 Tegin United States. February 01 2012 14:09. Posts 821 | Profile # |
| Whoa I'll be sure to tune in. <3 Day[9]! |
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| ArcSilver Brazil. February 01 2012 14:11. Posts 14 | Profile # |
| Day9, iNcontroL, JP and djWHEAT playing and streaming. Damn, I'll need at least 4 monitors to support this awesomeness. |
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| Latrommi United States. February 01 2012 14:12. Posts 216 | Profile Blog # |
| I have to say, I was sold at iNcontroL and JP being there |
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| Balgrog United States. February 01 2012 14:12. Posts 1168 | Profile Blog # |
| Dear god Day[9] is officially the biggest esports if not video game community figure. The company is giving him a few grand worth of prizes just because so many people watch his stream, no matter the game. This is one of the most awesome things I have ever seen, good job sir, good job! |
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| Sprungjeezy United States. February 01 2012 14:23. Posts 1196 | Profile Blog # |
| What the fuck just happened here. This is insane! |
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| Daikas United States. February 01 2012 14:24. Posts 91 | Profile # |
| Woot, I'll be able to see if this game is worth picking up. Thanks Day[9], 38 Studios and everyone else involved! |
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