<div class="gmail_quote"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">Dear GAMBIT and friends of GAMBIT:<div><br>
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<div>The <b>Complete Game-Completion Marathon</b> is BACK! We are
running it a bit later than last years, but we are lining up the
event to coincide with marathon weekend in Boston, <b>April
15-17th</b>.</div>
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<div>What is the marathon you ask? It is a charity event run by the
GAMBIT game lab in which participants play mini-marathons of games
to various degrees of "completion". The event is streamed on the
internet and donors are encouraged to contribute to causes as they
spectate and witness the madness!</div>
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<div>This year we have added a new donor partner in <a href="http://www.accion.org/" target="_blank">Accion</a>.
They are a great organization, and we will be working closely with
local partners to make this a great event. Supporters will also
still be able to donate to <a href="http://www.pih.org/" target="_blank">Partners in Health</a> for the event.</div>
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<div>So you want to participate eh? Well here are some details about
the event:</div>
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<div><b>- We are looking for groups of players for the Main Stage! </b>This
year we are building a Main Stage schedule, where for 48 hours we
will have scheduled mini-marathons that will be streamed online
complete with color commentary</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><b>-
Requirements for Main Stage Submission</b></div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>-
A wacky or innovative play session that will last 4+ hours</div>
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Must be local to GAMBIT Cambridge Offices</div>
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A group of people willing to participate in the play session as
players and color commentators</div>
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Access to the game disk/cart/software you are interested in
playing</div>
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Flexible schedule the weekend of April 15th-17th</div>
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<div><b>- We are looking for general participants! </b>We will also
be having events that will not be explicitly broadcast on the main
stage. </div>
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Requirements for General Submission</b></div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>-
A play session you would like to participate in</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>-
Must be local to GAMBIT Cambridge Offices</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>-
Flexible schedule the weekend of April 15th-17th</div>
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Access to the game and hardware that can output to our projectors
(VGA, Component Video, Composite Video)</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><b>- WE
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL TROUBLESHOOTING DURING THE
EVENT, IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE A WORKING GAME/SYSTEM
THAT CAN PLUG INTO OUR PROJECTORS ON SITE!</b></div>
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<div><b>Examples of WACKY Ideas</b></div>
<div>Finishing a game with your feet</div>
<div>Playing a game you hate</div>
<div>Playing a game in a foreign language you don't understand</div>
<div>Playing a game with an unorthodox configuration of characters</div>
<div>Playing a very "bad" game</div>
<div>Role Playing while you Role Play (Pretend you are somebody
while playing a video game)</div>
<div>Playing consecutive versions of a game</div>
<div>etc.</div>
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<div>If you are interested in participating please fill out the
attached .pdf form, save it with a unique name, and email your
submission to <b><a href="mailto:cgcm@mit.edu" target="_blank">cgcm@mit.edu</a></b>. Submissions
due March 25th! </div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
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