Weekend Discussion: Until We Meet Again

by Chris Faylor, Jun 26, 2010 5:00am PDT

Friends and Colleagues,

As you may know, I'm stepping away from the day-to-day affairs of Shacknews to pursue other opportunities--specifically, what I hope will lead to a career in teaching.

The good news, though, is I'm not going away entirely. After three and a half years or so, I just couldn't just abandon you folks, so I'll still be around to contribute news, previews, and reviews on occasion, not to mention lurking about in Latest Chatty.

Come Monday, you'll meet our newest full-time staffer, whom I hope you'll be nice to.

So until we meet again, take care, and don't forget to hack the planet, okay?

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[?] MARIO MARATHON 3 [?]
Started about 24 hours ago and has raised over $21,000 so far. They are nearing the end of SMW, with Galaxy up next .
http://www.mariomarathon.com/

It is a charity event raising money for Child's Play! The more money that is donated, the more levels of various Mario platformer games they will complete, all streamed live over the internet. Last year they played for more than 3 days straight and raised $29,082!

Jun 26, 2010 6:51am PDT

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[?] MARIO MARATHON 3 [?] Started about 24 hours ago and has raised over $21,000 so far. They are n... : TroZ
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  They are up to Bowser on SMW, Super Mario Galaxy next! : TroZ
  - They are starting Galaxy now, playing as Luigi : TroZ
- i have to admit, this is pretty sweet : mayooms
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  23,000 dollars. Also fuck that kid. More Couch dog less fuckhead kid. : Crimsonbeak
  - They also just 100% Super Mario World and are starting Galaxy as Luigi. : Crimsonbeak
- super mario galaxy just starting : Cheeziologist
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  may daughter is as addicted to this as i am: http://picasaweb.google.com/onjisan/Misc#54871225572271045... : onji
  - my* : onji
  - That's awesome : Galadriel07
  - Hell I am addicted to it thank goodness I am at work with nothing to do. : hrdwregk
- YAY for the question mark blocks!! <3 : Galadriel07
- They are up to $24,762 so far and playing SMG. I THINK they are close to the end of that one but I haven... : Galadriel07
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  They need $30 bucks more to reach 25k! thats so much better than they did last year! : Galadriel07
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    That is cool but how do we really know they are giving all the money to charity. This could be the bigg... : DM7
- what is that guy doing on the ground in the Luigi hat besides being super creepy? : pancake humper
- I am at the theater watching toy story 3 in about 2 minutes so I just wanted to bump the post one more ti... : Galadriel07
- They are about to beat Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario 64 is up next. : TroZ
- They are currently playing Mario 64 and giving out prizes for various contests as well. They are at $28... : Galadriel07
- They are nearing the end of Super Mario 64, with Super Mario Galaxy 2 up next. : TroZ
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  According to the stats guy! Mario Marathon has been running for approximately 39.00 hours. During th : Galadriel07
  - also, they are going to do a song right now because they beat Mario64! They will be doing SMG2!! : Galadriel07
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  Status Update: Mario 64 complete. 30.5k donated. Couch PIg is creepy. Still to do: Mario Galaxy 2:... : SolrFlare
  - with the donation rate dropping off significantly at this point, I don't have any faith that they'll get ... : Cheeziologist
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    I think they might make it to the 48k. They just got like 4-5 donations right in a row there. Also, her... : Galadriel07
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      it'll be tough for 48k but it is possible especially if they really amp things up on the final day. They... : SolrFlare
      
      I think that has something to do with them being up for so long. Sleep deprivation FTW!! : Galadriel07
- WooT! Time for bed for me! I wanted to give this another bump! They are at $30,904 right now with a bun... : Galadriel07
- They are up to 55 stars in Galaxy 2, and just passed $32,000 in donations. : TroZ
- I approve of the Couch Dog cam. : limpossible
- They just hit the 48 hour mark - getting the last few start needed to beat SMG2 - $32,327 raised. 478 le... : TroZ
- They are up to beating SMG2, Sunshine is up next : TroZ
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  Status update: SMG 2 beaten. $33k raised so far. Couch Dog cam rules. Up Next: - Simply Beat Mario ... : SolrFlare
  - Just donated myself... : Shadowdane
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    So what is the 411 on Sunshine. I never had a game cube and only have seen parts of Sunshine, does everyo... : hirosushima
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  Just saw that Pancake Humper just donated and got a Shacknews mention! : TroZ
  - aaw you guy stole my bumping material! Ohh well! : Galadriel07
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  Pancake Humper bump request get! : SolrFlare
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    what is the whole 'get' meme thing? Where did it come from? : pancake humper
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      i always see it on 4chan : electroly
      
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      you should donate! : pancake humper
      
      i just donated $20,000 : electroly
    - In the Japanese version of Mario Sunshine, any time you got a shine it would say "Shine Get!" for the US ... : SolrFlare
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  what i really like about it is that it really is an endurance race. Day 1 Things start out with all kinds... : sm00v3d
  - With occasional fits of sleep deprived madness :D : SolrFlare
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  You guys can help out by following them on twitter @mariomarathon and also retweeting their last tweet! ... : Galadriel07
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    Seriously. Everyone should hop on and donate $10. Put your donation name as "Username" Shacknews and le... : SolrFlare
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      Do this! Felicia Day will be calling in 2.5 hours apparently. There was a HUGE dance party involving and... : Galadriel07
      
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      here is a video of that! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckvk0z2bW3A : Galadriel07
      
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      that dude is super awkward/creepy :( : pancake humper
      
      haha no way! I think hes awesome. He played yesterday a bunch. I think he was REALLY tired. :( : Galadriel07
  - They unlocked another level! Woot! : Galadriel07
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  shacknews and mwasher shout outs! we are awesome. : mwasher
  - Go awesome shacknews!! :D : Galadriel07
  - add me to that list :D : NastyNorman
  - Donated for shacknews! : slax0r
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  They are currently talking to Felicia Day! : Galadriel07
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    Shes currently under my desk, with my cell phone! : HL3dsx
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      ... except she is on Skype. I doubt she would be using your cell phone. Thanks for bumping the post tho... : Galadriel07
      
      Yeah my bad, she has my laptop down there too. : HL3dsx
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  Ack Feed died. Man I have been watching it all day. : hrdwregk
  - ok Back up. : hrdwregk
  - They are back up. I assume they were fixing stuff. :D : Galadriel07
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  They are up to beating Sunshine and are currently judging a Mario sound-alike contest. : TroZ
  - They just beat sunshine, and are now going back to 100% NSMBW. : TroZ
- Status Update: Super Mario Sunshine beaten! $38.5k donated so far. 58 hours of play so far. They h... : SolrFlare
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  They just passed $40,000! They are in the middle of NSMBW world 3. : TroZ
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    Woo! 1.5k away from surpassing Mario Marathon 1+2 and only 8k away now from having to 100% Mario 64 which is very much in sight now given the amount of failure they are having lol.
    
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    Woo! 1.5k away from surpassing Mario Marathon 1+2 and only 8k away now from having to 100% Mario 64 whic... : SolrFlare
    - This is pretty awesome. I love that they are beating last year's total by leaps and bounds. : Galadriel07
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  So are they playing in shifts or something? Not getting ANY sleep is really bad for zie health. : DM7
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    They do. There are three of them who play regularly and they have others who come in and assist at parts... : SolrFlare
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      She is pretty decent. I was dying left and right earlier when I was playing with Ratalon :( : Galadriel07
      
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      I love when the guy was like 'let me do this part' *dies 10 times* she goes 'let me do it' and first shot... : pancake humper
      
      Haha, you guys missed pancake humper's donation :) : LoioshDwaggie
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  Just saw shacknews Lacker! : hirosushima
  - indeed! Yay Lacker!! :D : Galadriel07
- Well, they are finished with 561 of 675 unlocked levels of the 809 total levels, with $41,500 in donation... : TroZ
- Mario Marathon has been running for approximately 62.88 hours. During the running time of the marathon ... : Galadriel07
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  the mods are saying that this could easily go for 2 more days because of the donations they are getting a... : Galadriel07
  - OMG $42k even now! : Galadriel07
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  I would love for some super rich person to just come in and throw 100k at it for a tax write off just to ... : ant_hillbilly
  - I know, wouldnt that be amazing!? I felt so bad for him when the power went out though. Those levels ha... : Galadriel07
- UPDATE They have now raised over $43,000 for Child's Play Children's Charity. This is more than Mario ... : sm00v3d

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