by MIOM|Tafokints

Introduction

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Over the past weekend, the Gaming Knights club spent the past four days running a Super Smash Brothers Marathon stream to break the Guinness World Record for “Longest Video Games Marathon Playing a Fighting Game” , while also raising money for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Throughout the marathon, several top players such as Mango, Mew2King, Hungrybox and HugS participated in exciting side tournaments and exhibitions, which were streamed on VGBootCamp.

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (from Wikipedia)

The mission statement given by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is “to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family’s ability to pay.” The staff plans to achieve this by increasing and sharing knowledge about their research, advancements, and treatment as well as providing free treatment to any child who has a referral to St. Jude based on the eligibility of partaking in a current treatment study at St. Jude.

The Stats

Total Money Raised: $13,534 (as of 7:15 AM PST, 8/25/14) and counting

Jason “Gahtzu” Diehl managed to crush the previous 48 hour record for “Longest Video Games Marathon Playing a Fighting Game”

Singles Tournament (36 Entrants)

Brackets Here

1. Crs. Hungrybox
2. P4K EMP Mew2King
3. C9.Mango

Doubles Tournament (22 Teams)

Brackets Here

1. Hungrybox/Plup
2. Colbol/Mango
3. Wizzrobe/Gahtzu

HugS “Boss Rush Exhibition” vs Florida

HugS manages to go through the “D”, “C”, and “B” team, but loses to the “A” team (Plup, Colbol, Porkchops, Wizzrobe) by 3 stocks

Mango (16 Stocks) vs. The Scrubs (72 Stocks)

Mango wins with 10 stocks remaining

Mango vs. Mew2King Iron Man

Attempt 1: Mew2King wins by 45 stocks
Attempt 2: Mew2King wins by 21 stocks

 Some Memorable Moments

1. Mew2King “Dancing”

2. Hungrybox’s “reaction” to the first Mango/Mew2King exhibition

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