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blurb=The Texas-based group The Speed Gamers will begin their second marathon playthrough of the Pokémon series, utilizing all Generation III and Generation IV main series games released, including the currently Japanese-only Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, to attempt to capture all 493 Pokémon currently known in 72 hours. }} | blurb=The Texas-based group The Speed Gamers will begin their second marathon playthrough of the Pokémon series, utilizing all Generation III and Generation IV main series games released, including the currently Japanese-only Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, to attempt to capture all 493 Pokémon currently known in 72 hours. }} | ||
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[[File:TSGlogo.png|thumb|right| | [[File:TSGlogo.png|thumb|right|The Speed Gamers' logo]] | ||
{{ud}}The Speed Gamers caught all 493 Pokémon, though technical difficulties are causing disputes among fans. See [[The Speed Gamers capture 493 Pokémon|this article]] for more information. | |||
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The Texas-based group {{bp|The Speed Gamers}} will begin their second marathon playthrough of the Pokémon series, utilizing all {{bp|Generation III}} and {{bp|Generation IV}} main series games released, including the currently Japanese-only {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, to attempt to capture all 493 Pokémon currently known in 72 hours. | The Texas-based group {{bp|The Speed Gamers}} will begin their second marathon playthrough of the Pokémon series, utilizing all {{bp|Generation III}} and {{bp|Generation IV}} main series games released, including the currently Japanese-only {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, to attempt to capture all 493 Pokémon currently known in 72 hours. | ||
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Donations made to The Speed Gamers will go to the charity Ally's House, which assists families struggling to cope with a child who has cancer. Well-known Let's Player and YouTuber <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/user/chuggaaconroy Chuggaaconroy]</span> has flown out to Texas to team up with the group for this venture; he will be playing {{game|FireRed}} to contribute toward the goal. Chuggaaconroy is well-known for his previous Let's Plays, including <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=467F443BAF3C602B that of FireRed]</span>, in which he named his starter Pokémon, a {{p|Bulbasaur}}, after {{bp|Bulbapedia|our very own wiki}}. | Donations made to The Speed Gamers will go to the charity Ally's House, which assists families struggling to cope with a child who has cancer. Well-known Let's Player and YouTuber <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/user/chuggaaconroy Chuggaaconroy]</span> has flown out to Texas to team up with the group for this venture; he will be playing {{game|FireRed}} to contribute toward the goal. Chuggaaconroy is well-known for his previous Let's Plays, including <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=467F443BAF3C602B that of FireRed]</span>, in which he named his starter Pokémon, a {{p|Bulbasaur}}, after {{bp|Bulbapedia|our very own wiki}}. | ||
The marathon begins at | The marathon begins at 0:00 GMT on December 19, 2009, and will go until 23:59 GMT on December 21; for ease of determining the GMT time, the clock present at the top of all Bulbawiki pages runs according to this time zone in 24-hour style. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.thespeedgamers.com/ The Speed Gamers] | *[http://www.thespeedgamers.com/ The Speed Gamers] | ||
*[http://www.allyshouse.net/index.html Ally's House] | *[http://www.allyshouse.net/index.html Ally's House] | ||