{"id":15218,"date":"2023-03-03T12:02:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T12:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/welshice.org\/?p=15218"},"modified":"2023-04-18T16:05:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:05:14","slug":"the-202-hour-gameathon-a-welsh-ice-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/welshice.org\/cy\/the-202-hour-gameathon-a-welsh-ice-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"The 202 Hour Gameathon: A Welsh ICE Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welsh ICE Organises 3rd Annual Charity Gameathon to End Youth Homelessness<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-img-theme\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1438\" height=\"805\" data-src=\"https:\/\/welshice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DD-Highlight-e1677846258243.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15220 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/welshice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DD-Highlight-e1677846258243.jpeg 1438w, https:\/\/welshice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DD-Highlight-e1677846258243-600x336.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/welshice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DD-Highlight-e1677846258243-768x430.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/welshice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DD-Highlight-e1677846258243-20x11.jpeg 20w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1438px) 100vw, 1438px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1438px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1438\/805;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some Very Sleepy Streamers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In support of youth homelessness charities, Llamau &amp; End Youth Homelessness (EYH), Welsh ICE once again decided to band together with our community and organise an epic gameathon. As part of EYH&#8217;s Gaming for Good initiative, we aimed to raise \u00a3122 per day, with an overall goal of \u00a3610. The daily goal allows these charities to provide young people with a &#8216;move on&#8217; pack containing household essentials and get them established in independent living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As is tradition, this year&#8217;s event was week-long and saw us raise a goal-smashing \u00a3943 through various efforts, including multiple 24-hour video game streams and a 24-hour-long Dungeons and Dragons session. Altogether, the Welsh ICE Community &amp; Team put in a combined time of 202 hours. We&#8217;re incredibly proud of our team and the enthusiastic ICE members who dedicated their time and energy towards the cause. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Event <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We put together a week of gaming to entertain the masses whilst raising money for this incredible charity, we had a great 2023 lineup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jon Plimmer &#8211; Deathloop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huw Williams &#8211; Marvel&#8217;s Midnight Suns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emma Easter &#8211; Vampyr<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patrick Valentino &#8211; The Last of Us II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14 Playable Characters &amp; 1 Dungeon Master &#8211; Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Between all of our gaming and D&amp;Ding, we were able to smash the target of 122 combined hours! This achievement is all thanks to the amazing commitment from our players making sure we had entertaining content going out all week and keeping the donations rolling in. This brings our overall fundraising efforts across the last 3 years to an incredible \u00a32893, on behalf of the ICE Team, we can&#8217;t thank you all enough for sticking around during our streams, keeping us company and donating to the cause. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re super pumped for the next gameathon, we can&#8217;t wait to do it bigger and better than before, bring on 2024! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' data-src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69b1fe00e04c881245fb0a57cfe98c6b2ecb2a02043a5a81ada6746bcd157645?s=24&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' data-srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69b1fe00e04c881245fb0a57cfe98c6b2ecb2a02043a5a81ada6746bcd157645?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-24 photo lazyload' height='24' width='24' src='data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==' style='--smush-placeholder-width: 24px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 24\/24;' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__byline\">by<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Patrick Valentino<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__bio\">Patrick is our Marketing Manager. With a focus on building ICE&#8217;s digital community, he has his finger on the pulse of Welsh ICE\u2019s vibrant community, ensuring everyone is kept updated on events, workshops and collaboration opportunities.\r\n \r\nMarketer by day, School Governor by night, Patrick is passionate about sharing ICE\u2019s entrepreneurial spirit with the youth of tomorrow and is on a crusade to inspire a generation of young business owners. Hobbies include: amateur scuba-diving, PHIIT (google it) and playing far too much D&amp;D.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh ICE Organises 3rd Annual Charity Gameathon to End Youth Homelessness In support of youth homelessness charities, Llamau &amp; End Youth Homelessness (EYH), Welsh ICE once again decided to band together with our community and organise an epic gameathon. As part of EYH&#8217;s Gaming for Good initiative, we aimed to raise \u00a3122 per day, with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/welshice.org\/cy\/the-202-hour-gameathon-a-welsh-ice-tale\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[49,57],"class_list":["post-15218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-business-support","tag-charity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The 202 Hour Gameathon: A Welsh ICE Tale - Welsh ICE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/welshice.org\/the-202-hour-gameathon-a-welsh-ice-tale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"cy_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The 202 Hour Gameathon: A Welsh ICE Tale - Welsh ICE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Welsh ICE Organises 3rd Annual Charity Gameathon to End Youth Homelessness In support of youth homelessness charities, Llamau &amp; End Youth Homelessness (EYH), Welsh ICE once again decided to band together with our community and organise an epic gameathon. 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