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== Charity work ==
{{main article|Games Done Quick}}

Following an initial meetup at [[MAGFest]], the SDA community, inspired by [[TheSpeedGamers]], began their first charity marathon in January 2010, titled '''Classic Games Done Quick'''. Both direct-feed gameplay footage and webcam footage of the runners were [[live-streamed]] on SDA's homepage. The marathon was a success, raising over $10,000 for [[CARE (relief agency)|CARE]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://speeddemosarchive.com/oldnews10q1.html |title=Speed Demos Archive – Old News |date=29 August 2010 |website=Speed Demos Archive |access-date=21 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412073125/http://speeddemosarchive.com/oldnews10q1.html |archive-date=12 April 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://donations.uranium-anchor.com/tracker/index/cgdq/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140121193759/http://donations.uranium-anchor.com/tracker/index/cgdq/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2014 |title=Classic Games Done Quick -- Index |access-date=21 January 2014 }}</ref> Starting in 2011, SDA began two annual marathons: '''Awesome Games Done Quick''' during the winter, and '''Summer Games Done Quick''' during the summer. Each subsequent marathon has become substantially more successful than its last iteration, with AGDQ 2011 and AGDQ 2012 raising $53,000 and $149,000 respectively for the [[Prevent Cancer Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.preventcancer.org/2011/speed-demos-archive-marathon-raises-over-53000-in-cancer-prevention-funding/ |title=Speed Demos Archive Marathon Raises Over $53,000 in Cancer Prevention Funding |last=Wood |first=Jim |date=2 March 2011 |publisher=[[Prevent Cancer Foundation]] |access-date=21 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202235801/http://blog.preventcancer.org/2011/speed-demos-archive-marathon-raises-over-53000-in-cancer-prevention-funding/ |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://donations.uranium-anchor.com/tracker/index/agdq/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140121193754/http://donations.uranium-anchor.com/tracker/index/agdq/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2014 |title=Awesome Games Done Quick 2011 -- Index |access-date=21 January 2014 }}</ref><ref name=PCF>{{cite web|last=Jensen|first=Cheryssa|title=Gaming for Good: Charity Video Game Marathon Raises Over $145,000 for Cancer Prevention|url=http://blog.preventcancer.org/2012/gaming-for-good-charity-video-game-marathon-raises-a-145000-for-cancer-prevention/|publisher=[[Prevent Cancer Foundation]]|access-date=9 August 2012|date=11 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815105910/http://blog.preventcancer.org/2012/gaming-for-good-charity-video-game-marathon-raises-a-145000-for-cancer-prevention/|archive-date=15 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://donations.uranium-anchor.com/tracker/index/agdq2/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140121193756/http://donations.uranium-anchor.com/tracker/index/agdq2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2014 |title=Awesome Games Done Quick 2012 -- Index |access-date=21 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuEi2ijIXRk|title=Awesome Games Done Quick – Done Quick|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=28 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627091144/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuEi2ijIXRk|archive-date=27 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2011, following the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Great East Japan earthquake]], SDA put together a marathon titled '''Japan Relief Done Quick'''. The marathon was executed by having each runner live-stream their run from their home, rather than having everyone travel to a central location. JRDQ raised $25,000 for [[Médecins Sans Frontières|Doctors Without Borders]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://events.doctorswithoutborders.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=cms.page&id=1036&eventID=520 |title=Past Events Showcase |website=Doctors Without Borders Events |access-date=21 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110140927/http://events.doctorswithoutborders.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=cms.page&id=1036&eventID=520 |archive-date=10 January 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://donations.uranium-anchor.com/tracker/index/jrdq/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140121193740/http://donations.uranium-anchor.com/tracker/index/jrdq/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2014 |title=Japan Relief Done Quick -- Index |access-date=21 January 2014 }}</ref>

During the marathons, a chip-in [[GUI widget|widget]] is placed beneath the streaming video, which visually displays how much has been donated so far, and which allows people watching the runs to donate money directly to the charity through a [[PayPal]] account. Viewers who donate are given the option to have a message sent to the marathon attendees to be read during the stream, allowing them to vote with their donation money for, among other things, which games they want played, what they want in-game characters to be named, or to request runners to perform specific feats such as difficult tricks or glitches. Prizes are available throughout the marathon; all donors are entered into a raffle to win them provided they meet the varying minimum donation sum within the time window for each prize. All donations always count towards the grand prizes, but most other prizes require donating during certain game runs or themed game blocks.

On 27 January 2013, SDA announced that AGDQ 2013 had raised $448,423.27,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://speeddemosarchive.com/oldnews13q1.html |title=Speed Demos Archive – Old News |date=6 May 2013 |website=Speed Demos Archive |access-date=16 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121024033/http://speeddemosarchive.com/oldnews13q1.html |archive-date=21 January 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> surpassing [[LoadingReadyRun#Desert Bus for Hope|Desert Bus for Hope 6]]'s donation total of $443,165.29 to become the most successful single gaming charity marathon at the time.{{Citation needed|date=January 2014}} On 1 August 2013, SDA announced a donation total of $255,160.62 from the SGDQ 2013 marathon.<ref name=speeddemosarchive>{{cite web |url=http://speeddemosarchive.com/ |title=Speed Demos Archive |date=16 January 2014 |website=Speed Demos Archive |access-date=16 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226094257/http://speeddemosarchive.com/ |archive-date=26 February 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 16 January 2014, SDA announced over $1,025,000 in donations raised from their AGDQ 2014 event.<ref name=speeddemosarchive /> Summer Games Done Quick 2014, was held from 22 to 28 June, and raised over $718,000 for Doctors Without Borders.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}