Summer Games Done Quick has come and gone for another year, capping off a week of speedrunning with a lofty $2,239,204 raised for Doctors Without Borders and Médecins Sans Frontières. One of the standout runs saw a runner tackle The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild blindfolded, though it was also the run where frustrations with the event spilt over.
Most Games Done Quick speedruns are slotted into a schedule before the event, though some are put up as donation incentives – so, if a donation total isn’t met at a certain point in the show, then the run doesn’t go ahead. That typically isn’t an issue, but this time fans found the donation goals beyond their means. It’s a challenging situation to manage, and while stalling between runs did mean a few more bonus runs went ahead, it also led to greater frustration.
