This story is part of Tech for Change: an ongoing series in which we shine a spotlight on positive uses of technology, and showcase how they're helping to make the world a better place. $50 million. That’s an unimaginable amount of money, but in the 14 years that Games Done Quick has been holding speedrunning marathons, that’s how much money it’s raised for charity.
Humble beginnings In the summer of 2009, the site administrator for Speed Demos Archive — the former hub for speedrunning leaderboards and records — Mike Uyama devised a plan. Runners were interested in organizing a marathon event to raise money for charity. A group called The Speed Gamers flooded the Speed Demos Archives forums with suggestions.
“I had never been so stressed in my life. Miraculously, though, the stream starts, and the rest is history.”. We want, what is the true input delay on a monitor? We sort of had three requirements for any monitor that goes on stage. One, a good on-screen display so that if we need to change some setting on the monitor, it can be done physically. It had to have very, very low latency, and it needed to be cost effective.