[NBLUG/talk] Allan presenting TASBot at AGDQ 2017

[Allan Cecil]

As a follow-up, I'm happy to report that the event was a smashing success, raising over $2.2M for cancer prevention research.  Our portion went smoothly and we have some fantastic press coverage thanks to Ars Technica which you can read at:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/how-a-robot-got-super-mario-64-and-portal-running-on-an-snes/

There's a video link in the article.  Thank you again to those here who supported the effort,

A.C.
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On 01/14/2017 10:26 AM, Allan Cecil wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> As some (at this point, probably most) of you may know, I am the keeper of TASBot (under the name dwangoAC) and I am again participating in the AGDQ 2016 week-long fundraiser for the Prevent Cancer Foundation that is wrapping up tonight.  My goal is to help raise at least $50k in the hour block of time we've been allotted today at around 2:15 PM EST (i.e. within the next hour).  You can help by tuning in at http://gamesdonequick.com for free, and consider donating during the TASBot runs.  As an added bonus, the entire thing is backed by Linux! :)
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> A.C.
> ******
> P.S. - the schedule (http://GamesDoneQuick.com/schedule) is highly likely to change, but here's a sneak peek of what I'm organizing this year:
> 
> 11:29 AM 	TASBot vs NES Classic 	dwangoAC 	0:10:00
> 0:03:00 	by micro500, MediaMagnet, Spikestuff, link_7777, and dwangoAC
> 11:42 AM 	BONUS TAS: TASBot's Revenge: Gradius Round 2 	dwangoAC 	0:01:00
> 0:10:00 	By adelikat, link_7777, and micro500
> 11:53 AM 	TASBot plays Super Mario Bros. 3 	dwangoAC 	0:04:00
> 0:03:00 	By total and Ilari
> 12:00 PM 	TASBot dominates Mega Man 1 	dwangoAC 	0:01:00
> 0:04:00 	by total
> 12:05 PM 	TASBot plays A Link to the Past 	dwangoAC 	0:05:00
> 0:10:00 	by Tompa, Masterjun, and Arkun
> 12:20 PM 	TASBot plays the Community Choice 	dwangoAC 	0:01:00
> 0:15:00 	By Masterjun, micro500, Ilari, p4plus2 and dwangoAC
>