Gameblast17 Charity Stream on EVE_NT this weekend

Starting tomorrow Gameblast17 begins- and with it, a whole host of gamers and streamers around the country will be playing games in order to raise money for those that can’t!

If you’ve ever attended any of the EVE_NT events you’ll know we’ve always been keen to raise money for charities, normally in the way of swag raffles. After the last EVE London we finally broke £5,000 in donations and this weekend we are going for another big goal!

The money raised through Gameblasting is going to enable the charity SpecialEffect to help transform the quality of hundreds of lives through video games. By using technology ranging from modified joypads, to eye controls, they’re constantly finding ways for people with disabilities to keep playing games to the very best of their abilities.

They don’t charge for anything they do and they don’t sell any equipment, they simply aim to do whatever it takes to raise the quality of life with everyone they work with.

EVE players have been known for their generosity when it comes to charities in the past, and the goal of Gameblast is to try and raise £100k over 3 days; we want to try and contribute at least £1000 towards this figure! Why £1000? Well, the most amazing thing of this all is that we have been contacted by the Valkyrie's Quartermaster at CCP, who has advised us that if we manage to hit the £1000, CCP will also donate another £1000! How awesome is that!

This Saturday over on EVE_NT_TV from 1900 to 2200, for the first time ever, we have around a dozen different EVE Valkyrie streamers lined up for your entertainment, all attempting to raise money for Gameblast!

As usual, (courtesy of CCP Games) we will have a whole host of both EVE Online and EVE Valkyrie physical and electronic swag to give away during the stream! (Tune in on Saturday to find out the exact details of what they are, but picture below as a bit of a tease!)

Once we reach certain thresholds, we will issue challenges to all the players- some will have webcams as well, so you can see them giving it a try for some laughs! To give you an idea.. Some involve food/drink challenges in VR, some involve shoes, and some involve magical glitter...

Reaching donation stretch goals will also start some twitch giveaways! First £100, £200 etc all the way up to £1000.

In addition, we will have volunteers relaying messages from Twitch to the streamers (reading chat with a VR headset on can be hard!) so if you're looking for a streamer to try something in particular, chuck it into Twitch chat and we might give it a go! And if you're enjoying watching, we won’t say no to anything you're willing to donate!

All donations will be going through JustGiving and are being tracked on the stream to keep a tally of how we are doing; but for those that are looking to donate prior to the stream, you can do so here for the event:

Hopefully we will see you this weekend!

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