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The Dates: Weekend of April 9th
Games Submissions thread: https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/dallas_area_speedrunning_event_game_submissions_thread_april_9th_2016.html - Closes on 1/8
Venue - FX Game Exchange in Plano
Stream - twitch.tv/TourneyLocator
Schedule (WIP): https://horaro.org/dase/main

So I’ve been working to try to organize a local meetup for speedrunners in the Dallas area for the last week, and I’m confident that we can actually make this happen. I’ve met with a venue and with a local event streamer in the area; the venue has already given me positive feedback and the event streamer is excited, although I’m still waiting to hear since they have questions for the future.

My target date would be in April, either the first or second weekend for simplicity’s sake. This  shouldn’t interfere with any of the larger marathons (Either GDQ, ESA or RPGLB), and also gives ample time from now for planning, submissions, and setup to make the event as large of a success as I can make it.

The venue I met with was FX Game Exchange in Plano, (Parkwood Shopping Center, 3000 Custer Rd #170,Plano, Texas 75075). It’s a local games store but they also host many of the smash tournaments in the area. They have something like 10 setups consisting of a CRT and a lagless HD monitor, which would allow for practice, side races and anything else that people that go could want to do. Their rules are pretty simple, no outside food or drink, and I’ve only requested to use the store during normal hours, which gives us 10-12 hours per day for a two day marathon (20-24 total hours). There will likely be a small venue fee ($5 per head), but the owner has generously agreed to donate the funds if we decide to make the event a charity event (which I believe would be best for everybody for reasons I’ll outline below). All in all, I would consider it to be a fantastic location for a small marathon, and the fact they’re excited about the marathon is a huge bonus for us.

The event streamer I contacted was twitch.tv/TourneyLocator – they focus mostly on Smash, but they get into the 500 view counts normally for weekly tournaments, and they’ve been looking to expand content. Having them help could simplify tech work on our end, expand our reach, and also, hopefully, introduce speedrunning to different audiences. If for whatever reason, they don’t like the event, I can bring my own streaming equipment, use the store’s internet and we can stream either to a new channel or an attendee’s with a larger install base.

My early schedule for how I’d like things to play out: I’d like to open game submissions at the end of this month, into the first week of January. This should give plenty of time for people to get their games in, get an early schedule in mid- late January so that runners can practice while promotion and setup is taken care of.


My main goals for the marathon are the following:

Strengthening ties within the speedrunning community for the Dallas area – First and formost, I want this to be a fun event for all involved, and I would love to see as many people come out as possible.  Speedrunning is, at the end of the day a hobby, and events like these are a way to celebrate that hobby with other people. I’ll try to get at as many viable runs and runners in as I can, and would love to see the community in the area come together. I need help with this though: if you live in the area or know runners in the area please let them know to come out, submit, and I’ll do my best to make this worth their while.

Charity – I like the idea of making it a charity event for multiple reasons. The speedrunning community has a large amount of goodwill with events like the GDQs raising tons of money annually. I also think this makes us unique in the competitive gaming side and it’s something I’d like to see continue. FX mentioned that they have a charity they’ve worked with in the past, and I’m supposed to get the details on it soon; however, they also said they would support us if we decided to use another charity.

Practice – Running at live marathons is rare and difficult; I’d like to see the Dallas area become known for doing it well. Running the event as a full blown charity event allows for the community to get better at runner commentary, allows aspiring hosts to get practice and experience before GDQs and it should  be an all-around great experience for everybody

Growth – Working with a streamer should make the tech work easier, but it also has a chance to bring speedrunning to a new audience, no matter how small it is. I believe this will only help everybody; the community at large, the dallas area runners in attendance, and the event streamer.

With all that said, I would like to hear some feedback, and I’ll target opening game submissions on the 20th for now; letting them run through early January. Please let me know if there is interest on your end, and if you have any questions or feedback, I’d love to hear it.
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While i myself can't attend the event, if you need any other help with organizing, planing, modding, or just friendly advise, i'll be glad to help.
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I was planning on doing it for sure, especially with regards to how to handle working with a charity. Thanks!
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Same as Osey. Can't really hope to attend, but my services are free.
I'm a chuckster!
Sounds cool, I'd be interested in attending.
Good morning!
I'll be there, if I can. What charities were you considering as alternatives to the FX charity?
RUN L3TH3L RUN
This is so awesome.  I have been wanting to go to a marathon for quite some time and this will make it possible.  I'm an amateur runner myself and hope to get to run one day in a marathon. 
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Good luck with all of this Ghoul!  If I wasn't in Ohio, I'd be making plans to come.  Heck, maybe I should visit Texas anyways.
But if there's anything I can do to help, I will.  I'm sure it will be amazing to watch!
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Charity choice would need a lot of research before I'd feel comfortable trying to make a choice - I'd like it to be something that helps locally, since it's a smaller marathon. I also wouldn't mind doing something Dell Children's in Austin - I participated in a few events for them while I was a student at UT and they really do some amazing work with children, completely free of charge. They aren't quite local to Dallas though. I'll reach out to FX in the next two days if I don't hear back from them on their recommendation so that we can get the ball rolling on getting a charity selected, contacted and get the events for charity in motion. If you have any recommendations, I would love to hear them.

Wanted to thank everybody that's helped get the word out via Twitter etc - I'm pretty sure we'll have enough runners for at least a 1 day marathon (lots of people messaged me directly), so I'll likely look to open game submissions on 12/20 and let them run through the first week of January, ending on 1/7. Yes, it's over the holidays, but the sooner I can get games in, the sooner I can make a schedule, contact runners, start promotion and layout work. This also gives some separation between RPGLB submissions on the forum and any other marathons. I'll likely be using the forums as a submissions process, like the old GDQs or RPGLB currently does, although if more people prefer a Google Form, I can make that happen as well.

I also need to work on a name for the event (As nice as Dallas Area Speedrunning Event is, it's very bland). This might be able to play hand in hand with the charity as well, but if anybody has suggestions, feel free to bring them up.
Wow this is hilarious as I've been to Madness Comics right next door several times, but never checked out FX. I'd be happy to attend and meet more speedrunners from the DFW area.
As a (former) Dallas-ite I like the idea of doing runs there, should be a good time. I don't know if Cook Children's has any sort of charity, but my daughter was in that hospital for a week and they do some pretty amazing things.
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I'd actually be interested in flying over for the weekend, though I definitely wouldn't be able to spare any vacation days. Never been to Dallas, and would like to stop by there someday and meet people.
Being local, I'll definitely attend and would be willing to help in any way you need.
I'm down for this in both running and helping set up, I'm in Forney (just east of downtown Dallas) so this is perfect assuming I don't have a conflict come up for early April.
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I'm going to delay submissions by a day or two unfortunately. Still working to handle a few things behind the scenes. I will post another update in two days at the latest. Thank you for your patience everybody.
SPEEDruns not SAFEruns
ahhhhh bummer man. I'll be at work that weekend embarassed Best of luck! Would have loved to take part
Finally a DFW speedrunning event, and I'll be out of town that weekend. Sad
If anyone is planning to go to this who is traveling from Louisiana or anywhere east of Louisiana(or just passing through the state on I-10, which you pretty much have to do), and would be willing to pick me up, I'd gladly pay my portion of the gas and a hotel room. DM me on twitter @agdqwaterglass or on here, or just reply. Thanks.
This is great! I'll be attending and able to help out in any way that I can.
I live like 2 hours away from the area so I'm definitely gonna have to drop by.
Oh man I'm super close to this venue, hopefully I'd be able to drop by and at least be a part of it. Maybe I can bring snacks or something.

Another organization for thought could be The Family Place - they house women and children looking to escape domestic violence.
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Update on charity stuff -

The venue's charity didn't come through, so I'll be reaching out to Cook Children's unless there are objections? Local to Dallas and does very good work, as can be attested to by Enker here.
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One more update - Would people be opposed to adding Friday night as well? This would allow us to keep the venue's normal hours on Sunday, which would be good for their employees. If it's an issue, there's another work around, but I'd like to hear what you guys have to say.
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If by any chance you decide to incorporate prizes, I'd be happy to contribute something.  Regardless, I hope to drop by for at least a day because I'm stoked to see a DFW area event.
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One more update - Would people be opposed to adding Friday night as well? This would allow us to keep the venue's normal hours on Sunday, which would be good for their employees. If it's an issue, there's another work around, but I'd like to hear what you guys have to say.


As long as you make it clear what time it is, it should be fine. Though I plan on flying in Friday evening so I probably can't do runs on Friday; as long as you're willing to work around people's schedules like that Tongue