Oh, of course. Now that I don't actually need to be awake at some ungodly hour for my run, now I'm waking up at 5:00 in the afternoon. Ah well, at least I'll get to see some of the Mario bloc and maybe get to the practice room when it's thinned out a bit.
I forgot to mention that at one point the previous night the stream window cut out for a bit, as in the computers used to run the stream were still going but the display was gone entirely. Much to their credit, the guys running tech didn't panic and got the stream back to normal within a couple minutes.
I was stunned at how much money had been raised since I last checked the total: over $300,000. When I went to sleep it was around $260,000. It turns out they added some more donation incentives, including a race of Ocarina of Time between Cosmo and Skater. Since then they added a couple other incentives and the donation total has been climbing at a rapid pace. Someone donated saying they were going to snipe the Save/Kill the Animals bid war for Super Metroid, and to that guy all I can say is I hope you have very, very deep pockets.
Another event started at the convention center as SGDQ soldiered on. I don't know what it is, but it seems to be some sort of Hispanic culture event. I can hear lots of singing and music and people generally having a good time in the adjacent rooms. At one point during the Mario World run a really loud air horn went off at that event, loud enough that it came through over the SGDQ stream. I should mention that the microphones used for the marathon are generally good at not picking up background noise and people talking or moving around in the background, so having it come through on the stream gives you an idea of just how loud it was.
Meanwhile, my PB for Zombie Panic "Why the hell not try running it?" in Wonderland dropped again to 27:24. Considering the first time I kept track of is almost 4 minutes slower, I'm quite happy with how things have gone so far.
And when I went to sleep, the marathon hit over $440,000. I can't wait to see what the final rally of donations during FF6 looks like.
