Z-Day II: The Return of a Legend

[The Returners]

It's time for this marathon to get its own post! This coming March 5th-8th will see the Returners coming back to The Legend of Zelda in celebration of one year in action! We'll be going a bit over the 72 hour mark in order to make up for the time lost during the Final Fantasy marathon, so Z-Day II will be running for 79 hours! We're also going to be thinking of some spiffy things to do during the marathon and hope to raise a good deal of money for our charity of choice. That being said, here's the current breakdown of the marathon:

We will be raising money for Doctors Without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ this time around. We had hoped to raise money for the American Cancer Society but a few problems came up on that front and we're hoping to have all of that sorted out in time for one of the other 2010 marathons. A little closer to the event we'll be putting up the ChipIn (likely in January or February). We will also begin the promotion siege around that time, though anyone that wants to spread the word sooner than that is more than welcome to.

As most of you probably already know, we've got a sponser for this marathon in Mana Potions (www.manapotions.com/). That's all kinds of awesome and we're happy to have them helping us out, so a big thanks goes to the guys over there at ManaPotions.com. However we're not content with just one sponser! If anyone here can think of anyone else we should contact about working together during this marathon please let us know as soon as possible.

The current game list, order of play, and current tentative player list is as follows:

• The Legend of Zelda (Steve)
  
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Cornshaq/Mark)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Mark W.)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Jerry)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Jerrod)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Tailz64/Adam)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (Ian)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (Tailz64/Adam)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Josh)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure (Currently Unknown)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Jerry)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Steve)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Currently Unknown)
  

If we can find someone that has a copy of Spirit Tracks and is willing to practice that game like mad, we may well include it on the game list.

Credit for the awesome forums banner goes to Signia! A big thanks to him for making that. We'll have the site banner up as soon as possible. That's all for right now, hope we see everyone and many more this March.

[Turtleman]

lol if i get good enough at a zelda game can i playyyy one of the currently unknowen oneeeee plzzz =D

[The Returners]

Info on Z-Day II is up on the main site! Go there and check it out everyone, and remember to take a little time to digg and up-vote the marathon as early and as much as possible. We want to get as much press as possible for this marathon and you guys are critical in that happening.

[LogicImplosion]

Let's hope this marathon does best by FAR. The promotion will be ruthless!

The organization seems like a really good pick.

[Forgefire]

God I really need to find my copy of "Oracle of Seasons" at some point soon.

As for other sponsors you should look into, you could always look into online game retailers. Gamestop probably wouldn't bother, but perhaps places like Wayland games or a 'nerd retailer' like Jinx.com might be willing. Its worth a try to ask.

Either way, this marathon is going to be great.

[darkwind227]

Spirit tracks. I'll do it.

But only If I can get a camera before then, otherwise I'll need to use my webcam.

[Forgefire]

Sadly I think that is the problem with most handhelds. You either have to do emulation with initial recorded proof of game/system to show it is simply legal archiving or you have to hold a webcam over the screen while you play a hand held game... for hours.... without end... getting sore arms...

Well at least the physical componetn makes it more of a 'marathon' I suppose.

[Turtleman]

ok if i get phantom hourglass . and i pratice it like MADD would you let the turtle play a game in a marathon /??


ok edit . just got phantom hourglass and am going to play it every free hour i have .

[Forgefire]

If you guys still need someone to take wind waker I could either borrow a copy or nab a new one. Been a little while, but I remember that game wasn't too hard, and was alot of fun.

[atma]

Everyone, remember to go to the main page to digg and up vote the marathon as much as possible (we're totally saying you should make multiple digg accounts and the like to do so). We need as much help as we can get in promoting this event. Digging and up voting it are only a couple of the ways you could help. Feel free to begin promoting the marathon in other ways even as early as today if you want. Make YouTube videos, post on forums you visit, promote locally if you can, and be sure to let people know that the marathon is for charity.

Forgefire, we're going to be discussing who will be covering the last three games this weekend, so hopefully by sometime next week we'll be letting you know if you're going to be covering a game.

[Forgefire]

Okiedoke, I'll keep an eye out then.

[bonefletcher]

Shouldn't it be "present" instead of "presnt" in the banner?

[atma]

Uh... maybe? >_> You saw nothing, I say! I'll hopefully get around to getting that fixed soon.

[bonefletcher]

Was already wondering if everyone else is blind or something ^-^.

[Turtleman]

hahaha i never noticed that =P and now i feel half blind ......... cannot wait for this marathon !