Yes folks, the Ready Up World Record Attempt is complete.
Team Ready Up have successfully completed the 24 Hour Burnout Marathon and were met with a massive round of applause on completion.
Everyone has made it through the challenge in one piece… and, possibly spurred on by Martin’s perkiness, everyone is suddenly full of beans with massive grins on their faces. Photos of the event will follow shortly!
It’s been a very long 24 hours, but it’s also been an incredible amount of fun. We’ll probably all say never again, but really, you should never say never!
Read more about the event at www.ready-up.net
The world record attempt will raise money in support of GamesAid (www.gamesaid.org), the new UK videogames industry charity, which distributes funds to a diverse range of children and young people’s charities.
Andy Payne, Chairman of GamesAid said: “This is a great initiative and hats off to the lovely people at Ready Up, EA and of course Guinness World Records. This is exactly the sort of japery that GamesAid is seeking to endorse. It is games focused and totally inclusive. More power to all of those who take part, original thought never hurts and giving up time is absolutely brilliant!”
A group of die-hard videogamers hopes to set a new world record and break in to the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition with a challenging 24-hour gaming marathon.
Staff of gaming website Ready Up (www.ready-up.net) will converge on Esc Gaming centre (www.esc-games.com), Hope St, Glasgow on April 18, 2009 to set the Longest Marathon Playing a Driving Game record. Dan, Kirstin, Martin, Shaz, Simon and Fran, backed up by their own support team, will play EA’s driving game Burnout™ Paradise over Xbox Live for a day and a night in front of Official Guinness World Record adjudicators. The players will be allowed only short bathroom and eating breaks.
Participant and former Frag Doll Kirsten Kearney, who already holds a Guinness World Record for the First Person Shooter Marathon, said: “Going for this kind of marathon gaming record is a lot harder than you might think. Keeping your morale up while concentrating on a screen and maintaining hand-eye coordination is tough, and you have to rely on using your second and third wind to help you through hardest going parts. It’s made easier by the fact that we have chosen a game like Burnout Paradise, which has a great deal of variety and fresh downloadable content that we can use.”
Support the record attempt and GamesAid by donating at www.justgiving.com/gamesaid-readyup and keep an eye on www.ready-up.net/worldrecord for details of how you can join the team on Xbox Live during the record!
