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World Pinball-Playing Record Broken During Gamers' Livestreaming-for-Charity Event (wisn.com) 31

Posted by EditorDavid from the gaming-for-good dept.
haaz (Slashdot reader #3,346) tells us that history has just been made as part of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals annual online game-playing fundraiser, Extra Life:
A man from Milwaukee, Wisconsin is trying to play pinball long enough to break the standing Guinness World Record for Longest Marathon Pinball Play of 30 hours 10 minutes.

He's using Extra Life's gaming/DIY fundraising site to webcast his attempt and raise money for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He gets a five minute break every hour, and yes, he's wearing an adult diaper.
Just minutes ago on Twitter, the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin announced he'd beaten the record. And lots of other fundraising game-playing marathons are happening around the world today, including one in Canada -- and many of them are being streamed online.

The event began in 2008, and over the last four years has raised close to $10 million each year. As one gaming site put it, "Let's help the future programmers of our cyborg overlords fulfill their mission by streaming some video games for the kids this weekend!"
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  • Five minute break? (Score:3)

    by ScooterBill ( 599835 ) on Saturday November 02, 2019 @04:46PM (#59373384)

    That's BS. If you're going for the 30 hour record, do 30 fucking hours please.

    • I'd imagine few people involved want to see some idiot drop dead for the stake of a charity stunt / world record. Because you know that would eventually happen.

      • 30 hours isn't going to kill anyone who's otherwise healthy. When reading the summary I was mildly surprised that it was only 30 hours because any idiot could do that if there's no other requirement like having to keep the same game through some combination of not losing a ball or getting extra plays. The only challenging part of doing it for 30 hours straight with no breaks would be restroom breaks, but even that's not insurmountable and you hardly need a diaper.

        • Catheter would get it done. Even a bucket under the machine and some favorable camera work. Often times we have the "option" to delay bowel movements when necessary. Or you could pull a "Cartman" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]

          If the original record was set without breaks, then this stunt gets an asterisk charity or no.

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by dysmal ( 3361085 )

          Standing in that same spot for 30 hours would also suck.

    • if you can brake the game then you can sit out for repair.

    • And why exactly do you need an adult diaper if you get a 5 minute break every hour? Is he drinking so much coffee to stay awake he can't even make it an hour without peeing?
      • Calling it now, the dude has some kind of diaper fetish. That's the only explanation that makes any amount of sense. I'd straight up Howard Hughes it before you'd catch me in a diaper.

        • Calling it now, the dude has some kind of diaper fetish. That's the only explanation that makes any amount of sense. I'd straight up Howard Hughes it before you'd catch me in a diaper.

          This guy doesn't fill his closets full of jars of piss and shit though... or does he?

    • If you're going for the 30 hour record, do 30 fucking hours.

      MAN --- pinball machines have changed a WHOLE LOT since I was a kid. 30 hours? No WONDER he needs an occasional break. Then again, I didn't know that fleshlight (NSFW? Probably not safe for USE) [fleshlight.com] even made pinball machines.

    • You can do better?

    • The event began in 2008, and over the last four years has raised close to $10 million each year.

      Even better, if you don't count breaks then it has been going on for 11 years.

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    • I'm old, but not old enough to wear an adult diaper for any reason for any amount of money. WTF happened to human decency?

      If the stunt amuses some kids dying of incurable diseases or going through chemo or similar, does dignity really matter that much?

    • I'm old, but not old enough to wear an adult diaper for any reason for any amount of money. WTF happened to human decency?

      I have never adorned an "adult diaper" but I can reasonably consider situations that might require it. I choose to avoid them whenever possible.

  • Hi! Ryanâ(TM)s wife Becky here, really enjoying grown men fantasizing about my husbandâ(TM)s fetishes. Anyway, no, he didnâ(TM)t wear an adult diaper. Not sure where that info came from other than a throw away joke he said before the record started. He took a handful of pee breaks every 4 hours or so and banked the rest of the time so he built up an hour and a half of break time he didnâ(TM)t use. He used a total of 11 minutes break time over 30 hours and 11 minutes. Then, after he had b

  • Why not just piss in a 5 gallon bucket and sit on a stool with a toilet seat when you need to dump, all while still playing?

  • Superfluous (Score:4, Funny)

    by dohzer ( 867770 ) on Sunday November 03, 2019 @02:51AM (#59374260)

    ...and yes, he's wearing an adult diaper.

    Why is it necessary to state that? You've already told us he's playing pinball!

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