When the’e-sport was excluded from the Olympic Games in September 2018, the ad twitched more than one gamer on their keyboard. Video game enthusiasts should now show a smile of satisfaction after the feat achieved by the Z Event team, a charitable video game and streaming marathon: 3.5 million euros in funds were raised to support the research at the Institut Pasteur.
54 most influential French streamers gathered in Montpellier mobilized for 54 hours live on the Twitch platform (the equivalent of Youtube for streaming) with the aim of moving their community and spraying the fundraising of the year latest.
Record broken in 2019
Mission accomplished, since the sum greatly exceeds that of the 2018 edition. 1,094,731 34 euros had then been collected and donated to the benefit of Doctors Without Borders.
On Twitter, the Institut Pasteur congratulated the participating streamers. Even President Emmanuel Macron cracked his post on the microblogging platform: “You are inspiring and you show us that everything is possible to support a cause for which we believe, bravo!”, He wrote.
♥ ️ A HUGE THANK YOU to all streamers, gamers and donors of # zevent2019. You were exceptional !!! @ZEventfr@ ZeratoRSC2pic.twitter.com/SnZilxNXgi
– Institut Pasteur (@institutpasteur) September 22, 2019
55 French gamers have just raised over 3 million euros over a weekend for the benefit of the Institut Pasteur.
You are inspiring and you show us that anything is possible to support a cause we believe in. well done # ZEvent2019 !https://t.co/MlbC69uOs8– Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 22, 2019
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