In the lead-up to GuardianCon, an annual charity stream marathon is held. Two well-known Destiny 2 streamers now have to get their behinds under the needle thanks to the immense generosity of the viewers.
Streams for a good cause: GuardianCon is a two-day gaming convention held annually in Tampa (Florida). The focus is not only on gaming but also increasingly on fundraising for charitable causes. Therefore, in the lead-up to the event, there is a week-long charity livestream marathon where numerous Destiny personalities try to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
Funding goal catches up with streamers: In this context, there are numerous funny live streams with some wacky funding goals. Two well-known Destiny personalities have now fallen victim to their self-imposed donation milestones and the generosity of the community and a specific fan.
Charity stream raises over $100,000 – streamers are getting tattooed
DCP crew joins charity action: Bungie’s community advisor and YouTuber Holtzman and the producer of the well-known Destiny community podcast, Pope Bear, also participated in the charity marathon.
Joint tattoo as a funding goal: Already in the lead-up to the fundraising action, both had announced they would get their behinds tattooed if their stream raised over $100,000. For a long time, it seemed as though both would be spared the consequences of this crazy idea. Because until shortly before the end, a lot was still missing to reach the 100,000 dollars.
A viewer helps significantly: Although numerous fans had already shown love and donated diligently, one particularly generous viewer, CCkun91, donated a flat $25,000 in one go. This set off a true flood of further donations, causing the stream to ultimately exceed the $100,000 mark against all expectations.
CCkun91, himself a YouTuber, is no stranger. Besides his PvP expertise, he has made headlines multiple times with his generosity. For example, he had already donated $6,000 during GuardianCon 2018.
Goal achieved, tattoos are coming: As a consequence of this generous gesture, Pope Bear and Holtzman are now destined to get partner tattoos in the form of a heart on their behinds. But both – so far uninked, mind you – can live very well with that.
Pope Bear is happy and was very pleased with CCkun91’s donation. In his eyes, it paved the way to finally reach the $100,000 goal. He knew that the community would show great generosity, but the last 20 minutes of the stream after the donation were just incredible.
He will proudly wear the tattoo as a keepsake of the community – even if his wife couldn’t be happier that her husband shares a partner tattoo on his behind with another man.
Raid Boss hint thanks to Holtzman: Holtzman contributed during the search for a motif so that the community now knows more about the upcoming boss of the Forsaken raid. When he asked if he could use the final boss of the raid as a template for his tattoo, he received a subtle hint in response.
Bungie joins in: Overall, Bungie has not overlooked the whole action of the two. The community manager dmg04 added additional incentive to the donation action of Pope Bear and Holtzman by announcing his own donation goals – in the form of individual patch notes for the upcoming update 1.2.3 for Destiny 2. Guardians have learned, among other things, that the drop rate of the escalation protocol arsenal will receive a buff on July 17.
What do you think of this fundraiser and the now “inevitable” consequence?
