And all the fun was had...

Day 1... We found ourselves in territory previously traveled. Nuk and I joined our Gaiscioch kin in Gloria Victus where we slayed many a foe. Nuk enjoyed stabbing things with a stick that he had found. There was not much time to transition into the next game or I wouldve made a post between each. Next on the agenda was a super fun game called Warlanders. Nuk and I teamed up on an assault squad to sack the opposing teams castle. Unfortunately we were paired against Fog, Pedro, and Trithian... who proceeded to trounce us. After our first match, Nuk was sadly unable to continue as our second pc is a bit outdated and had a hard time keeping up. He was super excited to be part of Extralife again this year and will be joining us again in the morning to raise money for the kiddos in need. After Warlanders, Fog and I teamed up with the community manager for Avalanche Studios to take back the Earth from dinos in Second Extinction. I really enjoy Second Extinction. The soundtrack is awesome, the artwork is awesome, the gameplay is awesome, and it has dinos! So in the morning, we will be starting with some whole family fun in Smite! We look forward to see you there!

Extra Life Schedule 2022 is here!

 *All times are Eastern Time.

We're Back 2022!

 Hey everyone! It has been a crazy last few years. We did do Extra Life with Gaiscioch in 2021 but didn't blog about it. We raised $251.00 in 2021 bringing our personal total for the last 12 years to $2064.00!  

Alright, let's get to the juicy tidbits. Gameday is November 5th, 2022.  We have partnered with Gaiscioch again this year, and most likely forever because they are awesome. Gaiscioch has some great prizes for grabs just for watching us stream! Head on over there and check it out!

You may or may not know that we moved over the summer. Even though we are quite a few hours away, we will still be fundraising for the Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Danville, Pa. This is an amazing hospital that serves an enormous rural area. I have a PDF with how the donations are spent, but I'm having a bit of difficulty uploading it.  I'll work on it later.

Right now, I just wanted to let all of you know that we are back and getting ready for Game Day 2022. Stay tuned for more updates and our schedule. If possible, please DONATE or sign up and save kids, too!

 It seems as though I am forever destined to post the day AFTER I've played, which is not an issue. So yesterday I found out that I can play xbox games on my phone. AWESOME!!! This only occurred to me after the day was almost done. In the morning I decided that it was my time to enjoy the battlegrounds of the gods, so I loaded up Smite and played a couple of assault matches. The Izanami game went fine but the Susano game was awful (although Shavonne won it for me =P).  Susano does not do well in assault when he is the only front line. That usually ends in disaster, unless you put him in the hands of the most brilliant assault assassin player of all time.

After I finished Smiting I attempted to earn Shavonne enough silver in Conqueror's Blade to buy a migration token to move closer to our Fief. She was excited to join us in Territory Wars as she had never really been involved in one. Sadly I was unable to make enough but it was ok since she was already in the area with a few troops on hand. 

When I earned as much silver as I could for Shavonne I moved on to Gatewalkers. I started playing this game for Extra Life and instantly fell in love with it. It just made sense to jump back into it before Extra Life ended.

After dinner it was time for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint.  But we broke it.. so no Tom Clancy.

After Ghost Recon it was time for Territory Wars in Conqueror's Blade. It was good that Shavonne had units on hand near our Fief so she could partake in her first TW with Gaiscioch.  We held our Fief valiantly (no one came up to visit us =() and offered some defense support to our alliance who was being hit by the AI Cohort Legion.  All in all it was a successful night in TW marking another successful day for our Extra Life marathon. As always, don't forget to visit the donation page and help save the kids! Any amount helps so donate that spare change that is still in your couch from 1994 when we stopped using change!

Because kids are cool.

Ok. So here's the tallies so far. Brett has been crushing it at a total of 10 hours so far. Aidyn is no too  far behind, but because he has school, has accumulated less at 4 hours.

 

Not sure why my graphic is blurry, but you can kind of get the picture...pun might have been intended.

Streaming with Gaiscioch (gsch.info/forthekids)

On the schedule for today  

Brett @ 1800 EST

Brett and Aidyn @ 2000 EST

Brett @ 2300

Come hang out with us. You can earn some raffle tickets for prizes! Just by watching! I know, I know, the rapport is reward enough, but it's like a bonus! Or possibly compensation for the way too many dad jokes.

As always, I mean this is a fundraiser, head over to our Extra Life participation page

 https://www.extra-life.org/participant/TheChouinardFamily

Be a hero with us! Save Kids!

Because kids are cool!

Brett's crappy memory recap.

We got so wrapped in saving the kids yesterday that I completely forgot to update the blog! After fighting off the anglo-saxons with the might of the Slav cavalry and the help of Fog controlling the German and Viking units we dropped into one of my favorite games in the last 20 years. Tom Clancy's The Division 2 has everything I love in a game. Shooting, looting, and character progression help me to save Washington DC and the kids IRL! And to think, all of these things are accomplished without a jump button! 

Once we finished collecting intel on the rogue agent called "Wraith" it was sadly time to move on to our next endeavor in a game that was new to me.  I almost instantly fell in love with Gatewalkers. This game pits you against nature, wildlife, and aggressive humanoids called the Surians while you fight to collect enough resources to heal your dying world. Not to mention you have to fight your own nightmares if you stay out in the dark too long. One of my newest loves in gaming being the survival/crafting game, I will definitely buy this blend of hack and slash mixed with survival and crafting aspects. Gatewalkers WILL be in my repertoire.  I chose the path of the tanky guardian to quell the tides and take the beating for my fellow party members Izzmina and Fog.  A while into the set Maligor joined us as well and we finished strong with a few quests under our belt. 

Don't forget that The Chouinard Family will be gaming all week alongside our Gaiscioch Teammates so there is plenty of time to toss a coin to save the kids. (Witcher reference anyone?) Head over to The Chouinard Family donation page and give a child an Extralife.

It Begins!

 Kicking off Extralife 2020 #Forthekids in Ancestors Legacy with Fog and Gaiscioch.  Fen has been at it all morning without me. Go figure. I don't even remember what this game is about so let's figure it out together. You can watch us (and win prizes!) at twitch.tv/gaiscioch. As always you can donate at https://www.extra-life.org/participant/TheChouinardFamily Let's give 2020 something positive together and save some children!