American Cancer Society 1st Gamers vs. Cancer College Tournament

Calling all Streamers! Join the American Cancer Society’s first Gamers vs. Cancer Nationwide College Tournament that goes April 2 - May 13, 2020 or follow your favorite stream-team! Thank you to John Hopkins University and Stevenson University which have signed on! Streamers compete in a bracket-style competition in raising funds for the American Cancer Society’s mission to save more lives from cancer. Top fundraiser will win a Gamer’s Chair – and bragging rights for the school you are playing for! This is the perfect stay-at-home pastime! Sign up or follow now and donate at: Gamersvscancer.org/cst

How it works: The tournament pits 64 colleges against each other in a bracket-style contest to determine which school’s “streamers” can raise the most support each week and throughout the duration of the six-week challenge. Fundraising goes from April 2 – May 13. Campus volunteers and staff are encouraged to seek out experienced live streamers to represent and support their favorite school in the fight against cancer.

There is no limit to how many streamers a school can recruit. Whether streamers are current students, alumni, future-students, or just fans of the school, anyone can participate as long as their fundraising is performed via their live-stream channel and utilizes the fundraising page they create at gamersvscancer.org/cst.

Prizes: The top four champion fundraising schools will receive prizes and the individual streamer who raises the most money throughout the tournament will win a brand-new gaming chair. Various random prizes will be awarded to streamers throughout the tournament. Based on their fundraising totals, streamers in the tournament will be eligible to earn official Gamers vs Cancer merchandise.

Streamer basics: A streamer is someone who has their own live-stream channel and broadcasts regularly to an audience of fans, followers, or subscribers. Most live-streamers can be found on platforms/websites such as Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, or Facebook. Many streamers who would want to play in the tournament will play a video game while interacting with their audience. The audience can see the game screen, as well as the streamer.

An extra incentive: As of March 29, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) is encouraging people to play video games amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ray Chambers, U.S. ambassador to the WHO, tweeted his support, asking people to help continue social distancing efforts by picking up a game and helping save lives. He used the hashtag #PlayApartTogether as part of WHO’s growing movement to unite people around the world while also asking them to keep their distance.