Global InformationEuropean Speedrunner Assembly information
| European Speedrunner Assembly | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Video game speedruns Entertainment Charity |
| Venue | Quality Hotel View |
| Location(s) | Malmö |
| Country | Sweden |
| Inaugurated | August 16, 2012 |
| Founder | Ludendi Spelförening |
| Most recent | July 22, 2023 |
| Next event | February 17, 2024 |
| Major events | ESA Summer ESA Winter Break the Record: Live |
| Organized by | European Speedrunner Assembly AB |
| Website | esamarathon |
European Speedrunner Assembly (abbreviated to ESA), formerly European Speedster Assembly, is a semi-annual video game speedrunning charity marathon held in Sweden. Held since 2012, the events have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for several charities.[1][2]
The two flagship events of the European Speedrunner Assembly are European Speedrunner Assembly Winter, held in February every year, and ESA Summer, held between June and August every year. Both events last seven days. In addition to these events, ESA also hosts smaller European-based speedrunning events such as the Benelux Speedrunner Gathering (BSG), as well as Break the Record: Live, a three-day competition to break the world record of a specified game and category. They also host special charity marathons.[3] By 2016, ESA was the second-largest speedrunning event globally.[4] It has been described as "a kind of European federation for these virtual 'athletes'."[5]
Events are broadcast live on Twitch. Viewers are encouraged to donate with incentives and bids, such as choosing character names, having runners perform additional tasks, or extra bonus runs.
- ^ "Spelmaraton i Malmö samlar pengar till välgörenhet". Spela med Effie! (in Swedish). 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
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polygonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Parreira, Rui (2 August 2020). "European Speedrunner Assembly: a casa dos "maratonistas" dos videojogos". SAPO Tek (in Portuguese).