Extra Life + Facebook = WIN
Did you know that Facebook supports Extra Life as a charitable organization that your friends and family can donate to your campaign directly through Facebook? Enabling this feature takes only a few seconds, and on average, participants who integrate their campaign with Facebook can expect to see an additional $150 in donations over
Extra Life 2020!
Extra Life Game Day is one week away! Have you pledged to help sick and injured kids in your community? If so, WELCOME BACK! If not, it’s not too late! Now more than ever sick and injured kids need your help…
Town Hall Recap
Last Wednesday, we held our first community town hall where we discussed topics such as Extra Life, dedicated game servers, community game night, and future goals. This post is a summary of those discussions. Extra Life 2020: It's an understatement that 2020 did not turn out how most of us had imagined it would.
NEW SERVER: Ark Genesis
We are excited to announce our latest server in the Ark universe: Genesis. Genesis is available via Season Pass DLC on Steam. This expansion on the original game offers a new map to explore as well as several new game mechanics such as hunting down waves of enemies with power-ups, tracking down and
Presenting: ARK-Atlas
DumpsterDave has been hard at work updating ARK-Atlas (formerly Ark Intel) for use on our new Ark: Survival Evolved servers. We put together a quick little video walking through the current list of features, and how to use them. Take a look and let us know what you think! https://youtu.be/Pl7zslIl5OI For more information about
Team DEFCON 1 Gaming Extra Life Donation Tracker
Looking for a new way to spice up your streaming overlays to display your Extra Life donation goals? We got you covered! Hot off the keyboard is our latest graphic overlay that allows you to add a browser source to your streaming software displaying your current donation goal as well as team DEFCON
October’s First Friday event at STL Science Center
It's the first Friday of the month! That means we will be at the St Louis Science Center for their monthly First Fridays event, representing our community as well as signing up fellow gamers for Extra Life. The theme for this month (If you can't tell from the photo) is Stranger Things! This will be our
2019 Extra Life LAN Registration is now open!
We are excited to announce that registration for our 2019 Extra Life LAN is officially open! Registration is required, so if you have not already, please click the link below and register at the bottom of the page. Registration is the only way to guarantee a seat at our event! https://defcon1gaming.com/events/elgd2019/ About Extra
DEFCON 1 at FIRST FRIDAY
We are excited to announce that we have been invited to join the Saint Louis Science center for First Fridays to promote our community as well as the charities we support! If you are unfamiliar with First Fridays, It is an event hosted on the (you guessed it) first Friday of each month
Seamlessly Integrate Extra Life and Facebook Fundraising
The folks at Extra Life have listened and worked with FaceBook to seamlessly integrate your existing Extra Life campaign into your Facebook feed. For anyone who regularly visits Facebook, they’ve likely seen Facebook Fundraisers in action. In fact, from 2015-2018, over $1 Billion has been raised for charitable causes through Facebook. Follow these steps to