Summary
- CDawgVA's Twitch charity auction raised over $500,000, showcasing the generosity of the streaming community towards important causes.
- High-profile items like a gaming session with Pokimane and a Tokyo tour fetched impressive amounts, benefiting the Immune Deficiency Foundation.
- Notable bidders like Jacksepticeye and Ludwig vied for unique items like a Miyazaki-signed poster, highlighting the event's success.
The world of streaming has created some of the most influential people on the internet over the years, with streaming services like Twitch commanding millions of viewers and being the go-to platform for a huge range of popular content creators. Thankfully, the wide-spanning communities that platforms like Twitch foster are perfect for organizing massive live-stream events, with many streamers often hosting charity events that raise millions in combined donations.
Twitch recently hosted a very high-profile charity event on July 19, with popular content creator and voice actor CDawgVA organizing and presenting an auction that raised over $500,000 in support of the Immune Deficiency Foundation. The auction was attended in person by a wide range of popular streamers like Jerma985, Ludwig, and Pokimane, with content creators from across the internet putting personal items and memorabilia up for auction. These items ranged from gaming sessions to extremely rare collectors' items, and it is clear to see how so much money was raised from the event.
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CDawgVA's Charity Auction Had Some Items Sell at Very High Prices
Gaming Session with Pokimane - $30,700
The most expensive and high-profile item sold at CDawgVA's charity auction was a gaming session with Pokimane, an extremely popular Twitch streamer with over 9 million followers on the platform. This particular auction offering was the source of headlines when a fake donation placed a $500,000 bid on the Pokimane gaming session, although it did end up selling for a very respectable $30,700 once this fake bid was rooted out.
A Trip Through Tokyo with Premier Two - $25,000
The second highest-selling item at CDawgVA's auction was another event with a content creator, this time being a Tokyo tour with Twitch streamer Premier Two. Having lived in Tokyo for close to 15 years, Premier Two's tour of the iconic Japanese city promised to be an unforgettable one, with the winning bidder having full control over the activities and direction of the trip. Premier Two hyped up the tour with promises of bar crawls and guides of hidden jewels of the city, and the final bid for the day out in Tokyo speaks for itself.
Hangout/Game Session with Ironmouse and CDawg - $23,500
Following the trend of the top two highest-selling items at the auction, third place went to another collaboration involving steamers, this time being a hangout or gaming session with Ironmouse and CDawg himself. Ironmouse is a popular VTuber streamer and singer with over 2 million followers on Twitch, and has had a close working relationship with CDawg for quite some time. The prospect of spending time with both Ironmouse and CDawg would be deeply exciting for any long-time fan of either streamer, and this particular item was tipped to be one of the highest-selling even before the auction began.
Miyazaki-Signed Elden Ring Poster - $21,000
The first physical item to make the highest-selling list for CDawgVA's auction is an Elden Ring poster hand-signed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring itself. Of course, Elden Ring is one of the most successful games of recent years, with its recent Shadow of the Erdtree DLC bringing similar acclaim, and a poster signed by the creator of the Soulslike genre was always going to be a hot commodity for the charity auction. This was reflected in the bidding war for the poster, which saw Jacksepticeye and Ludwig go head-to-head, with Ludwig eventually making the winning $21,000 bid.
10 Million Subscriber Diamond Play Button - $20,200
Another show-stopping item at CDawgVA's charity auction was the Diamond Play Button of YouTuber JaidenAnimations, with this being one of the few other items from the event to have a final bid in excess of $20,000. Diamond Play Buttons are a rare reward given to YouTubers who reach over 10 million channel subscribers, with there being less than 2000 channels in the world that meet the criteria for such a reward. Jaiden's Diamond Play Button is a piece of internet history that justifiably reached a very high final bid, in an auction that ended up raising a significant overall amount for charity.
Elden Ring
- Released
- February 25, 2022
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
- Developer(s)
- From Software
- Publisher(s)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment, From Software
- Engine
- Proprietary
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
- How Long To Beat
- 58 Hours
- Metascore
- 96
- Platforms That Support Crossplay
- PS4 & PS5 and Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
