ScareAThon

Quick side note, as stated in my “Update” post, this is a throwback interview conducted in October of 2019.

It’s that time of year again, where the creepy crawlies come out, skeletons dance down the streets at night, and kids (and some adults) over indulge themselves and eat their weight in candy. Yep, it’s Halloween time, one of my favorite times of the years, especially because of horror movies~

However, there is one event that I never miss in October and that is the ScareAThon! For those you may not know, the ScareAThon is an event where streamers get together to stream horror games for a charity, this years charity is the Trevor Project.

This year I was lucky enough to be able to speak with one of the co-founders Brandon Stennis about this event and get a little more insight into it. Listed below, for your reading pleasure is the Q&A. Enjoy~

F: What was your motivation for starting the ScareAThon?
B: After playing so many horror games on Twitch and had watched iKasperr’s Quest for the Cause charity event, I wanted to do something similar but in the vain of what I had great experience in which was horror games.

F: How do you choose which charity to support? And do the charities ever reach out to you first?
B: It depends on what cause we are thinking about going with then we do some research on variety of charities that support the cause that we are trying to support. We have had some charities reach out before prior to the event, but it always depends on what is going on during the time of the year.

F: How much time time and work go into preparing for the event?
B: We usually take a month to two months to prepare for the event. Within that month, we usually work everyday to getting things together for the event.

F: How do you decide what companies to reach out to, to help support the event?
B: I usually try to work with companies that I work with in my personal streaming or companies I have worked with for my day job. We also look into companies that work with Twitch streamers which helps a lot.

F: How are the incentive chosen? And are they donated by various companies or the streamers themselves?
B: Incentives are chosen by the streamers who are participating. The prizing comes from all the companies who sponsor the event.

F: Is there anything in particular you look for when accepting streamers to join the event? Do you allow streamers, from outside the country, to participate?
B: We do allow streamers outside of the country to participate. When we look into streamers, we look for consistent schedule, professionalism as a streamers, and availability to stream for the event.

F: I know you’ve gotten in contact with more Mixer streamers, do you hope to bring this event over to Mixer too or just stay exclusively with Twitch? And why?
B: We did a ScareAThon event with Mixer which was great but we lack the support right now to do another event there.

F: What previous experiences, of yours, have helped in the organization?
B: Community Management, Social Media Management, Event planning.

F: How have you seen the event change through the years?
B: It is something that people look forward to each year, the visibility of the event has been a lot more noticeable and has been supported by Twitch itself.

F: What do you hope to see for the future of this event?
B: To raise even more money for charity and hopefully have more high-level streamers involved with the event.

F: Are you hoping that others will see this event and be motivated to start their own streaming events to raise money for charities?
B: That has always been my hope, I was inspired by another streamer to create this event so I hope it will encourage others to do the same.

F: What is your favorite part of this event?
B: Being able to see all the streamers come together and really feel like they are on a team. They support each other during the event by cheering each other on. It makes me really happy to see that