Thanks Guys,
It was so much easier to do knowing that people were watching and offering their support via the Twitch feed. It made me know I wasn't alone. So a massive thanks must first of all go to
@strobey for setting up the feed. The most people I know of online at any one time was 164. 164 people sat watching me play pinball !! There were over 2,500 unique visitors over the period and with the exception of 2 individuals every single comment was positive and encouraging.
I also want to thank all of the witnesses for giving up their time and offering their support.
Thanks also needs to go those companies who have donated gifts and vouchers towards the prize pot. With everything going on last night I forgot to take the final audit readings before packing up, so won't be able to confirm the winners until tomorrow, but it's looking good for Vin for the highscore guess of 399,999,999.
A thank you to
@DRD for loaning his WPT for me to have as backup, I'll look through the audits and see how many games that got played, I think it may end up being more than I played in the 30hrs!
But the biggest thanks needs to go to everyone who donated, and shared the story via social media. For me this was never about breaking the Guinness World Record (although I did ) it was about raising awareness of Prostate Cancer and the need for regular checks and trying to lose the embarrassment associated with it. The funds raised, and I'm closing in on the 5k target, will make a difference in the hospital with specific equipment already earmarked for purchase by the urology department, the other half will be going to Prostate Cancer UK and will also be put to good use.
However I don't think you can put a price on the fact that if just 1 person reading this goes and sees their doctor and prostate cancer is caught early enough to be treated to save their life the whole event will have been worth it.
Plenty of people have asked how much longer could I have gone on. When I finished I felt absolutely fine. I even had to clear away all of the machines, with only help from Aid & Kirk, everyone else had disappeared! I slept well last night, but feel fine today with no lasting effects.
I truly believe that I could do 48hrs without too much additional effort. But rather than jump straight to 48hrs, I think a better idea would be if someone else who has a cause that they're passionate about was to attempt to break the record by 2hrs, then someone else does the same, etc. Each GWR attempt would gain significant publicity, rather than just smashing the record in a single attempt.
Maybe over to
@Sgt GrizZ
