For most gamer communities, the hottest online keywords in the past week are none other than“Eldon Circle”(Elden Ring) and nervousRussian-Ukrainian firefightwar, and an overseas live-streamer combined the focus of the two to launch a fundraiser with “Ayrden’s Circle” – donating an extra $10 to Ukraine for every death.
Hasan Piker had a whim at the end of February and planned to launch a live fundraising event. He decided to donate an extra $10 to the special account of the CARE International Care Society in Ukraine for every death in “Ayrdon Circle”. Of course, this event naturally Attract the attention of many players.
planning on playing elden ring with a death counter and donating $10 every time i die to a ukranian evacuation fund (need help w/ finding one) – will I be bankrupt by the end of this?
— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) February 26, 2022
The live broadcast began on February 28. In less than 20 minutes, while Piker was still fighting to the death of “Crazy Tongue” Alperich, the audience’s fundraising had exceeded 100,000 US dollars, and the total fundraising amount finally reached 155,000 US dollars. The above (regarding NT$4.34 million) shows that many players are quite concerned regarding the war in Ukraine.
Originally, Piker was wondering if he would die to bankruptcy because of the difficult “Ayrden Circle”, but in fact he did not die as many times as he imagined. The most challenging gold king in reality, Greck, has died 77 times. He originally set that no matter how many times he died, he would donate at least US$25,000, so he personally donated US$25,770 (approximately NT$722,000), bringing the total fundraising amount to more than NT$5 million.
As the firefight between Russia and Ukraine intensifies, the tense international situation has also affected the game industry. Not only game manufacturers have responded, but many gamer communities have expressed their support for the people of Ukraine through fundraising.
