{"id":7440,"date":"2023-12-07T16:16:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2023-12-07T16:17:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:17:32","slug":"save-the-date-for-gameblast24-23-25-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/save-the-date-for-gameblast24-23-25-february","title":{"rendered":"Save the date for GameBlast24&#8230; 23-25 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7441\" src=\"https:\/\/specialeff-d2p02.sites.urbanelement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/news_gameblast.jpg\" alt=\"Heart-shaped pin badge on denim label\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/news_gameblast.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/news_gameblast-250x131.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/news_gameblast-700x368.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/news_gameblast-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/news_gameblast-120x63.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like <a href=\"https:\/\/specialeff-d2p02.sites.urbanelement.com\/gameblast\">GameBlast<\/a>, one of the UK\u2019s longest-running gaming charity weekends (over ten years!) and our community have been asking for more ways to fundraise and collaborate together while supporting SpecialEffect. So, introducing GameBlast Teams! For 2024, you can choose to fundraise on your own page as usual, or join one of our optional teams. Choose from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disabled streamers supporting disabled streamers<\/li>\n<li>Cool and Creative Controllers<\/li>\n<li>Creative Corner<\/li>\n<li>Musicians for GameBlast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tiltify.com\/team-invite\/8aAUaBRnvAFqLZrPowuFJXk\">Sign up to the team here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While you\u2019re at it, give in to the urge to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insertcoinclothing.com\/pins-patches\/gameblast-24-pin.html\">buy this irresistible new GameBlast24 pin<\/a> from our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insertcoinclothing.com\/\">Insert Coin Clothing<\/a>. Go on, you know you want to!<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll be loads more information and resources coming about GameBlast in the next few weeks, and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/specialeff-d2p02.sites.urbanelement.com\/gameblast\">follow it all here<\/a> or on X at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gameblast\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/gameblast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like GameBlast, one of the UK\u2019s longest-running gaming charity weekends (over ten years!) and our community have been asking for more ways to fundraise and collaborate together while supporting SpecialEffect. So, introducing GameBlast Teams! For 2024, you can choose to fundraise on your own page as usual, or join&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/save-the-date-for-gameblast24-23-25-february\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundraiser"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Save the date for GameBlast24... 23-25 February - SpecialEffect<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/save-the-date-for-gameblast24-23-25-february\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Save the date for GameBlast24... 23-25 February - SpecialEffect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like GameBlast, one of the UK\u2019s longest-running gaming charity weekends (over ten years!) and our community have been asking for more ways to fundraise and collaborate together while supporting SpecialEffect. 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