#hugs.tf

[kritzkast]

hugs.tf 2018 this weekend

It’s back with hugs, kisses, and more hugs! hugs.tf is a European-based charity livestream for TF2 helping Special Effect. Special Effect is a UK charity that helps youth and people afflicted by disabilities. By using technology ranging from modified joypads to eye-control, Special Effect helps people to play to the very best of their abilities. 

As of this year, hugs.tf has raised over £20,000 for Special Effect and is in their 5th Year, celebrating alongside TF2 and Special Effect's 10th birthdays. You can catch the stream this weekend, April 21st - 22nd @ twitch.tv/hugstf. 

There’s all sorts of variety, such as scheduled showmatches between Ascent Europe vs Ascent North America, a live Joy of Painting segment with talents @darklitria and Squirrel_BVC, Mann vs. Machine with CeeJaey, and much more on the schedule. and guests ranging from members of top 6v6 ETF2L team Se7en such as kaidus and Drackk, to @kritzkast ’s host himself Agro will be attending as talent for the couch. 

Donations are now open, and you can donate with either cash at our donation landing page, or keys via Scrap.tf. As we speak, hugs.tf have currently raised around £4000 even before the weekend. If you donate over £10, you will be eligible for The Heartfelt Hero: a medal designed by XB33, @uberchain, and DarkLitria that shows two halves of a heart hugging, adorned with birthday ribbon swirling around in an anniversary celebration.

If you'd like to get involved or appear in the livestream, you can! Firstly, hugs.tf wants to show a collection of community figures to submit shout-out videos to show on stream at the start and end of breaks. If you are a contributor to TF2 such as a Youtuber or a content creator of sorts, you can make a short 5-10 second video (using a decent quality web cam or better) using the frame of "I'm X, I do/did X in TF2 and you're watching hugs 2018" as the idea concept. Send a download link to [email protected] and it might be featured!

Secondly, for the Joy of Painting segment, hugs.tf is also accepting fanart! If you want to paint or draw along with the gang or tweet any fanart to our Twitter, it will be shared on stream during the segment, with a chance at a prize.

We hope to see you at the stream this weekend to help out some kids, and give out some virtual hugs! 

Website: http://hugs.tf/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/hugs_tf  Scrap.tf Donations: http://scrap.tf/hugs

[safk-art]

finished piece i’ve done on stream at hugs.tf  it has been such an awesome time taking part with them. thanks to those who donated <3 hope to be there again next year! 

[fuckyeahtf2]

hugs.tf 2017 is the fourth-annual charity event, hosted by members of the European Team Fortress 2 community in an effort to raise money for Special Effect, a non-profit organization that provides children access to gaming, regardless of disability.

This year’s event will be running May 6-7 and is a 26-hour Twitch live stream, hosted in Hammersmith, West London. The link to the stream can be found right here! We’ll be posting on this blog throughout the event, so be sure to send us your comments, thoughts, questions, etc. The event starts on May 6, at 5:00pm BST (10:00am MST or 11:00am CT or 12:00pm EST)

While cash donations are not yet open (at the time of writing), you can donate your TF2 items via scrap.tf right here! The donated items will be sold, with the proceeds going towards Special Effect. Any donors who give at least £10 (that’s $13 USD and $17 CAD) will receive a neat in-game medal (pictured below).

[safk-art]

i am very excited that I'll be coming back to @hugs_tf to draw more digital art.  heres a prepared robot scout sketch that'll be focus one ;)  

for more info aboout the event check out thier twitter. <3

twitch - hugs.tf

[safk-art]

What is Hugs.tf? Hugs.tf is gaming event from the Team Fortress 2 community who aim to raise money for 'Special Effect' the gaming charity for kids with disabilities. The event will start this weekend 6th-7th May 2017 on @ http://twitch.tv/hugstf :)

-------------------------------------------------- I will be attending on the 7th Sunday at 10am BST to finish off this artwork during 3 hour stream along with other artists. I would be really appreciate it if you guys join and show your support. :)

[safk-art]

thank you so much to everyone who donated and watched me draw! we reached over £15k ! and thanks to Hugs.tf for having me =w= i enjoyed hanging with those nerds, such a friendly community <3

hope to do it again next year :)

-Saf

@uberchain​ ;)

[safk-art]

forgot to mention, i’ll be on Hugs.tf next month May 7th in arts and crafts section, i know what you all thinking “but Saf you don't draw TF2 anymore!” it’s true BUT i still play the game, also i will draw TF2 related for sure ;) got some ideas in my mind.  

[fuckyeahtf2]

Four years ago, hugs.tf started in a living room in West London; with an overheating PC and a slightly wobbly internet connection. It was our first Gameblast event and 24 hours later, exhausted and hungry, we had raised £140 and caught the streaming bug.

Over the next few years we upped our game and managed to collect a wonderful team along the way, who not only share our passion for video games, but also believe in the incredible work of Special Effect. With their help, our little charity stream snowballed and we ended up with a flat full of nerds, a production team, a showcase of some pretty talented gamers, and a whopping £3000 donated to charity.

In our fourth year things have only gotten better. We've got the same nerds, but we've been incredibly lucky to have found a venue and turned this hoedown into a real shindig. Tucked away in Hammersmith West London for a weekend (the 6th and 7th of May...since you asked), we plan on bringing you 26 solid hours of Team Fortress 2: with the usual sleep deprived nonsense, incredible giveaways, an inappropriate amount of memes, and a few surprises that we're keeping under our hats for now.

TLDR Hugs.tf's 2017 event will be taking place in Hammersmith, West London, over the weekend of the 6/7th May 2017. The event will be begin at 17:00GMT and run for around 26 hours, ending 19:00GMT on the Sunday. For more information check out: hugs.tf