Z Event: gamers raise 5.7 million euros for Amnesty, a record

It has become a tradition.

Every year, the most popular streamers and gamers come together for a live marathon on the Twitch platform.

It's called Z Event and the fifth edition took place this weekend in Montpellier.

And the counters are once again panicked.

5.7 million euros were thus collected, much more than the 3.8 million donations recorded last year, which was already a record at the time.

After the Red Cross in 2017, Médecins sans frontières in 2018 and the Pasteur Institute last year, it is for Amnesty International that the streamers gave their all this weekend.

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About 40 streaming stars gathered, although some had to participate remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

From 6 p.m. on Friday until midnight Sunday, everyone offered live content on their Twitch channel.

For the most part, it was about playing video games, while calling on Internet users to make donations.

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The congratulations of Emmanuel Macron

And even Emmanuel Macron congratulated them!

On Twitter, the President of the Republic praised the commitment of the streamers and their audience:

# ZEVENT2020, you can be proud!

Proud to have mobilized more than 5.7 million euros (a record!) To uphold human rights with Amnesty.

Proud to have shown that by being united and united we can accomplish great things.

This unit, let's feed it!

https://t.co/GuGHzlAUAy

- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) October 18, 2020

"You can be proud! Proud to have mobilized more than 5.7 million euros (a record!) To uphold human rights with Amnesty. Proud to have shown that by being united and in solidarity we can achieve great things. This unit, let's feed it, "wrote the head of state.