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"Z Event", the annual charity event for the biggest stars of video games in France, raised more than 5.7 million euros over the course of one weekend for Amnesty International.

Started late Friday afternoon, the event, which was held in Montpellier despite the Covid-19, ended overnight from Sunday to Monday, after more than 50 hours of streaming.

In total, the event raised 5,724,377 euros in donations for the NGO.

“Thank you all for your mobilization.

Thank you all for your trust.

Thank you all for your energy.

See you at # ZEVENT2021…?

», Launched its organizers on the Twitter account of the event.

This # ZEVENT2020 officially raised 5,724,377 euros in donations for @amnestyfrance.



Thank you all for your mobilization.

Thank you all for your trust.

Thank you all for your energy.



See you at # ZEVENT2021 ...?

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- Z Event (@ZEventfr) October 18, 2020

Record beaten hands down

For its fourth edition, the event once again smashed its donation record.

Last year, “Z Event” brought in more than 3.5 million to the Institut Pasteur.

The previous editions had made it possible to donate almost 1.1 million euros for Médecins sans frontières (2018), 500,000 euros for the Red Cross (2017) and 170,000 euros for Save the children in 2016 (the event was then called Avengers France ).

Some of France's most popular streamers, including Gotaga, Joueur du grenier, Mister MV or Domingo, had gathered in a hotel in Montpellier at the invitation of Alexandre "Dach" Dachary and Adrien "Zerator" Nougaret, co-organizers of the event.

Others, like Squeezie, participated remotely, being unable to make the trip for health reasons.

For three days, they offered a marathon of online video game games, punctuated by challenges and performances, all broadcast on the Twitch platform.

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