{"id":12757,"date":"2020-08-18T23:14:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T03:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=12757"},"modified":"2020-08-18T23:14:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T03:14:55","slug":"fall-guys-to-auction-in-game-skin-for-specialeffects-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/fall-guys-to-auction-in-game-skin-for-specialeffects-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Guys to auction in-game skin for SpecialEffects charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fall Guys have announced an in-game skin auction for their Ultimate Knockout game, offering any brand or individual a chance to embed their name into the popular party game by outbidding their competition for a charitable cause.<\/p>\n<p>Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has taken the gaming community by storm since its release on August 4, namely due to a unique playstyle that offers countless hours of fun, frustration, and competition.<\/p>\n<p>It has quickly become one of the most popular games in the world, beating the likes of <a href=\"\/pubg\/\" title=\"PUBG betting sites\">PlayerUnknown&#8217;s Battlegrounds<\/a>, <a href=\"\/fortnite-battle-royale\/\" title=\"Fortnite esports betting\">Fortnite<\/a> and even <a href=\"\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"LoL betting sites\">League of Legends<\/a> to become the most-watched title on Twitch in the last week with a reported 181,974 average viewers.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? BATTLE OF THE BRANDS ?<\/p>\n<p>The thirst from brands has been unreal&#8230; so we&#39;re turning it into something positive!<\/p>\n<p>Prize: Your brand inside Fall Guys as a costume!<\/p>\n<p>? To enter:<br \/>Reply to this tweet with the highest amount of money you would be willing to donate to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpecialEffect?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpecialEffect<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fall Guys ? (@FallGuysGame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FallGuysGame\/status\/1295416753976160259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>With Fall Guys attracting significant interest from the commercial sector, the game&#8217;s developers have decided to put their reach to good use with a charity auction.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Battle of the Brands&#8217; will see businesses and people bid against one another for the right to have their branding included on an in-game skin. Anyone who meets the criteria of the competition will be able to enter the bidding war, which will conclude on Monday, August 31.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? Rules:<\/p>\n<p>After 2 Weeks, the highest bidder will win!<\/p>\n<p>We will DM to confirm any boring legal paperwork, and then after they donate, we&#39;ll post it publicly to confirm!<\/p>\n<p>If we decide that your brand is offensive\/unsuitable, we will yeet your pledge out and pick the next highest!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fall Guys ? (@FallGuysGame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FallGuysGame\/status\/1295416755049975808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Many high-profile companies and individuals have already shown their interest in the Fall Guys auction, including the likes of Tyler &#8220;Trainwrecks&#8221; Niknam, Warframe, Rivals of Aether, Pink Gorilla, Cooler Master, BisectHosting, ROCCAT, Logitech, Sidemen, TUSHY Bidet and more.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, G2 Esports are the top bidders with a $130,003 pledge. It appears that mark won&#8217;t last long, however, as several of the world&#8217;s biggest gaming companies and entrepreneurs have taken notice of the auction. That includes Activision Blizzard as well as Team Trees co-creator Jimmy &#8220;MrBeast&#8221; Donaldson, who is known for sparing no expense on charitable causes.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good morning! I\u2019ll let you have the top spot for a while, I\u2019ll bid again in a week.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MrBeast (@MrBeastYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrBeastYT\/status\/1295679144513110017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>All proceeds will be donated to the UK-based charity SpecialEffects, who help people with severe physical disabilities enjoy the world of video games with specially designed technology ranging from modified joypads to eye-control devices.<\/p>\n<p>SpecialEffects said of the Fall Guys auction: &#8220;It\u2019s so amazing to see the INCREDIBLE reaction to this! Huge thanks to Fall Guys and everyone involved for the extraordinary signal boost!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The money raised will enable us to help so many people with disabilities to get back in the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s so amazing to see the INCREDIBLE reaction to this! Huge thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FallGuysGame?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FallGuysGame<\/a> and everyone involved for the extraordinary signal boost! The money raised will enable us to help so many people with disabilities to get back in the game ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xe3na9xHBV\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xe3na9xHBV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SpecialEffect (@SpecialEffect) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpecialEffect\/status\/1295664705042812928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The makers of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout are running an in-game skin auction with proceeds going towards the SpecialEffects gaming charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":12766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1361,4,12,1362],"class_list":["post-12757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-fall-guys-ultimate-knockout","tag-featured","tag-skins","tag-specialeffects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12757"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12767,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757\/revisions\/12767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}