Bon-A-Thon 2

Bon-A-Thon is a charity stream event raising money for the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons that will combine my (thewoofs) mindless collection of grubs for my easter egg/challenge run of Tales of Monkey Island with runs from the wider community.

The Bon-A-Thon 2 will be on November 8th 2025, starting at 12pm UTC.

Donation Milestones

$50 - Unlocks KQ6 incentive
$117 - Unlocks 'Earthbound' run by frozenspade
$175 - Soda Taste Test
$222 - Unlocks 'Stargate Adventure' session by hevorius
$270 - woofs cosplays as Guybrush Threepwood for rest of Bon-A-Thon 2
$347 - Unlocks 'Tony Hawk's Underground' run by finness
$380 - 2nd Soda Taste Test
$427 - Unlocks 'Psychonauts' run by omesta
$480 - 12 hours of grubs confirmed, timer capped
$667 - Beats Bon-A-Thon donation record
$1111 - Bonus run!

The Charity

I will be raising money for the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons (ARF Hamptons), which is where my dog, Bonnie, was adopted from. They do amazing work both in my home state of New York and around the USA, rescuing and caring for animals while seeking their forever homes.

Their website is here: https://arfhamptons.org/

How It Works

At noon UTC the stream starts and I will start collecting grubs for my challenge run. A timer will be set for 4 hours. For every $1 donated, 1 minute will be added to the timer. Our goal is to raise $480, which will bring us to 12 hours, where the timer will be capped (for all of our sanity). I'll obviously still continue to accept donations for charity throughout the event.

I will be using the Twitch Charity function, so your donations will go directly to the charity. From the Twitch Charity page:

Donations are safely and automatically delivered from PayPal Giving Fund to the charity.

I also hope to showcase speedruns from the wider community for something to keep the day fresh and fun. More on that below.

Please note: Donations for charity will only be accepted through the Twitch Charity function. Bits/subs/tips will not be sent there and will not amend the timer. This is to keep me/Twitch/StreamElements/etc out of it, and so the charity gets what you donate.

Grubs?

A year or so ago I started a very silly journey to experience an easter egg in Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3, where by collecting 100,000 grubs in the manatee’s stomach it allows you to continue the game without doing any of the usual puzzles. This is effectively taking one of the game’s jokes too seriously as this challenge is not something most (any?) person would do. But now it’s a thing and we’re gonna collect all those grubs, even if it takes me forever to do so. This ‘thon is a fun way to keep up the pace!

Speedrun Showcases

Because 4 to 12 hours of grub collection seems like a lot of mindless running around, why not keep it interesting?

I am collecting possible speedrun showcases to be done mid-stream while grubs are being collected. I am happy to consider any game as long as it can fit into the intended stream length and doesn’t break TOS, etc. The plan is to have a split screen setup, with one half showing my grub collection, and the other for a community runner showing off a speedrun.

If you are interested in showcasing a run, you can submit it here: https://oengus.io/marathon/bonathon2

Speedrun submission window closes at the end of the day, 25th October. Get those submissions in soon!

Please note that this is a very very casual event. Times will be subjective and because the event length is purely based on donations, anyone after the 4th hour is effectively ‘on call’. I do hope we hit our goal though so we can have a long stream!

Conclusion

Hope you check out this event and thanks for reading! If you have any questions feel free to reach out on Discord or pop into my twitch chat during a stream.

Edit

Pub: 14 Oct 2025 11:29 UTC

Edit: 08 Nov 2025 20:47 UTC

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