DreamHack San Diego 2023 Creator Gauntlet

The **Creator Gauntlet** is one of the activities featured at DreamHack San Diego 2023.

The Creator Gauntlet is a new initiative launched at DreamHack San Diego for the first time. It’s a battle where content creators recruit their teams at the festival and battle it out against other creators, all for charity!

## The captains

* The Team captains will recruit their team member live on-site at DreamHack San Diego
* The teams will compete in various challenges such as Mario Kart, Rock Paper Scissor battles, blindfolded FGC matches and more

## Charity

* DreamHack will provide a $25,000 prize pool that together with donations throughout the event will be donated to Autism Society San Diego
* All content will be streamed live on the team captains own channels as well as DreamHack’s official channels

## Meet the hosts and captains

Join us each day of the festival to meet different guests from across gaming and pop culture! Stay tuned for schedules and meet-and-greet opportunities.

Support your favorite creators team, get a 20% ticket discount, and give 50% of the proceeds to our Dream Big charity activation!

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Team Deep Sea DiversNDJ
Team Deep Sea DiversEllen
Team Wildlife Alliancen0thing
Team Pasta your bed time!Jon Sandman
Team SealionsJWong
Team SealionsBritanni
HostYipeS
HostAlex Be
Host
### Invited team members

Jon Allen
Voice Actor
Alessi, Nigrissi, CritterKyle Carozza & Lindsay
Director/Comedian/SingerLuke Sienkowski
Storyboard artist and Comedy Musician
## Support Charity

The connection is you. DreamHack and the Autism Society San Diego are partnering up to empower the autism community with the resources needed to live fully in the charity initiative Dream Big. Join us at the festival as your favorite content creators and celebrities harness the power of gaming to raise money and awareness for all the important work the Autism Society of San Diego is doing for the community. Read more about the charity initiative Dream Big here.

* You can also Support directly through our event Charity Campaign, stay tuned for stretch goals and fun surprises!
* Get a 20% discount, support your favorite content creator and donate 50% of your ticket price to Autism Society San Diego with the following codes

## Activities Schedule

All times are subject to change, download the DreamHack app to stay up-to-date.

All times are local (PT)
	+ Main Stage
	+ Presentation of the Creator Gauntlet on the Main Stage. We will present the team captains and talk more about the concept and what will happen during this weekend.
* 4:00 PM - Mario Kart
	+ Main Stage
	+ The captains will compete in a series of Mario Kart races to earn points for their teams. People from the audience will occasionally be subbed in for a race, with the captains coaching them to victory. Be there to have a chance to participate!
* 5:00 PM - Mario Trivia
	+ Main Stage
	+ Trivia presented by Fandom, with Nintendo and Mario themed questions. The captains will compete and they will be able to use “lifelines” to get support from the audience.
	+ Creator Hub Stage
	+ The team captains will get their pencils out to see who’s the best at Pictionary live at the Creator Hub stage!
* 4:00 PM - Sajam: Will It Kill?
	+ Main Stage
	+ ‘Will it Kill’ hosted by Sajam - Sajam demonstrates in-game combos, and all team members and captains must guess whether the combo kills, or doesn’t.
* 5:00 PM - Blind Folded Tekken 7 matches
	+ Main Stage
	+ The team captains become the eyes of their team, coaching the team members to victory in a blind folded FGC tournament!
* 6:00 PM - RPS Battle Royale
	+ Creator Hub Stage
	+ The ultimate battle royale in rock paper scissors, come and compete against the teams and see what team that can collect the most wins across the entire challenge.
	+ Creator Hub Stage
	+ Come and see Matt, the world champion in chessboxing, play against all the team captains AT THE SAME time.
* 3:00 PM - RESIDENT EVIL 4 activation
	+ Main Stage
	+ See the teams playing the new Resident Evil 4 title on the PS5s for one of their last chances to earn points!
* 4:00 PM - Easter Egg Finals & Closing ceremony
	+ Main Stage
	+ Come and witness the GRAND FINALS which will be an easter egg inspired trivia (the gaming kind) - plus don’t miss the finals for a special special bonus round at the end see how will be the Creator Gauntlet champion of DreamHack San Diego.

## Want to become a Creator Gauntlet Captain?

There is still space for more creators or celebrities to be captains in the Creator Gauntlet and help raise money and create awareness for all the important work the Autism Society of San Diego is doing. You can either sign up to become captain for one day or multiple days across the festival.

Sign up here.