Started in 2016, Warwick's Awesome Speedruns and Demos (WASD) is a 2-day speedrunning event held annually at the University of Warwick. It is the largest student-run speedrunning event in the UK. Past events have featured a diverse range of games, from Final Fantasy IX to Rise of the Tomb Raider, from Super Monkey Ball to Parasite Eve II. WASD runs over the course of a weekend each February, and WASD Summer, a new event, will run between each main WASD event during the summer. The first WASD Summer will be held on 14-15th August 2021.

Donations to the event are in support of SpecialEffect, a wonderful UK-based charity whose mission is to put fun and inclusion back into the lives of people with physical disabilities, by helping them to play video games. They achieve this by using and developing a range of accessibility hardware and software, from modified joypads to eye-gaze technology. To date, the WASD events have raised over £5,000 for SpecialEffect!

When

WASD Summer 2021 begins at 12PM UTC on 14th August 2021.

Where

WASD Summer 2021 will be held entirely remotely and streamed live on the WASD Twitch channel.

Who

WASD is run by a committee of students and alumni of the University of Warwick, with support from the University of Warwick Computing Society. You can get in contact with the organisers by email or on Discord.