The Games

The Games
Played by	Rick Desilets; John Selig; C/J Haley; Nick Bebel; Felice Lopez; Dustin Deren; Sarah Fischer; Lindsay Gibbons; Geoff Hook; Dave Hook; chew13acca; Karnium;
Featuring	RetroTrigger; Toriin; Retro Roulette; Dave Lopez; Evilhipi; Cdude; Ape Arcade; BornLosersGaming;
Original run	July 23, 2021 –; present
No. of games	8
No. of episodes	9
Episode length	1–110 minutes
Playlist	link
Total length	3:57:46

The Games is a series of LPs created by The D-Pad in 2021, inspired by the Olympics and consisting of a series of competitions between four "nations" composed of members of the channel. There are sixteen events in total, each held in a different game representing a real-world Olympic sport. The project was announced with its "opening ceremonies" on July 23, 2021, the same day as the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and debuted officially the following day. As of July 31, 2021, 8 games have been played as part of the project, and 9 episodes have been released.

Standings

Nations

Rank	Team	Members			Alternate	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tierra de los Hermanos Hook	Geoff Hook	Dave Hook	chew13acca	Karnium	4	1	1	6
2	Imperium Ludum	Rick Desilets	Nick Bebel	Sarah Fischer		3	0	3	6
3	Youbetchastan	John Selig	Dustin Deren			1	6	1	8
4	Daisy Baby Bitch Territory	C/J Haley	Felice Lopez	Lindsay Gibbons		0	1	3	4

Athletes

Rank	Name	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Rick Desilets	Imperium Ludum	3	0	1	4
2	Dave Hook	Tierra de los Hermanos Hook	2	0	0	2
3	John Selig	Youbetchastan	1	3	1	5
4	Geoff Hook	Tierra de los Hermanos Hook	1	1	1	3
5	chew13acca	Tierra de los Hermanos Hook	1	0	0	1
6	Dustin Deren	Youbetchastan	0	3	0	3
7	C/J Haley	Daisy Baby Bitch Territory	0	1	2*	3
8	Nick Bebel	Imperium Ludum	0	0	1	1
8	Felice Lopez	Daisy Baby Bitch Territory	0	0	1	1
8	Sarah Fischer	Imperium Ludum	0	0	1	1
10	Lindsay Gibbons	Daisy Baby Bitch Territory	0	0	1*	1

* Indicates a shared medal.

Events

#	Name	Game	Platform	Year	Release date	Length	Link
1	Fencing	Nidhogg	PS4	2014	July 24, 2021	00:20:53	playlist
2	Skateboarding	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2	PS5	2021	July 25, 2021	00:11:31	playlist
3	Triathlon	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	NS	2017	July 27, 2021	00:24:12	playlist
4	Baseball	Tecmo Baseball	NES	1989	July 27, 2021	01:50:15	playlist
5	Surfing	Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition	3DS	2016	July 28, 2021	00:09:33	playlist
6	Martial Arts	Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting	SNES	1993	July 29, 2021	00:18:41	playlist
7	Cycling	Excitebike	NES	1985	July 30, 2021	00:11:59	playlist
8	Archery	Link's Crossbow Training	Wii	2007	July 31, 2021	00:29:06	playlist

Episodes

TG#	Title	Game	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
1	"Opening Ceremonies"		1:36		Rick, John, C/J, RetroTrigger, Geoff	July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)
2	"Fencing"	Nidhogg	20:53	Geoff, John, C/J, Sarah	Toriin	July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)
3	"Skateboarding"	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2	11:31	John, Geoff, Rick, Felice	Cdude	July 25, 2021 (2021-07-25)
4	"Triathlon"	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	24:12	John, Bebel, Lindsay, chew13acca	Dave L.	July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)
5	"Baseball"	Tecmo Baseball	1:50:15	Rick, Karnium, Dustin, Lindsay, C/J	Evilhipi	July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)
6	"Surfing"	Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition	9:33	chew13acca, John, Rick, Felice	Ape Arcade	July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)
7	"Martial Arts"	Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting	18:41	Dave, Lindsay, Dustin, Rick	BornLosersGaming	July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)
8	"Cycling"	Excitebike	11:59	Dustin, Dave, C/J, Sarah	RetroTrigger	July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)

Gallery

Artwork

Logo

Opening Ceremonies

Imperium Ludum flag

Youbetchastan flag

Daisy Baby Bitch Territory flag

Tierra de los Hermanos Hook flag

Trivia

Unlike other LP projects on the channel, The Games does not feature live commentary from those playing, instead using third-party commentary to replicate the format of real-life sports.