Recently the popular online multiplayer game League of Legends has exploded onto the charity scene.

League of Legends has acquired a huge fan base, with numbers of concurrent viewers peaking at about one million. It has become home to many unique players, also known as summoners, each with various interests and worries.

Pennsylvanian League of Legends player Jason “Treble557″ Carpenito, 27, is one such summoner whose troubles impact him on a day-to-day basis. Carpenito suffers from the condition known as cystic fibrosis, a terminal disease that causes a buildup of sticky mucous in the lungs, which causes issues such as malnourishment, severe vitamin deficiencies and eventually degradation of the lungs.

Carpenito, however, doesn’t let it get in the way of doing what he enjoys. In order to help raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which works to develop new medications for the disease, he is hosting a stream, or a real-time video feed, of him playing League of Legends. Any support that he receives means another contribution towards the ultimate goal of curing, or at least alleviating, the suffering caused by cystic fibrosis.

The event started Monday and will continue until Sunday. Viewers can tune in by going to Carpenito’s channel at www.twitch.tv/treble557.