Damnnn GDQ has really upgraded their setup in just a few years
― Nhex, Friday, 15 July 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
yeah they used to look like they were in someone's basement
― ciderpress, Friday, 15 July 2016 22:21 (eight years ago) link
I got to the point where he starts grinding for 10 minutes for money and was like "nooooooo i've watched a speedrun on this before" this game is really terrible
― Nhex, Friday, 15 July 2016 22:23 (eight years ago) link
this SGDQ's Bioshock run is pretty entertaining to watch because the runner is basically being an asshole about the whole thing - he loads from prior saves at multiple points, the couch commentators are just dumbfounded ("this is literally cheating") and despite the donations coming through for the bad ending, because he loads up from a previously saved game to finish it off, he gets the good ending and basically tells everybody to fuck off and watch the bad ending on youtube. I have to assume the organizers gave him a talking-to afterwards.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 27 August 2016 22:48 (eight years ago) link
Like right around here he just basically says fuck it
https://youtu.be/2gnnweoN76Q?t=3414
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 27 August 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link
Anyone else attempted/thought about attempting a speedrun besides ciderpress? I've been thinking about what game I might already be good enough at to be semi-competitive out of the gate, and I think for me it's GTA2. Seems the record is well under an hour too, so that's good.
I'm pretty fair at some RPGs too but those all seem to run into the multiple hours, even if you can find some kind of glitch/exploit, ain't got no time for that.
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Sunday, 28 August 2016 04:29 (eight years ago) link
i had started running Nightsky towards the end of my last speed running phase, if I was gonna do it again i'd stick to that and other similar short lite games
― ciderpress, Sunday, 28 August 2016 04:49 (eight years ago) link
Closest I probably ever came was this joke game on Steam called DLC Quest that lasts about 15 minutes long and (naturally) has an achievement for speedrunning it that I tried in vain to get. But I can dream...
― Nhex, Sunday, 28 August 2016 06:51 (eight years ago) link
Why?
https://www.twitch.tv/underscoretrix/v/87810660
― Evan, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 20:38 (eight years ago) link
To clarify it's a 300% run. So it's a 100% run in all 3 save slots done consecutively.
― Evan, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
well, that's one way to kill eight hours anyway
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mpHGZIgPaA
― am0n, Saturday, 12 November 2016 00:28 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WilkndNIIfI
― am0n, Saturday, 12 November 2016 00:32 (seven years ago) link
"Awesome Games Done Quick" happening now
https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick/
― Evan, Monday, 9 January 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
psyched for pacifist NG1 and 2 runs tonight
― Nhex, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:53 (seven years ago) link
twitch has ruined speedruns
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 01:51 (seven years ago) link
Because of how ubiquitous they are now?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 03:26 (seven years ago) link
seeing how the sausage is made?
― Nhex, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 03:35 (seven years ago) link
Too many people are good at video games
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 05:11 (seven years ago) link
1. you have to look at the gamers 2. you have to listen to them
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 14:16 (seven years ago) link
like the twitch experience of watching someone play a video game and chatting is one thing its a facsimile of hanging out playing games but if you want to fire up a youtube of some world class gaming it tarnishes the zen
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link
i only watch TAS now
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
if the guy is actually skilled at speedrunning i actually love listening to them jabber on about the ridiculous glitching that leads them to finish Blaster Master in an hour or something. but Twitch has just made it easier and more popular for idiots and bad presenters to get out there, hello internet
― Nhex, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR1ZhWpi_dY
― dollar general (am0n), Thursday, 2 March 2017 01:15 (seven years ago) link
You been watching summoning salt's speedrun progression docs? Information heavy but really good.
https://youtu.be/p2etSAWJKTs
― barbarian radge (NotEnough), Thursday, 2 March 2017 08:05 (seven years ago) link
Certain speedrunners are less irritating to listen to. The first two videos I posted in this thread are very reasonable fellows.
― Evan, Thursday, 2 March 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
speedrunners talking over their runs are exactly what the mute button is made for.
the worst are those japanese runners who have the robot voice reading chat aloud to them. i hate the way that robot voice sounds.
this isn't quite speedrun stuff, but has anybody watched any videos from themexicanrunner's recently completed attempt to beat every licensed ntsc and pal nes game? i like themexicanrunner okay.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Thursday, 2 March 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
I haven't. Heard about it though. Any memorable moments?
― Evan, Thursday, 2 March 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
family feud
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Thursday, 2 March 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
This guy seems great. A polite, soft spoken cowboy with the world record in Ninja Gaiden.
https://www.twitch.tv/arcus87
― Evan, Monday, 3 April 2017 18:15 (seven years ago) link
otm - i love how he noted that the sunrise cutscene was his favorite
― Karl Malone, Monday, 3 April 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
he's telling his origin story right now. this is awesome
"jumpin' and a spinnin'spinning and a winnin'flip flop dropspin, jump, and boom - good boom!"
it's not completely different from bob ross
― Karl Malone, Monday, 3 April 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
ha, love it. 'slice and dice...nice.'
speaking as someone who spent a lot of time playing NG it's cool to see how he handles all these little moments, especially with the 'booms' (intentionally taking a hit to get the rebound and invincibility).
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 3 April 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
Great find, love this game and the guy is pretty cool!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 4 April 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
The most informative world record I've seen yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iTmRmx9fK8
― Evan, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 03:48 (seven years ago) link
what....
― Nhex, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 09:10 (seven years ago) link
what, the Dr. Mario WR vid?
― Evan, Thursday, 21 September 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
yeah, he's playing an audiobook? lol
― Nhex, Thursday, 21 September 2017 21:20 (six years ago) link
p subtle treatment of the politics of the great war while playing dr mario
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 September 2017 07:14 (six years ago) link
Ars did a piece on the logistics of GDQ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/01/how-to-play-and-broadcast-video-games-non-stop-for-a-week-straight/
― El Tomboto, Monday, 15 January 2018 15:11 (six years ago) link
I watched quite a bit of it this year. Pretty fun!
― Evan, Monday, 15 January 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
Wow nice. The stream has been impeccably stable and seamless the last few events.RE VII run from the just-concluded AGDQ is a good watch.
― The Bridge of Ban Louis J (silby), Monday, 15 January 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
Watched some of the Super Mario Sunshine run, which was filled with crazy stuff
― Nhex, Monday, 15 January 2018 16:40 (six years ago) link
I was gushing about the Legend of Zelda ALTTP randomizer on another thread but no ilxors were interested. Anyone see that race at AGDQ?
― Evan, Monday, 15 January 2018 16:48 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1AHCaokqhg
this is pretty cool. it is a history of figuring out the fastest way through 4-2 in Super Mario Bros. this is the famous underground level that has the warp pipe that zips the player to 8-1. there is a glitch where you can trigger the warp vine and then go down the pipe to skip the animation, jumping through various bricks along the way to offset Mario & the camera enough to trigger the glitch. the person to discover the final technique used for the fastest completion of 4-2 was someone named xx_420_blazit_xx.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 3 February 2018 01:20 (six years ago) link
i wonder if there's any crossover between these guys and the extreme couponing people
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 3 February 2018 01:31 (six years ago) link
Oh hey there's a European Speedrunner Assembly marathon going on right now https://www.twitch.tv/esamarathon
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 00:44 (six years ago) link
was coming in to post that 4-2 mini-doc. it really is fascinating, just how much time and effort is spent breaking down the inner workings of Super Mario Bros. just to shave a third of a second off a world record time
― frogbs, Sunday, 25 February 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
decisive intervention of xx_420_blazit_xx was great to see
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Sunday, 25 February 2018 20:19 (six years ago) link
The guy who streamed Alien:Isolation was a hoot.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 August 2020 02:00 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kDSVzyXhJw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_uRIyAgtpEI love videos that go deep into game engine quirks.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 23:42 (three years ago) link
Speedrun to eat a babyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m19Py9K_yUI
― wasdnuos (abanana), Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
I love the idea of making your own speedrun categories. That was a fun idea.
I liked this history of the high score for one specific Trackmania track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b67SC7Y4qA
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 18:38 (three years ago) link
weirdly compelling
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:14 (three years ago) link
Yeah that was a good one!
― DJI, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
The end made me emotional for some reason lol
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:28 (three years ago) link
yikes stripeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSStfwaOies
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 June 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
This Andy Samberg youtuber guy has a knack for explaining geeky BOTW speedrunning techniques without coming off like that "bro explaining" meme
― Evan, Monday, 14 June 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
That's fun. Though when he declares someone in a clip "just blindly went for it" or whatever I more than suspect that person may have blindly went for it, like, 1000 times until they got it. A lot of speed running seems to me, a know-nothing, like the product of years of trial-and-error at a molecular level.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 12:06 (three years ago) link