I couldn’t have hoped for a better Mario Maker 2 relay race!
― brain dead operatus (FlopsyDuck), Sunday, 12 January 2020 02:41 (four years ago) link
Thanks for the tip, this is good clean fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fXE2E49NWg
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 13 January 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
Damn, another SMB world record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wR8x5b_ExM
― jmm, Saturday, 18 January 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
100000 bit donation Pog
― lumen (esby), Saturday, 18 January 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
had this bookmarked for months, finally watched that relay race, A+!
― Nhex, Monday, 30 March 2020 02:18 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u1tVD7UEqw&feature=youtu.be
― Nhex, Saturday, 16 May 2020 06:19 (four years ago) link
When Arcus eventually grows a moustache and starts wearing the cowboy hat I was like "OHHH THAT GUY!!"
I'll always be fascinated by him, wondering if anyone in his life was concerned when the sudden cowboy transformation wasn't just a phase, and criticizing him for not getting a job then realizing he makes decent enough money playing frickin NES in his house all week as if it were a 9-5 (Look I don't know how much he makes but streamers with that ~500 regular viewer count can apparently afford rent and food from what I hear. We'd all probably be a bit surprised by how much they actually make? I don't know. It's not something they talk about!).
― Evan, Saturday, 16 May 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
i kinda like that guy, thanks for introducing me to him
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 16 May 2020 22:00 (four years ago) link
Couldn't sleep so I watch this 60 minute one on Mike Tyson's Punch-Out also made by SummoningSalt. Great stuff too, with... a teeny bit of a twist ending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBR9ypSOTGQ
― Nhex, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 08:44 (four years ago) link
Ok I'm finding this Ninja Gaiden video much more engrossing than expected.
It helps that I used to play this game all the time, I would get to the last boss (or just before) but never quite finished it. And also that the speed run doesn't involve any stupid glitches or zips, just familiar aspects of the game that I remember using just to get through.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
Ha yeah "Oh cool we get to see how he gets pas- [zzzzzip!] ...whelp"
― Evan, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
And yes omg @ pre-cowboy Arcus
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
for some reason the video Nhex posted 4 days ago isn't working for me. can someone post the name of the video so i can search it on youtube?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 17:01 (four years ago) link
i think it was summoning salt's ninja gaiden video
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
hxxps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u1tVD7UEqw
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
...shivering erotic king banana?
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 21 May 2020 03:25 (four years ago) link
Om
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 21 May 2020 12:53 (four years ago) link
i overthink things so much
i guess what arcus is doing is no more or less normal than anybody else in 2020, his life is no more or less normal than mine
it's not so much the cowboy hat or the bolo tie, but the cowboy hat and bolo tie open me up more to questioning things i guess? how does one get to a point where one says "you know what i'm just gonna play ninja gaiden 8 hours a day for a living" (i mean i assume he keeps a regular schedule, the video didn't mention it but he seems well-adjusted so i imagine he's got that part of it sorted)
i don't say that to judge him, i'm not gonna be some damn boomer complaining about the kids and their avocado toast. i don't think his career choice is any less worthwhile than mine. that's what i think about. it's so fucking absurd.
and i'm tying that into nancy this week where there's the storyline with the magnet school where everyone is The Best at something. that's the pressure everyone's under, right? you gotta be #1. it doesn't matter if the thing you're #1 at is meaningless and absurd, and i just think of milton, "better to reign in hell". and why not, after all? this is hell.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 21 May 2020 13:04 (four years ago) link
i would do what arcus was doing, if i was good enough. he's also one of the best streamers on twitch, not in terms of his skill but because he is a good guy and completely stands out among his screaming, loudmouthed, boring peers
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 21 May 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
i guess that's the other thing that makes me wonder about arcus, just the fact that he is a pretty professional, put-together guy. a lot of these streamers, i just figure they stream because they're not cut out for anything else (and, you know, fair enough). arcus just has such composure!
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 21 May 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
i watched that youtube documentary about ninja gaiden speedruns last night, it was great!!
arcus just has such composure!
i liked this youtube comment:
wwwaldo3334 days agoArcus barely loses a 1/27,000 run to minor tail RNG after spending literal years in the attemptArcus: darn.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 21 May 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
Turns out that Ninja Gaiden streamer is a pretty pandemic-proof job.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 21 May 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
he probably doesn't even know what's happening in that world. and he may already have a bunch of masks, as i'm assuming at least some fans have sent him replica ninja gaiden Ryu costumes through the years
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 21 May 2020 16:15 (four years ago) link
by "that world", i mean "this world"
hard to tell the difference sometimes
Ryukahr has that same vibe. mellow powerplay video game streamers are my jam
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 21 May 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
ooh, i don't know Ryukahr! i will check them out
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 21 May 2020 16:23 (four years ago) link
oh lord, i am COMPLETELY hooked on Ryukahr.Try here as a nice place to start:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arV86_1iPC0
And here's a completely unbelievable mario world romhack speedrun from him for thread accuracy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8mLT9gM5EA
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 21 May 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
i've watched literally hundreds of his mario gameplay videos and still load them up the instant he posts a new one.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 21 May 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
Big same, my youtube diet is 98% Bon Appetit and Ryukahr at this point. It's just very satisfying to see him working through these levels (without having to sit through every full attempt).
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 21 May 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
he's good! what's the deal with that ROM hack, did he co-create it?
― Nhex, Thursday, 21 May 2020 22:42 (four years ago) link
also one thing i keep wondering is how the runners are capturing the segment times during play. is it something in the PC or twitch software and they hit a physical button?
― Nhex, Thursday, 21 May 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
Super Ryu World 1 and 2 were made for him; both are loads of fun to watch.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 21 May 2020 22:51 (four years ago) link
xp it's a separate piece of software that lets them set up their splits and usually the streamers will either have it update when they hit a key like spacebar or if they're reeal fancy a footswitch
― lumen (esby), Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:19 (four years ago) link
I made a big goofy post last year about some rom hacks i enjoyed (spectating!) if anyone's been getting into this stuff
which mario games are not easy?
― lumen (esby), Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:24 (four years ago) link
I watched through the Punchout video then stumbled across this - apparently the only video footage of Matt Turk completing one of his many world records. Some nice comments from him about the speed run community in pre-streaming days
https://youtu.be/MZs4MCdVznw
― BRAVE THE AFRIAD (onimo), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, May 21, 2020 1:00 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
Well, I sure hope Ryukahr doesn't turn out to be a racist asshole.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 20:00 (three years ago) link
oh god it would truly be the most milkshake'd of all ducks in my worlds
to be clear, there has been no suggestion whatsoever that he's problematic afaik
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
i know the feeling. any of these guys can be another pewdiepie at the flick of a switch...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
the proverbial "heated gaming moment"
― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
Heh, it only clicked with me right now that "speed running" is sort of redundant. I guess it needs the "speed" qualifier because "run" has so many definitions (top three number of definitions in English iirc).
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 12:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah in gaming a “run” really just means a repeat play through, so the qualifier is actually useful here.
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 14:13 (three years ago) link
"i'm going running now, talk to you later!"
*plays videogames for 12 hours straight without moving*
― our god is a might god (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
You know what's ironic is that despite how unhealthy the hobby of grinding video games for hours while being immobile can be, speedrunners seem very universally dedicated to the importance of staying hydrated. They all have bots that remind them to drink water and they fill up huge jugs/cups like they're doing intense workouts. So that's good, I guess!
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
in college I spent 2 days trying to speedrun Jaws for the NES before realizing that 1) someone already did it in half the time of my best run and 2) this guy understood the random encounter algorithm way better than I did
― frogbs, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
I spent a month learning Kid Kool. Maybe I'll try again some time.
― wearaew (FlopsyDuck), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipVX6sctV3cI found a Kirby Air Ride speedrunner on twitch. Having never seen this gamecube game before, I was surprised at how fast the powered up vehicles could move and how much the gameplay seemed like a more versatile version of Mario Kart battle mode. You're not just killing guys - mostly you're collecting things and performing obscure tasks to fill in checkboxes on a big grid (100/120 wins the game). I've watched his stream several times now. Learning the ins-n-outs is very compelling; but mostly, I enjoy the sleepy chill trance his streams put me in.
― wearaew (FlopsyDuck), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 18:00 (three years ago) link
But you don't want to stay too hydrated, do you? Because it would stink to have to pee when you're on a record run.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
OR WOULD IT
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
People on job interview panels should be required to hydrate heavily before each interview, and doubly so before the final selection decision.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 11 June 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link