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Not to say this is you, but if you only watch videos from the likes of Karl, Muta, Charlie, etc, then it's perfectly reasonable to think that because that's the impression they give. Gaming really is a hobby to this guy at this point - something he probably tries to make some time for when you have some time away from working or running a money making business. For a lot of people in their 30s or older, that's probably very relatable.For years I thought that he was just some has been from the 80’s desperate to keep a dead career alive.
And this is the impression you get once you look at the same situation from outside of that lens. It's fucking cringe, and makes you want to go outside and do something else, anything to avoid being like that. And at that point you probably don't even care whether or not he cheated because you realize it does nothing to you, or anyone else for that matter, decades later. Outside of that bubble, nobody gives a shit anymore.And his detractors are all terminally online spergs to whom their leaderboards are the be-all and end-all and they want his head on a spike.
Games, especially from the earlier era that these speedruns are hyper focused, are meant to be fun and an escape, not the means to put yourself up because of numbers. Honestly being a speedrunner sounds miserable, having to play "your favorite" game over and over again to the point you probably hate it because it's not even remotely fun anymore after the 100th time within a month.