Non-shit vidya Challenge runners/speedrunners - Autism that's actually impressive/enjoyable to watch for a change

[BiggestKai]

Channels dedicated to speedrunning, autistic challenges, autistic achievement hunting, no death/hit playthroughs, basically anything that's actually fun to watch thanks to the commentary, premise, editing, gameplay or combination of the above of video games.

For example...

Spoiler: ymfah, skyrim/dark souls challenge runner with annotated videos

Great premise for the challenges such as no movement, no talking to NPCs, finishing a <skill> questline without using <skill>, goes to autistic lengths putting out bounties for bugs to help with getting over the most minute shit that would be a "we're ignoring this/breaking the rules here" exception in another video.

Spoiler: ZERO, re(make)sident evil/call of duty challenge runner

Again, great premise for the challenges, mainly no run, no save and "this shitty weapon only" challenges and goes to autistic lengths to do them, has a narrative for almost every run with good editing skills and a sense of humor.

Spoiler: AstralSpiff - mascot horror speedrunner

Mainly his stuff is edited VODs but he does really neat runs in mascot horror games. Does fnaf fangame playthroughs, blindfolded runs/speedruns/challenge runs, "twitch chat plays FNAF X", a yearly full marathon stream of all the mainline fnaf games and my personal favorites, "history" streams where he goes through all the big skips used in some game's speedrunning community. He's comfy and chill and that's all I really care about, also he rarely flinches or goes overboard with the jumpscare reactions.

Spoiler: HideofBeast - Long inactive Mega Man speedrunner/nodamage runner

His X6 playthrough is funny and very impressive, and his lesser known playthroughs are also cool.

 

[winterfag]

I like the one guy that beat a Bethesda game using only a weak early game weapon, I had no clue you could beat a Bethesda game using only a weak early game weapon

 

[BiggestKai]

I like the one guy that beat a Bethesda game using only a weak early game weapon, I had no clue you could beat a Bethesda game using only a weak early game weapon

That falls into the shit category, because "fallout 4 with grenades only" or "I platinum'd this game that other people have also platinum'd" isn't really an amazing achievement nor is it fun to watch.

 

[Colon capital V]

Not only is this a fun watch, but it's really impressive how all of this is even possible to do as a pacifist in Spore from start to finish.

 

[Oliver Onions]

CarcinogenSDA is a bit up his own ass but he does a lot of cool challenge runs, and he did a hitless run of RE2make live at AGDQ which I think is pretty impressive. He's also a good resource if you collect trophies/achievements because a lot of his strats apply to cheesing higher difficulties in these games.

[WARNING: BRITISH] ZeroLenny is a very charming challenge runner who does good gimmick videos like beating FromSoft games using the original IGN/GameFAQs walkthroughs.

His sense of humour definitely won't appeal to everyone but I find his content very wholesome, and his mum is lovely.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Excelblem is a massive Fire Emblem autist and his challenge runs are really fun to watch, it helps they are abridged to the more interesting events

I like OneShortEye videos, there is a lot of autism but still great adoration of 1990's Adventure games genre. The informative video about games like Conquest of the Longbow is also fantastic

 

[Evil Whitey]

If you enjoy nuclear levels of autism I recommend Neurotic Goose; he does challenge runs of old Minecraft tech modpacks with a bit of Rimworld sprinkled in, e.g:

For souls games there is an infinite amount of challenge runners, but one that I think is underrated would be Sarius

 

["Controlled Demolition"]

>non-shit video game speedrunners
None, not applicable. Speedrunning is the most degenerate act man has ever come up with – no wonder trannies flock to it like bloatflies to pus-ridden pussies axe wounds. Watching speedruns is the rawest form of schadenfreude.

Challenge runs can be fun, though. They're inherently creative, unlike speedruns with are inherently destructive of the game, its content, its gameplay, and its very purpose. And the runner's life. Reggie's not bad for challenge runs.

 

[The Last Stand]

I know of one YouTuber named S0ur that not only completes CoD games on Veteran, but does so without reloading.

That falls into the shit category, because "fallout 4 with grenades only" or "I platinum'd this game that other people have also platinum'd" isn't really an amazing achievement nor is it fun to watch.

For me, it's not just the challenge, but whoever you're watching DO the challenge. Example: I like S0ur's commentary and blind walkthroughs.

 

[Calandrino]

Best speedrun is Dragon Warrior:

Best TAS is Family Feud:

 

[PB & Banana Sandwich]

The only one I've ever watched was a Mega Man X6 Minimalist Speedrun.

 

[BiggestKai]

For me, it's not just the challenge, but whoever you're watching DO the challenge.

I get where you're coming from, there's a guy called snamwiches that I think is kind of fun to watch do platinum challenges but I feel like there ought to be a line drawn between them and a blindfold runner or a mega autism/bug bounty guy.

>non-shit video game speedrunners
None, not applicable. Speedrunning is the most degenerate act man has ever come up with

That video always gets me considering how cheerful Goose is nowadays and the fact that he sounds so miserable while a christmas tree is dimly lit in the background.

 

[Counterfeit Obol]

Final Doom: The Plutonia Experiment's MAP30 beaten Pacifist (hurting monsters is not allowed, although infighting is permitted since that's hard to control). This is a vid directly from the speedrunner with two cameras to see the setup.

This is your typical Icon of Sin map (so normally you'd have to shoot 1-2 rockets at the minimum to even beat it), but the presence of a cyberdemon and a spawned pain elemental allowed the speedrunner to bait the cyberdemon into killing the Icon of Sin for him.

 

[BiggestKai]

Runescape autism is also a nice subject. Can't go wrong with Swampletics where some guy spends "5000 hours" region locking his account to Morytania with no bank access, player trading or decent skills and has to grind his way up to gear and levels suitable for a high level raid in the region.

 

[BiggestKai]

Have found another candidate, Seer.

Does stupidly autistic practically slot machine runs of the first two Final Fantasy games, one where he never spends any money and the other where he never uses the attack or magic commands. The actual runs are just sped up footage of him playing/reloading while he speaks over it, but he sounds like a weird hybrid between the AVGN and Donald Trump and I really dig it.