Speedrunning Thread (Take 2) - GOTTA GO FAST

Just gonna post this here now before SGDQ roles around and everyone remembers that this thread exists.

At this point it feels like this is all gonna be old hat. PMG will most like be an attention whoring shitter on purpose causing drama. People will either talk about how degenerate and shit this is (which IMO ain't even wrong), or suck 'em off for being so brave. The intelligentsia blue check marks on twitter will call him so brave for being a fucking faggot. The runs will be ok to shit. But no one will actually care or talk about that. As this whole entire drama exists for everything but speed running and shows how hollow the attention for all this is on all sides.

I am by no means defending PMG or SGDQ. Both are fucking cancer and should be left to rot and be forgotten (the sooner the better, hence why I am making this post). But legit at this point if you go in here shitting about trannies and the downfall of the west, and have not supported ESA, NASA, or just anything else. I really cannot say you will have much of value to contribute to this thread that has not been said ad infinitum.

Also if you legit donate to be able to get a sub thing in the twitch chat just so you can do a quick shit post about trannies that will get insta deleted by a twitch R9K bot then you the biggest fool of all.
 
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https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule
Schedule is out and going through it I found our friend Dan Olson,https://kiwifarms.net/threads/dan-olson-folding-ideas.23086/ , is playing Amy for SGDQ. Doesn't look like ProtoMagicalGirl, and is running anything is now forever a part of the commentators.

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They stuck his garbage indie game run on at 5 in the morning on Monday, which if I remember correctly is typically right in the middle of the viewing figures' nadir.

edit: And Super Metroid is back, but just as a one man show+tas bot a few days later. Guess they are still salty about that guy telling the audience to play in traffic a year ago.

edit2: And the final game is a fucking six hour RPG run, Jesus Christ. That six player Mario Maker the day before might be good though...
 
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https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule
Schedule is out and going through it I found our friend Dan Olson,https://kiwifarms.net/threads/dan-olson-folding-ideas.23086/ , is playing Amy for SGDQ. Doesn't look like ProtoMagicalGirl, and is running anything is now forever a part of the commentators.

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Jesus, I had no idea they moved SGDQ up to June until now. Apparently it's to accommodate a permanent Twitchcon event in October.

I'm curious how this will influence the event totals, especially SGDQ. Donor fatigue is very real.
 
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Pop-Tart said:
At this point it feels like this is all gonna be old hat. PMG will most like be an attention whoring shitter on purpose causing drama. People will either talk about how degenerate and shit this is (which IMO ain't even wrong), or suck 'em off for being so brave. The intelligentsia blue check marks on twitter will call him so brave for being a fucking faggot. The runs will be ok to shit. But no one will actually care or talk about that. As this whole entire drama exists for everything but speed running and shows how hollow the attention for all this is on all sides.

Also if you legit donate to be able to get a sub thing in the twitch chat just so you can do a quick shit post about trannies that will get insta deleted by a twitch R9K bot then you the biggest fool of all.
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You are right, I'm not even planning on catching the event live this time around. I will probably pop in to catch some VODs of games I'm curious about, or if it's a runner that I know or am friends with, but I'm past GDQ these days. A lot of people in the speedrunning community are.

NASA had kind of a weak turnout and lineup this year too, but at least there was a lot of variety with things like panels and audience interaction plus that Dragster tournament. Hopefully they can focus in on this variety aspect and make it better in 2019. ESA is doing alright, though some of the problems with GDQ appear to be bleeding across the ocean into their event. Hopefully it's not a sign that their marathon will fall apart too.

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Doesn't look like ProtoMagicalGirl, and is running anything is now forever a part of the commentators.
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Probably because most of the games he/she/whatever runs are either not really suitable for marathons, or she runs a really dumb category that is too specific to be interesting to a layperson. She also doesn't have the WR time in any of the games except for Fire Emblem, which isn't marathon-friendly.

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edit: And Super Metroid is back, but just as a one man show+tas bot a few days later. Guess they are still salty about that guy telling the audience to play in traffic a year ago.

edit2: And the final game is a fucking six hour RPG run, Jesus Christ. That six player Mario Maker the day before might be good though...
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They probably got a lot of backlash from not including Super Metroid last time around. It's an extremely popular incentive and even though AGDQ still somehow managed to earn even more than last time without it, I really don't think the organizers can resist the temptation to add it back. If not to cash in on it outright then at least as insurance against GDQ's gradually deteriorating reputation within the community. Re-adding Super Metroid could be a way to cover up any potential losses in revenue/donations.

Also very interesting that they brought Super Mario Maker back too, because I read someplace that Mario Maker was "done to death" and they were already tired of it.

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Jesus, I had no idea they moved SGDQ up to June until now. Apparently it's to accommodate a permanent Twitchcon event in October.

I'm curious how this will influence the event totals, especially SGDQ. Donor fatigue is very real.
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SGDQ (Summer Games Done Quick) has always been around this time of year, end of June/beginning of July. The Twitchcon event is probably not too closely related. Though a lot of the people who work for Twitch in their community events and charity outreach departments were former staff with GDQ, so obviously there's a little bit of favoritism at play. Twitch has historically been willing to do favors for GDQ like waiving their 50% take on new subscriptions and the like.

But yeah, donor fatigue is a real thing. Too many charity events in the span of a calendar year is going to eventually affect how much each one pulls in. Either they're all going to dip/rise to average out and normalize, or people are just going to get turned off on opening their pockets too often. Which is kind of shitty because honestly charity isn't a bad thing. :(
 
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She also doesn't have the WR time in any of the games except for Fire Emblem, which isn't marathon-friendly.
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Had to look that up when I read world record. So the run is in Fire Emblem Warriors, which is a horrible speed game to begin with and is very unpopular (only six runners total who submitted times) and to get a "world record" he had to go into two categories (New Game+ and Coop), a combination nobody else has even submitted a run for. In conclusion, Cosmo was right (RIP).

 
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Had to look that up when I read world record. So the run is in Fire Emblem Warriors, which is a horrible speed game to begin with and is very unpopular (only six runners total who submitted times) and to get a "world record" he had to go into two categories (New Game+ and Coop), a combination nobody else has even submitted a run for. In conclusion, Cosmo was right (RIP).

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Reminds me of Frame Perfection. I don't know if he's been the subject of much interest in this thread, but he's the poster boy of speedrunning rage compilations.


He has an insane amount of world records, but it's because he speedruns games that literally nobody else does. They're all games that assume you'd use the emulator's save state functionality because they're not intended to be beaten by normal humans. But Frame Perfection is far from a "normal human," and has literally no competition, so basically if he can beat a game on stream, then he's pretty much assured to own the world record in it. The downside is that nobody cares because it's all obscure or awful romhacks that not a single person has heard of but him.

In a cruel twist of fate, he's known more for getting angry at the games he holds the world records in rather than owning the world records for them. Of course, it doesn't help that he has all the charisma and stage personality of a wet sock, since whenever he isn't screeching into the mic, he's dead silent.

Ultimate it just goes to show that yes, indeed, people will find just about anything that's obscure enough so that they can claim a world record in it, whether it be games or categories. Ol' Cosmo himself is guilty of this as well, with him now claiming obscure categories in Breath of the Wild which aren't recognized by the website which hosts all the world records for speedrunning, causing Cosmo to throw a hissy fit about it.
 
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Reminds me of Frame Perfection. I don't know if he's been the subject of much interest in this thread, but he's the poster boy of speedrunning rage compilations.


He has an insane amount of world records, but it's because he speedruns games that literally nobody else does. They're all games that assume you'd use the emulator's save state functionality because they're not intended to be beaten by normal humans. But Frame Perfection is far from a "normal human," and has literally no competition, so basically if he can beat a game on stream, then he's pretty much assured to own the world record in it. The downside is that nobody cares because it's all obscure or awful romhacks that not a single person has heard of but him.

In a cruel twist of fate, he's known more for getting angry at the games he holds the world records in rather than owning the world records for them. Of course, it doesn't help that he has all the charisma and stage personality of a wet sock, since whenever he isn't screeching into the mic, he's dead silent.

Ultimate it just goes to show that yes, indeed, people will find just about anything that's obscure enough so that they can claim a world record in it, whether it be games or categories. Ol' Cosmo himself is guilty of this as well, with him now claiming obscure categories in Breath of the Wild which aren't recognized by the website which hosts all the world records for speedrunning, causing Cosmo to throw a hissy fit about it.
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How could you bring him up and not use an example that contained this gem?
 
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In my experience with speedrunners, which I admit is pretty limited, nobody really cares about world records because they change hands so frequently. There have been a few marathons where someone will beat the world record and it at most amounts to an extra round of applause. Usually, it is treated as a joke, with someone claiming they have a WR in an extremely obscure game or category. The ones I'm familiar with care more about their personal records, but even then, there's not that much investment in it. I'm sure there are some runners who are way more obsessed with records and what not, but I think they're considered spergier outliers.

If anything, I think runners are more invested in discovering specific techniques/routes. That's why a lot of runners will specifically mention "person X discovered this" in their runs. IMO, speed running is very community based as opposed to being personally competitive, so individual world records aren't as meaningful as contributing something which led to a new record. That's one of the reasons why fellow cow Narcissa is so well known in the speed community. Sure, as Cosmo they held some impressive records, but he's remembered more for his techniques as opposed to the fact he was a record holder. Of course, nobody can really mention said techniques anymore at a marathon due to rigid troon rules about deadnaming and what not. It's actually kind of funny in a way, since they are basically burying the one thing worth remembering about Cosmo.
 
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GDQs got bad after a certain point and the rise of trans culture added fuel to the flames.

It's strange because I never see these trans speedrunners stream or play a challenging speedrun. I dub them "speed trenders" who speedrun to get into the marathon.
 
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I actually think this is a pretty good schedule (aside from ending on DQ and no Super Metroid race) but do wish they could eliminate all of the indie trash. I like the Famicom games they stuck in, Bio Miracle and Gimmick are both good games that could use the recognition (especially Bio Miracle, Gimmick's sort of famous for a JP only game.)
 
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Meanwhile normal trans people would be like "what's wrong with using their old name? They've had it for a significant chunk of their lives and it never hurt them then"

I love how sensitive these people are, though. One guy randomly using someone's previous name, possibly even out of habit, and suddenly the entire event is just a no-care tranny abuse zone. I guess it's because they forgot the anti-deadnaming shock collars, since that's all they could have done differently.
 
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