Speedrunning video games is a hobby that many treat like a full-time job. Some games are so long, they require players to play uninterrupted for hours and take plenty of eating/bathroom/even sleeping breaks in between. Most long speedgames are RPGs, some of which exceed the amount of waking time for the average person per day.
Ordinarily, you would only get to do lots of planning and do an actual run once in a while, though there are some people who can run long games just about every day.
And this is where the lolcow element comes in.
Many people who constantly do long speedruns tend to be Western European (or Australian) NEETs who live off of very little, don't seem to have any other hobbies, and receive unemployment benefits. A few examples:
Maffoonian from England- does Nemesis in Final Fantasy 10. Has had the world record in all 3 important versions (PS2, PS4, and PC). That run is at least 20 hours long. The most commonly run version, on PS2, is over 22 hours.
Zer0skar from Finland- does Order of Ambrosia in Final Fantasy 12. A day long run that he does every other weekend.
Neviutz from Germany- does console Persona games, which are longer than a waking day. Is the definitive example of a Western otaku.
Highspirits from the USA- One of the few well-rounded Western Dragon Quest runners. Is older than most speedrunners. Finally left his parents' house at 36. Favorite game to run is Dragon Quest 7, the longest Dragon Quest game, which he has the English PS1 and 3DS records for.
Cordellium from the USA- Runs Xenogears. Any% is as long as a waking day and 100% is longer than a day.
Closetowar from the USA- Runs several categories in both Dark Cloud games. Both True 100%s are longer than a day.
PinkPajamas from the USA- Runs Shin Megami Tensei games.
Werster from Australia- Runs Pokemon games, notably all the day-long Pokemon Stadium games.
Legrandgrand from France- Runs Nintendo RPGs like Xenoblade and Tokyo Mirage.
Mergy from Germany- Runs Yu-Gi-Oh games
KaineTheBrain from the USA- Does the week-long Grandia 100% run
Totozigemm from the USA- does 100% in Digimon World 3. His revised run is 86 hours.
P4ntz from the USA- does long Nintendo runs
Zenavathar from the USA- Is working on a Digimon World 2 TAS, expected to finish by 2024.
And finally...
Baffan from France- has done the two-week-long Baten Kaitos 1 100% run on multiple occasions.
These people will grow up with no life experiences other than interacting with internet usernames and producing long videos nobody will watch instead of making friends and money.