Speedrunning Thread (Take 2) - GOTTA GO FAST

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Party's over fags. Apollo turned out to be an exceptional individual. He's refunding all the money though.

Wait, he wanted to sue over the contents of the filing? That's literally a mistake Russell Greer made.

Of course the contents of litigation can't be used as defamation, that'd mean everyone who brought litigation that was thrown out had 'defamed' the person they brought suit against by accusing them of a crime the court ultimately said never took place.

I swear to god it's literally impossible to be a normal speedrunner, it's an oxymoron.
 
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The whole "My lawyer said he only needed 10,000, which he wants all up front, in order to do this whole lawsuit" sounded suspect, and lo and behold Apollo had no idea how this shit works
 
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Party's over fags. Apollo turned out to be an exceptional individual. He's refunding all the money though.
Not sure what he means when he says that "Mitchell won't be sued (for now)" considering he previously said that Billy's statements will fall under the statute of limitation in about 2 months, which is why he said he had to rush the lawsuit. This guy is completely clueless, so it's a shame he didn't go forward with the lolsuit because it would have been a complete disaster.
 
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Dwayne Richard (the documentary guy) gave his thoughts in the comments.

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That bit about breaking gofundme's TOS by offering an incentive seems pretty important. Might be the actual reason why he cancelled the whole thing.

He also made a video about it, but I'm just gonna assume anything in the video is also in that comment. Seems like a weird guy.

 
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Glad they didn't waste everyone's money as funny as the lawsuit would've been. I felt Apollo was getting led on by his lawyer and I'm glad he found better representation before it spiraled out of control.

Also have a feeling that Dwayne is going to need a Skitzo thread eventually. Ranting about the Masons and suggesting that Billy is going to hire someone to kill him or Apollo over Donkey Kong scores is exceptional as fuck. (4:18 if it doesn't link you right)

Yeah, this guy's Terry Davisesque stream on the road stylings are a whole new vein to mine.
 
Trouble in paradise as GDQ ban LiveSplit developer with no reason given after inviting him to event:

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They did respond to him later with an email linking to 3 incriminating tweets, but he won't post what they are publicly.
 
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man i just went back and watched this old run


this was just 6 years ago, and it's fucking insane how much things have changed since then. then it was just a bunch of autistic nerds playing with their childrens toys for fun, now it's a bunch of grotesque dilating trannies larping as uwu anime girls on cam
Funny how that contrasts even more to just a year earlier to that video.

 
man i just went back and watched this old run


this was just 6 years ago, and it's fucking insane how much things have changed since then. then it was just a bunch of autistic nerds playing with their childrens toys for fun, now it's a bunch of grotesque dilating trannies larping as uwu anime girls on cam

Originally, most of the GDQ happenings were on Mike Uyama who pretty much didn't care what happened on camera as long as he could collect the money. Then in 2015 he decided to step down behind the scenes a bit for whatever reason [the public excuse was that he got sick and had mono?] and main control over GDQ went to the crazies AKA Muffins [girl who cried about her dead grandma during a live Zelda run], Coolmatty, and the like. And then everything shifted to political correctness and became transitions done quick.
 
So why exactly does speedrunning attract so many troons and or they/thems? I get that speedrunning is inherently autistic and that there's probably a link between autism and gender dysphoria, but why do the LGBTs significantly outweigh the straights?
 
So why exactly does speedrunning attract so many troons and or they/thems? I get that speedrunning is inherently autistic and that there's probably a link between autism and gender dysphoria, but why do the LGBTs significantly outweigh the straights?

Essentially you already have it. Being willing to present as strongly LGBT requires a level of not meshing with social norms and speedrunning also requires this abrasion with social norms. You have two things that are outside societal norms, so someone who is already willing to do one will be open to the other by default. The same goes for furries and most other weird subcultures.
 
So why exactly does speedrunning attract so many troons and or they/thems? I get that speedrunning is inherently autistic and that there's probably a link between autism and gender dysphoria, but why do the LGBTs significantly outweigh the straights?

I think, just like with other troon related statistics, they really don't make up a large percentage. They're generally just the biggest drama magnets, so it seems like there's a disproportionate amount of them. They're also especially prominent at the GDQ events, which typically get the most coverage. ESA has been fairly active with online stuff during the virus and I don't recall there being a single troon at any of the events.

Slightly related, but the non GDQ events also tend to have more legit female speedrunners participating. I've heard through the grapevine it's because they're more comfortable/feel safer at those events compared to GDQ, but it's also just entirely possible only one or two people said that and it's just easier to get accepted at the other events due to there being less submissions/travel logistics etc. It just always struck me as funny that GDQ likes to present itself as this beacon of diversity, but outside of a few troons and a small handful of female runners, it really is just a bunch of white dudes. Granted, I'm sure there's more in the audience, but still.
 
I think, just like with other troon related statistics, they really don't make up a large percentage. They're generally just the biggest drama magnets, so it seems like there's a disproportionate amount of them. They're also especially prominent at the GDQ events, which typically get the most coverage. ESA has been fairly active with online stuff during the virus and I don't recall there being a single troon at any of the events.

Slightly related, but the non GDQ events also tend to have more legit female speedrunners participating. I've heard through the grapevine it's because they're more comfortable/feel safer at those events compared to GDQ, but it's also just entirely possible only one or two people said that and it's just easier to get accepted at the other events due to there being less submissions/travel logistics etc. It just always struck me as funny that GDQ likes to present itself as this beacon of diversity, but outside of a few troons and a small handful of female runners, it really is just a bunch of white dudes. Granted, I'm sure there's more in the audience, but still.
It really is the autism though.


 
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