FF IV run was really good. You don't think of FF games as technically precise, but tight battles can be demanding. This was low level also, so it was that much tighter. Really well executed by the runner and good commentary.
Nice watch.
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FF IV run was really good. You don't think of FF games as technically precise, but tight battles can be demanding. This was low level also, so it was that much tighter. Really well executed by the runner and good commentary.
Nice watch.
avengers23
Banned
Yeah, compared against Dark Souls runs in years past, the Bloodborne run was just underwhelming.
KittenMaster
Member
The most upsetting thing about FF1 and Bloodborne having the worst possible categories is that it kills their chances of showing up at future events with better categories.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
I didn't have the chance yesterday to say good bye but I will now, this is the first AGDQ or SGDQ that I watch with you guys and it was amazing, I had a blast on the chat it was pretty fun, thank you for everything guys and gals 
I wish you the best
I wish you the best
Novum_Veritas
Member
Indeed GAF chat was a lot of fun, looking forward to SDGQ.
Alright TUSR, looking forward to your SDGQ thread
Based on that data, AGDQ 2015 had a single donation of $200,000, so that probably had a lot to do with its high total. As someone else mentioned, there was a humble bundle running at the same time that went towards AGDQ 2015, so that may have been the source of it.
The $200,000 donation was from Humble Bundle.
Velcro Fly
Member
If I'm a person that has been sick for a year and a half, I'm not sure I'd be showing up to a place that I know to be notorious for the spread of illness among people like a GDQ.
I do hope Mike is feeling better and whatever was wrong with him is now over. Dude get a bad rap because of reasons and everyone loves drama but it hasn't been the same without his super long shout out session after a GDQ
I do hope Mike is feeling better and whatever was wrong with him is now over. Dude get a bad rap because of reasons and everyone loves drama but it hasn't been the same without his super long shout out session after a GDQ
OP VOD link to Reddit -> click time stamp
Wow, that current run this guy does is awesome to watch. Like night and day compared to last nights boring glitchfest.
ph1l0z0ph3r
Member
Do we have a list up of the best runs yet? Showed my wife that Kaizo Mario run and she was amazed.
Yeah Ela is a great runner. I was addicted to his channel back when he was doing Dark Souls 1 and 2.
Yes, here
edit: now watching the Mario Maker race. Man this is lots of fun. Really need to play MM at some point.
The Blast Corps run had one of the old Rare guys commentating, it was great if you are interested in what working with Nintendo in the 90s was like.
Yeah GAFchat was great! So what happened to the "SONYGAF" chat? Is that one dead? I think the new room is more appropriately named, since we use it for a variety of events.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
omg a proper speed run!
Elajjaz is a really great guy to watch. He does Bloodborne (all bosses) from time to time typically runs the Souls games (Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2, and sometimes Demon's Souls). He also does a bit of non-speedruns during his streams.
KittenMaster
Member
Great to see some all bosses getting some love.
I am catching up on MM 100% because I fell asleep during it, and the commentary is so good. I have no idea what happened but a lot of the commentary except TASBot and FF4 seemed to drop like a rock during the last day even during the more interesting technical runs.
I am catching up on MM 100% because I fell asleep during it, and the commentary is so good. I have no idea what happened but a lot of the commentary except TASBot and FF4 seemed to drop like a rock during the last day even during the more interesting technical runs.
It was a good time GAF. Those of us who endured the Final Fantasy run are most likely better people for it.
Axiom Verge had Tom Happ (developer, composer, artist, designer) and Dan Adelman (Marketing and stuff?) commenting on the run too.
Edit: I was gonna edit this post I swear
Axiom Verge had Tom Happ (developer, composer, artist, designer) and Dan Adelman (Marketing and stuff?) commenting on the run too.
Edit: I was gonna edit this post I swear
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thepotatoman
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They announced an all-time high in viewership numbers during the mario block, and it seemed to stay pretty consistently high.
Seems like the problem was getting the viewers to donate. Could be the incentives were too weak, or the charity less appealing, or fatigue from giving money, or worry about the money going to the organizers instead of the charity.
My guess is primarily the donation incentives. Feels like everything got met so easily.
Could be that the Mario segment brought in a lot of young people who, for obvious reasons, can't donate? Mario's still popular with kids right?
No idea what the SONYGAF chat was, group chats are strange things.
This group is public, anyone can invite, and it won't be going anywhere.
I particularly don't donate because I do not like PCF and I'm sure there's others that probably feel the same way. I also think it has to do with the donation incentives, though. The prizes are awesome, yes, but a lot of the glitches that were donation incentives weren't really that interesting. Finally, it may have to do with fatigue of actually watching these sorts of marathons. Is twice a year too much? Maybe. I myself only watch AGDQ, though.
No impulse buy, but I finally installed Final Fantasys that I haven't played yet, such as 4.
Yeah, I haven't seen anyone mention it yet but the Blast Corps run was really nice. Not the most exciting necessarily but the conversation with the dev was good and the credits skip absolutely blew my mind.
It really is -- and I don't think people understand just how difficult a lot of those platinum times are. Basically, any of the ones he wasn't glitching past (either due to some crazy movement or collision abuse) are absurdly tight -- to the point where the EU and JP versions of the game have looser requirements for all of the medals (but in turn, the Z button exploit was patched out). The fact that he gets all of the ones that he can with about 2-3 restarts total is really damn good. It's a seriously impressive run, and having one of the developers of the game on commentary just made it that much better.
StarCreator
Member
Spent an extra day at the venue because 1) no way I was driving home on little sleep at 3am, and 2) I helped the arcade vendors pack up since I was still there. Enjoyed my time there in person. Sort of regretting not taking at least some time off work so I could be there for some of the runs I really wanted to see. Would definitely go again; not sure if I can pull off SGDQ since the timing of it conflicts with everything this year but I don't see why I wouldn't do AGDQ again next year.
Diablohead
Member
I would like to speedrun Arkham asylum one day at a GDQ but since I'm not in America and have no passport it's not going to happen any time soon.
I've been tempted on grabbing Animorphs cause such a busted game needs to be in my collection
Hamster Plugin
Member
The whole donation incentive system doesn't work when event sponsors are allowed to donate for incentives. Why should I donate for killing the animals if The Yetee can come in and put their shirt sale money on saving the animals?
This is the first year I didn't donate anything. Although my donations have always been 5-10 bucks so it doesn't mean much.
Shuggananas
Banned
it would have been much closer if not for that stupid wall jump level
I don't know why they made a super clutch level like that for a race, other levels were nice because once you figured out the execution wasn't as tight, but this was bound to create a gap
and yeah 4 players is too much imo, the rotation looked annoying for players
Mr. Enigma
Member
And there was no need to repost it, really...
Mr. Enigma
Member
Why? It's revelant to the discussion about how donation totals are lowering with each event. Some people actual do feel this way. While it's completely stupid, it's interesting to examine why people feel like this.
Lanrutcon
Member
Why?