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[StriKeVillain]

Phil is really good at commenting exactly what's going on. Really enjoying this.

 

[evilalien]

They'll cross $1m easily, I think 1.5M is also doable. There were so many donations at the end of the last few AGDQ's that it seems like at least a third of the donation total comes from the final 24hrs + bonus stream. There probably will be a huge bidding war still going on over the Super Metroid save/kill the animals for the rest of the marathon, especially since it's led into by a 3 hour Final Fantasy game.

The final day pulled in ~$400k last year for reference.

 

[ratcliffja]

Did you see what happened with Chrono Trigger last year? Those last hours were insane with donations.

Give it time also as been mentioned the on screen total doesn't reflect the total raised. It doesn't matter how much they raise, it's been an awesome event and 700k is not chump change.

I definitely think they'll get more than they did last year. 1.25 million is definitely within reach. I just don't see 1.5 million happening, though.

 

[Recall]

Wish the comment announcer would shut up and let the runner speak more

 

[Heroman]

one of these day they should do xenoblade speedrun

 

[Coonce]

I definitely think they'll get more than they did last year. 1.25 million is definitely within reach. I just don't see 1.5 million happening, though.

What you don't know is that Bill gates is a huge metroid fan and he's going to have a huge 500k donation to kill the animals right before the cutoff

 

[HTupolev]

Yea they should have set the goal a bit more conservatively this year. It doesn't look good when they can't make their 1.5 million goal. People can't afford to give so much every year and their viewership can't keep growing so quickly.

I won't be shocked if they don't reach the $1.5M, but to be fair, the "goal" is a moving target. They always raise it when it's reached. This year's marathon actually started with a $500K target.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Wish the comment announcer would shut up and let the runner speak more

He'll probably stop talking once the cutscenes stop.

one of these day they should do xenoblade speedrun

A regular run takes over 9 hours, a NG+ run is boring(every battle is easy) and still pretty long. I love Xenoblade but it doesn't fit a speedrun.

 

[ratcliffja]

I won't be shocked if they don't reach the $1.5M, but to be fair, the "goal" is a moving target. They always raise it when it's reached. This year's marathon actually started with a $500K target.

On day one, I recall them saying that their goal this year was $1.5 million. Still, I haven't seen that on screen since then nor have I heard them mention it, so maybe they tempered their expectations.

 

[Recall]

He'll probably stop talking once the cutscenes stop.


A regular run takes over 9 hours, a NG+ run is boring(every battle is easy) and still pretty long. I love Xenoblade but it doesn't fit a speedrun.

I had no idea there were so many cutscenes.

 

[Bsigg12]

The technicality of the MM run is insane.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

I've watched AGDQ since it started but that one guy, Balthazar2288 has recently been appearing often as donor. I bring him up because the guy just doesn't stop donating; and donating a crap ton of money at that. Everytime that guys name...

 

[Bumhat]

This run has been awesome so far, really enjoying it.

 

[StriKeVillain]

That Majoras mask painting in the back just creepily staring...

 

[Venfayth]

What if the animals have cancer? Everyone donating to kill them would feel very bad.

 

[mrlion]

I've watched AGDQ since it started but that one guy, Balthazar2288 has recently been appearing often as donor. I bring him up because the guy just doesn't stop donating; and donating a crap ton of money at that. Everytime that guys name...

You make it seem like its a bad thing...

 

[Xeteh]

On day one, I recall them saying that their goal this year was $1.5 million. Still, I haven't seen that on screen since then nor have I heard them mention it, so maybe they tempered their expectations.

I can't imagine them openly aiming for $1.5m... they barely made $1m by the end of last year's marathon. Its crazy how fast the GDQs have grown but I think it'll taper off sooner rather than later.

 

[HTupolev]

On day one, I recall them saying that their goal this year was $1.5 million. Still, I haven't seen that on screen since then nor have I heard them mention it, so maybe they tempered their expectations.

Oh, I thought you were saying the advertised goal was at $1.5M. Just checked, if you look at the scrolling stuff at the top of the page, it's actually $1M at the moment. It was $500k at the start.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

I've watched AGDQ since it started but that one guy, Balthazar2288 has recently been appearing often as donor. I bring him up because the guy just doesn't stop donating; and donating a crap ton of money at that. Everytime that guys name...

kids of Saudi princes like video games too!

 

[TheSlySoul]

That "birthday" donation was cringe-worthy. The audience wasn't having it.

 

[SJRB]

I love the "HYPE" yelling from the crowd haha.

 

[Sesha]

I can't imagine them openly aiming for $1.5m... they barely made $1m by the end of last year's marathon. Its crazy how fast the GDQs have grown but I think it'll taper off sooner rather than later.

Nah. I think the format has a lot of longevity, as more and more people discover AGDQ each year. Even if Mega Man, Zelda, Mario, Metroid and Sonic speedruns don't really change much year to year, there's plenty of people new to speedruns who watch every year. Not to mention there's plenty of ways they can mix it up with new releases, relays and different gimmicks every year. Not only that, but the novelty of the week-long marathon format has a lot of appeal, and it's only once a year. I don't see the popularity waning.

 

[BigAT]

Nah. I think the format has a lot of longevity, as more and more people discover AGDQ each year. Even if Mega Man, Zelda, Mario, Metroid and Sonic speedruns don't really change much year to year, there's plenty of people new to speedruns who watch every year. Not to mention there's plenty of ways they can mix it up with new releases, relays and different gimmicks every year. Not only that, but the novelty of the week-long marathon format has a lot of appeal, and it's only once a year. I don't see the popularity waning.

It will have longevity but it's kind of absurd, and frankly unfair, for people to think they will continue to have exponential growth every year.

"Only" hitting $1,000,000 raised for charity shouldn't be looked at as a failure.

 

[Xeteh]

Nah. I think the format has a lot of longevity, as more and more people discover AGDQ each year. Even if Mega Man, Zelda, Mario, Metroid and Sonic speedruns don't really change much year to year, there's plenty of people new to speedruns who watch every year. Not to mention there's plenty of ways they can mix it up with new releases, relays and different gimmicks every year. Not only that, but the novelty of the week-long marathon format has a lot of appeal, and it's only once a year. I don't see the popularity waning.

Nah, I agree that people will keep watching especially with them doing different things (like the Tetris segment)... I'm just saying I find it highly unlikely that the donation totals will grow as quickly as they have recently. I can't imagine this marathon ends with $1.5+.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Credit where credit is due, this is amazing commentary.

 

[Venfayth]

Nah. I think the format has a lot of longevity, as more and more people discover AGDQ each year. Even if Mega Man, Zelda, Mario, Metroid and Sonic speedruns don't really change much year to year, there's plenty of people new to speedruns who watch every year. Not to mention there's plenty of ways they can mix it up with new releases, relays and different gimmicks every year. Not only that, but the novelty of the week-long marathon format has a lot of appeal, and it's only once a year. I don't see the popularity waning.

I read it more as the amount of money donated each year will wane, which is understandable even if popularity goes up. I think there's kind of a peak of money people will be willing to donate.

(I really have no idea and I'd love to be wrong!)

 

[Tukker]

That "birthday" donation was cringe-worthy. The audience wasn't having it.

It was more confusing than anything else.

 

[theprodigy]

A regular run takes over 9 hours, a NG+ run is boring(every battle is easy) and still pretty long. I love Xenoblade but it doesn't fit a speedrun.

put Xenoblade and FFX back to back and watch everyone leave

 

[SmackAttack]

Credit where credit is due, this is amazing commentary.

Yeah. Really enjoying this run.

 

[Xeteh]

I read it more as the amount of money donated each year will wane, which is understandable even if popularity goes up. I think there's kind of a peak of money people will be willing to donate.

(I really have no idea and I'd love to be wrong!)

Yeah, that was the point I was trying to make. I didn't mean it to sound like I thought GDQs were gonna die or anything.

 

[TheSlySoul]

I am going to try to speed run SMRPG while the runner does it, I will probably fail...

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

I wonder, is any Shin Megami Tensei game speedrun friendly?

 

[Spinosaurus]

I wonder, is any Shin Megami Tensei game speedrun friendly?

I know Persona 4 potentially takes up to like 17 hours last I checked? lol

 

[dhlt25]

I know Persona 4 potentially takes up to like 17 hours last I checked? lol

so more of a speed walk then

 

[Y2Kev]

I can't frigging wait to play this game again.

 

[Vorpal]

I wonder, is any Shin Megami Tensei game speedrun friendly?

I was wondering about that earlier. Maybe Raidou/Devil Summoner games? I would imagine those semi-active battle systems are more susceptible to speedrun tricks than standard turn-based combat.

 

[Venfayth]

so more of a speed walk then

I remember the first time I beat Persona 4 at around 64 hours and I asked Red Scarlet what a speed run would be. She jokingly answered: "That was a speedrun!"

 

[Xeteh]

I know Persona 4 potentially takes up to like 17 hours last I checked? lol

I'm... kind of surprised it can be cut down that much.

 

[StriKeVillain]

That was pretty sweet.

 

[Y2Kev]

WOW at the door skip

 

[BumblebeeCody]

I wonder, is any Shin Megami Tensei game speedrun friendly?

Not really no. It's just an optimised playthrough and it's painful.
Nevuitz runs Persona 4 and other JRPGs. We're talking around the 12 hours mark.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Damn, it's been so long since I've watch ennopp that I don't remember anything about Majora.

 

[Coonce]

haha Phil got me, I was worried

 

[Quenk]

I wonder, is any Shin Megami Tensei game speedrun friendly?

Apparently romscout runs the first one and has a PB of 4:18:05

 

[rajanp22]

That troll was glorious

 

[Owlowiscious]

mods plz ban this majinphil for trolling

 

[Rapstah]

You could probably speedrun some of the Game Boy Shin Megami Tensei games. I know the random generator in some of those games is predictable enough that you could probably have an optimal path through the game with some resets.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

He was so bad during that fight that it seemed like he expected to take damage.

He still trolled the shit out of me.

 

[Owlowiscious]

You could probably speedrun some of the Game Boy Shin Megami Tensei games. I know the random generator in some of those games is predictable enough that you could probably have an optimal path through the game with some resets.

they did FE so sure why not

 

[javadoze]

Incentive to bring back TASbot has been met.

...The known universe will soon be rewritten.