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[antibolo]

Lots of technical stuff, very interesting so far!

 

[Y2Kev]

lolol clapping for menus

 

[TUSR]

lolol clapping for menus

Thank you.

my first locked thread :')

 

[StriKeVillain]

I love the runner's hair. Godlike.

 

[Pics_nao]

Wait what happened with the Ground Zeroes speed run? I haven't been paying attention at all >_>

 

[Speevy]

Since I posted this in the wrong thread thanks to a necrobump, I have to ask.

Was the runner in some sort of argument with someone before the run?

 

[Kyou]

Everything that I have ever found that I like on etsy has been sold out.

https://www.etsy.com/transaction/219681951?

she'll make more someday, no idea when

 

[Sesha]

Wait, Croco is a dinosaur. What the hell, Nintendo?

 

[Y2Kev]

lololol I can't believe he is getting all this luck and fucked up in the first room of the game.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

lololol I can't believe he is getting all this luck and fucked up in the first room of the game.

Now I want him to miss WR by 5 seconds

 

[Quenk]

Twitch is unwatchable for me now

 

[theSlacker]

https://www.etsy.com/transaction/219681951?

she'll make more someday, no idea when

Well that bulborb is fairly adorable as well.

 

[TUSR]

We have a Twitch chat, post your Twitch name here and ill invite you.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

I love the runner's hair. Godlike.

He's basically Seth Killian's younger brother.

 

[TheSlySoul]

I tried to run along, but I cannot skip Mac. I am just going to enjoy the run.

 

[Xeteh]

Now I want him to miss WR by 5 seconds

Vindictive.

 

[The Real Abed]

Why hasn't Shovel Knight been put up on the GDQArchive channel yet? They seem to be putting them up fairly slowly and out of order.

I know I could probably check the Twitch archives but I'd much rather watch on YouTube. Maybe tomorrow. I'll just watch some others tonight.

 

[chaobreaker]

When will TASbot come back? I'm going to bed but I don't want to miss it live.

 

[TUSR]

Why hasn't Shovel Knight been put up on the GDQArchive channel yet? They seem to be putting them up fairly slowly and out of order.

I know I could probably check the Twitch archives but I'd much rather watch on YouTube. Maybe tomorrow. I'll just watch some others tonight.

http://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick/b/608177424?t=12h42m50s

 

[TheSlySoul]

First 4 stars go pretty quick, Stars 5 and 7 are a pain though.
Edit: Why not? $5 hype.

 

[alr1ght]

Why hasn't Shovel Knight been put up on the GDQArchive channel yet? They seem to be putting them up fairly slowly and out of order.

I know I could probably check the Twitch archives but I'd much rather watch on YouTube. Maybe tomorrow. I'll just watch some others tonight.

this channel seems to be quicker than gdq archive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ5EUllmTnw

 

[Xeteh]

$260 bucks from the room on the minecart level, that is pretty awesome.

 

[TheSlySoul]

$260 bucks from the room on the minecart level, that is pretty awesome.

$270 since I added 10 after he announced it.

My prediction is 8! Love this music.

 

[Niraj]

lol man, no luck

 

[TheSlySoul]

Love this cutscene! Feels like sandpaper...

Edit: "Geno should be fine ... oh he's dead."

 

[theSlacker]

this channel seems to be quicker than gdq archive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ5EUllmTnw

This one seems to constantly have up to the last run up.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_NsA72Bgro96PNeBjK7G07qQ1PtCTrVe

 

[TheSlySoul]

He sold his weapons? He is pretty hardcore.
Edit: 100 Jump attempt!

 

[TUSR]

This one seems to constantly have up to the last run up.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_NsA72Bgro96PNeBjK7G07qQ1PtCTrVe

ya that ones in the op now

 

[Cody_D165]

REKT

 

[theSlacker]

Dem super jumps, omg. I was never able to get the special items from getting that many as a kid.

 

[Cyrano]

Dat bouncing.

Indeed. I could never do this as a kid and it's just done on the first try. XD

 

[Paches]

This game doesn't lend itself to speedruns very well

Love watching it and watching the runners when they stream it. Personal preference I guess

 

[TheSlySoul]

Yaridovich is such a dickish boss. My least favorite...

 

[theSlacker]

This game doesn't lend itself to speedruns very well

It isn't one of the games that has some game breaking bugs that lets you skip a ton, but there is still some appeal to watching someone get though the entire game without any major tricks or skips.

 

[Necromanti]

This game doesn't lend itself to speedruns very well

I personally prefer the 10-20 minute speedruns over the multi-hour ones. It's worse when they run multiple, lengthy games from the same series in a row, though.

 

[Nanashrew]

This game doesn't lend itself to speedruns very well

I dunno, I think it does fairly well. The level cap is only 30 so there's not a whole lot of grinding, it's more streamlined but item management and skill based jumping is highly important.

EDIT: And you don't have to spend all you time in menus.

 

[antibolo]

Haha that's a great abuse of the lenient game over keeping your exp.

 

[TheSlySoul]

Poor Princess Toadstool, even when she tries to help ... she is still useless.

 

[theSlacker]

Haha that's a great abuse of the lenient game over keeping your exp.

You can make one save at the very start of the game and then die at the end and get sent back with all your levels. Shit's crazy.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Poor Princess Toadstool, even when she tries to help ... she is still useless.

She's actually a really good character in this game though, especially with the Lazy Shell she turns into a unkillable wall.

 

[TheSlySoul]

She's actually a really good character in this game though, especially with the Lazy Shell she turns into a unkillable wall.

True, I just meant in this speed run context. She is my healer when I play.

 

[Crayolan]

This game doesn't lend itself to speedruns very well

Lengthy RPGs in general aren't very good for speedrunning, but this run is pretty good for RPG standards IMO.

 

[TheSlySoul]

Lengthy RPGs in general aren't very good for speedrunning, but this run is pretty good for RPG standards IMO.

Yeah it helps the Mario RPG series is pretty easy in general.
I seen worse things speed ran during this marathon.

 

[Revven]

Lengthy RPGs in general aren't very good for speedrunning, but this run is pretty good for RPG standards IMO.

And there's clear skill being displayed in it (the 100 jumps, frame perfect blocks of attacks, the lite "action platforming", etc) unlike typical JRPGs where it's kind of hard to notice where the skill is vs just memorization and adapting to RNG.

 

[Nanashrew]

To give an example, FF6 ran about 7 hours last SGDQ and FF9 runs about 9 hours. RPGs are very long but Super Mario RPG does well to keep the time low. The guy is finished level grinding for the rest of the game in almost an instant from using star power.

 

[TheSlySoul]

Oh god the cannon room! I hate this puzzle.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

fucking psychic

 

[Revven]

bjw the prophet

 

[JBourne]

Are they playing the Mario RPG? I love this shit. I think I played it on my PSP.

 

[theSlacker]

Can't get over how easy he makes superjumps look.