RenegadeXV8
Banned
Maybe because I didn't play any Pokemon games beyond Blue/Red, but I'm finding this segment pretty boring.
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Summer Games Done Quick 2017 | July 2 - July 9 | Shout outs to...
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petethepanda
Member
I always wind up skipping or not paying attention to the Pokemon segments. I'm the right age for maximum Red/Blue nostalgia, but I 100% fell out of the series after that.
He failed the RNG at the start which is why he switched carts. If he didn't fail the RNG, he would've done the steps necessary to encounter that Raikou in the grass with a specific set of nature/stats.
He had a backup cart with the Raikou incase he fucked up. So he used it. These speed runners have to get close to the estimated time, otherwise the whole event would get fucked if the run took 4+ hours due to not having a Raikou there.
He had a backup cart with the Raikou incase he fucked up. So he used it. These speed runners have to get close to the estimated time, otherwise the whole event would get fucked if the run took 4+ hours due to not having a Raikou there.
He loaded a save on a different cart as the rng to get a raikou where he wanted it is difficult to get. They did it so the run can go on.
Merchandise
Member
Alright this run is trash. Should have just kept trying to get it right at the beginning honestly. What fun is it if he's using different save files?
I mean I understand that "keep trying until you get it right" can last literally forever and honestly no one wants that, backup save lets the show go on.
But a run that was seemingly so dependent on RNG in the first place seems like a bad idea when you have ~1 shot to perform this on camera.
Especially if it's a 5+ minute wait per reset. That's just rough.
NormalFish
Banned
What fun is it sitting at the start of the game taking 5 minutes every reset until you hit a 32ms window? This is pretty standard for games that aren't super marathon safe.
FriskyrumX
Banned
So you want them to delay all their other games because of RNG when they're running on a schedule? lol
If you really care that much, go watch actual speedruns of the game.
Nose Master
Member
I'd also rather watch some dude reset for 10 hours rather than the audacity of a backup save
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Trickster
Member
While I'm not really too bothered by it. But I would honestly rather have had them use the 2 hours 40 mins on other games that aren't as reliant on rng as this.
Though I imagine it's a pretty popular game, which for an event like this I can totally understand being an important criteria for inclusion
Dio Brando
Banned
did i miss something?
CannonFodder52
Member
did i miss something?
Heard on Twitter, that someone on stream said "did you assume my gender"
FriskyrumX
Banned
I mean I'm enjoying it, no ones forcing you to watch it... ¯\_(ツ
_/¯Dio Brando
Banned
i see. good that htey dealt and addressed it then.
I mean I'm enjoying it, no ones forcing you to watch it... ¯\_(ツ
and it's a week long event. there's bound to be games one doesn't like. best to accept it and move on.
SomeRandomWeirdGuy
Member
Yeah this is a pretty fun run imo. It's not high octane action or anything, but there's fun in seeing breaking a Pokemon game
Long RPGs have been a mainstay of GDQ since the start. They aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
TumblingHippo
Member
Sometimes the super long runs are relaxing. There's an 8 hour FFVII one coming up, which I wish I could watch but not gonna stay up until 8am to do so. (but I can catch the finale at work)
Professor Beef
Banned
Even in a speedrun, an 8 hour no materia run of FF7 seems excruciating.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I like RPG speedruns, but I don't like this RPG speedrun (25 minutes in right now) -- 7 minutes of failed setup, then a whole bunch more failure. And Pokemon is ugly to look at. I'm sure the run will pick up when stuff actually happens.
I think "No Slots" is "No using Cait Sith's Slots limit" not "no materia slots"
I think "No Slots" is "No using Cait Sith's Slots limit" not "no materia slots"
MrTroubleMaker
Member
Dang, I've missed a bunch of this. I'm glad this gets archived.
This isn't a competition.
Dio Brando
Banned
people seem to forget this is for MSF/charities.
Nose Master
Member
RPG runs are neat.
I kind of wish they got rid of blocks in general, though. If a certain series/game isn't your taste, you have to wait for 5+ hours for them to get through it. Spreading it out makes it more appealing for everyone.
8 hours is a bit much though
Seriously. This is just for fun during a good cause.
I Am Bread guy went five minutes over the estimate (which is already pretty generous to begin with). Did you guys also wanted him kicked as soon as the timer ran out?
Stop taking this so seriously. If something is not up to your tastes, go watch something else - how about a VOD of a game you wanted to see but couldn't? Plenty of SGDQ yet to come.
I don't give a damn about the metroid runs. It's even worse for me because i have to keep listening about the dumb animals the entire event and i'm not complaining. You guys can endure this too.
Stop taking this so seriously. If something is not up to your tastes, go watch something else - how about a VOD of a game you wanted to see but couldn't? Plenty of SGDQ yet to come.
I don't give a damn about the metroid runs. It's even worse for me because i have to keep listening about the dumb animals the entire event and i'm not complaining. You guys can endure this too.
NormalFish
Banned
Welcome to Games Done Quick. A speedrun marathon benefiting a charity.
There are plenty. They're just not as easy to spot as flashy movements in an action game for instance. Go read about all the manipulation you have to do constantly in a FFI run - you'd be surprised.
That said, i think RPGs lent themselves better as races. RPG Limit Break have them and it's great.
NormalFish
Banned
literally the reason we had to switch carts -- spawning so many whiny posts -- is because this entire route requires a frame perfect trick.
Merchandise
Member
Never mind.
unknownstranger
Member
He's going to Red.
I thought he had to beat Red? You can definitely do Kanto in 20-30 mins
unknownstranger
Member
I watch Keizaron regularly. In 6 hours of streaming he's lucky if he gets more than 1 run that gets to Raikou in that time.
He said his mom had passed away recently. Possibly not unrelated.
Granted I haven't watched every run in GFQ history (not even close) but I can't remember one time where they got to the time limit.
Also didn't they start super late? Like I feel like the original schedule said it was supposed to start around 4:30 EDT or something like that and it started around 6
Also didn't they start super late? Like I feel like the original schedule said it was supposed to start around 4:30 EDT or something like that and it started around 6
Shoddy 3rd party capture device I assume?
If you mean the environment going black, it happened when he used a specific glitch to break the map loading so that he could move through an area in a way that isn't possible normally. It doesn't always do that, sometimes you just see the sprite in the wrong position on the background.
Only parts of the map goes black, every sprite over it is still visible - just like a DesMuMe error i remember very well. Can shoddy 3rd party capture devices malfunction like that too? Not very used to them, i admit
Ah so that's it then. Thanks. Missed the beginning of the run.
For the purposes of posting a legit time for the run, it did end.
However, since this is a marathon they had a backup plan in place to make sure people could see the rest of the game.
FriskyrumX
Banned
"Okay this time we're not gonna get an encounter." *hits an encounter not even a second later*... Every time in a RPG.