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[MaxiLive]

Will they still read out completely depressing stories during a run while shouting out "save the animals"? It's a weird juxtaposition that they've never seemed to get past.

That is the same with most entertainment based donation events. Think of red nose day, here is a depressing 3 minute video of some starving children. Now to throwing pie's at millionaire celebrities!!

Doesn't help that most runners won't be the most socially skilled so tend not to react to donations like that.

I'm guessing it is for doctors with out borders again this year which has less depressing donation comments as they aren't about cancer prevention.

 

[Bouniter]

Damn this came round really quick can't wait to see you all in chat again I hope we have a good one, the list sure looks great.

 

[depths20XX]

That is the same with most entertainment based donation events. Think of red nose day, here is a depressing 3 minute video of some starving children. Now to throwing pie's at millionaire celebrities!!

Doesn't help that most runners won't be the most socially skilled so tend not to react to donations like that.

I'm guessing it is for doctors with out borders again this year which has less depressing donation comments as they aren't about cancer prevention.

I just don't enjoy it anymore. You have a speedrunner explaining their run and then in comes some donation about how someones family member has died. As someone who has experienced losing people it just comes off in a strange way and I'd rather not hear about it. It's depressing and I don't see why donation messages need to be read out at all other than to satisfy the donators ego.

 

[jett]

Sucks that Mario Maker misses out AGAIN. Must've been some beef with the community.

 

[MaxiLive]

I just don't enjoy it anymore. You have a speedrunner explaining their run and then in comes some donation about how someones family member has died. As someone who has experienced losing people it just comes off in a strange way and I'd rather not hear about it. It's depressing and I don't see why donation messages need to be read out at all other than to satisfy the donators ego.

It's core to Twitch and live streaming, every streamer reads out donations. It's ever more common in donation events. I agree it doesn't gel well with the setting but it comes with the territory of streaming/entertainment and hell if it promotes more people to donate then there is nothing wrong with it!

It also helps out a lot of runners during the slow parts of games or where they are fumbling on a trick, it also helps during the 1-5am runs which are usually drawn out and rather quiet.

 

[Busaiku]

Still upset there's no Breath of the Wild.

 

[NormalFish]

I just don't enjoy it anymore. You have a speedrunner explaining their run and then in comes some donation about how someones family member has died. As someone who has experienced losing people it just comes off in a strange way and I'd rather not hear about it. It's depressing and I don't see why donation messages need to be read out at all other than to satisfy the donators ego.

The stories about peoples' experiences with cancer are tied to the charity that AGDQ benefits, not the one SGDQ benefits. They still happen occasionally but not so often.

 

[Euphony]

I always look forward to the GDQs every year.

what happened to all the gta runners?

I used to watch Adam_ak all the time but I never see him stream anymore. His Vice City Chaos% runs were amazing.

 

[painey]

Any GAFfers coming to Minneapolis for this for a potential meet up?

 

[Acerac]

Ooh, I didn't realize this was so soon! Can't wait!

 

[OverdriveOtaku]

read the OP. We're using discord.

Any particular reason for the switch? Just easier to use?

 

[NormalFish]

Any particular reason for the switch? Just easier to use?

Copy/pasting my answer from the discord cause lazy:

Private Twitch Chats aren't officially supported by Twitch right now. Due to this, they're a tad fiddly and don't work on mobile. This serves as a more supported alternative that works on mobile and won't suddenly disappear if Twitch cuts support. Nothing's permanent, though. If you really prefer twitch chat, let us know.

 

[OverdriveOtaku]

Copy/pasting my answer from the discord cause lazy:

Private Twitch Chats aren't officially supported by Twitch right now. Due to this, they're a tad fiddly and don't work on mobile. This serves as a more supported alternative that works on mobile and won't suddenly disappear if Twitch cuts support. Nothing's permanent, though. If you really prefer twitch chat, let us know.

Well, two very good reasons. Shame there will be less Kappa, but mobile use and reliable uptime are always a plus.

 

[NormalFish]

Well, two very good reasons. Shame there will be less Kappa, but mobile use and reliable uptime are always a plus.

we've added kappa as an emoji, and if you download better discord it will automatically convert twitch text emotes to the emotes themselves. so "Kappa" becomes

automatically

 

[OverdriveOtaku]

we've added kappa as an emoji, and if you download better discord it will automatically convert twitch text emotes to the emotes themselves. so "Kappa" becomes

automatically

WELL SHIT, RIP IN PEACE TWITCH CHAT

 

[SDBurton]

I see Diddy Kong Racing in the lineup. Awwwwwwwww yeah!

 

[Bl@de]

10 hours to go

 

[Spirited]

Good starting games this year!

 

[psychowave]

Aw, all the runs I'm interested in are at ungodly hours for me. Guess I'll have to catch the VODs.

 

[Vlaphor]

I'm really looking forward to this, but for some reason, the schedule is detecting the wrong time zone for me. It's saying UTC -5 instead of -6, so I'll have to keep that in mind.

Edit - Maybe I'm missing it, but is there no Awful Games Done Quick segment this year?

 

[Nanashrew]

I'm ready for SGDQ!

 

[KarmaCow]

I thought I might have been able to finish Hollow Knight before the run on Tuesday but the game seems way bigger than I thought.

 

[Fix-It Felix. Jr.]

I haven't gotten a chance to play NieR: Automata yet, so I'm going to have to sit out for the first two hours - which sucks, because I really enjoy watching Halfcoordinated's runs.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Lets do this.

 

[SargerusBR]

Ugh, i will be away most of the day and will miss Nier and Halo runs

 

[ckohler]

I've been looking forward to this for months. I don't speedrun but I love to watch games get destroyed by these entertaining experts.

Here's hoping they can keep any politics and potential infighting out of the event and just focus on having a fun time and raise a lot of money for charity.

 

[Platy]

I am ready =D

 

[Samemind]

Huh, this is weird. The img links send me to imgur on mobile, i had to get the desktop version for the links to work. Could the op add plain text links as well?

 

[pirateluigi]

I didn't even realize it was already time for another gdq. Can't wait!

 

[Thewonandonly]

I'm confused is this just like pre games or something cause I don't see pikmin on the list?

 

[kulapik]

moon2SMUG moon2SMUG moon2SMUG

 

[ckohler]

I'm confused is this just like pre games or something cause I don't see pikmin on the list?

They have been streaming a rerun of 2016 the past few days. The live stream hasn't started yet.

 

[Mifec]

No good shirts this year, I bought the Knightmare one but still

 

[Fix-It Felix. Jr.]

Probably the only time I'll see chrism this week. I remember staying up until like, 4 AM to watch this last year.

 

[Durante]

Halfcoordinated running Nier:A is probably the best ever start to any GDQ event to my tastes.

And the rest of the lineup is pretty cool too. Really looking forward to Ys Origin.

 

[saveweyard]

Gonna have to skip out on the opening run as I haven't gotten around to playing Nier: Automata yet and I've somehow avoided all spoilers thus far. Looking forward to some Castlevania and Guacamelee later today, though.

 

[Ginger Hail]

Can't wait to watch some good runs this week.

 

[Durante]

By the way, for those that care: streamlink is an up-to-date replacement for livestreamer.
(Using it with VLC is generally a much nicer 60 FPS streaming epxerience than any web-based streaming for me)

 

[pelican]

I can't wait to see the Nier Automata speedrun! YEE

Same

 

[Mikey Jr.]

I really wish they listed platforms for some of these games tbh.

 

[Grudy]

Should I watch the Nier run if I didn't play the game yet? I'm conflicted >.<

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Should I watch the Nier run if I didn't play the game yet? I'm conflicted >.<

no

 

[Admiral Snackbar]

Ready for some Nier nonsense. Love the GDQ streams.

 

[Grudy]

no

T___T That just makes me wanna watch it more

Spoiler

I won't. hf peeps

 

[Mixed2k]

By the way, for those that care: streamlink is an up-to-date replacement for livestreamer.
(Using it with VLC is generally a much nicer 60 FPS streaming epxerience than any web-based streaming for me)

AW THANK YOU !
I can finally watch 60 fps streams again on my garbage laptop, god i miss livestreamer.
This thing is a must for anyone with potato pcs.

 

[SDBurton]

Should I watch the Nier run if I didn't play the game yet? I'm conflicted >.<

Definitely not.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

skipping Nier and Halo.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Can't wait for some dude to get all pissy during the Super Metroid speedrun and kill all the hype.

 

[Power Shot]

I am ready for this. In addition to watching SGDQ all week, I'm going to also be completing a dissertation chapter I'm writing about speedrunning. I'm totally going to do this.

 

[Ricerocket]

10 minutes to go!