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What runs were worth watching? What were your personal favorite runs and why?
Share any leftover OC you have before it's all irrelevant.
>>344600040
Deus Ex was really fun to watch even if you didn't know the game, and was an excellent lead up to OLD GDQ tier. If I ever rewatch them Imma have to rewatch them in that order.
Trauma Center was also really really good, DKC64 pretty good too,
>>344599734
anyone?
>>344600040
>glitch exhibition
>no ghost blowjob or ass chest
More like glitch inhibition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjlyi-Ie3Us
>>344600040
Should people with autism really be held to the same social standards as normal people? Why ban an autistic person from your event for acting autistic? Is it even desirable to do that? Isn't it discriminatory to do so? It isn't their fault they have autism.
what little I caught of the SMRPG was good
I thought the actual Tetris runs were pretty cool even if the couch was autism but the grandmaster stuff wowed me
>>344600290
Because they're more likely to get donations without autistic people.
Everyone jokes about it, but I honestly expect in a few years there won't be a runner cam.
>>344600272
Pit didn't want to show off things that ZFG had already showed in his exhibition at a previous GDQ.
>>344600363
>Stomping on boss' heads for 2 minutes straight
>Good
Highly compelling programming.
Reminder that the only good trans are the two that play street fighter. Ricky Ortiz and gllty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N7Lnn1QVOw
1.) Because they actually look somewhat female
2.) there actually good at the games they play especially Ricky.
Official SGDQ 2016 Tier List:
>Old GDQ Tier
Jak and Daxter
>Top Tier
Deus Ex: Blitzkrieg Edition
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Sonic '06
Star Wars: Jedi Academy
Super Metroid
Gimmick!
>High Tier
Super Mario World (Small Mario run)
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight (One-Handed)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Race)
Catherine
Dude's Crest
Hagane
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Blindfolded Disaster)
Typing of the Dead
Aladdin
Actraiser
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
The Elder Scrolls: Arena, Daggerfall, and Skyrim
Curse of Issyos
Pepsimeme
>Mid. Tier
Sonic Adventure 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Donkey Kong Country 3
Max Payne 2
Dustforce
Trip World
Super Mario RPG
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (Co-op)
Fallout 3: Tranniversary Edition
Tetris Block (Excluding Setup)
>Low Tier
Resident Let's-a-go 2
Ocarina of Time "Glitchless"
Literally everything else
>Ty the Tasmanian Trainwreck Tier
Pikmin (Went 5:00 over estimate, 25:00 over PB)
Trials Fusion (1:30:00 of Happy Wheels level showcases. Hi YouTube!)
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (Local Autist Ruins Everything: The Run)
>>344600439
>Because they're more likely to get donations without autistic people.
Isn't that discriminatory from the donator end then? Why can't they be tolerant and understanding? Should they even be catered to like that?
Copying over the explanation of the conspiracy theory about the final run
>>344599718
Before it started someone posted in the SGDQ thread on /v/ that they were going to have a SM64 4 man surprise race.
Immediately when it started someone said there would be a ton of big number Anonymous donations.
Wouldn't you know it, about 50,000 bux were donated by Anonymous in $1,000 to $5,000 amounts.
I'm not saying I subscribe to it that it was totally rigged. But its clear that the surprise incentive was planned from the start. The runners even casually mentioned one of them was a 120 star speedrunner and they had spent the last few days teaching him techniques for the 70 star speedrun which is slightly different.
So the Surprise was planned. That's indisputable. What is really suspicious is how many people were suddenly dropping g's with no name like it was nothing. Some people believe it was a shill (like the real thing) to convince others to donate heavily.
Whatever it was, I can tell you one thing that I"m absolutely positive of. That race would have happened either way and was planned from day 1.
>>344599883
>that penis in the background
>>344600040
Demon's Crest
Will they ever bring F-Zero GX back. Or is it simply too intimidating for the normie crowd.
>>344600579
Why do you hate OoT as it was meant to be played?
Copy pasted since the old thread is dying
>>344600141
That's actually somewhat accurate. GDQ is run by a small group of speedrunners and former speedrunners. Mike Uyama, Cool Matty, and Sumichu are the highest-up. In 2014, Mike announced he had been contracted by the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Since then, the event has slowly become more and more "professional", approaching convention status. GDQ is a limited liability company in the state of Virginia (I think it's Virginia), with staff, paid wages, etc. That wasn't always the case.
tl;dr GDQ is run like a company by a small group of people who have slowly made it more professional at the cost of casual fun and certain other elements of the old marathons. It's just different, I guess.
I just meant that the community has long-since determined that these events aren't hat they used to be, but that's alright by most of the runners regardless. These events used to be more or less volunteer-run back before 2014, although some of the budget was covered by outside sources I think.
>>344600579
>Gimmick!
>top tier
cmon
The Mark of the Ninja run is always good.
>>344600658
GDQ LLC. is a private company, they can do what they want to maximize profits.
All of the people running are volunteers so they're not protected by any sort of employee regulations.
>>344600383
Tetris is always good, but the problem is that it's also always there. It's been in every GDQ since AGDQ 2014, I think. It gets tiring, fast, and after the first few times you kind of just want more room for speedruns.
>>344600748
not my list, I'm just posting it to generate discussion
>>344600819
>GDQ LLC. is a private company, they can do what they want to maximize profits.
Thanks for reminding us corporations are demonic and not moral.
>>344600450
But he showed off THE glitch, didn't he? The Kakariko target range one.
>>344600272
BANNED
>>344600753
Would this be why it's being held in Virginia in 2017 instead of minnasota?
>>344600485
>Can't appreciate the intensity of 90 3-frame inputs in a row
That run BREAKS people
>>344600819
>private company, they can do what they want to maximize profits.
Why is it legal for them to say they're doing this event for charity without also disclosing that?
>>344600040
i was extremely disappointed in the jak and daxter run after how much you faggots talked it up. the parts where the guy was doing that spot on owen wilson impression were pretty good, but that was maybe ten minutes of the two hour run, the rest was mediocre at best. deus ex was waaaaaaay better
>>344600979
I never knew about that one. That was a shock.
>no bottom half of model
W E W
>>344600579
Sonic 06 was awful. That dax guy on the couch sounded like a loser
>>344600493
Holy fug that gllty is actually cute.
>>344600991
No, AGDQ is always held in the VA area. That's where Mike Uyama lives, it's just an artifact of that era of GDQ.
SGDQ moved to Minnesota in 2015. Before that, it was in Denver, CO.Before that, it was in Essentia's house.
>>344601049
Yeah I really can't because to me it just looks like Mario bouncing on an enemy's head. Run something that looks impressive with 90 3 frame inputs in a row.
>>344600579
I'd add:
>High Tier
Bionic Commando
The Rapid Angel
Mark of the Ninja
>Mid Tier
Resident Let's-a-go(bumped from low)
Mega Man 3
Braid
The Goonies II
>Ty the Tasmanian Trainwreck Tier
Freedom Planet (Suprise, suprise a Sonic fan game creator is autistic)
But that's just me.
>>344600748
it wasn't actually glitchless, there were a fuckton of glitches, they just call it glitchless when there is no OOB or wrong warp
>>344601051
Because that's how the world works.
Write to your local congressman if it triggers you that much.
I'm sure his intern could use a laugh.
>>344601080
>sounded like a loser
Welcome to /v/. I see you're new here. Over 80% of the people you are talking to here are "losers." Why are you here?
>>344601152
It was only Essentias house like once right
Remember, if you want to donate in the future then just fucking directly donate instead of giving it in a roundabout fashion
>>344601219
Why are you justifying corruption in our political and economic system?
>>344600579
Personally I like the Double Dash run mainly because there was a blue shell pretty much every stage. It would go to mid tier
>>344601363
Because it's not corruption. You're arguing a moral or philosophical point that is held by you as if it is a legal one.
>>344601178
That Mark run was fantastic. It's crazy how much someone can pick up from just watching a speedrun of a game they like. That and the Dark Souls runs completely changed how I played the game.
>>344601414
I asked why it was legal for them to do something immoral.
>>344601178
>tfw mark of the ninja runner is an irl friend of mine and I had no clue he even liked speedrunning
Watched it live, was proud of the lil guy :')
What was the cringiest run?
I couldn't watch ZX after a while.
Pepsiman and SMRPG were entertaining to me..
I know the metroid race is expected. But I like to seewho dies.
>>344601414
Sure, anon, just like all those "donations" to politicians isn't corrruption either.
>>344601051
they are hosting a drive for charity. its not the same as running a charity. they make money from selling ad space, merchandising, etc
>>344601518
What's your opinion on anti-discrimination legislation?
>>344601178
Did kill or save win this year?
>>344601601
What do you expect in a democracy? It's only the natural conclusion.
>>344601735
Kill.
They were close to becoming Schrodinger's Animals though.
>>344601741
"Shoganai ne"
--Japanese anon
>>344600579
>watch momodora for the titty monster thumbnail
>receive feels
Looks like a great game though.
>>344601735
Good.
Anyone who supports Save is a fucking nigger loving otter fucking faggot
>>344601643
They are giving the impression to the audience that all the money goes to charity. Typically disclaimers need to be made for totally unnecessary things like "STUNT DRIVER; DO NOT ATTEMPT" on car commercials with ridiculous stunts. Yet somehow they don't need to disclose on the stream that not all the money they get goes to the charity they're running the drive for?
>>344601462
>>344601569
Seems like a great guy and really shows his passion for the game.
That and the point at the end when he asked if he should do blindfolded, one handed or two player one controller were great and really made me happy.
>>344600669
>That race would have happened either way and was planned from day one
That's obvious. There's no conspiracy here, 70 Star was accepted as a bonus run on the Games Done Quick site months and months ago, back in March. The issue is that they decided not to disclose it to the audience as a 99% probable method of surpassing the previous total of both AGDQ 2016 and SGDQ 2015 - both of which raised roughly $1,200,000 (down from the peak of $1,500,000 for AGDQ 2015).
Here's how it works:
>GDQ is guaranteed to get $1,000,000 in donations, it is the "hype" of this milestone guarantees it is reached
>GDQ needs to meet or surpass the previous GDQs, roughly $1,200,000
>Without Super Mario 64, SGDQ 2016 would have raised roughly $1,000,000 - $1,100,000
>However, Super Mario 64 wasn't revealed until the final few hours of the marathon
>If it was revealed earlier, its incentive would have been met much earlier in the marathon
>Instead, revealing it late (which had no effect on whether it was met) allows other incentives to be met
>The reason why Super Mario 64 was $200,000 was because it would allow them to barely surpass their prior totals, bringing them up to $1,200,000 after the easy $1,000,000
tl;dr Super Mario 64 was hidden as a $200,000 donation incentive to offset the fact that GDQs have been shrinking for a year, guaranteeing that they'd surpass the past two marathons.
It was pretty smart of them, expect it to become a staple in some form or another.
>>344601872
i'm astonished i'd never heard of it before because it's pretty much /v/ the game. play as a loli that turns into a cat and fights titty monsters with a high level of difficulty.
but yeah I managed to half watch the whole run while playing a game WITHOUT REALIZING the guy was paralyzed. I thought it was another gimmick run. When that donation from his Dad came in I was like aw thats sweet. I still didn't realize it.
Then the run ended and he gave that speech and I almost cried. Legit almost cried over what that guy said.
He managed to actually overcome his disability. He wasn't there because he was disabled. He was there because he was really, really fucking good at what he does.
>>344602078
But that's a scam. It's tricking your audience.
>>344602078
>GDQ needs to meet or surpass the previous GDQs, roughly $1,200,000
why? just curious
>>344600859
yeah that's why I think they said they were going to take a break for a little while. They originally wanted to bring more attention to the grandmaster series and now that they've done that they don't want people to get tired of it already.
>>344602078
What happened after AGDQ 2015? Was it the crash runner that made the normies flee?
>>344602202
No, tricking your audience would be saying you were going to have a SM64 run if they donated $200,000 then not doing it. That is a scam.
You and I may not like what they did (I don't) but it's perfectly in their right to have a surprise incentive.
>>344602001
Yes.
I'm glad you're starting to understand how charities work Anon. We're making real progress here.
>>344602260
Marketing.
>>344602085
He ran Vanquish at a previous GDQ too
>>344600439
>Everyone jokes about it, but I honestly expect in a few years there won't be a runner cam.
lolno, they will never do this. They're proud of the speedrunning community and the webcam is a massive, massive draw.
You're also wrong on the first point. There's a lot of serious autists in their ranks, although they do tend to let more personable people like Edobean (to normalfags) host. I know some of the announcers and they're pretty autistic.
I don't know what you're smoking because you keep posting this head-canon
>>344602260
Same reason corporations need to post profits continually going up and never going down: the illusion of "progress" which is instrumental to deceiving the plebeians in a capitalist society.
>>344602001
I'm sure disclosing that information is required. But at the same time, "disclose", in this case, probably doesn't mean quite what you think it does. Some small print at the bottom of their website or a brief mention at the very beginning of the marathon stream is likely all they need to cover the legal bases.
>>344600730
it had a chance
not anymore, not after SFZ died
>>344602078
Continuing the stream with runs after milestones like kickstarter wouldn't surprise me. Also increasing the cap for "after" stream runs every year.
>>344602085
It was a flavor the month when it came out.
Which was also the same month of Rabi-Ribi. So they were dueling flavors of the month.
>>344602371
>the plebeians in a capitalist society.
hahaha tell us about how smart you are because you're a communist
>>344602318
So what you're saying is they're all scams, keep your moneys
>>344601268
Maybe twice, I'm not sure. Didn't watch all of the old GDQs.
>>344602078
Yes, I know that's why I stated the whole hidden incentive was well known to a lot of people that were paying attention or were involved. That itself wasn't the conspiracy theory.
The theory was a lot of the $1,000 donations from Anonymous weren't actually made and were just to encourage others by making the total look achievable. Like setting a kickstarter minimum of $1,000 then donating the remainder yourself so you don't hold any risk of failing to get some money out of it, even if you missed your target. That is what I suspect happened.
>>344602373
>Some small print at the bottom of their website
There's no way that would be enough. 99% of the people watching wouldn't even go to their website
>>344602440
Oh I remember Rabi Ribi
>>344602447
Charities have overhead anon. How are they going to rent buildings and keep staff and pay the bills if 100% of their income from donations is given away? I thought this was common knowledge. I think there's a difference in how non-profits and for profits work but even non profits can pocket part of the donation for overhead iirc. Not a charity expert.
>>344602443
>because you're a communist
I'm not.
>Durr if u dun liek capitalism ur a commie
>>344601982I support save the animals because having a runner lose WR because of it would be hilarious.
>>344602001
but technically every penny does got to the charity. maybe SGDQ is different, but for AGDQ, Prevent Cancer Foundation contracts GDQ to put the marathon. All of the money goes to PCF first, then they pay GDQ. Its basically a kickback system.
>>344602563
Rabi Ribi would actually be a good speed game come to think of it.
But obviously will never make it to GDQ.
>>344602085
>i'm astonished i'd never heard of it before because it's pretty much /v/ the game.
I remember seeing /v/ talking about it when it was released but I was busy with something else. Picked it up during the Steam sale and beat it a couple days before the run. After seeing the run though I had to go back and do another run. It's a beautiful and excellently crafted game. Highly recommend that any fan of Metroidvanias pick it up during a sale.
>>344601982
>not Taunting them
>>344602001
>>344601643
>>344601051
They don't have to disclose it. They're a limited liability company with wages paid by the charity they're representing - either PCF or MSF - but the donations DO all go to charity. Do you realize how illegal, let alone morally wrong, it would be to lie about the donations?
All the money they get from donators goes to the charity, except some of their subscription revenue, I think. The money they make off of the event comes from.
>Registrations
>Sponsors
>Advertisements
>The charity
A lot of runners are uneasy about the way GDQ is operated, but obviously a lot of others don't mind.
>>344602486
So who gave the conspiracy 1000$ donations? Staff? From where? GDQ's private coffers?
>>344602610
Yes we all know how charities work, but we're talking about how GDQs work, which is not a charity but a private company that raises and then donates money to charity.
>>344602085
not only that, the dev is an oldschool /v/irgin like risk of rain dev
>>344602516
>99% of the people watching wouldn't even go to their website
Uh, how do you think they're donating then?
>>344602913
Not everyone who watches the event donates
>>344602793
So why are people going on about how they're doing whatever they can trying to "maximize profits" and the like? Is this just /v/ cynicism?
>>344602260
but its all going to charity, right?
>>344602260
They're a business, Cool Matty (basically the chief organizer of GDQ at this point) describes his role as, "Ensure that these events can keep happening," but that translates, "Ensure that these events can keep happening the way we've set them up."
If these events were in decline, there would maybe be less interest from sponsors and they would have less leverage as a company. They're a business, that's the reality.
>>344602486
I sincerely, sincerely doubt this and I have been critical of GDQ for years. They wouldn't be so stupid or morally corrupt to do that shit. It's more likely that:
>Tons of anonymous donations are made
>People are simply exposed EXTREMELY disproportionately to the $1,000+ ones because they're what gets read
>Cue conspiracy theories
>>344602202
Like >>344602315 said, it isn't a scam. It's them getting creative to offset the fact that their events are essentially in decline. They managed to raise as much as they did this year the last two events WITHOUT pulling this trick at the end.
But it's not a scam or anything, just a little weird and expect it to become the norm. Or some variation of it, they'll probably get creative.
>>344603140
this
>>344603140
Why does business mentality demand constant growth? Why can't something exist for its own sake?
>>344600040
>Watch Jak and Daxter because people say it's funny
>Funny at first, then 25% through the run the runner starts acting like he's fucking literally dying and speaks in a horribly annoying way like he's out of breath
>Becomes unwatchable
What the fuck hit him, is he high or some shit?
>>344600040
>Check out Jak and Daxter run because /v/ says it's great
>It's the same cringy "retard trying really, really hard to be funny and get everyone to laugh" shit as any other "funny" run
???
>>344603279
I consider it a scam. You have a list of runs circulating and they are knowingly excluding one from that list just to push their donations higher than they otherwise would be. That is deceiving the viewer to get more donations. In my view that is a scam, a deception, immoral, etc.
>>344603323
>Why can't something exist for its own sake?
because that's not business mentality. if you're not growing you're shrinking, and if you're shrinking you're losing money. why is this so hard to comprehend?
>>344603323
The iron clad rule of bureaucracy.
Every organization will eventually be taken over by people dedicated to the organization, rather than the organizations purpose.
GDQ raises money for charity. But the #1 priority of GDQ staff is to keep GDQ running.
>>344603489
Nobody gives a fuck about what you think.
>>344603110
Because they are. I'm not going to go into detail, but:
>Registration costs have risen significantly
>GDQ openly acknowledges that popularity and profit potential are incentives for accepting certain runs
>It was VERY fucking difficult to get GDQ to offer a discount to runnersfuck if I know why, they don't compensate runners at all for their effort even though they're officially a business now. The mob does a better job of taking care of performers, honestly.
>They're very, very touchy about disclosing their financial information - budgets, etc. - to the community
Basically, they've earned very little trust outside of putting on these events, which is still a good thing.
The, "Hurr, $1,000 anonymous donations," conspiracy is /v/ cynicism. That shit's embarrassing, actually. I don't know how that caught on so hard.
>>344603665
Do you own a PS4 or Xbone? ;)
>>344603409
Exhaustion is my understanding.
He went loopy from being tired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z54MpfR3XE4
>>344603738
Both and I have enough money to donate to an organization does something I enjoy without being a moralfag about it. Thanks for the (You).
where has the passion gone?
is there a run worth watching?
>>344603908
Seems like you just enjoy getting scammed all around then. Were you happy when the PS4neo and XboneScorpio were announced?
>>344603409
The cookie he ate in the beginning was a weed cookie.
>>344603663
>GDQ raises money for charity. But the #1 priority of GDQ staff is to keep GDQ running.
I cannot emphasize how right this guy is. Whether it's for the opportunity to have GDQ or for personal profit is up in the air.
If any of you ever have any lingering questions about GDQ and how and why it operates, remember this.
Why was the chat disabled during the Trauma Center run?
>>344603720
So are they really making a lot of money off putting on these events now? I bet most people watching think everything goes to the charity.
>>344603994
Why are you so upset?
who /readyforESA/ here
>that feel when Kotti's going to be running Hitman 2
>>344603489
>Deceiving
Yes.
>A scam
Not legally, no.
If you care, tell other people about it and make them realize that GDQ is a business and not the community organized marathon it used to be. For whatever reason, no one really knows this.
>>344604062
Post traumatic tranny disorder from the Pikmin run.
>>344601054
This is the pewdiepie generation. So it was 10/10 to them.
>>344604092
I'm tired of the demonic nature of man, anon. I'm tired of one man deceiving other men to better himself.
>No Super Metroid VOD in their youtube account
>>344603994
>Scammed
I'm an informed consumer anon. I know what I buy and what I donate to. Are you happy because you're ignorant?
>>344602078
So why has the donation interest in events been dying down? They're getting more viewers on Twitch than ever.
It can't be lack of classic runners, since the new audience wouldn't give a shit about them anyway, and neither the moderated presentation since new audience wouldn't know better.
>>344604132
NASA '17 is happening, right?
>>344604240
You can't be an informed consumer when the company you're supporting is deceiving you. Or did you know about PS4neo and Scorpio before you bought a PS4/Xbone and decided to throw money down the drain anyway?
>>344601872
You can play the first 2 momodora games for free
>>344604219
They're probably embarrassed by the triple choke.
Look forward to all future Super Metroid runs having mandated safety saves.
>>344604267
Too many trannies, even normies avoid 'em.
>>344603913
Yes.
>>344604360
yea, it's the week after SQRT'17
>>344604421
which one
>>344603913
>is there a run worth watching?
That's what the tier list is for>>344600579, start at the top and see what you think.
>where has the passion gone?
Still some passionate people about their games. Off hand I'd say Momodora, Mark of the Ninja and Megaman 3 if you want people who really care about their games. But it's all personal preference.
>>344604219
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kleLgMl5xQ
>>344604086
>I bet most people watching think everything goes to the charity.
All the donations do, that's the important part. They don't disclose their wages, they only disclose their budget and how many people are paid working them, along with equipment costs, venue costs, etc.
Here's an example: https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/agdq2016_budget_overview_23.html#agdq2016_budget_overview_23
>Staff: $167,400 for 19 people.
>Staff budget includes flights/travel, does not pay for hotel or badges
Obviously that's not evenly distributed, but it gives you a good idea. It doesn't include Mike Uyama's contractual cut from AGDQ, which is probably the most anyone makes off of these events.
Although, guess what, as far as I can tell they didn't disclose their budget for SGDQ 2016 (because people didn't put pressure on them to do so). Maybe they'll do it afterwards.
>>344604267
They brought in new people to the "donation scene" that had never donated to anything before. But you see you can't keep holding donation drives every 6 months and keep raiding the same people's wallets for hundreds of dollars. People will eventually recoil back and say "hey I'm giving a bit too much to this"
>>344600579
I didn't watch the Ty run. What happened?
>>344604385
The way I see it is that I exchange money for something to continue running. The charity is a benefit but before donating I know that most of it want reach the hands of people who need it. I'm not an idiot Anon.
>>344604494
Makes sense. They really have to scale this down if they want to keep doing it as often as they are.
>>344604486
>Calling it a race
That's cute.
Wow it's over already? Fuck that was quick.
>>344603996
GDQ started from nothing though, it was still for charity though...
>>344604602
But the really smart individual would realize that no matter what one man gives, unless he is fantastically independently wealthy, his donation will have no impact on whether the event continues and therefore he can become a free rider on the back of those too stupid to realize this and get GDQs for free.
>>344604556
>Run has incentive for Pacifist Run
>Goal gets met
>Runner still kills enemies because he forgot
>Dev of the game donates
>Is ignored by runner
>Actually starts talking about how poorly the game is programmed
>Keeps saying how everything is frustrating
>At the end gives shoutouts to GMod server he's on
>>344604267
Honestly, I don't understand myself. The obvious answer is that the events aren't as fun, interesting, or feel-good as the older ones; however, the marathons are also essentially the same set of runs over and over. Super Metroid, Zelda, Mega Man, Mario, maybe Sonic (for whatever reason, Sonic is shafted). The autism, and wallets, of fanboys only extend so far. After a while, you've seen all speedrunning has to offer, especially when the marathons get worse and worse every year as genuinely entertaining, enthusiastic runners dry up and are replaced.
Personally, I just don't think it's worth donating to anymore (unless it's MSF, but that's personal preference). I don't full agree with supporting GDQ as a business or as the marathon they've turned into. A lot of older viewers feel similarly, I'd imagine.
Reminder that Doctors Without Borders is literally the charity you donate to if you have no fucking idea what to donate to but want to look like a charitable fucking faggot to normies
>>344604681
>Behemoth Plays: Super Metroid
>>344604487
>doesn't include hotel and badges for the people who are going to be working there...
>>344604819
I truly wise man understands nothing is free.
>>344603995
The run wasnt really long enough for something like that to kick in takes a good half hour to an hour depending on person.
>>344604975
I know it isn't free. But it's free to me because I don't pay for it.
>>344604892
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KYFdgnNy0g
But what about all the people in need anon :^)
>>344604753
>GDQ started from nothing
True, it did.
>It was still for charity, though
True it was.
It didn't really feel like the focus of the marathon, though. The reality is that the marathon now has to be more about the charity in order to sustain how big it has grown, and along the way the staff sat down and said, "We should probably be getting paid for this."
>>344605008
He looks like a pretty fit guy, so lets say 20 to 30 minutes max, watch the stream again and you can see him losing it around the quarter mark. That's when he get's funny, if you have a fast metabolism it will hit you harder.
>>344603834
It felt good ordering that Pepsiman shirt, especially since it'll probably be the ONLY one.
Also, any run PCULL44444 does is good and I'm surprised they keep letting him come back.
>>344604932
"Heeey guyys, behemoth here, I'll just be doing my own thing while these crazy 3 other guys go nuts and burn themselves out rushing like madmen to the finish"
>>344604487
>about $8,810 per staff member
Hmm....
>>344600579
>high tier
>arena and skyrim
arena was literally the most boring piece of garbage run. they just did the same dungeon 10 times. and skyrim was a fucking chokefest.
morrowind and daggerfall were ok though.
>>344605040
You pay for it with the time you watch it, views can also be considered a metric to measure its success.
they deduce taxes when donating don't they?
>>344604892
What's a patrician charity then
>>344603489
they dont put any of the bonus incentive runs on the schedule, mario 64 was far from the only one
>>344605008
Maybe he had eaten some before the run.
>>344600040
The best run was Zelda II race where the bearded dude broke the television for failing a strat.
>>344605328
>work 16 hours a day for the week
>$78/h
>>344605475
Something you personally care about.
I for example, if i was actually charitable would donate to alzheimers research or cancer research, because theres history of those things in my family
>>344600040
Was SGDQ 2016 the worst event yet?
Where there any good CHOKES this time around?
I heard the TASblock was a shitshow
>>344605271
>>344605419
>You pay for it with the time you watch it
That doesn't work for the GDQ organizers though as they see nothing out of that. It only works from a larger "limited time on earth" perspective. I'm happily trading that time for some entertainment.
>>344605737
>he didn't watch the last AGDQ
>>344604267
- people don't want to donate too frequently
- incentives aren't as good as they used to be. they used to give away shit like replica master swords valued at ~1000$ or something like that. now, the most valuable item given away is usually a copy of the game itself.
- the events aren't massively different every year, the popular games are run every single time and there generally aren't many risks taken with running games outside of popular series. basically, the magic of watching an any% OOT run wears off after the 5th time.
>>344605764
Why did Oats fuck up at the end? I really don't get it. He just didn't dodge the MB attack. It's like he had a brain fart or something. It was easily dodgeable given his skill level.
>>344605072
then why can't they get paid, like PDP does, for playing games quick?
fuck
>>344605768
Views get them on the front page and get other people to watch it.
>>344605935
That's a fine 'payment' to me but my one (1) view isn't getting them much. Probably worth less than a cent to them.
>>344605605
Haven't heard anyone talk about the Zelda II run but that sounds hilarious. Thanks for the tip anon, I'll take a look at it when I get the chance.
>>344605885
Anyone can choke.
I want to speedrun Edobean
is there something wrong with me?
>>344605885
He got under 301 health, so he killed himself because the rainbow attack does that amount of damage no matter what.
>>344606004
>"every little helps".
>>344605817
They do tend to try to vary the categories for many things though. OoT glitchless is not OoT 100% is not OoT any%, etc. Only some categories get to keep coming back every time and those are the popular ones like SM any% races. Notice how they don't keep doing long runs like Chrono Trigger every time or if they do a rerun of a long game like FF6 they vary the category. This time it was sketch glitch category
>>344601570
Either Fallout 3 for one specific moment or Ty the Tasmanian Devil for every moment.
>>344606164
I'm not talking about him running into MB's leg. I'm talking about the shot that put him at under 301 health. He just stood there like a deer in the headlights and let the shot hit him
>>344600579
>>344604838
im watching the ty run now and holy fuck this dude is annoying
How do I know the money is actually going to charity
>>344605451
Deduct is the word you are looking for anon.
>>344606135
Her love will forever be allocated to Edward Elric though. You can never live up to that little bean boy.
>>344606314
>I realize this run is going pretty well
>Let's change that
>That manjawed abomination in a dress on the couch started taking hormones 2 years ago
>Please clap
>>344606087
Story behind that picture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAADWfJO2qM
>>344606402
You don't. That's part of the fun.
>post yfw tranniversary
>>344606354
in br >conspiracy theory, but the way he just stood there and let himself be hit makes me wonder if they staged the whole thing to have the "underdog" be the winner
>>344601049
Keeping time for a minute BREAKS speedrunners?
>that one game you want at GDQ
What's their name?
>>344606659
Humans weren't meant to keep time. They are not clocks.
>SGDQ is over
>threads still being made
I don't want it to end guys...
>>344606354
I dunno, looks like the little bomb coming up under him distracted him and he dropped his guard
So....I am not a speedrunner. Any tips on how to actually get seen by folks and have a small yet fun atmosphere while playing+streaming the games I enjoy?
>>344606753
We're just limping along until EVO and ESA.
>>344606757
I guess that could be. The fact that two attacks were coming at him at the same time could've split his attention and caused a brain hiccup
>>344606709
>not posting the version with sound
https://my.mixtape.moe/xobvuz.webm
>tfw meme magic didn't make cr1t1kal appearing at gdq real
>>344606709
Not-Kids rated Viewtiful Joe. It's great to see the game being ran fast, but I want to see it being played well too.
But seriously, with Catherine this year, I might as well stop watching. My wishes have been fulfilled.
>>344606709
Anything with Werster running it
>>344606793
start a twitch. get a decent microphone and a camera. pick a game. learn a lot of shit about your game so you can sound like you know what you're doing
>>344606898
Based YSG
>>344606793
Do you mean you aren't currently SRing but will start speed running the games or do you mean you just want to get into regular streaming? Seems rather hard. I'd think speed running might be a bit easier oddly because you contact people already running a game, get shout outs or races to get some notoriety among people who watch that game and can feed off their audience who want more during hours when they're not running.
>>344606709
S P O N G E B O B
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>>344606709
Megaman Legends3
Also FP is shit. I hate it
It tries to hard to be something its not.
>>344606753
EVO is in a few days, don't worry.
How was the Diablo run?
>>344607047
>seeing werster at GDQ was something trihex looked forward to every year
Why is there no bonus stream anymore?
Catching up on old runs, Trauma Center is so comfy.
>>344600579
>The Elder Scrolls: Arena, Daggerfall, and Skyrim
this ride was amazin
>new glitches at the run
I've watched a few of these. Why does it seem like there's a speed running festival/meeting every two months?
Also, why are so many of these guys so fuckin weird?
>>344607401
meh.
>>344607418
>People like Werster and BigJon being banned is what pushed Trihex away from speedrunning
>>344607482
Why are people who replay the same game over and over and never get sick of it to stop themselves so fuckin weird, anon?
>>344605737
AGDQ 2016 is still worse.
>>344606793
Have 10 points in Charisma and Luck.
>>344607482
>Also, why are so many of these guys so fuckin weird?
Only weird people would sit around playing one game to get good enough to speed run it. Not really a knock, I'm odd myself, but it's just a fact. Normal people don't have time for that shit
>>344607171
>630.8 hrs
>I hate it.
lolwut?
>>344607482
>Why does it seem like there's a speed running festival/meeting every two months?
There is. But people just make big deal of the ones that happen every half an year.
>why are so many of these guys so fuckin weird?
They spend much of their free time playing same games over and over again. It'd be weirder if they weren't weird.
>>344606498
Holy fuck that comment section is cancer.
>>344607110
>>344606793
>Camera is optional. Not alot of folks want to see the gamers face. But I can legit say for a fact that you should learn alot of your game so you can at least show the community that your competant in playing the game.
>>344607057
>>344607575
Here's a distressing parallel to point out normies are just as weird:
Why are people who watch people play the same game (football, baseball, basketball, etc) over and over and never get sick of it so fuckin weird? How many times can you see someone make a three or a running back split the middle and run for a touchdown before it just gets old?
>>344604267
Notch usually drops 10k bombs at GDQs, but this time he threw a fit over the twitch tip system so he donated to MSF directly instead of through GDQ
>>344607732
I saved it from some other anon.
>>344607572
>BigJon is banned
FOR WHAT PURPOSE
>>344607928
He was too much of a big guy...for them
>>344607882
>twitch tip system
Whats that? Does twitch now get a cut?
Shit man, how many people are banned at this point? And how many of them were banned for being too real?
>>344607882
Sure he did
>>344608187
He most likely still donated so he could avoid paying out the ass in taxes.
>>344607572
BigJon isnt banned and Trihex said in his stream he was planning on going but when he asked in March there was no Mario Maker
Explain why this wouldn't be the best GDQ setupIf you wanna be a fag you can use two couches, but rolling couch is more fun
>>344608178
Google twitch bits or twitch cheer.
It's basically the exact same systems camwhore sites use for "tips"
Is Gaming for Good a good Twitch Alternative to giving Donations to Charity/Streamers?
>>344608184
Is there a list somewhere where we can see who is banned? Some people said the ty guy got banned but I never saw him acknowledge that on his pastebin and didn't see any official gdq statement that he was banned, only that they agreed that it was problematic that he did not follow the incentive properly and that they would take that into consideration before allowing him to run in the future or the like.
>>344606986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST-pMFpiDP0
same guy too
before you ask, he dropped the webcam somewhat soon after because he didn't like it that much
>>344608342
Because it requires twice the amount of equipment
>>344607928
>>344608260
Oh. I heard he got shat on for showing his NES Golf cart during the All Stars Lost Levels run, and was banned for that.
Nevermind then.
/v/cord for anyone
We'll be watching ESA together toohttps://discord.gg/HPMwM
>>344608342
>>344608461
And double the stage space.
Not to mention double the wires.
>>344608342
because the marathon would move too quickly and they'd have to schedule more runs
>>344608342
>rolling couch
look they're not skinny beta nerds, I'm sure 2 techs can lift a couch
rolling couches are a hazard you know
>>344608418
There was a post on plebbit about the ty run and a GDQ person commented saying its going to be extremely hard for TyGuy to do another run
>>344607171
fuck why did you have to remind me that Capcom cucked me out of actually experiencing ML3?
>>344607749
>>344607575
>>344607617
Makes sense. I'm a little jealous of these people. I wish there was a game I could replay time and again and never get tired of it.
>>344608515
>showing his NES Golf cart
What.
How would that cause him to get banned?
>>344608515
He was planned in the Mario Maker block but Pcull4444 subbed cause BigJon had the flu and bronchitis or some shit, i dont remember what he said in stream
>>344608595
That isn't really a hard ban. Also I thought a ban meant they couldn't even attend the event rather than it just meaning they can't run at an event
>>344608403
Take a look at that neck.
>>344608558
Please stop.
>>344608605
I dunno man, it grinds on their psyche and before long they start wearing dresses.
>Watching Jedi Academy because it was at an asinine hour
>That speed
>>344604838
>well people are going to get SO MAD at me for ruining their childhood ;)
off to a great start, what a tool
>>344607171
dont play as the purple bitch idiot
>>344608454
Oh hey, thanks. This is pretty sweet.
>>344600579
Which of these is the most entertaining? Don't care too much about the tricks of the game. Want to see retards being retarded and funny.
>>344600040
Hey guys how butthurt are the staff at SGDQ that even normies are rejecting their push to normalize trannie speedrunners. I bet whenever they had them on their donations tanked hard as fuck. I mean really, what are they thinking?
>>344608454
I'll never understand the webcam craze but I'm glad he decided to not appeal to the lowest common denominator for his own sake.
>>344608935
Jak
>>344608908
>https://discord.gg/HPMwM
Not him. But I play as Milla. Out of the three she is the less shoe-horned epsy I am looking for.
>>344604486
>That fucking choke on oatsngoats
>>344608627
He submitted the run as a joke(obviously it was rejected), and some people figured that him showing the cart meant he was still planning to do it.
It's stupid.
>>344605223
i ordered two of those the day they came out.
i usually dont really like the idea of wearing videogame shirts, but damn, boy
Just watched Jak and Daxter, Bonesaw is a real baller and that Patty guy had mad bantz. Going to watch Ty now because I heard it was trash.
>tfw the Pikmin run has ratings disabled and is muted
kek
Wait, I thought it wasn't until August? FUCK.
Anyone ever ran Cool Spot?
>>344608935
In my opinion:
>Jak
>Deus Ex
>Typing of the Dead
>SotN Blind
>Pepsiman
>Trip World
>Aladdin
If you want to see some games with really nice runs but still entertaining runners:
>Tropical Freeze
>Gimmick
>Catherine
>>344608342
add a second couch and tell me thats not pallet town.
was the TAS block decent? I dropped the stream shortly after the 'walls are a guideline not physical objects' elder scrolls section of the show. other decent runs past that point too I guess.
>>344609115
What anime is that gif is from?
>>344600040
that jak and daxter run was more entertaining than I thought
kinda slow in the middle but was still overall pretty fun to watch
>>344609524
My Hero Academia!
>>344609479
tropical freeze was entertaining to watch live because of the canada vs. USA thing they had going on
>>344609479
>Catherine
Didn't that guy host it at EVO last year too?
>>344609115
Carol and Milla are both acceptable
>>344606709
Ace Combat 4 or 0. 5's probably too long
>>344609479
Started DEus Ex... This guy's free minutes in and already boring.
>>344609786
If you want to watch retards being retarded maybe stick to Youtube LPs.
>>344609667
Carol is like a weaker Zero and out of the three she is the least effective against the 2nd Final Boss. (Including her Bike)
If she was alot more powerful then Lilac is with her claw ability and could jump higher then yes she would be top tier for me. But Milla being the cute glass cannon she is. Gets my vote.
>I secretly wish she gets an adopted sister in the sequal that is a black Labradour.
>>344609479
Symphony of the blindfolded man was pretty good even when he got stuck at the library
Did anyone C H O K E badly this year?
>>344609869
I wanted to watch retards running games quickly while being retarded.
>>344609975
Almost every Super Metroid runner and the Pikmin tranny.
>>344609975
Oatsngoats fighting mother brain
>>344609521
>was the TAS block decent?
Not as good as before.
Super Mario Land 2 was memory hacking, but we've seen it to much greater effect with TASes of earlier years.
VVVVVV was literally game being played really well, not really different from human doing it.
There's only so many times you can see a wrong warp and still be amazed by it.
Four different Marios with same inputs would've been cool, if the games didn't load at different times, with controllers not being synced. It really took away from the magic.
>>344609574
I think it's just really nice speedgame to watch. There's not too much crazy shit going on, but it's fast enough that it makes for great race. Kinda like Rayman Legends.
>>344610030
What day did it go to? My mind says 11 but it couldn't have been that bad.
>37 minutes over world record
>>344609903
Well we get to see Carol's sister, Corazon.Aka Corey
How much less hair will KevinDDR have by the time AGDQ rolls around?
>>344610115
9 days on an 8 day route. The WR is 6 days.
>>344601054
Getting it talked up was likely the cause. I only went into it knowing that it was a shitshow of some kind. Personally, I thought it was funny as shit. But then I also watched it at 2AM.
Just gonnna watch 2013 streams and Its fun alot more comfy and the runners are having fun and no tranny invasion
>>344609621
I wouldn't be surprised, he articulated really well and has really good voice.
>>344609786
>>344610008
Then this event really won't have much to offer to you. Everybody is trying very hard to act professional. Maybe watch Caveman's run, or the pony game that followed?
>>344601178
>The Rapid Angel
Forgot about that run, it was great
This trauma center run is fucking insane
>>344600040
worth watching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C33Xo1hE9XE
>>344600040
that Pikmin run was GOD TIER
>kid runs SMW Small World aalmost flawlessly
>his grandma was on the couch and has no idea how good he actually did
Not sure if that's hilarious or not. Who let her on stage?
>>344610349
>doing all that shit with a fucking wiimote
>>344605885
i think maybe, just maybe, he wanted artificial hype with just behemoth left
these guys practice this game like over and over, for YEARS. you don't fuck up on something that easy. i was even wondering why he was so close to MB and didn't avoid that attack
>>344606709
I'd run Lost Planet 2 if I could find 3 other people autistic enough to practice a game that's still over 2 hours at its shortest.
>>344610442
I'm in awe. I didn't know that you could get that fine motor control like that.
>he's doing it in scrubs
lol devotion to the gimmick
>>344610275
bonus streams were the best
>>344610349
>>344610442
>Want to watch it but trauma center is on my backlog
fuck this gay backlog
>watched jak and daxter when they were halfway through
>decided to watch the entire thing
>he changes it to japanese
>"NOW TIME FOR WEEB SPEAK"
literally this is already one of the best fucking things in a while
>>344609975
Girl playing Tetris attack
To be fair to her tho, she got a better time on the final stage than anyone else...three minutes after the other guys finished.
>>344610558
Man, the moment when they found the secret tech to that statue breaking minigame was fucking fantastic.
>>344610623
>girl
anon...
>>344610387
>stayed up late to watch Pikmin
>so I guess a girl is gonna be playing this, well I guess I can live with that
>it's a crossdresser who insists on being called a female name
>the run is dogshit
>wake up feeling like I've been beaten senseless because they had the bright idea of streaming a made-up OoT category for FOUR HOURS
>>344610757
Tetris attack, not grand master.
>>344600040
holy shit that jack and dax run was the best one this year, the Owen impressions were so funny.
>>344610757
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXx8k-1wuc8
Yes, girl.
Stop memeing.
wow have they found Bonesaws corpse yet?
>>344610991
>THAT man voice
>>344610991
>SHE
>>344610676
>get FUCKED
>get FUCKED
rip naegleria
>>344611114
>>344611134
What did I just say about memes?
>>344609245
I know it's a great shirt, but it's also a pepsi ad you'll be walking around with.
>>344611217
says the one posting the trans meme
>>344611162
>>344610676
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo0hTC6BIGw
Why can't we have fun anymore?
>>344611283
goodpepsis better than coke
>>344608342
I can't be the only one that thought your thumbnail looked like Pallet Town
>>344607849
that's a terrible analogy anon. Sports are inherently different every playthrough due to the randomness of having human players. Games do the same exact thing every time. That's why speedrunning can even exist.
>>344611335
Pepsi is way shittier.
>>344611428
i disagree
>>344611358
that's what i thought it was too at first
What's better? Normal bonesaw, or fucked up bonesaw?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP9uHNB-xRo
>No Judge Dredd
That's 6 months in the cubes
Did anything noteworthy happen during the SMRPG run? I accidentally fell asleep partway through it.
>>344611312
>we will never get this kind of fun anymore
Th-thanks
>>344610558
Being an idiot that I was when I was younger I skipped all the bonus streams thinking they were boring but Now I will make sure to catch each and every one of them and Sob at the fact that this years AGDQ Has sucked so much..EVen the jak and daxter as funny as it was it was a trainwreck not as bad as Ty and that shitty ungratful Runner And that one tranny and pikmin But still pretty bad
>>344611379
>Games do the same exact thing every time.
>due to the randomness
Do you not hear these runners going apeshit over "RNG"? That is what they are talking about, anon. There is randomness within games. And no the same shit does not happen every time
>>344611217
Sorry bud, chromosomes don't lie. It's a freak, that's all there is to it.
>>344611335
soda sucks but whatever you want brah
>>344611945
gotta agree because ive only had water and iced tea in the past few months,but pepsis still better than coke
>>344611312
because swears aren't nice and big sponsors don't like it
>>344611828
okay homie. enjoy being being triggered by something you never have to deal with.seriously tho, hating and bitching about trannies is one of the most pointless things you can ever do.
But as not to get derailed into /pol/-tier shitposting. Let's make fun of >>344611945 for being wrong.
>>344606793
>listing anons individually
jesus christ that's stupid
>>344611735
>nailed Mario's Super Jump several times, the full 100 for the Super Suit the first time and some very high numbers on bosses
>some very clutch luck and strategies at crucial points here and there
>some pretty hype freebies when using bombs and Rock Candy
>tricking the game into letting Peach learn Mallow and Peach's spells
All-in-all it was alright, but 3 hours was a bit much.
>>344600579
>1080 Avalanche on low tier
Feels bad man
YES this dude's already done the next highlights VOD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh0PhPPQ4cY
>>344612025
too sweet for me, coke is a more balanced, lasting flavor
>>344612414
really?
damn, maybe im just remembering wrong, but i always liked pepsi because it was more crisp and way less sweet
>>344612132
Actually it isn't pointless, not at all. If society accepts these people then we are normalizing mental illness and allowing people to live in delusions. If a schizophrenic told you he was a dragon would you accept him and go out of your way to incorporate him into society? No. You would treat him, same thing with their mental illness, gender dysphoria. The fact that 70% of these people will attempt suicide is a dangerous thing to accept within our population. So many people will fall victim to this when it solves nothing and they should've gotten therapy.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043071/
>This study found substantially higher rates of overall mortality, death from cardiovascular disease and suicide, suicide attempts, and psychiatric hospitalisations in sex-reassigned transsexual individuals compared to a healthy control population. This highlights that post surgical transsexuals are a risk group that need long-term psychiatric and somatic follow-up. Even though surgery and hormonal therapy alleviates gender dysphoria, it is apparently not sufficient to remedy the high rates of morbidity and mortality found among transsexual persons. Improved care for the transsexual group after the sex reassignment should therefore be considered.
I don't have any hate towards these people, just like I would not bear any ill will towards schizophrenics, they need to be treated, not accepted.
What was the most underrated run?
I enjoyed Romscouts blindfolded sotn run before MADCATZ
>>344611945
Cherry Dr. Pepper is good though.In moderation.
>>344611618
Run didn't really stand out, but I do agree that it was good.
>>344612245
Neat. Thanks man.
>>344601570
I'm not sure what was cringe about it, but the Mega Man ZXA run just couldn't keep my interest when I realized they'd be playing on Easy mode. I mean sure it's fastest but I'd rather see the game at its intended difficulty getting eviscerated by a skillful player like in some other MMZero/ZX runs I remember. If I was autistic enough I'd start running ZX myself.
>>344612540
I'm not gonna argue with you because this is a video games thread, and also I'm not autistically paranoid about DA TRANEEZ RUINING SOCIETY like a total retard.
I'm just gonna link you this.
http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender.aspx
When society views you as an "abomination" how are you not gonna end up with depression and shit.
That's all I have to say because I don't want to derail anymore.
>Anonymous $1000 donations
>Disgusting amounts of Pepsi shilling
>Barely any fun runs, staff try to shut down Bonesaw's jokes
SGDQ has become a business.
>>344612993
That may be a factor but really it stems from people who are trannies are mentally disturbed and have an actual mental illness, gender dysphoria. They should not be accepted, they should be treated.
>>344613014
>Disgusting amount of Hot Pockets shilling
ftfy
>>344601054
Went into it blind after watching Bonesaw stream for close to 3 years.
The amount of choke followed by jokes, the clapping, the Owen Wilson shit, and Patty's comedic timing made me wanna cry laughing. Then again, I've spent a lot of time watching those guys play. So it was just like a mashup of everything I love about the runner and the couch.
One of the cringier moments was the speedrun of a Flintstones game.
The guy attempts to complete an auto scroller blindfolder and fucks up. Blames the donation guy. Happens at 5:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1kfpm6sPLk
>>344611379
>sports are inherently different every playthrough due to the randomness of having human players
Much like games are inherently different every playthrough due to the randomness of having human players? Runners can fuck up their strats just as much as football players can mess up their kickshots
Trials might have had one of the most boring runs I have ever seen in the history of gdq.
Was the Demons' Souls run any good?
>>344613267
That'd be DKR 100% for me.
>>344612414
this
tasting pepsi again, it is a sweet taste. coke has less sweet and more of a bite.
>>344612540
Pretty much the only reason they attempt suicide is because people don't accept them. If they were viewed as normal they wouldn't have the stresses and anxieties that led them to that.
>>344601054
The Jeb! donation was worth it.
I missed the last day because I was at ananime con.
Is the Finale worth watching? Anything worth watching from the last day?
>>344613383
That's absolutely false, look at the case study I linked, even in liberal areas like california they still have massive depression and it's easy to understand why, because they can never accept themselves, even with surgery. They will always have that mental illness.
>>344612368
the Jeb Bush moment still slays me
What is the greatest GDQ speed run of all time? I need more because after seeing that Jak and Daxter run everything else was meh in comparison.
>>344600579
prompt_ should be high tier, otherwise great list!
-john
>>344613383
Like people with body dysmorphia, they will literally never be happy with their gender. But unlike body dysmorphia, we are supposed to let them go without seeking professional help and instead are supposed to pat them on the back and enable their delusions.
>>344613367
It was ok, he choked a bunch and laughs were had.
>>344613375
I'll also say that if I do drink coke, it's only ever glass-bottled coke from mexico, since it's commonly available stateside now, and more importantly, it's much smoother than the corn syrup shit we get in the States. A sad day when such an iconic American beverage tastes its absolute worst in America.
Canadians get the good stuff too I think, it's just the US that gets corn cobs up the ass.
>>344613367
it was pretty good
i liked it just because it was demons souls
I think the Trip World speedrun was underrated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pex9OgbXQmE
>>344613546
"Liberal areas" doesn't mean everyone there accepts them, anon. Not to mention they can turn on the TV and see hatred towards them. Only when all the world accepts them will they ever be truly free.
>>344613367
I'd watch that shit but one day, maybe one day, I'll buy a PSTriple and play it myself.
>>344613665
seconding this question
The Mario Party 2 highlight posted in this thread was pretty good
>>344613907
>Canadians get the good stuff too I think
Canuck here, never knew that. Why doesn't America use the good shit? Soccer moms saying it's bad for you?
>>344613950
isnt a remake on the table right now?
id be happy if it happened, but i bought a ps3 about 2 months ago just to play it
>around 90 minutes in Jak and Dexter run
>the GDQ production asks him to stop with the actor jokes and twitter spam
>bonesaw is so broken he can't stop
jesus christ what a ride!
>>344613665
F-Zero GX by CGN, AGDQ 2014.
Gimmick! by Cyghfer, AGDQ 2013
Most of AGDQ 2013, honestly.
>>344613937
Not even accept, just "tolerate" them. Treat them as not a big deal and just another person...like white people do with the jews and blacks.
>>344613937
KEK, they will never be "free" because they literally have a mental illness which prevents them from truly being themselves.
>F-Zero GX by CGN, AGDQ 2014.
That shit was pretty much a human TAS.
>>344614234
>that feel when GDQ will never be held in a small hotel conference room again
>>344600579
Let's a go will forever be burned in the cringe center of my brain.
Please kill me.
>>344614371
wrong motherfucker, that was a 4h Center
sgdq was the first one in a hotel, and it was tiny as fuck
>>344614371
The runners could just arrange their own smaller/more personal shit, free of the bureaucracy of a corporation, just as they used to.
It'd be a way to kill the downtime between AGDQ->SGDQ.
>>344614295
It doesn't keep them from being themselves though. The mental illness partially defines them, it is a part of who they are just as other facets of their personality are; it's not some illusion. If you have an anxiety disorder, it is not keeping you from being yourself. It is part of you. If you try to take medication to rid yourself of it you are changing who you are because you don't like that aspect of yourself or it is harming you.
>>344614406
>Curated the tier list during the marathon
>People kept asking me to add it to anything above shit tier
>mfw
>>344614141
No, it's because we have a ton of corn production and not very much sugarcane production. I believe corn is also subsidized where sugar isn't. So as per usual, shit goes south in the US because it's cheaper to do it that way.
>want to get into speedrunning
>only game I want to speedrun, Shovel Knight, has been run at multiple GDQs with both campaigns
what's the point of speedrunning if you have no shot of getting into a GDQ?
>>344614465
They do this, but of course you guys don't know this because why the fuck would you.
>NASA, organized by Naegleria
>Californithon, organized by the guy on the Pepsiman couch
>Deucecon in Texas, organized by Deuceler and actually attended by people
>RPGLimitBreak, which is comfy despite shitty RPG speedruns
A couple of these were even advertised on /v/, and I even tried to get a NASA thread going. They just don't get the same attention as GDQ because muh charity / good cause / le cringe. So, of course, they go unnoticed despite being fun to watch / be at.
fucking sucks
>>344614874
lmao i'm glad cancer you like aren't polluting this hobby further.
this shit is part of what ruined gdqs.
Was blueglass even there?
Greatest run ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFBVqgOgGAQ
>>344606709
Maui Mallard. Mega Drive/PC version, not the shitty SNES one. Game's tough and when you have access to the ninja transformation also has a GO FAST button.
>>344615094
nope, he couldn't
>>344614874
>want to get into speedrunning
>I don't have any old consoles
>they're ridiculously expensive now instead of cheap
>the old games with the most active speedrun communities are usually the ones that are hard to find
why live
"Hey everyone, i'd just like to announce my boyfriend has a serious mental illness and i like to fuck him in the ass" "WOO that's so progressive clapping"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WotPzG2nys
>>344615452
I'm really starting to hate how much I see the word "cringe" used on a daily basis.
>>344614918
NASA/Deuc I watched, wasn't aware of the other two.
>>344614874
>>344615252
>these niggas want to get into speedrunning
>the most degenerate act mankind has ever come up with
face it anon, watching speedrunners is like going to the zoo. you don't want to get in the cage.
>everyone chanting PEP-SI PEP-SI PEP-SI after they announced it was the most watched game on twitch
dis tew much
such an amazing event, can't wait for awesometranniesdone quick 2017if you know what I mean
>>344615252
Wii/WiiU Virtual Console's become the de facto for a few games anyhow, not hard to get them legally after finding something you like via emulator.
>>344615770
Cringe, Hype, Literally
>>344616002tranny fuck party 2017 sponsored by pornhub
>>344616090
>Wii/WiiU
>All I have is a Vita, n3DS, and PS4
>>344616315
HOIPE
>>344605223
>missed the pepsi shirt because my bank delayed putting paycheck money into my account
I feel empty inside.
>>344614362
>"If you skip a capsule I'll donate $40"
>He skips a capsule the madman
>"I didn't think you were actually gonna do it"
>>344614918
You forgot ESA
>>344616670
this thread has had some of the worst filenames I've seen in a long time.
>>344600579
This is a good tier list. I don't agree with all of it but nothing is more than 1 tier away from where I'd personally put it.
>>344616670
>that /comfy/ fella on the left
>ywn have a group of friends to play vidya with
>>344616790
How's this one?
>>344616752
You're right, but I kind of think of it as a given
>>344617020
>that feel when that guy probably shitposted in the thread that night about how autistic people at the marathon are
>>344617020
thats one way to get some autism bux
just finished reverse badge order pokemon. it was a good run for it being a never played, no one runs this run
(way better than the glitchless run)
>>344617140
this is the most likely course of action.
Out of all the Sonic titles which one would you rather see played in the next game done quick
*All chaos Emeralds
*Under 1 hour and a half
Also I defeated Exdeath by throwing Gil at him. Did that mean I cheated "DEATH" with profits?
>>344604486
those chokes
>That feel when your grandma will never be on the couch for your GDQ run
>All of my grandparents are dead
>>344616670
>He skips a capsule the madman
What time does that happen?
>>344617889
Greetings from Germany.
>>344617889
my grandma will probably die soon
Anyone else remember this from SGDQ 2015?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIC8JQTUEEQ
>>344617991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZhczLwJ3IY&t=15m40s
>>344601054
Yeah it was a cringefest
>>344618613
Edobean's annoying ass voice gets me rock hard and I don't like it.
>>344618647
Sweet jesus.
>>344618932
her body gets me rock hard and I don't regret it
>>344600579
Which of these is under 10 minutes I can watch before bed?
>>344608968
>Pikmin run has the like bar disabled
it wasn't the same without Blueglass' magical laugh
at least Iceplug laughed at Typing of the Dead I guess
>>344613383
They shouldn't be viewed as normal because they aren't normal, can't you read the post you are replying to?
>>344618647
Man the racing games this year SUCKED.
>Yeah so I play on a 1.0 version of this which is unavailable everywhere since the game is only available digitally, and I can only remain on 1.0 by staying offline forever
>Every race track is completed by going OOB immediately and skipping the race
There were some others and yeah, they sucked too.
>>344620051
The visual effect of the OOB was pretty cool the first time.
Also holy hell the rubberbanding on that AI was intense where even if you do the OOB they still come in a few seconds behind.
>>344600579
>Deus Ex: Blitzkrieg Edition
link to this? cant find 2016
>>344620051
Didn't the runner make a bunch of jokes about the bad programing too?
>>344620051
>If I want to keep running this game the way I do I can never let me Wii U detect an internet connection again
>If I update the game I'd be forced to actually race more than 2 inches from the finish lines
>>344620051
this is so gay. isnt part of the fun of speedrunning a game figuring out new strats as games evolve and are patched
>>344620220
Yeah but I think he's perfectly allowed to.
>>344620172
It was interesting but only for about a quarter of the speedrun time. Then it was the same or a very similar OOB and exploit with driving in reverse every time.
It was a speedrun, it just wasn't a very interesting speedrun.
You now remember that kids DS dying in the middle of the NSMB speedrun
>>344620579
No I don't
>>344620579
Why wouldn't you just have a charger set up right there?
Why run that risk?
>>344619854
Tell them sweet little lies, Todd. Sweet enough that they'll believe them.
>>344620350
Yeah, but then some of them wouldn't be remotely as entertaining, like vanilla Morrowind.
>>344620579
That kid was apparently a trans humanoid, and it was NSMB2
I liked the Wolfenstein one
>That feel when you now remember that Alpha Zylon run at AGDQ
>>344601518
Not all laws are based on morality. Welcome to the real world kiddo.
Have there ever been any other off the rails runs like the Jak and Daxter one?
>>344621057
It was better than I expected but I wasn't very interested in Wolf being speedrun to begin with.
>>344604838
>>344604556
He was trying to copy runners like witwix or the Mark of the Ninja runner where they go "We're going to donate x amount of dollars whenever I die/ do something wrong" which can be funny on really hard games.
The Ty guy was too autistic to realize it doesn't work when people donated 5k specifically for you to do the game a certain way and you don't deliver.
who is objectively best speedgirl and why is it Skybilz
>>344621589
I wish I had saved the pastebin of his absolutely hamfisted response where he starts off apologizing and then blames everyone else but himself.
With my personal favorite being:
>I didn't know I was going to do a pacifist run until moments before when the donations came in
>I needed time to prepare myself for it
>It's unfair that I had to preform on demand for something I said I could do
>>344621825
Didn't he say he never did a pacifist run, ever?
Fucking scumbag, submitting his shitty run with an incentive he couldn't do.
>>344600579
I didnt think trails fusion was that bad.
>>344600859
they said that was the last time they were going to do tetris
This was my first time actually watching some of it live, but I never caught the explanation for save/kill the animals.
>>344620829
Sorry but it's quite literally a mental illness.
>>344622057
The first half of it was literally and ad.
Literally.
>>344622385
At the end of Super Metroid, you can take a small bit of time to go save the animals that you'd meet normally while playing the game.
These animals help you out over the game by showing you can wall jump and shinespark since the game never actually tells you.
>>344622553
Doesn't the whole fucking planet explode? Surely they're dead anyway.
>>344622640
They get on your ship.
And technically saving them is canon as they show up again in Fusion.
>>344622732
They don't get on your ship they leave in their own
The only way you can tell the animals were "saved" is the glint of their ship flying out into space in another direction
>>344622510
"Showcase" :^)
People don't complain about Tetris and Mario Maker desu
I liked watching the fusion thing but I agree it was not a speedrun. They could have shoe horned it in by making it a race but even then that would have been disingenuous.
>We have $100 from Anonymous, I lost my virginity to a beautiful girl, and my father to cancer.
>One of these was awesome and done quick, the other not so much.
Speaking of Trials: Fusion, can you imagine how amazing the stream would have been if they let the guy wear this shirt?
>>344623436
a e s t h e t i c s
>>344623268
>Tetris
The first showcase was legit insane, but they just don't have anything else to show.
They threw the tetris guys a bone because for the first time ever they're getting new players. That's nice and all but it was still boring to watch.
>>344623436
>All those reddit comments going "WHAT A CREEPER HE NEEDS TO BE BANNED FROM GDQS FOR LIFE UGH"
>>344622553
Ah, so that's not even something that's on the speedrun route unless they went out of their way and save the animals won? Thanks for the explanation.
>>344609297
really what happened to the pikmin run that it was muted?
I just defeated Exdeath and Neo using Zenigage and Mimics. Does that make me a winner? I wished I had more then 2 people watching me stream. Level 51/50 and I only have about 51 to 40 Abilities unlocked for each character.
Think there'd be any interest for a PSO C-Mode run at a GDQ? I'd love to run that shit.
>>344623949
Nintendo being Jews. It just adds to the hilarity though.
>>344624007
people still watch Duke stream?
>>344623949
someone filed a copyright complaint over music. probably a troll, and youtube being youtube and muting it instead of giving a shit.
just watch it on twitch
>>344624070
I think its LuckWehSleven's stream. He's the only one playing FF5 on Twitch
>We have a $5 donation from Jeb Bush
>"Please clap"
>>344624241
I don't think anything's ever going to top that cucked donation during Stiv's run that one year
>>344600261
I love Heiniki but when he's trying to explain something fast it's almost impossible to understand what he's saying.
>>344605913
They can, but its still awkward because they have to siphon some of the cash for MSF and PCF (which I believe is a bad charity but regardless) to pay them. Even if 6 core people run gdq's year to year and make approx 60k each, thats still 360k of 2.5mil, or 14.4% of the donation money. This would be 0%of all donation money before gdq got as big.
>>344606709
A MegaMan Battle Network game.
>>344600040
Sadly sgdq has become an official event of the gaming community. Its like sundance for film. Its lost the casual abd relaxed feeling it had 4 years ago so that it could sustain a larger audience. A convention I go to, Magfest, is capped at 20k attendance. If it got any larger it would lose the mood that it has. The one that attracts people to attend. The one that gdq once had.
>>344613786
Thats little what they do with body dysmorphia though, the girl who didnt like her leg had it cut off, the girl who feel she was suppose to be blind, had bleach poured into her eyes.
man PJ and Mecharichter seem like the only people that aren't autistic in this community, they actually socialize and talk about real people shit occasional, and know how to talk to people in general without coming off as giant sperglords, I don't think I've ever cringed at PJ, though mechas babby rage could cause some from time to time.
with the MHC pretty much dead and trihex being a uncle tom mario maker faggot now, and oldbois like UA and shit being gone as well, its pretty much not even close to the same event that I fell in love with back in the basement days, even uyama peaced the fuck out because the community turned on him for doing something ALL of them would have done.
This seemed to all really truly die when romscout was shitcanned and it seemed the SDA boys kind of turned on eachother to some extent and now the scene is just flooded with faggot trannies and lets players
>>344624709
This is problem with all niche events that grow too large to sustain themselves. Just recently Anime Expo had fucking 100000 attendees in a space meant for quarter that amount, and management can't fucking get it into their heads to either split the event to under- and over-18 events, or just move to larger space.
It's so dumb, dude. It's so-- this fucking game, I tell you. How many hours of my life have I wasted playing this fucking piece of shit goddamn game, just to get world records and feel good about myself? It's a fucking joke. That's the only reason people speedrun, really. It's so I can, like, get a world record. Cause, like, yo, no one that fucking speedruns is a fucking millionaire, you know, fucking hot bitches and like doing actually important things in life. Everyone who speedruns is a degenerate and getting world records is the only way they can feel good about themselves. Like, how many hours of my life have I wasted doing that bullshit? It's so stupid. It's fucking pathetic. All I fucking do is waste my life away trying to get world records for a temporary god damn high, which will last fucking, you know, a week or so until it goes away, and Ace exposes me for the world record shitter I am. Fucking hell, dude. It's a complete joke. Speedrunning is the most degenerate act men has ever come up with.
Well, it's fucking true. It's fucking true. The only reason we speedrun is cause we're too pathetic to accomplish anything else decent in life. So we fucking speedrun, because it gives us this temporary feeling of like "Oh my god I'm good! I'm the best in the world at this thing hardly anyone else does". That's all it is, really. It's a-- we're all a fucking joke. Yo, we-- we masquerade around AGDQ like "Ha ha we're so cool making a million dollars for cancer", you know, "Aren't we fucking special?". Nah, we're just a fucking pile of god damn losers. That's all we are. It's ridiculous. People thinking speedrunning is cool is the biggest goddamn meme on the planet.
>>344625869
go to bed white goose
>>344625869
Goose has actual autism
>>344617020
This caught me by surprise and made me laugh pretty hard. That fucking crouch walk at the end.
>>344625869
It's better than shitposting on an anonymous imageboard at least.
>>344600493
Gllty is a shithead though
>>344626000
So?
>>344627032
gllty is extremely fuckable
that's a LOT more than you can say for most trannies
>>344627392
Fair enough
>>344627471
It's a shame their notoriety in the FGC's gotten to their head though and they think they're so desirable that they promised a hands-off date to anyone who'd give them $1,000, and you're not even alone on the date.
>>344600040
DKC TF race, Mario RPG, and the runs where the commentary was smooth and consistent throughout. there were a couple really embarrassing stinker runs or awkward cringe moments but they were remarkably rare, and runners like Buzzsaw proved that donations will still come piling in even if the runners ignore the prohibitive rules GDQ lays on them
the real shining moment of the whole thing has to be the guy outing his trans gf during the FO3 run though. something finally topples ancient caveman/chibi memes from years prior in terms of raw, overwhelming cringe
>>344627845
Who is the chaperon?
>>344628071
I don't know if they came up with the word tranniversery on the spot or not but thank you for this twitch chat. Thank you.
>>344628149
Tasty Steve
>>344628180
i believe that was someone in the original reaction thread where all of /v/ dogpiled into the thread to share one harmonious laugh of disbelief, and someone posted "gz happy tranniversary" or something like that
RIP thread
>>344628438
RIP SGDQ 2016. We love to complain and you're definitely not getting better but you will be missed.
>>344628438
no u
>>344628289
How much to just chill with Steve and have Gllty fuck off somewhere?
Ba-dun-nuh! Ba-dun-nuh!
what happened with the sm64 race? i missed it?
>only alternative for talking about speedautism is /srg/
how do I kill myself and somehow revive whenever the next marathon is
>>344628676
the dank memes will come again my friend
>>344628615
Entertaining as usual. One guy stood above the others I forget who. But the race for second place was intense and had several lead changes.
>>344628716
but the wait
>>344628804
There's the eurocuck marathon in a couple weeks
>>344624709
there's no real reason to lament that though, there are several other more lax speedrunning events to follow these days like ESA or NASA.
>>344625617
I heard their idea as a result was that next year the con would go for 5 entire days, to spread out the attendee crowds a little more.
>>344611312
Because of this. GDQ will never be good again.
>>344629243
GDQs shoulda just stayed grass roots, like the FGC, you can complain about the language but if it wasnt for the speedruners the charity would be getting 0$, so they should just deal with it, a skill that life requires of you at many points
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