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that Vai sound posted:And now he has a new SotN Any% WR! 18:20.32 
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Closer and closer to 16:26, then he can stop running the game forever.
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Aug 23, 2013 05:56
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I just want to point out that the iQue has pretty different controls to the N64, and one of the other OoT runners (ZFG maybe?) actually called them outright bad. So using an iQue isn't automatically an improvement to your time in that regard.
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Aug 23, 2013 05:59
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So uh, this is a thing. http://i.minus.com/ibcYA3aqNsgapp.gif
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Aug 23, 2013 06:01
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:So uh, this is a thing. I guess it's pretty encouraging that a relatively unattractive dude whose real-life name is Cosmo is able to "get some" but what's the relevance here?
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Aug 23, 2013 07:06
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SevenStringGuru posted:Sinister1 is droppin some serious knowledge on MTPO. Going through each Piston Honda 2 strat and breaking everything down going to lead up to the last strat which got him the WR. I'm always down for this type of stream! Mike Tyson plays Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for the 1st time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E50sUAMRH0s
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Aug 23, 2013 07:30
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Former Human posted:Mike Tyson plays Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for the 1st time Does this mean Sinister1 has to box?
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Aug 23, 2013 07:36
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nerve posted:I seriously don't get why some people are so annoyed by his new record. How is it different from using the different cart versions. Speed running is about getting the fastest time, Cosmo used the best official version of the game to do that. A lot of people got into speedrunning through a specific person (Like Cosmo, Siglemic, etc.). So a lot of it depends on whether or not their favorite streamer is being affected positively or negatively by the console difference. Take for example Hyassin getting the 120 Star record. There were huge debates about VC versus N64, does Hyassin really have the WR. A bunch of dumb poo poo like that, and most arguments weren't really "VC versus N64," but rather "Does Siglemic have the WR or does Hyassin?" The people who actually cared weren't the runners, but rather the viewers. Hell take a look at this tweet from Fake(Real) Siglemic. Then you take a look at Cosmo getting OOT, since it was positive for him there's been a lot less debate about it even though Cosmo admitted his run is worse. If you look at the backlash from that very few people have been asking if Cosmo really has the WR now, but you can tell he doesn't care about specifically have the WR, but rather having a good time (and good viewer count). The cult of personality does lead to bad posts like this though: Shimrra Jamaane posted:So uh, this is a thing. Where congratulations, Cosmowright is having sex, does that really need to get posted here? (Though whatever that random rear end video with his old girlfriend was funny, this is... not)
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Aug 23, 2013 07:54
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wa27 posted:Because people aren't crazy about buying a $100 console just to have a shot at the record, obviously. Who are these people because there are maybe 10 people in the world who could conceivably compete for the any% record right now and none of them are making GBS threads up forums and youtube comments with 0-effort poo poo like "iQue is so dumb"
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Aug 23, 2013 08:01
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Cosmo sure has come a long way from his "I have a webcam in the closet but I think that I'd be to shy to do facecam ever. Sorry guys" days.
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Aug 23, 2013 08:20
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The point of that .gif is that it's a Magnum (i.e. Cosmo's got a big dick)
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Aug 23, 2013 08:55
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getitoffgetitoff posted:The point of that .gif is that it's a Magnum (i.e. Cosmo's got a big dick) They're not that much bigger than normal Trojans though
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Aug 23, 2013 09:04
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HilyOLWzrM
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Aug 23, 2013 10:52
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The New Speedrun Thread - They're not that much bigger than normal Trojans though Speaking of the SRL leaderboards, has there been any news on that front? I've caught a few (but not all) of Cosmo's recent streams and I haven't heard any discussion about them.
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Aug 23, 2013 20:30
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There's a huge thread about them over on the SDA forums: https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/speedrun_leaderboards_discussion_topic_srl.html It's not as active as it was a week ago, though.
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Aug 23, 2013 20:33
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UraniumAnchor posted:There's a huge thread about them over on the SDA forums: http://kotaku.com/this-guy-beat-ocarina-of-time-in-less-than-twenty-minut-1189078311 Surprised this hasn't been linked yet. It's pretty... interesting? It's cool to see speedrunning get more mainstream exposure but there are some objectionable things about the article. The comments are downright hilarious though.
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Aug 23, 2013 21:08
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Why did that guy who set the human powered land speed record use that crazy bike with the carbon fiber aero shell. It doesn't even look like a bike anymore, he should have used the Schwinn in my garage. Don't even get me started on salt flats, everyone knows bicycles should only be ridden on government approved highway roads.
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Aug 23, 2013 21:22
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Never read the comments.
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Aug 23, 2013 21:29
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Wadjamaloo posted:everyone knows bicycles should only be ridden on government approved highway roads. I don't know if that analogy really works because "legit" runs are already limited to edit: unless you were making fun of people saying "glitches don't count" in the Kotaku article. Yeah those people are dumb and it's amazing how many show up every time there's an article like that. wa27 fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Aug 23, 2013 |
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Aug 23, 2013 21:29
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Romscout's sotn record got a brief writeup on joystiq today
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Aug 23, 2013 21:46
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wa27 posted:I don't know if that analogy really works because "legit" runs are already limited to
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Aug 23, 2013 21:56
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Wadjamaloo posted:People who think their opinion matters and that they can tell other people how they are allowed to play video games. For a minute I thought this was about the SRL leaderboard topic.
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Aug 23, 2013 22:09
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TheQat posted:Romscout's sotn record got a brief writeup on joystiq today Good for him. Romscout seems like a legit good dude and is one of the more interactive and enjoyable streamers around. Though his mic is poo poo and his volume goes crazy all the time.
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Aug 23, 2013 22:29
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UraniumAnchor posted:There's a huge thread about them over on the SDA forums: I've never seen people get so up in arms about the idea of linking to something publicly available on the internet.
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Aug 24, 2013 16:59
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Most of that is people who think that being linked to from a list on SRL somehow makes them associated with SRL and they had this one bad experience on IRC involving someone from SRL a few years ago and so they don't want to be mentioned in the same sentence as SRL. Only slightly exaggerated. In other news, my latest dive into XBLIG ended with me adding three new short games from there to my speedrunning repertoire: Adventures of Captain Becky and Figment I'm already running and it's all down to execution now, Parasitus: Ninja Zero I still have to figure out a fast way of beating the final stage that doesn't involve a game over and continue from the checkpoint. There's one or two more I might get into running, apart from Bleed. The game actually named Speedrunner HD I have no plans on running at the moment, though. Even though it has a grappling hook.
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Aug 24, 2013 17:23
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I don't think I can say what I think about some of that thread's discussions and crazy arguments that wouldn't be incredibly mean and probably drag me into the argument (which is the last thing I want to happen), but what I will say is that it has opened my eyes to how some of those folks perceive the community and their role/involvement in it. It has also convinced me to unfollow at least a couple of them on Twitch because of not liking their approach to the issue (not their stance, but how they handled themselves). Personally, I am legitimately excited to submit my only speedrun times of any note and watch them sit there alone because no one else runs Mighty Bomb Jack.
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Aug 24, 2013 18:24
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KennyMan666 posted:Most of that is people who think that being linked to from a list on SRL somehow makes them associated with SRL and they had this one bad experience on IRC involving someone from SRL a few years ago and so they don't want to be mentioned in the same sentence as SRL. Yeah, nerds being children on the internet. No surprise. I think what they should probably do is make it clear if the runner in question is registered for the site. If not, how could anyone think that their time on the leaderboard is some sort of tacit approval of some mythical SRL clique that said something that maybe could be considered a little mean once. I don't understand boycotting a useful site because someone disagreed with you on irc once.
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Aug 24, 2013 18:59
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Names on the board would most likely be a link to their account if they have one, and the run would likely also say if it was submitted by someone else.
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Aug 24, 2013 19:18
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Caracarn's FFX run is having a stroke: http://www.twitch.tv/caracarnvi
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Aug 24, 2013 21:32
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Gamma Nerd posted:I guess it's pretty encouraging that a relatively unattractive dude whose real-life name is Cosmo is able to "get some" but what's the relevance here? Is his real name Cosmo? someone asked in a donation the other day what his real name was and he said it was a secret.
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Aug 24, 2013 21:35
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Shadow Ninja 64 posted:I don't think I can say what I think about some of that thread's discussions and crazy arguments that wouldn't be incredibly mean and probably drag me into the argument (which is the last thing I want to happen), but what I will say is that it has opened my eyes to how some of those folks perceive the community and their role/involvement in it. It has also convinced me to unfollow at least a couple of them on Twitch because of not liking their approach to the issue (not their stance, but how they handled themselves). You sir are crazy. gently caress that drat game. So drat hard.
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Bacon Drew posted:Is his real name Cosmo? someone asked in a donation the other day what his real name was and he said it was a secret. Pretty sure his real name is Cosmo.
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Aug 24, 2013 22:01
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Shindragon posted:You sir are crazy. gently caress that drat game. So drat hard. It's not so bad, as long as you accept the fact that almost every run you attempt will be ruined by some kind of bullshit (generally involving the Round 13 Bomb Room). I've linked them before, but if you want to check out my runs, here they are: any% in 7:53 (my best is 7:43 but it's a buggy messed up Twitch archive): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw0u4HRVhgA Best Ending% in 13:31 (a run I actually was/still am happy with): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfhraIWT9gY After I got tired of running MBJ, I tried to find other games that gave me the same feeling of wanting to destroy and dominate them but nothing ended up sticking. The other issue is that my laptop is poo poo, and without even looking into it I'm almost certain I can't hope to meet Twitch's new broadcasting standards with it, so I need to get a new rig sometime.
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Studio posted:A lot of people got into speedrunning through a specific person (Like Cosmo, Siglemic, etc.). So a lot of it depends on whether or not their favorite streamer is being affected positively or negatively by the console difference. Take for example Hyassin getting the 120 Star record. There were huge debates about VC versus N64, does Hyassin really have the WR. A bunch of dumb poo poo like that, and most arguments weren't really "VC versus N64," but rather "Does Siglemic have the WR or does Hyassin?" The people who actually cared weren't the runners, but rather the viewers. Hell take a look at this tweet from Fake(Real) Siglemic. FYI Siglemic definitely does care about this crap because he had a bunch of since-deleted tweets on that account basically calling out Cosmo for being a fraud.
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The OOT any% iQue run that Cosmo did and the VC 120 runs that Hyassin and Sig did really opened up the Pandora's Box of world record-centric viewers. Which is a thousand times worse than the world-centric streamer epidemic from a while back (where so many people seemed to put "WR attempts" in their stream title that it became a joke).
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Aug 25, 2013 05:17
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Feasel got RNGed to hell on his FF1 run -- got to Chaos for the first time on his new route, slightly behind WR, and got a warrior oneshotted. Still, a great sign for his route.
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Aug 25, 2013 13:20
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CVagts posted:The OOT any% iQue run that Cosmo did and the VC 120 runs that Hyassin and Sig did really opened up the Pandora's Box of world record-centric viewers. Which is a thousand times worse than the world-centric streamer epidemic from a while back (where so many people seemed to put "WR attempts" in their stream title that it became a joke).
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Aug 25, 2013 13:21
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Tokyo Slutty Gal posted:FYI Siglemic definitely does care about this crap because he had a bunch of since-deleted tweets on that account basically calling out Cosmo for being a fraud. What a baby. How surprised can anyone be that in an ultra-competitive setting that some will do what they can to try to maximize their potential to succeed.
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Aug 25, 2013 16:20
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Many speedrunners are passive aggressive children. Who was that guy who got mad at I think siglemic for doing WR attempts while people were donating money to him?
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DACK FAYDEN posted:God forbid people want to know what the world record is. Truly this will be the downfall of speedrunning. That's not what the conversation is about at all, though, people are frustrated that grabbing WRs leads to instant recognition and viewership despite their debatable worth.
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