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That and you're a lot less likely to die in 100% kills some of the suspense, too.
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It's really saying something that a sideways romhack of Super Metroid ended up being a more interesting run than a big race between the best runners in the SM community, but there you go. There were a ton of really amazing and excellent races this GDQ, and the SUPER E-SPORTS EDITION of the SM race from a couple years back set the bar extremely high for further races... If SM can raise $800k in its own right, they really have to step up their poo poo to make it worthwhile.
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http://irc.alligatr.co.uk/agdq14/ http://irc.alligatr.co.uk/agdq15/ http://irc.alligatr.co.uk/agdq16/ http://irc.alligatr.co.uk/agdq17/     The donation track this year was pretty interesting, really went nuts the last day. They raised almost as much as all of last year on Saturday alone.
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Sir Tonk posted:http://irc.alligatr.co.uk/agdq14/ the minimum viewers for this year were generally above the maximum viewers from three years ago. shows just how much this thing has grown.
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Pakled posted:That and you're a lot less likely to die in 100% kills some of the suspense, too. The high risk of dying in any% definitely adds a lot to the suspense because it means that even a comfortable lead doesn't guarantee victory. Last SDGQ was a good example of that. Whereas this time around, the rankings were more or less known about half an hour before the actual end. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if the SM race became a rarer occurence. It's an incredibly fun game to watch, but it does get a bit stale when you see it every six months, especially since radical route changes are rather unlikely by this point. I think this is also part of the reason the commentary felt so lacklustre; the couch seemed to assume that everyone was already familiar with the most important speedrunning tricks from previous events, so a lot of moments that would be very impressive if you've never seen them before went by without much notice. Then again, the race still draws in a huge number of donations and a large crowd, so clearly not everyone is as tired of it as I am.
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Samuel Clemens posted:The high risk of dying in any% definitely adds a lot to the suspense because it means that even a comfortable lead doesn't guarantee victory. Last SDGQ was a good example of that. Whereas this time around, the rankings were more or less known about half an hour before the actual end. I'm fine with it too, but 100% doesn't lend itself to a race format. A solo run, sure, but not a race. Commentary this year was crap, with AGDQ 2014 being the pinnacle of it for the SM race. If they do a shorter route, like any% or RBO, it's good because there's a lot more danger involved. Once Phantoon is cleared in 100%, it's effectively a safe run, at least in my observations (not a runner). Speaking of that run, did Bus Guy take his lumps and slink off into the darkness and not make a pastebin?
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axeil posted:the minimum viewers for this year were generally above the maximum viewers from three years ago. shows just how much this thing has grown. Yeah I remember a few years ago when twitch offered to donate if the viewers ever got above 100k, which they got to by the end of the week. Every year I wonder how much bigger this event can get and every year it gets better. I'm honestly surprised that Mike and Romscout and everyone else involved with production has been able to keep everything on such a great positive track, running an event like AGDQ/SGDQ is a uniquely challenging task.
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Jan 15, 2017 18:06
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Did anyone set any records or PBs this year?
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Jan 15, 2017 18:25
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Fat and Useless posted:Did anyone set any records or PBs this year? AGDQ did with money raised!
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Jan 15, 2017 18:28
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Quick run, but not mentioned a lot: https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick/v/113837699?t=14h42m31s Addams Family. No real cool glitches, just 1 skip, then some amazing as hell play. Cant get hit the entire run.
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Fat and Useless posted:Did anyone set any records or PBs this year? There were a few. I think there were two WRs, Rocky & Bullwinkle and another but I can't remember the game, and one of the co-op runs resulted in a PB.
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Fat and Useless posted:Did anyone set any records or PBs this year? Fortified Zone "Oh it's a world record"  "cool"
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Fat and Useless posted:Did anyone set any records or PBs this year? I believe a WR was set for Little Samson.
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One of the Link to the Past runners was the current world record holder, and he beat everyone's PB except his own.
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Fat and Useless posted:Did anyone set any records or PBs this year? In addition to the ones already mentioned, A Nightmare on Elm Street was a world record, and Dragon's Lair was a PB.
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Jan 15, 2017 19:19
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I knew about(and forgot) the samson and zelda race stomping. Time to start the others. Thanks all.
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Jan 15, 2017 19:26
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Adventure Island 2 was also a PB.
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Is there a link to this year's La-Mulana remake run?
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Watching the metroid race now and how did that end up with such a subdued commentator? There's so many amazing people that could've commentated that race and a couch full of super tired sounding people say random stuff every minute or so instead. At least the crowd was cheering for a while. canoshiz posted:Is there a link to this year's La-Mulana remake run? All the VODs are on reddit's speedrun channel, just search for agdq Reddit vods. They'll also all be up on YouTube pretty soon.
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Jan 15, 2017 19:59
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"I'm gonna shoot Lance. It drops the helicopter faster. ... you can kill him about four times in this run." Loving the Vice City run. Glitches are great, the runner is doing a great job explaining them and the couch gives an excellent straight man - commentary. He even talks about the radio stations and the history of GTA too. *Tommy dropkicks a pedestrian off a motorbike like a lucha libre wrestler* "And remember, he can't swim!" TeaJay fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Jan 15, 2017 |
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Jan 15, 2017 20:46
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I think the team diddy runner for DKC 1 set a PB as well?
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Since no one else has mentioned it, I'll give another recommendation for Human: Fall Flat. A short and quite unique game with skilled runner and decent comments.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmgYFEgRpkU&t=340s Kennel fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Jan 15, 2017 |
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Jan 15, 2017 21:36
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Are the YouTube videos quiet for anyone else?
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Nihilarian posted:Are the YouTube videos quiet for anyone else?
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Rocky & Bullwinkle had the best couch interaction and jokes and some HEY, BROSSENTIA to top it off. "You can get dead by onomatopoeia here!"
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TeaJay posted:"I'm gonna shoot Lance. It drops the helicopter faster. ... you can kill him about four times in this run." Yeah that run was amazing. And he does something that is very useful and describe what got skipped, as it been years since I played Vice City, but the quick summary instantly gets me thinking "oh this mission, hate this one". Which makes him beating it so quickly even better.
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Is there a master list somewhere of all the good runs from this and all prior GDQs? Gotta keep scratching that speed running itch.
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Athanatos posted:Quick run, but not mentioned a lot: https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick/v/113837699?t=14h42m31s Oh man, I forgot about that one. It's quick, but if you've ever tried the game, you know exactly how amazing this run is. It's an EXTREMELY difficult game, probably the best game that Ocean ever made (in the early to mid 90s they were the king of licensed movie games, for better or for worse), and is probably one of the most potentially complex platformers from the 16 bit era. And this guy just flies through it almost effortlessly.
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axeil posted:Is there a master list somewhere of all the good runs from this and all prior GDQs? Gotta keep scratching that speed running itch. There's way too many to list & remember all, but here are some of my favourite runs from past GDQ's I've had fun re-watching. My recommendations from this AGDQ are on the last few pages, and the 2nd post has a bigger list that will be updated shortly. SGDQ 2015 Prince of Persia : Sands of Time by Henneko - everything goes wrong but he's just so happy throughout the whole thing it's great fun to watch. #hugsforhenneko SGDQ 2015 Star Tropics by zodastone: I love this game, and this run has some really chill & entertaining commentary all around SGDQ 2015 Ecco: Tides of time by Dolfinh: Solid run, TAS strats, blueglass on commentary (!) although he realizes he's mic'd only halfway through... (wow, SGDQ 2015 had some solid runs) AGDQ 2016: Lagoon by PJ: Team Poor Life Choices on the couch, an awesome bad game, one of the best runs of GDQ's I've ever seen SGDQ 2016: Super Metroid race: this was way better than the race of this AGDQ. These just off the top of my head now. TeaJay fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Jan 16, 2017 |
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TeaJay posted:There's way too many to list & remember all, but here are some of my favourite runs from past GDQ's I've had fun re-watching. My recommendations from this AGDQ are on the last few pages, and the 2nd post has a bigger list that will be updated shortly. i'm watching the infamous bonesaw trainwreck and i'm loving it so far. i'm about half an hour in and it looks...normal? so far. hoping things get crazier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RylQGkoZpSE
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axeil posted:i'm watching the infamous bonesaw trainwreck and i'm loving it so far. i'm about half an hour in and it looks...normal? so far. hoping things get crazier. I had an unpopular opinion in the other thread that the run in question wasn't as funny as a re-watch as others said, but your mileage may vary. (it was a great live experience, though.)
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TeaJay posted:I had an unpopular opinion in the other thread that the run in question wasn't as funny as a re-watch as others said, but your mileage may vary. (it was a great live experience, though.) i just got to the air canada call-out. it was hilarious. totally understand why he can't submit for a year but this is really entertaining. also the screaming being about finding your missing keys was great.
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canoshiz posted:Is there a link to this year's La-Mulana remake run? I had to fix the video on my laptop and somehow managed to forget to upload it after I fixed it. It should be live on YouTube later tonight if I can shove it through the hotel wi-fi (tech station is torn down so we don't have the good connection any more). Edit: Should be up here soonish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-H1Ghpxlls UraniumAnchor fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jan 16, 2017 |
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Samuel Clemens posted:The high risk of dying in any% definitely adds a lot to the suspense because it means that even a comfortable lead doesn't guarantee victory. Last SDGQ was a good example of that. Whereas this time around, the rankings were more or less known about half an hour before the actual end. I kind of like the idea of keeping metroid races at AGDQ, and then let SGDQ try out new races that can run a donation incentive. Hug goat/Shun goat and an Undertale race or maybe even just a hacked metroid race (that sideways run was legit). Metroid races are kind of tradition at this point and will always be a part of AGDQ but it might not hurt to try something else out at the mid year event. Minera fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Jan 16, 2017 |
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i wanna see a gdq that doesn't do kill/save the animals just to see how many donation comments they get that still try to vote for one
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catching up on runs I missed-- it's been mentioned in here already I'm sure but the Shovel Knight race was really good! the race starts with a relatively considerable lead but it gradually closes and even changes hands a few times, then the runs end within seconds of each other. racers are really polite and friendly and the commentator is pretty knowledgeable and keeps things going at a decent clip. an enjoyable watch 
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Maybe the Super Metroid race next time should be done with TASBots. That'd be an interesting twist.
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That or SGDQ has the big Super Metroid race be with Rotation. I would say Randomizer, but honestly that won't work in a speed run.
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