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BEST KONG
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Donkey Kong 76 6.13%
Diddie Kong 75 6.05%
Dixie Kong 84 6.77%
Lankey Kong 129 10.40%
Funky Kong 189 15.24%
Mario 198 15.97%
Tiny Kony 65 5.24%
Candy Kong 61 4.92%
Chunky Kong 89 7.18%
Cranky Kong 125 10.08%
Wrinkley Kong (R.I.P.) :qq: 149 12.02%
Total: 719 votes
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An Actual Princess
Dec 23, 2006

calco went from comfortably first to dead last

god

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alf_pogs
Feb 15, 2012


lousy audience, don't applaud the runners not owning a snes classic, it is a very cool console to own

Untrustable
Mar 17, 2009





But Rocks Hurt Head posted:

i can't believe there are SNES classics available in the wild, that owns

either would have been an excellent choice (but you made the right one)

My local Walmart has a stack of like 10 of them that no one has ever bought. They were still there a couple days ago when I went and picked up Odyssey.

axeil
Feb 14, 2006

Ramos posted:

I don't even recall this level being that bad. Actually, I can't recall disliking any level in this game really.

Kind of says a lot about it.

getting 100% is a huge pain because you have to roll very precisely on chomp rocks and if you gently caress up you fall in lava and die and have to re-do like half the level.

axeil
Feb 14, 2006
it's getting to this door



i died like 20 times trying to pull it off

Xenothral
Aug 1, 2013

No one's left... Everything's gone...! Zebes is burning!

SNES Classic doesn't come with Illusion of Gaia :(

Nep-Nep
May 15, 2004

Just one more thing!

Xenothral posted:

SNES Classic doesn't come with Illusion of Gaia :(

The good news is the SNES classic is extremely easy to mod

Incoherence
May 22, 2004

POYO AND TEAR
This level is my least favorite, especially to 100% because you have to backtrack back up the shaft.

Xenothral
Aug 1, 2013

No one's left... Everything's gone...! Zebes is burning!

grand theft grotto posted:

The good news is the SNES classic is extremely easy to mod

Thank god. Might have to get one

axeil
Feb 14, 2006

Incoherence posted:

This level is my least favorite, especially to 100% because you have to backtrack back up the shaft.

6-5 and 6-6 are not fun.

6-7 is cool though

timp
Sep 19, 2007

Everything is in my control
Lipstick Apathy

Xenothral posted:

SNES Classic doesn't come with Illusion of Gaia :(

Sounds like it's good'n'ready to ship

D O R K Y
Sep 1, 2001

I've been more invested in races this time than any other GDQ.

axeil
Feb 14, 2006
calco nooooooo

Nep-Nep
May 15, 2004

Just one more thing!

Dork457 posted:

I've been more invested in races this time than any other GDQ.

All the races I've seen this time have had good commentary, which is a huge part of what makes a good race.

axeil
Feb 14, 2006

Dork457 posted:

I've been more invested in races this time than any other GDQ.

i think it's the couch commentary really stepping up their game for races.

so hey, some good did seem to come of the "get run over by the hotel shuttle" guy last year

LAY-ZX
Nov 10, 2009

grand theft grotto posted:

All the races I've seen this time have had good commentary, which is a huge part of what makes a good race.

I remember a Super Metroid race that had none at all because the runners needed total silence to concentrate

I assume half of them died to Phantoon anyway

I Greyhound
Apr 22, 2008

MusicKrew Dawn Patrol
This game looks really hard.

axeil
Feb 14, 2006

I Greyhound posted:

This game looks really hard.

they aren't even doing 100% where if you get hit you have to either recover real clever-like or die. :shepface:

timp
Sep 19, 2007

Everything is in my control
Lipstick Apathy

grand theft grotto posted:

All the races I've seen this time have had good commentary, which is a huge part of what makes a good race.

Ramos
Jul 3, 2012


I Greyhound posted:

This game looks really hard.

Only the latter bits.

And the extra stages. Man, some of the extra stages are just brutal.

Soup du Jour
Sep 8, 2011

I always knew I'd die with a headache.

LAY-ZX posted:

I remember a Super Metroid race that had none at all because the runners needed total silence to concentrate

I assume half of them died to Phantoon anyway

I’m pretty sure that was a 100% run too which pisses me off to no end

zoast’s 2013 100% was my first GDQ run ever and had awesome commentary

axeil
Feb 14, 2006

LAY-ZX posted:

I remember a Super Metroid race that had none at all because the runners needed total silence to concentrate

I assume half of them died to Phantoon anyway

this would be the run where a guy told the audience to kill themselves last year for making waluigi noises


it was awkward.

Pakled
Aug 6, 2011

WE ARE SMART

LAY-ZX posted:

I remember a Super Metroid race that had none at all because the runners needed total silence to concentrate

I assume half of them died to Phantoon anyway

Nah, that was a 100% run, nobody died in it. Which is another reason why that race was bad, because unlike an any% Super Metroid run, there's basically no risk of anyone dying, so there can be no comebacks.

Rampant Dwickery
Nov 12, 2011

Comfy and cozy.
Apropos of nothing, have a gif of Carcinogen during his Residen7 Evil run, AKA "The highlight of this week."

Xenothral
Aug 1, 2013

No one's left... Everything's gone...! Zebes is burning!

Rampant Dwickery posted:

Apropos of nothing, have a gif of Carcinogen during his Residen7 Evil run, AKA "The highlight of this week."


I Greyhound
Apr 22, 2008

MusicKrew Dawn Patrol

LAY-ZX posted:

I remember a Super Metroid race that had none at all because the runners needed total silence to concentrate

I assume half of them died to Phantoon anyway

If a runner needs that, they need to take a hint from the fighting game tourney community and bring a pair of headphones.

LAY-ZX
Nov 10, 2009

Rampant Dwickery posted:

Apropos of nothing, have a gif of Carcinogen during his Residen7 Evil run, AKA "The highlight of this week."


Tetracube
Feb 12, 2014

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
did calco not go for it? coward

that or I wasn't paying attention lol

But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003

by Hand Knit
Pillbug
god remember how bad the DS sequel was to this

axeil
Feb 14, 2006

Soup du Jour posted:

I’m pretty sure that was a 100% run too which pisses me off to no end

zoast’s 2013 100% was my first GDQ run ever and had awesome commentary

super metroid 100% is not a good race because once you're past phantoon it's almost impossible to gain time on the leader but the run goes on for another hour.

similarly, phantoon is such a dick he can end runs arbitrarily.

Robo Turnus
Jul 12, 2006

Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
how did the goon speedranner do? where is big jon?

Ramos
Jul 3, 2012


Yay, young King Bowser, even a massive poo poo heel as a child. How adorable! :3:

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Feb 20, 2013

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Pakled
Aug 6, 2011

WE ARE SMART
This boss fight is so loving cool
The music is amazing too

Incoherence
May 22, 2004

POYO AND TEAR
Giant Bowser is both an insanely cool fight graphically and very frustrating to aim (because the game isn't really designed around 3D firing, and it's the only place in the game where eggs fire in arcs).

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

looooooooove this music

LAY-ZX
Nov 10, 2009

I Greyhound posted:

If a runner needs that, they need to take a hint from the fighting game tourney community and bring a pair of headphones.

The event supplies all runners with noise-canceling headphones now, but I feel like they were already doing that by the time that race happened

Nep-Nep
May 15, 2004

Just one more thing!
Literal applause for not pretending the game is over when it isn't :same:

Soup du Jour
Sep 8, 2011

I always knew I'd die with a headache.

yesss kolthor

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But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003

by Hand Knit
Pillbug
It's cool how they lifted this final boss fight from DK '94

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