Summer Games Done Quick 2016 - From Mario to Mario in 154 hours

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The Horrible Games block is sure to be magical, as it is every GDQ.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 02:05

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 02:21

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It's live

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 17:22

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Violently Car posted:

I dunno why but the couch looks really old and cheap on stream. I'm sure it's not, but it just looks... worn and grubby. This is what I spend my Sundays complaining about. Thanks for reading.

Old, well-used couches are the most comfortable type. :colbert:

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 17:26

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Sir Tonk posted:

no awful block, boooooooo

Awful block is called Silly Block in the summer and is coming later tonight.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 17:33

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Where's that site that tracks views and donations over time broken down by game?

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 17:34

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Erata posted:

http://irc.alligatr.co.uk/sgdq16/

Here you go every body.

Thanks!

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 17:41

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Oh no

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 18:17

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beep by grandpa posted:

Lotsa people here asking for an HD port of this game, which I'm down for but has Mario ever given a significant update/port of any mainline mario games to modern systems? All I can think of is mario all-stars.

edit: meant to say nintendo but leaving it cause it's funny thinking mario produces his own video games

An underrated classic.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 18:39

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Ah yes the "arin hanson" strat

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 18:43

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Goddamn, that manta.

sout posted:

who's Jeff supposed to be anyway

A joke one of the hosts made at the beginning of the broadcast.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 18:55

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beep by grandpa posted:

I would like to play this video game but two things bother me: I've heard of the infamous non-tracking of the blue coins which are needed for 100% and I don't quite know how I feel about Bowser having a voice.

On the plus side: his voice is basically perfect for the character.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 18:56

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God, I hated this level when I was a kid.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 18:57

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Jarogue posted:

I wish Bowser keep his goofy voice.

He will always have that voice in my heart.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 19:20

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Reason posted:

is the stream really choppy for anyone else?

Yeah. Use Livestreamer instead of the Twitch web client, instructions are in the OP.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 23:21

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Ramadu posted:

Too many Winstons in this run, reminds me of some bad rounds in overwatch

How can a large number of Winstons in Overwatch possibly be a bad thing

unless they're all on the other team

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 23:49

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I've never played this game but this is pretty fun to watch.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 23:58

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My nationalistic pride couldn't be greater.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 00:02

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This run is great.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 00:32

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This is definitely going on the pro-watch list

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 00:35

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# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 00:39

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Ohhh poo poo

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 01:01

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Canada takes the lead oh gently caress!

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 01:02

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BM? From Canada??

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 01:05

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SuccinctAndPunchy posted:

so am I the only one who thinks reviewing the runs and giving them a numerical score is kinda daft

I think it's nice for people who want to watch old runs they missed and don't know which ones are worth their time.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 01:55

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He's reaching sync speed!

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 02:00

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SuccinctAndPunchy posted:

I guess, but my point was more that the only really useful criteria for whether or not you'd like it is pretty much "are you interested in the game?". Everything else is subject to that.

like this thread really liked the DK race and I just found it boring because I don't find the game very engaging or interesting as a run so I wouldn't recommend it much

and if there's a real knockout of a run that you'd never expect like Tetris was a couple of GDQs back, people usually just recommend it on its own. a rating thing seems a bit dumb since it comes down to one's own personal taste in video games a lot

like right now I am kinda snoozing through the metroid prime run as well, not because it's necessarily bad but because I just don't find the game interesting to watch

Personally speaking, there are plenty of runs of games I've never played or would be all that interested in playing that I ended up enjoying based on recommendations from the thread. For instance, last AGDQ's Animorphs.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 02:26

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Ironsoviet posted:

I don't think it was less impressive than Tetris but it kind of moves too fast to see so it wasn't as good considering most people have probably never played Stepmania. Everyone has played Tetris and most of us aren't amazing at it.

Yeah like, I know that the stepmania showcase guy was very skilled and coordinated, but it just wasn't visually interesting at all to watch a guy's hands go really fast while arrows move across a screen. Tetris showcases tend to be at least visually interesting as well as being more relatable. More subjectively, I thought the music they chose was garbage.

Ironsoviet posted:

If I remember right, though, they eventually busted out the weird game modes and that went over a bit better.

I don't remember that, I watched the Stepmania showcase live and it was all just plain old black background, no gimmicks.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 02:59

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This is pretty cool.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 03:12

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Goddamn this is totally nuts.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 03:18

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This game reminds me of a game I don't remember the name of that I played on a PS1 demo disk like 20 years ago.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 03:28

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Kaboom Dragoon posted:

Kurushi/Intelligent Qube?

That's exactly it. Thanks.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 03:29

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Cubey posted:

Catherine is the early favorite for run of the marathon imo

That Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze race was amazing too.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 03:57

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There's a meme I wish we had avoided.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 03:58

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Ometeotl posted:

I miss anything good/noteworthily between Link Between Worlds and now?

The Tropical Freeze race and the Catherine 1p2c were great.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 04:05

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KKKLIP ART posted:

Started watching the DKC:TF run and the couch is already great 5 minutes in

They keep up that same level of commentary for the entire run, too. I think there were maybe two or three autoscroller levels where they had donations read but other than that, they had something to say about every part of the game.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 04:22

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Ahahahaha oh gently caress

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 04:49

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Vermain posted:

Compared to that one dude's Sands of Time run last year that crashed about a dozen times, losing two and a half levels of progress to a dead DS doesn't seem that bad.

The gold standard of "bad runs" in my mind is this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCmEFZiz3P4
guy spends 12 minutes trying to wrongwarp to the final dungeon from the first castle, in a process that's really long and tedious to begin with, and fails 3 times.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 04:57