speed demos archive marathon "awesome games done quick"

2011-01-11 10:44:05 pm

Everlasting Turquoise

Jewyama's Contra III run was pretty good, too. But that was expected. Probably the worst run in the marathon was Halo, but that's 'cause that game sucks for speedrunning.

arkarian:

is in the group Administrator.

registered on 2004-09-01 04:15:32 pm.

Gender: male

Location: ellicott city, md, usa

2011-01-11 10:44:41 pm

mindfulness

fully erect

isn't it great for speed running? he was just out of practice iirc

Idkbutlike2:

registered on 2009-01-02 07:16:09 pm.

Gender: male

Location: Reisterstown MD, USA

2011-01-11 10:45:38 pm

Everlasting Turquoise

Fuck no. Have you watched stuff on High Speed Halo before? Half of the run on each level is like staying in one area and just battling waves of enemies coming at you.

BioSpark:

is in the group Global Moderator.

registered on 2005-08-07 09:14:49 pm.

Gender: male

Location: urbana, il, usa

2011-01-11 10:45:45 pm

hʌŋ laɪk

ə hɔːrs

he probably never plays around a bunch of sda people

Soaprman:

is in the group Metroid Prime Pinball Moderator.

registered on 2004-03-03 08:22:55 pm.

Gender: male

Location: Pen Island

2011-01-11 10:46:37 pm

shrimp

and white wine

I'd get into this whole "speedrunning" thing, I really would... but I just don't have the time or patience to dedicate myself to a game like that :(

arkarian:

is in the group Administrator.

registered on 2004-09-01 04:15:32 pm.

Gender: male

Location: ellicott city, md, usa

2011-01-11 10:48:00 pm

mindfulness

fully erect

yeah i sort of hate it whenever i do it

Soaprman:

is in the group Metroid Prime Pinball Moderator.

registered on 2004-03-03 08:22:55 pm.

Gender: male

Location: Pen Island

2011-01-11 10:49:04 pm

shrimp

and white wine

back in the "good old days" (like 2003-2004) I was pretty good at it... I remember falling just one minute short of whatever the Zero Mission record at the time was. Came close with Fusion, too. I think I could be a good speedrunner if I tried, but I don't think I want to try!

Idkbutlike2:

registered on 2009-01-02 07:16:09 pm.

Gender: male

Location: Reisterstown MD, USA

2011-01-11 10:50:21 pm

Everlasting Turquoise

Single-segmenting the GBA Metroid games is a good place to start. They're not all that hard. RPG runs are also pretty easy if you're good at keeping a lot of info in the back of your head.

BioSpark:

is in the group Global Moderator.

registered on 2005-08-07 09:14:49 pm.

Gender: male

Location: urbana, il, usa

2011-01-11 10:50:41 pm

hʌŋ laɪk

ə hɔːrs

fuck soap. you could have been good at fusion and i wouldn't have had to do all this shit

arkarian:

is in the group Administrator.

registered on 2004-09-01 04:15:32 pm.

Gender: male

Location: ellicott city, md, usa

2011-01-11 10:50:44 pm

mindfulness

fully erect

yeah don't bother dude

Idkbutlike2:

registered on 2009-01-02 07:16:09 pm.

Gender: male

Location: Reisterstown MD, USA

2011-01-11 10:51:38 pm

Everlasting Turquoise

Quote from BioSpark:

fuck soap. you could have been good at fusion and i wouldn't have had to do all this shit

Bullshit. You couldn't resist running Fusion.

Soaprman:

is in the group Metroid Prime Pinball Moderator.

registered on 2004-03-03 08:22:55 pm.

Gender: male

Location: Pen Island

2011-01-11 10:52:00 pm

shrimp

and white wine

and just think, then I would have been sitting there on that couch taking shit from that asshole computer, telling me where I can and can't go like he owns the fucking place.

BioSpark:

is in the group Global Moderator.

registered on 2005-08-07 09:14:49 pm.

Gender: male

Location: urbana, il, usa

2011-01-11 10:52:44 pm

hʌŋ laɪk

ə hɔːrs

dude i hate that piece of shit game

Soaprman:

is in the group Metroid Prime Pinball Moderator.

registered on 2004-03-03 08:22:55 pm.

Gender: male

Location: Pen Island

2011-01-11 10:53:37 pm

shrimp

and white wine

I went to BioSpark's treehouse once and there was a sign posted on it that said "NO ~~GIRLS~~ METROID FUSIONS ALLOWED". True story.

BioSpark:

is in the group Global Moderator.

registered on 2005-08-07 09:14:49 pm.

Gender: male

Location: urbana, il, usa

view all posts by tomatobob

2011-01-11 10:55:10 pm

hʌŋ laɪk

ə hɔːrs

yeah all i do is fuck girls in my treehouse

tomatobob:

registered on 2004-03-27 12:44:30 am.

Gender: male

Location: O'er yon hill

tomatobob

2011-01-12 01:09:26 am

Never stressed

Yoshi's Island was the best run. Anyone who says otherwise is the most wrong.

BioSpark:

is in the group Global Moderator.

registered on 2005-08-07 09:14:49 pm.

Gender: male

Location: urbana, il, usa

2011-01-12 01:53:03 am

hʌŋ laɪk

ə hɔːrs

pokemon was really cool too though

arkarian:

is in the group Administrator.

registered on 2004-09-01 04:15:32 pm.

Gender: male

Location: ellicott city, md, usa

view all posts by sabata2

2011-01-12 01:58:22 am

mindfulness

fully erect

didn't really watch yoshi's island ... never played that gasme

ryu:

is in the group deutschsprachiger Moderator.

registered on 2004-02-10 05:03:19 pm.

Gender: male

Location: germany

view all posts by ryu

ryu

Edit history:

ryu: 2011-01-12 02:12:51 am

2011-01-12 02:12:43 am

lol, so is trihex the guy who was supposedly 14-16?

sabata2:

registered on 2009-10-20 11:54:19 am.

sabata2

2011-01-12 02:47:31 am

ANKOKU

Trihex's run definitely felt like he was having the most fun with it.

Just the overall amount of screwing around while still being really damn fast made it very interesting.

His run was definitely one of the better ones.I only came in for the end of Pokemon Yellow but damn they broke so much of the sequence.

There's a lot of runs I'll be just waiting to watch online. The commentary was the best part of most of them.

BioSpark:

is in the group Global Moderator.

registered on 2005-08-07 09:14:49 pm.

Gender: male

Location: urbana, il, usa

view all posts by tomatobob

2011-01-12 03:31:22 am

hʌŋ laɪk

ə hɔːrs

Quote from ryu:

lol, so is trihex the guy who was supposedly 14-16?

are you talking about his cock length in inches? because then you'd be right.

tomatobob:

registered on 2004-03-27 12:44:30 am.

Gender: male

Location: O'er yon hill

tomatobob

Edit history:

tomatobob: 2011-01-12 03:35:32 am

2011-01-12 03:32:49 am

Never stressed

The absolute shattering of Pokemon was pretty cool and the commentary actually explaining what this shit is that's happening (Castlevania had this too and was also cool) was really nice, but Yoshi's Island was pro as hell and super fun to watch because Trihex is really good at the game and just does ridiculous shit while also going crazy fast because he can. It was a lot of fun and Trihex is easily the best showman of anyone involved.

Several times during the marathon, last year's as well, I felt like I was kinda wasting my time watching these runs that are not likely to be better than what's on the site already and largely games I don't care about. Sometimes the runs would be kinda bad actually and you'd just have unfunny commentary alongside a speed runner who would clearly rather have everyone talking dead at the moment. With Yoshi's Island it didn't matter what happened because the player was clearly just having as much fun as possible and making the game as fun to watch as possible while also being really fucking good. Obviously not everyone can do that due to their games or personalities, and Yoshi's Island may not have been strictly speaking "the best one" but it was by far the most fun to watch and I have no interest in ever playing Yoshi's Island.

Admitedly I did miss like half of the runs because my router's power cable melted, but I still feel pretty safe in saying nothing else was that much fun.

The absolute [i]shattering[/i] of Pokemon was pretty cool and the commentary actually explaining what this shit is that's happening (Castlevania had this too and was also cool) was really nice, but Yoshi's Island was pro as hell and super fun to watch because Trihex is really good at the game and just does ridiculous shit while also going crazy fast [i]because he can[/i]. It was a lot of fun and Trihex is easily the best showman of anyone involved.

Several times during the marathon, last year's as well, I felt like I was kinda wasting my time watching these runs that are not likely to be better than what's on the site already and largely games I don't care about. Sometimes the runs would be kinda bad actually and you'd just have unfunny commentary alongside a speed runner who would clearly rather have everyone talking dead at the moment. With Yoshi's Island it didn't matter what happened because the player was clearly just having as much fun as possible and making the game as fun to watch as possible while also being really fucking good. Obviously not everyone can do that due to their games or personalities, and Yoshi's Island may not have been strictly speaking "the best one" but it was by far the most fun to watch and I have no interest in ever playing Yoshi's Island.

Admitedly I did miss like half of the runs because my router's power cable melted, but I still feel pretty safe in saying nothing else was that much fun.

ryu:

is in the group deutschsprachiger Moderator.

registered on 2004-02-10 05:03:19 pm.

Gender: male

Location: germany

view all posts by ryu

ryu

Edit history:

ryu: 2011-01-12 03:53:04 am

2011-01-12 03:52:16 am

i'll definitely take a look at the yoshi's island run once it's up.

Quote from BioSpark:

Quote from ryu:

lol, so is trihex the guy who was supposedly 14-16?

are you talking about his cock length in inches? because then you'd be right.

talking about age

(in years)

Quietus:

registered on 2008-09-13 07:03:27 pm.

Gender: male

view all posts by Quietus

Quietus

2011-01-12 04:58:47 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

I'd also appreciate suggestions for which runs are worth a watch. I caught what I could of the marathon, and having Mike read my name and message out for my donation was cool. aiwebs_011

I caught a chunk of Arrow's SMG2 run. It was pretty cool, and I managed to see a number of small timesaving tricks.
I caught AndrewG's Marble Madness, Excitebike, Mario 1, 1 Blindfolded (didn't work, so he sat facing the wrong way, wearing a Mario emblazoned jacket and a sombrero aiwebs_017

), and Mario 2, as well as the end of Mario 3. He died on Bowser, and his face dropped because it was unexpected. He said "No, that was my fault. I got cocky." Silenced

I caught part of the Pokemon Yellow run, and it was great. I've always been fond on the first generation anyway, but the commentary was exceptional, and makes a world of difference.
I caught the Super Metroid run. This was probably one of the only ones I was a little disappointed with. There was next to zero commentary, and the run was average.
I was gutted that I missed Jiano's SM64 run. From everything I read in the chat, it was fantastic. Crying or Very sad

I caught Sonic 2, which was a great watch, mainly because it was glitch central.
I caught all of Streets of Rage 2, which was apretty good run, with a really good / lucky Level 7 lift section. Also, Shiva's manipulation was (as always) very funny.
I caught part of Ark's Uncharted 2 run, but it was just as he got to the "unh, I hate this chapter" part. I witnessed his deaths on the bridge, and then his miraculous survival with a grey screen, in the middle of about five people, and them all missing him. Cool

I caught the part when they hit their first goal of $25,000, with one guy giving $1,000 with a message just saying "$25,000 *snipe*". Applause

I also caught the very end, when everybody in the room had a massive group hug. Awww...

All in all, a great event! Dancing

I'd also appreciate suggestions for which runs are worth a watch.  I caught what I could of the marathon, and having Mike read my name and message out for my donation was cool. [aiwebs_011]

I caught a chunk of Arrow's SMG2 run.  It was pretty cool, and I managed to see a number of small timesaving tricks.
I caught AndrewG's Marble Madness, Excitebike, Mario 1, 1 Blindfolded (didn't work, so he sat facing the wrong way, wearing a Mario emblazoned jacket and a sombrero [aiwebs_017]), and Mario 2, as well as the end of Mario 3.  He died on Bowser, and his face dropped because it was unexpected.  He said "No, that was my fault.  I got cocky." :mime_orig:
I caught part of the Pokemon Yellow run, and it was great.  I've always been fond on the first generation anyway, but the commentary was exceptional, and makes a world of difference.
I caught the Super Metroid run.  This was probably one of the only ones I was a little disappointed with.  There was next to zero commentary, and the run was average.
I was gutted that I missed Jiano's SM64 run.  From everything I read in the chat, it was fantastic. :cry:
I caught Sonic 2, which was a great watch, mainly because it was glitch central.
I caught all of Streets of Rage 2, which was apretty good run, with a really good / lucky Level 7 lift section.  Also, Shiva's manipulation was (as always) very funny.
I caught part of Ark's Uncharted 2 run, but it was just as he got to the "unh, I hate this chapter" part.  I witnessed his deaths on the bridge, and then his miraculous survival with a grey screen, in the middle of about five people, and them all missing him. :cool:
I caught the part when they hit their first goal of $25,000, with one guy giving $1,000 with a message just saying "$25,000 *snipe*". :applaud_orig:
I also caught the very end, when everybody in the room had a massive group hug.  Awww...

All in all, a great event! :ohyeah_orig:

arkarian:

is in the group Administrator.

registered on 2004-09-01 04:15:32 pm.

Gender: male

Location: ellicott city, md, usa