The Speedrunning Thread

[Dynam0]

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zoast had a decent early game. Oats just made it look bad.

Well in terms of zoast's skill he could've cleaned it up but you're right oats was on fire early on

[lurker]

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so zoast broke the super metroid wr three nights in a row and puncay got the first 1:40 on sm64 120 on a trashy as fuck run
fuckin
hype

[_Zenith_]

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I really want to see if anyone can duplicate that upwarp glitch or rather I really want to see a consistent upwarp speedrun because the time has to be insane exploiting that

[Reach]

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Zoasts phantoon split on the new world record is LMAO worthy.

Sub 42:30 incoming.

Probably a low 1:40 too in Mario 64.

[AlexDest]

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AGDQ 2016 submissions have started 3 days ago.

https://gamesdonequick.com/submission/all

[Deidara837]

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I've been talking with KFFC and Talon about submitting a SA2B Dark Story run (pretty solid aside from some consistency in Sand Ocean/Cosmic Wall) to AGDQ but atm the logistics aren't working out too well, hopefully I can get this sorted out in the next few days

Edit: Also
Game Submissions Info
Dates and Venue
Hotel Reservation
Roommate Thread

[shenjoku]

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Damn, Lioran's Super Metroid Impossible run was rejected I really wanted to see that. Same thing with Sweetnumb's 100% map completion run.

EDIT: Just saw Staiain's entry :O I hope he gets in!

[AlexDest]

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rip

[awein999]

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gamej's golf didn't make it either

[ShadowDueler97]

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How are they choosing what games to accept because it looks like they're just choosing at complete random lol

[gold stinger]

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There's been a lot of buzz about this recently, I had a very lengthy talk with RWhiteGoose (he used to work on this kind of stuff for AGDQ a LONG time ago) and from what I hear is that there was a recent change in staff and that's probably a strong suit case for why the opinion of the process is so sour right now.

Working on implementing stuff like bid wars to get certains runs even SUBMITTED into AGDQ because it's ez & fast money that will go directly towards the fundraiser, and from the talk I've had with the lot of runners 1 or 2 days ago, they're doing it for the money, not necessarily for the community. Like, this stuff has been happening for awhile now, at least 3 years, and a lot of speedrunners are fed up about it but no one has the ability to make the move it takes to shut down AGDQ and start up a new charity event and doing it correctly.

I've heard from a number of sources that most people are going to let this AGDQ slide with what they're doing, and see what happens from it. If it doesn't turn out as well as expected, there may be an actual donger riot to start up a new event under different staff, possibly funded the first time around by kickstarter etc., and then funded by the community from there on out depending on how well that plan goes.

As it is right now, practically 75-80% of submissions have been rejected. I could understand 50 or 60% under serious circumstances, but 80% is quite a lot to ignore, especially when you're ignoring name brand titles like Spyro, Yoshi's Island, and Final Fantasy. I'm still incredibly salty that Trihex's Yoshi's Island got rejected because it was "too boring".

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about 75-80% of runs ignored, 60% of runtime ignored

[gold stinger]

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holy shit

[Red Blaster]

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Rip agdq

[awein999]

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there are so many great submissions there have to be great games that aren't going to make it into the schedule. there are a lot of factors to consider as to why anything is getting in and no matter what people will be upset at whatever stuff doesn't get in.

and ya it's for the fundraiser that's the point. they are bigger than before and more successful so changes in the process and the setting from past years are often interpreted as undesired but it's just how processes alter naturally when events like this get much more attention and success. whether certain people appreciate it when it's a more tight knit and smaller group of people who are buddy buddy is super irrelevant. as a 100% charity event the top priority should always be the fundraiser.

[JurseyRider734]

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There's been a lot of buzz about this recently, I had a very lengthy talk with RWhiteGoose

after u say something like this, everything said afterwards is automatically taken as if it were a bowl filled with smelly green diarrhea & then promptly flushed down the pot