The Blast Corps run late night/early morning was a lot of fun because not only is that a really interesting game in a lot of ways, being a very early 3D game and having it's own physics and a unique gameplay style among other things, they also had Martin Wakeley on for developer commentary and he had a lot of interesting stories and insight about the game and developing games for Rare at the time,
God it is nuts how much watching footage of Diablo 2 makes me want to play it again. Everything flooding back.
I was briefly watching the end of the run where he was basically teleporting around and it seemingly did nothing. I mean, obviously he completed the goal, but it was kind of boring to watch, too. This block of games feels like the worst because it's all big games designed to be LONG, but broken down to mere hours by abusing save states or bugs or tool-assists. Even the Final Fantasy 1(japan version) was boring even though it was short because it was stairs forever. Like, cool that you "speedrun" the game, but it's not exactly the most exciting thing to see. Pokemon for 2 and a half hours was dull.
I was briefly watching the end of the run where he was basically teleporting around and it seemingly did nothing. I mean, obviously he completed the goal, but it was kind of boring to watch, too. This block of games feels like the worst because it's all big games designed to be LONG, but broken down to mere hours by abusing save states or bugs or tool-assists. Even the Final Fantasy 1(japan version) was boring even though it was short because it was stairs forever. Like, cool that you "speedrun" the game, but it's not exactly the most exciting thing to see. Pokemon for 2 and a half hours was dull.
It was even more boring because it didn't even work. 12 minutes of stairs with zero payoff.
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I was briefly watching the end of the run where he was basically teleporting around and it seemingly did nothing. I mean, obviously he completed the goal, but it was kind of boring to watch, too. This block of games feels like the worst because it's all big games designed to be LONG, but broken down to mere hours by abusing save states or bugs or tool-assists. Even the Final Fantasy 1(japan version) was boring even though it was short because it was stairs forever. Like, cool that you "speedrun" the game, but it's not exactly the most exciting thing to see. Pokemon for 2 and a half hours was dull.
It was even more boring because it didn't even work. 12 minutes of stairs with zero payoff.
It should be noted that the bidding war for Kill/Save the animals raises an insane amount of money during these things. This year it's over 115k already. (65k to 50k for letting them die at the moment)
If I'm reading the tracker correctly, the next highest single category is 26k in a bid war for the Bloodborne character name.
The Blast Corps run late night/early morning was a lot of fun because not only is that a really interesting game in a lot of ways, being a very early 3D game and having it's own physics and a unique gameplay style among other things, they also had Martin Wakeley on for developer commentary and he had a lot of interesting stories and insight about the game and developing games for Rare at the time,
The best part I took away from that great run is that Martin and his tiny of team fellow developers at Rare pretty much did whatever they thought was cool without much external oversight. I can just picture how weird it must've been for that group of young guys dealing with tech that they all barely knew
The Blast Corps run late night/early morning was a lot of fun because not only is that a really interesting game in a lot of ways, being a very early 3D game and having it's own physics and a unique gameplay style among other things, they also had Martin Wakeley on for developer commentary and he had a lot of interesting stories and insight about the game and developing games for Rare at the time,
The best part I took away from that great run is that Martin and his tiny team fellow developers ar Rare at that time pretty much did whatever they thought was cool while drinking tea and chucked it in the game. I can just picture how weird it must've been for that group of young guys dealing with tech that they all barely knew
I always love watching runs where they have the developer on hand (either actually there or through Skype or something). Not just for the development stories, but for those shining moments where the developer is trying to coach the player around a tricky bit, only to watch the player completely bypass the tricky bit by a bit of clipping or going out of bounds or something.
Well sure, after you spend four or five years smashing yourself into every wall. Most games will fall apart with enough pathological inputs thrown at them.
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The runner's right arm and the pants of the guy sitting behind him keep syncing up and weirding me out.
My favorite musical instrument is the air-raid siren.
Considering this ends late tomorrow/early Sunday, it's sad to see that they're still less than halfway to meeting last years number (currently below $700k, last year they raised $1.5m+).
While I'm enjoying some of it this year, I think some of the RPGs need to go. Diablo 2 while impressive wasn't very fun to watch. Same with the JRPGs. I can watch someone speedrun Mirrors Edge all day. I'm pretty much bored by the end of one map for any kart racer. Same goes for any 3d Zelda title.
Battleblock has been consistently awesome, but again I think last year was better.
Considering this ends late tomorrow/early Sunday, it's sad to see that they're still less than halfway to meeting last years number (currently below $700k, last year they raised $1.5m+).
I hope there's a mad dash at the end.
There typically is. Save / Kill The Animals gets fierce when it's the last thing to donate for, and there's people like me (at least one of them) who space their donations out to hit as many raffles as possible, then drop the rest of their donation budget once there aren't any left.
My favorite musical instrument is the air-raid siren.
Diablo 2 was a pretty weak watch, and also agreed with most of the jRPGs. I love me Final Fantasy 4 something fierce, but I'll be damned if I'm going to care about watching someone speedrun it in under 2 hours. The Pokemon Blue glitch showcase was seizure-inducing and I feel like Pokemon and most of the Nintendo games have run their course. It's the same speedrun every year, with a slightly different glitch method (especially Pokemon).
Keep the Metroid race, and in fact, try to get more races, or more interesting sets like the Punch-Out games blindfolded. Those are interesting to watch. Legit skill-based games like Tetris and Stepmania are bonkers and inspiring. Much better than the upcoming 5+ hours of Majora's Mask that no one except Euros will be watching due to the time.
I actually liked the pokemon yellow run since it's the first one at GDQ in ages that hasn't been crazypants glitched. most rpgs are dreadful boring but that had good commentary and wasn't too long.
Diablo 2 was a pretty weak watch, and also agreed with most of the jRPGs. I love me Final Fantasy 4 something fierce, but I'll be damned if I'm going to care about watching someone speedrun it in under 2 hours. The Pokemon Blue glitch showcase was seizure-inducing and I feel like Pokemon and most of the Nintendo games have run their course. It's the same speedrun every year, with a slightly different glitch method (especially Pokemon).
Keep the Metroid race, and in fact, try to get more races, or more interesting sets like the Punch-Out games blindfolded. Those are interesting to watch. Legit skill-based games like Tetris and Stepmania are bonkers and inspiring. Much better than the upcoming 5+ hours of Majora's Mask that no one except Euros will be watching due to the time.
Yeah, a run that starts at 5 in the morning on a Saturday is really popular in Europe.
Also, there's a reason the game lineup is the way it is. Sure, some games are there pretty much every year, but that's because they're still super popular, they're iconic games that most people are familiar with and loads of people are still actively speedrunning them.
As for some of the lengthy runs - different people like different things. Personally I found the Secret of Mana and Pokemon Yellow runs really interesting. Also, long runs like those give the staff on site a bit of a break. If the marathon only consisted of 15 to 30 minute runs, it would be a huge burden on the tech and volunteer staff.
Yeah, the Diablo II run was boring to me for two reasons:
Lots of resetting (I know that's Diablo's thing, but it's just not fun to watch someone play new variants of the first few levels to get a particular drop).
It hasn't aged well visually speaking. It's just an ugly, dreary game. Brighter games with simpler sprites (Mario, Metroid, TMNT, Battletoads, etc.) are all far more pleasant to watch.
Guess who won the Mario Kart 8 character selection bid
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Waluigi is the winner! (for the Mario Mart 8 donation incentive to pick the driver). "Some of us really want Waluigi". said the runner, in response to it soundly trouncing the next highest total which was for Peach.
Edit: I was free this whole week, but I still have so much to catch up on VODs due to the need for sleep. I woke up to the end of Plague of Shadows today :sad:
Also, if you get hit by a Blue Shell, your item gets vaporized in the explosion if it's being held out. Keeping it in your inventory lets you deploy it as a defense against whatever second place (who will be much closer to you after the blue shell hits) has to throw at you.
My favorite musical instrument is the air-raid siren.
My own green shells have hit me many times because of that. Hasn't happened with banana peels, though. Smaller hitbox, maybe?
I've had it happen with bananas, but mostly only if the track is at an awkward angle or they rebound of a fence, or something, not on a flat that I can recall.
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I was briefly watching the end of the run where he was basically teleporting around and it seemingly did nothing. I mean, obviously he completed the goal, but it was kind of boring to watch, too. This block of games feels like the worst because it's all big games designed to be LONG, but broken down to mere hours by abusing save states or bugs or tool-assists. Even the Final Fantasy 1(japan version) was boring even though it was short because it was stairs forever. Like, cool that you "speedrun" the game, but it's not exactly the most exciting thing to see. Pokemon for 2 and a half hours was dull.
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It was even more boring because it didn't even work. 12 minutes of stairs with zero payoff.
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It should be noted that the bidding war for Kill/Save the animals raises an insane amount of money during these things. This year it's over 115k already. (65k to 50k for letting them die at the moment)
If I'm reading the tracker correctly, the next highest single category is 26k in a bid war for the Bloodborne character name.
The best part I took away from that great run is that Martin and his tiny of team fellow developers at Rare pretty much did whatever they thought was cool without much external oversight. I can just picture how weird it must've been for that group of young guys dealing with tech that they all barely knew
I always love watching runs where they have the developer on hand (either actually there or through Skype or something). Not just for the development stories, but for those shining moments where the developer is trying to coach the player around a tricky bit, only to watch the player completely bypass the tricky bit by a bit of clipping or going out of bounds or something.
***
The runner's right arm and the pants of the guy sitting behind him keep syncing up and weirding me out.
Looks like he's playing the game with one hand in his jacket pocket...
I hope there's a mad dash at the end.
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Battleblock has been consistently awesome, but again I think last year was better.
There typically is. Save / Kill The Animals gets fierce when it's the last thing to donate for, and there's people like me (at least one of them) who space their donations out to hit as many raffles as possible, then drop the rest of their donation budget once there aren't any left.
Keep the Metroid race, and in fact, try to get more races, or more interesting sets like the Punch-Out games blindfolded. Those are interesting to watch. Legit skill-based games like Tetris and Stepmania are bonkers and inspiring. Much better than the upcoming 5+ hours of Majora's Mask that no one except Euros will be watching due to the time.
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Yeah, a run that starts at 5 in the morning on a Saturday is really popular in Europe.
Also, there's a reason the game lineup is the way it is. Sure, some games are there pretty much every year, but that's because they're still super popular, they're iconic games that most people are familiar with and loads of people are still actively speedrunning them.
As for some of the lengthy runs - different people like different things. Personally I found the Secret of Mana and Pokemon Yellow runs really interesting. Also, long runs like those give the staff on site a bit of a break. If the marathon only consisted of 15 to 30 minute runs, it would be a huge burden on the tech and volunteer staff.
Lots of resetting (I know that's Diablo's thing, but it's just not fun to watch someone play new variants of the first few levels to get a particular drop).
It hasn't aged well visually speaking. It's just an ugly, dreary game. Brighter games with simpler sprites (Mario, Metroid, TMNT, Battletoads, etc.) are all far more pleasant to watch.
Guess who won the Mario Kart 8 character selection bid
Edit: I was free this whole week, but I still have so much to catch up on VODs due to the need for sleep. I woke up to the end of Plague of Shadows today :sad:
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Never happened to me, and I played a ton of MK8.
But at the same time, the idea of not reflexively holding your item behind you goes against everything that was hard-coded into me from Mario Kart 64.
Waluigi the winner!
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I've had it happen with bananas, but mostly only if the track is at an awkward angle or they rebound of a fence, or something, not on a flat that I can recall.