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Awesome Games Done Quick 2023: IT’S OVER!

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Okay so the Castlevania 2 (Dracula 2) run.

    I was gonna try learning how to speedrun this game. But the first thing you have to do in it (going to the left where the fire breathing lizards are), it is waaaaaaaaay harder than the runner made it look. You have to leap very specifically and move specifically to spawn them specifically so you aren't overwhelmed and killed. It's so. Goddamn. Hard. I can't believe how walled I've been right at the start of a run. The irony is the rest of the game is easy as hell.

  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Vtuber...? I don't know what that is but I'm glad you're excited for it. :)

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    Vtuber...? I don't know what that is but I'm glad you're excited for it. :)

    A Vtuber is a live streamer (think Ninja or whoever) that plays behind the facade of an animated character.
    https://youtu.be/sJZA61spN20

  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    Vtuber...? I don't know what that is but I'm glad you're excited for it. :)

    A Vtuber is a live streamer (think Ninja or whoever) that plays behind the facade of an animated character.
    https://youtu.be/sJZA61spN20

    Oh you crazy kids with your gimmicks. Thanks for the information!

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  • QanamilQanamil x Registered User regular
    Diablo 3 3-player co-op race was an amazing highlight last night.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    That vtuber stuff looks dumb as shit which can only mean one thing... I am finally an old fuddy-duddy.

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2021
    That vtuber stuff looks dumb as shit which can only mean one thing... I am finally an old fuddy-duddy.

    I can't comment on your status as a fuddy-duddy, but while it definitely can be dumb as shit, it can also be extremely good

    Their weirdo chaos performance art vibe is vastly preferable to shitty assholes raging at video games and making millions for it, I'll say that much

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    One of the ways vtuber tech shines is when their models are rigged to account for hand and finger motions. Momo on Twitch does this pretty often and the fidelity with her body movement is amazing. That requires a 3D body. There are 2D versions, which the video above and the speedrunner at AGDQ use. They have higher quality art but are kinda harder to rig up to move in way that make sense (and don't allow for anything other than face recognition; you then attach the model to do things based on face patterns - for example Nyanners has her new avatar setup to recognize when she leans in close and further away).

    It's something I am aspiring to get for myself, because I don't want to show my dumb IRL face on streams.

    ANYWAY

    This Metroid race sure is off to a very rough start. It's kinda funny that the racers were like "yay people voted for Kraid first, the fun route" and now they're getting bodied. <.<

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Just now starting: Buster-only Mega Man with one-hit KO enabled.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    I had anxiety the entire time watching that Mega Man run, Jesus. That was so insane.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Henroid wrote: »
    Just now starting: Buster-only Mega Man with one-hit KO enabled.
    That sounds insane. Does the runner abuse the pause glitch at all?

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited January 2021
    forty wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Just now starting: Buster-only Mega Man with one-hit KO enabled.
    That sounds insane. Does the runner abuse the pause glitch at all?

    Not for bosses, except for yellow demon. They pause buffer a few times to avoid some platforming clipping issues that the game is notorious for.

    Javen on
  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    There's nothing like seeing a game utterly destroyed with raw skill.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Metroid Prime 100% yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy

    I've run this in a very scrub sort of sense. Years ago.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    I think VTubers are silly too, but as somebody who has a mild interest in streaming but for whom the biggest barrier to entry was "I don't want people to see me", I totally get why someone might use a digital avatar.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    I think VTubers are silly too, but as somebody who has a mild interest in streaming but for whom the biggest barrier to entry was "I don't want people to see me", I totally get why someone might use a digital avatar.
    You already are using one for the record. It currently is still wearing its Santa hat.

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Y'know. It wasn't very showy, but the boss skip in the 100% Metroid Prime run was fucking huge.

  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Shovel Knight looks like a fun game I'd never really play much :P

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    Shovel Knight looks like a fun game I'd never really play much :P
    Specter of Torment plays VERY differently from the original. And that said, the shit this guy is doing? None of it is REMOTELY required to succeed at the game.

    It's still fucking crazy though, very much like the Mega Man 11 run.

  • Handsome CostanzaHandsome Costanza Ask me about 8bitdo RIP Iwata-sanRegistered User regular
    Dance Dad has been suspended from GDQ for "making some folks uncomfortable":



    I'm heartbroken.

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  • BloodySlothBloodySloth Registered User regular
    The runner for shovel knight was great.

    "David, please."

  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    hrmmm... It's actually kinda difficult to not know what it is that made people uncomfortable imo.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    How can you be suspended from an online only event?

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • Wraith260Wraith260 Happiest Goomba! Registered User regular
    the incentive to pet Cerberus in Hades was met before Sent finished announcing it. :lol:

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Wraith260 wrote: »
    the incentive to pet Cerberus in Hades was met before Sent finished announcing it. :lol:

    As is appropriate.

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    OK the first... 3 seconds or so of the L4D run are uh.

    :bigfrown:

    if you didn't know what to expect

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  • KupiKupi Registered User regular
    I was not bullish on this Left 4 Dead 2 run but the third stage of the carnival was a beautiful train wreck. :lol:

    My favorite musical instrument is the air-raid siren.
  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    lol I like Retrobrando, this Resident Evil speedrunner coming up later. He's got a good sense of humor :D

    SpikeVegeta is also always fun so that helps.

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    OK so this isn't until tomorrow evening, but if it's close I'mma need you all to donate to the Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon run. I hadn't heard of that before and just looked it up and yeah, it's something we should see :D

    https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/run/4741

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    I'm surprised you hadn't heard of it by now. The Zelda CD-i games are pretty notorious.

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    forty wrote: »
    I'm surprised you hadn't heard of it by now. The Zelda CD-i games are pretty notorious.

    I miss a lot of things :D

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited January 2021
    The current runner when they marathon hit half a million dollars raised was kinda... low energy about that milestone.
    Preacher wrote: »
    How can you be suspended from an online only event?
    Could be conduct they were up to toward community members / event organizers. We probably won't know ever.

    Edit - Oh also bans from GDQ events tend to be all GDQ events, not just the current running event.

    Henroid on
  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    Henroid wrote: »
    The current runner when they marathon hit half a million dollars raised was kinda... low energy about that milestone.

    Eh, people are who they are. Without a huge audience going nuts right behind you, I can't blame someone for not suddenly getting hyped up if that just isn't their style.

    (This is assuming the person was acting their normal self and not like, actively pulling back and downplaying)

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Holy shit the Golden Sun has Bowie the HERO on commentary and Argick on hosting duty. Bowie is an excellent dude. He does an annual event called Camelot Month where he runs through all the Shining games, plus a few other games, as made by the developer Camelot. I watched it last year and while I was already aware of him prior, it was a good time to get to know him a bit more.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    By the way, last night's Haunting Ground run was quite excellent, find a VOD for that one

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    This Spyro runner seems so proud when he does the hard tricks, it's fun :D

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  • ArteenArteen Adept ValeRegistered User regular
    I love Golden Sun so much. I'm glad to see it make an appearance. Good runners and commentary too!

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    This Spyro runner seems so proud when he does the hard tricks, it's fun :D
    I love when the runners show some emotion about getting shit down. That's part of what made Specter of Torment so fun. That dude was hype as hell when he got some quick kills in on bosses.

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    OK so this isn't until tomorrow evening, but if it's close I'mma need you all to donate to the Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon run. I hadn't heard of that before and just looked it up and yeah, it's something we should see :D

    https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/run/4741

    ~110,000k off still. Make this happen!

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