holy fuck chat donated over $100,000 in ten minutes
$2,000,000
two million fuckin dollars
Holy shit, the donation counter went up so fast.
Metroid's up!
Let's goooooooooooooo!
When I first heard of RBO I thought it was a joke. Like, there's no way you can actually beat Super Metroid that way, but here we are.
$2,394,668
Another year in the books!
I thought this year was pretty strong. Good improvements on the admin side, making for more fun and wild moments and less weirdness. Lots of great announcers and some really solid runs.
Thoughts?
Watching through the Urban Yeti run, the audience screaming in terror whenever the green yeti face shows up is my favorite gag yet
Alright, caught up on sleep after a marathon watching session yesterday. Rankings/recommendations for Friday and Saturday (excluding FF9):
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC - Rockstar North)
Any% No SSU
by KZ_FREW
57m39m (est 1h00m)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★★★☆☆
Fun ★★★★☆
Review: A really fun run, had some trouble with random stuff happening but that just made it better.
Pokemon Gold (GBC - Game Freak)
Any% Glitchless
race Gunnermaniac3 vs pokeguy84
3h19m25s, 3h26m53s (est 3h25m)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill ★★★☆☆
Fun ★☆☆☆☆
Review: This was always going to be a kind of tedious run, just from the length. Being completely uncompetitive for three hours made it even worse.
Final Fantasy IV - Free Enterprise (SNES - Square, Team FF4FE)
League Match Flags
race RiversMccown, Khobahi, ObdaJr, Neerrm
1h38m54s, 1h40m57s, 1h50m47s, 1h59m14s (est 2h00m)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★★★★☆
Fun ★★★☆☆
Review: A really complicated run to try to follow, with four runners doing different routes in a randomized layout. If you can manage it, it's a great race.
mari0 (Linux - Maurice Guégan)
Various mappacks
TAS by Masterjun (any%, warpless), Noahkiq (Gravitas, Portal 4P coop)
1m12s, 12m00s, 3m01s, 2m54s (est 15m)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★☆★☆★
Fun ★★★★☆
Review: It's flipping TASBot, of course it's going to be awesome.
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA - Konami)
All Souls
TAS by Fz-last, klmz, Pike
16m19s (est 17m06s)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★☆★☆★
Fun ★★★★☆
Review: DwangoAC could not even.
Super Scribblenauts (DS - 5th Cell)
chat%
Hardware-Assisted Speedrun by Funkmastermp, Chef Stef, Themas, SighnWaive
16m10s (est 15m00s)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★☆★☆★
Fun ★★★★☆
Review: "Just because we can, doesn't mean we should"
Super Mario Sunshine (GCN - Nintendo EAD)
1v1 Lockout Bingo
battle PangaeaPanga vs SniperKing
58m55s (est 1h30m)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★★★★☆
Fun ★★★★★
Review: Surprisingly easy to follow for such a complex battle, although a bit confusing due to contradictory rules explanations. The post-match interview is also worth a watch.
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Puyo Puyo Tetris (PC - Sonic Team)
Extra Stages 100%
by Scottobozo
39m15s (est 40m)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill ★★★☆☆
Fun ★★☆☆☆
Review: Pretty typical puzzle game speedrun. Lots of crazy-fast inputs and decision-making, but not much else.
Luigi's Mansion (GCN - Nintendo EAD)
100%
by HDlax1
1h13m40s (est 1h17m)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill ★★★☆☆
Fun ★★★☆☆
Review: Fairly good run, great commentary.
I Wanna Kill the Kamilia 2 (PC - Influka)
Any%
by BBF
1h43m28s (est 1h30m) [NV]
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill ★★★★☆
Fun ★☆☆☆☆
Review: Standard IWBTG-clone speedrun, which means playing a preposterously hard fangame as well as possible.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES - Nintendo EAD)
Low% 1-Hit KO
by Xelna
1h47m03s (est 1h55m)
Overall ★★★★★
Skill ★★★★★
Fun ★★★★☆
Review: An unbelievably well-executed run of a very difficult category.
Dark Souls III (PC - From)
All Bosses
by spacey1
1h39m37s (est 1h57m30s)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill ★★★☆☆
Fun ★★☆☆☆
Review: Really great runner commentary, everything that happens gets explained. Lots of skips but also just lots of good execution.
Bloodborne (PS4 - From)
Any%
by heyZeusHeresToast
47m59s (est 43m)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★★☆☆☆
Fun ★★★★★
Review: The most hype runner of GDQ returns. Pity he kept getting murdered.
Quickie World (SNES - Valdio)
100%
race RBMACHOK vs GlitchCat7
13m38s, 13m54s (est 18m)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★★★★☆
Fun ★★★☆☆
Review: The obligatory kaizo mario hack of the marathon. This was one of the better - nice and short, without too many impossible sections.
Super Gracie World (SNES - WhiteMoth)
100%
by Wahnthac
25m39s (est 30m)
Overall ★★★☆☆
Skill ★★★☆☆
Fun ★★★☆☆
Review: Another kaizo hack. This one's supposedly "easy". I guess by kaizo standards it is, but it's still an unfairly hard hack.
Super Mario Odyssey (Switch - Nintendo EPD)
Darker Side
by Bayleef
3h21m12s (est 3h22m)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★★★★☆
Fun ★★★★☆
Review: The hype of this run was real. The execution was really solid for a three-hour run - a couple deaths, somehow missed two moons, but the level of skill on show is far higher than any three-hour run I've ever seen.
Super Mario Odyssey (Switch - Nintendo EPD)
Dark Side Boss Rush
by Bayleef
5m50s (no est)
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★★★★☆
Fun ★★★★☆
Review: For MAXIMUM SWAG, run was done with invisibility hat and only 3 hearts.
Super Mario Odyssey (Switch - Nintendo EPD)
Bowser Refight
by Bayleef
4m16s (no est)
Overall ★★☆☆☆
Skill ★★★☆☆
Fun ★★☆☆☆
Review: Alright this is getting a bit much.
Super Metroid (SNES - Nintendo R&D1)
Reverse Boss Order
by ShinyZeni
1h06m01s (est 1h20m) [NV]
Overall ★★★★☆
Skill ★★★★★
Fun ★★★☆☆
Review: This run shouldn't even be possible. Just doing it requires so many glitches and sequence breaks. Trying to do it fast is an act of sheer madness.
Recommended Watching: Link to the Past, Super Metroid, TASBot, Super Mario Sunshine, Bloodborne, FF4FE, Mario Odyssey, Vice City
Now to spend the next month catching up on all the runs I missed. I'll keep doing these rankings, but I'll batch them up so I don't just keep spamming the thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z0eKN3oRl8
Holy fuck what a run this is.
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