[Event] Summer Games Done Quick 2015 - Page 20

On August 02 2015 10:49 sacrilegious wrote:
Actually I take it back, WR's can be obtained anytime... $300k+ for a worthwhile charity is a huge deal

Though again, if he passed skipped that Super Metroid draining Samus part to get the WR I woulda said screw it and go for the WR

On August 02 2015 10:38 Drazerk wrote:

The same can be said for super mario world / Super mario Bros / Link to the past / Fzero etc etc the list goes on. There is a huge amount of games that are actually down to a science and none of them are nearly as risky / painful to run as metroid because for the past 2 GDQs we've had to watch someone be unable to finish a run which honestly just makes it depressing to watch.

On August 02 2015 10:53 WolfintheSheep wrote:

Mario games also have like a quarter of the routing, and Fzero is even more linear. Link to the Past is always run, so that's a rather pointless discussion.

Honestly, there's nothing stopping Metroid runners from doing safety saves (Fusion 1% runners do it), but they choose not to because it's a race.

On August 02 2015 11:20 GTR wrote:
what the hell when did they get over a million?

On August 02 2015 10:13 Drazerk wrote:


Haha i've just watched so many GDQs and been around long enough that i've gotten tired of a lot of the staples in a GDQ and would rather they take a break from them and I know a lot of speedrunners share my opinion that a lot of the big marathon staples kind of need to take a break at this point (Hell anything sony was lacking for a pretty long time). Its very much a speedrunner complaint than a general viewer complaint.

I mean name choices do effect the speedrun time in a lot of games. Hell it effects pokemon a lot more than it does Metroid and yet there isn't the huge hype around the dead frames there (plus in cannon the animals survive no matter what you do so you don't even need to physically save them to save them)

On August 02 2015 12:46 TheNewEra wrote:
Never played the game and can't bring myself to watch the whole thing. Looks no fun to me . The commentary on the other hand is great though.

On August 02 2015 12:54 Die4Ever wrote:

yea I think this is gonna go on the 2nd monitor and I'll find something to program lol

On August 02 2015 12:46 TheNewEra wrote:
Never played the game and can't bring myself to watch the whole thing. Looks no fun to me . The commentary on the other hand is great though.

On August 02 2015 12:57 Chill wrote:

It's fun, I just watch for 20 mins then leave it muted and focus on something else... come in and out. They are doing a good job explaining stuff which keeps it interesting.