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hfglgg
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Antisocialmunky
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PhoenixVoid
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46355 Posts
On January 10 2016 01:50 Antisocialmunky wrote: I dunno, maybe the speedrunning hype is over, I dunno. Perhaps it is because PFC is US only and its being more publicized this year. Maybe the big donations are being held off for the last couple games? You aren't going to maintain that much momentum probably. Also there's no Humble Bundle this year. There's a fairly decent thread on Reddit about this. https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/3zwi95/could_agdq_2016_fall_below_2015_in_terms_of/ I'm pretty sure they'll pull in at least 1 million this year. Actually, this year feels a little more sellout as well. Maybe that's what's turning people off? It seems to be at the levels that irked me personally form last year. I mean, this is a charity marathon, I don't really care about the the sponsors shoved in my face every 15 minutes. I think it's a mix between the games chosen and the lack of a Humble Bundle/ other big incentives to rally the opposing sides (like save vs. kill the animals). I don't think the hype is over, and I don't think it's because of a little bickering. | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On January 10 2016 02:42 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I think it's a mix between the games chosen and the lack of a Humble Bundle/ other big incentives to rally the opposing sides (like save vs. kill the animals). I don't think the hype is over, and I don't think it's because of a little bickering. Yeah the hype certainly isn't over. Breaking 200k viewers for the first time this marathon is indicative of that. Something else is off. It's a combination of factors really. I'm most interested in seeing how the org com react to getting less than last year and whether they start making poor decisions or keep their cool. | ||
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Rocket-Bear
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But mainly because of Siglemic and Cosmo, they were really the face of speedrunning. ZFG is the closest to them. Trihex is cool too but didn't attract the same amount of viewers. It probably didn't help that the really popular games like Mario64 and OoT / MM was in the graveyard shift for Europeans. More tend to donate during the runs they love. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46355 Posts
On January 10 2016 02:45 Plexa wrote: Yeah the hype certainly isn't over. Breaking 200k viewers for the first time this marathon is indicative of that. Something else is off. It's a combination of factors really. I'm most interested in seeing how the org com react to getting less than last year and whether they start making poor decisions or keep their cool. Yeah I think they should just look at which incentives, sections of the marathons, and big donors contributed more vs. less money between these two years. Also, I feel that certain speedrunners add incredible amounts of hype, and two of the biggest names were there last year iirc and not this year... Siglemic and Cosmo. | ||
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
 secondly shit like denying CalebHart a run because of admin crap, banning Werster from GDQs, making poor run choices etc all contribute a lot. | ||
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Hier
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Edit: Maybe AVGN Adventures will eventually make it in. | ||
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On January 10 2016 02:58 Hier wrote: I didn't realize they also played more recent games like Shovel Knight. They run games from all generations! Unrelated, but super excited for Andy's ALttP reverse boss order run. It's really neat and tons of glitches  | ||
Yhamm
France7248 Posts
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32755 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On January 10 2016 03:22 PhoenixVoid wrote: Closest race by far I believe. Yeah slightly closer than the MMX race, which ended up being a little more one sided cuz the guy who was behind did a yolo strat right at the end to nudge ahead which failed. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
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Rocket-Bear
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solidbebe
Netherlands4921 Posts
It doesnt look much different from just watching that one friend whos good at mario kart play. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46355 Posts
On January 10 2016 04:02 solidbebe wrote: Wow mario kart is an excessively boring game to speedrun. It doesnt look much different from just watching that one friend whos good at mario kart play. I don't know about this version, but MK64 has a lot of really cool glitches and shortcuts. | ||
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On January 10 2016 04:02 solidbebe wrote: Wow mario kart is an excessively boring game to speedrun. It doesnt look much different from just watching that one friend whos good at mario kart play. MK64 might look a little bit different to regular play | ||
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Faruko
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like really really boring | ||
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