Kinda wish they reused the good games. Wouldn't mind seeing a Mario 64 race, a 70 star run and a 120 star run. Split them onto different days and we're set.
There are quite a lot uninteresting games for speedrunning in this event. Super Mario 64 is one of those games where speedrunning really shines so would prefer more than just 1 run of it. Also more people have played Mario 64 so if I were to show this event to friends it's better when they know the game and can appreciate the skill the players have.
Eh I don't know if I agree. SM64/Zelda gets representation of every GDQ. If you ran multiple categories within a single GDQ then it would quickly stale. The game selection thus far hasn't been great, I'll give you that, but it's not a reason to put in different categories of popular speedgames.
On January 06 2016 06:13 Rocket-Bear wrote: Wasn't meant for Metroid, just in general.
There are quite a lot uninteresting games for speedrunning in this event. Super Mario 64 is one of those games where speedrunning really shines so would prefer more than just 1 run of it. Also more people have played Mario 64 so if I were to show this event to friends it's better when they know the game and can appreciate the skill the players have.
They've actually done things like that for SM64 before
For example, I think it was last year or the year before that had 120 stars as one run (Siglemic?) and then Peaches did a one-handed fast glitched run. And this year after the 120 race, they showed off modded multiplayer. So sometimes they show more of a game than just 1 speed run, even though it's not necessarily everything the game can offer.
Idk, 3 runs in one week is not that much. And people don't watch 24/7 so don't think they would end up watching all 3 runs.
Plus as we are people from all over the world watching this, you could also have them at different timezones too, which would also decrease the chance of people seeing the same game twice. But rather another Mario 64 run than 90% of the games this event.
On January 06 2016 06:13 Rocket-Bear wrote: Wasn't meant for Metroid, just in general.
There are quite a lot uninteresting games for speedrunning in this event. Super Mario 64 is one of those games where speedrunning really shines so would prefer more than just 1 run of it. Also more people have played Mario 64 so if I were to show this event to friends it's better when they know the game and can appreciate the skill the players have.
They've actually done things like that for SM64 before
For example, I think it was last year or the year before that had 120 stars as one run (Siglemic?) and then Peaches did a one-handed fast glitched run. And this year after the 120 race, they showed off modded multiplayer. So sometimes they show more of a game than just 1 speed run, even though it's not necessarily everything the game can offer.
Yeah I saw the event with Siglemic
This year I missed Mario 64 because it was in an awful timeslot for Eu (3am -> 6am) and I can't be up that late because of life and stuff
Well it depends what you prefer in speedrunning! Skill? Glitches? Planning? Speed? Or just bad jokes? Watch "Transformers: Devastation"
Because I don't like 3D-Samus I watched Hotline Miami and LVL1 Sephiroth. Just great! And did I hear correctly? Crypt of the Necrodancer is something to check out?
On January 06 2016 06:30 Rocket-Bear wrote: Idk, 3 runs in one week is not that much. And people don't watch 24/7 so don't think they would end up watching all 3 runs.
Plus as we are people from all over the world watching this, you could also have them at different timezones too, which would also decrease the chance of people seeing the same game twice. But rather another Mario 64 run than 90% of the games this event.
On January 06 2016 06:13 Rocket-Bear wrote: Wasn't meant for Metroid, just in general.
There are quite a lot uninteresting games for speedrunning in this event. Super Mario 64 is one of those games where speedrunning really shines so would prefer more than just 1 run of it. Also more people have played Mario 64 so if I were to show this event to friends it's better when they know the game and can appreciate the skill the players have.
They've actually done things like that for SM64 before
For example, I think it was last year or the year before that had 120 stars as one run (Siglemic?) and then Peaches did a one-handed fast glitched run. And this year after the 120 race, they showed off modded multiplayer. So sometimes they show more of a game than just 1 speed run, even though it's not necessarily everything the game can offer.
Yeah I saw the event with Siglemic
This year I missed Mario 64 because it was in an awful timeslot for Eu (3am -> 6am) and I can't be up that late because of life and stuff
It was a pretty good run! I made sure to include the Reddit link to all VODs in the OP, so I recommend watching it (and the funny multiplayer mod) once you have a free 2 hours
On January 06 2016 06:30 Rocket-Bear wrote: Idk, 3 runs in one week is not that much. And people don't watch 24/7 so don't think they would end up watching all 3 runs.
Plus as we are people from all over the world watching this, you could also have them at different timezones too, which would also decrease the chance of people seeing the same game twice. But rather another Mario 64 run than 90% of the games this event.
On January 06 2016 06:13 Rocket-Bear wrote: Wasn't meant for Metroid, just in general.
There are quite a lot uninteresting games for speedrunning in this event. Super Mario 64 is one of those games where speedrunning really shines so would prefer more than just 1 run of it. Also more people have played Mario 64 so if I were to show this event to friends it's better when they know the game and can appreciate the skill the players have.
They've actually done things like that for SM64 before
For example, I think it was last year or the year before that had 120 stars as one run (Siglemic?) and then Peaches did a one-handed fast glitched run. And this year after the 120 race, they showed off modded multiplayer. So sometimes they show more of a game than just 1 speed run, even though it's not necessarily everything the game can offer.
Yeah I saw the event with Siglemic
This year I missed Mario 64 because it was in an awful timeslot for Eu (3am -> 6am) and I can't be up that late because of life and stuff
You also have to keep in mind that almost everyone in speedrunning wants to get to a GDQ to showcase their game. When you give extra timeslots to popular games then it's at the expense of fringe games. Some of those fringe games have been amazing like Metal Wolf Chaos at SGDQ last year and Transformers this year (and others haven't). It's part of the charm of the GDQs.
On January 06 2016 06:30 Rocket-Bear wrote: Idk, 3 runs in one week is not that much. And people don't watch 24/7 so don't think they would end up watching all 3 runs.
Plus as we are people from all over the world watching this, you could also have them at different timezones too, which would also decrease the chance of people seeing the same game twice. But rather another Mario 64 run than 90% of the games this event.
On January 06 2016 06:27 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On January 06 2016 06:13 Rocket-Bear wrote: Wasn't meant for Metroid, just in general.
There are quite a lot uninteresting games for speedrunning in this event. Super Mario 64 is one of those games where speedrunning really shines so would prefer more than just 1 run of it. Also more people have played Mario 64 so if I were to show this event to friends it's better when they know the game and can appreciate the skill the players have.
They've actually done things like that for SM64 before
For example, I think it was last year or the year before that had 120 stars as one run (Siglemic?) and then Peaches did a one-handed fast glitched run. And this year after the 120 race, they showed off modded multiplayer. So sometimes they show more of a game than just 1 speed run, even though it's not necessarily everything the game can offer.
Yeah I saw the event with Siglemic
This year I missed Mario 64 because it was in an awful timeslot for Eu (3am -> 6am) and I can't be up that late because of life and stuff
You also have to keep in mind that almost everyone in speedrunning wants to get to a GDQ to showcase their game. When you give extra timeslots to popular games then it's at the expense of fringe games. Some of those fringe games have been amazing like Metal Wolf Chaos at SGDQ last year and Transformers this year (and others haven't). It's part of the charm of the GDQs.
That one was amazing! Here it is, for anyone who hasn't seen it yet:
On January 06 2016 06:30 Rocket-Bear wrote: Idk, 3 runs in one week is not that much. And people don't watch 24/7 so don't think they would end up watching all 3 runs.
Plus as we are people from all over the world watching this, you could also have them at different timezones too, which would also decrease the chance of people seeing the same game twice. But rather another Mario 64 run than 90% of the games this event.
On January 06 2016 06:27 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On January 06 2016 06:13 Rocket-Bear wrote: Wasn't meant for Metroid, just in general.
There are quite a lot uninteresting games for speedrunning in this event. Super Mario 64 is one of those games where speedrunning really shines so would prefer more than just 1 run of it. Also more people have played Mario 64 so if I were to show this event to friends it's better when they know the game and can appreciate the skill the players have.
They've actually done things like that for SM64 before
For example, I think it was last year or the year before that had 120 stars as one run (Siglemic?) and then Peaches did a one-handed fast glitched run. And this year after the 120 race, they showed off modded multiplayer. So sometimes they show more of a game than just 1 speed run, even though it's not necessarily everything the game can offer.
Yeah I saw the event with Siglemic
This year I missed Mario 64 because it was in an awful timeslot for Eu (3am -> 6am) and I can't be up that late because of life and stuff
You also have to keep in mind that almost everyone in speedrunning wants to get to a GDQ to showcase their game. When you give extra timeslots to popular games then it's at the expense of fringe games. Some of those fringe games have been amazing like Metal Wolf Chaos at SGDQ last year and Transformers this year (and others haven't). It's part of the charm of the GDQs.
That one was amazing! Here it is, for anyone who hasn't seen it yet:
Oh god Metal wolf Chaos was 1.5 year ago? Seems like yesterday man I feel old now.
On January 06 2016 08:07 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Hm, they're doing Super Metroid now and then again at the end of the marathon (kill/ save animals). Interesting.
Yah this was a donation incentive. The end of the week run is reverse boss order as part of the RBO block which will be pretty hype.