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Awesome Games Done Quick 2017 | January 8th - January 15th | Speedrunning for Charity
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Nose Master
Member
Glad salt was good, the runner was apparently shitting on the game after signing up for it months ago.
Sr. Wiggles
Banned
I actually killed the stream a few min in once i realized how he was beating the game. I mean i love stuff that breaks the game... but i guess i was expecting a more "legit" run. Killing a boss that gave me trouble by standing still and hitting him four times with an op weapon isn't super impressive.
Not trying to discredit his run either, just not what I wanted to see.
Yeah. A lot of games have a bunch of different categories and it's not always clear what you're going to get. Very, very few speed runs don't use trickery of some sort though; it's all about getting through it as fast as possible within the restraints of the category. If it's not explicitly "glitchless," they're probably going to exploit glitches. Nevermind haggling over what constitutes a glitch, of course, since that's sometimes nebulous.
I always think Resident Evil speed runs require a lot of skill. They often don't rely on glitches.
PeskyToaster
Member
The Bioshock run I watched a few months ago last time this was going was legit. The guy was launching himself with cardboard boxes.
Hmm? In the stream he sounded fairly positive about it. Said something like "this is my favorite Souls-clone" or "I think this is the best Souls-clone"
Why would you ever look at Twitch chat
Error404SwagNotFound
Member
Beyond the run where the announcers didn't know if a donation incentive was met when the speedrun was happening and telling the runner to just move on, not really. And even that isn't a huge deal.
The idea that executing a glitch with precision doesn't require skill is a fallacy. Not saying you're trying to imply that, but that post can read that way. Glitches and other skips are shortcuts on time, but not often on ability.
Coonce
Member
I'll sum it up -
guy brings "maga" hat into agdq, friend pulls it out during game stream while sitting on couch.
guy and guy's friend get banned from show, even though rules state "no political anything on stream" or something like that. guy complains about it on twitter.
oh yeah, the guy is a real class act, awful shit posted on his twitter he doesn't even deserve the attention.
Death Metalist
Member
MGS2, SH4, DMC & Hitman: Blood Money runs were fan-fucking-tastic. Back watching live now though with Batman: Return of the Joker!
For added context, he was already on thin ice for vaguely joking about a mass shooting at last agdq.
Sorry, what is a maga hat?
Wish the AGDQ was last week, I am back to work from the holidays as of today
Same here. I'm also away over the weekend and working on Sunday
Bl@de
Member
Make America Great Again
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Like the runner says, the level of detail on the sprites really does look more like an SNES game than a NES one.
"MAGA" = "Make America Great Again", which is associated with support of President-elect Trump.
NormalFish
Banned
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
That's disgusting. Someone really needs to teach that idiot how to behave.
Gai Murakumo
Member
Same here. This happens to me almost every AGDQ so I have to watch the archived footage of the runs I am interested in later.Wish the AGDQ was last week, I am back to work from the holidays as of today
Diablohead
Member
Sunset Riders is an awesome game.
Don't forget to check out AGDQ's sister stream, Pinball Done Quick at https://www.twitch.tv/pinballjoe
I gotta say, one has to be a really shitty human being for throwing hate at a group of people running a marathon for charity.
Calling him an idiot is being generous.
Oh, wow. That makes sense now. Jeez.
theSlacker
Member
Damnit. The thing I was using to pull the direct link of the streams for use in vlc/mpc is gone.
Also, Transphobia.
I love *GDQ but really hate some of the runners and hangers on. Just, just fucking be nice for charity, guys, really.
Sir Griffith
Member
Oh wow, is that Mike Uyama? Hasnt he been MIA since 2014?
Yeah, this. The altruism of GDQ and adolescent toxicity of many runners seem at odds.
I'm fairly certain it is, it certainly sounds like him. And yes, he has been MIA from every GDQ since 2014 (until now anyway if that is him).
Wish the AGDQ was last week, I am back to work from the holidays as of today
Same. I was planning on checking it out on Saturday but forgot until last night. It's going to be mostly VODs for me.
Running GDQ must be stressful as hell. On one hand, you need to enforce strict rules because a charity event needs to keep some level of clean, neutral image, and on the other hand you get sociopathic jerks shitting on you because of said strict rules. It's a real "damned if you do, damned if you don't" kind of situation.
And all of this without pay!
Kudos to them.
And all of this without pay!
Kudos to them.
Sir Griffith
Member
But GDQ partnered with the Prevent Cancer foundation. I'm pretty sure the people running the event are getting payed
I'm not sure on this, but they probably are like any other non profit charity, where they pay administrative staff and for costs like the venue. Possibly travel and lodging costs for streamers. This is paid for by their sponsors, not donations, I believe.
Sir Griffith
Member
For sure, they definitely deserve the praise
Dylan Sexbang
Banned
Bawkbasoup was mentioning how pricey it is for him to fly down for his run and was planning on staying down for as little as possible. I believe he his flying out the day before, no sleep, and going home the day after his run. I just caught him saying it last week, I might have heard wrong tho.
Yeah, that's why I said possibly on reimbursing runners. Administrative costs are unavoidable, though. People to do the planning and scheduling and organizing. Those people get paid because it's a full time job to manage huge events like these twice a year.
Diablohead
Member
Smart Ball for next pokemon game pls
Twitch is one of their sponsors, yes.
Renting the venue alone must be insanely expensive, a ballroom for an entire week is no joke. I assume most other events being held at this kind of place usually aren't that long.