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[EloquentM]

Does he speed run other games?

OoT and MM. check the faq below his stream as it contains some useful information.

 

[BlueMagic]

"this
is
the
run"

 

[GrayFoxPL]

OoT and MM. check the faq below his stream as it contains some useful information.

Thanks.

 

[slaughterking]

I like Sigs soothing voice. I think I've missed it.

 

[thezerofire]

What's a split?

edit: nevermind, I assumed it was something exclusive to speedrunning

 

[Zapperkhan]

Well now that is dumb. There is an accepted method of beating the game, come on.

SDA is a great place for other runs. They're volunteer ran and are open to having categories with certain rules. With being volunteer ran it can take awhile for speedruns to be verified. So most won't necessarily submit a run if only a few seconds were shaved off.

Some games are more active than others and have communities with their own running scoreboards. SM64 is one of those games. In the past year the record has shrunk by like 4 minutes or so.

Related stuff and links

One of the largest collections of speedruns. Most runs include some text commentary to wrap your head around some glitches
http://speeddemosarchive.com/

Learn some tips and tricks in speedrunning Zelda titles.
http://zeldaspeedruns.com/

A good site to follow people streaming and racing.
http://www.speedrunslive.com/

 

[Kyuur]

We should really have a GAF speedrunning thread.

 

[slaughterking]

Sig was only 4 years old when Mario 64 originally came out. Kinda crazy when you think about it.

 

[thezerofire]

those wallkicks on the invisibility cap were insane

damn, reset

 

[BlueMagic]

How the hell am I supposed to study now?

 

[Haunted]

http://kitsovereign.deviantart.com/art/Stars-289648903

Thanks.

The spreadsheet is cool. He didn't have that the last time I watched.

Watch Cosmo speedrun Zelda. He's got a pretty cool overlay - previous record run video in the corner and easy to understand splits updated live.

 

[Dreavus]

Hahaha, I love watching this guy. Had he not been streaming much until now? I always seemed to miss his streams for a few months there.

 

[cacophony]

dude has already made $180.. god damn

 

[Apath]

I don't really watch speed runs, but for some reason I love watching Siglemic's attempts. I'm considering donating money based on the hours of entertainment he's provided me with.

 

[one_kill]

Watching this makes me want to play SM64.

 

[GimMick]

Watching this makes me want to play SM64.

You're not alone. Dat skill and dat music.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Sigh... goodbye productivity... thread subbed... :/

 

[Dingotech]

This was very entertaining when I watched some this morning.
Great skills and just interesting to watch how he navigates the levels.

Probably a good thing my work seems to block the page or I wouldn't get anything done...

It's surprising that he's reading the people's comments as he plays, reading that garbage would put me off... but I suppose the interaction is part of the draw for people to watch.

 

[Jack Scofield]

The beginning Peach voice-over shouldn't count against your time. Time should start the second you gain control over your character.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Going for pilarless in 120 stars is gonna be frustrating.

He's really cool to watch, but I like the Sicko/TRV/Jiano/Jape combo when they play party games more.

 

[CaptainSchwann]

Anybody know when this will start back up today?

 

[El_Victor]

Anybody know when this will start back up today?

12PM PST, according to his Twitter.

 

[evilalien]

He's live now.

 

[Kyuur]

The beginning Peach voice-over shouldn't count against your time. Time should start the second you gain control over your character.

That's much harder to perfectly time. Clock start on reset is very easy.

 

[5amshift]

He just started! Let's go!

 

[Orayn]

Submarine got him again. Poor guy! He hardly made any other mistakes this run.

 

[TriGen]

Just now started watching. I enjoyed that one SM64 race he did not to long ago.

 

[GazzaScotland]

Love watching this, even if it is slightly depressing. Tick Tock Clock should not be that simple.

 

[TriGen]

It's crazy that he only started playing this 2yrs ago.

 

[cacophony]

http://i.imgur.com/0Wjgp.jpg

Sigs n64 lol

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

He just hit reset for anyone that wants to watch from the start.

 

[Gunsmithx]

love watching this, crazy some of the things he does.

 

[Haunted]

Chat morons spamming "RESET" are pretty annoying.

Reading the chat on pretty much any livestream is a mistake.

 

[Grinchy]

His chat room used to annoy me when I first found out about Sig, but after a while, it can become comical. Taking anything that anyone says seriously is the first mistake.

 

[Mentaiko_Allergy]

Some awesome high level Mario. Some of this shit is mind blowing. I wish him luck.

 

[Raist]

Haven't watched him since his last WT get.
He's improved quite a lot.

 

[jediyoshi]

15 seconds out of thin air, so magical.

 

[Seda]

He's at -20 now

EDIT: He screwed up DDD100 a little but still faster than his personal best

 

[jman2050]

Siglemic doing any of Bowser's stages is just magic.

 

[apana]

Siglemic doing any of Bowser's stages is just magic.

Yeah I was on the edge of my seat.

 

[Orayn]

This could be the one. He's successfully negotiated the submarine and he's only four seconds over, while he's still able to shed 10, 20, or 30 seconds in some of the later stages.

 

[Gunsmithx]

So smooth, run seems to be going really well, would be funny if he got the WR just 2 days into his try's, I wonder if he would keep going to try and do even better.

 

[apana]

Watching this makes me hope that are more Super Mario 64 style courses in the Wii U Mario game.

 

[Orayn]

Ten seconds over... Not good, but still manageable. He gained like 30 seconds on WDW earlier today and apparently he can get FIFTY from a perfect Rainbow Ride.

 

[Rapstah]

Ten seconds over... Not good, but still manageable. He gained like 30 seconds on WDW earlier today and apparently he can get FIFTY from a perfect Rainbow Ride.

Oh, that's crazy. I can see the appeal to speedrunning this in this way then, with those constant seconds to lose or gain it's actually impossible for anyone to ever get the perfect run, but after a couple of runs you are going to have performed all the tricks and parts perfectly in segments. That's a recipe for obsession.

 

[jman2050]

Hahahahaha game crashed.

Haven't seen that happen yet.

 

[Holden]

wow, that sucks :'(

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Damn game crashed.

That suuucks.

 

[PhoenixDawn]

Damn, Sig was going so fast that he crashed the game.

 

[Orayn]

RIP, nearly perfect run. We hardly knew ye.

Oh, that's crazy. I can see the appeal to speedrunning this in this way then, with those constant seconds to lose or gain it's actually impossible for anyone to ever get the perfect run, but after a couple of runs you are going to have performed all the tricks and parts perfectly in segments. That's a recipe for obsession.

Yeah, it's a pretty obsessive thing for the audience as well. It legitimately feels like I'm watching motorsports time trials or something.

EDIT: Hey, we're alive again! GOTTAGOFAST!