Speed Demos

Does anyone watch speed runs? Is that the most pathetic thing I could be doing? Watching a recording of someone else play a game?

I put on Zelda speed runs several times a week in the background, I think just for the nostalgia of the BGM but also the SFX. I wouldn't feel as weird if I knew someone else did that, too, but I somehow doubt it ...

speedemosarchive.com

  encey said:

speeddemosarchive.com

fixt.

back in the day i got some recording of a guy beating quake 1 in 20 minutes. amazing shit -- he just rocket jumped where?!?!

have not watched another since, just not on my mind....

I watch speedruns and tool-assisted speedruns (aka TAS) occassionally, particularly those for Metroid. TAS videos are more interesting, even if it is a cheaper way to exploit bugs. The results are always interesting, because the games are never beaten in the way they are supposed to. You should watch the TAS for Ocarina of Time, if you are patient and know the game's sequence.

3 hours wtf!?!

if you've played the game yourself it makes sense to watch others. Anyway, you could say the same about watching sport or porn.

Watching OoT TAS in the background now. Gotta love username 'Bloobiebla' :laughing:

Tool-assisted speedruns are for scrubs.

Legit bros do speedruns on the original platform, no emulators or tricks.

lol encey, you started a thread about speedruns in like 2005, which got me into them, as i recall. maybe someone else started that thread? anyway, yes, i've watched hundreds and cannot figure out why they're so addictively entertaining. i guess it's the analogue of sitting next to your friend on a couch and watching him totally destroy a game; the skill is what makes it fun to watch

I just watched the Opposing Force speed demo and it's quite impressive but every now and then moves are made that are almost too impressive to be believable.

best

http://speeddemosarchive.com/demo.pl?Clue_003

  my usernames always really suck said:

Tool-assisted speedruns are for scrubs.

 

Legit bros do speedruns on the original platform, no emulators or tricks.

Fine, fine...

I really dig this speedrun of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 beaten in 6 minutes 23 seconds.

  Enter a new display name said:

  my usernames always really suck said:

Tool-assisted speedruns are for scrubs.

 

Legit bros do speedruns on the original platform, no emulators or tricks.

Fine, fine...

 

I really dig this speedrun of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 beaten in 6 minutes 23 seconds.

 

lol german

Oh wait, somebody else beat the game more quickly:

http://speeddemosarchive.com/demo.pl?TonyHawk3_SS_547

i don't know if y'all have seen the mario 64 TAS speedrun but it is fucking insane:

  my usernames always really suck said:

Tool-assisted speedruns are for scrubs.

why does it matter what CD you listen to while you play

  Adjective said:

  my usernames always really suck said:

Tool-assisted speedruns are for scrubs.

why does it matter what CD you listen to while you play

lol

  Bubba69 said:

i don't know if y'all have seen the mario 64 TAS speedrun but it is fucking insane:

 

Can anyone explain what happens when he does that jump-glitch trick? Or should I call it the "yahoooo"-trick?

  Enter a new display name said:

I watch speedruns and tool-assisted speedruns (aka TAS) occassionally, particularly those for Metroid. TAS videos are more interesting, even if it is a cheaper way to exploit bugs. The results are always interesting, because the games are never beaten in the way they are supposed to. You should watch the TAS for Ocarina of Time, if you are patient and know the game's sequence.

 

Two-thirds through it. The beginning was one of my favorite parts, when he crosses the entire world in the dead of night and blindly navigates the desert!

hl1 in 30 minutes is amazing

and the heart of darkness run up there makes me cry..could never beat that game :x

  Bubba69 said:

i don't know if y'all have seen the mario 64 TAS speedrun but it is fucking insane:

 

holy shit my god.

thats not a mario 64 speedrun, its a bowser level speedrun with cheats inbetween.

speeddemosarchive.com is like my favorite site. I'll take this opportunity to plug my own speed run, which is on their site:

Battletoads (without warping)

Oh, and yea, TAS are not the real deal, and i refuse to watch them...a lot of times, they destroy the popularity of the authentic speed runs, because people that don't know anything about games would rather watch those....It's like watching a computer program compete in the olympics instead of real people....

You speed-ran Battletoads? Holy shit. That game is killer.

I like both speed demos and TASs. TASs are particularly fantastic when it would involve a superhuman level of dexterity, like the Gradius runs or the SMB3 Boss Ship shenanigans.

so the bowser levels on mario are done with a computer? thats really not impressive, if it had been a human i was like fuck me, that is some stylish mario64ing.