LogFAQs > #967008795

There was an interview with a MSF spokesperson after the Pathless run and he just seemed super chill and cool (and also disarmingly handsome). He just talked a lot about what MSF does, the usual, but he was just personable and engaging - sometimes these people can be awkward (but still important!) interviews but he wasn't at all. His top 5 games: Mass Effect 2, Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament, Team Fortress 2, Ultima Online. Cool to have a spokesperson who's really into gaming.

Ty The Tasmanian Tiger

Not a ton to say about this run except that it had really good commentary, which helps the fact that it's a kind of whatever speed game. It seems like the runner has a lot of tech to show off though and a lot of tight execution, even though the result on the screen isn't really all that interesting to look at - but it's a fast paced run with really good rapport among the commentators so I'm still going to consider it a recommendation. This seems like a shockingly active speedrun community which does help the run seem more interesting, in a way.

- This is the first run that's off-site, by the way. Cool to see a hybrid event, I think, even though it might have caused some logistical issues. I dunno where the runner is from (I'm almost sure he mentioned it, I just wasn't paying attention) but I don't think it's the US.

- This game's from 2002 but I could have easily mandela effected myself into believing it was from the late 90's PS1 era. It's charming to think about the time when 3D mascot platformers were still a huge thing.

- Playing platformers, especially 3D platformers, on a keyboard seems completely insane, but what the hell do I know? He's the one who's absolutely killing this run. I mean, hey, the WR for Super Mario Bros is on a keyboard, so maybe keyboards are just the way to go once you really learn how to use them. Very precise, I suppose.

- "Perfect setup. Bad player though unfortunately."

- Gotta love a game where the hardest skip comes 3 minutes into the run.

- He has to use a controller at one point because for some reason he does a trick that locks him being unable to move with keyboard, but still able to move with a controller. Fascinating.

- "Moral of the story: don't name the hardest trick after yourself."

- There's an emu called RNG-mu and that's my favorite pun so far.

- The end of this run has quite a lot of out of bounds shenanigans, which are always fun to see in a 3d platformer. At the end of the game we end up throwing a boomerang out of bounds and I guess it hits the final boss and kills him or something. Yeah, that makes sense.

- Fast run! He's one second off of second place. This run was well executed.