Board 8 > Awesome Games Done Quick. January 7-14 2018 [AGDQ]

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I could've watched another 30 minutes of that outro video

Lmao GDQ hosted a guy after the stream ended and now all the "plebs" are spamming chat like no other after being unable to chat for a week

Yeah, it was the $108k from the subs that ultimately pushed it over.

I believe they do still accept donations for some time even after the event closes. Although, I'm not really sure how long.
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turbopuns2 posted...

Lmao GDQ hosted a guy after the stream ended and now all the "plebs" are spamming chat like no other after being unable to chat for a week

Speaking of this guy, he's playing the OoT Beta Quest right now and I'm really wanting to play around with this soon. Maybe later on today I'll play some bingo.
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so yeah

what are the best runs to watch?
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

- battletoads. i'm biased because i love seeing TMR run this game but yeah. terrible start but other than that it was a good run. unfortunately no big jon on the couch this time but PJ is great too. also, it ends with TMR finally succeeding at doing turbo tunnel blindfolded at a GDQ.
- dragon warrior. very impressive run and i love nescardinality.
- hollow knight. was a pretty cool run with good commentary from the runner.

other good ones:
- the athena race. i don't even like races but the banter between the two runners and the couch guys was pretty funny.
- star wars: jedi knight - jedi academy. it was just fun to see how super excited the runner was throughout the whole run.

of course there was a lot more but i still need to catch up on most of the runs.
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The Awful block in general is always a fun watch and I still haven't gotten to a lot of them, but Athena, Enviro-Bear 2000, Arabian Knights, and Titenic in particular were great.

LttP Randomizer, both for the race and because Patty is hilarious.

Super Dram World 2, but I actually watch GrandPooBear normally so I may be biased.
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I'm slowly watching (as in it will take months) the AGDQ videos.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped - Any%
8.5/10
Pretty enjoyable first game, technique was well explained and the commentary was well done.

Ratchet & Clank - NG+
7.0/10
It's pretty amazing to see how much time NG+ has been cut since the last time I watched it.

Splatoon 2 - Any%
7.5/10
Quite fun to watch, commentary was good though some of the complaints about certain levels/items was a bit much. Execution could have been a bit better.

inFAMOUS First Light - Any%
6.0/10
The game was well played. The commentary while insightful felt a bit dry, the couch was almost non-existent.

I'll continue to post my thoughts as I watch until this topic fills up/gets closed
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Lolo_Guru posted...

so yeah

what are the best runs to watch?

zallard1 (the blindfolded super punch out guy from a few years ago) beat Mike Tyson's Punch Out (NES) and Super Punch Out (SNES) at the same time with one controller.

Skyrim was a great example of a run going totally off the rails in the most enjoyable way possible.

Silent Hill had enjoyable commentary

Diablo level 1 Sorcerer run was neato and the runner was awesome. There are glitches but no skips done, and Diablo is the only enemy killed in the run

Superman 64 was beautifully, incredibly awful and amazing. Also was a world record run.

Off topic-ish: last night I crushed the Joe & Mac (SNES) WR by 30 seconds

http://www.twitch.tv/bosshogre/v/218791801

Teaching Strider was fun
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Bloodborne was very entertaining
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I only caught the end of Bloodborne, but what I caught was a great example of how to stay entertaining when things go wrong. Soulsborne runners in particular should not do marathon events if they can't handle it in stride like that guy.

turbopuns2 posted...

Superman 64 was beautifully, incredibly awful and amazing. Also was a world record run.

It should be noted that it's in a category that wasn't possible until a few weeks ago (which is explained in the run).
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I watched the MMX4 run on YT.

The dialogue was a bit lacking, but gotta appreciate the guy going under time even with the terrible RNG and deaths.
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Resident Evil 7 was my favorite run of the marathon personally, and I'm not even a fan of survival horror games. That run was just that good. The runner was great and the run was full of interesting strategy and improvization - it was actually tense to watch.

It must just be me. I couldn't stand the bloodborne runner. He was so over the top beyond the point of being entertaining. My girlfriend watched a good deal of AGDQ with me, and that was one of the runs where I felt embarrassed about the fact she was watching it and associating it with things I enjoy.

I've learned a good deal about myself from this thread.

I didn't like the bloodborne guy either

charmander6000 posted...

I'm slowly watching (as in it will take months) the AGDQ videos.

I was going to do this as well starting tomorrow.
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I thought about trying to watch every AGDQ video as well but I'm worried that I'll run out of steam halfway through like I did last time I tried to do this

are the runs up on youtube yet
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yes
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Well, most of them.
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Paratroopa1 posted...

I thought about trying to watch every AGDQ video as well but I'm worried that I'll run out of steam halfway through like I did last time I tried to do this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQRW0RM4V0k
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Bloodborne guy was great, but also he wore down on me by the end.
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I enjoyed Bloodbourne guy a lot. But I can also understand him being way better for a live crowd than just watching by yourself
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Main Quest
6.0/10
A lot went wrong, some of it slowed the game to a crawl as he had to repeat the same thing over and over while others made it more interesting. I understand some of these tricks are hard to pull off, but I always feel categories with a low execution rate shouldn't be in a marathon setting. This was almost double the world record time yet just barely went over estimate meaning the runner knew things would have likely gone south.

Hollow Knight - Any% No Storage OOB
7.5/10
This run shows that you don't need a couch crew to be effective. The runner was very good at articulating the various tricks used in the run and they were mostly well executed.
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Patty best commentator

LTTP was so epic.

The FF4 run was neat too. It was different from the last time it was run. New glitches apparently.
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zoast tied the super metroid any% WR

here is a super neat video of his run side-by-side with behemoth's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aGy-CrcV1c

Alanna82 posted...

Patty best commentator

Like, with any other runner the "he's cheating" gag would get old real fast, but his delivery is amazing every time.
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What's good that Patty commented on?
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The only thing I remember him commentating this event was the LttP randomizer race, which was a really good watch.
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I agree that one was good.

I'm rewatching RE7...really good one, and I never played it before (or anything from the genre besides RE4).
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HaRRicH posted...

What's good that Patty commented on?

In addition to the randomizer, he was also on Andy's LttP run in SGDQ 2017.
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F-Zero GX - All Tracks Time Attack (Max Speed)
7.0/10
They did a good job at explaining the mechanics used in the speedrun. Some skips looked crazy and amazing. While mistakes were expected it did kill a lot of momentum to start the race over, especially if they were done during the third lap. By this point the commentators were done talking about the race so it was mostly silent or random talking during those segments. In hindsight I guess they could have asked for donations to be read out.
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charmander6000 posted...

By this point the commentators were done talking about the race so it was mostly silent or random talking during those segments. In hindsight I guess they could have asked for donations to be read out.

I wonder...is there no prior conversation between the runner and the host/organization of when is the best times for donations?

I know often times the runner does a good job of letting them know and is very prepared. And sometimes in a dead moment the host will chime in "hey, is this a good time?"

But like why not have a briefing beforehand.

There's a lot of games being ran and the host is usually busy reading donations during the changeover so they don't exactly have time.

Also from past GDQs the hosts have taken a lot of heat for reading donations during what was about to be a tough segment so they mostly stay silent until the runner tells them to read out donations.
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charmander6000 posted...

There's a lot of games being ran and the host is usually busy reading donations during the changeover so they don't exactly have time.

Also from past GDQs the hosts have taken a lot of heat for reading donations during what was about to be a tough segment so they mostly stay silent until the runner tells them to read out donations.

I think you missed my point. How long is the schedule set in stone prior to the event?

Surely there is ample time for the runner to say "hey by the way here are the times that are good for donations, also if I fuck up on 3rd lap of a 3 lap race after it's all been explained, go for it".

like...months in advance?

The level of effort you're asking for does not anywhere near equate to the amount of return they'd get for it versus how it works currently.
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yeah, there's no reason for preparation when the runner almost always specifies during the run when it's a good time to read donations. the only problem is that donation readers still read off donations WITHOUT asking for the runner's permission plenty of times. as i said before, that's stupid because you never know if the runner has to concentrate on a difficult trick or whatever. i don't think this AGDQ there was anything as disastrous as when during SGDQ '16 a reader ruined a blindfolded section of a run by rattling off a donation, but it's something that shouldn't happen regardless.
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kevwaffles posted...

The level of effort you're asking for does not anywhere near equate to the amount of return they'd get for it versus how it works currently.

I think you're overestimating the amount of effort. The burden is mainly on the runners of each game, which is basically negligible. I don't know what the exact application process is like, but all it would take is a free form text box where the runner puts some notes - as in a couple sentences - pointing out good times for donations. Then they put those notes next to the game on the schedule so that anyone who happens to be hosting can see them.

It's close to no effort whatsoever.

Mr Lasastryke posted...

there's no reason for preparation when the runner almost always specifies during the run when it's a good time to read donations

I don't give a rats ass about it, I was just responding to this:

charmander6000 posted...

In hindsight I guess they could have asked for donations to be read out.

Clearly the donation thing isn't optimized and so I was offering a suggestion for an improvement which would involve minimal effort.

Not including the Yeti. Which isn't so much a donation as an obligation.... what is the biggest donation they've ever received?

Is it the 10,000 "get rekt, save the animals!" snipe, or has there been one bigger?

yeah, i do think some runners just don't care (much) about considering when the good spots for donation readings are. that's bad too.
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

yeah, i do think some runners just don't care (much) about considering when the good spots for donation readings are. that's bad too.

Yeah which basically gets at the root of my thoughts as well. It comes down to generally improving the runners' awareness that they're performing (so to speak) in a way that's different from just their personal stream. And so there's more things to consider.

As was said by someone, most runs it isn't an issue. But it's an issue that could be mostly resolved with a trivial amount of effort.

ChampionCloud posted...

Not including the Yeti. Which isn't so much a donation as an obligation.... what is the biggest donation they've ever received?

Is it the 10,000 "get rekt, save the animals!" snipe, or has there been one bigger?

Probably one of Notch's donations? IIRC they tended to be quite large.
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Team Rocket Elite posted...

ChampionCloud posted...

Not including the Yeti. Which isn't so much a donation as an obligation.... what is the biggest donation they've ever received?

Is it the 10,000 "get rekt, save the animals!" snipe, or has there been one bigger?

Probably one of Notch's donations? IIRC they tended to be quite large.

1: who?

2: I'll have to look into that thank you.

Here's a list of the top donors from all GDQ events combined

https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/donors/

The largest donation not from a sponsor was notch87 who donated 20k during AGDQ 2015.
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If I were an eccentric billionaire I would just donate 500,000 dollars one GDQ and make some completely inane donation comment or meet some really stupid incentive

I would do it during SGDQ though, not AGDQ

Paratroopa1 posted...

If I were an eccentric billionaire I would just donate 500,000 dollars one GDQ and make some completely inane donation comment or meet some really stupid incentive

I would do it during SGDQ though, not AGDQ

I would do this if I could pick the charity. Like you can on humble bundle.
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ChampionCloud posted...

1: who?

Made this weird block looking game a few people played. Crafting in the Mines I think it was called.
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Paratroopa1 posted...

If I were an eccentric billionaire I would just donate 500,000 dollars one GDQ and make some completely inane donation comment or meet some really stupid incentive

I would do it during SGDQ though, not AGDQ

I would do this if I could pick the charity. Like you can on humble bundle.

That's why I'd do it during SGDQ - MSF can have 500k of my money but I don't trust PCF