Board 8 > Summer Games Done Quick 2018 [SGDQ]: June 24th - July 1st

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MariaTaylor posted...

skullbone posted...

I just tuned in for the night and wtf is going on with this Samus Returns run. The guy has been trying some trick for like 10 minutes?

can someone elaborate on this

I'm curious as to why he wouldn't just, you know, move on to a backup strat

Because the alternative was fighting a boss and progressing normally for like half an hour or so.
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$500k!
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never tire of Super Metroid
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That was really enjoyable

That was probably the most "casual" Super Metroid run I've seen at a GDQ

it's kind of refreshing
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Missed one tile :(
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The tile jokes somehow didn't get stale

trdl23 posted...

Missed one tile :(

He was trolling when he said 1245, the number of tiles is actually 1244
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The Halo 2 trick just now (started somewhere around 1:27:00 on the timer) is one of the weirdest tricks I've ever seen

turbopuns2 posted...

The Halo 2 trick just now (started somewhere around 1:27:00 on the timer) is one of the weirdest tricks I've ever seen

It was pretty hilarious.

I love the times when what sounds like some hyperbolic example of a strat for a skip is actually real.
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Paratroopa - Yesterday at 11:53 PM
meanwhile, halo 2 just had a trick where the runner disabled an enemy's AI, then used his face to hit buttons on the controller while he punched the enemy in the dick for five minutes straight to ascend into the sky

Is there a way I can watch a previous game run? I want to watch the halo 2 one.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/8tkb8t/sgdq_vod_thread_2018/
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Sorry for the google amp thing. Im too lazy to fix it
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Thanks.
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I forgot about the Resident Evil Remaster run. Prob watch that and Rise of the Tomb Raider also.
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World Record!

The game?

Spider-Man: Web of Fire

>_>

Beat the WR by four seconds, nice!
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The SGDQ runner is the only runner on the leaderboard on speedrun.com

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes(Extreme) is at 6pm eastern / 5pm central later today

"I'm gonna block this missile, 'cause I'm Batman."

The Shadow Warrior run was certainly something. It's a pretty amusing 15-minute watch. If you've never heard of the game (I hadn't), it's basically like old school Doom.

I missed it, whoops. Excited for Twin Snakes, Super Mario 3D Land, and Cuphead tonight though.
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Yeah tonight seems pretty solid.

turbopuns2 posted...

The Shadow Warrior run was certainly something. It's a pretty amusing 15-minute watch. If you've never heard of the game (I hadn't), it's basically like old school Doom.

It's Duke Nukem 3D's engine, so a little bit beyond Doom, but yeah.
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Well, yes but to people who have no idea what the game is, that's what it looks like. To me anyway.

but

build engine games look nothing like doom engine games.

:(
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Full disclosure, I've never seen gameplay or even a screenshot of a duke nukem game

Or presumably any game on that engine

So, yeah

From reddit

Hey, Dragonfangs here. This was kind of a shitty thing to happen but honestly I can't feel anything but happiness and pride over the full race.

I've been planning, practicing for, and looking forward to this race for several months now. When I realised what happened I really expected despair to set in and I thought I might start crying, but it just never happened. Too much adrenaline in my system maybe, I dunno.

Nobody did anything wrong, shit just happens sometimes and it sucks. But I was happy with my play before it happened, and that race was still INCREDIBLE. Massive shoutouts to my co-racers and the couch for helping me create a great piece of entertainment in the end.

The ZM group went out for food afterwards and the only thing we were talking about was how happy everyone was with the race. Including me and John absolutely failing to do a friendly fistbump after my console died.

I have no regrets. One of the best trips of my life.

The good news is that even if your run doesn't go well at gdq, gdq is still worth going to - it's an amazing place to be

Oh No

https://imgur.com/26yjh9D
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Poor guy
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He is definitely poor now.
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Pretty low donation total so far.
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what an idiot lmao
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jcgamer107 posted...

what an idiot lmao

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I can't believe people honestly believe a guy named Floppy Jim really tried proposing in a donation and his girlfriend dumped him after.
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That's almost certainly fake, but I'm willing to believe that he got pissed his first donation wasn't read, then escalated it certain he'd have his next one read, only to get even more angry and come up with that final message.

Or the whole thing is photoshopped.
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Yeah I don't see that name on the donation list. It's either fake or was removed.
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Caught the end of the 3D Land run which was pretty good. Hyped to see some Cuphead after struggling with that game, and Celeste should be fun as well.

Pretty good block here.
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I get told I look young all the time, so I know how it feels, but if you told me the runner on the right was 12, I would believe you. The voice kind of throws it off though.
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I hadn't seen trihex in a long time but, uh, wow. He lifts, bro.

Trihex is great.
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I am pretty sure I did this first level faster than this guy with all the pinkies.
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Corrik posted...

I am pretty sure I did this first level faster than this guy with all the pinkies.

Well, what are you waiting for? Go take the world record from him.

turbopuns2 posted...

Corrik posted...

I am pretty sure I did this first level faster than this guy with all the pinkies.

Well, what are you waiting for? Go take the world record from him.

Trust me... I go downhill quick not far after!
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Something this GDQ has taught me: I don't enjoy speedrunning for the sake of it if I haven't played the game and the commentary isn't engaging. Even if it's a popular/difficult game or the gameplay is impressive on its own.

Sounds obvious now that I typed it out. But, yeah. Walked out of CupHead because I haven't played it, couldn't understand every third word of commentary, and thus was getting no enjoyment from it whatsoever.

Odd, I'm finding the commentary and couch for Cuphead to be pretty good.
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TMR just seems so happy to be there
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I just really dislike legacy Cuphead because of the weapon switching sadly - I think this game is engaging when you're not quickkilling every phase