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Idgi

For fun?

Its a competitive thing. Humans are competitive by nature.

Good question.

Thinking about it, why do so many in the radical left participate in "speedrunning?"

The reason is the left's lack of work ethic ('go fast' rather than 'do it right') and, in a Petersonian sense, to elevate alternative sexual archetypes in the marketplace ('fastest mario')

Obviously, there are exceptions to this and some people more in the center or right also "speedrun". However, they more than sufficient to prove the rule, rather than contrast it.

Consider how woke GDQ has been, almost since the very beginning. Your eyes will start to open.

Returning to the topic of the work ethic...

A "speedrunner" may well spend hours a day at their craft, but this is ultimately a meaningless exercise, since they will ultimately accomplish exactly that which is done in less collective time by a casual player.

This is thus a waste of effort on the behalf of the "speedrunner". Put more simply, they are spending their work effort on something that someone else has already done (and done in a way deemed 'correct' by the creator of the artwork).

Why do they do this?

The answer is quite obvious if you think about it. The goal is the illusion of speed and the desire (SUBCONSCIOUS) to promote radical leftist, borderline Communist ideals of how easy work is.

Everyone always says that "speedruns" look easy. That is part of the aesthetic.

Think about the phrase "fully automated luxury Communism" in the context of "speedrunning" and I strongly suspect that things will start to 'click' in your mind.

What happens to the individual in this? Individual accomplishment in "speedrunning" is simply waiting for another person to steal your techniques in order to defeat you.

Where is something like "intellectual property" or "patent" in this necessarily communitarian process?

Now, as to the sexual archetype model and 'speedrunning' generally...

If you have any passing familiarity with Jordan Peterson's broader oeuvre and of Jungian psychology, you likely already know where I am going with this.

However, I will say more for the uninitiated.

Keep this passage from Maps of Meaning (91) in mind:

"The Archetypal Son... continually reconstructs defined territory, as a consequence of the 'assimilation' of the unknown [as a consequence of 'incestuous' (that is, 'sexual' read creative) union with the Great Mother]"

In other words, there is a connection between 'sexuality' and creativity that we see throughout time (as Peterson points out with Tiamat and other examples).

In the sexual marketplace, which archetypes are simultaneously deemed the most creative and valued the highest?

The answer is obviously entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and others.

Given that we evolved and each thing we do must have an evolutionary purpose (OR CAUSE), what archetype is the 'speedrunner' engaged in, who is accomplishing nothing new?

They are aiming to make a new sexual archetype, based upon 'speed' rather than 'doing things right' and refuse ownership of what few innovations they can provide to their own scene, denying creativity within their very own sexual archetype.

This is necessarily leftist.

The obvious protest to this would be the 'glitchless 100% run', which in many ways does aim to play the game 'as intended' but seems to simply add the element of 'speed' to the equation.

This objection is ultimately meaningless when one considers how long a game is intended to be played, in net, by the creators, even when under '100%' conditions. There is still time and effort wasted for no reason other than the ones I proposed above.

By now, I am sure that I have bothered a number of you and rustled quite a few of your feathers.

I am not saying that 'speedrunning' is bad, but rather that, thinking about the topic philosophically, there are dangerous elements within it.

Because they need to get places more quickly

gotta go fast

Constant engagement keeps them from thinking about whatever's currently ruining their day. Constant goals that seem achievable, don't have to commit to one game forever, the dream of being one of those big popular streamers that makes the world dumber through the magic of emotes and manufactured reactions.

ADD and ADHD

pegusus123456 posted...

Shadow what the hell are you talking about?

Cause life's too short to spend more than six minutes on a playthrough of Mario

To unlock the infinite rocket launcher DUH

We can't post the speedrunning copypasta, I guess? That was considered trolling?

I take forever screwing around in games.

its fun exerting sheer dominance over a game to the point it and/or its rules don't matter to you

time trials are my fave tho

Heavy_D_Forever posted...

ADD and ADHD

wouldn't this be the opposite of that?

WalkingLobsters posted...

wouldn't this be the opposite of that?

It would. Thats exactly why I take forever.

it's simple, i was trying to beat the first level of sonic adventure in less than 1:40 because i figured out techniques to Go Fast and just set a fun goal for myself to try for a while

couldn't do it and gave up, but it was fun Going Fast , so some people keep at it until it's not just one level, they want to see what kind of skips and tricks can be applied to the whole game. people tend to forget that speedrun attempts often take mere minutes, and even a successful run is often not more than 20 minutes depending on the game.

unless you're that werster dude who plays pokemon stadium for 20 hours at a time...