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I don't think it's that much of a difference. I can say that I hold the world record in replying the fastest to your comment in this thread. But for the world r
by Kiro 4y ago
I don't think it's that much of a difference. I can say that I hold the world record in replying the fastest to your comment in this thread. But for the world record to actually mean something it needs to be backed by an organisation, which is what Guinness is doing just as World Athletics is doing for Usain Bolt's records.
- Retric 4y agoThe important bit is how many people are competing for the record not who is keeping track. There are any of a thousand of video game speed runs you could probably beat with a week of solid effort, but breaking the Mario 1 speed run is a different league.
- bombcar 4y agoEven in video game speed runs “hello you absolute legends” there is a kind of “that seems good” that can be reached - where people knowledgeable recognize that the run must be interesting, even if nobody did it before. And of course on the tracking sites one of the best ways to get noticed is beat a famous record by a bit, or beat an unfamous one by a lot (because a large beat likely means it can be improved more, and so people will try). This is also why record runs In track mania for example often “calm down” until a new path is shown to work (even in a tool assist) and then there’s a flurry of interest.