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I love speedruns. There's a vibrant community of speedrunners and fans out there. With fast Internet connections, they can now stream their attempts live. Some

I love speedruns. There's a vibrant community of speedrunners and fans out there. With fast Internet connections, they can now stream their attempts live. Some resources: http://speedrunslive.com http://speedrunslive.com - who's playing right now? http://twitch.tv http://twitch.tv - service for live streaming of games. http://twitch.tv/cosmowright http://twitch.tv/cosmowright - Cosmo, the speedrunner in the article.

ihsw 13y ago
Just a heads-up to anybody interested -- there are generally two types of speedruns, tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) and unassisted. Searching for "$GAME TAS" (eg: Super Mario World TAS) usually results in very impressive videos so they're usually easier to find. There are a variety of other terms as well, for example sequence breaking, no-glitch, 100% completion, and so forth. Understandably there are numerous videos on Youtube for pretty much every console game that can be played on an emulator.
- resetmp 13y ago
  Also, http://tasvideos.org http://tasvideos.org has a nice, large library of TAS submissions.
- mistercow 13y ago
  By far my favorite kind of speedrun to watch is a non-TAS with commentary. Often, these runs are done by teams. There's typically one player who is good at executing, and then you might have someone responsible for planning the route through the game, and another person responsible for researching glitches and how they can be used most efficiently, etc. Hearing these people discuss their craft, and hearing the dynamics between their interactions (personal and practical) is fascinating. The best example I know of this is the ingx24 speedrun of Majora's Mask: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85k0fo1qnyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85k0fo1qnyo Humans are amazing animals. The fact that this level and coordination is possible even when the stakes are, ultimately, pretty pointless, is a testament to that.
king_jester 13y ago
Also, see Speed Demos Archive (http://speeddemosarchive.com/ http://speeddemosarchive.com/), one of the best places to watch existing runs on a variety of games. The forums are still a good community, although as vinkelhake mentions most people use twitch to stream practices and runs.
- algorias 13y ago
  Yeah, and one of the biggest value-adds of SDA is that the runs you see up there are verified by other runners. It takes a long time for a run to get up there, but once it is, you know it's the real deal.
tieTYT 13y ago
I like watching http://www.twitch.tv/crumps2 http://www.twitch.tv/crumps2 He runs a tournament where two people speed run The Binding of Isaac to see who can beat it first.
- msg 13y ago
  Unfortunately Season 2 just wrapped up for the year. They won't be going again until Binding of Isaac: Rebirth comes out. Here's the website though. http://boilr.org http://boilr.org

ihsw 13y ago

Just a heads-up to anybody interested -- there are generally two types of speedruns, tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) and unassisted. Searching for "$GAME TAS" (eg: Super Mario World TAS) usually results in very impressive videos so they're usually easier to find. There are a variety of other terms as well, for example sequence breaking, no-glitch, 100% completion, and so forth. Understandably there are numerous videos on Youtube for pretty much every console game that can be played on an emulator.

resetmp 13y ago
Also, http://tasvideos.org http://tasvideos.org has a nice, large library of TAS submissions.
mistercow 13y ago
By far my favorite kind of speedrun to watch is a non-TAS with commentary. Often, these runs are done by teams. There's typically one player who is good at executing, and then you might have someone responsible for planning the route through the game, and another person responsible for researching glitches and how they can be used most efficiently, etc. Hearing these people discuss their craft, and hearing the dynamics between their interactions (personal and practical) is fascinating. The best example I know of this is the ingx24 speedrun of Majora's Mask: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85k0fo1qnyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85k0fo1qnyo Humans are amazing animals. The fact that this level and coordination is possible even when the stakes are, ultimately, pretty pointless, is a testament to that.

king_jester 13y ago

Also, see Speed Demos Archive (http://speeddemosarchive.com/ http://speeddemosarchive.com/), one of the best places to watch existing runs on a variety of games. The forums are still a good community, although as vinkelhake mentions most people use twitch to stream practices and runs.

algorias 13y ago
Yeah, and one of the biggest value-adds of SDA is that the runs you see up there are verified by other runners. It takes a long time for a run to get up there, but once it is, you know it's the real deal.

tieTYT 13y ago

I like watching http://www.twitch.tv/crumps2 http://www.twitch.tv/crumps2 He runs a tournament where two people speed run The Binding of Isaac to see who can beat it first.

msg 13y ago
Unfortunately Season 2 just wrapped up for the year. They won't be going again until Binding of Isaac: Rebirth comes out. Here's the website though. http://boilr.org http://boilr.org