Posted: 10/18/2013 2:11 AM
Post subject: Wired article on Speedrunning
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Bobo_the_King
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Wired recently published an article on speedrunning titled "For the World’s Fastest Gamers, Failure Is Just One Bad Jump Away". It's currently on the front page of Yahoo. You can read the article here.
Posted: 10/18/2013 5:15 AM
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From the article:
The most popular speedrunners understand that, if they want to make money, they are first and foremost in the entertainment business.
Kinda strange, especially given that the title is "For the World’s Fastest Gamers, Failure Is Just One Bad Jump Away", which means if he were to try to play around a bit and messed up, he'll have to redo that crap all over again.
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This seems to be competing for the "Worst looking TAS of 2011" Award.
Posted: 10/18/2013 5:30 AM
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The comments are flipping stupid... then again it's yahoo... anything is stupid.
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Posted: 10/18/2013 8:48 AM
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Spikestuff wrote:
The comments are flipping stupid... then again it's yahoo... anything is stupid.
I would really like to see those bashers raising half a million dollars for charity with their hobby...
Posted: 10/18/2013 9:48 AM
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WebNations/Sabih wrote:
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Posted: 10/18/2013 4:14 PM
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jlun2 wrote:
Kinda strange, especially given that the title is "For the World’s Fastest Gamers, Failure Is Just One Bad Jump Away", which means if he were to try to play around a bit and messed up, he'll have to redo that crap all over again.
There's other ways to be entertaining besides playing around in the game itself. In particular, providing commentary makes a big difference in the entertainment value of a run, especially for people who aren't familiar with the game.
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Posted: 10/18/2013 5:31 PM
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Derakon wrote:
There's other ways to be entertaining besides playing around in the game itself. In particular, providing commentary makes a big difference in the entertainment value of a run, especially for people who aren't familiar with the game.
Unfortunately, not everyone can spew out creative gold for like an hour straight, so it (usually) ends up being either lots of silence, or rambling. Mind you, I've seen it done before, so kudos to those who managed to pull it off.
LLCoolDave wrote:
This seems to be competing for the "Worst looking TAS of 2011" Award.
Posted: 10/18/2013 10:51 PM
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I wouldn't say 'the most popular speedrunners are the most entertaining commentators'. Look at Siglemic and Shaeden/nedeahs for example.
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