Ya know what’s interesting. This happens every year but this time it happened different. Every gdq I think about what games I love from my childhood I could potentially speedrun and check out Mercenaries 1 for the PS2.
Every other year all I’ve found was either nothing or like 3 forum posts and 0 videos. This year is different.
There’s an actual leaderboard. The times in it seem like they’re reasonable to beat, but only one category has even been run. I think I can snag a world record on sheer lack of competition and the hundreds of hours I have in the game.
Summoning Salt did another really good history of a speedrun video about Blindfold Punch Out. He is actually mentioned in the AGDQ 2016 run back when he only had 9 subscribers.
That early Monday morning lineup is fresh. Solomon’s Key! Also, someone’s going to play arcade Punch-Out!! Wow. LttP + Super Metroid Randomizer is now the main event.
Why did they move this event earlier, though? Need that 4th of July weekend biz.