Awesome/Summer Games Done Quick

Please keep posting the most hype runs and races. And a recap of your favourites at the end. Embeds please!

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ā€œBlaze is just the bestā€ truer words were never spoken.

EDIT: Just finished watching the SOR speed run. That was super legit. Loved the Stage 8 Skip glitch he showed at the end after beating his time estimate.

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2c1p marble madness

https://youtu.be/OOYX8FU1t6s

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Man, I was all about the Genesis version of this as a kid.

Half minute hero

https://youtu.be/wC5R61Avbrc

The Punch-Out!! run… just now, was incredible.

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It was either one of the best blindfold runs of all time, or he was peeking through that blindfold.

I just watched a youtube documentary on blind speedruns. I’d believe it was legit.

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Most likely, but I can’t help but be suspicious.

I mean, there’s no way to like truly prove it to my satisfaction, short of my being in the room and physically standing between him and the screen. I’m confident I’m opaque.

But living like that is boring. I’ll try and believe.

Standard protocol for blind runs at ^[AS]GDQ$ should be someone at various intervals standing in front of, jumping across, or otherwise visually annoying the runner. If they are truly blindfolded, they would never even be aware.

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I don’t know why they don’t simply turn their chair around backwards so the screen is behind them.

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I don’t know that I’d love this if for no other reason that the live crowd would do what live crowds always do in that situation and giggle snicker and otherwise not be quiet during a blindfolded run.

Divekick with Donkey Conga bongo controllers. It’s gonna happen.

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ā€œI’ve watched Madoka Magica, I know you do not accept contractsā€

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC5R61Avbrc

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I would play the hell out of that.

I watched the Super Mario Sunshine to get my fix of that game without having to play it again, and it’s always impressive seeing how people figure/discover ways to do these speed runs.

However, it’s mostly white dudes whenever I see what’s going on. Problematic. But again, it’s not surprising.

No doubt, at least I’ve noticed that trans people are pretty unremarkable at GDQ. I’ve been a fan of that.

They’ve made a push for more women and more POC, and the rep has been increasing. Slowly… Glacially…

I saw a list of the non-white-American-man runs for 2019, but I can’t find it again.

https://youtu.be/uqu5ZP0U5CA