Awesome Games Done Quick 2013 - Speedrunnin' for Charity

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The site: http://speeddemosarchive.com/

The schedule: http://speeddemosarchive.com/marathon/schedule/ alternate: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Alb3Dj0u13H7dG5SaWNLZTEtczRIVW5LOExyVWx5R3c&toomany=true#gid=0

Direct stream link: http://twitch.tv/speeddemosarchivesda

The charity: http://preventcancer.org/

They also have a Quakenet IRC-channel named #sdamarathon with already over 1300 people in it.

No interest?

They broke $10.000 already and just started with Shadow Complex, pretty crazy already.

I'm really enjoying it, came looking for a GB thread when I heard one of the donations said Good Luck Have Batman. Looking forward to a lot of runs that will probably ruin my sleep schedule.

Every year I watch this and every year I'm absolutely stunned by how much money they make, and for such a worthy cause as well.

I'm getting paid soon so I'm going to throw some in when I can.

I can't wait for the Pokémon Gold glitch run myself, I'll be staying up pretty late to catch it, the Pokémon Yellow run in 2011 was amazing!

Well, he just finished Shadow Complex in 8 minutes and 40 seconds, so yeah...

Yeah been looking forward to this, recently got into watching speed runs on SpeedRunsLive and I'm always astounded by some of the tricks they can pull off. Definitely gonna be watching when I can.

Did Matt Kessler's name get dropped on the donator list?

It's an amazing marathon. If you only watch one run I would suggest Yoshi's Island though, it is jaw-dropping.

Website is dead :( wanted to see the schedule as I've never heard of the game they're playing now. How long does this run for? Missing Shadow Complex is a shame, and Pokemon Glitch runs sound awesome.

@Jack268 said:

@Chavtheworld: It runs the entire next week

They streaming 24/7?

Looking forward to the SC2 brutal speed run.

Is this the first time they've had PC games in this event?

@Chavtheworld said:

@Jack268 said:

@Chavtheworld: It runs the entire next week

They streaming 24/7?

Yep. And their website can't handle the load, just refresh a few times.

Awesome stuff, love having something to tune into whenever

@haffy said:

Looking forward to the SC2 brutal speed run.

Is this the first time they've had PC games in this event?

SC2? Ah man I wanna see that too!

@mnzy said:

@Chavtheworld said:

@Jack268 said:

@Chavtheworld: It runs the entire next week

They streaming 24/7?

Yep. And their website can't handle the load, just refresh a few times.

I just got on the cached Google copy. I missed Ape Escape. That game is so goooood.

@Chavtheworld: Found another schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Alb3Dj0u13H7dG5SaWNLZTEtczRIVW5LOExyVWx5R3c&toomany=true#gid=0

Been so excited for this since the last event last year. I watch a lot of speedruns and run a lot myself so I'll be watching as much as I can this week.

neat. will watch some this evening. :)

@Chavtheworld: You can also watch from the direct stream if the website goes down.

Crazy how well the guy running yoshis island can talk while playing lol.

Yoshi's Island! I love this game.

They're on Donkey Kong 64 right now and it appears to be on like et cetera.

Wow this game is busted. The whole speed run process involves jumping in and out of the boundaries of the level geometry. haha.

@mnzy: @SerHulse: Cheers!

Skyrim got enough donations! They're playing it now in 1:30 I believe?

@Chavtheworld: The dude running Skyrim doesn't get the respect he deserves. Everyone left after watching a guy spend ten minutes pressing the A button to finish the final boss in Super Mario RPG, so it was a empty room while he tore Tony Hawk Underground 2 to pieces.

EDIT: I feel kind of bad for Blueglass (aka Yellow Shirt Guy) now. The longer I watch him, the more I think he has some kind of "problem." And now he's a meme.

Haha, Punch-Out blindfolded is awesome.

Whoa this is freakin awesome, Im not getting much else done this week i feel..

@Vonocourt: What did Blueglass do? Came in after he had already become a stupid ass meme.

This event is awesome! I'm looking forward to the Pokémon Gold run.

Super Meat Boy 106% run now, should be a highlight.

Meat Boy is goooooooooooo! O__O

Time to first death was one minute and fifty seconds. :D

Funny the player says he doesn't use Gish. Gish is the character I use most, second only to basic Meat Boy.

Holy crap the guy just beat the Kid warp zone without dying once! The fellows from Team Meat called in. Apparently Kid warp zone was slightly more difficult in early builds than the final version. I'm not sure if they were joking about that.

And speedrun complete. Super Meat Boy 106% in 1:47:36. On a live stream. In a room full of people. While talking to Team Meat over the phone for most of it. Fucking bananas.

Just watched a fellow fail a Binding of Isaac run. I'm a little confused by the attitude of this player. He has chosen a game that is one of the most random chance based as his specialty, and yet he seems to be perpetually pissed off about the random factors. Perhaps play a game with less random elements, be happier? No? Yes?

Watching Amnesia speed run now. Fascinating. This is a very techy run. Almost entirely composed of glitch tricks and running outside the geometry.

@CitizenCoffeeCake: He played Ecco, but it's more the commentary about him. It started out as just some dude who happened to wear a yellow shirt, which contrasted with everyone else. No big deal there, it was when he started talking and playing where the problem started. I would not be surprised if he has a case of mild autism or Aspergers(my uneducated opinion of course), and people were making fun of him for his mannerism and voice. Felt bad that Withelde was getting constant tranny jokes, but I don't think Blueglass knows exactly what the chat means when they joke about him which makes it worse.

But then again I could be completely wrong.

Didn't see the thread for this. Been watching what I can. Amnesia is being played right now.

Pro Tip: Turn the chat off. #YSG

@Vonocourt said:

@Chavtheworld: The dude running Skyrim doesn't get the respect he deserves. Everyone left after watching a guy spend ten minutes pressing the A button to finish the final boss in Super Mario RPG, so it was a empty room while he tore Tony Hawk Underground 2 to pieces.

That was a shame. The THUG 2 run was bat shit crazy. Shame everyone left.

@Vonocourt: I see, thanks for the info duder. The chat is a cesspool.

@JJOR64: Yeah, but you do get the occasional gem like "Peaches fingered a girl once, she died" during the Mischief Makers run.

spikevegeta playing through the original Rayman was an education.

4:44:14 onwards in this video:

And from the beginning of this video:

It's crazy that they've already raised more than $80,000 in about 2 days. I'm really looking forward to the 6 hour OOT run, whatever that is, and the Mario 3D land speedrun. Also that Yoshi's Island was insane.

Ninja Gaiden (original series) speed runs coming up in about an hour-ish. Schedule says Ninja Gaiden Black coming up later this evening. Castlevania games on right now.

edit---Symphony of the Night speedrun starting now!

Ninja Gaiden (NES) pacifist run was impressive (he only attacked on bosses, no ninpo or other items ever), that game is such a bitch.

Goof Troop now.

Also I'm glad they turned off the chat. That was the worst I have ever seen the chat on Twitch ever.

Holy crap this is awesome. Just saw that Gimmick! run - very impressive. Looking forward to watching more.

Man it looks like i missed out on loads of good runs, just started after spotting the thread at goof troop, my weekend will be wasted on this though

@JJOR64: Oh, they actually turned it off? Wow.

@Capum15: I didn't know that game before, it looked really cool.

Die Hard world record attempt up next followed by Metroid Prime right after.

That guy came close to beating Die Hard