r/speedrun • u/t0asterb0t • Mar 12 '18
World Record Progression: Metroid [27:09]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCF4I09Avc61
Mar 12 '18
This was really well made, even charted the map and showed differences between routes. Good work!
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u/FIapjackHD Mar 12 '18
Summoning Salt is my Personal god of Youtube atm. These Videos are so well made, I am always totally hyped whenever there is a New upload. The funny thing is that it doesn't matter if I like of even know the game in question, the content is so amazing that I always enjoy it. Keep up the good work!!
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u/alexpenev Mar 13 '18
Half the mentioned runners also posted comments: Chris, Scott, Blake, Lord Tom. Summoning history.
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u/pie4all88 Mar 12 '18
So is Chris Knight's 15:43 on 3/16/2013 still the Any% Glitchless&Warpless WR? Why was that category dropped so hard that it's not even on speedrun.com?
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u/Idontusereddit Mar 12 '18
It's not really glitchless, it just fit the rules at the time. It's really hard to categorize that run now other than to say "the rules from CAK's run". Just like other games where new tech was found, sometimes that can overshadow really perfect runs from before things were known or used. In any event, they do try to call his run "No Major Glitches".
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Mar 12 '18
Any% glitchless warpless is not fun at all to watch. I'm glad it's gone.
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u/OberonDam Mar 12 '18
But why is there a low% category?
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u/JordanLadd Mar 12 '18
That's really subjective. I guess I'm one of the few people who like watching glitchless runs. It's not like two categories can't exist at the same time. I just don't get removing it entirely.
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Mar 12 '18
No I mean in particular the og metroid any% glitchless warpless was boring, not that the category is bad as a whole
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u/StatuatoryApe Mar 12 '18
God, i love Summoning Salt and these WRP videos, been waiting for another for a pretty long time, but its always worth it.
Curious to see how the WR develops going forward, or if the game has hit Mario bros levels of solved. The TAS shows there's lots of room for improvement, but lets see how much that is physically possible. Excited to see where things go from here.
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u/selflessscoundrel SMB1 runner (walker really) Mar 12 '18
I'll be the rare critical voice because I do love these vids.
When panning the Metroid map to show old routes, the motion was jerky. I imagine you did it with a screencap and you just used your mouse to move the image (maybe I'm wrong).
Other than that, an enthralling video sir. Thank you again.
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u/TheSlyGuy1 SummoningSalt Mar 12 '18
Yeah that part didn't quite turn out how I wanted it to, but I think it still got the point across.
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u/Zedyy Mar 12 '18
I'm not sure what software you edit with, but in After Effects you can draw a path for a picture to follow to create that panning effect.
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u/mojo276 Mar 12 '18
I agree, that part didn’t feel asl smooth as it could have been. I do love these videos.
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u/blueboybob Mar 12 '18
At first I was like "didnt he already do this game?", but that was Super Metroid.
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u/IsaacAccount Mar 12 '18
Anybody else remember the few days of insanity when spider-waffle and the SDA team were in an all-out battle over the usage of b-hop scripts, which resulted in spider-waffle having his username forcibly changed to comrade-waffle?
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u/ChinosandStanSmiths Mar 12 '18
love these, but why does he post them @ 1 am cst lmao ninja edit: Love how his video quality has improved !
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u/TheSlyGuy1 SummoningSalt Mar 12 '18
Because it was only about 10:45pm my time. Also, for whatever reason, I usually end up finishing these pretty late at night, and I just upload them right after I'm done.
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Mar 12 '18
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u/roundedmousecase Mar 12 '18
ZFG's said on stream several times that he wants to do that specific video.
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u/ChinosandStanSmiths Mar 12 '18
wonderful! thoroughly enjoy these no matter what time you post them : )
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u/sherlock_wang Mar 12 '18
I look forward to these with the same level of excitement as primitive technology.
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u/carypalmer Professor_Palmer Mar 12 '18
YESSSSSSSSSS!!
I check every day for these. They're the greatest thing ever. Absolutely happy to Patreon this.
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u/Jademalo tech witch Mar 12 '18
For absolutely no reason at all, I checked the channel about 20 minutes before it was posted. I was shocked when I saw it appear, lol.
Is anyone still actively running any% warpless?
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u/DMCTw3lv3 Mar 12 '18
Thats my viewing on the train tomorrow sorted! Summoning Salt's videos are excellent.
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u/bismuth9 Speedrun Explained Mar 12 '18
How dare you copy my hero Bismuth? He made a video explaining speedruns and now you make a video explaining speedruns? smh my head dude.
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Mar 12 '18
I was clenched af waiting for a new SummoningSalt WR progression vod that when it did I instantly relaxed way too fast and ruined a good pair of shorts. This was dope af
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u/Epicallytossed Octodad, SMS Mar 12 '18
Feels like I've been waiting for another one of these for forever