Hey everyone! Hope you enjoy this commentary and comparison video! Please let me know in the comments if you have any feedback on this video! Do you like the comparison? Or do you prefer just having the commentary?
I love this kind of compariosn video. _Especially for when the record is so close!_ It was interesting to be able to hear the explaination of the different strategies used and why you did certain things and why WW did other things etc. I prefer this type of commentary over the live one, also because you focus on the run itself without chat inputs and all. Was enjoyable to watch every minute of the almost 3 hour long breakdown!
I do really like the comparison! I can imagine it being a little bit overwhelming for you at some points. You could also do a solo commentary without comparison and make a separate video comparing the records. That comparison could also be sped up maybe or just focus on major differences
I've always loved these commentaries, watching these speedrun analyses is all about the details and you did a great job there. I love the side by side as well, really helps contextualize the complexities of your WR in a way that I wouldn't be able to directly observe if it wasn't juxtaposed with the prior WR.
I love the side by side comparison! I'd love to see future commentary videos in this style; I feel like I learn more about what made each run so good this way.
Oh yeah, also: I liked watching this as an off-stream, more focused video, but I could also see something like working on stream where chat works as a Q&A.
This style was freakin amazing I’ve barely been able to make it through a lot of long form speedrunning and your commentary made it an easy watch side by side good choice
Congrats! Brilliant concept too, I'm a big fan of full WR attempts and having the insight into all of the decisions that are made that wouldn't seem obvious is very interesting. I personally liked the side by side comparison, while I was focused mainly on your run it was good to see where the differences occurred between the two. Just goes to show how much variance there still is in this run!
Love this breakdown gunner! From the perspective of a casual viewer who couldn't possibly attempt a speedrun, all of your strategies and comparisons are so interesting to me. Bring on the Yellow WR!
This format is really cool, and you made it look so clean. *Edit addition* Probably my favorite part about the side by side comparison, is that you get to dissect both your run AND the previous WR, which (to me) helps highlight all the crazy thinking, planning, pivoting, and adjusting that goes into a game with so much RNG. It heightened my appreciation of all this, so much more. I also liked the offline takes, but you also do a really good job of explaining things to your audience either live or offline, so I would say if it felt like you had better opportunity to articulate your points and not get distracted, then offline is great. But if you like also doing this sort of breakdown live, then that's great too - you seem to be really adept at both.
Hearing your expertise, knowledge, and decision making is why I watch, so the side by side, pausing, and rewinding are all great at giving me more of what I like. Congratulations, and great video!
This style of commentary was awesome! I had to break up watching the video, but I finally finished and I’m blown away with the detail you provided on both runs. It’s really cool to know the intricacies of each strat you go for. Pausing and replaying parts helps that. I think offline is better or else chat would lose the train of thought and be even more overwhelming. Congrats!!
I far prefer the side-by-side, offline commentary. I'm much more interested in the technical analysis than the interaction with chat (for which I can just watch your live runs), and this gives you the chance to go into more and specific detail than if it were live. Perhaps you could do these as a premier so that people can still chat (if thats what you want) but the offline viewers can get this style of content. Anyway, great video! I had rapt attention nearly the whole time. This video reminds me of when you did the showcase race at GDQ years ago. I think that is my favorite video that you've ever posted.
Bro thank you for this video. It‘s super fascinating to see your dedication and hearing about all the details and knowledge that goes into these runs. You are amazing!
I like the offline commentary and the side by side! I watched a lot of the sapphire runs 4 years ago so I was happy to see this video and come back to see the strat changes.
I watch you every few months. It's lovely to see how much better you talk about yourself when making a mistake compared to a couple of years ago. 'So sad, but considering the phase, we're going to forgive ourselves.' 1:24:50
Awesome idea with this side by side setup, especially with two runs that are so close at times. It gave some really cool visuals fighting the elite 4! Congrats and thanks for being an inspiration for speedrunners!
def like the side by side offline comparison. as a casual viewer, i know little about the intricacies of these speed runs, so it is extremely helpful to hear your breakdowns and makes it WAAAAAAY more exciting to also understand that the little things u tell us about can/ are a big deal. great work!
I really loved this concept of reviewing the run and actually seeing side by side, how the run went wrt to the previous run, was really fun and insightful. Also, non-live commentary makes that you can really make a coherent story and explanation of what is important to take in mind for each section. I understand, it can feel maybe a bit chaotic in times to go back to describe bits of the other run as comparison, but this didn't bother me too much.
I loved seeing the side-by-side, but mostly because this run was so specifically close. It was awesome seeing you and WaveWarrior trade back and forth. When there were more than about 30 sec between you though it got a little too much to follow. Commentating something like FRLG R2 side-by-side would be chaos
i prefer offline. i love the focus and how in depth it gets. i also loved side by side, it's just a unique way to watch a run and i loved seeing the subtle differences. great work and congrats man!
Yeah I liked this commentary, the offline aspect works well as I know twitch chat is a bit tricky for comms.the side by side works great for this as it is such a slim WR so it helps illustrate the risks and time loss /gains
This commentary was fantastic. I would love to watch more in this style where you seem much more relaxed not having to focus on explaining the run and differences each little movement makes, while simultaneously answering people in chat. It was very enjoyable.
gunners speed running skill is obv top notch, but why he's popular is how good he is at commentating would lowkey love to see him branch out into other types of commentary
Love the music/game sound effects in the background. Its subtle but definitely adds to the feel compared to the orginal vod or silence in the background. Would you consider making a tier ranking video of all the splits? And potentially comparing that to the previous WR splits? 3 hour video can be a lot to digest but focusing in on the differences I think would be very interesting highlighting what can go very right or horribly wrong. Congrats!
this was the perfect run for an offline sbs commentary with the closeness. watching each run pull back and forth and the convergence at the end was awesome. also thank you for restreaming on youtube or else i totally would have missed seeing this live. congrats again and great run! this is my absolute favorite pokemon game to watch speeds of and maybe my favorite speed game to watch overall.
Love these! Congrats Gunner, and this side by side WAS cool. I always enjoy hearing you commentate speed runs and give insight into how the runs work and what is difficult/not. I think you can do it on stream or not, when watching it on the UA-cam I've never felt that you being on stream during a commentary hurt the product. So if you like doing it on stream and your audience does too then go for it. Follow your heart haha. 👏👏
Hey Gunner, been a long time fan. I watched this bit by bit over the last few days and it was a great video through and through. I enjoyed the side b side comparison, I enjoyed it being offline so you didnt feel pressured to talk to chat. Altogether I think you did a great job, and there's really nothing I personally didn't enjoy about it. Definitely excited to see more content like this, as I haven't been able to catch your stream in years. tbh I would enjoy watching commentary like this of other runners' speed runs too, as you're really good at breaking things down for people that don't know much about speed run details and nuances. Thanks again man, hope life is well for you. good luck and congrats!
First of all, CONGRATS! I liked the side by side to see how ahead/behind you were, I think you did a good job of talking about the strategies and where you differed from WaveWarrior without it being overwelming for me as a viewer. I didn't mind you needing to rewind a bit at times to comment on everything you wanted to either, it made it not require me to completely follow all the details of each as long as I watched whichever you were talking about I wouldn't miss anything! I really find the comentary videos more enjoyable then the live game play. You do give tones of explenations while playing and anwser chats questions explains even more, but its just a bit less consistent in narative, hopping around diferent topics depending on the questions and when its a hard part you understandebly need to focus, wereas this video is sequencial en covers way more things in greater detail. Personally I would love more videos like this! Maybe commenting on other peoples runs would be more interesting for you as well to analyze what they do different then you? Or your own runs is great too, you have so much insight into the reasoning and emotions affecting your thought process thats its very interesting to listen. I have a much better apreciation for the luck element at play in this run now and although there are lots of minor errors you point out yhsy someone could hypothetically try to eliminate to get a better time, the grind to get all the way to the end anywhere close to WR is already probablistically challenging and adding in the very difficult movement plus multiple manips... I think it all makes you actually breaking the old record even more amazing!! Long may it stand!
Hey everyone! Hope you enjoy this commentary and comparison video! Please let me know in the comments if you have any feedback on this video! Do you like the comparison? Or do you prefer just having the commentary?
The side by side is great but next time you should label who's who
@@zane1790 at 0:35 he does label who's who... he even says WaveWarrior is on the right and he is on the left as he points at 0:55
I love this kind of compariosn video. _Especially for when the record is so close!_
It was interesting to be able to hear the explaination of the different strategies used and why you did certain things and why WW did other things etc.
I prefer this type of commentary over the live one, also because you focus on the run itself without chat inputs and all.
Was enjoyable to watch every minute of the almost 3 hour long breakdown!
I do really like the comparison! I can imagine it being a little bit overwhelming for you at some points. You could also do a solo commentary without comparison and make a separate video comparing the records. That comparison could also be sped up maybe or just focus on major differences
Again grats my guy!
Side by side new to previous record is very cool!
I've always loved these commentaries, watching these speedrun analyses is all about the details and you did a great job there. I love the side by side as well, really helps contextualize the complexities of your WR in a way that I wouldn't be able to directly observe if it wasn't juxtaposed with the prior WR.
much much prefer offline for this, video feels much more cohesive. pausing and explaining is what we're here for. great vid and congrats!
Totally agree, it kept me locked in. When he explains this stuff there’s nothing I wouldn’t do.
Great concept. I always enjoy these explanations and having the side by side comparison is a nice addition. Congrats btw. Keep it up!
love the comparison, its super hype and having the opportunity to have you commentate differences in both runs is great
I recognize the level of work it takes to do these commentary videos. They are my favorite content that you put out. Very much appreciated!!
I love the side by side comparison! I'd love to see future commentary videos in this style; I feel like I learn more about what made each run so good this way.
Oh yeah, also: I liked watching this as an off-stream, more focused video, but I could also see something like working on stream where chat works as a Q&A.
Really liking this comparison style commentary!
Loved the side by side format! (Especially for E4 when it was neck and neck) Loved the pausing and in-depth explainers.
Very cool video :) I like that there are explanations, without interruptions from twitch chat, focusing on the video diffently the way to go
This style was freakin amazing I’ve barely been able to make it through a lot of long form speedrunning and your commentary made it an easy watch side by side good choice
Huge congrats, loved the side by side. The E4 section was awesome to see
This was absolutely excellent - side by side added so much context and tension
Great video. This format is the best where we can see the ideas and strategies shine.
great commentary, your knowledge on this game is insane - congrats again on WR!!
I really enjoyed the side by side comparison, fully enjoyed the video and all the insights, GGs
Congrats gunner! Watched for over a decade
Come on bro, the video didn't take THAT long
Really really engaging format. Anyone who doesn’t know your livesplit format differences won’t know which window is which
Love the format! Really cool to see the moments where it was neck-to-neck
Congrats! Brilliant concept too, I'm a big fan of full WR attempts and having the insight into all of the decisions that are made that wouldn't seem obvious is very interesting. I personally liked the side by side comparison, while I was focused mainly on your run it was good to see where the differences occurred between the two. Just goes to show how much variance there still is in this run!
Congrats, loved the side by side. Was awesome to see how both runs compared at all times and how each gained and lost time.
Gz on the record, Gunner, I’ve been following you since the very beginning.
Love this breakdown gunner! From the perspective of a casual viewer who couldn't possibly attempt a speedrun, all of your strategies and comparisons are so interesting to me. Bring on the Yellow WR!
This format is really cool, and you made it look so clean.
*Edit addition*
Probably my favorite part about the side by side comparison, is that you get to dissect both your run AND the previous WR, which (to me) helps highlight all the crazy thinking, planning, pivoting, and adjusting that goes into a game with so much RNG. It heightened my appreciation of all this, so much more.
I also liked the offline takes, but you also do a really good job of explaining things to your audience either live or offline, so I would say if it felt like you had better opportunity to articulate your points and not get distracted, then offline is great. But if you like also doing this sort of breakdown live, then that's great too - you seem to be really adept at both.
Hearing your expertise, knowledge, and decision making is why I watch, so the side by side, pausing, and rewinding are all great at giving me more of what I like. Congratulations, and great video!
Hey, great video. I liked both the offline nature and the side by side nature of the video! Keep it coming and congrats!
This style of commentary was awesome! I had to break up watching the video, but I finally finished and I’m blown away with the detail you provided on both runs. It’s really cool to know the intricacies of each strat you go for. Pausing and replaying parts helps that. I think offline is better or else chat would lose the train of thought and be even more overwhelming. Congrats!!
Love the video format, always so interesting to hear the behind the scenes info and having the comparison is really interesting
I far prefer the side-by-side, offline commentary. I'm much more interested in the technical analysis than the interaction with chat (for which I can just watch your live runs), and this gives you the chance to go into more and specific detail than if it were live. Perhaps you could do these as a premier so that people can still chat (if thats what you want) but the offline viewers can get this style of content. Anyway, great video! I had rapt attention nearly the whole time.
This video reminds me of when you did the showcase race at GDQ years ago. I think that is my favorite video that you've ever posted.
Bro thank you for this video. It‘s super fascinating to see your dedication and hearing about all the details and knowledge that goes into these runs.
You are amazing!
Side by side was awesome and really highlighted what made this run so special. Congratulations
Hyped about the WR! Hyped about the split screen! Hyped about you!
Amazing commentary and comparison! Side by side was a great choice and I think you did well with explaining nuances of each.
Hey there congrats for WR. Great commentary. I really like the side by side view of both runs. Keep it up and GL for future runs.
I like the offline commentary and the side by side! I watched a lot of the sapphire runs 4 years ago so I was happy to see this video and come back to see the strat changes.
I watch you every few months. It's lovely to see how much better you talk about yourself when making a mistake compared to a couple of years ago. 'So sad, but considering the phase, we're going to forgive ourselves.' 1:24:50
Really enjoy explanation and side by side is great! Just also works fantastically with the aspect ratios
It kept me locked in
The side by side is dope! Well done I like it offline too
Hell ya man congrats! Stoked to see you succeed!
Side by side comparison was very nice to watch! Hope you keep it this way.
i had heard and id seen teh whole thing and im excited to watch this as well! all the best gunner, love your content and wish you well
Side by side commentary is awesome. Nice work !
congrats on the run, I wasn't tuned into the streams too much but this is such a good commentary! my fav content from you by a mile (analyzing runs)
The parallel videos are very interesting because one can really appreciate how even 1 second makes the difference. Congratulations
This was one of the most enjoyable WR commentaries I've seen, thanks for doing it :)
This might be the most engaging commentary video for me by you, love this concept
This video is really cool. Very interesting. I don't even play runs but really like to watch you play and the strategic aspect of it.
The side by side comparison is amazing
Been waiting for this not gone lie
Side by side was super interesting to see. I also liked the offline commentary, though I can see the appeal to allowing viewer questions too
Love this commentary and also your explanation of decision making. Really loved the hastyxmild debate. Congrats on WR.
I‘m a huge fan of the commentary / reactions! You did that great!
Amazing, loved the side by side commentary. Congratz on the record!
Awesome idea with this side by side setup, especially with two runs that are so close at times. It gave some really cool visuals fighting the elite 4!
Congrats and thanks for being an inspiration for speedrunners!
Elite 4 was crazy to see with how close it was
Great record commentary~ congratz king~
Well done my man
Loved the commentary and the side by side comparison!
And of course Congrats
def like the side by side offline comparison. as a casual viewer, i know little about the intricacies of these speed runs, so it is extremely helpful to hear your breakdowns and makes it WAAAAAAY more exciting to also understand that the little things u tell us about can/ are a big deal. great work!
I always look forward to these. Lots of game knowledge
Loved the side by side, great work on the commentary and run Gunner 👍🏼👍🏼
I'm a simple man. When I see Gunner breaking a record, I get excited. Well done!
I really loved this concept of reviewing the run and actually seeing side by side, how the run went wrt to the previous run, was really fun and insightful. Also, non-live commentary makes that you can really make a coherent story and explanation of what is important to take in mind for each section. I understand, it can feel maybe a bit chaotic in times to go back to describe bits of the other run as comparison, but this didn't bother me too much.
Stoked for this Gunner, can't wait to watch it
Really loved the commentary!
Great idea for the side by side, I really like it
I loved seeing the side-by-side, but mostly because this run was so specifically close. It was awesome seeing you and WaveWarrior trade back and forth.
When there were more than about 30 sec between you though it got a little too much to follow. Commentating something like FRLG R2 side-by-side would be chaos
FRLG R2 would probably just need a lot more pausing but still works
Congrats on the WR! Also loved the new format and commentary!!
It kept me locked in brother.
i prefer offline. i love the focus and how in depth it gets. i also loved side by side, it's just a unique way to watch a run and i loved seeing the subtle differences. great work and congrats man!
Yeah I liked this commentary, the offline aspect works well as I know twitch chat is a bit tricky for comms.the side by side works great for this as it is such a slim WR so it helps illustrate the risks and time loss /gains
This commentary was fantastic. I would love to watch more in this style where you seem much more relaxed not having to focus on explaining the run and differences each little movement makes, while simultaneously answering people in chat. It was very enjoyable.
Good shit dude! Way to battle it out. Loved this commentary setup btw.
gunners speed running skill is obv top notch, but why he's popular is how good he is at commentating
would lowkey love to see him branch out into other types of commentary
best commentary yet imo, side by side and no chat both great
Wingull manip still baffles me to this day.
Nice to see the differences with both runs on screen.
The side by side commentary was great. Seeing how close it came down to was heart racing
This side by side ruled!! Congrats gunner
I love the videos but at 1:15:27 gunner says big PP eater and i actually laughed so hard. Congrats on the WR!
I noticed this too and died laughing!!! what’s even funnier is there’s like an 8 sec silence prior to it too
good video. do more like this, maybe even for other peoples records as your insight into the games makes it great content regardless
Love the music/game sound effects in the background. Its subtle but definitely adds to the feel compared to the orginal vod or silence in the background. Would you consider making a tier ranking video of all the splits? And potentially comparing that to the previous WR splits? 3 hour video can be a lot to digest but focusing in on the differences I think would be very interesting highlighting what can go very right or horribly wrong. Congrats!
the close world record made this dual screen commentary really sick.
love the content and the side by side comparaison that's a new concept for me
I liked the comparisons! It gave a great visual of how close 1.9 seconds really is.
this was the perfect run for an offline sbs commentary with the closeness. watching each run pull back and forth and the convergence at the end was awesome. also thank you for restreaming on youtube or else i totally would have missed seeing this live. congrats again and great run! this is my absolute favorite pokemon game to watch speeds of and maybe my favorite speed game to watch overall.
Kind of astonishing. I remember spending hours fighting against wild pokemon farming experience points. The fact you can do this without is incredible
really enjoyed the commentary run esspecizlly with the close side by side :D
Love these! Congrats Gunner, and this side by side WAS cool. I always enjoy hearing you commentate speed runs and give insight into how the runs work and what is difficult/not.
I think you can do it on stream or not, when watching it on the UA-cam I've never felt that you being on stream during a commentary hurt the product.
So if you like doing it on stream and your audience does too then go for it. Follow your heart haha. 👏👏
Hey Gunner, been a long time fan. I watched this bit by bit over the last few days and it was a great video through and through. I enjoyed the side b side comparison, I enjoyed it being offline so you didnt feel pressured to talk to chat. Altogether I think you did a great job, and there's really nothing I personally didn't enjoy about it.
Definitely excited to see more content like this, as I haven't been able to catch your stream in years.
tbh I would enjoy watching commentary like this of other runners' speed runs too, as you're really good at breaking things down for people that don't know much about speed run details and nuances.
Thanks again man, hope life is well for you. good luck and congrats!
Enjoyed this chatless run review style, kept me more locked in
And brother when I am locked in there is no limit to what I can do for you.
And brother when I am locked in there is no limit to what I can do for you.
And brother
Also. Amazing format for this kind of video. Brilliant!
Really liked the old commentary. But this is even better somehow!?!
Big ups to the editor to include the music. Must have been a chore for that :)
THIS MAN IS BACK IN HIS ZONE
Congrats, dude. Look forward to the next speedrun record commentary.
Congratulations man! ❤
First of all, CONGRATS!
I liked the side by side to see how ahead/behind you were, I think you did a good job of talking about the strategies and where you differed from WaveWarrior without it being overwelming for me as a viewer. I didn't mind you needing to rewind a bit at times to comment on everything you wanted to either, it made it not require me to completely follow all the details of each as long as I watched whichever you were talking about I wouldn't miss anything!
I really find the comentary videos more enjoyable then the live game play. You do give tones of explenations while playing and anwser chats questions explains even more, but its just a bit less consistent in narative, hopping around diferent topics depending on the questions and when its a hard part you understandebly need to focus, wereas this video is sequencial en covers way more things in greater detail. Personally I would love more videos like this! Maybe commenting on other peoples runs would be more interesting for you as well to analyze what they do different then you? Or your own runs is great too, you have so much insight into the reasoning and emotions affecting your thought process thats its very interesting to listen.
I have a much better apreciation for the luck element at play in this run now and although there are lots of minor errors you point out yhsy someone could hypothetically try to eliminate to get a better time, the grind to get all the way to the end anywhere close to WR is already probablistically challenging and adding in the very difficult movement plus multiple manips... I think it all makes you actually breaking the old record even more amazing!!
Long may it stand!
Really enjoyed the side by side comparison!
I liked the commentary of both runs together.
Congrats!
Love the comparison! Amazing video and CONGRATS AGAIN!! Would've also liked to have chat though! Feels kinda loooonely