That it came down to Punch-Out - SS's jam - and that he knows so much about the game and can break down every fighter in so much detail was just the perfect ending to an awesome live speed running relay. One of the best I've ever seen. Thank you so much for coordinating this.
Such a great video. I watched this day of the race and was so impressed with the gameplay, the commentary, and the results! A few nights ago I put it on in the background for my friends on board game night. I'm the only one who ever watched speedruns before that, and needless to say the others were pretty awestruck.
I enjoyed this a lot. Legendary line-up of players, great commentary and it all came down to the wire! Only thing I was missing was some sort of timer to keep track of each team's game splits.
That was great. I was very surprised to see after that lead from the Ninja Gaiden record holder in the very first game lasting all the way to the end of Mega Man 2, in the second to last game, only for it to come so close at Tyson (in a RTA MTPO run no less, a RNG heavy category). Very entertaining relay.
Neck and neck the whole race with lead changes everywhere even with a smattering of games that could have handily created huge gaps. And then... this happened. GGs everyone. That was wild to watch.
So was this actually done live, or did everyone send videos in and they were just played in sequence? I watched live and some parts seemed a little........wonky
Damn... didn't expect Arcus to choke in the first area of Ninja Gaiden... MTPO lead changes were BRUTAL. I know any race involving MTPO is all about RNG, rather than skill.
Arcus didn't really choke at all. He got a knockback early lol that can happen to anyone and only costs 1 second. He was also going for a very safe, consistent run, knowing that he might lose time to TheRetroRunner but knowing he'd avoid a catastrophe, which is exactly what happened. He kept his team in it on a difficult game. MTPO does have a lot of RNG, but saying it's "all about RNG rather than skill" shows a complete lack of understanding of how the speedrun works.
@@SummoningSalt Actually, in a real-time speedrun of MTPO, you as much as anyone know that given seasoned runners, it's ALL about the RNG, Salt. Don 2 or Bull 2 could have caused utter chaos if they wanted to! (It's in the segmented where the RNG gets taken out and purified, down to the frame-perfect manips). I've watched Arcus for years, he's the only person in the world dressed like a cowboy I actually like (except maybe Clint Eastwood or Lee van Cleef). I've watched Arcus do COUNTLESS Ninja Gaiden runs (OK maybe 5000+ or so, but still) and he has almost made me want to take up speedrunning that game (I just don't have time to put the dedication I know it takes into it with the other things in my life around me). I'm saying he would have reset that in a run, which by all intents and purposes is textbook definition of a choke in a competition.
@@dethaddr Maybe stop arguing with the WR holder in MTPO about how stuff in MTPO works? Just an idea. Of course there's a bunch of RNG in MTPO, nobody would argue that. But like I said before, saying it's "all about RNG rather than skill" is absolutely not true. There's a great deal of skill involved for most of the fights, especially Tyson at the end.
@@SummoningSalt What is forgotten is the part where "racing" is inferred. Taking that out of context is the only thing that makes it incorrect. It is highly doubtful the "seasoned runners" that were also paid tribute to would take kindly to their skills being dismissed so easily just because someone is the current record holder of one of the six games presented. If context is taken out of the account, MTPO is more of about memorizing the steps to take and do the dance, something a good DDR or Audiosurf player could accomplish by simply watching the plethora of MTPO runner videos. Then it's all about getting the magical RNG. The one that would make a 14:31 possible. Without proper context, nothing has meaning. MTPO records fall due to better RNG.
@@dethaddr You have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. I hope one day you can see that arguing with MTPO speedrunners about how their game works is absurd, but it seems pretty unlikely at this point. Hopefully you don't act like this about other topics you know little about. Also I like how you're saying I'm dismissing K3 and Jdurg's skills, when you're the one saying it's all RNG rather than skill. This will be my last interaction with you. Once again, you know far less about this topic than you think you do.
Team Pumpkin:
TheRetroRunner: www.twitch.tv/theretrorunner
GTAce99: www.twitch.tv/gtace99
SBDWolf: www.twitch.tv/sbdwolf
Czikubi: www.twitch.tv/czikubi
satokoaddict96: www.twitch.tv/satokoaddict96
KThree: www.twitch.tv/k_three_
Team Pecan:
Arcus: www.twitch.tv/arcus
Kosmic: www.twitch.tv/kosmic
trisk: www.twitch.tv/tr1sklion
Mitchflowerpower: www.twitch.tv/mitchflowerpower
Prisi: www.twitch.tv/prisiii3
Jdurg: www.twitch.tv/jdurg
What an exciting event! Thanks for letting me be a part of it and ggs to ALL the runners
Fantastic run. Ice in your veins as you played an aggressive race strats and didn't blink. GG
This was insane. Definitely should do this next year again
This was incredible. So glad to have been a part of it. Just a fantastic showing all around by everybody involved. Look forward to the next one!
That it came down to Punch-Out - SS's jam - and that he knows so much about the game and can break down every fighter in so much detail was just the perfect ending to an awesome live speed running relay. One of the best I've ever seen. Thank you so much for coordinating this.
Thank you for putting this on. This was the most exciting live speed running marathon I think I've witnessed.
The amount of lead changes in MTPO kept me on the edge of my seat. One of the most entertaining relay races I've seen. Thanks for hosting this Salt!
Should have had a 3rd team that’s just Matt Turk
Team Turkey
This was an outstanding event. From the ending of mega man 2 I was the edge of my seat
This was such an amazing experience! Thank you for putting this together salt!
Wow! That was epic, and extremely fun to watch. And yes indeed, pumpkin pie is definitely the best.
What a good time it was. The end was crazy close! Good job to all runners and thanks for showing us your skills live 🤘😎
That was just unreal. Down the last second.
Easily one of the best relay races I've ever seen! Thank you Salt and all the runners for the great play!
You are so knowledgeable about so many games. Awesome commentary and great event
Such a great video. I watched this day of the race and was so impressed with the gameplay, the commentary, and the results!
A few nights ago I put it on in the background for my friends on board game night. I'm the only one who ever watched speedruns before that, and needless to say the others were pretty awestruck.
That was one of the sickest relays ever
I enjoyed this a lot. Legendary line-up of players, great commentary and it all came down to the wire!
Only thing I was missing was some sort of timer to keep track of each team's game splits.
coming back to re-watch this, what an amazing race
Incredible it stayed that close the entire time! You put on a better race then GDQ, you have to do it again!
That was great. I was very surprised to see after that lead from the Ninja Gaiden record holder in the very first game lasting all the way to the end of Mega Man 2, in the second to last game, only for it to come so close at Tyson (in a RTA MTPO run no less, a RNG heavy category). Very entertaining relay.
Thank for arranging this, and thanks for you awesome commentary, that Punch Out was intense. Excellent bleeps and bloops all round.
This was excellent! The fact that it came down to phase three of Mike Tyson is crazy!
This run was amazing! Thank you for posting the best content
Would absolutely love for this to be an annual thing! What a race.
Neck and neck the whole race with lead changes everywhere even with a smattering of games that could have handily created huge gaps. And then... this happened.
GGs everyone. That was wild to watch.
Worth the whole watch
This was amazing! Thank you so much!
This is exciting. Support Team Pumpkin
That was nuts. This will be a fun tradition.
The level of skill on display here was just insane 😍
What an insane run!
That was excellent!
Damn only 11k views, deapite that this race is a banger.
Common Team Pumpkin W
Turkathon, named after Matt Turk
This was great. You should bring someone on for color commentary though.
I agree with the video description.
Matt Turkathalon
The benefits of fare passes leads me to imagine fare-free transit 🤔
Next up on Christmas is probably a race between Santa believers and Santa deniers lol
~EvaTheWingdale
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Dope
What about Apple Pie?
STEMHEADING Clap
i can't believe they synced up at the beginning of punch-out.
this race was so fucking hype!
So was this actually done live, or did everyone send videos in and they were just played in sequence? I watched live and some parts seemed a little........wonky
Damn... didn't expect Arcus to choke in the first area of Ninja Gaiden... MTPO lead changes were BRUTAL. I know any race involving MTPO is all about RNG, rather than skill.
Arcus didn't really choke at all. He got a knockback early lol that can happen to anyone and only costs 1 second. He was also going for a very safe, consistent run, knowing that he might lose time to TheRetroRunner but knowing he'd avoid a catastrophe, which is exactly what happened. He kept his team in it on a difficult game.
MTPO does have a lot of RNG, but saying it's "all about RNG rather than skill" shows a complete lack of understanding of how the speedrun works.
@@SummoningSalt Actually, in a real-time speedrun of MTPO, you as much as anyone know that given seasoned runners, it's ALL about the RNG, Salt. Don 2 or Bull 2 could have caused utter chaos if they wanted to! (It's in the segmented where the RNG gets taken out and purified, down to the frame-perfect manips).
I've watched Arcus for years, he's the only person in the world dressed like a cowboy I actually like (except maybe Clint Eastwood or Lee van Cleef). I've watched Arcus do COUNTLESS Ninja Gaiden runs (OK maybe 5000+ or so, but still) and he has almost made me want to take up speedrunning that game (I just don't have time to put the dedication I know it takes into it with the other things in my life around me). I'm saying he would have reset that in a run, which by all intents and purposes is textbook definition of a choke in a competition.
@@dethaddr Maybe stop arguing with the WR holder in MTPO about how stuff in MTPO works? Just an idea.
Of course there's a bunch of RNG in MTPO, nobody would argue that. But like I said before, saying it's "all about RNG rather than skill" is absolutely not true. There's a great deal of skill involved for most of the fights, especially Tyson at the end.
@@SummoningSalt What is forgotten is the part where "racing" is inferred. Taking that out of context is the only thing that makes it incorrect. It is highly doubtful the "seasoned runners" that were also paid tribute to would take kindly to their skills being dismissed so easily just because someone is the current record holder of one of the six games presented.
If context is taken out of the account, MTPO is more of about memorizing the steps to take and do the dance, something a good DDR or Audiosurf player could accomplish by simply watching the plethora of MTPO runner videos. Then it's all about getting the magical RNG. The one that would make a 14:31 possible.
Without proper context, nothing has meaning. MTPO records fall due to better RNG.
@@dethaddr You have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. I hope one day you can see that arguing with MTPO speedrunners about how their game works is absurd, but it seems pretty unlikely at this point. Hopefully you don't act like this about other topics you know little about.
Also I like how you're saying I'm dismissing K3 and Jdurg's skills, when you're the one saying it's all RNG rather than skill.
This will be my last interaction with you. Once again, you know far less about this topic than you think you do.
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