Top 15 Speedruns of the Decade (2010-2019)
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- The Top 15 Speedruns of the Decade. The history of speedrunning over the past decade has been insane, with many world records set, gaming stories told, and speedrunners inspired, through races, new strategies, discoveries, and gaming passion. Join me as we count down the Top 15 Speedruns of the decade!
This decade in review was a lot of fun and brought back tons of gaming stories & memories. Going through speedrunning history is full of nostalgia and epic. I did focus especially on Zelda and Mario speedruns, as some of the most influential of the decade, but I hope we included some surprises too!
Let me know what is your favourite speedrun of the decade!
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Timestamps:
0:01 Intro
2:00 #15
5:17 #14
8:32 #13
12:44 #12
16:41 #11
22:18 #10
24:12 #09
29:50 #08
33:57 #07
37:51 #06
43:31 #05
47:11 #04
56:28 #03
1:03:32 #02
1:10:38 #01
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Links & sources to videos & speedruns shown can be found here: docs.google.co...
If I missed any clip, leave a comment, email me, or DM me on Twitter, and I'll add it to the document of sources, thanks!
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A huge thanks to ThaRixer for helping me out and narrating a couple of segments! / tharixer
And a big thanks to Carathorn for writing and producing so much of the epic music I used throughout this year! / carathorn
The one non-Carathorn piece I used was this, in Lockwood's Streets 1:12, a copyright free replacement: • ♩♫ Emotional and Inspi...
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Thanks for watching, and until next time, stay true!
Reading through Pannenkoek's history, in one of his FAQ's, on why he wouldn't commentate again a video like Watching for Rolling Rocks is truly devastating. A wonderful SM64 genius went through such a mental suffering to get us the video we all love and adore. Pannenkoek, you're a legend. Thanks for everything you've done for the speedrun community.
why exactly was that? I hope it wasn't because of the fame or "infamy" of the video, he seems like a cool guy.
I even remembered one of his other runs where he basically "trolled" the community by doing things just under the rules. He just wanted to have fun in the end.
For who wants to know:
I’ll let you in on the secret backstory of the rolling rocks video. Back in January, I got into a fight with my parents, which left me in a really bad mood. Like a really bad mood. I wasn’t on speaking terms with my family, I didn’t feel like seeing my friends, and I didn’t feel like doing anything fun at all. So because I was so miserable, I wasn’t in the mood to have any fun with my time, so I figured it’d be best to just convert all my time to productivity, i.e. by making videos. So for 11 days straight, I devoted all my time and mental faculty to making that rolling rocks video. From waking up to going to bed, all I did was work on it. In the shower, while going to bed, while eating - I would just be thinking about what to do next and ways to improve what I had already done. I had no distractions because I wasn’t talking to anyone else or going anywhere - I could spend 24/7 in complete isolation in my room just working. That allowed me to conceptualize the whole video in my head and figure out exactly what to do to make the video coherent and informative - what would be explained when, what visuals to make, what jokes to make, how much detail to go into given the time constraints of the video, what the clearest way to present information was. It was a miserable existence for me, but there was nothing else I felt like doing because of my bad mood. Eventually I could have gotten rid of my bad mood, but I deliberately prevented it from subsiding because it was helping me get the video done. And so those are the circumstances that led to the creation of the rolling rocks video - a monument of my torturous ordeal. So now when someone says, “please make another video like this one!”, I just think, “please don’t make me go through that again...”
@@felpato638 This is the shorter version, in case you want to read the whole story, read the 18th bullet. docs.google.com/document/d/1K4OTAyampX1CueKyZUIunz0yIUYd3ldlQxv37oaySgs/edit?usp=sharing
It's not our fault he can't tolerate being a meme
@@bruceU Did you read the history? Do it before misjudging someone. Try to learn something from this. And a hint, it was not because of the memes.
#10 - Get banned in Club Penguin
#10 - Swear in Fortnite Speedrun by MJKelz in 3:34. (Video footage by Best Trends, 12/5/18).
mine is American Dad Speedrun
Iconic. Some might even say "legendary." Defenitely my number 10.
#10 "i would really prefer if you'd be quiet"-run in agdq 2014. This is my all time favourite run not because of the run or the game itself but the atmosphere. KEKW
@@haltdeinmaul507 Ah yea how could I forget, there is also my friend Saboom in the couch as well.
I'm not in to speed running whatsoever, but this might be the best UA-cam video I have ever watched. Coming from someone with a degree in History this is just majestically explained and engaging, bravo
if you're craving for more, check out summoning salt, he's got top notch content similar to this video
Thank you for having me goose!
Hope you all enjoyed 🤠
Underrated comment
That F-Zero GX run with the commentary was indeed one for the ages!
Man, you really outdid yourself with this one!
Man, those Ocarina of Time quotes are some of the deepest and most prophetic I have ever seen.
Wright's GDQ 2013 OoT Run/Explanation will forever be the greatest speedrun of all time to me. It changed my life.
I know ive watched it multiple times its what brought me to watch speedrunning over and I find it again when ever I fall out of it. Throughout the video I wondered when the run would be. I truely think It has changed mine aswell, briefly speedrun a couple of games badly and has given me a weird motivation of pure efficiency in things.
That run got me into watching and following many games/runners. Cosmo, at the time, was and still is the GOAT.
it didnt change your life.
@@bc1173 It absolutely changed my life in a couple major provable ways I could easily list, but won't because it's personal and you're a randomly antagonizing stranger lol
@@Archetype77 but it didn’t
An hour and a half of top-notch commentary; that's inverse speed-running: doing something deeply impressive for longer than most people can imagine.
As much as i respect the transition of Narcissa, i think we should state the fact that cosmo/narcissa are 2 totally different people, where both live very different lives, one of them held a record and grinded games, and one of them lives as the true person they chose and felt to be. both deserve recognition in the community, as a part of the history we are telling.
great list Goose! respect !
kevin wall mental health or not, Narcissa and cosmo are two different people imo, going through that shit and holding onto life is pretty respectful if you’re going through that, just like depression.
I didn’t mean respect as in a positive action, this change clearly made him go through some hardcore stuff
And doing all that, being open about it and doing it? I really hope they find whatever road they’re looking for, because it isn’t an easy road.
MY FRIENDS. IT JUST KEEPS HAPPENING.
omg ant watches goose?
Didn't expect to see this dude here lol
@@Vertmart Ant has even played goldeneye, I know he has Dam 53, as Rwhite goose mentioned it in his 2017 recap video
Hank?
I choose AntVenom's "How Real Men Mine Diamonds" speedrun for #10 speedrun of the decade.
The quality of this video is incredible. Research, footage, editing, everything is done like at such a high quality level. No wonder why traditional tv is declining, it just can’t compete with that kind of awesome content. Its been great to live again the Siglemic-o-mania. As a far observer of the speedrunning planet, I totally agree with your choices, I did know most of them and hoped to see these on top. The stories behind were also greatly narrated. AMAZING work man, thanks for the upload.
Hearing Cosmo yelling "SIGLEMIC" made me nostalgia so hard, I miss that guy and it's a shame we'll never see him again :(
Absolutely loved this video. Ill always remember hanging out of the streams of the speedrunning juggernauts of their age. People like Narcissa, Sig, Zoast, ZFG just to name a few... there have been so many kickass and wonderful people with diverse personalities all striving not only to better themselves but the world around them. Teaching us things about our favorite games and often reigniting interest in revisiting the old classics. Speedrunning is such an important part of gaming's history and I look forward how it will continue to evolve into the future.
first Karl Jobst's "Top 5 Speedrunning Moments of 2019" now
rwhitegoose with "Top 15 Speedruns of the Decade (2010-2019)
" Kreygasm what a day
They're both very good story tellers.
Karl's has only just popped up in my subscribe alerts 20 mins ago. Weird hey
@@MrBeegs88 good RNG lololol
#10 gotta be Karl breaking the oldest, and most common Goldeneye WR. Literally anyone could go for it. And everyone thought it was at it's absolute limit. But no. "Absolute Legend"
Using those Ocarina of Time quotes is just genius.
Sheik is now officially the unofficial mascot of speedrunning memories.
Dude, what a great video. Never in my life have I been so engaged to an hour and a half youtube video. Stellar job man, you deserve all the support this video gives you.
You genuinely captured Narcissa's impact in the most touching way. Thank you, Goose. You made it about how she persevered and inspired us all. A message some people needed to be reminded of...
And called her Narcissa the whole time. That was really admirable.
@@steveburnside5395 Really funny you'd use that example when everyone switched to calling Anakin Darth Vader when he changed lmao
phatman you’re the worst kind of person
@@Agape1992 he actually went into my account to leave shitty comments on random videos I uploaded like five years ago. I do not understand why transphobes are THAT upset.
how long until cosmo joins the 40%?
I literally only got into watching, trying, and loving speed running because of Narcissa's (cosmo) run at AGDQ and the 18:10 record. Seriously, I swear it brought in a crazy huge influence to the scene. So many people got into the community because of those runs. It's incredible how impactful video games can be, and this just goes to show how amazing it is.
Honestly your co op run at that AGDQ of all of Goldeneye is up there with the F Zero run. Just a really fun demonstration of a game everyone knows and loves, with insane positivity on your end
I remember that run. One of the first speedruns I had ever seen and instantly I became a fan of goose. His "oh baby" and "solid time, really solid" commentary throughout the run really demonstrated how much he cared about Goldeneye and how entertaining he could be to watch. It definitely is a top 15 for me, too.
I agree aswell. I was so impressed when i saw it.
@@FunBox. Yes! I was interested in speedrunning prior to that, but I still remember Goose and his sweater really made me go down the rabbit hole.
Goose, this is your magnum opus. This is a work of art featuring all the comedy and catharsis we have come to love from your videos. Thank you for your work this decade, and we’ll see you in the next one.
The menu that Luz did blindfolded is even more amazing when you realize he made a mistake, realized it , and fixed it during this.
Amazing video! I remember seeing 18:10 live it was truly an amazing moment in speedrunning history. I am glad I was there! And to finish it off with the quotes from Oot was bone chilling! Amazing video goose!!!!
IT. JUST. KEEPS. HAPPENING.
I told you about the stairs bro (?
Absolute mastery in representation of what a community is. Well done.
I’m not very involved in the speed running community but I check in every now and then when incredible advancements are made, I’m always shocked at how much news is generated from such a relatively small community. I remember watching videos for half of these on this list and not knowing anything about the games but recognizing the milestones and the inspiration that they represent. An incredible example of the ability of humans to break barriers and you characterized it beautifully.
For me Narcissa's AGDQ 2013 run of Ocarina of Time truly stands as the peak of speedruns of this decade. It may not be the best, but it did something even more important. It inspired many people to pick up speedrunning, much like Siglemic with SM64. It was the run that got me interested in the community as a whole, hell I think my first exposure to speedrunning was from one of her 18 minute runs of OOT when I was a wee lad. While she has fallen from grace in recent years, she still remains as of my all time favourite runners. Let's close out this eventful decade with one final "I SKIPPED 1:13 I AM A F*****G LEGEND"
Very few videos get you straight in the heart. This one does.
Amazing work rwhitegoose and amazing work ALL SPEEDRUNNERS!
Wow. This was amazing, absolutely amazing. It’s been an amazing decade for speed running for us all, thank you to everyone who experienced it together, and to the people who made it happen. To another amazing decade of speedrunning!
I am a mod of the Incredibles series on speedrun.com and I created the game’s community on discord and there is a lot when it comes to the GZE story. I won’t go into everything but the TLDR is that originally, he did runs of the game and he uploaded his full runs but (as far as we knew at the time), he modified the game’s code to prevent the game from loading cutscenes which saved a little bit of time. After we found out about this, we confronted GZE. He was not happy to say the least. He harassed people in the discord (which he continued to do for well over a year) and he was insistent that his time was unbeatable and that he was the GOD at the game. In the end, he was banned both from our server and the leaderboards. He then removed all of his runs off of UA-cam. A couple of months later, he uploaded the 52:06 publicly but after two weeks, he privated it. Later, he uploaded that one 2 minute video where he claimed to have that time.
There is a ton more behind the story which has continued all the way up until last month and I wouldn’t be surprised if he comes back again. The experience has ruined the game for me (I never really liked it to begin with because it’s a bad game), for DwainiumB and for the wider speedrunning community. It was an absolute mess.
I'm sorry you had to deal with that... but why are we feeding a troll by making him a part of a list like this? I mean, there are so many positive stories that could be put in its place.
You are absolutely right and I 110% agree with you.
@@JonSmith-hk1bq that spot went to the guy that beat him, my dude.
Banning him from both the server and leaderboards was a major wrong move. Just because someone is a jerk doesn't mean you get to invalidate their runs. They should've been in a "glitched" or "patched" category like many games use today for communities who have grown tired of dealing with RNG and want to display skill instead such as Bioshock 3 I think it is.
Just a reminder that censoring people ever under any circumstance is unacceptable and the only people doing so are the ones with the God complex.
Just to clarify, he was not banned (from our server) because of what he did in his runs. In his newer runs, he seems to have used an unmodified version of the game. He was banned due to his abysmal behaviour. We never tried to censor what he did but we absolutely did not want to deal with him too much. His run was rejected due to him modifying the game.
That was a really interesting perspective on Streets 1:12 and helped me understand my own relationship with gaming and competition in general. Winning is a drug and you are chasing the high, when you get it it's impossibly good but for the other 99% of your life it's misery.
Anyway another great video Goose. Merry Christmas all.
Truth.
Comparing everything to the best you've ever had isn't healthy. Learn to enjoy the moment and appreciate life. This perspective might actually improve my life.
Fantastic video Goose, thank you for creating content like this. As a 33 year old boomer, I have little to no time to keep up to date with speedrunning, however much I adore it. This content is invaluable to me, so please keep it up my man!
I think the list is nailed....everything eccept for a single tiny little thing......i'd have at least mentioned hotarubi as an "unsung hero of speedrunning"...his "32 minutes" Super Metroid IGT single segment run is what gave us speedrunning's most famous meme, "to kill or not to kill the animals", and the fact that he beat it with a 31 using real time strategies truly is testament to his goldike skills.....that being said, watching this video, as if only 20 minutes passed, did make me cry.....Good job man....Good f**** job.
That was in this decade? I think that run was made earlier.
This video just made me feel so much things. I went from laughing to dropping a couple of tears. This has to be the most wholesome video about speedrunning ever.
Thank you for capturing all the emotions and excitement that speedrunning brings to the life of runners and viewers, most people oversee the work behind these runs, and others may see it as a waste of time. But once you get into it… it just hits you, everything looks different from the inside of the community.
Thank you for this, really. And thanks to all runners that constantly surprise us with their determination and awesomness. Never stop doing it.
10: My favorite speedrun of the decade was a recent one in December of 2019. It's a Hollow Knight speedrun race between fireb0rn and vysuals. The video is called ''The Most Insane Hollow Knight Race of All Time'' and the title is far from a joke. They manage to finish within milliseconds of each other. The difference between them was only 0.05 seconds, truly Legendary!
BonAqua it all came down to the parries.
I just watched this video and didn't even notest that it was 1:26 h long.. wow I was just so fascinated by all these emotions from all the years of watching streams and videos..
Thanks for the great video!
I really enjoy all of your videos, but this one was just next level. Excellent viewing from start to finish. Narcissa at #1 had me tearing up. Her AGDQ 2013 (as well as the 18:10) was really special, and was what got me interested in speedrunning as a whole. May your 2020 kick off well!
The dragon-taming analogy is so on point it gave me goosebumps and brought a tear to my eye.
"I would really prefer if you would be quiet"
OMG I remember being so annoyed by him in that run. I honestly just feel bad for that guy after seeing one of his paper mario runs where his mom was yelling at him. Seems like a good dude that was just happy to be out and couldn't help himself.
@@TheTruePacmanMG I know i feel sorry for him
That speed run is definitely number 1
Iconic....
Yes
Hey Goose, I joined the speedrunning community as a viewer by random chance in early 2013 from Siglemic being on the front page. I remember watching Siglemic and CosmoWright make their undeniable marks on the speedrunning community, but I was also watching you on twitch. I never cared for GoldenEye, but you were the first speed runner that ever truly made me feel like I was part of a community, not just a viewer. Your journey to try and get a sub 1 hour n64 triathlon run is my #10
Hey Goose, I just want you to know you're one of the best speedrun content creators on this platform and I love and appreciate the work you put in your videos. Please never stop. 💕
SO happy you put that Metroid race in here! I saw that live and it was absolutely insane!! I had a comment pre-prepared in case you didn't include that! ;) Much love to ya, Goose! #StayTrue
When you quoted “will he capture it or let it slip” from lose yourself I noticed in the twitch comments someone said “his palms are sweaty. Please tell me this planned goose
His palms spaghetti knees weak arm's spaghetti there's spaghetti on his spaghetti already mom's spaghetti
@M0llY TeNdieS you're welcome. Don't forget to eat your spaghetti
@@SKPonr That's such a Hispanic woman thing to say.
@@Orange_Swirl ???
@@Orange_Swirl I`m hispanic and can confirm. My mom always says that
When the video was over I stood up and clapped my hands. Truly remarkable.
I sat by the fire to watch this one and enjoyed every minute. Thank you goose
The work that must have gone into this video is incredible. Really enjoyed this thanks rwhitegoose.
Man, JokerdTV's story might just be one of the most notable speedruns of all time. Sure, it meant being in the right place, in the right time even to participate, but it's still a rags-to-riches story that exemplifies the idea that anyone can jump into a speedrun category and claim glory with practice and innovation. It's the same with everything, really; so if you think you're good at something, give it a shot!
You are 100% right. I am just really disapointed he turned out to be an asshole. Quite a shame.
He also deleted the character, or at least attempted to as a character can't be deleted if it has mail. As he logged back in to clear his mailbox, he was flooded with letters from viewers.
The dedication and love for the community and this whole genre of gaming is incredible. I've never tried speedrunning, but always found the whole topic super interesting. Really cool video, thank you!
Cosmo was such a legend.
I know there are a lot of issues with stating that... bafflingly, and this really shouldn't be the case. Cosmo is one of the speedrunning greats and will be remembered as such.
@@elrond_hubbard Just a screen name lol
@@elrond_hubbard He wasn't "Narcissa" then. Narcissa never achieved anything in speedrunning. Cosmo did.
@@elrond_hubbard You don't refer to someone by their last name, it's pompous and rude.
Just for me personally, my personal #1 speedrun of the decade is Narcissa Wright's Wind Waker any% speedrun at AGDQ 2013. That was the first speedrun I ever watched, and I was just amazed. Wind Waker was, and still is, my #1 favorite Zelda game, and seeing things like Zombie Hovers absolutely break the game was mind-blowing. I remember watching that video over and over, with friends online, and just by myself, wondering what more there could be in this thing called "speedrunning" that I didn't know about. What ensued was a passion that lasted me the rest of the decade, wherein I played Super Mario Sunshine, Super Monkey Ball 2, Celeste, Super Mario Galaxy and GCN Wind Waker to get my PBs down. It introduced me to the coolest internet community I could have ever dreamed of. I will always be thankful for Narcissa Wright's and her incredible passion that kindled a love that will stay with me for the rest of my life.
The TAS skip Narcissa talked about is entirely different from the skip that got eventually implemented in runs.
The skip Narcissa talks about shoots down the ladder in the slingshot room and thus sets the flag to open the lowest door on the outside of ganons tower. To reach it, you need to reset your fall by getting hit by a rock.
The one that eventually got implemented is a void warp, that changes Link's position after a warp
@Smattless people change their name all the time. No one is using the pronoun. Lol.
@@Chocolatepain sane people don't change their names to define themselves as a flawed personality disorder
@Smattless Love when transphobes try to claim the moral high ground. It's 2020, do you think you could finally get over it and accept people for who they are?
@@WaaveLvl0 While I don't agree with the wording he used Cosmo/Narcissa was(is?) indeed mentally ill. It has nothing to do with the fact he is trans. Just do a quick youtube search, there are plenty videos that cover the story. When she appeared back after a long break as Narcissa there were plenty of alarming streams in which she read very dark poems, did incoherent stammering and appears to be very confused and unstable. I hope she is better now and wish her the very best. The time of Cosmos' Windwaker runs were my peak time of the amount I watched and followed speedrunning.
Was great to see some RPG love on this list. Thanks for the video rwhitegoose!
The script must have been read over dozens of times at the number one entry to make sure no he/she crept in there. Great work!
Is Narcissa enby?
Goose, I didn't know how much I needed this video until I started watching it. I found speedruns through the GDQ marathons about 3 years ago and have loved following the community since. The look back on the decade was informative and very entertaining. Thanks :)
That half life segmented speedrun looks so insane. Totally gonna ceheck that out.
And one final thank you for making this list.
I actually remember watching that Super Metroid run a few years back and being brought to tears. I thought it was silly at the time, so that it's a comforting thought that someone else, even if just one person, felt the way I did about that single run.
I know I said before it would be the final one, but I feel another is in order.
Thank you.
Thank you Wright for introducing me to this part of gaming back in 2012. I was just a wee 14 year old, but it was honestly a life changing experience following them through the years. Thank you Cosmo.
Another absolute legend of a video Ryan! Love these
damn crying in the club rn wtf video of the decade
Damn....my dude, on his phone watching speed run docs in the club on a Monday night. What a fucking legend
@@AS34N lmao
The best christmas gift anyone could want. Thank you Goose for making this remarkable video.
If I can chose number 10, it is Runnerguy beating oot blindfolded.
Can you stop?
Id really prefer if you'd be quiet
I don't think that was meant to be a speedrun, but that was also my favorite playthrough of a game to watch
@@scotu7075 it was a speedrun, a blindfolded one, go try to beat his "playthrough"-time
imbazed22 Are you even talking about the same thing? Was there even a final time? There wasn't any sort of timer up during the game, and it wasn't continuous, it was only streamed about once a week. It was just about beating the game, not doing it quickly. Unless you are talking about the shorter blindfolded runs he has done at GDQ, those are speedruns.
And honestly, beating his time would not be hard for someone who came up with setups while not blind, instead of only having their base knowledge of room layouts, especially if they played more than 3 hours a week.
Ryan, I have been a fan since 2011, you may have seen me as Dougmanman on Twitch all those years ago, I love your content, your courage to never give up even when the world can turn against you, and your wisdom in finding meaning in the things we find beauty in like speedrunning, I don't have a twitter and I don't follow celebrities but watching you play goldeneye along with Narcissa all those years, and seeing that ending to this video, you're right I did tear up a bit and I think about the times you've gone through this past decade, with family, and the internet, and I just wanted to say I love you man and thank you for sharing the memories.
32:26 "There is something wrong with you" = ban from AGDQ
It’s very rare I check out a YT video over 1 hour and feel the time was worth it. This is a great look back on speedrunning last decade,
Couldn’t agree more. No way I’d be remotely interested without Narcissa, who made it all seem relevant and entertaining. Thanks for the vid, enjoyed your commitment too. Merry Christmas
It was cosmo who did all that. Not the other person who took his place and went batshit crazy
@@nikolaidrostdov shitty comments like this don't help
@@BackpackBanjo sorry, I'll help by donating to cosmo's drug fund so he can fart and cry and sleep on camera for 12 hour streams
@@BackpackBanjo It's more constructive than the ones encouraging and enabling the crazy behaviour.
@@nikolaidrostdov That's called "whataboutism." You can avoid being an asshat even if others are doing the same.
Rwhitegoose, this is a truly fantastic video. I never thought I could be both moved and inspired by a speedrunning compilation. Fantastic work!
My favourite speedrun of the decade is Goldeneye's Silo DLTK completed in 8:31 by Adam Bozon.
More than a decade ago, my first exposure to DLTK was a series of videos called "Goldeneye Stunts", which sadly no longer exist on UA-cam. These videos completed Facility, Frigate, Bunker 2 and Archives with maximum enemy difficulty in 007 mode. The uploader had promised a "double feature" which would complete 2 more levels, and I was super keen to find out which 2 levels it would be. I couldn't even imagine how any of the remaining levels, except perhaps Dam, could be completed.
It would take several years for me to discover this challenge was known to The-Elite as DLTK, and most of the levels had already been completed. It blew my mind seeing Adam Bozon completing many of the levels I had thought to be impossible in DLTK, using carefully planned and well executed strategies. They were an absolute blast to watch, and Adam Bozon made excellent use of UA-cam's old school annotations in his 29 minute Train DLTK run. Sadly those annotations no longer exist.
Silo DLTK remained the last uncompleted level for a long time. Despite all the clever innovations used in each level, I was convinced that Silo DLTK was still impossible. Many of the trickier levels took well over 10 minutes. Surely there would be no way to complete Silo on DLTK within its 8.5 minute time limit!
When Adam Bozon finally uploaded his Silo DLTK completion, I was absolutely blown away. I consider it to be one of the most difficult gaming accomplishments at the time. Since then, I have learned that dedicated gamers will always find ways to overcome massive challenges. No gaming accomplishment will ever be able to surprise me as much as Silo DLTK did.
The AGDQ 2013 OoT Any% run by Narci and subsequent 18:10 run (both the live VoD and the commentated version) were the single reason I got into modern speedrunning. The neurons firing in my brain when I watched those runs were unfathomable, and I can't thank her enough. OoT has always been my favorite game, mostly for nostalgic reasons. I don't speedrun it, I'm more of an NES/SNES guy, but the impact it had on me is unmatched. I hope she's doing alright and I want her to know she played a very important part in my life.
Great video Goose, well done.
Hey man, I literally never comment on youtube, but I just wanted you to know that I always enjoy your content, and have gotten into speedrunning content in general through your channel. Its cool to see your take on goldeneye stuff, I enjoy watching you as someone who is also from toronto and feels like we lack representation online, and I really think your content is something that will encourage many more people in the future to realize how exciting and dramatic these stories can be. You are a longtime speedrunner with a flair for telling the real stories behind the triumphs and the long processes speedrunners go through to achieve them. That said, and i noticed there is a bit of pushback in the comment section, I'd like to thank you for not deadnaming narcissa, even in the context of online screen names. I know that you could have made this video using her old screen name and using he/him pronouns, so I am very happy to see you avoided doing so. I know it can be hard for people in gaming in general to ally with trans people given the large push back from the more intolerant members of the community, so I want you to know i appreciate what you did do here.
“and using *male pronouns”
FTFY
@@AHurdOfBronies_ what's the difference?
Top 15 times you commented on a GladJonas video. In all seriousness, very much enjoy your videos. Very informative and great storytelling, makes it fun to watch. My vote for #10 is Streets 1:12
This video is definitely top 15 for recaps of the decade
I remember the Metroid race. Man that’s legit what got me into really watching these people and getting into this entire scene.
what a wild decade here's to the 2020s
I remember the 18:10. Definitely one of, if not the best speedruns I've ever watched. As for stuff that I feel like could be in the honorable mentions, uh, the blindfolded Pokemon Blue race that happened at one of the gdqs is pretty legendary. Amazing commentary, crazy premise and the great sportsmanship by both runners. Werster's absolute dominance of the Pokemon speedrunning scene (for pretty much every game) for the majority of the decade is another one.
YEESSS I really had an urge for something epic
Absolutely incredible video!! Loved the guest segments to break things up and my adrenaline got pumping so much while watching that the ad breaks were actually a welcome reprieve!!
Your ability to convey the magic of speedrunning and articulate the amount of skill required continues to impress. Thank you and bravo!
#10 is the barrier skip for me that is a legendary sequence breaking discovery
I have watched hundreds of hours of Speedrun content and this sits at the top of my list as one of the greatest produced pieces of content to this day. Genuinely thank you goose! 👌🏽
I would Vote for Nescardinality's Dragon Warrior run full manipulation run as one of the runs of the decade. He had the no manip record of 5 hours 15 min then preceded to take off over 4 hours on the 1st full run. He then does it live in 27 min for AGDQ while telling everyone each input and how the whole manipulation systems works. It was a masterclass of how to do a run.
Do you have a link to this run? Sounds interesting, especially the commentary.
@@elrond_hubbard Thanks, damn that was fast!
@@elrond_hubbard no problem, your secret is safe.
Got chills from #1, excellent video
My friend, for my 10th place I picked American Dad Speedrun.
I really appreciate this video. I’m just glad I was able to see some of these achievements live when they happened. Excellent video Goose! Look forward to seeing what you do this year!
10: Tomba 2 Speedrun by Caveman DCJ: I would really prefer it if you'd be quiet
@Protoman That's my favorite too.
We weren’t ready
The awkward energy physically hurts me.
“So squirrel is santa’s number 1 helper confirmed?”
-“I’d really prefer if you’d be quiet”
_silence_
“But yes you are correct”
Thanks for your work ^^
I miss Cosmo so much. It's really like a friend died.
Holy shit goose what and amazing video. I didnt expect to get so choked up by the end. You truly have a way with words and an insight worth sharing. Well done my friend, well done.
I literally fell asleep right before Narcissa's 18:10 run since it was in the middle of the night in germany... and I was so pissed when I saw it the next day xD
I'm gonna add this to my "if I ever get alzheimer I'll watch this every day" list. You just have such a great way of combining personality, passion, understanding the speedrunning scene, humor in catch phrases and somehow making a video bordering on 90 minutes enjoyable from start to end. Truly remarkable.
HL21 was my favorite run of the decade. The save warped segmented run was even crazier.
Don't normally watch videos this long, but was thoroughly engrossed from start to finish.
Thanks for the awesome content.
RWhitegoose is the godfather of speedrunning.
I was there LIVE for Narcissa’s 18:10. One of the most hype moments I’ve ever experienced in a twitch chat.
That was probably a moment you would never forget.
DwainiumB here, did not think I'd be in a WG again but here we are.
Just wanna clear up the ending of my run, I wasn't referring to the speedrun being easy, I was referring to the sequence skip I did as it was recently discovered at the time and I managed to get it down pretty easily. (Thanks to MegaSpeed)
Not sure if I'll run the game again in the foreseeable future but anything is possible right?
All g., I thought you were just flexing hard on this crybaby. I liked it.
Hey, great run man.
@@TAKEYOURCREATINE Thanks
There was some events I thought for sure would be here but it was cool to find some new things. Thanks for posting.
From #1 moment of the decade to barely making the leaderboards of a BOTW DLC category, getting banned off twitch for hentai, and leaving the internet "forever". RIP cosmo.
Damn shame what happened to Cosmo,he'd be rolling in his grave if he could see himself now.
Amazing video brotha! This is an outstanding list. Thank you so much
One of your best videos Goose. Cheers
#10, any of the Halo 2 legendary world records. The game has a ton of little tricks, and runners need to be able to react to the different enemy routes in real-time,, which is always super impressive. The fact that the highest level runs all have deaths in them is a testament to the ridiculous difficulty of the game and the seemingly endless improvements still out there. It also doesn't hurt that Halo was one of my favorite series growing up and coming back after getting interested in speedrunning was one of the coolest things that came out of finding your channel.
no way DwainiumB is in this video! guy is a legend for his mario kart wii tool assisted speedruns & online play using an actual kart, genuinely an extremely nice dude. never in a million years would i have expected to see his name in a video segment about The Incredibles speedruns LOL, just goes to show how interconnected online gaming communities in general can be
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Miss you cosmo, you’re the reason I started watching speedruns in the first place.