Runner introduction starts at 0:14 Run starts at 1:08 Couch commentary is provided by grimelios CovertMuffin is host This speedrun was recorded live at Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for Prevent Cancer Foundation. Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on AGDQ2020, find us at: gamesdonequick.com Looking for live updates? Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/GamesDoneQuick Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/GamesDoneQuick Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/gamesdonequick
yeah no joke, that guy was amazing! ive been watching ds speedruns a lot, but that guy really explained the shit out of the run and mentioned stuff ive never understood before
He did an amazing job of explaining all the intricacies of the run. Even as someone played this game for 5000+ hours and did some speedrunning himself, this was fascinating to watch.I've never seen this route before.
I keep trying to find the right sport to compare this run to.... i think a rally car race where there's a driver and a navigator piloting through the map. so impressive.
Commentator clearly practiced his run down & it shows. Most commentators end up being annoying imo, but this guy nailed how it should be done. Some good comedy can be nice, but an informative breakdown really helps you appreciate what you're seeing & I think the vast majority of the comments here speak to that.
The DS1 speedruns are ever evolving, and new strats are being found to this day. The last speedrun of this game that i watched didn't have like half of these strats, and was almost 10 mins slower. It's very interesting seeing how these runs evolve.
It is evident that both the runner and the commentator put a lot of effort in preparing for this run, which in turn seems very respectful to the event and the cause. Polite, professional, entertaining and informative.
this commentary is seriously great, i'm towards the end of my first time running through dark souls and I feel like i'm learning so much random stuff about the game
I’ve never played, nor really been interested in, Dark Souls. But damn this was a fun run to watch. And the commentator really made it accessible to people like me with his extremely in depth yet concise commentary. One of the few AGDQ speed runs I’ve had my eyes glued to from start to finish.
@@leeham6230 I haven't beat DS1, but I've beat DS3, Bloodborne and Sekiro, and I think this has an element of truth towards it. I think if you played other non souls games of this genre, then possibly. But anything else? Na.
Probably one of the best couch commentators. He knows that balancing explanation and just watching the run is important. Its also awesome he knew how many donations to read as well! Amazing.
I'm just curious what do you do to have so many hours on DS1? I felt like I've played it forever and I've only played it for 200 hours. Do you just replay it in different builds or speedrun it?
@@james87367 I have 1.2k in DS3 and most of it was just making all kinds of builds since there's so much variety. If you're into PvP you can also easily sink thousands of hours in it.
incredible run - so informative and well-paced, rehearsed but still natural, and with a wonderful dry sense of humor. there's even a dash of well-earned sappy sweetness at the end. keep bringing these guys back to gdq!!
Grimelios did a fantastic job explaining everything very quickly and accurately you can tell he practiced and it really payed off. Awesome run and awesome commentary
I LOVE when runners and their couch comes prepared, and professional like these two guys. Flawless, informative, and eloquent commentary, and great runner awareness outside of the game. What a class act :D
This is probably the best run I've ever seen at a gdq. Not only because the gameplay was great, but the commentary was perfect. This is the golden standard.
Oh man, what a team ! Both commentator and the speedrunner were fantastic ! Even if Regole had to be super focused, he still gave some tips or info. You can feel that Grimelios had prepared this commentary, it's amazing and keeps us super entertained with lots of little infos !
This is one of the best, if not the best DS 1 run that i've ever seen when it comes to commentary, both the runner and the commentator were stellar! love it
Great run and incredible commentary. That was the best way I've ever heard the wrong warp explained. This is now my favorite DS1 GDQ run by far. Great job boys
Solid run! Excellent explanation of everything going on, and great added comments from the runner regarding what is difficult and what is easy to do. Great inspiration for future runners!
Grimelios is an absolute legend at commentary!! This reminds me of watching the old old school AGDQ/SGDQ runs with lots of explanations about what's going on and critical details. I would love to see him commentate something else, I can't believe I missed this run when it was fresh but going back to it now it's still completely amazing!!
I like to imagine that the game knows who is playing it, and when one of these runners starts move-swapping all the bosses just sigh like "not this shit again"
You watch GDQ runs for either the funny commentary, informative commentary or really tense live runs of hard games. This had a bit of all three so thank you.
Everyone who plans to do a run or commentary at a speedrunning marathon should watch this run as an example. The runner and commenter both did a 10/10 job on this.
This was a really enjoyable watch, props to the commentator for helping us understand whats going on. And of course, props to the runner! This wa amazing
This really shows what a knowledgeable commentator and a little preparation can mean for the viewer. That was easily the best GDQ run I've ever seen for those reasons.
Best couch commentary I've seen. Exploits, skips, and tricks explained concisely and calmly. No silly memes or screaming or whatever to take away from things. Just explaining how the run goes since the runner is focusing. Loved it.
This is such a good run and an especially amazing couch! Dude was to the point accurate and articulate, as well as the two of them have great chemistry.
This was so satisfying the player the commentary from the guy on the couch and the guy reading the donations all the way down to the donations themselves loved every second.
I've never played Dark Souls but people were saying this game is hard so it got me here and the dude commentating made things so clear and easy to understand. Even then I'm not gonna bother trying this game but congrats on the WC.
the camera is actually just a symptom, not the cause of the gate not spawning, the glitch puts the game into a sort of "pre-death state" that causes load triggers to not work and the camera to stay looking down on the player
Way back in the day people discovered the force quit wrong warp where you basically dashboard during a load screen, then they figured out that in the Kiln area it spawns you past the door. Force quit gets patched and banned from the category anyway so eventually they came up with the PCC item swap to trigger the wrong warp.
@@dawsonwheeler1849 The trick was actually discovered on accident by a casual player who ended up stuck in the kiln. Understandably speedrunners were pretty excited and it turned out the same trick could be used to wrongwarp to other useful places too.
I'm digging the way this commentator explains something right before it happens, rather than waiting for it to happen and explaining while we're looking at something else. It's so smooth to follow the explanation that way.
Runner introduction starts at 0:14
Run starts at 1:08
Couch commentary is provided by grimelios
CovertMuffin is host
This speedrun was recorded live at Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for Prevent Cancer Foundation. Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on AGDQ2020, find us at: gamesdonequick.com
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Gotta salute the commentator... he's done a good job
hes the first commentator ive heard compliment the runner at GDQ.
grimelios did some amazing guacamelee runs two years ago.
yeah no joke, that guy was amazing! ive been watching ds speedruns a lot, but that guy really explained the shit out of the run and mentioned stuff ive never understood before
Seriously great duo with great chemistry. They work well together
HarrazOtame hell yeah and praising the runner for doing a good job, MVP
Both the commentator and the runner were amazing. What a team!
Also The donations reader, i really liked him!
Even as a veteran of the game, this was incredibly informative. Both the run and the commentary were perfectly planned. Absolute fire.
This is the most formal and professional speedrun I've ever seen
Cogombre i know right? Honestly some great commentary and explanations about the entire route and all the tricks. Let alone the great run itself.
regole is the goat
Regole in Italian means rules 😏
The best commentator by far.
Agreed
Yea he was he great
He must be a great player :)
Turns out he was well educated on ds1
No question. Shows how just a little planning can have a big pay off.
You can tell how the commentator planned it out to get as much info packed in there, 100% appreciated!
Agreed.
He did an amazing job of explaining all the intricacies of the run. Even as someone played this game for 5000+ hours and did some speedrunning himself, this was fascinating to watch.I've never seen this route before.
I keep trying to find the right sport to compare this run to.... i think a rally car race where there's a driver and a navigator piloting through the map. so impressive.
36 minutes. That is the time it took me to create my character.
That's the total time of all the attempts I took to kill the Asylum Demon with the broken straightsword hilt to get a mediocre strength weapon
And the character looked shitty anyways because this is dark souls
That’s the total time It took me to break my controller and say fuck this game
Thats the time it took me to summon the courage to play this game
Both player and commentator were on it. Clearly very well-rehearsed. Nice job!
Commentator clearly practiced his run down & it shows. Most commentators end up being annoying imo, but this guy nailed how it should be done. Some good comedy can be nice, but an informative breakdown really helps you appreciate what you're seeing & I think the vast majority of the comments here speak to that.
They could do a dark souls run in every gdq and i would watch all of them
true words
yah
Souls Block at SGDQ 2020? Please?
The DS1 speedruns are ever evolving, and new strats are being found to this day. The last speedrun of this game that i watched didn't have like half of these strats, and was almost 10 mins slower. It's very interesting seeing how these runs evolve.
same for ocarina of time. These two games are extremely watchable for speedruns
It is evident that both the runner and the commentator put a lot of effort in preparing for this run, which in turn seems very respectful to the event and the cause. Polite, professional, entertaining and informative.
this commentary is seriously great, i'm towards the end of my first time running through dark souls and I feel like i'm learning so much random stuff about the game
To each their own but I think spoiling yourself the game takes quite a bit of the fun out of it.
Welcome to the club bro
Zerofodão Couldn’t agree more.
This is what I miss from GDQ, a great run and a knowledgeable commentator. It really felt like they were bolth doing the run. Great chemistry
Do you know of another great duo like this?
@@_Blonca Check out Byte Doom 2016 GDQ
Commentator is amazing, so many info that needs to be delivered in so little time, and he nails it
Damn that commentator did a fantastic job.
Also great runner, they fit together really well.
Aw Lawrence! What an amazing donation ! Thats awesome dude!
When ?
@@ahmedboukhalfa288 11:57 Makes me wonder was it really Sir Larr himself :O
Doctor Dick I would definitely say it’s him!
@@yledoos Pretty unique name, generous streaming community is mentioned. I would say the chances are very, *very* high.
I’ve never played, nor really been interested in, Dark Souls. But damn this was a fun run to watch. And the commentator really made it accessible to people like me with his extremely in depth yet concise commentary. One of the few AGDQ speed runs I’ve had my eyes glued to from start to finish.
Play it, and many videogames will be boring and too easy for you. Better to stay away.
@@leeham6230 I haven't beat DS1, but I've beat DS3, Bloodborne and Sekiro, and I think this has an element of truth towards it. I think if you played other non souls games of this genre, then possibly. But anything else? Na.
It's sincerely a great game, all claims of difficulty aside.
There are ways to beat everything, it isn't impossible at all. Use your head.
These guys look like they wrote their PhD thesis on Dark Souls
On god
Dude the runner didn't even mention it was his birthday. He literally wouldn't have said anything if not by that donation. Legend. Super humble guy.
Probably one of the best couch commentators.
He knows that balancing explanation and just watching the run is important. Its also awesome he knew how many donations to read as well! Amazing.
Very nice run, and shout-out to the Quintessential Gamer, Lawrence Sontag.
I thought it was him!
Ha, was that actually him? I tilted my head when I heard the name.
I miss him so much. He added such a cool vibe to Funhaus vids.
The anime dad himself!
I must have like 2000 hours total in DS1 and that commentary was still very entertaining. Props to that man
I'm just curious what do you do to have so many hours on DS1? I felt like I've played it forever and I've only played it for 200 hours. Do you just replay it in different builds or speedrun it?
@@james87367 I have 1.2k in DS3 and most of it was just making all kinds of builds since there's so much variety. If you're into PvP you can also easily sink thousands of hours in it.
Siegmeyer of Catarina: This gate is closed and I must get past it. Hmm, what to do?
Chosen Undead: Have you tried looking down?
One of the best games to see speedruns of.
What a great commentary.
this is the best commentary on a run I’ve ever seen, beautiful run 10/10
This is the most professional speedrun I've ever seen. Holy shit what a performance. The commentator is incredible.
Lawrence donated.
I was trying to figure out if that was him with the 4k.
When ?
@@ahmedboukhalfa288 12:00
Stoked to see Lawrence making such a big donation, big love for him.
perfect commentators, amazing run.
That synergy though. This was badass to watch, and that donation too.
This is next level commentary and run! Need more combinations like these two gents.
incredible run - so informative and well-paced, rehearsed but still natural, and with a wonderful dry sense of humor. there's even a dash of well-earned sappy sweetness at the end. keep bringing these guys back to gdq!!
best couch
This maybe the best speedrun/commentary I’ve ever seen
Both of these guys were really good to watch and listen. I could easily watch this again.
Grimelios did a fantastic job explaining everything very quickly and accurately you can tell he practiced and it really payed off. Awesome run and awesome commentary
One of the best GDQ runs I have seen and one of the best runner/couch combos. Well prepared and well-executed by both. This was awesome!
I LOVE when runners and their couch comes prepared, and professional like these two guys. Flawless, informative, and eloquent commentary, and great runner awareness outside of the game. What a class act :D
26:20 "it saves one second to kill her."
That's cruel xD
Lasmiranda Dennsivillia I feel like that was a good bit that just went over a lot of people’s heads
This is probably the best run I've ever seen at a gdq. Not only because the gameplay was great, but the commentary was perfect. This is the golden standard.
Oh man, what a team ! Both commentator and the speedrunner were fantastic ! Even if Regole had to be super focused, he still gave some tips or info. You can feel that Grimelios had prepared this commentary, it's amazing and keeps us super entertained with lots of little infos !
This is one of the best, if not the best DS 1 run that i've ever seen when it comes to commentary, both the runner and the commentator were stellar! love it
The quintessential gamer making an appearance
Mark O'Neill i’m glad I’m not the only One Who noticed ;)
what a crossover!
I spent 30 hrs to reach Londo... he needed 10 minutes exactly
Lol I never made it
ur not counting the thousands of hours it took him to retry it until he could make that time
DuckieMcduck good point lol
I mean it took him hundreds or thousands of hours to get to a point where he could reach Londo in 10 minutes
Yea he makes it look so incredibly easy.
One of the most professional/ informative speed runs I’ve seen... Absolutely fantastic lads!
The way he takes down the Anor Londo's archer (at 14:00) is incredibly satisfactory.
Fantastic run.
Great run and incredible commentary. That was the best way I've ever heard the wrong warp explained. This is now my favorite DS1 GDQ run by far. Great job boys
Solid run! Excellent explanation of everything going on, and great added comments from the runner regarding what is difficult and what is easy to do. Great inspiration for future runners!
Aw, totally didn’t come into this expecting to hear a donation from Lawrence!
AGDQ: starts a Dark Souls speed run.
The Npcs: why do I hear boss music?
Grimelios is an absolute legend at commentary!! This reminds me of watching the old old school AGDQ/SGDQ runs with lots of explanations about what's going on and critical details. I would love to see him commentate something else, I can't believe I missed this run when it was fresh but going back to it now it's still completely amazing!!
Lawerence saved some money at Funhaus so that he can throw it at GDQ, way to go (:
12:01 Wait, is that Lawrence Sonntag, the quintessential gamer?
I caught that too!
Came looking for this comment after I heard the donation.
Lawdog
Sir Lar
Yessir!
i dont know why, but at all gdq's Dark souls runs are pretty good
I like to imagine that the game knows who is playing it, and when one of these runners starts move-swapping all the bosses just sigh like "not this shit again"
Absolutely the best run and commentary duo I’ve seen on GDQ
I would absolutely watch this duo every GDQ and never get bored. Great job, you two!
Never watched speedruns or played Dark Souls, but these guys i can watch all day
You watch GDQ runs for either the funny commentary, informative commentary or really tense live runs of hard games. This had a bit of all three so thank you.
Everyone who plans to do a run or commentary at a speedrunning marathon should watch this run as an example. The runner and commenter both did a 10/10 job on this.
The explanations are well appreciated. Good run!
Praise the run! It's always fun watching someone demolish Dark Souls. Flawless commentary & execution!
This was a really enjoyable watch, props to the commentator for helping us understand whats going on.
And of course, props to the runner! This wa amazing
This was the best commentary and run I've watched for Dark Souls 1 as of yet!
This really shows what a knowledgeable commentator and a little preparation can mean for the viewer. That was easily the best GDQ run I've ever seen for those reasons.
I dig the guys in depth explanation on the couch, of course along with the god tier runner.
Amazing stuff!
An excellent run and I thoroughly enjoyed the commentary.
The speedrunner and commentor are so polite and professional.
Awesome run. This man really is one of the greats.
This commentator is straight up gold. Every speedrun should have at least one of this guy. Holy shit.
Best couch commentary I've seen. Exploits, skips, and tricks explained concisely and calmly. No silly memes or screaming or whatever to take away from things. Just explaining how the run goes since the runner is focusing. Loved it.
This is such a good run and an especially amazing couch! Dude was to the point accurate and articulate, as well as the two of them have great chemistry.
Truly a dynamic duo. Incredible to listen to and watch. You guys are awesome.
Seriously amazing commentating. Seen tonnes of speedruns but this excelled.
What a fantastic run & commentary. Great job guys, and thanks for all you do for the souls/speedrunning community.
Commentator was so good I didn't have to look at my phone while washing dishes to know what was going on. Great job
It always amazes me with the skill this runners have, making even difficult games look fairly easy.
Great run & excellent commentary as well!
These two guys are great! One awesome speedrunner and backed up by an awesome commentator. Great job guys!
Great run and fantastic and informative commentary, the explanations of all the small tricks was great.
This was so satisfying the player the commentary from the guy on the couch and the guy reading the donations all the way down to the donations themselves loved every second.
The gameplay caught me,beautifully done!
The commentary hooked me!
Commentary is amazing. Extremely impressive run. Nice!
Fantastic duo. Quality and humility of the commentator is mind blowing.
Very high quality run and commentary!
The guy on the couch is the real MVP. Absolutely nailed the commentary!
I've never played Dark Souls but people were saying this game is hard so it got me here and the dude commentating made things so clear and easy to understand. Even then I'm not gonna bother trying this game but congrats on the WC.
The Runner and the guy on the couch well done hope you guys do more runs together well explains and entertaining Thanks for your good work!
Grimelios is the best commenter I had seen in GDQ. It was a pleasure to watch and listen.
Regole was PRO too. Great team!
Absolutely great commentary, great run! One of my favorite games of all time.
this may be the best couch pick ever, hes clearly explains everything in real time so the runner can focus on the run
this is a really good video. the player and the commentator really fun to watch and listen
I like how the Sens gate skip is literally just forcing the camera into a specific angle that the gate just, isn't there for whatever reason.
the camera is actually just a symptom, not the cause of the gate not spawning, the glitch puts the game into a sort of "pre-death state" that causes load triggers to not work and the camera to stay looking down on the player
It triggeres the game into thinking you're dead which unloads the doors, it also works in ds3
I think it works because the death cam is usually static, so it doesn't render anything if it were to move. Just a guess though
Huge props to the couch guy, amazing.
ive always wondering how the f people discovered kiln of the first flame teleport
i think it must be written somwere in games file , i mean there s no way u can figure that out by simply trying
Way back in the day people discovered the force quit wrong warp where you basically dashboard during a load screen, then they figured out that in the Kiln area it spawns you past the door. Force quit gets patched and banned from the category anyway so eventually they came up with the PCC item swap to trigger the wrong warp.
it's happened to me by accident multiple times
@@dawsonwheeler1849 The trick was actually discovered on accident by a casual player who ended up stuck in the kiln. Understandably speedrunners were pretty excited and it turned out the same trick could be used to wrongwarp to other useful places too.
@@djione the vast majority of skips and strats were discovered by accident. You can't find an exploit by datamining or looking through files.
Watching this now after the online AGDQ 2023 and damn It's so much better with live comment from sofa
They have set the bar for all the next event to come in the speedrun community. Great content!
I'm digging the way this commentator explains something right before it happens, rather than waiting for it to happen and explaining while we're looking at something else. It's so smooth to follow the explanation that way.
the commentary (as others have mentioned) and the run itself are legendary, what an excellent video!!
I get the feeling that the Souls games and Souls-like games have the best runners and commentators by far. It's super enjoyable to watch.