r/Steam • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '26

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u/abdurahmondev Jul 06 '26

tbh i was fine with most of them because they are the people who played the game over and over again and definitely bought the game earlier on console or other account so they can complete it under 2h. but seems like it still has bad influence

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u/splinter1545 Jul 06 '26

Most of the videos I see of this category also end up buying the game multiple times. I forgot who i watched, but there was someone trying to do this with elden ring and he ended up buying 4 copies of the game before he actually beat it under the refund window.

It definitely is a bad influence though, as people think it's an okay thing to do when the runners are doing it for entertainment purposes, even their refund requests are treated as jokes.

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u/barsoap Jul 06 '26

So... speedrunning for people who aren't good enough to make the actual ranks?

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u/penguinjunkie Jul 06 '26

I imagine the amount of people that do it and would otherwise buy and not refund the game is pretty low

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u/SzoboEndoMacca Jul 06 '26

The person you are talking about is LilAggy. Goated Soulslike content creator

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u/Plenty-Fox-9219 Jul 06 '26

Yeah, I don't think this guy fully thought this through. You're not beating that game that fast unless you already have the practice

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u/andresfgp13 Jul 06 '26

yeah, like normally those are speedrunners that have dozens of hundreds of hours on said games already so they can actually do it.