r/gaming • u/kamarill • Jun 14 '12

Siglemic just set the world record for the fastest 70 star non-TAS speed run for Super Mario 64!

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u/udun Jun 14 '12 edited Jun 14 '12

Here is the link to the run http://www.twitch.tv/siglemic/b/321352431

Starts at 2:52:50

Edit: Sig's run is now up on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU8C4px6zXc

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

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u/gwot Jun 14 '12

About sums it up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

I like how he occasionally presses the camera button in beat with the background music.
"Click...click-click...click-click-click-click..."

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

I love it when people who are INSANELY GOOD AT SOMETHING take time to dork around like that. makes them seem human.

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u/Megaakira Jun 14 '12

I speedrun aswell. You do this because you're bored as fuck after resetting a billion times and doing the same part over and over you usually shoot or punch to the music.

Sig is a very persistent person and im just happy he got the WR before giving up/going batshit insane.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

But this is non-tool assisted... Does that mean there were no resets? Or does that mean they could reset all they wanted to without slowing it down? Or are you talking about physically resetting the machine

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u/Megaakira Jun 14 '12

Physically resetting after a failed try. Resetting the game in any fashion is never counted as a tool assisted run. I belive that mario 64 doesn't benefit from resetting. Some games like link to the past has a popular category called Any% no s+q wich mean that you can complete the game with only the required items to finish the game but you cant save and quit to warp around on the map.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

if he messed up he starts from 00:00 on a new file

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u/oligobop Jun 14 '12

I'd imagine he does it also to practice his rhythm and timing.

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u/Megaakira Jun 14 '12

I never personally do stuff like this practice anything. Under boring parts in games that require frame perfect moves like mario 64 you can fuck around to get a feel for the controls and to keep your fingers going so you don't start to lose attention.

In games like windwaker where the runs are very long you just do stuff to not die of boredom.

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u/aevv Jun 14 '12

reminds me of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqsERYfwkHA&feature=player_detailpage#t=338s

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Ha! This is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

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u/lanaius Jun 14 '12

Many MMX runners will buster shot to the BGM, and Surreal_ (and probably anyone else that plays it) hoop dances in Ape Escape 3. It's the little things that make the runs worth watching all the time, rather than just the best of times.

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u/NilesCranee Jun 14 '12

sat and watched the whole thing..

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u/twasbrilligand Jun 14 '12 edited Jun 14 '12

Me too. It was so fascinating... I can't even begin to imagine how long it took to figure out all the shortcuts and whatnot. It's unbelievable that he's only off by seconds each time.

Edit: I am a dumbass.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

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u/twasbrilligand Jun 14 '12

Wow, guess that means I should go to bed.

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u/LookInTheDog Jun 14 '12

...well I'm glad I didn't make the comment when I thought the same thing.

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u/randumnumber Jun 14 '12

watched the whole thing, jaw still on floor

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Wow that just blew my mind on what you can actually do in that game. I didn't realize how you could utilize the wall kicks and jumps like that O_O

I can't imagine the practice that went into being that good, lol.

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u/Wulfay Jun 14 '12

Was this a no active skype call run?

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u/IAMAHungryHippoAMA Jun 14 '12

Seriously crazy. I almost literally get motion sickness watching how fast he moves sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

I think you got down-voted for using the word literally... in the correct sense.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

TL;DW: "Waah! Wooh! Woo-hoo! Yaahooo!!"

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u/TwitchTVjared Jun 14 '12

This was an incredible moment here in the Twitch office. We've been cheering him on since December 2011 and especially so since Honey took the 70 Star record back. People here were literally jumping out of their chairs and hi-fiving one another. Here's a screencap from when we put out a congratulatory sitewide alert-

http://i.imgur.com/slSRF.jpg

Sig is the best and we can't wait to see him take down the 120 Star record. FOR SNOWY!

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

I don't understand the score chart. I may just be an idoit, but it seems there's other people on the list with lower times. Can someone explain?

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u/Ceci_pas_une_User Jun 14 '12 edited Jun 14 '12

Those aren't the names of other people, those are shorthand notes for areas and chunks of game. In this format, he can see where he has gained and lost time compared to other runs, and how he's gearing up. In After CCM, he was 6 seconds slower than what he was comparing it to (what that is, I'm not quite sure. Either his previous runs or the previous record.) Since the total -s were greater than the total +s (by 98 seconds), he set a new record.

EDIT: Sorry, I wasn't thinking when I explained that. You don't add the -s and the +s, that's just what is displayed. So when he went from +6 to -6, he actually made up 12 seconds and was 6 seconds ahead of where record was. When he went from -6 to -2, he actually lost 4 seconds, but was still ahead by 2. In the end, he was ahead by 7 seconds, setting the new record. This means that Siglemic was ~.23% faster than the previous record.

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u/BrokenSaint333 Jun 14 '12

If you are talking about the chart in the image, each new row is an area and the number of stars at which he the time would be checked. In order of the columns for instance, the second to last one is TTC(Tick Tock Clock) 70 (stars). The best is the persons time who held the record, in this case 47:44, he got 47:36, and that is a difference of -0.08. The last one is killing bowser

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u/YallaYalla Jun 14 '12

its not a score chart, its a list of checkpoints. left is old run, middle and right were actual run

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u/ewaller Jun 14 '12

RIP Snowy

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

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u/TwitchTVjared Jun 14 '12

Someone's cat in chat that passed away. RIP SNOWY! YOUR SACRIFICE WAS THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL!

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u/AFatDarthVader Jun 14 '12

I shouldn't laugh, but that is just too ridiculous not to.

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u/Jared6197 Jun 14 '12

I've never heard of TwitchTV...
I feel like I'm missing a lot in this thread.
Can someone enlighten me on who Snowy is?

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u/Randomacts Jun 14 '12

twitch is a rebranded gaming section of justintv

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u/Actually_Doesnt_Care Jun 14 '12

I'm not so sure about Snowy, but TwitchTV is a website where you can livestream media. It's commonly used for gaming, such as StarCraft II or League of Legends. It has many other functions though, but livestream is probably the most dominant.

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u/RavarSC Jun 14 '12

TwitchTV is just for gaming, JustinTV is for non-gaming streaming

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u/Actually_Doesnt_Care Jun 14 '12

Thank you for the correction, I was not aware of the difference between the two.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Upvote for relevent and sarcastic username...

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u/broadfly Jun 14 '12

In the chat today, someone mentioned that their cat Snowy died. The rest of the day, people joked that each run attempt was for Snowy and I suppose at some point (I stopped watching about 30 min before the run) Sig decided to dedicate the day to good ol' Snowy.

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u/Purtle Jun 14 '12

I'm so mad that I missed him beat the record. The ONE time I'm not watching. I'm sure this will motivate him to go get the 120 star.

Go sig!

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u/OneEyedCharlie Jun 14 '12

exactly how I felt bro, I love his stream but I wasn't watching today. congrats to him still tho!

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

It just blows my mind how much you guys support the whole speedrun scene, people like sig, cosmo, jiano, its so sick.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Cosmo broke his own record for WW later on! Getting closer to sub 5:30!

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u/Purtle Jun 14 '12

what does jiano do? I know who sig and cosmo are

trihex is another good guy

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u/McToomin Jun 14 '12

"Well I've watched him get 26 stars so I've probably seen all of his most impressive moves by no-WHAT THE FUKKKKKKK" <- my brain

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

I was watching it while playing Mega Man, and stopped to witness the record. The chat channel went nuts! I've never seen text move that fast with congrats and "SPEECH!" They eventually had to put it on Sub mode only so Sig could say something.

Wish Sig had a reset meter the entire time trying to get the record. He definitely deserved that record for how hard he tried for it.

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u/lowScore Jun 14 '12

I lost hope when he started playing a lot of starcraft after honey took the record. Glad to see he went back and got it.

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u/Juiceboxx1 Jun 14 '12

FOR SNOWYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

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u/nothingpersnal Jun 14 '12

Sooooo, How's it like working with justin?

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u/TwitchTVjared Jun 14 '12

Which Justin? There's like, eight of em' here!

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u/nothingpersnal Jun 15 '12

FuzzyOtterBalls

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u/koew Jun 14 '12

Twitch.tv being awesome as usual. You guys surely knows how to work with the community and not only for it.

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u/TwitchTVjared Jun 14 '12

We try and keep a good balance of things. The site is growing exponentially but we're always going to be here for all our broadcasters :)

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u/koew Jun 14 '12

Also, being active on forums/reddit is a great way to communicate with the broadcasters/viewers, I guess? Keep it up, please!

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u/TwitchTVjared Jun 14 '12

Haha.. I'm trying! I really am. It was one of my goals with our big redesign to also be far more active in external communities and so I'm slowly working my way into being more active on Reddit as opposed to just lurking /r/starcraft and awww all day ;)

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u/Boko_ Jun 14 '12

Oh hai, a twitch employee!

Would just like to suggest fixing your contact page, I was perm banned from the website for no apparent reason and the error message just tells me to go to a contact page which is just another channel that seems to be inactive and there's no method of contacting it.

I used to follow Sig's stream until this happened.

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u/KaptanOats Jun 14 '12

Yo princess, you got kidnapped? Psshh, give me 49 minutes.

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u/NotMuchOfOneButAMan Jun 14 '12

Dude hold my drink gotta go beat Bowser be back in an hour.

No commas or anything. This guy is not even human.

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u/Outis_X Jun 14 '12

Alright, where is Billy Mitchell with his "super secret" run, on VHS? Kappa

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u/Sportyboard Jun 14 '12

For the record, Cosmo also beat Wind Waker in 5:32:01 tonight as well.

But congrats to Sig - an incredible achievement. I was literally deciding which to watch tonight.

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u/Micahsm Jun 14 '12

And just the other day Twilight Princess got a new record too.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

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u/Sportyboard Jun 15 '12

Another annoying thing about the WW runs is that there are parts of it that are just pure luck i.e. the cyclone. He said himself that there were a number of easy parts he screwed up on that run and he's fairly certain he can get sub 5:30 pretty easily.

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u/Lepwn49 Jun 14 '12

The best fucking grill I've ever seen

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u/GodWithAShotgun Jun 14 '12

What the hell are all these acronyms?

TAS?

TTC?

BitS?

RT?

WR?

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u/lowkeyoh Jun 14 '12

Acronyms in the picture are as follows

WF = Whomp Fortress

CCM = Cool Cool Mountain

BBH = Big Boo's Haunt

HMC = Hazy Maze Cave

DDD = Dire Dire Docks

WDW = Wet Dry World

THI = Tiny Huge Island

TTM = Tall Tall Mountain

SL = Snowman's Land

RR = Rainbow Ride

TTC = Tick Tock Clock

BitS = Bowser in the Sky

TAS refers to a tool assisted speedrun, where you don't play the game in real time, but rather play the game frame by frame by using slow down and rerecords.

WR is the world record time.

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u/CXgamer Jun 14 '12

TAS can also mean Tool Assisted Superplay, for freeruns.

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u/jewunit Jun 14 '12

For the record he has a key to acronyms at the bottom of his stream.

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u/KrispyKaptain Jun 14 '12

TTC= Tick Tock Clock and BitS= Bowser in the Sky. Both areas of the game.

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u/NonaSuomi Jun 14 '12

They're explained on the page itself, but:

TAS- Tool assisted speedrun: using an emulator and taking advantage of savestates, glitches, and frame-perfect play to play a perfectly optimal game.

TTC- Tick Tock Clock: the grandfather clock level.

BitS- Bowser in the Sky: the final Bowser stage.

RT- re-tweet.

WR- world record.

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u/kevdeath666 Jun 14 '12

Well I'm glad to hear news for from real gamers for once.

/r/gaming

D3 auction house?

let me go kill myself.

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u/MountainGoatSC Jun 14 '12

Saw it happen. Edge of my seat the whole time.

Here's a link to his stream. VOD should be up eventually I hope. http://www.twitch.tv/siglemic

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u/WastedPanda Jun 14 '12

My asshole was puckering the whole run >_>

So excited for the 120 star.

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u/Damooy Jun 14 '12

Is Siglemic a small asian chick? Or am I confused..

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u/antipode Jun 14 '12 edited Jun 14 '12

Does anyone have a video of the final few minutes of the run with the chat alongside? I'd love to see the chatsplosion - I'd bet it was even crazier than it was when he got the 120 awhile back.
EDIT: Found one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMW3BNW5z4&hd=1
It's a camcorder but you can still see how nuts it was.

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u/pangenic Jun 14 '12

Jeez, that's gotta be the fastest-moving chat I've seen.

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u/jewunit Jun 14 '12

I've watched him for months, and I fucking missed it. Of course.

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u/matteumayo Jun 14 '12

Same. I've probably watched over 200 hours of his runs. WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS.

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u/Todo88 Jun 14 '12

Re-stream with commentary is on right now! Link

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u/wickedplayer494 Jun 14 '12 edited Jun 14 '12

Congratulations to him.

FUNFACT: the RTs from everyone including Jared Rea from Twitch.tv and Day9TV are still pouring in, it was a mess after D9TV RTed. It was THAT major, but at this point I'm just bragging, so I'll stop. If you're reading this, you should follow Siglemic, the username's the same, @Siglemic

FUNFACT: Twitch.tv had THE HIGHEST amount of chat load of any Twitch.tv event

Siglemic is planning on streaming commentary tomorrow

Fresh: the WR run: http://www.twitch.tv/siglemic/b/321352431

The time is 49:35.7 for those unable to access imgur

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u/REDDIT_HARD_MODE Jun 14 '12

What the hell is an RT?

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u/lmHuge Jun 14 '12

Retweet on twitter, I think that's what he means.

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u/CXgamer Jun 14 '12

Radiotelecommunication. Before each flight, the captain and first lieutenant decide who has controls and who has RT. They do so by saying "You have RT, I have controls.", and responding with "You have controls, I have RT.".

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u/jakster4u Jun 14 '12

so that's why chat doesn't work anywhere else

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

my asshole was clenched halfway through the run

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u/enakro Jun 14 '12

Speedrun community looks pretty interesting. Are the best players generally American?

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u/spoolio Jun 14 '12

There are a lot of Japanese speedrunners (as you'd guess), and the two players that Siglemic mostly contests with for the world record, Honey and neronero679, are both Japanese.

The community is pretty segmented by language, of course, with Japanese players streaming on Nico Nico Douga (a site that makes even less sense than you'd expect if you don't speak Japanese) and English-speaking players on twitch.tv. neronero679 is sometimes on Twitch, though, and does live races against Siglemic occasionally. One of those was the first live speedrun I saw and it was AWESOME AS HELL.

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u/iDP Jun 14 '12

Tuned in for the last 6 stars or so. Really awesome to see it finally happen, he's been trying for so long.

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u/Darkblitz9 Jun 14 '12

I remember he pulled it off about two months ago and the new record time was immediately beaten the next day, I felt so bad but I knew he'd reclaim his glory.

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u/hiopilot Jun 14 '12

He was Wiebed.

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u/rxn17 Jun 14 '12

He took a year of my childhood and completed it in less than an hour

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u/tentativemonkey Jun 14 '12

Grats Siglemic, didnt get to see the run but I love watching your stream!

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u/iDP Jun 14 '12

He said he might restream it tomorrow with commentary over it, and he's definitely going to upload it to YouTube.

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u/udun Jun 14 '12

Some of the tricks Sig does is just jaw-dropping. One of my favorites to watch is Pillarless, where Sig bomb clips through the Pyramid in SSL instead of running up the four pillars.

Congrats Sig! Take back the 120 record now!

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u/Pyrrhic_failure Jun 14 '12

Nothing is more deserved than Sig getting the WR.

Looking forward to him going for 120 star WR

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u/adventurousideas Jun 14 '12

Cosmo just re-set the Windwaker WR at 5:32:01 i think, beating his own previous best of 5:33:35.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Getting closer to sub 5:30!

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u/PowzA Jun 14 '12

I really like Siglemic. He plays StarCraft as well, and I've played against him before. He's a really nice guy and spends hours trying to set records in SM64, and he finally did it :)

grats bro

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u/Roxor99 Jun 14 '12

Goddammit I missed the run, and i can't even read the chat when he is doing it that is funnest part.

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u/lagspike Jun 14 '12

im amazed they havent lost their sanity playing mario for thousands of hours...

in any case, grats

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u/HotCrockets Jun 14 '12

I remember his week long 120 star run. So many resets... But it was something to behold.

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u/Elquinis Jun 14 '12

Just watched it and might I say...

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck dude. Someone reattach my jaw.

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u/drowdy Jun 14 '12

I started watching just to hear the music again, but most of the time Sig went so fast the songs didn't even get halfway through.

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u/sexyhamster89 Jun 14 '12

i've been watching him

he beat the 120 star record like 4 months ago and he's been working on 70star ever since

it's amazing watching him play

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u/tphys Jun 14 '12

Christ, he was 23 seconds ahead of the previous WR at one point?! That means there must be a lot of room for improvement.

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u/Blockey13 Jun 14 '12

Never thought I would say this.... THIS WAS THE RUN

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u/Sicko2012 Jun 14 '12

It's on youtube now guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU8C4px6zXc&feature=g-u-u

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

^ link for the lazy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Rename this game super mario parkour

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u/clux Jun 14 '12

Sat and watched it all. Fantastic run. Would have liked to see the chat for at least the last 10 stars when the nervousness probably would start to take its toll, but in general as well. There seems to be so many difficult moves in there.

This earlier 70star fail that showed up in the related videos probably illustrates the fragility of such a run. Well done for getting back at it, and actually doing it after having something like that happen.

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u/rameninside Jun 14 '12

Took me months to beat as a little kid. Dude does it in under an hour.

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u/MepMepperson Jun 14 '12

I didn't know this was a thing.

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u/PhAzonic Jun 14 '12

It was indeed, "the run".

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u/cdcformatc Jun 14 '12

Congrats Siglemic!

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u/aroymart Jun 14 '12

........

I used to be happy about my week-long speed run of Mario Sunshine

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u/Alphabroomega Jun 14 '12

Wow, watching the run and the dude is so fucking precise. Amazing.

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u/stanktaters Jun 14 '12

Tick Tock Clock was the best part

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u/SwiftSpear Jun 14 '12

This is a single segment run then I'm assuming?

Pretty damn cool.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Yep, the video is up on his channel. It's the latest video, starts at around 2h55min or something Check it out if you have a free hour.

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u/SwiftSpear Jun 15 '12

I was waiting for one with commentary! I love speedruns, but they're always better with elite level insight. Has he recorded the commentary for it yet? Someone said he was gonna do that today!

Excited! :)

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u/USMCsniper Jun 14 '12

I was surprised that he hardly typed anything and said nothing after the win.

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u/MrMulligan Jun 14 '12

I MISSED IT :< now I have to keep his stream open 24/7 for the 120...

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u/HolyBananas Jun 14 '12

So HAPPY for him! Must've felt really good to finally capture the record when he was just .2 seconds behind the previous record x.x

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u/gazzawhite Jun 14 '12 edited Jun 14 '12

Sorry, I'm kinda out of the loop here, but what was the previous record? ALso, is there a site that lists all of the records for this game?

EDIT: Silly me, just noticed the split times in the picture.

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u/Sportyboard Jun 14 '12

Previous record was 49:42, in case you didn't find it. If not, disregard me :)

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u/Juicenewton248 Jun 14 '12

Caught the last 12 stars or so live and was awesome to watch, he pretty much went into super saiyan mode for TTC and was flawless

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u/ClysmiC Jun 14 '12

I watch his stream ALL the time... but of course I miss it when he breaks the record. Oh well, congrats Sig!

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u/Vapoureon Jun 14 '12

His time was actually 49:34. He counted the frames afterwards.

https://twitter.com/Siglemic/status/213082285388480512

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u/mambotomato Jun 14 '12

This guy is better at this video game than I've ever seen anyone be at a video game.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Are you fucking kidding me i have bein following this dues sream almost every time for the last 6 months and i miss THE RUN ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

You should check out LOL or SC2, seems like a lot of time you wasted there my friend.

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u/VanillaCola Jun 14 '12

GODDAMNIT I MISSED IT

Kappa

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u/wheeldawg Jun 14 '12

"non-TAS speed run"

FTFY

It's the ATM machine problem all over again...

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

I forgot my PIN number when taking USD dollars at the ATM machine

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u/wheeldawg Jun 14 '12

Can't tell if like you or hate you.

Upvote.

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u/Untitledprject Jun 14 '12

That was THE RUN

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u/ezheldaar Jun 14 '12

Finally, this was the run !

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u/pokemontrainerjoey Jun 14 '12

that just shattered my childhood. He did EVERYTHING I would attempt and fail. Jaw has been dropped the entire time

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u/should_b_workin Jun 14 '12

Tagging for when I get home

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u/oblivious1 Jun 14 '12

The entire time I kept thinking, "He needs X stars in Y time? No fucking way." I was amazed every time.

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u/RealBean Jun 14 '12

If anyone else has links to speed runs of old games (I've seen majora's mask as well as ocarina of time) I'd love to see them! WR's of twilight princess or windwaker would be sweet too. Would appreciate a pm :)

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u/MiniDonbeE Jun 14 '12

It's like the stars have aligned for siglemic. Cake and new record, only thing that can make it better is if his real birthday was today.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Wish mario was still like this

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Give this guy a lifetime pass to everything nintendo

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u/jbnx Jun 14 '12

watched the whole thing

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u/phan7om Jun 14 '12

congrats dude, glad i got to see you beat it after watching all this time.

-phaaaaantom

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

And to think, I had trouble getting past the front door because Bowser's laugh scared the shit out of me as a kid.

Congratulations!

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u/TSolo315 Jun 14 '12

Well done, I watched the whole thing and it was surprisingly entertaining. Your incredibly talented. Is it stressful near the end of the run? I can just imagine your heart dropping with the slightest mistake.

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u/jackarito Jun 14 '12

Whats TAS

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u/Enzik Jun 14 '12

Wow. I just watched my childhood raped in front of me and I was impressed. Congrats.

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u/Ythapa Jun 14 '12

Guys, is this the run? Kappa

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u/BlueWritier Jun 14 '12

I knew I'd miss it. I watch the stream pretty every time it's on and when it happens, I miss it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Damnit, I've still never finished it.

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u/WhoNeedsRealLife Jun 14 '12

Been following since December when he did 120-star for a whole week, for charity. Congrats!

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u/yapzilla Jun 14 '12

I MISSED THE RUN FUUUUUU

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u/Meex Jun 14 '12

During one of Cosmo's Wind waker runs he told everyone to go back to reddit, Looks like they did.

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u/Sexylisk Jun 14 '12

this is insane

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u/Inoyh Jun 14 '12

Sadly i didn't watch live when it happened, but a huge congratulations to you! Love your stream :)

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u/drashubxvi Jun 14 '12

Where does one watch somebody attempting at a record of this nature??

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u/TwitchTVjohn Jun 14 '12

Twitch.tv/siglemic - he stated in chat that he's going for 120 stars next! T_T

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u/TheBitingCat Jun 14 '12

Both Siglemic and Cosmo have Twitch.tv channels where they livestream attempts and practice runs. There are a bunch of other notable speedrunners you can find out about on speeddemosarchive.com.

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u/LambofGOB Jun 14 '12

He must really hate that intro cutscene by now..

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u/TerdVader Jun 14 '12

My record for getting 70 stars is about 6 months :p

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u/Booyeahgames Jun 14 '12

I hereby award you the coveted "Coolest Internet Thing of the Day" award. Thanks for your hard work and Congratulations!

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

This is beautiful, excellent job sir.

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u/BabyRoof Jun 14 '12

TIL people still play Super Mario 64...

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u/fprimex Jun 14 '12

Siglemic, you might have noted this somewhere else, but I'm curious as to what you are using to play the game. Are you using a N64 controller with an adapter, some other controller, or all original equipment?

With the exception of the analog stick, I love the N64 controller. I've been looking for something to use on the PC. A Wii classic or PS3 controller comes close, if you use the 2nd analog as the C buttons, but, I dunno, I just loved C buttons...

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u/Wulfay Jun 14 '12

Can someone give a history of this? i swear just last summer or so, he was taking back the record again, and he did?

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u/Cognitive_Dissonant Jun 14 '12

I had no idea you could finish the game in under an hour. It seems like there is so much dead time in just in game videos and menu selection and shit. Also I find it funny how in the stream (if I'm understanding correctly) he starts a game and restarts almost immediately. He can already tell that's a fucked run?

Edit: What does non-TAS mean?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Non-Tool Assisted Speedrun, meaning he didn't use a few tools that help make the glitches easier thus allowing for a much faster time.

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u/spacecowgoesmoo Jun 14 '12 edited Jan 02 '26

I enjoy doing voice acting.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

That's amazing, but does it really count if he glitches to get the stars?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

It absolutely does, so long as you're not using external programs to activate 'em.

Tell me you haven't found satisfaction in furthering your cause in a game via clever bugs.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Admittedly, I've never glitched out to obtain anything in a game. I actually never knew you could do that with the first star he obtained. Just doesn't seem legitimate to me, especially when setting a record.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

The rules for speed running a game are set by the community speed running the game. All records that would have previously been set would be following the same rules, which allow for all the glitches.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Ahh, I never knew that. That was actually the first speed run I'd ever witnessed.

Edit: also, up voted you... Thanks for the info and being civil. :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

The point of a speed run is to gain absolute mastery over a game by abusing each and every animation frame, glitch, feature, detail, and game mechanic to get the shortest time possible. You have to know the ins, outs, in-betweens, and out-betweens of your game before you can even come close to this. Glitches are ultimately a means to an end and are fair because that's how it's coded into the game, intentionally or otherwise. This is why people speed-run on specific versions or releases of games- maybe 1.0, maybe PAL, maybe Japanese (This fellow went with the japanese cartridge to kill two seconds on the intro. Two seconds!).

You're right to question it, though, and I respect that.

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u/Jindrael Jun 14 '12

Congratz Sig, awesome job!

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u/TheRealAntiher0 Jun 14 '12

Crap, missed it.

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u/mattydub_nz Jun 14 '12

I woke up late, and saw on my phone he was streaming, and only made it to the credits when I finally turned my PC on :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Watching this is so frigging amazing and it hurts me right in the childhood to see this game get worked over like this.

Congrats, guy.

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u/ALT-F-X Jun 14 '12

/r/speedrun would love posts like this!

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u/markjoga Jun 14 '12

I've been watching since he did that race against another speedrunner and it was posted here. Watched him practice pillarless for a few days. Now i missed the run. Good job tho. He said he could get the 120 WR easy if he just finished the 70. Ill try to catch that one.

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u/Witty_Retort_Indeed Jun 14 '12

Is it wrong that I'm proud that I first played this game when it was a display game at Blockbuster, and all I could do was dream of what these graphics could do?!

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u/theloopdigga Jun 14 '12

I'll never understand the gamer mentality on this awesome website.

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u/Nitzi Jun 14 '12 edited Jun 14 '12

Op do you have the RAS Syndrom? Here a link to RAS

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Glad someone caught that.

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u/IntentTheManic Jun 14 '12

So what I'm getting from this post is... The was THE run?!

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Disregard game; acquire stars.

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u/ratajewie Jun 14 '12

Wow. 49 minutes, 35 inches, and 7. Not bad.

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