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Mario 64 Speedrunning Declared "Dead" After Insane Feat From "The Greatest Speedrunner Of All Time" | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming
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Key Points:

  • Suigi has secured all five major speedrunning categories in Super Mario 64, effectively declaring the game's speedrunning community 'dead'.
  • Suigi's dominance is so profound that his records in all 5 main categories remain largely unchallenged.

The Five Star Categories:

  • 120 star: Completes every single star in the game.
  • 70 star: Completes all normal requirements to reach the final level.
  • 16 star: Uses glitches and techniques to significantly reduce required stars.
  • 1 star: Further optimizes the 16 star run for a single star collection.
  • 0 star: Eliminates stars entirely, focusing on time.

Background Details:

  • Some of Suigi's records were set over a year ago; his 16-star record alone still leads by 6 seconds.
  • Suigi estimates it could take up to a couple of years before someone else beats his current world records.

How do you feel about the dedication and skill demonstrated in these ultra-optimized speedruns? Do such efforts bring value to gaming or are they more of an academic exercise?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Making your own valorial framework is a close cousin to accepting there is no inherent one.

This is true for many things (all things?), but I think we can agree that as pointless or challenging being fast driving a car, it still welcomes the intended use of the car, is surrounded by a broadly shared and accepted economical advantage.

Esports would be the equivalent, pushing to be the best at a game, the way it's meant to be played.

Speedrun is getting into a racing car and mastering with an iron will getting in and out as fast as possible.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Making your own valorial framework is a close cousin to accepting there is no inherent one.

That's absurdism rather nihilism, isn't it? "One must imagine Sisyphus happy"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

That's how Nietzsche answers those that blame him for bringing forward relativism, and I don't think speedrunning is absurd, just egregiously arbitrary.