AGDQ 2019 - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD 100% Speedrun in

[@swordsmancs]

I absolutely love that Linkus and Gymnast are always on each other’s couches, I don’t watch Linkus often but I always appreciate and love seeing their friendship

[@mariosabathi3700]

.m8

[@graceholbert2126]

Gymnast asking if he wanted to get Starbucks later was peak actual friendship.

[@AriGaming98]

One of the best things Linkus has to offer is, sure he does his absolute best, but he also does his best to explain what’s going on from what I’ve seen. He’s very cool and informative, one of the few runners I still watch

[@a_little_flame589]

That’s also why I love zfg

[@duncanedgin9433]

He repeats himself, and doesn't explain things very well.

[@duncanedgin9433]

He's absolutely not cool either, he's a clout chasing trend hopping butt hole

[@CMooshie]

Imagine being a fish just swimming in the great sea and you just see a kid swimming through the water at incredible speeds making it to the other side of the world.

[@MrCharly780]

To make it even weirder, swimming backwards

[@audreynogales]

And to make matters worse, as he swims backwards at superfast speed, he fwaps you right in the face with his back

[@amethecreampie]

link clips into the ds

[@cxfxcdude]

Backwards.

[@sebamoreno2986]

Im pretty sure somewhere in the game it says there really arent any fish aside from the man fish in the great sea

[@netcat22]

"My Dude, where's Makar" Actually made me laugh out loud, hat's off to that donator.

[@TheGreatLordApples]

Pretty impressive that even in 2021 this is still a top 5 run for this category. Linkus is currently in 2nd place with a time of 5:06:25. Over an hour shorter than this run.

[@DjaveOfficial]

At 45:25 the dude yawning in the background syncs perfectly with the game sound.

[@Zm4rf]

thank you for bringing this to light

[@meowpower08]

Bless you for pointing this out lmao

[@Alpacalypse-ro8tn]

The crowd during pausa is my spirit animal.

[@emildegas4213]

Cringe

[@agge40]

@@emildegas4213 no u

[@pauloscartefernandez9530]

lol

[@souplife1]

Cringe culture is cringe bro Just enjoy doing things like a normal person

[@TheWTFMatt]

dont kill the side of you thats cringey, kill the side of you that cringes

[@Ara_Arasaka]

I still can’t believe you were able to talk and explain as you did the Pausa… I can’t even keep playing when I have to talk to my mom and you’re doing something that requires infinitely more precision. I know this is years old now and you’ve since done so many more great things (your family congratulating you was still such an amazing moment.) but this is one of the most impressive things I’ve seen in GDQ. Great job Linkus.

[@qunt100]

Yah I have the worst attention span ever when it comes to trying to multitask or task and talk. Like the absolute worst.

[@dsprojectplutonium]

the real winner of the speedrun is that guy who started dancing to the pause menu noise

[@linebeck1381]

Time stamp?

[@thresh5324]

@@linebeck1381 somewhere around the 3 minute mark, when Linkus is building for manual super swim

[@Kumquat_Lord]

I do love this run because it's for charity and not a record, so he can explain everything and not worry about concentrating too hard. Now I actually know what's going on in the run! Also, 2:39:35 is the best part

[@johnpaulboudreaux9569]

honestly, linkus and gymnast are my two favorite speedrunners

[@elave16]

The kabooms started to get old but the joy of the people made me smile every time. So overall I ended up liking the splush and kabooms. It's heartwarming seeing people being happy

[@babosa75]

I'm more impressed by the fact that Gymnast barely moves at all during gameplay, it's impressive!

[@tomatoesofdoom]

in my opinion it's insane how these guys sit still and do this for over 5 hours. Like no bathroom breaks? I'd be taking 2 pisses and having a bite in the middle of this lol

[@qunt100]

@@tomatoesofdoom Yes. I couldn't do it either lol. I would be so hungry.

[@qunt100]

@@tomatoesofdoom At least 100 piss runs for me lol.

[@ijmbvck]

Was waiting for this upload. Looking forward to it.

[@superscatboy]

Gotta be tough doing this on front of a crowd, man. Good job.

[@KubiTheFox]

Three years later. and I still rewatch your speedruns.

[@BougaBouga78]

Wow I just realized at 2:49:48 Linkus actually drop a magnificent A1 sub harmonic, it's SO clean xD

[@elizabethcabbage9817]

About four and a half hours in Patty's confused by "That log had a child!" as a username,,,, it's a reference to the birds stop it now song done by "a bad lip reading" and I absolutely love that someone made that reference skdjfsdkfhsf

[@c0nn0r_fs]

For some reason, letting speedruns play in the background while I study helps me A LOT so I've been checking lots of speedrun videos lately and now I was watching this one, and I have to say that during the first manual super swim I got a good laugh when I noticed the people behind Linkus doing a lil dance to the sound of pausing and unpausing lol

[@Coopyi]

Windwaker has some of the best music for a LOZ game

[@billyholly9763]

54:19 that sploosh is perfectly timed

[@Nickvierheller]

gymnast's toned calves kept distracting me

[@Laenthor]

Well, he is called gymnast XD

[@RasteriseVFX]

Calf lord gymnast

[@SnikkerDerVon]

Doing the manual super swim, while calmly and precisly explainig it is just the biggest flex

[@alexmurray9689]

I cried when I heard the donation of the persons mother with brain cancer and was given 6mo to live. Tears of joy that they got to spend more time than estimated with their mom. 5yrs cancer free after the news, that's incredible

[@drake_diangelo]

I love the people in the background at 3:15 slowly starting to join in moving along with the pausa, then all freezing for a moment when he has a false stop, and continuing to go once he got it 😂

[@opinionpaladin6007]

4:45

[@HCI1stH4rtG3il]

3:00 in the Background of linkus xD

[@graceholbert2126]

I may not be able to read the rest of the text, but it did make me exhale quickly through my nose whenever I saw "My Dude" written in the dialogue.

[@OrgyAtMyPlaceNOW]

Linkus is my favorite Wind Waker speedrunner and ZFG is my go to for Ocarina of Time. Just incase it didn't get said enough... here's a KAAABOOOMM!!!

[@puff222001]

Someone with my name donated and I honestly got so excited. I hope to be there myself for the next one--whenever that will be. I love all of the neat tricks!

[@yhatyfynd2698]

Rather than the Sploosh guy's ka-boom, they actually sounded like the TF2 demoman

[@Koop784]

That "kaboom" stuff was getting reeeaaaaaally old after a while.

[@anikosin2864]

Kabooooom

[@AlphTime]

Sploooosh

[@yvaelle79]

KAKOOP

[@brodie6858]

you can say that again, christ sake!

[@yvaelle79]

@@brodie6858 KAKOOP

[@phiz2650]

4:17:30 nIcE oN!!!

[@muichirotokito5906]

5:00 LMAO THE CROWD WAS DANCING THAT WAS AMAZING

[@RonstoOSRS]

All the diablo2 talk made me so happy. Especially after deckard cain comment

[@KDoeBeatz]

The ppl in the back was grooving 🤣 🤣 🤣 5:38

[@ItsPowie]

love you linkus, and loved the run, but i really wish the donators had let the kaboom joke die down earlier

[@superscatboy]

Still beats listening to cancer sob stories.

[@ItsPowie]

@@superscatboy I was trying to watch this at like 6AM when it was live, cancer stories at least wouldn't have given me a headache when I was already tired

[@superscatboy]

@@ItsPowieSo you wanted the GDQ crowd to tone it down because you had a headache? lmao get over yourself

[@ItsPowie]

@@superscatboy No, repeating 'KA-BOOM' forty million times throughout a six hour stream stops being funny after the first hour regardless. After that it gets really annoying. The story about me getting a headache from it was just meant to be a comparison between that and 'cancer sob stories', and why I'd take cancer sob stories above the alternative. Why do you want the GDQ crowd to stop sharing their stories because you don't like sob stories? Get over yourself :thinking:

[@superscatboy]

@@ItsPowie GDQ is supposed to be an event where people have fun with speedrunning, in order to raise money for a good cause. It's not an event to be miserable about cancer and also do some speedrunning in the background. If having a laugh with the kaboom joke is getting people to donate, then it's a great thing - it was objectively helping the charity by getting people to participate. On the other hand, sob stories bring everyone down and completely kill the mood in the room. This is detrimental to the atmosphere, the runner, and ultimately the charity. It's got nothing to do with personal preferences - the kaboom joke was clearly raising money, and the sob stories clearly don't. If you have a headache, turn the volume down. If you want the event to be a success, let people have some fun. Again, get over yourself. This isn't about you - it's about the event.

[@doomitlade]

I love the beginning of the run

[@Gamertgamer]

The crowd is actually unrelated, despite the pasua dancing the orchestra hand movements got me everytime

[@luisanachavez8573]

Wind waker was my favorite legend of zelda game

[@slackmartin7610]

Run starts at 1:03

[@joshIMPALED]

bless you

[@watchf]

Wow, 1 minute is too long to wait for in a 6 hour run

[@slackmartin7610]

@@watchf for some people yeah me included, that’s why I wrote the comment and why agdq does it in exatcly every new video they release. So what exactly is your point?

[@leavestrace5493]

@@slackmartin7610 oh, come off it, you clown.

[@prezoh]

love u linkus

[@BoomEasy_]

I just watched this full run on KZbin. But why wasn't the selfie the thumbnail?

[@BoomEasy_]

btw selfie at 6:13:14

[@PhantomCl0ud]

Cuddle Strats

[@TheSonicFairy]

Wind Temple ending: exists *Also Mekar: and I took that personally*

[@TheSonicFairy]

I love wearing the Hero's Charm! Reminds me a bit of Majora... with a bit of a Sheikah style to it. Plus it's golden and shiny.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

At least you can listen to the boss music on glitchless speedruns.

[@matt4193]

The end of dungeon warp point has a strange SFX, similar to the last hours in Majora's Mask.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Shame it's only on 2 Dungeons though

[@arcyst7]

The Legend of Zelda Grappling hook HD

[@CyclonexxxIce]

Loved your gameplay and commentary, you were fantastic. My only gripe was the "kaboom" thing got super annoying, but that wasn't your fault.

[@OrgyAtMyPlaceNOW]

Yeah I know.. it went from whatever, to annoying, to just expected

[@frostyfoods257]

That's agdq for you, they live milking the shit out of any joke

[@myopia8097]

Great playthrough, buddy. I'm sorry I missed it live.

[@DerBjjjg]

Sqush kaboom is the worldrecord destroyer. Especially with linkus rotten luck.

[@gouki_7]

Amazing Run non the less, took me longer to get 100% plus all figurines on the Gamecube version, hope one day i can replay this, my fave game in the Zelda series.

[@littlewormthatcould]

i love the people in the background bouncing in time to the pausing

[@waz7446]

G_G Linkus from Germany ;D

[@Zsil33]

I actually didn't find the Kaboom jokes annoying, I thought they were great to keep some of the more dull sections entertaining

[@michaelmcclintock8976]

The kaboom and orb stuff got so annoying after the first few times

[@a_little_flame589]

You write but it is just kinda what gds crowds did at that event

[@FireFlash_TheUmbraPonyGuardian]

everytime a song gets played: You can do something ingame like use the hurricane or change day to night everytime a song gets played during AGDQ: everyone swings their arm like link does it XD so brilliant!!!

[@Coldrior]

min 5:04 look at the people watching, i have to love this comunity xD

[@remem95]

I was wondering wether you'd use the forest water to beat Kalle Demos, but then you literally beat him with the sword so fast, that I was sure using the bottle would be slower just from looking at it lol Nice that you mentioned it tho :D

[@Telawin]

imagine a version of this game where the whole game world is loaded at once... imagine someone charging up enough speed and going all the way from the top right island to the bottom left in one sword swing

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

The HD Version is able to load more of the sea thanks to the Wii U having a LOT more processing power. Makes sense since this was the same system Breath of the Wild was originally going to be exclusive on.

[@michaelc5722]

Just wondering how many times the word actually was said in this run🤔, great run and really well explained, such a great community

[@notekeeper8448]

I love that Lord Dona'tor showed up I love that guy. He likes a lot of lamps though...

[@AntlersAndAcorns]

He must have balls of steel for doing this in front of a live audience man

[@anykeydumps]

Ever since I've started playing this game, in the 200 hours and 6 times beating the game I've never known, you could hit puppet Ganon in the face to stop him from moving in the final phase

[@joshizokovic9845]

Nice job man keep it up.

[@spiggly_digg]

1:02 run start

[@rental_buckete4631]

People dancing at 3:54 be like Edit: everyone’s dancing at 5:30

[@Kellestial]

1:44:46 the fact that worked lmaoooo

[@weckar]

I don't think those who donated for My Dude realized it would be in Italian.

[@francoc.8567]

500 dollar donations: hey everyone have fun and have a good run! 25 dollar donations: It all started when I was born. I was born into a family of six. My parents, three brothers, and one sister. We all lived in a small town in upstate New York. I was the youngest and the only girl. I have always been close to my brothers, but when it came to my sister, she was always the one that I looked up to. She was four years older than me and was always so sure of herself. She knew what she wanted in life and she went after it. She was the one that inspired me to be who I am today. My story begins on the day I was born. I was born into a family of five children. My mother was a stay-at-home mom and my father was a mechanic. We were a typical middle-class family. We lived in a three-bedroom house with a backyard. We had a dog and a cat. I was the youngest of three sisters and two brothers.

[@AriGaming98]

Yeeeessssssss!! Lord Donator!!

[@ZachLink99]

Commentary made up for the "ORB" and shit lmao cool run

[@darkrosemi]

On the First glitch of the Run the people just vibing in the back

[@sragland314]

God he's so slow, it took him like 48 minutes to get the telescope

[@watchf]

😂

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

What a hack, I can get it in 2 minutes tops 😒

[@n0tFraulein]

Did he get the helixir soup? I don't remember :'v

100,000$ were raised during Linkus speedrun. That means something :).

[@isaacjohnsen867]

It's crazy that at this point you said you obviously couldn't do a manual super swim without pause buffering.

[@gregtime]

The “Kabooms” here where so annoying that I stopped watching. Sometimes I love GDQ, sometimes I hate it. Crowd was really annoying.

[@Rockola41]

I'm with ya. It's weird... It's great that it's so big now because it means way more donations. But it also brings on the childish stupidity (like the awful jokes and the Kaboom, etc). I wish it was still a lot smaller like the first few were - but again - there weren't even a fraction of the donations they get these days, so that's the drawback. But yes sometimes I love GDQ and other times it's so cringy I can't even stand to watch it.

[@Jack.Evans00]

Same man ?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?>:(

[@matthewdevereaux9967]

5:04:32 naughty linkus7

[@iMasterchris]

This second guy is a liiiiiittle annoying with his Wind Waker hate, but otherwise great run Linkus! You’re an amazing event runner, glad Gymnast was there with ya

[@Lunaii2]

I just realised while watching this run that a handcam would be really interesting in linkus7 lives, he's doing a lot of thing with his controller i don't understand

[@ZachisSublime]

So in these super long 100% runs, what happens if they have to go to the bathroom or something? Do you just Pausa the time?

[@crosseyenik7909]

9:34?

[@NeoUzzy]

2:53:34 Anyone ever tried to 1 shot everything from the bottom floor? you can shoot a light arrow that obliterates everything going upstairs in 1 shot. If it wasnt these stairs it was probably another one but i remember doing it.

[@triangularbusstop2874]

Is it just me or does the donation person sound like Tet from NGNL

[@pandapan1329]

24:39 bookmarking my time for later

Why is this run so long? I expected it to be under 6 hours :D. Can someone please explain what happened?

Ok, I am watching it all. It is basically that Linkus can't reset the run after a bad luck and has to do it all in one shot. I can recommend watching the run because Linkus explains the stuff he's doing and crowd reactions are neat. Love

[@ergo_saxo]

Tomáš Janoušek Did he go use the restroom? Lol

[@theepicjamez99]

Tomáš Janoušek ye that's what gamesdonequick is. You just do one run and don't reset, and you explain all the tricks and stuff. It's just a way to explain your cool game while also raising money for charities depending what it is. It was preventing cancer this year and in the summer is Doctors Without Borders :)

[@ihavegotnoidea]

@voor wat you are aware that alot of people get into the habit of watching things at 1.5 speed because you can still follow what people are saying,but don't use as much of your free time on one thing.

[@StrelitziaVA]

@voor wat he could be 3-4 hours in he didnt say that he finished it he said he was watching it all.

[@robocu4]

4:43:56 is the best kaboom in the run

[@jjera9941]

46:15 500 and 12 dollar donation and is used with decimals in math

[@williamreely3455]

splewwwwsh

[@freddylugo3033]

Deng he's fingering that control like no tommorow.... Ladies I think you found the one

[@nihilism253]

The "kaboom" thing reminded me of "explosion" from konosuba

[@cxfxcdude]

Bakuretsu Bakuretsu Lalala~

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

5:17:11 The crowd missed an orb

[@Replay7064]

GG

[@kempreciousm.amador4132]

toon link

[@kempreciousm.amador4132]

GG

[@kempreciousm.amador4132]

GG!!!!!

[@mitchellmemes1]

1:45:32 is funny

[@MapleLunii]

Gymnast pog

[@jacobbeebe9888]

First? Watched the entire thing today linkus, great run and looks like you had a lot of fun there doing it.

[@cboii2861]

GIGACHAD GYMNAST 4:38:12

[@lachiesmart8710]

Why is the run like a half hour over what I expected it to be? Nothing against you but, what happened?

[@itsDealOtv]

I think it's a bit much to expect a marathon run without resets to beat the world record by 2 minutes

[@AchEdeJungeNeDu]

according to what he said on stream yesterday, it was because of insanly unlucky sploosh kaboom which messed up his rupee route. He also said he had to reroute some stuff on the fly but i dont quite remember what exactly.

[@theepicjamez99]

ALPHA LAS When he submitted the run the record was at like 5:52 and he asked the estimate to be 6 hours which is kind of rediculous. You can make minutes of mistakes in runs that are only a few hours long. Like the Odyssey run even though had a couple mistakes still was 7 minutes behind wr at the end. And sms 100% was also 6 minutes over the wr and he shouldn't have overestimated himself that he would make only 8 minutes of mistakes in a 6 hour run. Especially with this like item sliding and manual superswim and sploosh kaboom which can lose you over 8 minutes alone. He should have asked the estimate to be at least 6:15. Especially how sgdq 2018 went also this game is really hard and I understand that he may be nervous but still.

[@theepicjamez99]

itsDealO It's the runner that submits the run that also asks what the estimate for the run will be so he should have put it for longer

[@lachiesmart8710]

Thanks guys

[@o_d-chan]

I really wanted to like this, but the "kaboom" stuff annoyed me so much I actually had to turn it off after 2hrs.

[@MrCharly780]

It gets more tolerable once the announcer is replaced by a dude

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

You have no idea how glad I am that you can skip the maze to get to the Triforce Chart/Shard on the Private Oasis. I HATE this game's version of Redeads, and one hole you drop down into that's required to go through normally has 2 of them, and since there's no ladder, you won't be able to see how close you are to them unless you memorize their locations. Fuck those things.

[@jaykobmabe3325]

But there is a cow level