AGDQ 2020 Finale - Super Metroid Impossible -

[@nutella4eva]

I am the first person to comment on this video and for that reason, I am superior to all of you

[@samushunter242]

(monotone) all hail

[@HolyNo2]

fax

[@ptoil3719]

yes sir

[@ozrithclay6921]

1st comment any% world record

[@Uphier]

Nutella please !

[@BoundaryBreak]

oh man watched the whole thing. Great job man!

[@Oatsngoats]

Thanks Shesez!

[@Faydid]

Thanks

[@ChicagoRetroGamer]

This run is legendary!

[@Maelthorn1337]

Thanks

[@ericmsandoval]

I like your Mike Jones Star Tropics pic lol

[@Thecrazymerio]

"I never noticed the abs that Samus has." "Oh yeah." Great closing lines.

[@JohnnyAce-ud7qd]

Those are... suit's abs.

[@creepyabsolboy2199]

50:26 I just absolutely love how Andy asks "Oh my goodness, are there spikes?" and just a few a second later you just hear someone from the crows yell "How did you know?". Absolutely amazing run, commentators and crowd, even after a year.

[@xTobsecretx]

The HONKs!

[@rey-9911]

"how many people have beaten this before?" "uh, one."

[@AlexBelmont2103]

That donation saying “See you at SGDQ2020” still hits me after two years

[@ChamblesRNG]

😥

[@Dbswrath]

Little did they know what was coming

[@ucarouen]

​@@Dbswrath What happened?

[@jimmydollarsign]

​@@ucarouen probably the pandemic

[@Stevesndkayla218]

​@@ucarouen the shut down happened because of covid. Holding an event like sgdq was criminal according to our overlords.

[@Hyperion5182]

Less than 10 days later, he obliterated his previous world record by seven goddamn minutes.

[@John.M]

applause he still suck

[@taywoodz]

7 minutes what the fuck?

[@Bobby-Dingers]

I think Zoasty owns the record though.

[@Dark_Wolf0626]

Fastest Speedrun of Super Metroid Impossible I've ever seen was 1:28:49, but I don't remember the guy's name. I think he had 52% item pick up

[@albertpagliuco3895]

@@chrispham6599 Yea I'd love to see them try this shit. Lmao

[@wolf-16_Adept]

Best crowd callouts 10:16 " *NICE* " 21:55 " *SHOOT THE YOSHI* " " *MAKE HIM PAY HIS TAXES* " 31:35 " *I LIVE HERE* " 48:55 " *OH MY GOD* " 50:25 " *HOW DID YOU KNOW* "

[@havenlewis5913]

Fighting Ridley without the varia or gravity suit is just insane.

[@abelramirezampuero9694]

Yes i think that is the hardest part of all the run, even gettin there is almost impossible, i think most people when triyin this get stuck in that part, i would do it for example

[@elvampe13]

I only managed to do this recently for the first time on my New 3DS, by reloading a Save State I made in front of the boss door. If I had to use the in-game save stations only, I would have broken my console lol.

[@Dark_Wolf0626]

I've actually taken off all abilities except Morph Ball, Bombs, Charge Beam and Reserve Tanks, but he was still easy to beat only because I shot him the 100 times in the beginning

[@christianherrera1386]

Just fighting Ridley is hard enough, you have to be prepare for him.

[@havenlewis5913]

@@christianherrera1386 Yeah, whenever I play this game it's like a 50/50 chance I'll kill him if I don't go back through Brinstar and get some energy tanks and shit after Draygon

[@Omnigear]

I think all those retries on Ridley gave me a good appreciation on why this rom is called IMPOSSIBLE and how oats was able to complete it under estimate was even more amazing.

[@jeffman3]

As I sit here watching this again to kill time and finish out my shift... You should've seen him grinding his first deathless run. Following him through the entirety of that process really gives you an appreciation for the skill involved here.

[@Joeyzoom]

Nobody knew it at the time, but after this run, GDQ would never be the same again.

[@DJToneRI]

Why? Because it went full soy?

[@ShinyMajor]

​@@DJToneRI It's a big event with a bunch of people who show up in person, and this run was in January 2020. Pretty easy to figure out COVID basically killed it, at least for a couple years

[@MattLyte]

​@@ShinyMajorIt went full soy

[@benjaminlaureys2603]

That was true like, 3 years before this one? Lol

[@benjaminlaureys2603]

​@@ShinyMajor You got it, though. I mean, what I've been finding interesting in revisiting these runs from/before 2020 is that, especially once the pandemic set in, rom hacks like these become just so much more popular so much more quickly. I do think that was inevitable, just because all of the old, most beloved, "vanilla" awesome games started to get so optimized that they started to feel really samey to a borderline stupid degree. But that development really seemed to pick up after this 🤷‍♂️

[@Xero-qx1xy]

Best part of modern agdq is that the youtube videos actually begin when the run begins :)

[@theelephantintheroom1055]

This isn't actually put out by AGDQ so, that's probably why.

[@hoodedman6579]

@@theelephantintheroom1055 Even the official GDQ figured that out a while ago, they're fine now. Comments were shut off though.

[@reginaldxavier2147]

Why did they turn off comments this time around?

[@krystalfan]

before the sjw takover?

[@kh2fan145]

@@krystalfan if I may ask what do you mean?

[@WaveForceful]

That Varia after 6 Ridley attempts was literally the game saying , here have a kitkat.

[@loyalimperial]

Maybe a Snickers?

[@wickedcaitsith]

21:55 "Shoot the Yoshi!" "Make him pay his taxes!"

[@Lighthouser1492]

I am dying.

[@ChicagoRetroGamer]

LOL

[@buk6708]

fucking legend...... He came out the cut with that.

[@mellissamercado7904]

wtf is the yoshi? that's crocomire

[@BiggusNickus]

@@mellissamercado7904 surely you're not this fucking stupid, right?

[@Patolomy]

Love how Poo is just randomly on the couch having basically no knowledge of Metroid. He is quite a personality.

[@desanctisapostata]

He made this already amazing run even more entertaining

[@rivlasdezerai]

This guy does things in Super Metroid I never knew were possible

[@trequor]

Infinite bomb jumps are still very impressive. I can never get the timing down

[@MatyFattyDaddy]

@@trequor I can't get the timing in Super. ZM timing is so forgiving and I can't get that rythym out of my muscles lol.

[@korosensei1325]

@@MatyFattyDaddy use the rhythm to the lower norfair theme

[@mrunicycle4232]

48:59 “OH MY GOD!” Audience gold

[@swordsmancs]

The audience in this run was my favorite tbh “SHOOT THE YOSHI! MAKE HIM PAY HIS TAXES!” is probably my favorite

[@localmenace3043]

Is that the same guy that shouted “HOW DID YOU KNOW?” at 50:29? That dude is a legend lmao

[@the0therethan]

The audience at gdq is one of the most entertaining things about gdq

[@rtyuik7]

its just not the same without the Live Crowd...

[@desanctisapostata]

@@the0therethan this audience in particular was really good, so was the couch, so was the runner.

[@findlay81]

2:01:52 Grand PooBear was correct about how many spikes were added to the room, he guessed 12 and in the original game there are 3, the team all counted 15 spikes. Good guess dude!

[@michaelfetter8738]

seems like such a random but typical thing for pooh to be right about

[@avamenchaca3508]

love on the brain rihanna

[@XFEINX]

Bro, this run has everything to be an amazing one, a great runner like Oats, great crowd, great buddies in the couch, a great comentarist, and a really hard version of one of the great games every, everything in place to be one of the most epic runs i've ever seen in GDQ history... Simply georgous!

[@yourboieli7861]

Am I the only one who heard one of the audience members yell "make him pay his taxes" at 21:57 when they were talking about yoshi?

[@LunarChicken]

No.

[@stanlyboi6275]

Wait you didn’t know about yoshi committing extreme amounts of tax evasion... why else do you think we throw him into bottomless pits and lava lakes

[@KingPinniped]

Might be a jab at the Space Pirate name. If so, I dig the reference.

[@meowpower08]

As a community we need to raise more awareness on the true extent of yoshis tax evasion. He has gone too far.

[@neththeobnoxioussponge8929]

He has saved 100 billion dollars by commiting tax fraud, Yoshi must be stopped at all cost.

[@BerniejX]

Rewatching this again after seeing 2022's Kaizo run, have to say having Poo on the couch gives such an extra vibe to the run. He has a way of pumping up the runner, couch and crowd. Oats is the Goat and it's insane what you pull off my friend.

[@leerv.]

Oats is such a tactful gentleman, and quite a talented actor! Secretly letting Ridley win a few times JUST to give Poo an excuse to donate!! But seriously, what a great end to this event and thanks for all the hard work you put in! Thanks for bringing it, man, you did amazing! A pleasure to watch!

[@Bingobongo12]

AGDQ: Lets not allow people to comment their funny jokes, express their favorite parts and time stamp Oatsngoats: fine, i'll do it myself.

[@pedrogomezid]

KZbin’s moderation tools are broken so they can’t properly get rid of transphobic abuse

[@trequor]

​@@pedrogomezid trying to control the comments in an exercise in futility

[@ryokkeno]

Thought i watch a nice relaxing speed run of Metroid before i went to bed, not knowing what Metroid impossible was...

[@MotherFoca]

What did u expect lol

[@not2tired]

"Metroid Insomnia"

[@kirjian]

I made the wrong decision of trying to sleep watching the Ridley fight

[@desanctisapostata]

@@MotherFoca love you username, lol

[@GUMP69]

Man, I used to pass out to speed runs all the time.

[@istvanfodor9749]

48:57 that "omg" had me shook. You almost feel like he just saw the second coming of christ in his voice 🤣

[@michaelfetter8738]

casual blasphemy for a video game comment

[@istvanfodor9749]

How exactly is an analogy blasphemous? Where in my comment am I directly insulting your religious figure in any way?

[@snakyYT]

​@istvanfodor9749 probably a word of god johvqhs witness soccer mom

[@acelohace8251]

Seeing this live was nervewracking. Incredible skills mate.

[@Iliek]

okay

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

50:25 -Oh my Goodness are there spikes!? -[Dude In the background] *HOW DID YOU KNOW?!* [Me] *Dead* X'DDD

[@YanouUTG]

I just realized that if you watch the bottom of the screen after Crocomire drops into the acid and disappears, you see bubbles moving across the bottom, indicating that he is moving to the left. I've NEVER noticed that before. You can see it starting at 22:26

[@maurobrunno6032]

thats a really neat detail

[@BDGameplay]

Wow :O

[@transformersrevenge9]

I just noticed it when playing it today.

[@roob2221]

also the floor looks like its saying DADADADADADAD

[@Brawler_1337]

Yeah, that’s in vanilla, too. SM is a masterpiece.

[@Paool]

"Let me introduce my couch" No need for one of them. I already heard GPB laugh. I know he's there.

[@danozuke]

This run was amazing. You're such a warrior for going through all of that in a live show and still beating the game under the estimate time (also great in-game time). Congrats.

[@omgwdfholypoop9328]

As my childhood favorite game I'd watch my grandfather play ever summer when I went to visit and be amazed at his memory of finding every missile and bomb... Watching oats absolutely destroy this hellish version was such an amazing nostalgic experience I doubt I'll ever forget lol

[@willigar8529]

"Welcome grandpoobear he ran a great..... what did you run!" I lost it.

[@chanceneck8072]

47:26 Hold on, did the mob just make a donation there? I approve!

[@electricmosquito]

Dude, stellar job. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time..

[@Oatsngoats]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@objectjon9015]

He sounded so humble while saying only ONE other person on the leaderboard beat this

[@crystalrose00]

This was the most hype speedrun I've ever seen holy shit

[@bigbigestwiner92]

Blair same. I have never been that much hyped for any gdq run ever. Oats officially has the best run gdq has ever had

[@GrumpyFelo]

i dont know, they guitar hero one was epic

[@desanctisapostata]

@@bigbigestwiner92 i Agree. I still consider this run, one, if not the best run one Gdq ever

[@MagnificentDreamFox]

AGDQ 2020 Finale : Everyone clap your hands for an insane amount of time.

[@Iliek]

That's all of AGDQ.

[@TheJayhawkjoe]

Easily the most difficult thing ever attempted at these GDQ events.

[@zero_mendez9374]

I do believe this hack is harder than any Super Mario World Kaizo hack

[@ItsNuxFury]

And now he's preparing for Kaizo Super Metroid for this year's GDQ, which is even stupidly harder than Super Metroid Impossible.

[@cloudedarctrooper]

My favorite parts? 4:09 *"OOOOOOORB"* 31:15 *"ooooooorb"* 1:12:11 (samus just goes nyoom through the broken crystal tube) 1:13:01 (same thing but the other direction) 1:21:15 (it happens again but like the first time)

[@jamic6107]

Oh my that Ridley fight ! And the Varia right after that ! This has to be the trolliest thing I've ever seen. Oh, and kudos for the spiked metroids joke.

[@dontworry4945]

This is the most hype speed run I've ever seen. And there's a reason he's called the GOAT

[@tasuku-koike]

Man, that run was magnificent. I respect you for how you clapped for the donation in the middle of *intense* fight with the boss (2:21:21). 17:18 - 3 million hype 43:05 - 3.04 million+ (new GDQ record)

[@DaGaBrokenHeart]

My god... i feel so strange when someone donates almost the same amount of money i make in a whole year of work... :(

[@Tyloriousify]

It may have been a large group of people who pooled their money together to make one large donation.

[@DaGaBrokenHeart]

@@Tyloriousify that's true ^^ that's a valid option.

[@premiumfruits3528]

half of it is money laundering, I wouldn't feel too bad about it

[@matthewkelly718]

Premium Fruits how so? I don’t know much about money laundering so I was just wondering

[@HerpThatDerp1]

@@matthewkelly718 Donations are a tax write off. 10% of the donations an organization gets has to go to the cause. The rest can be used for fundraising and operations costs. If you are part of the organization(and its dirty,) you could donate your legit earnings for the year to it and pay yourself back through the organization or just keep it in the organization funds? Only a small % of people are in a position to do that, but the major concern is how much of the money a organization gets actually goes to a cause, the legal minimum is 10%. You never really know.

[@spike333s3]

0:19 Intro 1:03 1:09 3:18 Start Challenge 2:02-2:31 4:03 Boss 6:05-6:34 9:53-10:46 14:45-16:43 21:15-22:12 31:48-33:25 50:27-50:57 55:36-58:41 1:29:18-1:30:53 1:56:26-1:57:43 2:13:43-2:22:46 2:11:50-2:12:14 Baby 2:21:42 Save/Kill? 2:24:04 Save 2:24:44 Why don't you shout "TIME"

[@MyHandleIsAplaceholder]

No deaths?

[@spike333s3]

@@MyHandleIsAplaceholder He has a lot. Especially in Ridley

[@maxiqums1549]

the biggest challenge is here 13:04-13:23 do or instadie (and that was before the first save, so 10 minutes to the trashcan if missing)

[@spike333s3]

@@maxiqums1549 Oh, you are right :P

[@mward5962]

@@spike333s3 5 on Ridley, 1 on Mother Brain. In a romhack that's supposed to be impossible for humans.

[@TheWillOfJ]

I stayed up way later than I meant to to watch this run live... knowing how tight the window to save the animals and then get back to freedom and knowing that if you FAILED you'd have to fight Mother Brain all over again?? How could I possibly rest? Such an amazing and entertaining run!

[@catchifyoucan232]

1:54:27 Death #6.... 😢😢😢😢 That must’ve been so discouraging, Oats, but we’re ALL SO PROUD OF YOU!! If I even got to Ridley in this game I’d be on death #8000 and would still be no closer to beating him!!!

[@QuietTokes]

This was honestly one of the best closing ceremonies I've seen to finish off a marathon in a while.

[@romajimamulo]

I'm so glad I saw this in the recommended of a video of this that was a crummy vod screen cap. Now I get to watch a version that supports you

[@Oatsngoats]

Thanks Roma!

[@NoHandle44]

1:28:03 I never knew that the Crystal Flash was even a thing until a few years ago. I heard a song with the name Crystal Flash and it sounded beautiful. Why has Nintendo never brought this feature up in any of their sequels?

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

Samus also has different types of power bomb depending on which beam combination she has activated and charged up.

[@kyler247]

They haven't made a new 2d metroid since fusion, so no. Maybe in metroid dread

[@maurobrunno6032]

i discovered it accidentally when playing, imagine my shock when i saw the homing energy shots

[@NoHandle44]

@@maurobrunno6032 I love easter eggs like this, but I'm not smart or creative enough to be able to find them on my own. And that saddens me.

[@maurobrunno6032]

@@NoHandle44 same, its these type of things that got me interested in the metroid franchise, the amount of "techniques" the game offers you to play anyway you want/can is a really cool thing, the megaman x and zero series kind of do the same but in a different way

[@BoyoBoy]

TAS: No human can beat this hack. OatsnGoats: Are you challenging me.

[@spike333s3]

Remind me the quote from "LOTR: TROTK" No man can kill me. I am no man!

[@ericcartman7420]

Super Metroid Impossible isn't even that hard. There is worse. metroidconstruction.com/hack.php?id=275 For example.

[@BoyoBoy]

@@ericcartman7420 For the version of his game hes running yes.

[@ericcartman7420]

@@BoyoBoy The version he's running is humanly possible; all in all, SM Impossible has hardly anything to offer, besides increasing enemies' HP and making blant edits with lots of spikes. Not saying that other hack is any prettier, but hey, it atleast edits more of the game environment in challenging ways, so there's that.

[@cwolf208]

@@ericcartman7420 Yes, of course people can make actually impossible hacks. This one is cruel but doable. The one you posted is just stupid.

[@theswapmeetflea]

I needed more oats speed running after watching Kaizo Metroid, immediately came here. The one that me subscribe.

[@ianyboo]

Another man of culture I see, I did the same thing. :)

[@Trashloot]

I love it when a runner (and the guys on the couch) can entertain a crowd. This run was so fun to watch.

[@whiteraven1992]

3:37 "Moonfall" needs to be a new power-up for Samus's Power Suit in Metroid Prime 4. Maybe you could use the built-up momentum from falling speed to destroy certain surfaces.

[@increase9896]

they could just do it the way dead cells does

[@nikkof5384]

D4Real thatd be an awesome way to do it in the next 2D Metroid. Or they can two part it kind of like space jump/screw attack. And if you do it while holding full charge it the same properties as a spin with charge.

[@tysonruns4935]

I borrowed Metroid prime from a friend but haven't brought myself to play it, I've watched it a bit, and it just doesn't feel the same, maybe this weekend, we'll see

[@SilentSpecte3r]

That's sounds like I need idea, u just imagined like a downward shinespark

[@imjustgablmao]

Well I guess you kinda got what you wanted with dread

[@drew413]

This may be the best run in AGDQ history. The most engaging, the most tense, the craziest, and the most fun. Who knew it would be the last in person GDQ for a while. Such a moment in time.

[@rotoplax9309]

The lower norfair section always gives me heart attacks

[@Hyperbolic_G]

Amazing job and great commentary, Oats. Keep pushing the limit!

[@Oatsngoats]

Sub 1:50 is next

[@SavinoAF]

Shoutouts to the guy who yelled "NICE" during spore spawn in response to 69 energy

[@sqeekybassoon8210]

Someone else yelled nice when 69 was in the donation counter at the beginning.

[@wolf-16_Adept]

10:16

[@kyoopihd]

See, if there were *real* space pirates that weren't dumb, this is more like how they would have set up their labyrinth. Put the thing that lets someone withstand extreme heat in an extremely hot place. Seemingly impossible, right?

You're right. I haven't thought of it this way

[@Erk1234567]

Isn't it Chozo technology though? I'm sure there Space Pirates don't know how to interact with it, which is why they set bosses to guard all the vital powers

[@kyoopihd]

Erk1234567 Oh there you go being all logical. :D

[@Erk1234567]

@@kyoopihd I just really like the idea of the Space Pirates flipping out every time they find ANOTHER power up they have to try to keep Samus from getting

[@kyoopihd]

Erk1234567 xD “Goddammit Gary, I found another one. Where should I put it?” “Quick, she’s coming; throw some paint on it so it looks like part of the wall.”

[@xxxx85]

This was an *extremely* cool run! Really hope this returns! Well done everyone!

[@thefowles1]

the finale runs are always my favorite. the donation counter is counting up seemingly uncontrollably, racking up that last push to get over the 3 million mark, even surpassing last year to reach a new record amount, while the save/kill numbers continue to battle for victory, all while a superhuman runner plays a once-though impossible-to-beat game, couched by some of the most awesome people at the event, for a massive crowd, all of this to just have a good time and donate to charity to benefit the human race. i love this community.

[@desanctisapostata]

They are great

[@recht_voor_zijn_raap5506]

Watched the run live and where I live that meant a whole nighter as it was 4 at night (The Netherlands) when it started. No regrets. This was by far one of the best runs in AGDQ history. A Kaizo Metroid run and deathless up to Ridley?! Oats you continue to show us you are a Godgamer.

[@ShadowLink38]

This is such a good run with great commentary and a great couch; this is at least the third time I've watched this run in a year and it never gets tiring. Great run oats

[@joelpettersson4055]

Hell yeah! This is the most entertaining speed run I’ve ever seen because the runner and the couch have such fantastic chemistry and personalities. Amazing run and I’m very impressed

[@elpirataretro8734]

This was legendary, I can say this is the best speedrun I have ever seen, even with the deaths, I can surely say that your skill level is over 9000!

[@hollownail]

Amazing run! Super Metroid has been one of my favorite games since release. Based on GDQ, I tried to learn RBO this past Summer. Gives a whole new appreciation of how hard a lot of those movements and tricks are. It's amazing that we're still playing SM 26 years later!

[@andregiante3940]

One of the most spectacular games the SNES ever gave us.

[@arsonne]

Congrats on this run Oats, definitely one of the best ever runs on GDQ

[@AmericanSpyFox]

As a kid in the 90s, Super Metroid went over my head. 30 years later, I went back and beat it. Now I understand why it was so loved..

[@CHIIIIIVES]

"is this even randomized?" Funny every time oas

[@supersophisticated9943]

(These were my favorite moments, also never seen any metroid game really before in my entire life. This was phenominal.) 43:50 he's a dinosaur dude, what's he gonna write? 46:20 HONK 48:30 OH MY GOD 50:15 HOW DID YOU KNOW!? 51:00 it was the RNG manipulation save technique 1:07:40 oh yes the pi million 1:08:40 *"i don't get it"* 1:14:40 i wanna come for that overpopulated beach walk 1:16:30 mans was exposed 1:21:15 genericwhitemale 1:24:00 1,024. 1:25:10 honk orb hype kill hohk 1:27:40 eyecheck 1:33:37 after the previous part, this is the only time i was stressed watching this run. (also that solar flare joke was hilarious after) 1:37:00 NOOOOOO 1:38:30 he read that too seriously 1:45:00 love you oats 1:47:50 *THAT MAN YELLED I SHIP IT* 1:51:30 hmm 1:57:40 beats ridley 2:05:40 2:09:00 2:13:00 never seen mother brain in my life except for the very first part oh my god 2:20:00 WHAT EVEN 2:24:00 animals saved

[@applemanc22]

At least there’s no spikes in this room. Mate you made that look so easy. I know how hard that was really. Seriously impressive.

[@DedikateSSB]

I have rewatched this run so many times, definetly my favorite movie of all time.

[@MercuriusXeno]

A run so good I come back to watch it in 2021. The combination of an amazing couch, an enthusiastic crowd and a solid host, but I think most of all, Oats, just an absolute beast. This run is cemented in my brain as one of the coolest things in a GDQ to date.

[@kylehaney4124]

I watched oatsngoats kaizo super Metroid run last night right before watching this run and I can’t lie.. although this run is amazing it felt underwhelming compared to his feat in Kaizo. The guy is amazing. I have died several times on a vanilla run of super Metroid. He makes it look so easy like I could do what he does until I try and get frustrated and rage quit.

[@davidmatheny398]

From a casual super metroid player. This is wild. There are parts of this game that are so crazy. I almost forget how crazy the parts were beforehand. The icing on the cake. This run doesn't seem sequence broke and the amount of gameplay prior to obtaining the Varia suit is incredible. Casually this game is impossible so Great run Oats. Cheers.

[@R0binah00d]

35:32 was my favorite part of this years AGDQ. Like, the whole week was amazing from start to finish. But the chain leading to Aneternalenigma showing off the jacket made me laugh hard enough to piss off every neighbor in my building.

[@johnnyace2287]

Ric Flair's jacket??

[@atlys258]

Lmfao 1:08:57 his puzzled delay and straight delivery absolutely slays me 🤣🤣🤣

[@RazanirTheOrc]

I was lucky enough to be present in the audience for this run. You did real good, Oats.

[@eltipobigotudo2162]

I love when the crowd started cheering for you at 1:50:00

[@razielm8012]

I still remember the first time I watched a SMI speed run done by NintendoCapriSun. It feels like it was a decade ago. The thing I remember the most was when he did so badly in one of the hell runs; he just sped the footage up and added some awesome audio over it. Good times!

[@parthenonx2697]

Otra crazy to watch these kids do what I did on my own as a teen when this game first came out. I had no idea sled runs where a thing. I just challenged myself to beat the game faster and faster cuz I loved it so much. Crazy to see this turned into a sport like this now. Teenage me would have killed to be a part of such thing.

[@Boemel]

Awesome in every single way. watched the full run, took me 2 days of free time in between work and after kids go to bed.

[@2dTones]

Awesome run! Hats off for having the cajones to marathon this truly evil version of one of my favourite games. Charismatic folks on the mic with good humour, and donations guy was on point too.

[@ShadowOfM]

Big Coujones man man!

[@theramblingbard]

Well done, sir! Thank you for your contributions to this wonderful cause, excellent work!

[@dvdmethod2]

I wonder what the creators of this game would think if they knew that 26 years later it's still so heavily viewed and loved by so many.

[@TrevorAllen]

This guy is routinely and almost casually pulling moves I didn't know existed!

[@HellFire4gZ]

Getting your name chanted by such a massive crowd must feel so great and inspiring

[@austinkultgen]

Still one of my favorite speedruns to watch, even a year later

[@LordEgilYGO]

"An incredible start to the year." Blake why did you have to jinx it like that?

[@Norweeg]

I’m almost feeling nostalgic watching this with all of these people in the same room, enjoying themselves in the “before times.”

[@Ganmorg]

@@Norweeg here's praying to whatever God will listen that we can see Dread live and in person at GDQ in 3 months. Speedruns have progressed so fast in that game so I'm looking forward to seeing how it'll be by that point

[@Xman34washere]

The year proceeded to take a *nosedive*

[@whiteyquartz3409]

Trying to focus on the run is hard when the legendary legs of Poo are so shiny and distracting!

[@sbyamibakura]

He had them specially digitally created just for the event!

[@SkywardSpork]

@@sbyamibakura I heard he has advanced hologram technology

[@RespectThePep]

Steven Hudson yeah it’s the same technology they used for the Tupac hologram at Coachella , poo got that mad stream moneyz

[@jaybon2076]

That was incredible. Watching this 8 months later was such a breath of fresh air. So much has happened since then and I just needed a little good old fashion entertainment aimed at a genuine charity.

[@LavaLamp_]

anything: is funny Andy: *wheeze*

[@nevereadyone]

the control on all of these (nearly) impossible jumps and stuff.. so dope to watch!

[@catchifyoucan232]

20 minutes lost on Ridley, 6 deaths... 😢😢😢😢 Doesn’t matter, it could be 20 deaths and Oats would still be NUMBER ONE!!!

[@paolo6219]

He still shaved off 7 min from his last run I heard...

[@zkaine7083]

Definitely my favorite speedrun ever at an AGDQ or SGDQ event. It was super entertaining & just really laid back even during a stressful game like Super Metroid Impossible. I absolutely love the crowd & the couch & everything is just so perfect. Even most of the parts where he has to "focus" isn't the same as other games & runs as the crowd is still there & everything! Great job on the run too!

[@LeeBasil]

this was one of the most stressful things I've ever seen live but GOD was it satisfying. congrats!!

[@AndyTheIrateAnt]

Wow! I've seen a lot of Super Metroid speedruns, this is the absolute top of the class. The way this romhack forces you to actually fight the bosses is awesome, and seeing you really struggle to complete it deathless is a rare sight. The commentary was surprisingly well done, and i'm very impressed how well Oats did playing _and_ talking out the game. Kick ass overall!!

[@leerobbo92]

I can't believe they let this go on AGDQ, absolute madlads!

[@spike333s3]

And they let this for the very last on AGDQ!

[@TarotProphet]

Feels wrong to not have Super Metroid being the last run, it's so iconic.

[@hoodedman6579]

Another run like that was Low% Metroid Prime 2 a while ago; is there just something about stupid hard Metroid that makes them feel reckless?

[@tonybrandt8850]

Oats should be considered for the greatest gamer in the world award. This live run and the follow-up with the live Kaizo is just a spectacular achievement.

[@jim_tennant]

For some reason, Andy really reminds me of Kevin James, which is a good thing. Great run, great runner, great couch. Oats, definitely gonna be following you on Twitch after seeing this.