Celeste by TGH in

Runner introduction starts at 0:23.
Run starts at 2:22.
Sent at 1:38:29.
Couch commentary is provided by flarebearSR, Davesterio, and Benteezy.
Edobean is the host.
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Runner introduction starts at 0:23. Run starts at 2:22. Sent at 1:38:29. Couch commentary is provided by flarebearSR, Davesterio, and Benteezy. Edobean is the host.

[@Brillenerd]

ORB starts at 1:00:24

[@hj86]

The couch commentary is actually Punchy, Davesterio and Benteezy. flarebearSR as well as FCRacer are there but without mics.

[@Schilani]

@@Brillenerd Most important time!

[@LilacDownDeep]

Friendly reminder that TGH here is doing what months ago were *TAS BOT* tricks.

[@iHIMMA]

Insane.

[@super2thesam]

I was just thinking about how (aside from the deaths) this looks like a TAS run. Crazy

[@jeremyquiros5483]

@@super2thesam There's actually a video out there that compares Teej's current any% PB with a TAS from last year. With the current strats TGH actually beats it by several seconds.

[@super2thesam]

Jeremy Quiros absolutely insane

[@IzzyIsntReal]

Hi I’m from the future. It’s really crazy how much this run has been optimized.

[@sfumato8884]

6:33 “People play through this game and die hundreds of times, sometimes even thousands :D” Me, with over 12k deaths: *sweats nervously*

[@ziggiey]

Got to the end of the game and only then figured about hearts b and c sides and im already at 2k :(

[@goruguro]

I am not going to beat b and c sides.

[@desarguesbaptiste5577]

@@goruguro I believe in you

[@jupiin9633]

@@goruguro b and c sides aren't actually that bad, I finished all of them with ~4K deaths total can't remember though

[@smiley_1000]

@@goruguro As other said, the B sides are pretty fun actually. They even matched my skill curve pretty well so what I learned when beating the summit enabled me to beat the B sides in a reasonable amount of time.

[@BakkerCraft]

6B: “this is probably the hardest level in the game” *laughs in Farewell a few months later*

[@tjeffersonb]

Yeah my difficulty ranking is 1: Farewell 2:7C 3:6B

[@skyiloh7460]

farewell is a breeze compared to 6b and 7c

[@Lychem]

Personnally, I struggled much more on 7B or even 8A than I did on 6B. I don't really get it, why do people find it so difficult ?

[@gummy2bear358]

@@Lychem MOVING BUMPERS WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@Burst644]

@@Lychem nice lie bro

[@Pixlriffs]

An amazing run, orb chants notwithstanding, but "Revo's Nonsense" (46:38) and the reaction to it is the stand-out moment for me. I've never seen Punchy so elated. :) This run is both awe-inspiring and depressing because I don't think I'll ever be this good at a video game. I've only played Celeste very casually, but before this I had no idea C-sides even existed.

[@aperson1373]

Pixlriffs What are you doing here?! -GDQ recap incoming?-

[@Urthopify]

OOOOOOORB

[@griffinlidiard732]

@@aperson1373 yes

[@ptmars9586]

“do we have revo’s nonsense” is going to become a part of my vocabulary

[@oliviapg]

Revo's nonsense is still the most commonly used name for that strat

[@kontrol42]

I hope that Celeste speedruns will become a tradition of all GDQs like Super Metroid. Always up for a chance to listen to this amazing soundtrack and watch insane moves that speedrunners do. Thank you Matt and your team for creating this game, thank you Lena Raine for making the soundtrack that is so good and thank you Celeste community for routing the game!

[@Sultimate93]

To anyone still on the fence about buying this game because it's too hard, I highly recommend it. It was the first platformer I've played in years and I racked up well over a thousand deaths my first time through. I still remember my first time doing summit C side nearly a year ago. It took nearly 3 hours and 1 rage quit to do it. I do get frustrated with a lot of games easily but that was the only stage where I felt the effort required to complete a stage soured the feeling of accomplishment when you actually finish it. For every other level the struggle was just a build up to make completing each level feel like a huge accomplishment. But the most amazing thing about this game is you *will* master it to a level you never thought possible by the time you finish it all. Whoever on the couch said "it's the hardest game anyone can beat" is dead on in my opinion. It looks very hard and daunting, especially watching someone speedrun it, but the game builds up at a perfect pace to keep you almost always challenged but rarely overwhelmed. It's one of if not my favorite game of all time because no other game teaches you it's mechanics and makes you master them to the level that this does. After not touching the game for around 5 to 6 months, I decided to replay it for fun and managed to clear all levels and get all strawberries in around 10 hours of playing, less than half the time it took me the first time through despite having not played for a long time. That was the 2nd time I ever tried summit C side and I finished it in just over 8 minutes. You improve so much and it's one of the best feelings of accomplishment I've felt playing a game to go through and replay it a 2nd time.

[@gelindhaeyer2503]

You can pin this one.

[@kyle8971]

There are few "hard" games that I can recommend anyone plays. Games like "I wanna be the guy" or "Dark Souls" are fun but aren't for everybody. Celeste is a beautiful game from start to finish not only for it's story, social commentary, phenomenal soundtrack but because the mechanics of the game are so deceptively simple and yet the skill ceiling for the game is so incredibly high. Few games contain the level of polish and love you can find within Celeste. +1 to the recommendation train. Absolutely worth every death and bit of frustration going for that 100% completion which you WILL want to go for once you make it through the A sides.

[@pinxelated2799]

I beat Summit C for the first time yesterday and it was probably the only level that almost made me give up entirely. But I kept trying and dying anyway because I felt like I _needed_ to complete it all by myself without using assist mode. I guess after all that time and effort you put into playing this game it really feels like completing this challenge was the only thing that could bring closure, or something. I was so exhilarated and happy when I finally did beat it, though! I love what the old lady says at the end about being 'attached to the struggle', that was on point. Methinks it's kinda poetic to have her be the first and last character you see on your journey.

[@robertej09]

The learning curve of this game is just absolutely perfect in every way. It was genius game design to incorporate advanced movement options into this game that aren't necessary to complete it. Once you learn things like supers, hypers, wall hypers, and ultras you start seeing places where they can be applied, giving this game wonderful replay value with only 7 chapters in the main game.

[@shadowflame68]

Thank you for this comment - despite what I've heard the game just seemed too frustrating to play for me, but your comment has convinced me to buy it.

[@RPGWaldorf]

Everyone at the start of every single level: "This is one of the best tracks in the game"

[@jordandwiggins1026]

I mean they aren’t wrong

[@dorol6375]

Define one of

[@Skyace13]

"TG likes to skip cutscenes really quickly." I know it's just a speedrunning thing, but that just made me laugh cuz he ran Undertale in the past. That's what most of that speedrun is lol

[@IschmarVI]

Celeste doesn't have a punchcard tho

[@DavesterioYT]

It was an honor being able to commentate for a runner as talented at TGH as well as for one of my favorite games of all time. Matt & his team really gave us something special & it was a privilege to be able to help share it with the world.

[@sharkonstage]

114% run on gdq when?

[@andrewenderfrost8161]

Orb

[@BGDMusic]

it's amazing how the run has changed through the yeass

[@zaj_mahal]

It's so interesting bc wr level Celeste does look TOTALLY different now, but his movement and execution and stuff is still on par with the rest of top level speedrunning (minus some strats here and there). Bro was CRACKED

[@soldierofgodrick4522]

When you wanna climb a mountain, but school starts tomorrow

[@LasKerfuffle]

ORB DOORB NO FLOORB

[@abnorcscreenname8489]

GORB ASCEND WITH GORB

[@catdraco9476]

ORB

[@IschmarVI]

Orbeline

[@xilnoi]

orb

[@xmgaming2444]

God, the chat must have been so bad once the orb chants started

[@chillaxbro107]

Take how bad you think it was, now multiply that by 1orborb (100)

[@jan_kulawa]

"We have now become Pink Celeste" killed me. Great run!

[@LeafRazorStorm]

1:27:15 You raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly sir. Bravo.

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

It's rare for me to simultaneously think, "This looks absurdly hard." while still wanting a game. As soon as I get into a really chill mood, I'm gonna die so much.

[@SerrantDaFoeII]

Holy mother of mercy WHAT IS THAT SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

[@Nakhab]

Check the TASBot run from 2018. That's the speed.

[@pedroscoponi4905]

you should watch the TAS from last year. It's literally inhuman speeds! :^)

[@nhh12345]

After ~2300 deaths on my playthrough, it's mind-blowing seeing someone utterly destroy this game.

[@TheTrueNyxa]

I have over 20000 lmao. It took me ages to learn how to get fluid. My best speedrun is only 2:00:24.8 lmao

[@johannesmeier5550]

this is one of the best speedruns i`ve ever seen. so entertaining, great commentary and anouncer. and TGH is on an other stratosphere with this game.

[@raeanus480]

TGH is a fantastic runner and Celeste is a great game. Because this is GDQ, my kids can actually watch TGH crush this game. Great job as always TGH, watching your Undertale runs is what got me into speedrunning.

[@revelred]

Those gamer kids

[@fuscello]

The audience, the couch, the speed runner and the game: this is the apotheosis of a perfect gdq

[@bradymak7337]

This is the greatest audience I've ever seen.

[@brianwallace2038]

I have over 71k deaths, so I don't think I'll be donating a dollar per death

[@Burst644]

This was so satisfying to watch and the commentary and jokes made this even better. I love this game.

[@marceline8009]

I was worried they weren't gonna post this!

[@danmatthiesen9160]

next year, let's see the 100%. don't neglect the strawberries

[@drivernephi2115]

Feels bad man

[@yunghunt2644]

What about the golden ones

[@karlcossaboon7072]

true 100%?.... like you cant expect them to get the chapter 9 gold berry no just no lmao

[@LiamLimeLarm]

Even better, 202 berries run

[@marshall7439]

If I heard right, Lena Raine, who made most of the game's music, donated 100 dollars !? Dang.

[@rottenmuffin826]

Yeah, kind of dissapointing that they didn't mention that she's the game's OST composer.

[@TheR00k]

@@rottenmuffin826 They did, and they gave a shout out to her after reading her donation.

[@epicdaggerlegacydemoz5154]

and Minecraft pigstep

[@savannahstaggs4888]

I laughed so much while watching this! What a wonderful run :) ORB!!!

[@TheWillOfJ]

I happened to catch this speedrun live, and seeing the tight platforming and hearing the great music inspired me to pick it up myself. It's almost ridiculous how easy he really makes it look, but even when I'm dying dozens of times on the same screen, I'm really really glad I was introduced to it!

[@Yujin4757]

This and Ori and the blind forest are my fav games to watch speedrun...

[@xxx-mz6ls]

頂上付近のチェックポイントで 観客がカウントダウンするの凄い好き

[@GoodAtStuf]

Same :)

[@gifdar]

Can’t wait to see TGH do a 100% run next year, all golden berries LLEETTTT’S GGGGOOOOO

[@Dannidan]

all golden berries would be a 114% run, 100% gets only red berries

[@sharkonstage]

I want that on gdq so badly. He said he will never do it, but we all know he will

[@cubedmelons876]

Would they really give him 8 hours to do it, though?

[@sharkonstage]

@@cubedmelons876 hope he can do it faster now, they might not be able to, but we can dream

[@jeremyquiros5483]

@@Dannidan Yeah, I don't see the point of doing 114% in a marathon. Other than the dashless golden, going for 114% shows the viewers nothing else new or interesting in the game. I'd love to see 100% with the dashless golden as a donation incentive.

[@rosco762]

Such a great game to watch speed runs for. TGH is such an awesome guy and it was followed up by Linkus' killer WWHD run. One of the best AGDQs in a while for me.

[@Cygnet13]

What a fantastic performance, great commentary and interaction with the audience!

[@antoinesavage9386]

1:18:56 screen wipe is a heart shape, huh. Nice touch

[@Kaiwala]

C9 has stars for the wipe C8 has a heart for the wipe C7 has an arrow for the wipe C6 has a feather I think? C5 I think has a weird crt line effect C4 or was it c4 that had that C3 has a keyhole screen wipe And I'm going to stop there because even though I've died to these stages thousands of times, I've never really played attention to the death screen. Which is a testament to how good this game makes the phrase "try try again" fun.

[@leandervr]

One of my favorite runs of my absolute favorite game. I've watched it many times, and keep coming back to it when I'm tired and just want to watch something comforting. "We have revo's nonsense!!!" :D

[@empajc]

When's the orb% run?

[@thomashart22]

44:48 I can't believe that Lena Raine donated! What an incredible soundtrack

[@kajiilitz]

The funniest part about the filename being Charlotte is that because the game has Strawberries as collectibles, and a Strawberry Charlotte is an actual dessert. Yum.

[@TheActualMrLink]

Extremely fast O R B moving at incredible speed

[@michellenicole5089]

1:09:50 "ORB" "ORB" "ORB" "Spring?" Amazing run, amazing couch, amazing crowd!

[@Ram_And]

The commentator is really entertaining. Props to you, sir.

[@steeledminer616]

*Group starts calling orb* "What's going on? I'm scared." HE KNEW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN

[@DayDrinkin]

3b took me over 700 deaths to beat and this man just breezed through it. Good lord.

[@Glacial7]

shoutout to Orb, the real one

[@davvads9932]

Community:Finds new technique TGH:It's Free Real Estate

[@PhantomShadow224]

Donation from Nintendo caprisun?! “I know him! I know him!”

[@jake1173]

Lol same

[@RenkoUsami]

The crowd yelling "diamond" and "cloud" for every bounce is killing me

[@SanraiDalris]

Wow, I didn’t know about that 3 frame stutter on dash, but as soon as he mentioned it I could see the little hiccups.

[@namdao2672]

This inspire me to give up speedrun this game

[@Nintendofan91]

Such a flex keeping the berry behind Madeline till the end for absolutely no reason

[@amirhossein1706]

just finished playing chapter 3 IT TOOK ME 1:26:00 TO BEAT AND THIS GUY IS JUST FLYING THROUGH IT!!!

[@vinijoncrafts7213]

10:38 "but the movement just has become so optmised" TAS Awake: wtf is that

[@porchugawhale9938]

1:17:10 "And now we're in outer space!" Hmm...

[@Trickshotter]

TGH is one of the best Celeste players we have ever seen

[@Harpy-with-Legs]

This game made me cry

[@alexharvey7660]

Christ I just finished 3b after dying over 1100 times and this man just blew through it...

[@jackdog06]

21:11 "Lena Raine was the composer of the soundtrack for those who aren't clear" *meanwhile listening to a song written by Christa Lee*

[@WaterAndEarthGirl]

1:11:07 Someone said spike when he died!

[@stanhogenelst2555]

This was so fun to watch!!

[@runefaustblack]

1:29:40 I CAN DO THAT I kinda feel incredibly proud to be able to do a thing that TGH deemed notable xD

[@Droffatsstafford]

51:07 ...So that's why I had so much trouble with that feather. That route makes so much more sense. I'm mad. At me. Ouch.

[@GenCavox]

Glad the Mario community showed up in this run

[@Garret02]

This game has fantastic level design. I still can't believe I managed to get everything except golden strawberries.

[@stromy3243]

Damn it took me 36 hours to get a A sides and B sides.... Now I see them get destroyed by TGH... I am watching this with my jaw dropped as I see how he does everything I struggled with in seconds... Welp time for C sides and deathless then. Good luck to all of you Celeste players and speedrunners.

[@Brixxter]

There's something badass about the way he says "Yup."

[@mirtoandrian]

Awesome... I got the platinum in ps4 after around 20h... toughest screens done in seconds is absolutely amazing. Great run!!

[@Nova-_-]

I'm just amazed by how much more optimised the speedrunning has become for this game... I mean the TASbot run of this game at SGDQ2018 didn't even use that skip in 3B... (that's the only one I can remember but yeah you get the idea) Also... they literally named a speedrun strategy the 'Yeet'? What has this world come to?

[@IschmarVI]

Because "yeet" sounds better than "nice cornerboost" :p

[@moepskie]

Started playing this game a few days ago, and it made me realize what a fucking god this guy is at the game. Fucking insane.

[@stephenguo7388]

One of my favorite speedruns

[@RdaAmongUsLover]

18:55 pure speedrunning moment

[@ShadowKirito]

21:10 Lena Raine composed all of the soundtracks in game except the b-side soundtracks. Those are remixes made by different artists which got featured in the game

[@FinetalPies]

Why'd this one take so long to upload? I mean I'm spoiled for even complaining but I was so sad that I missed it live

[@altairian8]

pretty sure the uploader had to travel home and such after the event. Would be weird for them to stay at the hotel uploading vods, yeah? :P

[@Schilani]

@@OyVeey ORB

[@JohnnyQDP]

It should have been Luigi for the name because of the quote “this is it Luigi, remember where there’s smoke… there’s fire!”

[@olantrin]

bruh he beat the game faster than i beat a level

[@lukeshioshio]

It's funny how many of the screens have been so much more optimized now.

[@luisete993]

This run is nuts

[@arkusbg]

This run was very fun to watch Truly orb

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

Probably the best gdq run to date. Orb!

[@Zhon66]

I nearly gave up forever on 7C, it gave me so much trouble. My final death count was 651 when I finally beat it, and here he goes doing it without a single death. I'm glad I didn't have to a dollar per death - my final death count to beat every C side and get every achievement was 6,912.

[@dorol6375]

Bro I'm at the start of 8b and my death count is 13,518

[@fuscello]

Yeah then farewell came and I was proud of beating it in 2.5k deaths lol

[@elizabethbrown3646]

Orb Cloud 15 Spring Heart Diamond Aww

[@lucianonicolasgarcia7311]

What?! How the... this run is nuts

[@optelate]

madeline is actually a human shaped orb

[@mrblakeboy1420]

i was wondering how this is impressive, my best time was about 1:15:00, but then i realised that he was doing all of the chapters, b and c sides, not just 1a-7a

[@Hexedbug]

why does everyone say mad a line instead of madeline

[@Herp729]

Can we see a D-Side run? Haha. (mods from "unofficial level creation" by Nameguy

[@chuck_duck]

I swallowed my pride and used assist mode for the first screen of C3.

[@connorhorman]

Oi, AGDQ. SMW here, we want our meme back. Although some of those orbs were SoSafe.

[@connorhorman]

2 Months later, rewatching the run. About to make the exact same statement, and I just checked to make sure it wasn't this run that I already posted. So uh, I guess I did already

[@liv8179]

1:27:25 made me yell and made me cry, imagine if that was a hit

[@thebruteforce125]

Lol NCS donation at 17:07, also Love Tim.

[@jonnyapplefriend401]

And I JUST finished the FIRST golden strawberry with slowed down time and infinite stamina. Don’t judge I have slow reaction time

[@strangerflesh]

I just replayed this game today and beat the A sides in 3 hrs 20 and felt great about it, TGH looks like hes playing a completely different game !

[@BrewstoidOfficial]

Nice! Im gonna replay them now :)

[@wellbakedquiche2043]

1:14:02 wait, you were supposed to go right?? on my first run and only play of core, i thought they were strawberry rooms and i skipped that part instead

[@Elegon-nl7uh]

im accually more impressed how well speedrunners can Talk and play at the same time. add in a crowd, and social anxiety and performance anxiety gets in the way of things

[@84m30]

OOOOORB

[@nicoleruru4846]

Orb.

[@dvshdvsh]

Shoutout to the shoutouts in the this video

[@drake11011]

God i love this game even though im still stuck at 5B

[@Nakhab]

Stuck at 8B cycle based room with conveiors(?) and fire balls. Gave up after 95 minutes of grind. Good fucking Luck dude.

[@drake11011]

Thanks got stuck during the theo section Gl to you too.

[@surtGD]

I just beat 8C yesterday, prepare yourselves for 7C cuz that’s hard af

[@drake11011]

@@surtGD yeah ive seen a few runs of it gotta get all those strawberries and hearts first before ill try my hand at the c sides

[@Silvergrooves42]

@@surtGD I beat 8C with around 1200 deaths in 2 hours but I'm still stuck on 5C which is much harder imho. Almost 2000 deaths already but getting close to finishing it

[@fern1631]

awesome run