The Most Embarrassing Speedrun in Halo History

[@frogarchist]

Idk if Charlie will read this, but thanks a ton for the reaction. And welcome, MoistCritikal fans!

[@FooxTru]

yooo

[@doctorbolsen]

nice video

[@thatgoobyguy]

As soon as I saw he linked your video, I rushed over here. Gotta give some support to the OG. Great stuff, bro.

[@chronosgod1]

in the end lyrics because why not it starts with one thing, i dont know why it doesnt even matter how hard you try keep that in mind i designed this ryhme to e-explain in due time all i know time is a valuable thing watch it fly by as the pendulum swings watch it count down to the end of the day the clock ticks right away its so unreal didnt look out below watch the time right go out the window tryin to hold on, didnt even know i wasted it all to watch you go (continuous O) i kept everything inside even though i tried, it all fell apart what it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time I TRIED SO HARD AND GOT SO FAR BUT IN THE END IT DOESNT EVEN MATTER I HAD TO FALL TO LOSE IT ALL BUT IN THE EEEND IT DOESNT EVEN MATERRRR one thing, i dont know why it doesnt even matter how hard you try keep that in mind i designed this ryhme to remind myself how i tried so hard in spite of the way you were mocking me acting like i was a part of your propert-ty remembering all the times you fought with me im surprised it got so far things arent the way they were before you wouldnt even recognize me anymore not that you knew me back then but it all comes back to me IN THE END (continuous) you kept everything inside even though i tried, it all fell apart what it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time I TRIED SO HARD AND GOT SO FAR BUT IN THE END IT DOESNT EVEN MATTER I HAD TO FALL TO LOSE IT ALL BUT IN THE END IT DOESNT EVEN MATTERRRRR i've put my trust in you pushed as far as i can go for all of this theres only one thing you should know I'VE PUT MY TRUST IN YOU PUSHED AS FAR AS I CAN GO FOR ALL THIS THERES ONLY ONE THING YOU SHOULD KNOWWWWW I TRIED SO HARD AND GOT SO FAR BUT IN THE END IT DOESNT EVEN MATTER I HAD TO FALL TO LOSE IT ALL BUT IN THE END IT DOESNT EVEN MATERRRRRR

[@Lox029]

I came to watch your video directly from his. Great work!

[@RLeezyDeezy]

Notice how the room gradually clears, until a whole new group shows up, not knowing the grave mistake they made

[@yellowwtangg]

16:45 the dude sitting next to Cody had enough lmao

[@sim61642]

They gave him a tacit disaproval

[@vitoc8454]

The Audience of Theseus

[@gdonz2872]

@vitoc8454 that's so funny

[@elijahrajpaul9189]

Cringe people ranking their cringe moments for fun is crazy 2024 baby #bringbackbullying

[@CarcinogenSDA]

I've gotten enough messages to warrant posting this, but in case anyone's reading this far and is wondering, yes, I was on the couch for this run. I was 22 at the time. I had no clue he had spliced records. I just thought he was maybe really really rusty and didn't practice his run. AGDQ in 2010 was only the second GDQ after "Classic Games Done Quick", which was in Mike Uyama's basement one year prior. So nobody knew what the best practices were for speedrunning for a marathon yet. So I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Just really really funny when I think about it.

[@vax.8491]

@@CarcinogenSDA ohhh are you the guy with long hair?

[@CarcinogenSDA]

@@vax.8491 no. Pretty sure the guy with the long hair was UltraJMan. I was the gawky looking guy with the glasses, the chucks, and the peacoat sitting in the middle closer to the start of the run. I left after a while for obvious reasons haha

[@TompaA]

Small correction: this was 2011, not 2010 :). 2010 was the first GDQ.

[@alexs5368]

Unfortunately, he does not make the best armor in all of Solsteheim

[@Icetea-2000]

I mean you did hang out for 2 hours and 40 minutes so props for the patience. I just find it funny how it immediately cuts to another guy sitting on the couch with no explanation lmao 16:45

[@askrs]

"He decided to do something not typically seen in a Legendary speedrun, which is change the difficulty to Heroic". Am dead. Big brain.

[@MrBroken030]

Its suboptimal due to the menuing :D

[@Per_Sun]

Big brain. Huge.

[@PvtSn1pe]

Why don't other speedrunners use this strat? Such a time save :)

[@LordEcang]

​@PvtSn1pe considering he ended up with a +4 hour run, it appears that changing difficulty is a major time loss.

[@PvtSn1pe]

@@LordEcang True, stats don't lie

[@Darth_Wallace]

Cody - 'Yeah we'll just do this normally' Everyone else - *nervous laughter*

[@MajorOctofuss]

At that point i would’ve just asked him to play it on easy just to get it over with

[@daveyjones7391]

Cody: (Chuckles) “I’m in danger”

[@SpaceMissile]

@@MajorOctofuss no you wouldn't have.

[@TimothyGod]

​@@SpaceMissilewhat? 😂

[@SpaceMissile]

@@TimothyGod I don't remember making that comment ahaha

[@bassiegvd]

"at one point a woman enters the room who quickly makes to correct decision to leave" LMAO

[@agenericguy1014]

That woman made one of the best decisions throughout her entire life

[@TuShan18]

She’s my favorite character in the anime. She just walked in, waved at the camera, and left.

[@TrippyTooni]

17:15 Timestamped for convenience, although that part happened to play for me while I searched for a timestamp lol great decision honestly

[@MasonShmason]

"nope I'm out"

[@phixix]

Mr Smith Voice: It's the smell.

[@Makglock]

The fact that he accepted even though he knew he was a cheater makes this all the better

[@AspenBrightsoul]

The fact they brought him back the next year makes it worse.

[@mouse122809]

Right you don't feed in their delusion that they're good should have just nixed'em

[@TheRealLittleBIGhead]

This is just the perfect display of how delusional cheaters are.

[@marclago2594]

The ultimate post-irony chad

[@redditor7548]

@@TheRealLittleBIGheadthey start believing their own bullcrap

[@Tea-Stance]

Cody being an innovator and introducing the first multi-difficulty speedrun. Truly inspirational.

[@samurai-butterfly7393]

dead

[@TimothyGod]

@@samurai-butterfly7393 just like Cody, over and over

[@theredman2783]

That could actually be cool, any whatever-is-the-best-difficulty speedrun, IF there are levels with skips and tricks only on harder difficulties that make some levels faster that Easy. I wouldn't know, I know about as much regarding Halo CE speedrunning as Cody.

[@daveyjones7391]

😂🐸

[@GregHuffman1987]

me when game lets you adjust difficulty and ive died a handful of times in same spot - "its time to put this sucka on Easy"

[@scarlett8782]

this is truly a level of hubris that is rarely seen, even on the internet. it's giving '12 year old kid who insists that he owns the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars then when people at school mock him (rightfully) he invites everyone to his house to see the Millennium Falcon but when you get to his house there is, in fact, no Millennium Falcon and he just stands there awkwardly acting like he doesn't know what happened'

[@sashagreysfatass8439]

@@scarlett8782 lmaoooooo

[@WyattMcFeelz]

This is way too specific of a example to be fake. What was the kids name lmfao

[@NoobNota]

@@WyattMcFeelz the kids name was scarlett8782

[@geddymax3521]

@@WyattMcFeelz My thoughts exactly 😂😂😂

[@namesurname624]

bro....

[@keegswl5119]

Fun fact the current WR for the ENTIRE TRILOGY is still an hour faster than this run

[@edwardv4546]

lmfao yikes

[@dark_rit]

This run was bad, but after seeing this it went from bad to abysmal.

[@youtube-kit9450]

@@dark_rit honestly the thing that baffles me the most about this. He isn't a frustrated top-level runner who couldn't be arsed anymore to grind. He isn't a high-level runner who faked being a top-level runner, he just seems to genuinely be bad at the game.

[@theredman2783]

Bro that's nothing I've have dentist appointments faster than this run

[@Mediocre_Gaming1917]

@@youtube-kit9450 Exactly - even before I started running the game, I didn't even die that much on Heroic, let alone Normal

[@Saladmints]

Lowering the difficulty right after starting is a genius move. Why dont all speedrunners adopt this strat?

[@Eyezick-l5z]

Idiots, the lot of them

[@cheyguy1211]

So good he did it again halfway through

[@planescaped]

Thanks for joining me on my legendary run, I'm gonna do a pro strat called lowering the difficulty to easy.

[@ssgoko88]

​@@planescapedyeah a lot of speed runs are on either lowest or highest difficulty Lower difficulty can have fewer enemies, higher difficulty is sometimes more prestigious, lower difficulty can have enemies with lower health which means they die more quickly, etc

[@Laneous14]

@@planescaped I can't believe more speedrunners don't know about this cheat engine strat. I just made myself invincible, skipped to the last boss now I'm gonna do a console command maneuver and delete him!

[@mees2630]

Ah yes, my favorite type of cheater: “ I have cheated for a long time and nobody seems to notice, so now I falsely assume that im the best at the game! “

[@nadra0755]

@@mees2630 yea people like this legit just star believing their own lies...

[@kevinferdian746]

idevaste in a nutshell (if you know who that guy is)

[@ErosXCaos]

You know who I feel bad for? The guy seated next to Cody. This guy is a serious guy. And he wanted to see some seriously good speedrunning.

[@nugsboodlepoo]

Bless his heart. He tried to make the run less painful to watch by providing some informative commentary.

[@GusMortis]

Imagine the smell of Cody's nervous sweat.

[@ck3837]

Yeah that serious guy next to cody is serious about serious speed running

[@MRWhoreoscope]

Which is why he made a serious decision to exit after the 2 hour mark.

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

Tbf, after the Pillar of Autumn, he probably spent the next 2 hours debating with himself about whether or not he should just leave. 😂😂

[@hoppeanhelicoptertours]

4:30 “he then adopts a strategy I used as a 5yo when the covenant scared me” LMAO

[@jocker6271]

Relatable

[@littlebabyman8494]

And died while doing it.

[@elleciel2358]

This is like one of those nightmares in which you have to give a presentation in front of your entire class, on a subject you don't know anything about. Why anyone would WILLINGLY do this is perfectly baffling to me

[@Propane_Acccessories]

@@elleciel2358 What you described was standard operating procedure for me in highschool. Couldn't get away with that in college though!

[@elleciel2358]

@@Propane_Acccessories Oh really? I'd say it's the opposite for me actually, I bullshit a LOT more on subjects I don't get in college 😭😂 but it's still quite a last resort, I wouldn't videotape myself doing it...

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

@@Propane_Acccessories I actually did this exact thing in college... I had to give a presentation and I completely forgot I was supposed to have one. It was mostly a presentation intended to work on one's speech, language, and conduct and such, the topic itself wasn't important (though you would be required to answer questions so minimal knowledge was required). I found out I had to give a presentation 30 mins before classes when the teacher asked me what it would be about in the hallway. By sheer damn luck of the draw, I had my darts with me (I played it competitively) and decided that would be the topic. Slapped together random trivia and nonsense, and bluffed my way through the presentation with self confidence I probably used up from the rest of my life. And unlike this guy, I didn't have to meddle with the settings :')

[@SandraG-e7f]

Some people live in war zones or abusive households or don't know if they live tomorrow, I define nightmares as something else than holding a power point presentation and having to admit you are not well prepared and have to deal with attention from 40 people for 10 minutes until everyone forgets about you once they sit at home on their couch

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

@@SandraG-e7f hey I spotted the one nobody invites to parties anymore

[@seanrasmussen2877]

This dude was practicing these tricks for the first time on GDQ. What a legend.

[@daveyjones7391]

What a MadLad…

[@grunkleg.2934]

He was playing the game for the first time at GDQ

[@katzea.a7880]

Shitty games done slow

[@Batataaladaid]

@@katzea.a7880 i would watch that

[@1998232v6]

That Elite laughing at him at 13:58 was priceless. It was almost like the Elite knew he was a fraud as he killed himself with his own banshee.

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

I am fluent in sanghelli, He was indeed laughing at him along with telling him he that was mid.

[@silvertoddler8326]

He straight up laughed at his goofy ass suicide lmfao

[@silvertoddler8326]

@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778it sounded more like he said something way worse than mid

[@screwgoogle4993]

@@silvertoddler8326 N

[@karhu7581]

"You suck and your Jordans are fake, demon!"

[@SamsarasArt]

Cody getting the warthog stuck for so long that the gold sword elite caught up and killed him is the funniest part

[@RipRLeeErmey]

That was so easy to get out of too 😭

[@SamsarasArt]

​@@RipRLeeErmeyit's so bad 😂

[@thegamingdoge2000]

I literally said in my head “so the sword elite kills him right” and then he got in the warthog and I thought he was fine but no, he was indeed not fine

[@kahjethegreat8075]

This is like when you go to a sleepover and just have to watch the kid who invited you play a game

[@Fade_ToBlack]

This comment right here. Underrated. This hits the nail on the head - spending all night watching said friend play a game that you lost interest for in the first 15 minutes.

[@esclavodeluna8000]

This just unlocked a core memory of me lmao

[@Buttington_Headerson]

that’s lame i always shared and took turns if it was one player

[@artsyscrub3226]

Then gets offened when you ask for a turn and is like "its my game and console!!!!"

[@dissraps]

White people things

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

It's crazy how the proof you needed back then to break the record was "just trust me bro."

[@LeeAndersonMusic]

That's how it went with most things. Look at airliners before 2001

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

@@LeeAndersonMusic Yeah. I remember during those times you have to pay to use a screenrecorder or have a VCR recorder which was expensive or inconvient for everyone at the time. Not to mention, recording on the PC takes FPS off the gameplay unlike nowadays. I remember Nintendo Power had a contest on getting a high score on a game and they tell you how to take a clear screenshot of your TV even though most camera were crap.

[@stedysteelsted9174]

"You Really Think Someone Would Do That? Just Go On the Internet and Tell Lies?"

[@michaelwhite278]

The need for speed world record site required a replay file. That was in the 90s.

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

@@michaelwhite278 Oh yeah! The same goes for DOOM. Some games have those features.

[@mark9237]

shoutout to goatrope for understanding that a simple $5 donation with no message would speak volumes

[@Nepter8248]

Gives me the same vibes as that .gif of Donald Duck tossing Daisy a dime as he passes her on the street.

[@StankTank-pe8fv]

@@vilelive You heard him.

[@PirateoftheTouYube]

The donation is the message

[@Blahajzilla]

"It's not about the money, it's about sending a message."

[@banjogyro]

It's absolutely hilarious that the presence of the greats just from being mentioned is enough to insight awkward embarrassment

[@Cruddyhorse]

I love how visibly annoyed the co-hosts are even partway through it all, you can see the guy to Cody's right get increasingly annoyed everytime he dies/fails a trick and is touching his hair constantly showing discomfort.

[@RoheySaysHey]

yeah at some point it probably just got insulting to watch him try and fail to play the game, let alone speedrun it lol

[@CyberKnight1]

8:25 goatrope isn't just *a* Halo speed runner; he's the very speed runner for which the Goat Roped achievement (finish Halo 1 on Legendary in under 3 hours) was named. I can't imagine how painful this was for him to watch.

[@T9K66]

As someone who’s played halo for about 30 collective minutes, this hurt. Poor goat probably has spine injuries after watching this

[@colinmerritt7645]

There should be a "Cody" award. Complete Halo on normal in over 15 hours.

[@1manApocalypse_CP]

@@colinmerritt7645 Give him some credit, it was only 4 hours.

[@dark_rit]

It's impressive honestly considering plenty of people probably have that achievement if they made attempts to get good enough at CE, but cody in this run wouldn't get it and isn't even close to getting it.

[@jongameaddict]

I grew up with Halo 1-Reach, and even after 10 years of not playing a single FPS game, I still beat Halo 1 in under 15 hours LOL granted that was Normal with MANY deaths, but god I could beat Cody with a month of practice or less

[@boxingproff7627]

If "when you lied on your resume" Was a speedrun.

[@RipRLeeErmey]

This is like you lied on your resume for a job that required a doctorate and actually got it 😭

[@Brandon-vj6zz]

@@RipRLeeErmey In this case Cody wasn't smart enough to get a doctorate, he had to drop out and lie to everyone about getting the doctorate.

[@RipRLeeErmey]

@@Brandon-vj6zz thatsthejoke.png

[@barahng]

This isn't the most embarrassing Halo speedrun, it's the most embarrassing speedrun period. Plenty of cheaters have been exposed before, but how many were publicly exposed in real time in front of an audience of thousands as well as the people physically in the room?

[@TooneySA]

I dunno, the one where the crash 2 runner just talks about suicide for an hour has to be number 1.

[@bubblegumxo]

​@@TooneySAthat was perhaps the most cringe one of all time, but it's a different feeling from watching someone who is obviously out of their depth, attempting something great and failing spectacularly in front of an audience. I will say that Crash one is made sooo much worse if you don't know the game mechanics 😂. First time I saw it I literally asked myself what is this guy's problem? I realized later it becomes easier if you die, but the constant jokes were just cringe asf.

[@SplendidCoffee0]

Let alone for nearly four and a half hours

[@MrFurro-uu7je]

Bruh this is really embarrassing but you should see the fake mario speedrun from badabum it one of the worst I’ve seen

[@SplendidCoffee0]

@P-nk-m-na omg no. It can’t be worse than this, right?

[@Snamwiches]

I feel like we gotta cut Cody some slack here. He’s not a Frog, so he doesn’t have a genetic advantage when it comes to doing some of the jumps

[@I_Am_Wasabi_Man]

damn bro youre that guy with the cute smile

[@brandonsalgado6866]

The Achievement Champ has spoken

[@emcoulter4459]

The real question is, “When are you doing a Halo 2 Legendary video?”

[@WarVeteran213]

When speedrunners have skill issue

[@TheFroggyDragon]

It’s my boy Snams!

[@friendlyreaper9012]

Why this man would do this voluntarily is beyond me. It reminded me of a time I didn't read a book I was supposed to for a school assignment and I was just guessing the plot in front of everyone. Worst feeling in my life at the time.

[@BikiniBottomBankRobber]

What happened after you did that? You don’t have to share if you don’t want, I was just curious lol

[@The_Noticer_of_Things]

I would bet you were a lot younger when that happened than our man Cody was. Also, the fact Cody didn't play the "I was only pretending to be redacted" troll card after the fact and returned to the scene of the crime producing a middling run, officially ruling out him having been trolling or suffering from some sort of head injury the first time around, is just baffling.

[@vitoc8454]

A guy I went to grade school with had to do a speech about Peter Pan (the book I think) in front of the whole class. He got stage fright and started crying. The teacher went, "I didn't know Peter Pan was such a sad story"

[@mrosskne]

It's still worse than that lol. You didn't choose to get assigned the book report. Cody could have just not done this, with zero consquences.

[@BrokenMessiah1]

In the army I've had to give instructional classes to privates but like I was told a hour before and I just gotta wing it. I'll be saying one sentence while trying to figure out what my next line will be lol

[@ZooberWezeeKenzan]

I wish the guys watching him just asked him, “was that a trick?” Everytime he died

[@STALKER953]

That would genuinely have improved this run.

[@JonathanHolt1988]

Rng manipulation of course!

[@Pomodorosan]

Every time*

[@chee.rah.monurB]

Why didn't they?Why did they tolerate the blatant awfulness?

[@jordynensor2081]

@chee.rah.monurB from the admittedly very little i’ve seen about these types of events, everyone is very, VERY polite. even the infamous “i would really appreciate if you would stop talking” took a pretty long time for him to say anything, and he was still polite afterwards too

[@izakizakizak1234]

He doesn't care. He's not thinking "what if i get caught" he is at "what if I get away with it" These people live among you. Had a bro like that, he ended up robbing our friends company wise when we got older. Not flinching.

[@howiebeats9588]

Yeah this dude is some sort of mentally off. Like he's just gonna play on normal at a speed run event and do almost none of the shortcuts, even with people asking him about it? I'm so glad I'm better at reading people now.

[@Flooter1999]

Same here. My mom had a boyfriend like that and was so hard to deal with a sucker like him. That kind of person have a real talent to get in trouble. Fortunately he run from our house some years ago.

[@cole8834]

He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much

[@41052]

@@howiebeats9588he is using apathy to not die from shame

[@Avenge67x]

Most if not all of you can't read people because you spent your whole life speed running video games 😂😂😂 like no sh!t really 😂

[@Atmos_Glitch]

4:52 _"Cody was also in the Guinness Book of World Records for making the understatement of the century."_ *Lmao!!!*

[@Lockerus]

I've done lots of cringe things, but I've never had a 25 minute video breaking them down so at least I've got that going for me.

[@XSET_MiniMello]

At least you never claimed to be a pro speed runner, but then missed several jumps, forgot which way to go, and failed miserably while dropping the magnum every possible chance you got! We all can be a bit cringe sometimes, but nobody is as bad as Cringe Lord Cody Miller! LOL

[@Green-IV]

​@@XSET_MiniMello Hes embarrassing himself the fact that this guy thinks hes such hot shit or that video games are just so easy that he can outright lie about something he cant do and has not done before. He's undermined the true skill required for such tasks. And he live-streamed it. Didnt just try it out for a video or someone made him take a bet or something. Its a combination of too much confidence and a whole lotta idiocy.

[@Mythowars]

@@XSET_MiniMelloI don’t even think it’s that cringe honestly. Like if I was there I wouldn’t be cringing cause he did this. I would just think gamer ego got him and that’s perfectly fine everyone has ego. More funny then cringe

[@XSET_MiniMello]

@@Mythowars He is a cheater that should have never gone on stage in the 1st place. Someone else could have been playing instead of him. He claimed to have a world record but when it came time to preform, he couldn't even beat the game on Legendary, or even Heroic! Seems cringe to me!

[@idrinkmilk282]

Dude was chilling and didn't care. He's there for charity not to get paid. This was early gdq hes just having fun. Why should he care. He's doing it outta charity 😅😅😅😅😅

[@TheBourbonWrench]

Man, all I can think about are the few dudes who literally sat next to the guy for 4+ hours enduring this. I don’t know if they were too embarrassed to leave, or just true homies and sticking to the end. Regardless; RIP to all those terrible hours of your life lost.

[@howiebeats9588]

I honestly think Cody is the only one with confidence in the room, so nobody was gonna say anything until he was out of the room 😂

[@LotteBlueJays]

You should look up the old GDQ days of Nagleria (Naglerian?) abusing SpikeVegeta on mic for hours at a time. There was one GDQ where they played Mario Party as a bonus game and after anything happened Nagleria would just shout at SpikeVegeta and swear at him.

[@TimothyGod]

​@@LotteBlueJayshave a link or something? I can't seem to find it

[@JamesC1981]

11:38 the guy leaving fed up is my spirit animal

[@LRSNRCNG309]

I hate being even just slightly embarrassed. The level of embarrassment from this run is just immeasurable

[@HeiressEllie]

im actually really amazed they didnt cut the run at like 2-1/2 hours if the estimate was 2; at some point its just uncourteous to continue

[@DarkDyllon]

that's why they added the mercy kill rule afterwards, there wasn't a rule, although honestly, at 3 hours they should've just said, "sorry Cody, we got more runs to do and you're already an hour over estimate, this is where it ends" Can't remember which run, but there was a run where the runner literally couldn't finish the run, can't remember why, so GDQ after like 30-45 minutes over estimate, nowhere close to finishing just mercy killed the run.

[@reformed_attempt_1]

​@@DarkDyllonno clue why they didn't interrupt this run, seems like common sense

[@dark_rit]

They didn't mercy kill the run Narcissist because at this point GDQ was a really new thing and as with basically every new thing rules had yet to be introduced. It isn't like now where they have the whole 7 day lineup with timeslots for each game to try to stay on schedule since they have a venue rented out at a hotel and a bunch of volunteers and staff to keep the show going. It really was just some guys in a room on some couches.

[@ghoulsvshumansuser7326]

@@DarkDyllon "sorry Cody, we got more runs to do and you're already an hour over estimate, this is where it ends" sounds like something a dark souls boss would tell you before fighting you

[@LotteBlueJays]

Old GDQs were wild. At this point you can find the highlight stuff pretty easily (the runs mentioned in this video along with Werster's "chat interactions" and the like) but theres a lot of intagible stuff you could only see by watching the raw archives. It was just hours and hours of people not knowing what run was coming up, weird rambling dead time between runs, "bonus games" that would just go forever aimlessly (Quest 64 grinding stands out in my memory). It was really something.

[@HalfDayHero]

I can not imagine how long this 4.5 felt for this guy. My god.

[@smaller_cathedrals]

It's safe to say he didn't feel embarrassed at all. He KNEW he had absolutely no clue, yet STILL accepted the invite. This guy literally knows no shame.

[@Tea-Stance]

Probably not that bad for Cody but for the audience it must have felt like 4 days.

[@Pihsrosnec]

​@@smaller_cathedralsit's oddly inspiring in a way. If he isn't embarrassed by this why should any of us be embarrassed about anything less severe?

[@Tbeumo]

The fact that this guy showed up for an another speedrun event blows my mind.

[@YourPalJamieEllis]

@@Tbeumo yeah this is a "hobby extinction event" for sure, just gotta run away at top speed and find something new to do

[@nerdychocobo]

this is like the kind of run that a speedrunner would have in their nightmares

[@vitoc8454]

The kind of common nightmare where you can't run and can't punch

[@RobotPilots]

speedrunner's version of the "being in class naked" nightmare

[@lilGreenYoshi]

as a speedrunner myself, ur not far off actually lol. i've had many dreams where i just forget how to play the game and then die 30 times in one level. it's fucking awful lol

[@ChosenPlaysYT]

The amount of narcissism to willingly put yourself in this position, thinking you’re just gonna wing it, and everything will be fine, is hard to even comprehend.

[@plexyglass429]

I remember when I was really little I foolishly entered the schools talent show audition and just winged a beatboxing routine cuz I wanted to feel involved (Was pretty isolated, I was like 6). Assuming this guy isn't a narcissist I think he's in reality just a socially unaware dumbass who has no foresight

[@Skunkgasm]

he got the record dude the magazine said

[@ClubPuguin]

And the record in the magazine was faked so....?

[@Skunkgasm]

yeah you cant prove that maybe he was having an off day.

[@charlievogt9430]

​@@Skunkgasm Found Cody Miller's KZbin account 👆

[@SquidyBandit]

The awkward atmosphere of the room must have been unbearable for 4 hours.

[@slayerr4365]

No where near as awkward as now where everytime they shove trans rights agenda down your throat and everyone in the crowd and the runners are forced (yes quite literally forced) to repeat it or else they will be banned from the event and any future event.

[@GregHuffman1987]

i can only hope everyone in that room wasnt a halo player

[@JamesC1981]

@@GregHuffman1987 although they witness him dying so many times they likely realized something was up

[@jordanmejiadx2023]

13:34 "This skips like another 5 minutes at least for Kody it would have saved 17 minutes" At this point Idk if laugh or cry

[@snaildad193]

I've gotta admit, it takes some serious fucking cojones to sit down in a room full of people, in front of a camera, and pick up a controller when you've got no fucking plan and only a vague idea of what you're doing. If that's not the epitome of "Fuck it, I'll figure it out as I go" then I don't know what is lmao Fantastic vid as always, I died laughing when you brought back the South Park music for the death montage

[@robertg420]

Right? My soul is withering from the cringe just listening to the video.

[@planescaped]

Fuck it! We'll do it live!

[@WobblesandBean]

Reminds me of the time an ordinary woman competed in a world championship sprinting race, because her best friend happened to be the coordinator for the event. It was not only cringe, but she robbed a qualified runner from being able to compete.

[@Providence..]

@@planescaped Fuckin' thing sucks!

[@Laneous14]

I mean have you seen Billy Mitchell lately? Balls is not something conmen lack.

[@MrWaifuTaker]

Every time I feel bad about being trash in Halo games, I think of Cody Miller's lies and I feel much better about myself.

[@JakeLuke716]

Only losers cheat.

[@agentmaryland1239]

I've been called garbage because I haven't been able to beat CE and 2 LASO, but at least I'm honest about only being able to have done Legendary for those two. I have beaten CE solo Legendary, but 2 I did with a friend because 2 is brutal and unforgiving.

[@S113Productions]

@@agentmaryland1239 I'm a Halo veteran and have been playing it since the late 2000s, and even I can't beat Halo 2 on LASO because of how fucking hard it is. I beat it on legendary, and that was hard enough, I couldn't imagine that on LASO now. And you shouldn't have been called that, stats show about 0.03% of Halo players have completed LASO, it's not common at all. Whoever called you trash is a complete dingus and probably never even beat any Halo game on LASO, lmao.

[@staywokecuhh]

@@agentmaryland1239 Yeah, reiterating what S113Productions said... Literally next to no one completes LASO. I think ive personally only done one mission total and it took me days. No one in my friend group even understood what laso was when i asked them what their best is, then laughed when i told them what it entails. It takes a different breed of person to complete that. If any of your friends are saying that they could beat any halo game on laso, id challenge them to stream it through discord or something, or it didnt happen type shit.

[@JTHECOMENTER]

@@agentmaryland1239 just wanted to say that in halo 3 there are some genuinely luck based stuff or in 2 you gotta MEMORIZE the fucking jackal spawns, so yeah whoever is calling you trash hasn't played halo never

[@zylaaeria2627]

"I haven't practiced this game in two years" Bro, I haven't played this game in over a decade, recently replayed it on legendary & still beat it faster than you did.

[@matthewdowling6549]

ON NORMAL

[@KingSilly]

Facts, no matter how long I go without playing halo whenever I come back to carry people on legendary speed runs I still remember what yo do and how to do it. This guy is just a delusional narcissist who really thought he could wing a run he knew he had no idea how to do.

[@nickx3869]

Lol no kidding. I can do the over 4 hours without really trying to speed run. The old enemy spawns just come back to you as you play.

[@Arbiter710]

The fact he died 7x on normal I think is the most embarrassing part…

[@kruksog]

I mean, no one's gonna check me on this, so, there's that, but... I haven't played the game in more than a decade and I think I could take the game deathless on normal in less time than this run. As a totally casual, but Halo obsessed, gamer.

[@subzero308]

@@kruksog i havent played CE campaign in about 20 years and i kno for a fact i could do it in 4 hours deathless lol.

[@nuuuuuuuut]

@kruksog Yeah, I could do deathless normal runs on CE - and on Halo 3 multi-player my KD was below 1, to give you an idea of my sub par Halo skills.

[@ayblablabla]

I never played HALO and Im sure I can die a lot ✊🏻💅✌🏻 more than this guy lol

[@MajorOctofuss]

@@subzero308 ya I never played this game ever but I know I could beat it deathless on ultra legendary nightmare mode in 4 seconds .. like I cant prove it but trust me bro

[@petrie911]

1:00 I laughed a fair bit at reading "Twin Galaxies verified" only to be immediately told the run was cheated. Some things never change.

[@RipRLeeErmey]

Anybody that takes Twin Galaxies seriously, especially after the Billy Mitchell fiasco, deserves to be misinformed lol

[@stormcutter59]

Its incredible to me. I grew up reading about this guys "acheivement" in the Guiness Book of World Records 2007. I remember cause it was the ONLY section for Gaming WRs and Master Chief being the most prominent image in the book, i instantly would always read the description for Halo 2's record. I checked to see if this was real and behold, Cody Miller was the name front and center for me to see. This means for YEARS, millions of kids and teens of all ages around the world believed this guy was "the best" to play the one of the most popular video games of that era. I cant imagine how someone can live with the guilt of being a fraud. This guy would have to be given a plaque by GRW and been perfectly fine sleeping at night afterwards. For YEARS. The shamelessness of this guy is through the roof.

[@SantaClaus-kk8zr]

He’s a very outwardly obvious narcissist, sociopath too from what I’ve seen. He doesn’t have any shame in it, he isn’t the issue everyone else is and he would have done better if they didn’t bother him. At least, that’s likely his way of thinking.

[@bajorekjon]

I like how Trihex dipped out after 15 minutes at 4:20 and just doesn't come back. He could clearly sense fakery.

[@pantsupandemic]

I'd have excused myself 2 hours in and gone straight to the nearest courthouse to change my name.

[@DeepCFisher]

To be fair, if you have the ability to feel shame, you likely wouldn't sign up, unprepared for a speed run you had no clue how to do

[@RobotPilots]

and the run still wouldn't be over

[@Muscimologram]

This is genuinely so funny, it's like being able to see what the dude that never studies for the test is writing on his paper

[@EliteBlade46]

There's something strangely charming about watching this run be "salvaged", it's like everyone stopped giving a shit and were just enjoying the warmth of the dumpster fire. If it weren't for the rep damage to halo speedrunning and turning the HSH site into fucking eBaum'sWorld it'd be in "so bad it's good" territory.

[@SethAbercromby]

It served as a learning experience for why runs needed to be vetted and verified, especially before you invite someone to perform live. It ended up being Halo, but it could have well happened to any game with lax verification protocols.

[@darkcharizard52]

@@SethAbercrombyexcellent point. And bad runs have still happened several times even since verifications have been required, which goes to show how important extensive practice and safety saves are for marathon runs

[@based8223]

Cope

[@dxcSOUL]

"warmth by the dumpster fire," is an amazing way to put it

[@mrosskne]

what's HSH?

[@waede116]

I've always known about this famous blunder, but your breakdown and brand of dry humor makes this so much more enjoyable. Catch me saying "WE'RE SO BACK" in every stream for the next month

[@symbiotesoda1148]

This guy isn’t Master Chief, he’s Novice Deputy.

[@lukethepotatoking]

Not even a deputy. Bro is barely a recruit

[@gaminganimators7000]

@@lukethepotatoking bros barely a learner

[@lostgem8225]

@@gaminganimators7000 hey don't insult ameture ROTJC like that D:

[@spimbles]

i will never understand this man's line of thinking. he KNEW he didnt fuckin know the run at ALL and still had the conscious thought, "yeah i can do that live" 🗿🗿🗿

[@PowPowPeng1]

the most blatant liars believe their own lies. A part of him wants to believe he actually is a great speedrunner.

[@MysticalHeartless]

I dont think its because he's delusional, at all. My guess has always been that he's an attention seeker and couldn't pass up the chance at some nerd fame for performing a speedrun at this nerd event.

[@srahhh]

​@@MysticalHeartless I think he's delusional at least insofar as he convinced himself even if it went badly, it wouldn't go *that* badly.

[@selassieaspen9940]

​@@MysticalHeartlessObviously Nerd fame is the greatest Fame! 😂 Look at this run! 😍 😂😂

[@CyRxJustin]

Didn't even study it leading up to it to at least pull of the tricks. You could say nerves or whatever stopped you from getting a record time if you at least knew the tricks. My face would've melted off from embarrassment after the first few mistakes; for sure when I hit the allotted time I'm calling it. The fact that he sat there for 4 hours not even being entertaining is baffling.

[@btarg1]

GDQ back then was a comically small event, it's so strange seeing 5 people in a room as opposed to the hundreds we get now

[@TheDewaltBoy]

It's still a comical event..

[@sanguine2552]

It’s still very goofy to be around or see in person 😂

[@rumck]

it looks like nothing has changed bro i didn't even realise this was a 10+ year old video until like 5 minutes in

[@Pokemen396]

Honestly, felt a lot more personal and homely back then. Like a group of friends hanging out or watching someone at an arcade having a good run on the cabinet. Now it's more of an auditorium of people interested to vaguely interested. Less of a focus on like minded individuals and more of advertising the crowd for one and all to join; banning any and all who don't fit their new mindset.

[@LotteBlueJays]

​@TheDewaltBoy I mean, they try to be funny, I guess. But its also less amusing because they have guard rails to prevent dumb funny stuff like this too.

[@Croatilillious]

This is like someone seeing a Halo speedrun from a competent runner and then doing their first speedrun a week later with no further research.

[@TheBaphomet-6]

how do people deal with this level of embarrassment or second hand embarressment at this level

[@subzero308]

I never understood second hand embarrassment 😂... I don't get embarrassed easily at all so if someone else is doing something embarrassing just gotta laugh and embrace it.. I would have called him out on it tho idk y nobody did that live in that room.

[@reformed_attempt_1]

Why would you be embarrassed though. It's not like you can change anything

[@TheBaphomet-6]

@@reformed_attempt_1 I know I cant change anything I just can't wrap my head around how people lie saying they are awesome then go do this and sit there with a straight face like no one can see you lied like that's humiliation and It just makes me feel horrible

[@wilfred5820]

Ikr. I’m only 3 minutes into the video and I don’t want to watch it anymore lol

[@Finckelstein]

@@wilfred5820 I somehow forced myself to the 13 minutes mark. It's so painful. Should my wife ever bring up how painful it was to give birth to our daughter, I'll refer to this video and tell her I watched half of it!

[@jtbrownell]

This was both educational and hilarious 😂 truly a youtube recommendation from heaven

[@frogarchist]

Thanks a lot!

[@nerdnerdson6034]

"The rest of the levels are so much easier" the library: am i a joke to you

[@lv.99mastermind45]

i legit had to take a break from watching this a couple times, the second-hand embarrassment was that strong

[@baron3904]

Yeah it took me several days to finish this

[@RoCSaran]

I am 5 minutes in and the tension I feel in this room is overwhelming. All these years later and in the comfort of my own home I am struggling to watch this.

[@FillerAccount818]

Keep up the great work! Part of me doesn't even want to watch this because of how embarrassing it will be, but the commentary of why what he was doing wrong will be worth it.

[@RyokoEarth]

its so hard when its the basic stuff like the first jump to skip that trigger, like it hurts my soul to see him do it again haha like aaa

[@michaeldebidart]

I’ve seen this run several times before but this is far and away the best presentation with your commentary and the “gonna need a montage” section literally made me chuckle out loud. Earned a sub.

[@VincentGordon]

The coverage paired with your expertise of the routes made his cringe gameplay bearable. Great video and love how you ended it on a positive note as Halo CE runs are at a much better point today

[@huskycruxes7232]

I would love more videos like this. Speed runners ripping on bad/cheated runs while also telling and showing us what should’ve happened. I’m gripped dude

[@RipRLeeErmey]

Karl Jobst is good for that kinda content, even if not all the games he covers are games he personally Speedran.

[@kennyarmstrong711]

Just a little heads up the girl who "asked the runner to stop" at the beginning wasn't talking to the runner, she was talking to the blue haired boy to the right of the runner, he started talking when she started telling her story. Which was a planned part of the show.

[@TompaA]

@@kennyarmstrong711 This indeed. I was the guy he was talking to, sitting on the couch behind Runnerguy. She has been given too much hate throughout the years for this incorrect statement.

[@generalgk]

@@TompaANo she’s been given the appropriate amount of hate

[@TompaA]

@ Absolutely not.

[@Ander0072originalv2]

@@TompaA It's funny, cause I do swear I recall in one of the videos Runnerguy posting a comment regarding the situation. I forget if he rolled with the meme (meanspirited or not), or said otherwise.

[@TompaA]

@@Ander0072originalv2 One thing he has said previously was that he didn't hear what she said at all at the time (The "can you stop part"). But as said: Considering I was there, being the person talked to by IrregularJinny, who was told "to stop" talking to me. Remembering it as clear as day still.

[@emdrake04]

LMAO the girl walking in and then leaving, the real hero of this story.

[@beerman5665]

i have never seen someone suffering of a worse case of Skill Issue than this guy

[@richardbeater8915]

I have never seen someone suffering of a worse stroke than you writing this

[@BladetheFox141]

You should watch 6arakin.

[@demonofchange]

Bro decided to do a long play 😭😭😭

[@fat2slow]

Whats funny is on Longplay Archive it's actually faster then Cody's Run

[@abysschef5078]

This was PAINFUL, like… why? Why the hell would you agree to do this if you KNOW you cheat your runs and you struggle to even complete the game on NORMAL.

[@summersendband]

He believed in his lies

[@daibo0ne]

I don't understand how anyone can struggle at normal. 😮

[@MrTripcore]

@@abysschef5078 he knew the outcome and his excuse was having not played in two years. He thinks people are stupid and believe anything as they believed in his WR time

[@MrTripcore]

To be fair, people are actually legitimately stupid. They believe in fake viruses and 9.11 arabs

[@GonzoMD1993_]

Dude probably thought that if he was good enough to fake runs then he was probably good enough to meet the slightly more lax time requirements of a marathon run. Turns out tool assistance was compensating for a much larger part of his skill (or lack thereof) than he ever thought possible

[@Karragh]

Watching this live was honestly kind of fun because we were all losing our minds and clowning on him. It became a lot like live watching a terrible movie with a bunch of other people posting jokes about it the whole time.

[@NikoJr.]

6:38 That was a great donation message. Distracts you from the awful run for a little bit

[@xtc2]

The static feedback from the stream makes the silence so much better

[@ninjasamwallin]

I love how at some point he just gives up and plays through the game normally.

[@theendeeminer21]

And still loses, lemme remind you.

[@opulenthalo]

Bro just got the best shout out of all time!

[@hxmdnz_]

Cody's CE run feels like a group of elementary school kids coming over to some kid's house who tells them to come over and see his new PS2 game he just got.

[@xamadi199]

The secondhand embarrassment was strong with this one, yikes. But thanks for yet another entertaining video Frog, keep it up.

[@capitalj1987]

I’m so happy I found this channel. Thank you, Charlie and thank you.

[@frogarchist]

To learn more about Cody and CE Speedrunning, check out this video covering the entire history of Halo CE speedrunning: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epmkaWV8jcuEd7ecttps://kzbin.info/www/bejne/epmkaWV8jcuEd7c kzbin.info/www/bejne/epmkaWV8jcuEd7c

[@jasonbarry3301]

Wasn’t “I’d really prefer if you’d be quiet” in response to a random kid who sat down on the couch uninvited during an early morning tonba run and wouldnt shut up

[@daveyjones7391]

As a huge Halo fan and also a speedrunning fan separately, I have enjoyed this video 4 times this month. Well done, Frog 🐸

[@GregHuffman1987]

boiii

[@Lou-yf1jo]

you're the real mess and embarrassment. This Guy Did Games the right way at the right time. You however are a disgusting moderner from the dark ages. you cannot prove you ever did anything right.

[@Goombario37]

@@jasonbarry3301 not any random kid, ChibiSRL who was exposed for cheating in Paper Mario TTYD live in one of the funniest attempts of cheating ever

[@Rhylum]

Oh thank god, I thought I had the most embarrassing Halo speedrun

[@frogarchist]

yours honestly wasn't that bad

[@MBKill3rCat]

That was agonising. And that was only the 25 min version you edited together, I can't imagine watching the entire 4 hour run.

[@TEMPLE7D]

6:28: he said “would you like to tell us why you’re shooting your own marines?” Lmaoooo

[@justsomedeermonsterwithint1852]

That moment when your speedrun has been beaten by people who played the game casually

[@youtube-kit9450]

This. It's not just that he played it badly compared to the top-level runnners or even high-level runners, it's that his performance was bad by casual standards.

[@based8223]

​@@youtube-kit9450anyone that says "This" needs to neck themselves.

[@Viviana088]

​@@youtube-kit9450literally, im pretty sure i can beat halo 1 on legendary in just under 2 and half hours. Using some speedrun tricks but not all. Cody's run was just pathetic to every halo runner and player.

[@Keygentlemen]

I would've simply excused myself to the bathroom and never returned

[@xa1e_]

Your commentary and comedic timing are near perfect man, incredibly funny. I'm looking forward to what you post in the future for sure, fantastic vid!

[@crona1794]

This is the equivalent of a crowd of people watching your uncle who was "totally killer at this game back in the day" just...play Halo.

[@yermotlarmanweia1816]

“Grandpa’s the best at killin’.”

[@hypers829]

The viewers just sat to watch a casual playthrough of halo.

[@MrSaviorHD]

This video was both a hard and brilliant watch. The way you deconstructed everything was incredibly well done. Cody's run on the other hand... well... ya

[@Lilac_005]

Cody Miller's run was definitely one of the speedruns of all time. Great video Frog!

[@tylerpehringer5272]

"speed"run would be a more appropriate spelling

[@srahhh]

@@tylerpehringer5272 more like slowwalk, am i right

[@bethanybellwarts]

at around the 17 minute mark, he had been playing for so long that the guy next to him had lost a lot of weight

[@VideoGamesCEO]

Lmao

[@stevesteve5785]

Why would he not think people would discover his secret? Speedrunners are so precise, like even a single wrong movement is analysed and noticed, so its like going to a synchronised swimmer competition after doing the routine once, you're gonna be caught. So odd.

[@Lynx_Melynx]

Great vid. I’m a sucker for watching this absolute failure of a run. You missed one of the funniest parts where chat offered to donate money if he hid in a corner and didn’t die for a set amount of time and he does again within 10 seconds

[@xvgm24]

Yeah that was the best part hahaha. Love the quote on the other video about this run after he fails the cliff jump over and over. "After 15 minutes of work and 2 minutes of progress, he's decided to skip it". lmao

[@Lechgang]

I stopped watching Charlie's reaction to this video so I could experience the full thing for myself. This is a great video, I wish I found it sooner!

[@SobBaget602]

YOO cody miller? i understand why this was your longest script! Thanks for making my day better Frog!

[@willpeacock8979]

It boggles my mind that he would agree to do this run. Some people are so used to lying, they even believe their own lies

[@cottonmouth3912]

People like this are the absolute worst.

[@blazevoptixzz9748]

Ain't no way. If I ever got invited to be on a stream to speedrun a game, you bet I'd practice LOADS

[@PuPuChangg]

I practiced my load into your mom

[@Immer_erst_entschuldigung]

​@@PuPuChanggKai der Brecher du geile Sau wie geht's Joschi dem bluter?

[@TheWinjin]

Oh God watching 25 minutes of this with commentary was painful I can't imagine what it was like just sitting there

[@nj8833]

This is so egregious. Cody defrauded a charitable organization, then decreased their ability to receive donations by performing terribly and delaying the events. Honestly, almost sounds like a crime. The fact that he was invited back to do another Halo run the very next year is *BAFFLING*

[@ShadowEclipse777]

At least he actually legitimately did a speedrun the second time. It still wasn't very good but it was a speedrun lol

[@JesusProtects]

That's why donations should come from the bottom of our hearts and souls, not based on the quality of the entertainment received.

[@suprshin]

Which shows that GDQ is just circle jerk of scrubs. Remember it’s who you know.

[@trequor]

@@JesusProtects Fair enough, but there is a socio-chemical element no matter how virtuous you are. If the runs are bad more people stop watching. They stop thinking about the event and how important it is. When runs are good it makes people have a good time. When people are happy they tend to be more generous (ask casinos)

[@srahhh]

GDQ is honestly so unique in that I don't think its core viewership could ever genuinely be harmed by one bad run. They have an enormous amount of community support & goodwill, which gives people the freedom to do a bad job sometimes. You'd probably have fewer people attempting live runs if they thought "worst case scenario, i am defrauding charity with how bad i am"; it is a community event after all, not a business sponsorship. It does look like it was quite painful for the Halo community specifically for a while though

[@quemeuwu3959]

I found you from Moist and I loved watching this video. It was really enjoyable and has actually helped me stay focused on my school work. Can’t wait to watch your other videos! Thank you!!

[@eksplinter8837]

Watching his CE run was like playing the library nonstop for a couple hours

[@MednaTheFox]

Cheater does "Worst Speedrun Ever", asked to leave Halo Speedrunning Community

[@themrpwnedyou]

adding examples of what its supposed to look like is so smart. everyone can enjoy the video now :)

[@thehandsomestman666]

I've never played halo in the entirety of my adult life, and you have officialy peeked my interest. This video was incredibly informative and well made. Keep it up, Mister Frog Man.

[@kada0420]

You and me both

[@thehandsomestman666]

@@kada0420 would you be willing to embark on this Halo journey with me, stranger from a youtube comment section?

[@DillonDaVillain222]

​@@thehandsomestman666Halo is so dope dude everyone should experience the story Halo Reach is my personal favorite

[@catboyedgeworth2469]

*piqued your interest. sorry i dont usually correct spelling mistakes but saying peeked makes you sound like a 5 year old and i dont want you to make that mistake somewhere more important.

[@thehandsomestman666]

@@catboyedgeworth2469 thanks lil bro. i shall apply this knowledge in my future endeavors.