Grand Theft Auto III Tightened Thrice Speedrun - ESA Winter 2024

This was a run completed during ESA Winter 2024, taking place in February and raising money for the Make A Wish Foundation.
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#GTA #speedrun

[@kaiserruhsam]

well done ben playing on the incorrect version

[@UltraProchy]

"When two missions love each other" Im dying

[@sejoki_]

This is legit the funniest commentary/banter of any GTA run I watched.

[@AdisPlays]

Very entertaining ESA stream, I like these kind of speedruns more that feel more enjoyable to watch for the audience than watching speedrunners who are almost completely silent and playing 110% serious because it can feel so dead from time to time.

[@MiniMackeroni]

The funniest commentary I've seen in years. Absolutely savage.

[@OldPitocoHery]

Big Ben, Big W. Your presence on ESA was indispensable.

[@daily_depression]

1:10:14 I agree with Ben, my favourite Claude line is also

[@chaserseven2886]

ben is the enimen of speedrunning damn you talk fast

[@Puxi]

Deadinthemiddleoflittleitalylittlethatweknowthatweriddeledtwomiddlemenwhodidntdodiddily.

[@Obmelg]

Quality banter, quality run

[@paullyashenko1201]

it's so nice to see the same audience in the front row from year to year

[@englishben]

My fans follow me around the globe 💪

[@shurdi3]

@@englishben In the wrong context that just sounds like you're being stalked in the alpinel desert of Tajikistan

[@realcartoongirl]

josh is like 🙄

[@austinchittam2373]

Josh and Ben at the same time Whata damn great day!!

[@Voskos]

is there ever a time where ben and josh are in the same room and the commentary isn't awesome?

[@dillonandon]

Really enjoyed this run Eben. Your banter with Josh is great.

[@BaseNAND]

Gotta agree with Ben, shift is the sane sprint button.

[@LK.Cynric]

What a fantastic run! Really fun to watch and brilliant commentary of course.

[@RickDaltonHollywood]

the commentary was great, love this combo of runner and couch!

[@itis3000]

this run was a blast. thank you

[@atomic_godz]

great commentary and banter, ggs!

[@Miniek80]

Thank You for what you're doing e-ben, you always make stuff interesting

[@strahinjastevic7480]

Kicking myself for missing this live, went in expecting just a regular marathon run but got some god tier banter to go with it.

[@zioming]

I recall watching an SA speedrun where during the mission where you rescue Torino, the speedrunner flew a maverick into the paint'n'spray by the car dealership, because, flying a heli, he was going so fast that the assets he would usually crash into and blow up didn't have enough time to load.

[@artemkatelnytskyi]

English Ben is such a showman. 😂

[@TommySwansonFi]

came from josh's tightened'reas run. legendary bants. keep it up boys

[@TerrasClip]

After watching Josh's run, this was also incredibly fun to watch, great stuff

[@Yngdady]

Ben and Josh show when?

[@ChaosPootato]

How can this be so entertaining

[@Kenjish1in]

UH! Another ESA run after all this time ;D Let's GooooO!

[@sikachu]

I had to roll back the video to check the accusation from Josh at 41:10 (and yes, you did look at the camera ... the donation read was around 36:01)

[@BlindBosnian]

Why does the platform that Catalina jumps on frpm the construction site building have collision? I thought that cutscenes don't require solid surfaces to function.

[@Klugger]

I read tightened but in my mind It read hardlined 🤣 it was a mini happiness for a sec

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Speedrunning community isn't ready for that crap yet

[@syrnias2270]

In Josh's defense I understood his duping explanation at 40:00 just fine! Although I am kind of familiar with OM0 stuff from watching SA any% streams

[@Miniek80]

Joshimuz looking always like a boss he is. True bromance in the air

[@NoProHarrie]

Keep an eye on Josh.... He did the thing!

[@JohnnyQuick-xb3yv]

Hey, I was wondering, between you and Josh, who's the husband and who's the wife?

[@englishben]

Josh does as he's told

[@JohnnyQuick-xb3yv]

@@englishben Since I'm not sexist in either direction, this doesn't help me.

[@vinicius9670]

I've checked too many times if the video was in 1,25x speed. It wasn't. I'm in the middle of the video, but great run so far! Edit: just finished the video. Great run, under estimate!

[@Dev_Duf-ck2vj]

2 dats ago crazy fr

[@danteeightsix9069]

[ Space Bar ] has and forever will always be Jump.

[@ApacheSmash]

Peak commentary

[@GorkiNemko]

3:17

[@justhere4637]

This is going to be difficult?

[@gillmonsta]

Ben who are those people in the background,The mod community?

[@englishben]

Anyone at the event that wishes to watch the run live :)

[@JohnPaulBuce]

tightened commentary

[@mertaliyigit3288]

Why is ben funnier when hes not streaming

[@englishben]

Toxic...

[@mertaliyigit3288]

@@englishbenoh im sorry yeah this sounded toxic 😅. but yeah you are way funnier in the ESA for some reason

[@fistingendakenny8781]

Another great run, shame about josh the buzz killer

[@jacobnavel4442]

game is modded. and he has cheats installed. great content.

[@englishben]

"speedrun of a mod, game is modded" What a stellar observation

[@hajinka98_]

For those who can't fly that stupid dodo plane, you don't have to. Just drive to the bridge and once you slipped thtrough the construction blockades accerelate straight as possible and fly over the bridge gap.

[@hajinka98_]

Doing rampage glitch is cheating in my opinion. If it's gonna count as a speedrun you should play it as intended without abusing glitches.

[@sonofgonzo1]

Reading this comment is just cringe

[@ForeverFree2Play]

Edit: I'm retconing everything I just typed. You're an idiot, it's a mod. Fuq the intended way of playing.

[@KingMasey]

@@sonofgonzo1​​⁠reading this reply talking about the comment complaining it is cringe then reading the comment that called it cringe is just cringe.

[@Ott3r5losh]

L

[@ElMancoDelSiglo]

I'm honestly not sure if this comment is satire or not, but I will still reply. The type of speedrun he did was any%, in which you are allowed to do any glitches to go faster. If it was glitchless% then it is cheating, but it isn't.