How I beat Amity Airfield in just 49.8 seconds

[@MarcelVos]

Edit: In several comments I take credit for the discovery of the lift glitch that SparkiL used, and while that is true, Sparki did independently discover the glitch for themselves as well. To everyone saying that the fastforward category is unfair because people with beefier PCs can win: You're absolutely right. But that's ok, as it's not that serious and we just run for fun. The vanilla category still exists if you want to play without any speedups, but the speedups allow for so many more crazy strategies to exist. The lag also only shows up on scenarios that require quite a lot of guests, so something like Electric Fields with a 700 guest goal is entirely fair.

[@honorarymancunian7433]

For fun?! Roller coaster tycoon is serious business 😡

[@robertlupa8273]

@@honorarymancunian7433 Well it certainly is business... park owner business. :)

[@JayMannStuff]

Perhaps the speedrunning categories for OpenRCT2 should be split into Glitches and Glitchless categories. This way those who prefer to break and game can do so. This also splits up the leaderboards nicely. And allows viewers more choice, if they don't want to watch glitch WR attempts. EDIT: A Vanilla Glitches-only category might also work. EDIT 2: Also, I'm curious. If instead of using the installer provided by OpenRCT2, if you were to instead compile OpenRCT2 v3.5.0 with all the compiler performance optimizations possible for your specific computer's CPU, would you be able to get slightly better performance?

[@countluke2334]

I like the "this is a good rule, since i wrote it" part. Made me chuckle.

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

so, that video "how to open your park" really came in clutch for this speedrun

[@nitiratp]

This is why speedrunning is the epitome of gaming: the communities share their techniques rather than horde them. True sportsmanship.

[@flaivcadarn]

well they kinda have to anyways. Otherwise, people won't be able to prove that they did it legitimately. Also, the epitome of gaming is actually playing games just for fun in my opinion. Of course, your definition of fun may vary.

[@physetermacrocephalus2209]

I think Marcel might actually be the the greatest roller coaster tycoon player to ever exist now. Nothing is out of reach for him.

[@blauw67]

I don't think he's the best player, I do think he's both an amazingly good player and great content creator.

[@Irobert1115HD]

so you say that hes the roller coaster tycoon that is mentioned in the title of the game?

[@Xiroxys]

​@@blauw67 who would you consider the best? I'm curious to know of someone better than Marcel. Not an aggressive question, actually curious about your opinion.

[@alexritchie4586]

Marcel is an excellent player, no question, but like all speedruns there's a whole community working away behind the scenes to find new exploits and shortcuts 😊

[@hoo2042]

@@Xiroxys If only there were leaderboards for the best and fastest players with various different rulesets across various scenarios... TL;DR: Look at the folks near Marcel on the speedrun charts, watch some of their stuff, and decide for yourself. The question of who is "best" is extremely subjective (best by what criteria? How do you weight knowledge vs skills? Should you include glitch / strategy pioneers even if they are mediocre at execution? Etc).

[@ambercheshire6881]

Cutting a record in half when it’s already under 2 minutes is damn impressive, even when it’s not one of the huge speed games. Fantastic work!

[@gloweye]

Video idea: Queue length philosophy. How long should a queue line be under non-exploit circumstances? How much time worth of guests do you want to wait for it?

[@tails183]

According to Disney, about two hours.

[@zaxlor]

@@tails183 Did RCT3 get a "fast track" queue line at all? I've always been surprised that RCT1 or 2 never had those, to allow you to earn more money. Maybe Chris Sawyer didn't want to cut the normal queue lines in two, or thought having two queues side by side would look weird?

[@MrGhosta5]

Depends. If you don't have a guest goal and are pay per ride park then short ques with a high throughput to max income. It doesn't mater if your guest spend all their cash within 10 minutes of entering the park. If you do have a guest goal then long ques to trap the guest in the park and reduce overcrowding to prevent them from leaving. If you have the cash machine to keep guest from leaving because they're out of cash then short ques with a couple of longer ques just to reduce overcrowding. For pay to enter parks with a guest goal long ques to trap the guest and prevent overcrowding. If it doesn't have a guest goal then it doesn't really mater but ideally you want guest to leave soon so more can spawn to pay to enter.

[@daffers2345]

@tails183 WAIT TIME 168 MINUTES

[@SadMarinersFan]

@@zaxlor RCT1, 2 and 3 never had a fast pass system, RCT1 because Fast pass was literally first implemented the year the game came out, and Id imagine Chris Sawyer would have to do a lot of reworking the guest code for RCT2 if he wanted to implement it. No answer on why it wasn't in RCT3.

[@WackoMcGoose]

5:55 _wirtual voice_ "But on the 28th of April, 2024, Marcel got... _this_ run."

[@davidthecommenter]

i thought that was summoning salt

[@daninda1665]

I now want a "History of RCT Speedruns" video

[@TestOfInsanity]

@@davidthecommenter ​ @TheWatchernator I've heard all three use variations of it. That specific wording became a meme on Wirtual's channel talking about a player nemed Hefest.

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

Lol “wirtual@😂

[@thenameipicked]

It seems like if lag becomes an issue with these speedruns, that we'll need some way to enforce tick rate (for a given speedup) across all computers, so that it doesn't become "Who has the beefiest computer".

[@XCVGVCX]

I'm wondering if GameTime% would make sense as a category. It would be very different, though, since the setup time wouldn't really be a factor.

[@MarcelVos]

@@XCVGVCX GameTime% is essentially just the vanilla category. Get the ads and natural guest generation rolling as quickly as possible, and then build some queue line trap or something to trap 100% of the guests coming in. Except you'll see a lot of pausing at the start to save game time while rolling out the ads.

[@houdin654jeff]

I’ve played video games since I was 3, I’m approaching my 40s in the next few years, so more than 3 decades of it. Speed running is something that still fascinates and amazes me, the amount of inner working knowledge one needs of certain games, the mechanics, the randomization, the utter skill and planning each run takes… it’s truly awe inspiring to behold and see the process of. Keep it up Marcel, can’t wait for more.

[@FlandPark]

This is so ridiculous, I love every single second out of the 49.85.

[@DrSpaceman42]

Marcel in a couple of years: “how I beat Amity Airfield without existing in physical reality”

[@lagg1e]

I achieved speeds so that I could lure super mario from 4 different parallel universes to the park, securing me an additional 4 guests.

[@SlotMachineGun777.]

One of these days we'll reach a point where we get a comment like "But, a park opening is a park opening. You cant say its only half" and then get an hour explanation on how to open half a park

[@breadleywheatler9242]

This man is the "pannenkoek (mario 64 half A press guy)" of Roller Coaster Tycoon.

[@hoo2042]

Here, I'll be the TJ "Henry" Yoshi of this comment section: YoU cAnT hAvE hAlF aN a-PrEsS, yOu EiThEr PrEsSeD iT oR yOu DiDnT

[@blakksheep736]

Are there any invisible walls in RCT2?

[@Robotdestroyer0]

But first we'll need to talk about *PARALLEL UNIVERSES*

[@Davtwan]

At this rate, the setup time will be faster than people can pronounce the scenario.

[@Robbedem]

"I'm still the first to do it under a minute." LOL :)

[@Kwioresma]

My GF would heavily disagree

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@@Kwioresma😂

[@SparkiLambda]

Thanks lord the glitch is no more. Even though I used it in my runs (due to being pround since I found it) it didn't really feel right. Now it's useless :D

[@MarcelVos]

Wait you found it? I remember discovering it too and actually being annoyed by it because I was doing some other project when I found it and it was screwing with it. Did we discover it independently of each other?

[@iTroysGhost]

Good on you for being a sport about it.

[@THEFRISKIESTDINGO]

I have never and will likely never play RCT but Marcel is so nice and entertaining I can't stop watching these

[@Atmapalazzo]

Sometimes Marcel needs to take a break from murdering guests by casually breaking open the entire rct speedrunning strategy

[@ChatHistory]

Just reminds me of when I used to get my park to a "decent" size and would leave it go as I did other things. Only to come back to a 100 park rating and a failed objective 😢

[@KernalGohd]

Man its kinda cool all this youtube challenge stuff you've been doing had a genuine impact on your speedruns

[@davidromeroblaya7920]

A perfect excuse to scream "ENGAGING HYPERSPEED!!!!" while I play the game.

[@daffers2345]

Aw, you don't need an excuse to scream that! ;)

[@legswithsnake9915]

Maybe the real guest distraction was the speedrun strats we found along the way

[@BurgerofMan]

This is very impressive & smart Marcel, congrats!

[@joelp23]

i like to imagine what the ridiculous advertisements for the park is like: "come to our amazing park you'll love it! its two lifts! on top of each other... and thats it!!! :D"

[@LetustheDragon]

If I got a nickel for playing Haunted Harbor without buying land nor using population bombs at the very moment Marcel Vos uploaded a video, I'd have one nickel.

[@mirjanbouma]

That's not a lot.

[@LetustheDragon]

@@mirjanbouma yeah, but it was weird that it happened.

[@mirjanbouma]

@@LetustheDragon 👉🏼😎👉🏼

[@HiroTeaShi]

That's pretty awesome! Congrats on getting the WR, Lord Marcel. It's always awesome to be able to nab a top spot while also staying true to what you feel is right.

[@blauw67]

At 7:30 you say that there are 2 reasons for the lift as the transport ride; sheltered and can't breakdown. But isn't it also the only transport ride with a prebuild?

[@MarcelVos]

That's sort of true. You are allowed to use RCT1 prebuilts in FastForward% (FF%) runs, and with RCT1 deluxe every transport ride gets one u(xxxx) prebuilt. You do still need to build the entrance and exit buildings on those, but that doesn't take more than a second or two. The fully built Sky Tower is still faster though.

[@blauw67]

@@MarcelVos oh yeah the u(xxxx) builds, I forgot about those, didn't know there were transport rides that had them

[@MattStandley589]

I wish I knew 1 thing in life as well as Marcel knows RCT

[@DanielGonzalezL]

"I think it's a good rule, as I wrote it" LOL

[@BRUXXUS]

This is very impressive! Although, it isn’t really the type of speedrun other games use because the capabilities of the PC play a role in how fast it can be achieved. Someone that can’t afford a PC good enough is automatically at a disadvantage. As others have mentioned, I think in game time is the only clock that gives everyone an equal chance. Even still, this kind of run should still be recognized as its own category, because it’s still awesome. 😎

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

RCT King starting up the weekend nicely

[@andos2923]

Amity Airfield is a rough one. I just beat it 2 days ago. It takes a while to get the income stream flowing and I had a problem with vomit and vandalism. I spammed a bunch of the same rides and intentionally delayed the queue lines.

[@robertlupa8273]

Pay-for-entry parks are _rough_

[@r3ked272]

(11:41) making the window smaller would decrease the amount of time needed to go from button to button

[@d3r4zz]

I love every bit about this

[@giraty50]

I don't know what to feel after struggling Amity Airfield several times in past, only to know I need just 1 lift, 3 stalls, 1 entertainer, and infinite advertising to win....

[@peperoni_pepino]

This might have been the highest video time : real time ratio we have seen in a while. It is usually significantly less than 1 for challenges, but this video has a ratio well above 18. :-P

[@roelercoaster]

1:30 Strictly speaking the 128x speed is a debugging feature, right? As it only becomes available if you enable debug-options. I do get it is the whole point of the FF category, as the 128x speed makes it really interesting/important how you do your setup.

[@yourhighschoolenglishteach8405]

you know its a good run when it takes you 50 seconds to do, but 6 minutes to explain

[@RiesenpiIz]

just discoverd you again a week ago and rewatch almost all videos :D

[@Floxxoror]

I also have that from time to time. :-)

[@RFGfotografie]

I love you not only beating speedrunners as easy as you do. But also explaining it for everyone to, do it to :)

[@garmo1968]

This is the shortest speedrun history video I've seen... "and then marcel vos did this..."

[@MaxArceus]

"Which I think is a good rule, as, I wrote it" bruh "Hm yes, I like your opinion, but I think I agree more with my opinion." xD

[@AmazedBunion]

you are a legend my friend

[@Tomeroche]

Wins in less than a minute, Victory lap of 15 minutes.

[@Soundhound101]

All Hail! The king of Rollercoaster tycoon!

[@istvanvegh]

Nice job!

[@levifreeman4536]

Great work!

[@lekkerkoffie8605]

Dit is zo ziek whahahaha gaat veel te ver weer maat

[@ChamblesRNG]

Dont you have to use debug menu to enable x128 speed?

[@juneguts]

You ever go to like a big sports game or a densely packed concert and everything starts lagging

[@Abgilosby]

Huh. Karl Jobst sounds a little strange today. Oh well, good speed up breakdown!

[@Syndralix]

Call Summoning Salt. We've got a contender.

[@carltonleboss]

Amazing.

[@ChamblesRNG]

One thing I learned about speedrunning over the years is that someone will probably beat this tomorrow

[@TheOhioNews]

Marcel is just built different

[@HECKproductions]

not saying that i personally could do it but it could still be optimised further with more hotkeys i for one have a thumb and 4 fingers on my left hand plus moving your index finger over one key takes basically no time looking foreward to your 47.3 with these things considered marcel

[@Xiroxys]

Is there a key you could bind to view the whole park? I dont know if the extreme zoom would reduce lag or not, but if it does, that could be a viable option for a timesave.

[@gymnasiast90]

Extreme zoom means having to render more land tiles, so that’s not generally something that improves lag.

[@Xiroxys]

@gymnasiast90 that's true, but the entities get reduced or removed, and with guests as the main source of lag once the setup is completed, it makes sense to me to hit a max zoom out key instead of the precious few seconds where he closes all windows and moves manually. I haven't had rct2 on my PC in so many years, else I'd test it. I might still have a CD somewhere...

[@DoritoTime]

Marcel's voice gets sliiiighhttlyy higher pitched in every new video

[@ryankohnenkamp8946]

*Summoning Salt has entered the chat*

[@wittacism]

this is wild

[@Jeroen_a]

Congrats! This method is indeed better then trying to exploit a glitch....because the lift ride is not supposed to do this.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

I think Marcel Vos is reaching the point where he will outwizard Chris Sawyer.

[@fo-ef8qo]

We must summon the summoner. SUMMONING SALT!!!!!!

[@weatherby2378]

You are a madman. But in a positive way.

[@P1ankt0nb0y]

Is there anything more that can be done to stop guests leaving the park? Even if it took a couple of seconds it would net a time saving.

[@ghostoflazlo]

Lol the salt from you 😅

[@rogodarius9166]

Would there be any benefit in holding down some arrowkeys with your left hand while taking out those first ads?

[@coryswanson2247]

Record can be broken by slightly faster menu-ing. When reviewing in slomo it looks like you over-scrolled and hesitated at certain points and had to find your bearing to click on the correct spot. Really, really good run tho. Great work Marcel!

[@succulentegg3804]

Yeah, but can Marcel beat Goku (in 49.8 seconds)

[@Seagull512]

yes (in open rct)

[@SophieScrolls]

no contest marcel wins

[@HazmanFTW]

You could save a few seconds as well with more optimal mouse clicks

[@gex6692]

Big Jappsterdam win

[@zbigniewchlebicki478]

Why not unpause and open while constructing the setup?

[@chadbranston9741]

Can't wait for the Karl Jobst video on this😊

[@johnsaunders1435]

Interesting! Now imagine a cheat button for all max ads and loan amount.

[@ApplePi3.]

Did the entertainer automatically go into the right square or did he place it?

[@jttech44]

There's only one possible square where it could spawn, so that's where it spawns

[@Foggeer-von-Dreitveld]

I wish I were a guest in your park, so that I could buy suikerspin.

[@pierQRzt180]

I still think that the metric should be a bit "smarter" in the sense that one should also consider, say, the income or the throughput or whatever.

[@MetalY2K]

OpenRCT2 should patch the bug if you ask me

[@iwersonsch5131]

What if you speed up before placing the setup?

[@FireTrialLion]

Your back after 2 months

[@Floxxoror]

Did you get lucky on the spawn of the entertainer or will he spawn preferably on a path that is connected to the exit?

[@MarcelVos]

The auto-place feature in OpenRCT2 chooses a random guest to spawn the staff at (at least I think it's random), and when you have no guests it chooses indeed a bit of path connected to the entrance.

[@RFGfotografie]

I love your vids.

[@robertlupa8273]

Wow, is it just me or did you sound more energetic during the intro? Or maybe it's just me watching too many of your old videos where you sounded bored. 😅 Either way, I like it!

[@huetj39]

nice

[@caseypatterson7030]

6:08 I need a remix of this beat

[@brantnuttall]

YOU THE BOSS! (just so everyone knows)

[@paradonym]

Did he do a complete openrct speed run yet? Like the entire game?

[@MarcelVos]

Yes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXLEoaqHfqumpNk

[@LeoGrossi19]

My open RCT doesn't have this hyper fast mode

[@MarcelVos]

Enable debugging tools in the options and it'll show up.

[@jasmijnariel]

Strangly my open rct has 4speeds. Turbo is the fastest. But i think its just 4times normal speed

[@natureselement7588]

How do u spaw guests as fast as possible? U mentioned this but how ive got the original game.

[@KennyKakes1]

Can I get a ride overview of Car Ride? I want to optimize car ride.

[@rover335]

Has a sour taste on a infinite queue bug, uses an exploit on people not leaving the park 🤣🤣 Pretty ironic

[@kaylynn4750]

HES GONE PLAID!

[@ADKaizenProductions]

RCT speed running getting serious. getting prideful about being the first to SP under minute. haha

[@FerreTrip]

Why does the camera suddenly zoom in so much when the scenario clears? NGL, that's kinda sus....

[@kaidurbin]

That keyboard @ 10:29 is cursed.

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

tbf RCT2 and OpenRCT2 are two different games that should not be conflated as equals Source: I grew up with RCT1 and RCT2 (yes i am v old)

[@Tharronis]

I mean you could just add the caveat that bugs and glitches that are exclusive to OpenRCT2 aren't allowed, or rule on a single bug if it becomes a problem!

[@MarcelVos]

We were discussing whether we should ban the lift glitch (works with any ride but we call it the lift glitch), but it seems to be unnecessary now.

[@jttech44]

that opens you up to all sorts of weird issues and invalidates older records if it's a no glitch run. Technically, keeping the guests happy forever so they never leave is, itself, a glitch. Sure the game is designed for it, but it's not really in the spirit of the game in an absolute sense. The point of the run is minmaxing, so, this all works out just fine really.

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

7:38 There be a roof😂