Huge NEW Milestone in Mario Speedrunning

[@Kosmicd12]

Go check out Miniland's run! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXeuip6hgap_bdE And here's his full explanation of how the tricks work! pastebin.com/XyRAXwac

[@esage1]

Ok

[@andrewc727]

ok

[@Brunoxby]

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[@matheuscabral9618]

ok

[@no-one-1]

ok

[@-Keith-]

Speedrunners from other games: "Yeah, so this trick requires a frame perfect button input." Speedrunners from SMB1: "I just did 16 frame perfect inputs in 3 seconds and I haven't even reached my final form."

[@atuliyengar9638]

have you heard of our lord and saviour CELESTE classic, which has a lot of prame-perfect inputs?

[@atuliyengar9638]

that are tas exclusive

[@miwiki6]

@@atuliyengar9638 we're not talking about TAS exclusive stuff though

[@amj.composer]

Geometry Dash players: "Allow us to introduce ourselves"

[@atuliyengar9638]

@@miwiki6 we still preform tas strats ingame

[@Bismuth9]

Really good breakdown! You seem to be hitting your stride really well with those commentated videos. Keep it up!

[@BBWahoo]

OOOOOH, BANANAAAAA!!!

[@elijahbuck6499]

Im surprised you only have one reply, I’m a big fan !

[@godsendgaming6857]

Penguinz0

[@lam6786]

It's the man himself!

[@Fvckallofyou1]

Your name is my favorite crystal

[@KH28m]

I understand why the older generation of SMB1 runners are done with the game now.

[@hamburgerhamburgerv2]

There’s nothing to improve. It’s perfect, even the robots can’t do better. This is *it.* nothing more.

[@winningfreak1]

Unless some new exploit or glitch is found the game is pretty much mastered. And to even play it on this top level is almost next to impossible.

[@kymckin]

Ya

[@halfaheartbongobongo]

yeah, not really possible to run at this level anymore unless youre willing to blow up your hands. niftski + miniland et al are only able to do it by the virtue of being young, and even theyre on a time limit for how long they can go. i hope theyre able to achieve the "perfect" run before it takes too much of a toll on their hands.

[@KH28m]

@@halfaheartbongobongo Yeah exactly. I'm like 23 years old and I feel I would be too old for this stuff now.

[@geeko321]

I legit thought for a moment you were going to say, “Imagine every pixel is a bus…”

[@alexcelata8938]

same and i was fearful.

[@Shlaboza]

missed opportunity tbh

[@Trollllium]

Imagine every pixel is a bus. There are a lot of seats on the bus, in the front and in the back. When you get on the bus, you don't know ultimately which seat you'll end up in, but the seating affects things like the legroom, window space, accessibility, difficulty and speed of exit, et cetera, and those are all required for a perfect bus trip. The only way to get it perfect is to frame-perfectly manipulate all the other passengers on board before the bus even reaches the stop to sit in all the perfect spots. This requires 16 person-perfect stops before you even get on. And even after you get on, you still need to make sure there isn't a Karen to mess your day up so you'll need a fast acceleration once you reach the bus warp zone.

[@trees8204]

@@bannah6400 no no I don’t think I will

[@chaotickreg7024]

There's a joke to be made about GPU parallel processing but I'm not making it. Maybe if we all individually contribute a little bit to the joke though...

[@theonlymegumegu]

thank you for addressing the physical health aspects of speedrunning! it's still a very physical pursuit, and possibly more damaging to the body than one would expect because of the sheer amount of repetition and relative scale of forces on small joints, tendons and ligaments. be healthy out there gamers!

[@tree_alone]

its fucking nintendo use foot pedals for A and B and just bonk left and right flippers one for each hand

[@tree_alone]

@Cream of America can't be as bad as using the Donkey Kongas.

[@BranchBruh]

basically geometry dash players haha

[@xinjango6791]

Good video. I liked the reference to hand issues - not something we think about when watching people grind games all day long!

[@ETBrooD]

There's a Starcraft progamer who has a huge scar going down his entire arm from a surgery that he needed due to excessive practice. Other progamers have had to quit professional gaming due to wrist pain. People need to take this seriously and think more carefully about the risk-reward.

[@Teh_Duck]

@@ETBrooD most terran pro players end up with hand & wrist issues due to the insane mirco required for splits, its really sad to hear people with such skills get handicapped for the rest of their lives.

[@squabbbb]

Outside of ACE, I've never seen a game finished so perfectly fast before. Incredible stuff

[@jackwheelock3468]

What is ACE?

[@S0larisPrime]

@@jackwheelock3468 ACE stands for Arbitrary Code Execution. It's any series of glitches that when, performed precisely and in order, allows you to reprogram the game you're playing with the controller alone. It's used to achieve extremely fast credits warps and completions in Mario World, Mario 3, and Zelda 64.

[@curtishimel]

@@jackwheelock3468 "Arbitrary Code Execution." It's where you some how get the game into a state where you inject actual code / modified data into the game's memory with your inputs. At that point, you can do stuff like warp straight to the credits.

[@RichConnerGMN]

@@S0larisPrime nice pfp

[@Blernster]

@@RichConnerGMN lol thanks

[@Rezeee]

Ohhhh I love it when a top speedrunner of a game creates documentaries explaining the game and the amazing feats achieved within it. Don't get me wrong, it is still amazing when even one person covers that specific game but its much better watching someone who can claim that they're one of the best at that game explain the game to you.

[@neilt82]

Props to Kosmic for cautioning again the wear and tear that intense activities can inflict on your joints long-term. That's important stuff. 🤘 (I mean, even as a completely casual gamer, my 40-year-old hands really feel a session of Smash Ultimate now. Oh, man. 😅)

[@delta3244]

As someone who plays both piano and games... if I somehow manage to avoid getting an RSI/similar in my life, it is going to be because of all the stories and warnings I have heard. Both these activities are known for causing them

[@RunicSigils]

That's precisely why your hands would hurt so I don't know why you're implying it has much to do with age. The same would be true of working out or running. You're going to hurt before your body becomes acclimated and if you don't keep it up for the vast majority of time then you will lose that. To not hurt is to be somewhere in the large middle ground between casual and grindy boy. Age matters a lot less than your body being used to it or not. I am in my mid 30s and I am no worse for wear as a non-casual player (by which I mean hardcore likely beyond what 99% of average people would class as hardcore). Not because of gaming, at least. As time passes, on the gaming front I continue being better than I've ever been. Even if I haven't played a game in 20 years I am ridiculously better than I was 20 years ago when I pick it up again. If I wasn't playing for hours a day I would expect to be hurting and my age wouldn't even be a consideration for why.

[@ctskifreaks]

Isn't Darbian dealing with the occasional issue as well?

[@Retro6502]

@@RunicSigils There's a couple things at play there. Strength and flexibility typically come with use, so going from not doing something to starting it can be uncomfortable as you build strength, callouses, flexibility if you don't have them. The other side to the coin is injury and wear. Doing a lot of high impact things or repeating the same motion over and over without proper time for recovery can lead to wear (permanent injury). As you age, your body's ability to recover from injury diminishes. Any prolonged or repetitive physically activity will eventually cause issues done long enough or frequently enough. If you look at anyone who's at the top of their sport/art and it involves lots of repetitive physical motion, they will often have problems related to it.

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

I'm 29 and my right wrist has already suffered from gaming. It's not chronic yet so I got to be careful form now on. Thing is, I'm left handed so this would be even worse if I had to write with that hand as well. My left hand is doing just fine for now and I intend to keep it that way.

[@reidleblanc3140]

7:00 OUCH. Every press of his right thumb is hyperextending the joint. An absolute miracle he isn't having debilitating hand problems, even with all the best stretches and exercises. Assuming he's not actually hypermobile, even worse. I AM, so I accidentally hyperextend my joints constantly, and it still causes me huge issues despite my joints being by definition more resilient to it.

[@kliperek5054]

Im hypermobile too, I do it all the time

[@MiniIand]

i have no issues with the right thumb - i think your thumb is supposed to be able to bend backwards a bit like that? otherwise i literally can't fathom how you'd use this controller with thumb grip. i mean that's just how everyone plays right? it's the left thumb with this trick in particular that gets tortured because of those super fast right>left>right motions where you gotta flick your wrist kinda. so with lightning you have to take breaks every 10-15 minutes and not do the trick often otherwise that gets painful fast. i pity people who would actually go for this in record attempts while using controller

[@wtfhithere]

I've had almost 180° of motion in my thumb joints my whole life and it's never caused any issues/pain. I think it's just normal for some people

[@ReginaCæliLætare]

@@rufushawkins3950 TIL I have hitchhicker's thumb

[@bannah6400]

Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation has been unfolding since Jesus died. The Popes have claimed to be equal to God and set themselves in Jesus' place (antichrist(s)). Vatican City (Which is its own nation BTW) have risen up to fulfill the role of the false prophet Regarding the man of lawlessness or antichrist, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 says “Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” The restrainer that the Apostle Paul was referring to in 2 Thessalonians was the Western Roman Emperor, who held back the Popes from taking power. Once the last Western Roman Emperor was removed from power in 476 AD, the Pope was given civil and ecclesiastic authority over Rome; healing the deadly head wound of the beast in Revelation 13, as they took the Emperors title of Pontifex Maximus, leader of the church and state. “We may according to the fullness of our power, dispose of the law and dispense above the law. Those whom the Pope of Rome doth separate, it is not a man that separates them but God. For the Pope holdeth place on earth, not simply of a man but of the true God.” (Source: “Decretals of Gregory IX,” Book 1, chapter 3.) Pope Pius V blasphemed, “The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” (Source: Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Cities Petrus Bertanous Chapter XXVII: 218.) Pope Leo XIII declared, “We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.” (Source: Pope Leo XIII Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894) The antichrist sea beast of Revelation points to the office of the papacy, the Popes of Rome, who controlled the Roman beast for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. Daniel 7:25 says “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” The Popes of Rome spoke against Elohim and proclaimed to be God. They reigned for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. during which they caused tens of millions of saints to be killed. The Pope’s title is Vicar of Christ, which in Latin is ‘Vicarius Filii Dei’, and equates numerically to the number 666

[@rawkfistgaming]

As a speedrunner, these hand exercises will probably help me a ton! Thank you for suggesting them!

[@stylis666]

@Guy Whose opinions will offend you I very much agree. Music is easy compared to some of that shit :D Sure my hand hurts sometimes from playing, but not like that.

[@thefunction476]

went from speedrunning to pediatric hospitality

[@Trianull]

Best explanation of Subpixels I've seen yet. "Pixels between pixels" isn't really an accurate description, and describing it directly as "a decimal value on the X coordinate" probably would not make sense to anyone outside of speedrunning or game development.

[@sandnewts]

Anyone who has ever taken an algebra class should be able to understand x,y coordinates

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

Pero es funciones lo de X, es facilazo

[@wrestlerx8494]

@@sandnewts I doubt if anyone who is playing this game or does a speed run knows about any of the specific details regarding pixels/framerules or how or why they allow for glitches that can be performed in this game. My guess is that the extent of their knowledge is that it's possible to perform the glitches and that they can do them with enough practice (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). So I guess I just don't know how or why it is that this dude is attempting to make sense of the process behind the glitches, when the players themselves are likely not even aware of this process. It's not like someone who is playing this game is aware of exactly where XYZ pixel is and is focused on hitting that pixel in order to perform XYZ glitch. I'm certain that isn't the thought process of anyone who is doing a speed run, and therefore it is really pointless to try to make sense of the things that happen. It's like you are way over-thinking it and you are assuming that speed runners are aware or thinking about any of this. But I assure you they are NOT thinking about it as opposed to just practicing and playing the game.

[@Wtahc]

trans?

[@BishopStars]

@@wrestlerx8494 this is the... Wait, you're trolling, right?

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

everytime we lean more towards the perfect run and honestly i cant wait for when that moment actually happens, its not too far off now.

[@MichelleSleeper]

Same, a run that can only be described as "human perfect"

[@RetroCheats]

He didn't do the perfect run, he did the perfect frame rule. 8-4 has no frame rules.

[@Kosmicd12]

@@RetroCheats yeah they're talking about when someone hopefully gets 4:54.26

[@creightonholub]

Thank you for continuing to support the game, speed running of it, and the community that's built up around it. We need experts such as you to help explain it all to us lay people. :)

[@watermelonsavage2914]

As someone who's 32 and has been a pretty hardcore gamer my whole life, AND I now work professionally as a 3D artist, I have always taken hand health seriously. Stretching is absolutely key, as well as avoiding mechanically awkward positions for extended periods of time, I haven't had any hands problems yet and *knock on wood it'll continue that way in the future.

[@GrahamSiggins]

Still remember during your last smb1 any% wr, early on in the run you were explaining how ridiculous it gets to improve past what your were going for. Something like “do a very complicated series of inputs” and it being impossibly hard. I really didnt expect us to be seeing these things coming to fruition this soon. I’m guessing you didnt either lol. Your explanations of all of this were really great. The editing and everything - just a really good video :)

[@Kosmicd12]

The old "method" of 4-2 was an even stupider series of inputs. Like wayyy stupider lol. But yeah it's still very relevant. Thanks! :)

[@andrewzhang8512]

@@Kosmicd12 tole top clip moment

[@konkeydonk]

If the perfect run really is achieved, will the category just... end? Will there never be another any% wr? I don't think that's ever happened in the history of speedrunning

[@Kosmicd12]

Yeah it hasn't happened with any, like... Real speedruns? Lol. There are tons of minigames in mario party, or super short games like dragster, or short flash games, or whatever that have been perfected. Or some weird cases like Home Alone on the NES where you just survive until you win, so like 100 people are tied for 1st place. But yeah it would be the first of its kind I'd say

[@g.ricepad9470]

It does happen on some games, small minigames or old Telegames. Where a tie is the only possible progress, however it would be a completely different event as Mario Bros Any% is a way bigger category than any other previous closed category

[@KepleroGT]

Mike Tyson's Punchout has many tied WRs. I don't think that stops people from trying

[@LucianDevine]

@@KepleroGT That's for individual fights though, not a full run of the game. So it's close, but still not quite the same.

[@pat2rome]

I think speedruns will hit a lull while glitch hunters go absolutely nuts trying to find a new way to push the limit even faster.

[@Teeto_K]

Respect on bringing up the health impacts, and on taking good care of yourself, and encouraging folks to do the same. Imagining hand/wrist health issues from such a young age is scary.

[@KingOfJonnyBoy]

Excellent lighting breakdown! Years of research culminating into this, the best method of lightning. Kind of crazy this was first proven to be possible the DAY you got 4:55 and it took this long.

[@Elliasal]

You know since you got that record and retired from the category, I was so hyped and jacked up for more. However I've vastly have just enjoyed your content more since then knowing you reached just one pinnacle in your achievements and contributions to the community, thanks kosmic!

[@Wtahc]

xd

[@bannah6400]

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

[@qactustick]

Your knowledge of the game definitely shows with how easily you're able to explain this complicated stuff to people who most likely have absolutely no experience with it. You're like those professional sports players who become coaches or analysts after they retire lol

[@SleepSoul]

hand health is a very real issue across speedrunning- i've had some strain myself and i know other runners who've had to get in touch with doctors after playing top-level for months. thanks for bringing awareness, we give so much (deserved) cred to the dedicated souls who put thousands of hours into the craft but we need to be aware of the risks

[@TheBluesCruise]

I really appreciated what you said about hand health, it goes for keyboards too. I played Counter Strike for many hours a day for years in terrible hand positions/posture and screwed up my wrists. I wish more people would talk about it because its important.

[@aggebojkalos6518]

@@God-ch8lq Okay, sucks for you. Doesn't change the fact that Michael Askin screwed up their wrists. I don't really understand what the point of this comment was, could you elaborate please?

[@jphataraki6764]

@@aggebojkalos6518 their?

[@aggebojkalos6518]

@@jphataraki6764 their adjective t͟hər, ˈt͟her 1 : of or relating to them or themselves especially as possessors, agents, or objects of an action 2 : his or her : his, her, its -used with an indefinite third person singular antecedent

[@JoshWiniberg]

Yeah, I'm not a speedrunner but I am a pianist/piano teacher, and just looking at this guy playing is painful to watch. You can get away with tense, jerky wrists like that for a few years but once those shooting pains start the damage is done.

[@theknightikins9397]

I can’t wait until someone pulls off the true fastest run. I don’t know if this would be the first truly perfect run of a game, but it will be the most fun to watch.

[@Uneke]

Hand issues are not joke! I remember trying to go for a WR in street fighter alpha for PS back in 2001. Keeping the character in the air for as long as possible which required sliding between down side and up continuously with multiple other inputs simultaneously… I had RAW thumbs! Was absolutely disgusting how bad I wore the skin off my thumbs… and it took months to heal

[@wrestlerx8494]

The framerules in the game can possibly be different depending on when you press start on the screen because a new frame cycle starts once the previous one reaches 0 or when the player presses start. If the start screen doesn't count as time lost in a run, then this could possibly be manipulated to save time or save frames. This is true because the frame cycle also acts as a timer for enemies and the position of moving objects in this game. So consider for instance when you reach the point where an enemy appears on a screen in 1-1, does the enemy appear at a different point on the screen than it did if you press start on the start screen at a different time? If so then is it easier/ faster to avoid the enemy depending on where it appears? In this case you might make a mental note of when you pressed start on the start screen in order to achieve that setup. Side note: I believe the BBG takes advantage of what I have just described and therefore you may not be able to save additional frame rules in the way I described while still employing the BBG. But you can always play around with the possibilities.

[@PhDMario]

Hand health is a teal issue. I got me a trigger finger on my right hand for typing too much on my keyboard. I had to go through surgery to fix it, but it’ll never be the same as before. While speaking with the specialist he told me that my problem used to be nor common in old people, but each year he’s seeing it in younger people.

[@Kosmicd12]

I fully expect a hand pain epidemic

[@God-ch8lq]

@@Kosmicd12 i am recovering from quake wrist

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Why don’t pianists or guitarists have arthritis or hand pain ?

[@Kosmicd12]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 they are at similar risk, maybe we just don't often hear about it. I've heard of lots of pianists and violinists with arthritis. They're probably better at teaching good form and stuff with playing instruments, less so speedrunning lol. You can find some people mentioning piano and stuff in this comment section

[@God-ch8lq]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 there are techniques for how to position ur hands to minimize the risk

[@torgeist.]

Sounds like the perfect time for newcomers starting SMB speedruning.

[@blueberrimuffin6682]

It's practically perfect. The robots are perfect.

[@marki94d56]

yo Kosmic, very well done video! it clearly seperates from the other videos you've done and seems to me a lot more interesting to watch.. the voiceover and all the information were remixed very well. very entertaining to say the least!

[@rngsucks5580]

Can’t wait until someone finds the Shitless Glitch that opens up another 82 frame rules.

[@kaylajay741]

HAND HEALTH: YES! Senior year of high school I would play the same Mario Kart Wii time trial every day after school for 5 hours, including an hour or two of piano practice. I didn't listen to my wrist when it started hurting, had to drop the controller mid-run from intense sharp pain. Ended up getting tenosynovitis that would flare up every so often. Possibly may have triggered my Kienboch's disease which severely impacted my left hand usage a few years later, and I ended up having to get surgery that permanently limited my wrist mobility. I was 24 when I had the surgery. Most of the already rare cases of Kienboch's don't get Kienboch's until they're in their 50s.

[@Lemon_Inspector]

Doctor: "So you're suffering from chronic pain in your hand. Do you have any idea what might be causing it?" My brain: Don't say speedrunning practice, that's too embarrassing. Me: "It's Wanker's Cramp."

[@ThePurpleCheeseMan]

That's amazing. These guys are so close to making history in a huge way! But also yes, please take care of your hands people. You only get two, maximum.

[@DJGarlicBread]

Great video! It's awesome to have someone so knowledgeable in this topic present it in an understandable way.

[@Yui-ee9mw]

We evolve as sapiens to hold tools for life. Now we break our hands to hold a controller which can be 30 yrs old.

[@JogandoComTuco]

"subpixels" is like quantum physics, but for videogames.

[@arcticfox1985]

The hand thing is a serious thing, and I appreciate you saying something. I’ve been playing 1080 off and on for 20 years and there’s no way I’ll be as serious as I was back in ‘17. It gets painful and not worth permanent damage

[@kufl2231]

Love these types of vids. Awesome job Kosmic

[@rbspace454]

Wow! you guys are amazing! You put this old school 80's & 90's gamer to shame!!

[@zmusicman39]

Fun seeing you irl last week! And a great break down!

[@Kosmicd12]

Yo! Thanks for letting me know this is you haha

[@bartoj03]

Really nice video Kosmic. You're are a backbone for this community and speed running in general!

[@Zethoro]

Thanks for the disclaimer regarding hand injury. My speedgame is very tough on my hands as well, and I didn't take it as seriously as I should've back in the day, so now my play has been limited greatly for a while now. Good video!

[@shadow_error_0113]

Speedrunners from SMB1: "I just did 16 frame perfect inputs" Geometry Dash Players: "lol only 16 thats like the avg easy demom"

[@NickManJams]

Came for the speedrunning content, left with an awesome list of hand exercises. Perfect.

[@talonthehand]

I have some wrist issues from unrelated stuff, and I cannot agree more that taking some time to work on hand health is so important. Very thrilled to see that part of the video.

[@withnosensetv]

Thanks for the hand-excercises guide. Was exactly what I needed

[@Gamingwithgleez]

Hand/wrist health is very important. I'm a competitive fighting game player and also lift quite heavy weights. There was a time where competing in fighting games had me in a situation where I couldn't deadlift or put pressure on my hands in a push up style position without crazy pain. Those stretches you posted are super important. Rest and ice will also help. It probably doesn't help I am about to hit 40 either lol. Very cool video man.

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

This is the sort of thing I could imagine people coming up with once scarcity is solved and people live a thousand years. It blows my mind that people can do it now.

[@r1konTheAutomator]

5:16 - has anybody pointed out that Mario looks like he's dabbing when he's in his stop animation going down a pipe like that?

[@gloomstones]

As a musician, I subbed when you mentioned hand health. Never in my life have I heard a gamer talk about its importance. Good on you!

[@DanielVCOliveira]

When you said "here's an analogy" I was expecting your next words to be "now imagine a bus..."

[@fuzzix]

Ocelot: "Don't even think about using autofire, or I'll know" Me: "Hey man, not cool - ever hear of hand health?" (Or elbow health in my case since that's the joint I destroyed doing fast moves the last 40-*cough* years)

[@DeFrryo]

smb1 speedrunners vs geometry dash players competing for who can do the most frame perfects

[@ACherimoya]

Damn, thank you for these hand exercises. Super helpful.

[@MachiriReviews]

"I matched the SMB World 8 TAS" is a really attractive thing to put on your dating profile.

[@minikretz1]

Awesome job explaining how it works and talking about hand health and having resources

[@Freddy_Guy]

When i decide to not follow Mario Speedruns because i thought they were perfectly optimized. Y'all do crazy stuff like this 😆

[@Recarsonated]

I come from the future, niftski has tied the tas until 8-4!

[@shure81]

Get your popcorn ready!! It's been so fun watching this game category for years, and it is about to be completely maxed out. What a legendary time we live in

[@teeks8713]

The hand health thing needs to be brought up more. I play a lot of Tetris and top players are constantly hitting 10-15 inputs a second for long periods of time. I’m not as good as them but even I have hand pain and I will definitely be checking out the exercises

[@TakeWalker]

God, I love speedrunning. It's easily the most insane physical activity human beings willingly subject themselves to that isn't also potentially fatal. Unrelated, very glad you shared those exercises, physical health is important! :)

[@jacobtrapp3772]

GG Miniland. Pushing what humans are physically capable of is ways like this is incredible. Extreme amounts of dedication and effort has to go into something like that. G freakin G.

[@lookas170]

also talent

[@thenumberquelve158]

It's absolutely wild how perfect you have to be and how dedicated you have to be to grind competitively in SMB1 now, and even MORE wild how some of the greatest achievements are being done by teenagers. I would've thought that the level of patience required to do any of this would've been a turn-off to all but the most experienced Mario players. Not to mention the hand pain that you touched upon, which is a really classy move from you in my book.

[@Danstry]

I think this videos gonna blow up. It’s one of your best yet

[@Danstry]

I was right

[@sigh9719]

Basically the moment a speedrunner says anything along the lines of "never ever" "last frame-rule, that will ever be saved..!" I'd like to give them a five finger welt across their face to prepare them for their future. I guess.. especially some kid that's been impressively grinding this run.

[@KingOfJonnyBoy]

Yeah no, all of the previous "last framerules to be saved" were just taken from a 13 year old tas and adapted, so now that we literally have matched the TAS I'm every way from save states, that's over. This is actually it

[@robw4532]

I am a SMB 1 OG and we did these inputs automatically because we were kids. Perfecting them to a speed run is impressive. Im happy to see young people still respecting the game. Very cool

[@SONNYemc]

The JOY in this kid's face

[@Oakshield2]

"Any questions? Holy cow" Perfect exchange to cap that bible he wrote down to explain the timesave

[@koopakape]

I'd also recommend the Aku Ball for hand and wrist issues, a Diablo 2 top level speedrunner (ryuquezacotl) was developing issues for similar reasons to this controller movement stuff and got one of those and liked it so much he started advertising it on his channel for free, I ended up getting one and it's completely fixed my wrist pain from being on the computer so often, I just use it once in awhile when I start feeling pain or fatigue in my wrists and it just does the trick for me.

[@marcelaoo]

“This may seem confusing, but I have a good analogy that can help you understand. Now, imagine a bus…”

[@doodoo2065]

"Up to 20 frame perfect imputs just in this one level" 60hz Geometry Dash players can relate

[@BubbleBFDI]

Way too real

[@TheAMadMan]

Putting the wrist exercises in makes you the most awesome person of the day! Self care is good care

[@Hellvng]

As a guitarist I gotta appreciate that hand-wrist-safety shoutout!

[@TransRoofKorean]

One thing I don't think I've ever seen explained in your videos Kosmic: how do you _know_ when you have achieved a certain "frame rule"? is it based on the timer ticking down or you only know from other things like fireworks or what?

[@Kosmicd12]

You can just tell based on how long the screen takes to transition. Sometimes people use the coin flashing at the top of the screen. Most of the time your splits make it clear

[@djr4yman]

The subpixel thing sounds basically like quantum level stuff in the sense that Mario could appear to be in a certain pixel position when in reality, as you observed it could be at any of the subpixels and only when you observe you see the position.

[@turtle9744]

Thanks for the Info on hand health. Didn't know it would be that big of a deal.

[@AqueousHexia]

Thanks for the hand exercises link. Being a Chef/Prep/Cook can hurt the hand you use to cut stuff. I've already do 4 hand exercises but the more the merrier.

[@BrantXP]

Excellent analogy and breakdown of the sub pixel concept 🤙

[@beez1717]

I can't believe I may be alive to see someone beat the TAS. Of course they can make a TAS that has the extra .3 seconds faster thing happen. I wonder if there could be a team of people who look for new glitches in the game to exploit? That would be so exciting!

[@Lemon_Inspector]

Super Mario Bros. will probably be the second game to have a TAS that's formally proven to be optimal. The first of course being Dragster (Atari 2600).

[@bannah6400]

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

[@QuixEnd]

This guy never misses the bus, can you imagine that

[@theakiwar9118]

You know someone has taste when he uses Torvus Bog as a BG Theme. Good video as always

[@SuperYoonHo]

Awesome video Kosmic love your vids!

[@dazcarrr]

only super mario bros could make you excited about 0.35 seconds being shaved off a speedrun

[@SOTP.]

OMG 4:53

[@ceferistul05]

little did i know playing this game in the 90's it would come to this

[@ujkloin]

5:24 this reminds me so much of the how many frame perfects in geometry dash levels videos lol

[@JokerScribe]

Kosmic, take a look at the technique developed by Tetris players called Rolling. They hold the controller upside down and then tap with three or four fingers to produce quicker movements and faster response times. Hard to master though, but it is so quick. Speed runners to really improve maybe able to use that technique, somehow. I could tell by the kid shaking the controller to get a faster response time when he were playing the speedrun, if he was using rolling he would have hit that easier. It might be good to only do it on one level rather than them all. And their hands will be faster at it, while simultaneously easier on the hand. Tetris records have all been broken with this new technique.

[@VGPorage]

So close to finishing SMB1 with every framerule saved yet so far. As casual on the sideline I am just trying to process in my head how insanly difficult it's gonna be to get every every framerule in one run and finish with a decent 8-4.

[@SilverVayne]

In days of old, when magic filled the air...

[@J20M]

Summoning salt has entered the chat

[@marcgomez8391]

Oh I will definitely be checking out those hand exercises. They will be great for me long term. Thank you!

[@coolj4334]

Your fingers are gonna look like that one time Spongebob tried to break into an out-of-controlled part in his house through the window

[@jameswarner5878]

Years ago a video was put that has millions of views and it claimed that the time wasn't going to get lower because humans wont do all of the things needed to get a perfect run. I challenged that. Years later here we are, on the cusp of perfect runs.

[@SpeedyGD5]

Imagine traveling back in time to tell some kid about SMB speedruning.

[@dimwarlock]

"they're already having hand issues and they're only 17" dedication is not a good thing if you forget about your health.

[@BlockCheddar]

I'd love to see you play Donkey Kong Country 1 and/or 2! I grew up playing DKC2 and I used to know all the little movement tricks for the first few levels.

[@bannah6400]

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

[@alexh2790]

Dude, great choice of bg music across the board!

[@ChandlerBurtonEntertainment]

Watching this video is proof I could never be a speed runner without swearing every 2 seconds

[@endlessoul]

Great tips for the hand exercises. It's a good reminder to take care of ourselves!