Speedrunner Fakes World Record During A CHARITY EVENT!

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[@youtubeuser206]

Hahahahha

[@fuzzynator2964]

Your late on this wave

[@TheTrueBrawler]

Dang, that's awful. I hope you're feeling better now.

[@IllusoryMaze]

Skincare lmao

[@batrongordeg]

That's terrible, hope you will get better. If you need a break we understand.

[@mobiusprimal]

Props to the guy who knows this game so well that he recognized a missing text box from a loading screen that ousted the cheating.

[@rodrickheffley8020]

lmao, props for spending way too much time in the house?

[@waterfoul717]

@@rodrickheffley8020 props for having interests, maybe having a keen sense of awareness. you don’t need to be a hermit to have a favorite video game/movie/tv show that you just happen to know little details of. christ.

[@PneumatinisPlaktukas15]

@@rodrickheffley8020 Average speedrun mod tbh.

[@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad]

@@rodrickheffley8020 Your pfp fits you so well, he's a dick just like you.

[@TheJarlath9]

@@rodrickheffley8020 being good at something and dedicating your time to it is way better than so called shaming people for having hobbies

[@nipa4657]

Cheating isnt rare, but for a charity event is just a shame

[@harborwolf22]

NickEh30: "Huh...?"

[@thizlam4810]

@@harborwolf22 That’s a little bit different though, because he just exploited a rule in the tournament. If Nick had used like aimbot or something, that would be similar. Still scummy to do it regardless.

[@nipa4657]

@@henkdachief I would say its worse

[@Etis_]

He raised money for charity nontheless

[@vladimirnuken5983]

Shame is too nice I would say pathetic

[@fonzistemista]

This is the note under his submitted run: "Embrace the godless nights that fall upon all of you. You have failed to understand the passion i feel. You deserved it." Yeah this guy is insane.

[@ricky2012100]

Sounds like darth sidious

[@muchotexto4248]

Bro thinks he the RPG villain

[@TickleMyResearch]

Dude watches too much anime lol

[@delphipriestess9968]

he studied the blade

[@fendi-bull8167]

@@TickleMyResearch at least he didn't go I AM SPEEDRUNNING

[@scpWyatt]

I absolutely love the “I cheated to show the flaws in the system/do something deeper than just lie at video games” trope

[@spammyboy2412]

Hi Wyatt!

[@rajadacosmica3308]

Thats definetly not his motive

[@tylerlackey1175]

​@@rajadacosmica3308he doesn't have a motive in the first place, he's just mentally disturbed. Which is mostly par for the course with speedrunning

[@explodingtoilet6711]

" i stabbed you to show you how weak your clothes are "

[@Gusto20000]

@@explodingtoilet6711well, he’s russian, it explains a lot

[@BtotheDon12]

The craziest part about this to me is that he did all of this to "beat" a WR... that he already held???

[@dongueW]

😂😂

[@TurbopropPuppy]

egotistical people who excel will often "cheat while they're ahead" because they feel entitled to greater future successes

[@AdamS-nd5hi]

Hes a troll.

[@tomaslove9416]

now thats a pro gamer move

[@ChargeQM]

@@AdamS-nd5hi Nope. Trolling is meant to make people feel stupid or angry that you got the better of them. This guy wanted to look good, and then he wanted to try and cover for himself out of fear he would be found out, likely based on chatter on social media or in the chat. If he thinks he's a troll, he's a poor one.

[@kevp6488]

This guy: "That run was bad, im sleep deprived, I choked, im sorry." Also this guy: "No safety strats, because im a God Gamer!"

[@Raidfan09]

bro look like XQC

[@clintonwilcox4690]

Yeah, you'd think that would have been an immediate red flag.

[@carbontooth]

It may seem contradictory, but that first part is the same ego from the other one. "The only reason I, the God Gamer, had a bad run was because I'm sleep deprived and it was actually a massive choke for a God Gamer like me to only perform three minutes shy of the world record."

[@WisteriaBerlitz]

It could be sarcasm as well, but this guy has a massive ego so idk

[@Yao_Guai]

Why are we assuming that run wasn’t spliced as well?

[@HannibalGraham]

The "world record" being 25 seconds ahead of a 7:20 record is instantly 500 red flags. I don't understand how someone who ALREADY had the record didn't understand that 25 seconds is absolutely absurd to happen.

[@sonicartzldesignerclan5763]

You dont seem like you watch a lot of speedruns With new tactics and stuff it is possible. And it already happen.

[@gu244]

​@@sonicartzldesignerclan5763the thing was that there weren't any better strats being used, so cutting 25 seconds off with just better play in a speedrun under 10 minutes doesn't happen very often, especially not at sgdq.

[@motodog242]

@@sonicartzldesignerclan5763 In a 10 minute dlc from now 9 years ago?! Nopers, it's a giant red flag.

[@sonicartzldesignerclan5763]

@@motodog242 ah okay i can see youre new to speedrunning xD

[@themakerstoolbox9688]

​@@sonicartzldesignerclan5763You must be the new one. In a run that short 25 seconds is like lightyears faster, especially when no new strats were I implemented. It's nigh impossible to pull off a 25 second save in a 7 minute run without new strats. He is cutting out 5% of the run without any strategy changes. That's unheard of, especially on a marathon.

[@owlface5023]

The biggest W goes to the donors for raising all that money for charity AND exposing a cheater at the same time.

[@g0stn0te]

Biggest L goes to the dork mod who probably knows he's a POS but revels in it

[@sneakersneakersneaker]

@@g0stn0te what are you talking about

[@g0stn0te]

@@sneakersneakersneaker your mother

[@mintychips22]

Thats no "W", lad. That was hard-earned money, given to him so he could do a good show, and the money could be given to a GOOD cause. While they may have exposed him, it's disrespectful to call it a W. It's more of an L, because all the happened was deception.

[@WeAreSoBackBros]

@@mintychips22the ends justify the means

[@CosmicDoom47]

The wild thing is, after his first live run, I bet he could've just said beforehand he'd been working on a segmented run for the past few weeks and was excited to show it off as a "special surprise" if the crowd was interested. And no one would've had any issues with it.

[@iguessso1790]

Jupp

[@thingsmac]

This is a really good point

[@jfr1995]

Yep he could have done that. But he wanted more. He did what he did because it was an intentional cheat run and he wanted the glory of something he couldn’t achieve.

[@tickoyo]

@@jfr1995 He already had the wr too, so it's even dumber

[@BType13X2]

alternately he could have presented his segmented run as what is theoretically possible and asked to to split screen between that and his live play. Doing the run and showing off his segmented video.

[@Count_Istvan_Teleky]

His stated reason for cheating is so strange to me. It’s like the reasons we used to see in Goldeneye when people felt that speed-running was dominating their lives so they cheated in an effort to get banned so they had no choice but to stop and focus on other priorities.

[@Aceshot-uu7yx]

Wha?

[@thizlam4810]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo Ok, no worries I won’t.

[@anonony9081]

It's sort of makes sense. I know a guy who asked security to ban him at a casino because he was losing all of his money and it was a small moment of clarity. Apparently it's not that uncommon for casinos. I guess if you know you won't be able to stick to it you have to take drastic measures and do something that you can't undo

[@keypey8256]

I've done something similar before

[@mrjjman2010]

It’s cultural plus being a twat. It’s happening in the states too, main character syndrome narcissistic shit with no understanding that people don’t care anyways because it’s a charity or etc. it’s like half funny and half wtf

[@foist101]

It's wild that he actually did a decent live run of the game and genuinely had some skill as he apparently held the real DLC record already.

[@lief3414]

Yeah, it's weird how real life isn't a fairy tale where only the good-hearted people can be really good at stuff. It's so unbeliavable that someone whose drive to be the best allowed them to rise above the others would go beyond what normal people would consider reasonable to achieve success. I'm baffled.

[@jessicastjames6202]

@@lief3414 It IS weird. If you're so good then why the fuck wouldn't you just do it legit? That makes zero sense. It's not difficult at all to understand why people assume that cheaters don't have the skill.

[@lief3414]

​@@jessicastjames6202 Yes, it's not difficult to understand why people asume anything, it's because people have high ego and dislike thinking, therefore just jump to whatever conclusion suits them and don't question it. In this case it's the classic black and white worldview (cheaters evil, evil people worthless) because it's so much less stressful than the nuances of the real world. As for if it makes sense or not, I was pretty damn clear in my comment, read it again. Or maybe do some research on known cheaters (Lance Armstrong or Riolu come to mind), read their commentary. Don't be another arrogant assumer.

[@MotherSoren]

@@lief3414 why are you defending a cheater lmaooo

[@lief3414]

@@MotherSoren Because someone has to, otherwise it's just a witch hunt. That's how modern judicial systems work. It's not that I like the cheater, I just dislike the general aproach this comment section has.

[@thesaviour5017]

When I watch GDQ, I'm not expecting a WR, I'm more interested in getting the runners explanation of what they're doing. I don't think anyone would expect the best run to happen at an event.

[@WillACarpenter]

I've said it before, I'll say it again. The biggest issue is somebody that would have played legit, put on an actual show, would have been in his spot. The attention goes to him. The traffic bump goes to him. Somebody in that community should feel really robbed of an opportunity.

[@stevep9177]

I hadn't thought of it that way. That's one more reason he should be banned!

[@adrigl3371]

@@henkdachief it’s wild to see someone actually defend a cheater, I can only assume you are cheater yourself, how disgusting

[@Door_Into_Summer]

@@henkdachief But, not a brave enough one not to delete your previous comment.

[@LordScottrick]

I'm sure it would have been easy enough to arrange as well if he still wanted to do the run for the main game and didn't want to be bothered with running the DLC live. Surely he could have hosted someone else running the DLC or whatever or the GDQ folks could have passed the stream to them if it was made clear that he didn't want to run the DLC.

[@NovaMaster375]

@@adrigl3371 May I ask what his 1st reply was?

[@Tubz1990]

One thing to consider. The donors should still feel that warm fuzzy feeling of charity. What THEY did was selfless and should be honoured. Fuck cheaters.

[@usainwult2414]

100%. The level of ego cannot be expressed through words.

[@zzstoner]

^ This is the correct answer.

[@Vacuon]

Agreed. Donors weren't cheated out of their money. They gave to a good cause and they will remain champions regardless of that douche. I agree tho that it's really bad for charity to allow cheating, it's a nice "one-off" but in the long run, people won't come back if they think it's not legit. They should really make it clear that they don't tolerate it.

[@defaulted9485]

One thing is that regardless of being a donor is mostly anonymous - is that they should be allowed to get their 15 minutes of fame and knowing their generosity appreciated. Especially some people chose to donor at the event because they can make witty comment and internal jokes to honor friendships and relationships. It's a small gesture that makes the donor not only generous but also entertaining. I had my experience of punished for doing a good deed, so my heart goes out to the donor who wants to spice and enhance the events. Getting that moment robbed, is putrid.

[@doommarauder3532]

The strangest thing is, you get free publicity. You actually already gain from joining this charity event. And still there is a dickhead wanting to exploit it, its super strange decision making.

[@PaleyDaley]

"think outside the box" = "stop thinking rationally and just give me a pass"

[@matsosa]

I think that a lot of speedrunners get so caught up in the idea of being the fastest player of a certain game that they fail to realize that what they do is already pretty amazing on its own...at least it is for the majority of spectators who only want to be entertained and who don't care about the other speedrunners in the scene. When you have the spotlight on you, let that single fact leave you feeling satisfied:)

[@yugmi]

The idea to be the best in the whole world affects you. It may be a useless little thing like a world record on a videogame but knowing you are the only one makes you feel great, so they want that feeling in particular.

[@swagberto]

Chasing the dragon

[@bootmanbill6973]

To not only cheat a run, but to do it one that is only 7 minutes long during a charity event planned a month ahead of time and submit it as a WR makes this one of the most insidious cheating scandals yet

[@killer92173]

That man is disgusting!!

[@starfrost6816]

Especially after they completed a legitimtae 53 minute long run. Like why

[@sanseverything900]

A lot of speedrunners have tried to use big events like GDQ to bring new viewers to their twitch or youtube channels. I bet that for him it wasn't enough to just complete a run, he had to do it in a spectacular way that would make people want to check more of his content out. You can tell by the way he speaks and acts he has that "performer" vibe.

[@kingkaizoku85]

@@killer92173 Youre so right. What a filfthy scumbag would raise 25,000€ towards charity? Such a piece of shit.

[@RealHyperHedgehog]

Imagine being such a huge narcissist that you cheat at a charity event.

[@saudrrr8198]

“I’m a god gamer” How pathetic

[@ThisNameIsBanned]

For some the "fear" of not providing a big result is so big, they resort to cheating to avoid it, which ultimately digs their own grave deeper. Some people cave in to emotions and quit the run after it got accepted, that happens more often. Its somewhat pathetic too, but at least its not lying to the audience. But also, its just a game, cheating or not, this is not a "crime", so it can really be overblown too (as there are some people that get into death threats and what not over such things, so please thats way too extreme).

[@RealHyperHedgehog]

@@ThisNameIsBanned What the heck are you on about? Don’t defend him with the “it’s just a game” excuse. He also did this at a charity event, which is even worse.

[@dinoshotgun]

@@ThisNameIsBanned it was a charity event, if it was just a game then whatever, but the sake of the event was for charity, cheating at a charity event is just wrong

[@TheDainerss]

@@ThisNameIsBanned there is zero excuses for lying and cheating at a charity event. And the charity event was not a ‘game’. That is real life and he stained the reputation of that event.

[@emilyofjane]

It’s a shame that this happened because allowing virtual livestreams in GDQ would’ve been amazing for accessibility reasons, but after this and other cheating allegations they’ll probably never do anything other than in-person ever again

[@Dovah_Slayer]

Yeah a few bad apples spoil the bunch

[@wildcat1227]

They're going with the hybrid model for AGDQ 2024. So far there's no reason to believe that isn't the new norm.

[@TheShadowguy64]

The best part is that if he explained that he was very tired and didn’t feel like playing the DLC, he could have just showed the splices video and explained what he did in each section to achieve perfection.

[@kekke2000]

This is a huge step over the big red line. Having him still in the community is a kick in the balls for other runners.

[@LaggySnake]

Yeah it sucks, because I really like speedrunning Metal Gear Rising

[@halofornoobs93]

Should he just be banned for life then, never allowed to speed run again? No shot at redemption? Shoot, why don't prisons just execute people with that logic.

[@Teh_Random_Canadian]

He will never be trusted again

[@hoonaignachowaneha]

"NNOOO YOU CAN'T JUST HECKING CHEAT ON THE BING BING YAHOO TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY!" Let me guess, you are a woman but you also have an Adam's apple?

[@NicoTheCinderace]

@@LaggySnake The mods of the MGR community are corrupt, for letting something like this slide. Disgusting.

[@Phoenixcaptain46]

I was in the crowd for it, and everyone was baffled by how cringe that post-run speech was. My girlfriend and I were talking about how strange it was immediately after. At that point in time, SGDQ was hours behind schedule, so I was kind of shocked that the feed wasn't just dropped. Him showing a spliced run for a donation incentive when other runners were dropping or changing planned runs to get back on schedule, it's an even bigger slap in the face to the community.

[@AG-ld6rv]

People sometimes get into all-or-nothing thinking when they get into crucify mode. The schedule of GDQ is unimportant in this story. He wasn't in charge of the scheduling, and he didn't play any role in the event's mismanagement of time / other runners taking longer than expected. I see "crucify" mode crop up all the time when someone is en vogue to be hated (e.g. hating on Trump, hating on Musk, etc.). Stay fair and reasonable even when dealing with someone who has been unfair and unreasonable. It is a pretty bad sign that your comment has +559. I'm hoping they were upvoting the comment about his speech being odd rather than shifting the blame of a packed schedule on him just because he did one bad thing at the event. This kind of energy is how mobs form, how people get dehumanized - it's surely the same mental loop people doing a wide variety of bad things to others use (e.g. bigotry). It's a short-circuit of reason. Yeah, he cheated. No, he wasn't a supervillain who also concocted a plan to cause delays in GDQ's schedule. Even if someone were a murderer, they have no control over the weather. It might feel nice to say, "Wow, a tornado happened. What a jerk," but as that example exposes, in less subtle situations, this type of energy is illogical. You can think his words were weird, but it seems pretty normal for a speed runner to have a little time to make comments at the end. If you want to blame anyone for him talking at the end, it's the people at GDQ who let him have the floor at the end. Don't fall into the trap where "good" people are perfect and "bad" people are perfectly immoral. Everyone has done good and bad things before, and just because your bad things you've done weren't a public event doesn't mean you should enter crucify mode. Always stay unbiased as best you can. Should we blame him for the weather as well?

[@fracturedskater]

Say less fam

[@nhojemon]

@@AG-ld6rv i think he should be walked up a mountaintop and fed a mouthful of vinegar by roman legionaries before being executed, yes

[@xKamiiii]

people over there at those kinda events have girlfriends? lmao

[@stevenscummy1458]

@@xKamiiii Yeah but the new age kind of girlfriend if you know what I mean

[@KingWesleyIV]

He's one of those people who think they can do no wrong. Genuinely cheating and stealing without ever actually believing they can change or do anything different.

[@m.a.packer5450]

Seen one where the guy kept making mistakes and lost a lot of time, but he finished it out. Have a lot more respect for him, and anyone else who sticks it out to the end, especially after watching these bums cheating

[@pressthepress]

are you talking about the halo speed run

[@paularized1]

“no No NO!! Perfect.” The words of an honest and humble man right there.

[@Retzmag]

Would have looked more believeable if he just shut up and acted like he was focusing -.-

[@tomato9349]

Porn tier acting

[@tacokoneko]

he think he light yagami but really he buggy the clown

[@ZorotheGallade]

When he took the hand off the mouse he should have grabbed a slice of pizza. Would have been less suspicious.

[@ryanleatigaga7596]

As soon as I heard that runs at GDQ could now be done outside of the actual event with no supervision, I knew this was gonna happen.

[@Zalied]

I mean this definitely was bound to happen but this wasn't even a cheater this guy had weird motives and goals in cheating which is even stranger than just cheating to look good

[@salami155]

Shockmaster!

[@CranE6490]

Spoiler: he's not the first

[@Jklopoppcorn]

@@CranE6490 I mean no shit, theres been cheaters in every game, every catagory, and every community except ones that are super small and niche.

[@lauralulu4444]

Yeah same honestly 😬 once I heard him say they do it online now I’m like oh no that’s not going to work out well lol 😅

[@TwighlightPrince1]

For those curious: This run is STILL the world record segmented speedrun. I just double checked and it has still not been taken down Update: As I see many people in the comments curious as to why this is a problem, let me break it down- as of October 3rd, 2023: This run is STILL the segmented speedrun record. Granted, there are currently only 2 runs in the segmented Bladewolf DLC category, but still. More below: ​​⁠The problem is this: he’s using a video that he used to trick people into thinking he did it in a livestream. If GDQ hadn’t stepped in, it would still most likely be the footage for that run. AKA, Meka still would be displaying his cheating like a badge of honor. Also, he currently holds the world record for non-segmented as well now, verified by the exact same user that verified this run. Which potentially calls THAT run and moderator into question as well.

[@Pwassoncru]

Sad

[@mixes1228]

No one actually cares about sppedruns, let alone phocking MGS.

[@dmasters5438]

Why would it need to be taken down? It is a "segmented" speedrun, isn't it?

[@M8gazine]

@@mixes1228 UMM actually its not mgs, its metal gear rising... You Silly goose...!

[@Rob526]

@@dmasters5438 That we know of. If someone tries to cheat in one way on a given run, and you only find out through investigating, the run should be scrapped since they could have been cheating in other ways as well.

[@androidphone1901]

Ok see if he had a Coke and a pizza he would have never been caught

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

The crazy thing is that if he had cleared it with the event staff ahead of time they probably would have loved for him to show off a segmented run. The problem was him trying to pass it off as live.

[@r5yan102]

Nah man they would've just told him to actually play the game lmao

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

@@r5yan102 TAS block is a thing, and I think they've shown segmented runs before. It's not like the run itself is cheated, it's just for a different category. It's showing it off pretending it's live that makes it "cheating".

[@davidlevy706]

@@MudakTheMultiplier For all we know, he may have installed cheat software or had a friend play one of the segments. Our only assurance to the contrary is his word, which is now worthless.

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

@@davidlevy706 yeah *now* his word is worthless. But if he had up front from the beginning when he put in his application said "I am building a segmented run for the DLC of this game that should be done in time for the marathon, I could show that and do explanations as a donation incentive" they would have been totally cool with that.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Showing basically what would be a "perfect" run, how only segmented runs can. And they also showed TAS runs before, also for the point of technical perfection. TASBot is always a fun thing, but they don't pretend it's a human live run. He could've shown literally the same run, but as a positive. Now we have what is basically a fraud.

[@benrichardson5662]

Cheating, while live, on a charity stream, for a world record run? That is so over the top gutsy (in a bad way) that I can't fathom how he thought this would work out.

[@MinkSquared]

he probably didnt at all, lol

[@yeetingat100subs9]

A world record that he himself already legitimately held...

[@wildman510]

By making money?

[@Jartran72]

@@yeetingat100subs9 A lot of people have claimed that because they keep reading about it and copy but he did not in fact held the wr before that

[@panteleymonschekochikhin-k1978]

@@Jartran72 it's literally in the video

[@Blitzkit]

That "but why?" 12:33 was enough for me tho. When the other person told them straight that he was cheating then he suddenly go full "i apologize for doing this" No he wasn't, he was caught that's why he is apologizing.

[@lawnchair8716]

What baffles me is That these people have to know that trying to cheat the Speed Running Community is almost impossible but also it’s career suicide That community is literally made up of people with Sherlock Holmes tier investigative skills, vision and focus of a Mantis Shrimp and more free time than Dr Strange. You WILL get caught😂

[@dialectiks]

At this point I don't even care about him cheating. It's that he is so incredibly awkward and brings the vibes down at this awesome charity event.

[@Deses]

Dude's a creep.

[@honeycrisp808]

@@henkdachief No he fucking isn't lol. You're falling for his bullshit.

[@carsondubs]

@@henkdachief bro has 18 comments on the channel defending the cheater

[@franz009franz]

don't think the people receiving the money care dood. it's not a big deal where it happened to me at all

[@3Guys1Video]

@@henkdachief you do realize we can see your comment history, right?

[@lelandshennett]

As a non speedrunner and causal gamer, I love how much the community LOVES what they do. You guys will go frame by frame to ensure authenticity, it's genuinely beautiful.

[@powmod1]

There's more scrutiny in the speedrun community than in the Olympics Crazy

[@Teh_Random_Canadian]

​@@powmod1 FR lol. Cheaters always get busted, can't fool people who know absolutely everything about the game.

[@ZorotheGallade]

@@Teh_Random_Canadian The real problem is when a cheater gets busted but still gets to keep the prizes and visibility he took for himself.

[@Teh_Random_Canadian]

@@ZorotheGallade Most cheaters are ostracized from the community after getting busted. In this case the money went to charity so I don't see a huge problem with that. Anytime this guy does any public events again he is going to get flooded by people calling him out as a cheater

[@chucklesdeclown8819]

dude, ive been wanting to find a game to speedrun(honestly im thinking about waiting for hytale and getting other people together to make that speedrunning community) and i can honestly say that their passion for a single game is amazing to be able to play a game for hours, days, years, and not get tired of it, finding ways to push its limits, its honestly beautiful in its own crazy way

[@yo_mama_gaming4517]

I find this quite funny because its unimaginable to me what his thought process was.. the world record holder cheats in a charity event to show everyone how truly amazing he is

[@PKMNTrainerEevee]

What I find more deplorable is that the mods refused to do any of your requests. It says to me that they approve of his cheating and support this guy. Even if it might one person's decision to add it to the leaderboard. It makes the rest of the mod team just as bad as they didnt do anything about it.

[@valentinemiller8680]

I think some of the mods do care, the one he reached out to does seem to understand the situation and understand why he and others are outraged. In my personal opinion, I think the speedrunner may have befriended some of the mods, and they were therefore biased. If the mods were deciding what to do based on votes, they may have been outvoted by mods who were already biased towards him. It's very sad to see, but at least that initial mod he contacted seems very offput by these actions. This is obviously pure speculation on my part, though.

[@justjulia777]

i don’t see why a spliced run shouldn’t be allowed on the spliced run category. that’s exactly where it belongs. records should be based on the run itself, not the ethics of the person who accomplished it. it seems very silly to pretend a run doesn’t exist just cause a bad person made it.

[@lohto3]

They have clear rules about what it or isn't allowed. The run didn't break any of those. Going around demanding the mods "condemn" any other deplorable behavior they come across and acting like they're the bad guys for not doing so is just being a prick. It's not their responsibility or job as mods to be condemning every asshole they come across.

[@circleo1992]

Man, he should have brought Coke and pizza with him.

[@dhwwiiexpert]

Badabun style, lol!

[@JamesEvans-ow1wc]

The instant I saw no pizza or coke, I realized he was a fraud ... Every serious speed runner has a 6 ounce slice of pizza and a 12 ounce coke

[@knghtbrd]

My only regret is that I have but one like to give to this comment … and it was sniped by my fiancée over my shoulder.

[@genericname2747]

Speedrun Coke and Pizza%

[@diegomedina9637]

That's how you diferenciate the babby speedrunners to the elite of the elites.

[@MatthewJellyTurtle]

Funny thing is, I bet if he'd specified to gdq to have the incentive as a bonus "best possible segmented run showcase" sort of thing. Then commentated on the gameplay and tricks etc. They probably would have allowed it. But to do that for the actual WR... Man what a fool.

[@GubbiGap]

Yea if this was done people would probably be super happy to obtain a ton of knowledge

[@JadeiteMcSwag]

foolish boy

[@qwertyasdf4081]

Yeah, I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure GDQ occasionally shows TAS. Which is where all the inputs are pre planned to make a perfect run or execute glitches and skips that are impossible or practically impossible for humans to pull off. It’s super interesting

[@grythm]

@@qwertyasdf4081 This isn't a TAS (or at least as far as we know it isn't, he could be lying about that too), this is just a spliced sum of best segments. Both are interesting in their own right, but they're definitely not the same thing.

[@qwertyasdf4081]

@@grythm Oh, I never said this run was a TAS lol. I’m just commenting on what OP said, things besides normal runs can also be interesting and fun. Maybe i miscommunicated or sumn idk

[@alanluscombe8a553]

The way he looks at the camera right after he asks for the time really gives him away

[@Karameru108]

"Cheating machines, son. They speed me up when i get an ego."

[@Dierise.]

"the whole run seemed a bit weird to me, which isn't a surprise because you would have to be weird to do this in the first place" that shit had me laughing so hard

[@nuclearpugg]

Those games are older than me

[@sgtmaggi]

Honestly, disgusting. I remember a Terraria run from Badger at AGDQ 2020 where he didnt finish because he made some mistakes. An awesome run from an awesome dude who genuinely felt sorry he couldnt show off everything the game had to offer. The crowd cheered him on and the donations came flying. I talked with him a bit on Twitter after that and he said he was happy to be there and help fight cancer. THATS what GDQ is about, not this arrogant waste of oxygen who gives this cool cause a bad rep.

[@chungusamongus519]

GDQ makes money back from the company they give the donations to.

[@vOddy75]

Some times mistakes will be made. That's ok. It's the risk the performers and viewers are aware of when it's live and single segment. It's still fun to watch.

[@DreamyShepherd]

I remember watching it live, man had so much charisma and positivity in him it was infectious unlike whatever this guy's deal is

[@thevalorousdong7675]

With how GDQ treats people, they give themselves a bad rep. Look at the incidents between them and runners over the years.

[@Erksah68]

gdq didn't take it as easy as the community did

[@s1ckenlng]

The fact that he was the one who held the world record for the DLC but still decided to cheat it makes it even more bizarre.. like he already held the world record but then decided to trash his own legitimate world record with the spliced run and tarnish his achievement.

[@Tocinos]

Bro I literally laugh uncontrollably whenever I see the clips of Bababun 1-frame jumping backwards. His dumb, blank expression mixed with the TAS is gold.

[@Theunicorn2012]

Bro I literally laugh uncontrollably whenever I see the clips of Bababun 1-frame jumping backwards. His dumb, blank expression mixed witb the TAS is gold.

[@eterniturtle]

@@Theunicorn2012 Bro I literally laugh uncontrollably whenever I see the clips of Badabun 1-frame jumping backwards. His dump, blank expression mixed witb the TAS is gols.

[@MrMacchiato97]

@@eterniturtle Bro i literally laugh uncontrollably whenever i see the clips of Bababun 1-frame jumping backwards. His dumb blank wxspression mixed witb the TAS is gols.

[@alistairogara]

@@MrMacchiato97 Bro i literally laugh uncontrollably whenever i see the clips of Bababun 1-frame jumping backwards. His dumb vlank wxspression mixed witb the TAS is gols.

[@Vex35]

Wth is bababun? I only heard about Badabun

[@Simte]

People used to talk a lot about cringe in GDQ, but this guy is the king, pure pain. This is absolutely insane... I mean, how obsessed with a run can you be?

[@sheshin]

Billy Mitchell nd Todd Togges had left the chat*

[@jochenwuerfel]

Totally! I'm watching GDQ now for five or six years, and there is always someone who is a bit _weird_. But watching this run (because I didn't know the game) was very weird. I've never seen someone sad about a time or something, because that's not what's it all about. Of course not every run can be a WR, but again - that's not what the event is for.

[@thetute59]

hes a god-cringer

[@ultimapower6950]

I mostly watch GDQ for the Megaman blocks

[@SynoPTL]

Villain origin story

[@Vanilla_Dpad]

Any mods that allow this level of disrespect should be ashamed. If you don't care enough about your game/community enough to let an unapologetic liar run around ruining things then you've got no business being a mod, get out.

[@M3G4T3RR4]

His speech about his "passion" just sounds like he could be an actual MGR villain

[@KuroKitten]

I totally get why they might not honor Consideration 1, simply because the spliced video itself *is* a valid and fair segmented run. Consideration 2 might have even been out of their hands, but considering GDQ did it anyway, that seems doubtful. But, what I'm really blown away by, is that they refused to do Consideration 3. Like, c'mon, denouncing actual cheating at a live event is the lowest of low hanging fruits. I can only imagine what it says about the mindset of the moderation team if they refused to publicly condemn cheating.....

[@norock_]

I mean, they don't have a huge platform to make a statement I think, not like it would change the public's opinion. Especially not after this video.

[@defaulted9485]

@@norock_ They will be picked up by Karl Jobst who will broadcast it. Not having a platform should not been an excuse. Rather I seen people apologize easier in front of less people.

[@endymallorn]

It’s not their place to condemn something outside of their leaderboard.

[@asherross3884]

Ethically speaking, it is not only entirely their responsibility to represent the speedrunning community, but I'd even go as far as to say it is their duty to make sure that their runners follow through with the integrity/rules that makes up the hobby and passion Falling back on "technicalities" isn't what an arbitrator should be doing. Refusing to take accountability is beyond just unsatisfying for the community, but it is just wrong to show the public that you are willing to set aside integrity when that is the only foundation you stand on as a "Leaderboard". Lastly, Do not defend cheaters, there are people who put lots of time into demonstrating how much time they put into something that they are passionate about and when cheaters are allowed to walk over everyone, that is a sign that genuine reasoning is failing within people. Be smart, friends.

[@swagar]

They don't have to accept a run just because it exists and it technically follows the rules. People delete their SRC accounts and/or get banned all the time. A speedrun board has never been a definitive account of every time ever achieved, and it reflects poorly on the community to post times from a known cheater.

[@michel0dy]

This reminds me of a randomized Castlevania SOTN run in wich the runner had one of the worst possible RNGs, using less optimal strategies most of the time because they didn't get the best skills. It was some of the most fun I've had watching a marathon run. It's awesome when people can do great times in a charity marathon, but it's not the goal. Sharing experiences, raising awareness and having a good time is much more valuable.

[@endlesswanderer1753]

At an old GDQ, some dude was playing a Super Nintendo RPG. I think it was Drakkhen, but I can;'t remember. Anyway, the cart died on them and they had to replace it midrun. Luckily, he had a second copy on him. Then the Super Nintendo died! Luckily, there were multiple around. But the dude kept playing and it was incredible. All the commentators and the crowd were cheering him. It was a fantastic run of unfortunate events.

[@Mendigom]

My favorite AGDQ run was the fallout anthology by tomato angus where at the end of the run he has too many rads to complete the game and has to redo a section to get a rad away only to find out that before the reactor chamber where he previously died there was a shelf with a rad away on it. stuff like that makes it so much more entertaining

[@ChronoSquare]

@@Mendigom As in, it was one of those kinds of shelves that have randomly generated loot?

[@ChronoSquare]

@@endlesswanderer1753 That sounds wicked. Not even the fate of the universe killing games can stop him. (wonder why they died)

[@dramaticnormanbates2605]

Which SOTN speedrun was that?

[@aminakhan703]

It's good that GDQ stepped in, maybe the only time in history where a copyright claim was used to do the right thing. The fact that it took that is an unfortunate blemish, though, and they should definitely release a statement on the matter. Cheating should be taken seriously as an attack on the integrity of the community.

[@misseselise3864]

the concept of speed running blows my mind

[@VGScreens]

Some friends and I used to binge GDQ back in the day, some people would even sneakily check in while at work, we'd all prioritise the event over sleep. None of us have the time these days to do that any more, but I smile knowing others are keeping the flame burning. Your video is the first I've heard of this guy cheating, how terribly lame and sad. I hope they can go back to live audience events, not just because of cheaters, but there was a lot of fun to be had with banter between the audience, staff, runners and their friends.

[@buttecake]

It was a mix of in person and online this year. Many great runs with good banter this Year. I really enjoyed the pokemon diamond/pearl glitchless run

[@AbdElWadoudIkhlef]

it was mix this year, I recommend watching the vods! I had so much fun & multiple of runs!

[@Kez325]

The benefit of remote runs is a larger pool of capable runners though! You get more international people joining in. This definitely seemed to be an outlier at least. I prefer the mixture of in person/remote.

[@OmicronX-1999]

@@Kez325 The potential for everyone just deciding to cheat outweighs any of the benefits. That larger audience is going to dwindle pretty fast if half the runners at an event decide cheating is okay and then are exposed. It also raises issues of potential corruption and loss of integrity. Suppose GDQ becomes fully online for good next year, and a significant portion of the runners saw what Meka did and decide they're going to do it too. Like I said earlier, if the audience finds out that half the runs are cheated, nobody is going to want to watch the event anymore. So suppose half or more of the runs turn out to be fake and GDQ becomes aware of it only after the fact - what then? Are they gonna risk the mass scandal and loss of interest that would inevitably follow such a widespread instance of cheating? No. No, they'll do the only thing they realistically can do in a situation like that - cover it up. Once that happens, that's it. The floodgates are open from then on. Every run will be a fake segmented run with the runners pretending to play for adulation, and GDQ will have to keep covering it up or all the money dries up. Eventually it'll come out or course, but after a few years of everyone watching fake runs and pointing out all the inconsistencies only to have GDQ gaslight and make excuses, it'll have become normalised. Then your speedrunning community becomes as fake as reality TV. And it'll happen. Eventually, if the event organisers decide it's less hassle to just run the thing online rather than organise a physical event, enough runners will decide to cheat all at once and everything I've laid out will come true. Right now, it's just one outlier. One asshole out for personal glory who cheated at GDQ and somehow managed to escape being made a total pariah. Other assholes saw what he did and are thinking they can do that themselves, they just need to be smarter about it and not get caught. Pretty soon, one asshole will become 10 assholes, then 20, then 50. Until eventually, enough runners turn that it completely undermines the integrity of the whole event from then on. Because sure, right now GDQ has a zero tolerance policy on cheating. But if cheating becomes the norm, they can't realistically keep to that policy without undermining the whole event. That was long and rather rambling, and probably a little bit paranoid. Apologies. But I don't think what I laid out is entirely outside the realm of possibility. After the events of the last two years, it's clear than nothing is ever too crazy to happen.

[@tormentor91]

​@@OmicronX-1999 If people wanted to cheat in a GDQ run they can do it in person as well, just using other means (modifying a game or controller for instance). GDQ just needs to monitor remote runs a little more closely after this and things will be fine. It's not like this run was faked so amazingly that it was impossible to notice, people simply never thought someone would be dumb enough to do something like this during a charity event. Additionally, you're entire hypothetical kind of hinges on the majority of speedrunners being cheaters, which is obvious nonsense. No one wants to be publicly called out as a cheater in an event witnessed by hundreds of thousands of people. He got banned from several games for this, certainly not something you want if you want to keep speedrunning.

[@danielgaddis4120]

Accepting the run as a segmented speedrun? sure, that's exactly what it is. Accepting it as fraud from the donating public? Also sure, as that is also accurate. The leaderboards not taking it down is understandable, as it was posted as a segmented run. Presenting a segmented run as live at a multi-million viewer charity livestream should absolutely have him banned from all further leaderboard contributions as this has absolutely stained the image of MGR speedrunners.

[@asteria9963]

This is what I don't understand. It literally does not matter that the run itself is legit by segmented standards. HE IS A KNOWN CHEATER. Cheaters get banned from everything. Period.

[@Vildjur]

I agree, submit as a segmented run, and be put into segmented run leaderboards is fine, just went to the site, and see such category exist. I am not a speedrunner myself, however, I cannot help but feeling bad for those legit run sharing and competing against it (notice that the second place of the segmented part is not in the main leaderboard, under the misc tab). Whatever the case, I disagree that he is stained the image of MGR speedrunners, moderation team allowing this to happen is.

[@danielgaddis4120]

@@Vildjur I can agree with your take on the moderation team being responsible for the stain.

[@osciisnow]

@@hamsturinn that going bit far 😂

[@notaraven]

I don't understand how the moderators accepted that video. I can see some, if not everyone, not seeing gdq that happens but the use of live footage should raise some eyebrows. By using that video they come off as petty, needless drama, antagonistic to the speedruners and GDQ, and preferencial treatment for the confirmed cheater. Should they have accepted it if it was raw footage? I wouldn't but that is at least a question that could have been debated. With how it stands now this is a scandal that will deter players from this game. The mods are guilty of at the very least blatant negligence, at worst nepotism.

[@bajorekjon]

It's a good thing most cheaters are narcissictic, or it would be way harder to catch them.

[@thehyperion5333]

They all think they're the smartest person in the room

[@circusclown757]

Truly one of the most historic events in history.

[@Fallub]

That is truly unbelievable. What a sad story. Thank you for bringing this to our attention Karl.

[@ShyRanger]

Would also liek to give credit to Abyssoft who covered this also, I think the day it was uncovered. Karl's probably took longer to gather more info, but it's still cool that we're getting multiple people to cover this stuff.

[@Crynn]

its always horrible when this happens or something similar. someone else who actually deserved it should've been here.

[@hoonaignachowaneha]

"NNOOO YOU CAN'T JUST HECKING CHEAT ON THE BING BING YAHOO TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY!" Let me guess, you are a woman but you also have an Adam's apple?

[@SamTahbou]

A fair point, that's a big platform that could kickstart the online career of some smaller streamers and that's 1+h of primetime that could have gone to someone more deserving.

[@OrochiCr]

Like Who?

[@GenryuSaito]

@@OrochiCr anyone that's smaller and not as known obv if your finishing for names, and you your self don't know any then you prove the point.

[@dannyboots]

Dude's such a bad actor. At least act surprised if you beat the world record

[@phantomtmac7387]

That moment when you’re randomly watching videos about speedrunning, and then SEE YOURSELF within the first five seconds.

[@asahi7955]

Making the mother of all speedruns, Jack, cant fret over every second!

[@Spectrik]

Now I see, you deny your controller it's purpose

[@metalgearzwei]

MY RUN IS FUCKING INVINCIBLE!!!!

[@Phantom-qr1ug]

Self taught and not half bad, still... your run lacks something....

[@Spectrik]

This is what happens when you bring a video to a speed running contest

[@createrz8433]

Typical commenter Not funny Didnt laugh

[@fengshuimma9160]

His own commentary shows so much insecurity it's a challenge to watch, the cringe is very high. Great job being able to put it together in a watchable format for us. Great production!

[@atomicskies_]

Yours probably would to

[@elvickRULES]

Sounds like an Ubisoft “mp trailer”

[@joshsimpson7226]

Wild that he was upset his run wasnt good enough, when so many runs have gone wildly over time haha.

[@grythm]

My opinion regarding the moderator decision: Allowing it on the leaderboards as a segmented run is a bit questionable (if he was willing to lie once about it being segmented, he'd probably also be willing to lie about it being tool-assisted as well). Hosting footage where he is intentionally pretending it is not a segmented run is not even remotely acceptable, even if it is under the correct leaderboard. If you're submitting a segmented run, there should never be anything in the video to indicate it is anything other than a segmented run.

[@Tykiari]

Yeah IMO they should've looked at the footage, seen that he's trying to pass it off as a legit run in it, then tell him to submit the run to the correct Leaderboard (the regular one) since it doesn't look like he's doing a segmented run. Then upon further tries keep denying the entry because it's clearly the same run previously submitted,

[@chiefbologna5719]

They came off pretty scummy, kinda made it clear that a few of them agree with the faker

[@davidsherlock5528]

I tend to agree with you, the whole 'moral principle' thing holds no water for me if it's submitted as segmented, but the footage needs to reflect that and not be misleading.

[@justsomeguywhodoeswhathewa4591]

Its pretty obvious to me that they simple do not care about the players that submit runs actions outside of the Speedrun website itself, which i see no problem with, like in any kind of record keeping place, it should be not only completely non political, but also not bound by the emotions of those surrounding it, seperating the person who did the run from the run itself, to completely discredit his segmented run on the site for actions he did elsewhere would be ludicrous.

[@grythm]

@@justsomeguywhodoeswhathewa4591 Most record keeping organizations absolutely will disqualify you for cheating if you are caught cheating elsewhere in the same sport. I have no clue where you got the idea that they wouldn't. There is no reason to trust that his run didn't use TAS tools if he was already caught lying about it being segmented.

[@ChrisLerouxDesign]

I hadn't realized that he still defends his actions to this day. I know when the story broke it was suggested that his odd behavior and language after the "record" was backtracking out of regret. Obviously it's clear that he knows it'll be his last GDQ, like being caught is inevitable. But I guess it was less regret and more a recognition that he had made enough glaring mistakes that he couldn't hide behind (like moving a mouse with one's left hand). I understand people wanting to look good on stream, but is it really worth it if getting caught means your career is destroyed?

[@randomcatname7792]

The problem here is that... His career wasn't ruined at all. He's still allowed to Speedrun, just likely not at GDQ

[@FallicIdol]

He's a tool bag

[@Chimpmanboom]

Career? It’s playing a game fast let’s calm down now

[@Chimpmanboom]

@@randomcatname7792 what we gonna take his controller away? What do you mean still allowed to speedrun?

[@Neon-Void]

@@Chimpmanboom Can't take away his controller obviously, but speedrunners who cheat are often banned from the rankings by the community for said game. There's nothing stopping them from speedrunning in private, but for many of them speedrunning is their actual job through streaming so these bans can have a big impact on them.

[@KoolBreeze420]

New category who can make the most convincing world record speed run.

[@WretchedHero]

The way the speedrunner was "acting" or more like behaving makes him totally unsympathetic.

[@Katie-hj5eb]

I could tell while watching it live that he was very obsessed with playing perfectly. He got pretty mad nearly every boss fight when he made the smallest mistakes.

[@chinad34th]

This dude is a freak

[@Katie-hj5eb]

@@chinad34th he was wild, jamming out to the music and emoting constantly.

[@jacobunderwood4957]

Speedrunning typically either requires this type of mindset or it induces it. Not putting up a defense, this guy certainly knows how cheating always works out and he made a terrible decision that he knew at every step was a terrible decision.

[@Katie-hj5eb]

@@jacobunderwood4957 its not common to see at gdq at the very least. I understand emotions are high when your going for world record and something goes wrong but marathon running is a different enviroment.

[@SvenTheViking]

@@Katie-hj5eb I guess not for this guy, which was part of the problem.

[@wadedevinney9681]

What gets me is that people did not donate 25 grand to watch a recording of a spliced run. They wanted to see the guy do the run in real life.

[@michaelnorth2055]

Waaah waaaaahhh 😭😭😭.. I want my money b b b ba baaack from the charity because he faked his spread rruuun. 🤦‍♂️

[@IAmUnderscore]

@@michaelnorth2055nobody’s said that. It’s just that it puts into question the integrity of the event, since people watch and donate to see live runs. If it comes out that runs are being faked, that means that less people will watch, and less people will end up donating.

[@Tatjana-_-]

Also like they didn’t even donate that money to see a world record, they just wanted to see a decent run, mostly everyone watching GDQ knows that it’s highly unlikely to see a record be done.,

[@moosenman]

@@michaelnorth2055point to the words in the comment that said that.

[@-mako-6018]

@@michaelnorth2055 people like you make me wonder how we're the smartest species

[@DanielLintott]

I have a feeling the mods didn’t consider your suggestions without reason is because they probably didn’t like the idea of someone telling them what to do. You see it a lot in groups and communities where certain people love to wield power even though it’s essentially meaningless. To quote arrested development: ‘they get off from being withholding’

[@purplekey9330]

"Speetrunning is diseased. Rotten to the core. Theres no saving it-- we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new speedrunning community will be born. Evolved, but untamed!"

[@ellisleft4dead249]

the "i feel empty and deranged, denied one last epiphany and ushered from the stage" isn't a rant, it's just lyrics from This Godless Endeavor by Nevermore. The "can you please use the term..." part seems to just be him sounding out an acronym from a copypasta showed later in this video. In all honesty I think his "weird" behavior is primarily just the anxious adrenaline from deciding to cheat during GDQ.

[@aiayou]

It might be a commentary on transpeople participating in women sports. And the long acronym and "can you please use the term..." refers to LGBTQIA+ and coming up with new pronouns.

[@unregisteredpsychiatrist]

I'm pretty sure the "can you please use the term..." Is him reading out the acronym from 14:05

[@StucklnAWell]

@@aiayou it literally has nothing to do with what you said

[@spiderjerusalem8505]

@@StucklnAWell, probably an AI comment. upd. oh lmao read the name

[@phoenixRose1724]

@@aiayou most normal youtube comment

[@watsonwrote]

One of my favorite things about GDQ is that they aren't showing off the best run -- they're showing off an exhibition of the community around that run. You get interesting insight into what it's like to run the game, and the failures and commentary along the way are a huge part of the charm. Cheating a world record is so far outside of the spirit it's hard to imagine someone even deciding it was worthwhile... Edit: just saw the part where the runner apologizes and makes excuses for a perfectly fine run. I've seen GDQ runs that go over time and people still have a good attitude about it because it's clear the run was very difficult to pull off. It's a shame this runner wasn't following the etiquette of other runners; the attitude he brought was really out of step with the event

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

This basically. It's a show, an event. It's not about beating the WR, it's about showing the community and how the game is run.

[@ragnarockerbunny]

I think what more runners need to realize is that venues like GDQ are not WR attempt venues, they're shows. They're for entertainment. Failing a trick and seeing how the runner deals with it is part of the show, and good showmanship is about salvaging a decent time when you're put on the back foot.

[@OSYofRR]

I think that was the point of this person and his actions. He wanted to take a shot at GDQ. They make a lot of money and have sort of become the standard for speedrunning. Other events get little to no coverage and after watching this liar, his body language and the attitude and way he and the community handled it, there is no doubt in my mind. Also many games get left out because they don't have a large community or following, but they may actually be good games and that can come off as arbitrary and unfair to certain individuals. I have been analyzing and breaking gamer behaviors down for ahwile now. Got particularly interested in this when several prominent experts linked the fact that almost all of the mass school and mall shooters were gamers. I wanted to see what type of games and see if there really was a link or is it just a byproduct so to speak of being an anti social sociopath. Suffice to say it really is a case by case basis but all of that aside, this really seemed like a shot at GDQ. I have seen and heard chatter from a small minority, yet sizable amount of people that GDQ has sort of hijacked this cottage industry of speed running and it appears to me people are salty. Once again sociopath tendencies, particularly people who devote hundreds of hours to something with little to no pay off while GDQ does raise millions, they are earning a pretty penny just like the vast majority of all the other charities out there. He wanted to make them look like a mickey mouse operation and well he almost suceeded but ultimately will ruin it for others in the future.

[@christianbarnay2499]

What is truly disgusting is that this run was a donation goal. It was extra content to thank people for their generosity. Faking this is like directly insulting every donator to the charity by spitting in their face instead of thanking them. This is completely outrageous. If he never intended to actually do this run he shouldn't have proposed it as a donation goal at all. I'm sure several charity organisers would consider refunding part of the money to donators if such a thing happened because they wouldn't want their name associated which such a scam move.

[@jmh8697]

Easily the second most cringe thing a Russian has done recently.

[@connororiley1116]

For anybody confused about what he says after he ends the cheated speed-run: When he makes all of the weird noises, he is referring to: “CBKTWPVVEFTFRCBTSCOTSGAHBVAABSMOSSRCTACMOSGSL”. This is in his Notes on the submitted speedrun. The nonsense that follows about wanting to see “the world burn” and that he “won’t be seeing any of you” refers to how he perceives his actions and the consequences that would soon follow afterwards.

[@MissScarletTanager]

As some who DID legitimately WR during my first GDQ run (AGDQ 2022, Kuon. I beat my then-WR PB by ~40sec), this makes me feel sad on a whole different level. Just... It's so gross and it cheapens it for others.

[@NoraNoita]

belated congrats on that one.

[@NonisLuck]

:/

[@orbis17]

I remember being dumbfounded the first time I saw GDQ(watched an entire 8 hour FF7 run haha). The amount of money raised for good causes was/is amazing. Please don't let this bloke cheapen your achievement, you guys rock ❤

[@no1yudkno]

Rewatching gdqs from the past and I just needed to see this again. Make great content, get money!

[@BARF_FACE_9000]

The gibberish he nonsensically yammers off at the end reminds me of Steve Carrell on Bruce Almighty 😂

[@paulw858]

Karl Jobst is usually the one that introduces me to concepts or things going on with his videos, but for the first time, I actually know about this already! WOOHOO!

[@bissy97]

Yeah same I caught the end of this run live wild that he cheated.

[@tankinator451]

Honestly, it seems like there wouldn’t be any issue if he had said “I’m not great at this category but I put together some of my best segments to display what a crazy world record would look like so I don’t bore everyone”

[@danielgaddis4120]

That's the thing, he already had the world record at it. Wanna showcase the cool stuff, sweet, that's half of GDQ runners anyway. Go slightly slower and showcase the cool tricks.

[@klooger28]

The problem is saying "I'm not great at this" is completely going against his goal, he was far too invested in having a fast speedrun, likely because he's far too invested in people seeing him as a skilled speedrunner, one of the more common motivators behind cheating in my experience.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

Thing is, people paid to see him do a speedrun, not watch an edited video.

[@endymallorn]

@@BrunodeSouzaLino People donated and an incentive was offered. If conditions change (like fatigue or exhaustion), then the alternative should exist.

[@MrBastille666]

It's even in GDQ's rules, apparently. The same reason TAS runs exist on the event.

[@elijahvalongo9528]

Awesomely formatted and made video!!

[@Bomb6A9Head]

we need more cheaters. i love these videos. I'm already rewatching them 😢 please

[@Smokey-uc8pn]

Imagine faking a world record must be insane

[@CyrixOLD]

Especially at a charity event.

[@lukebrindax7465]

Especially when you're already the WR Holder...

[@blemski]

@@lukebrindax7465 wow, I heard about this a day or 2 after sgdq but I had no idea this "God gamer" was already the record holder to begin with, even more bizarre

[@lukebrindax7465]

@@blemski I didn't know much about this, but when The Great Legend Jobst showed the speedrunning section for the game he was #1 with a run of 7.20.... It's so weird. HE probably would have had an amazing time too. I wish I could find the section of the video where it showed this. IT was somewhere in the early/mid of the video.

[@blemski]

@limeosine no heart rate monitor, FAKE

[@JustsomeSteve]

He scratching his head while pretending to play and then noticing that he just fuqd up and trying to recover from that, was the funniest thing I saw all day.

[@sw11500]

Stuff like this is why i dont care about speedrunning at all... feels like you just cant trust many in that community

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

He probably speedrunning finding food somewhere in the trenches now, after forced mobilization by uncle Vladimir...

[@ninjafrog6966]

Imagine doing an entire hour long speedrun legitimately, and then faking a ten minute speedrun

[@paul_warner]

This is what insecurity and ego fragility really looks like. He wasn't satisfied with just being good, but he didn't have the skill to be as impressive as he wanted to be. Ego beats logic and integrity, he throws caution to the winds and cheats his way to -the top- undeserved fraudulent greatness. (Replies informed me he was already the best at the time which makes this even sillier.)

[@niklas5336]

This is what narcissistic personality disorder looks like

[@RanEncounter]

The problem is way worse. He literally was the world record holder at the time of the run. He had to show a perfect run to the crowd somehow.

[@Benji-jj2bg]

He is one of the best players in the world

[@zannothefox]

@@Benji-jj2bg Honestly at this point it wouldn't surprise me if his other runs where falsified or cheated in some way as well. I have 0 faith in this dudes integrity based on his actions. He has made it clear he is in it for the fame and nothing else and people like that area happy to cheat to get to the top even if its not deserved.

[@DELTARYZ]

@@zannothefox You'd be surprised how often that GENUINELY skilled, high-level players cheat. Frankly you need to have an intimate enough understanding of the game in the first place to make a cheated run appear convincing, and that knowledge alone already puts you in like the top 1%. It's kinda fucked up but that's how it is I do agree with you - this dude has absolutely proven he cannot be trusted and nothing he says/does/posts should be taken at face value - but unfortunately, he probably still is actually the best player in the world. When he wants to be.

[@disguisedcat1750]

Reminds me of payback 2, a mobile game which I speedran one lvl once. At the time I checked the world record holder that beat me actually had a cheated version of the game with thousands of coins (literally would cost tens of thousands of dollars) that appear after the speedrun is over. I ask the mod and he refused to address it. Fun times. While cheating coins is not a problem, i have seen cheated versions able to speed up the player, but I have no proof of this player doing that because of how mobile games vary greatly from one device to another. But it needed addressing at least.

[@kilbabaplays8944]

Did not know Boris Johnson had a little brother in KZbin

[@amFlea1]

In my opinion, the pinnacle of what GDQ is about is Keizaron's Crystal run at SGDQ 2019, it was goofy, fun, had lots of involvement, shouted out members of the community and raised a ton of money for charity. Well worth the 3.5 hour watch time.

[@mymomismad95]

Literally watched this earlier today.

[@EspeonGaming0]

I can agree. I go back to this run a lot simply because of the events during the run make it so much more enjoyable

[@prince-solomon]

GDQ needs a talented runner, a good supportive & funny couch and a crowd on fire. That's what i like about it. The online event was mostly boring because it was lacking almost all of that.

[@Chrisosaurusrex]

Absolutely agree, my all time favourite run and one I’ve gone back to, even dragging friends in for a viewing.

[@Naixatloz]

Legendary run, I should watch it again.

[@InWitheNew]

This dude is one of those guys that wants to be cool so badly that they end up being massively uncool in every way.

[@theinternetpolice2078]

"I was playing bad, I'm sorry" **beats an 11 hour game in less than an hour**

[@MsDestroyer900]

MGRR is 7 hours at most w/o DLC unless you get stuck at the bosses. You can finish the whole game in a day if you binge it on normal.

[@velvetbutterfly]

@@MsDestroyer900 it depends how many codec calls you listen to or optional fights too. 12 hours on Normal is reasonable for a blind playthrough learning the mechanics

[@TheRadiantSoap]

Our generation is desensitized to success and highly sensitized to failure. The excuses are a defense and the compliments seem to be making him feel worse about his perceived bad run. Nobody can take a W or a compliment these days. Go tell a Zoomer you appreciate them and theyll either have a mental breakdown trying to live up to your concept of them or dismiss the compliment. Beating an *8* hour game in sub one hour puts him at the absolute peak of his peers, yet only being number one was able to be satisfying to him. Meanwhile, not making wr time is devastating to him. We need to find our pride as a generation. We are the absolute most sore winners of any generation ive studied. God damn people, take your W's home with you after you earn them. Zoomer Shakespeare probably would have never released a second play after his first one didnt become the number 1 play of all time

[@theinternetpolice2078]

@@TheRadiantSoap idk man I'm a zoomer and I take compliments just fine I think everyone else just has a skill issue tbh

[@RobVespa]

@@TheRadiantSoap - It's a reflection of the unhealthy state of mind for this individual. Your perspective seems skewed. I don't believe what you said is true of all, or even most, people born during the specified generation. These traits have existed since the dawn of humankind.

[@elementgermanium]

I can understand keeping the run itself up, because it technically meets the criteria for a segmented speedrun, but refusing to even make a STATEMENT??

[@Doddweon]

Faking a run during a charity event, while praising yourself, sure is one of the gamer moments of all time. Absolute most annoying cousin behaviour

[@fie4426]

He experiences more stress when having to do an imperfect speedrun than when faking a run.

[@SpinThwomp]

the fact that someone would take advantage of the fact this event was online AND THEN try to save face with a fake apology is absolutely unacceptable

[@ehd.f4269]

”I have a segmented run that showcases how good a speedrun can be with current optimal strategy. Is that something you would like to see for bonus content?” No one would say no to that.

[@ansems3309]

Watching those videos always makes me think: "I could cheat so much better!" :D