Getting Over It's Biggest Barrier Was Finally Broken!

[@karljobst]

Please give this achievement the hype it deserves. It's simply incredible. Download Dragon Raja now! : lzhx-eu.onelink.me/kmOG/e3970e5 Use Code: ZTZZGBV In game to claim free rewards!

[@gois3r]

hype train for mr blastbolt lets goo

[@beanslinger2]

It's gonna be hard to be getting over this one.

[@nicotineupnext]

this was the absolute worst ad read i have ever heard

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

0:59 - 1:06 the gaming equivalent to watching someone who's butt naked get kicked in the testicles with steel toed boots.

[@Sableplanet8764]

Hey karl! This is very off topic to the video but I heard on a moist critical stream you were gonna make a video on spaceuk? A geometry dash player who hacked all they’re level completions for 2 years. I just want to know if that’s true?

[@blastboltgoi]

As the world record holder, I cannot thank you enough for giving our game an entire video. More than that, it is incredibly well made and accurate. I hope everyone enjoys this video and sees Getting Over It for what it can truly be :)

[@vest816]

Congratulations, you absolute legend. 👍

[@NNNNNNNNNNNNNN1123]

You look just like the TAS in like 70% of the run, minus the obvious stuff. I've never seen anything like it with such a high + unique skill cap. Is going around the first tunnel RTA-viable?

[@blastboltgoi]

@@NNNNNNNNNNNNNN1123 Yes it is, I am sure it will be implemented around the time the community gets to the 57 second mark

[@ChefHeisca]

You legend

[@johnnyw4life]

Congratulations! I’ve never played this game, but I appreciate the skill and dedication that’s clearly displayed!

[@herroyung857]

I remember when the fastest TAS was still more than a minute, but now a human did it in less? Absolutely insane.

[@proterotype]

Really?! I wonder how that happened

[@thomasdickson3622]

@@proterotype usually it's the discovery of a new technique that wasn't considered by the toolers (as most of them are just pasting together the best parts of various runs, not actually editing a demo recording line by line)

[@pizzlerot2730]

To be fair, a game like this would be pretty hard to TAS down to like a "lowest possible time", because of how complicated the movement is. You'd have to optimize momentum, placement, and highest possible velocity at the most optimal angle for literally every motion. It would require an algorithm to run through tons of permutations of all of these variables (and probably some I'm not thinking of) to find the combination that would result in the quickest possible run.

[@Jokervision744]

​@@thomasdickson3622 That's interesting. So the tool copies or is taught the techniques of players? So it's not brute forcing itself through the game..? Could it make any discoveries then, or could it have beaten the players faster?

[@thomasdickson3622]

@@Jokervision744 yeah most "tool assisted" means clipping together recordings of runs to make a perfect run (either from recorded keystrokes or demo files like Doom, etc). There also is some experimentation done with AI "playing" the game and trying to see if it can solve faster paths, but that's more an experiment with AI than an actual attempt at a faster run. The most basic form of tool assisted is to run the game in an emulator that supports save states, you can quick save, try your move, if you fail reload and try again.

[@Deltarious]

I watched a lot of the earlier TAS runs for this game and thought "man these are *stupid* fast, I didn't realise it was even possible to go this fast" Human players are now *faster* than those runs I was watching. What an incredible achievement, it's honestly mind blowing how much skill this takes

[@hurkamur1]

I hadn't even heard of this game before this video. 😅

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

literal TAS level of skill

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ what does that have to do with getting over it?

[@MountainMemelord]

@@undeniablySomeGuy It's a bot.

[@kevinsteel7875]

​@@MountainMemelord Body of bot

[@jackalderson3458]

as someone who's somewhat competent at the game, sub 1:50 pb. It was an incredible achievement to see the minute mark broken. It took me 400 hours to break the two-minute mark and i can confidently say the last minute takes at least 20 times longer than nothing to sub 2. The last second alone was months in the making for blast bolt, by far the most talented player within the community.

[@KingNikolai]

1500 runs in and I'm still stuck at 2:15 :')

[@XLeration]

Who cares about 1 minute mark like it's more special to get form 60 secs to 59 compared to 61 secs to 60? Human logic...

[@youtubeyoutube943]

Ive been stuck at 2:05 for so long 💀

[@tjimicole2677]

I feel like this cauldron guy's upper body strength deserves some of the credit for this run.

[@Hobo_Dood]

his name is Diogenes

[@boomermoreno]

That's all I was thinking about... Also his wrists.

[@UmCaraNormalnumPlanetanormal]

Fax

[@chickenswallow]

Is it still considered upper body strength if he doesn't really have a lower body? 🤔

[@ashchaya7676]

I would totally touch his pecs (no homo)

[@Garakuof]

I love how his video's are normally like "There was this massive breakthrough that lowered the record" while with this game it's just "Yeah, people got better at the game"

[@smoothjazz2143]

chads

[@crimsoncherry3525]

Just go faster lol

[@TheVerendus]

I think it says something that players are still able to achieve faster times still despite no real strategy breakthroughs, it's pure skill. I really liked the one clip with the line tracing the mouse movements, you can see all the swirls and hops and drags the player is doing.

[@ghog__]

The so called breakthrough in this vid was tapping

[@XsistenceArts]

@@ghog__ It wasnt really a breakthrough, the strat was known all along but was to inconsistent for the skill at the time, as players got more skill they implemented it just more often.

[@crumpet3302]

You represented our community and the game perfectly, and gave Blastbolt some of the recognition he deserves. I'm glad I got to assist in making it, and super happy with how the video turned out!

[@DMMDestroyer]

It gives respect and additional credibility for the game and players to those who have never played the game or knew anything about it. Learned a lot from this.

[@j45002]

Nobody asked if you helped make it

[@brickstick2452]

@@j45002 Who asked you?

[@j45002]

@@brickstick2452 who asked you to comment

[@brickstick2452]

@@j45002 No one, I was just pointing out the pure stupidity and hypocrisy of the braindead statement, "nobody asked".

[@Beev37]

"speed runners never really got over it" was an absolute bar

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

🤦‍♀️ how did I not catch that absolute legend of a pun...

[@handlemonium]

This game should replace the Bar Exam in Law School 😏

[@TrillMurray]

Mf spittin

[@Valmerix]

can you edit this to speedrunners

[@essentialatom]

Is it all that noteworthy when that's the pun the game is making anyway

[@katxiii3660]

Dudes really put in thousands of hours of work just so they can outrun Bennett Foddy's monologues

[@cheese0827]

Getting over it faster than bennet foddy

[@bobbobert9379]

This is how I play. Monologues on. I try to race against them. If you beat the game in under around 10 minutes you beat them, but I try to get as far ahead as I can.

[@owrlowrl]

@@bobbobert9379 same here brother, never got tired of Bennet Foddy stroking my balls verbally

[@zeo4391]

@@bobbobert9379lmao that’s what I do too lol

[@hanasan4845]

Honestly, that's my goal. My best run was I think 8, almost 9 minutes. One day, I'd like to be so fast Bennett didn't stop talking by the time I'm done

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Me in school: “Why am i learning this? Ill never need this in real life!” Me as an adult: “of course ill watch how speedrunners perfected getting over it with mechanics”

[@Loctorak]

Ironically, if i hadnt faced so much push-back from my family when it came to learning about computers and games, I'd have been much more prepared for my adult life. Instead i have skills like a comprehensive and totally useless understanding of English spelling and grammar.

[@deco90014]

​@@LoctorakYes, one the most difficult task in contemporary social life is how differentiate good advice from bad advice, because how fast society changes and atomic the experiences become the wisdom of your older relatives generally is no longer valid and the trajectory of your colleagues might not apply for your reality. I remember being push off from programming when I was young teenager because my mother didn't like how much time I spent in the computer. I still got some advantage from knowing to program basic things but I could be gaining 6-digits salary if I not spent too much effort in getting good grades to appeasing my mother.

[@leichtmeister]

Fun part: The change in strategy was actually applying what we learn in school 🙃

[@mattwarbuckle]

@@Loctorak I believe you mean spalling and grammer. Thank you.

[@SickMcNugget]

I just want to note that one of the tools that was instrumental in helping runners improve is anjo2's modpack. It allows you to spawn faster at the start of the game, which, in a game that only takes around 1 minute and 15 seconds to beat (and requires thousands of restarts), will save hours of time in the long run. You can even set up checkpoints that you can respawn from to practice a section. It also contains a built in timer (no livesplit needed!) so you can compare your splits to see how much you are improving by or falling short. I truly believe that the modpack is perhaps the biggest tool for improving at speedrunning GOI.

[@squillybobarchive8095]

Hey Karl, thanks for making this video on our favorite game, I'm glad you found the mechanics/techniques so interesting and managed to encapsulate them perfectly in this video. Our community is very appreciative of this coverage and we hope that we can push the boundaries even further! 🔨

[@gois3r]

so true

[@squillybobjoe]

@@mrboogybam ^

[@eclipseflames]

Brogle

[@matikoos416]

Brogle

[@gblargg]

I've seen videos about this game before but this one makes me want to play it. These speedruns are so elegant compared to the videos of game play years ago. It's inspiring.

[@TBH_Inc]

Fun fact, every time you complete the game, the pot becomes a little more gold. All the clips with completely gold pots mean they have beaten the game 50+ times, although they likely have way more than 50 completions.

[@red731]

Whoa. Thanks for this info

[@SG2048-meta]

I have around 300 wins, blastbolt has around 2000, but some others like Rengj Rengj for example have win counts in the ten thousands. So thanks for mentioning the fact that they have way more than 50 completions lol

[@Kambyday]

​@@SG2048-meta what's your PB? Mine is a 5:17 after 66 wins it's getting harder and harder to lower it

[@SUPERNOOB20]

@@SG2048-meta 02:57 says blastbolt's WR is the 5177th time he beat the game

[@fortnitesexman]

so what do you need to do to get the n word pass like blastbolt did?

[@shidanslair]

The most amazing thing about Karl is that he manages to explain everything so well, without compromising the entertainment. I haven't made any speedruns and watched only a few runs, but still I find myself enjoy these videos a lot and (thanks to Karl) I understand these amazing achievements and can only admire the people doing this. There're very few channels I like enough to watch every new video, and Karl Jobst is one of them.

[@YTsux100pct._of-the-time.]

*F A C T S* Well said

[@TheAdvertisement]

I beat this game for the first time earlier this year, and after spending so much time grinding it out to beat it once... I suddenly found it a lot easier to get to the top a second time, and at third, then a fourth. It's amazing how quickly you adapt to the dumb controls without realizing it, and it's amazing we can push it so far to speedrun it this well!

[@tazgecko]

Nice to see Distortion 2 get some exposure. The man is a machine cracking open new games. Love having him in the background on twitch.

[@fuucaran]

He was absolutely dominating the Elden Ring leaderboards back when the game was new. He was dropping world records practically every other day.

[@gomjabbar6246]

If a new game was released and we had two weeks to beat aliens in a speedrun to save the earth, he's that guy.

[@TheBfutgreg]

@@gomjabbar6246 Futurama moment Or Pixels I guess if you have shit taste in everything

[@HonkityTiddlefish]

I remember when he'd have a new Sekiro WR every morning, getting it down to like 20 mins. It would be like watching a short episode of something every day before work, and it was insane.

[@eliastew9636]

Was just gonna comment this I love dist he’s one of the goats for speedrunning as a whole

[@ekki1993]

Bennett Foddy is a legend. The man deserves his game going viral. He also made QWOP.

[@bigmistqke]

That makes a looooot of sense

[@theultimategamer95]

Oh, no shit? Made me smile this, I genuinely did not know that.

[@Tirocoa]

QWOP CLOP GIRP All made by the same guy.

[@andy4an]

Neon white too right?

[@ekki1993]

@@andy4an I don't think so. At least Wikipedia doesn't say he was involved in that game.

[@TOOTHBRUSHDUCK]

Now, the only goal is to break the next minute barrier. Negative length speedruns here we come!

[@Gekoloudios]

Not that far off, the glitchful wr is only miliseconds long

[@StefanReich]

@@Gekoloudios Not that far off and yet so unreachable

[@omnirhythm]

Soon. When we get ai npc's we will be able to coerce them into breaking the code and unwinding the game clock as well as handing us the keys to the ending.

[@MichaelLight96]

😂😂

[@LucianDevine]

@@au1317 Nope, you are just tied with a LOT of people at 00h:00m:00.000s.

[@Codyumm]

Amazing milestone by blastbolt after all these years, congratulations once again. It's really nice to see some recognition and hype around the game that generally get's dusted off as a bad game because the controls are designed to be intentionally difficult.

[@ahiptothehop4077]

Agreed, the vid gives the game the respect where its due, especially with the speedrun community.

[@WL69420]

It’s just understanding the physics of levers. Easy game

[@olivercharles2930]

I don't think it is a bad game, but it is a bit pretentious imo It is a pretty fun, if frustrating game without the dumb monologues thrown in the mix.

[@j0hnballs049]

Cody fr having 16 likes on a goi video 💀

[@SolidusGabriel]

The best part about the game is the audio commentary by the creator of the game that plays as you progress in the game. It's so relaxing, almost like an ASMR, that I sometimes go back to listen to it here on KZbin.

[@MotiviqueStudio]

That was phenomenal. Watching the earlier wide angle motions and then seeing the quicker tapping motions, you realize just how much of a visceral connection your breath has to the movement of the character on screen.

[@Taidhgind]

So happy to see you covering this record! Ive been playing the game on and off since release and have recently been running the game for a couple of months, my pb is 3:05 but I hope to one day get a sub 2 minute run. It makes me so happy to see you covering such a neich speedrun! Love your content dude! ❤

[@Sotaleer]

Guy is not only a legendary runner but also a great musician

[@matthewsteinmetz729]

Absolutely not

[@Tenchigumi]

Absolutely is.

[@muffntheB]

that dude sang horribly flat, over a track of midi files he assembled on garage band, please do not call that musicianship.

[@squidikka]

@@muffntheB Exactly. This is how you get people who embarrass themselves on American Idol. Fake positive reinforcement is the politically correct thing to do, so you get comments like OP's. He's a very talented speedrunner, but let's not get ahead of ourselves with regards to his musical prowess.

[@JackTheripper911]

He isnt a "musician" lol. Dont call what he did music 😂

[@Doncroft1]

The run made me tear up. There's such an obvious beauty to it. The character is the equvalent of a disabled person with no legs, yet through mastery, Blastbolt has taught him to fly.

[@fabiosonhandogrande1697]

It sure is like as if the best paralympic competitor performed better than an olympic one. (Though, in Getting Over It, the physics of the game play a big part. Unique enough to be quite impossible for a character that uses its legs to perform the same.)

[@phineasfacingforward3460]

Thats really beautiful actually

[@SHADOW17018]

what a joke 😂

[@lukanxo5353]

It’s not that serious buddy get a life

[@noahsmith4215]

As if he's disabled! That guy has the upper body strength of three bears.

[@geekey3441]

it's so interesting how unsettling it is to view the "swinging" vs "tapping" motion is after seeing it mastered

[@MrCrack98]

Going from spinning to tapping is a real game changer! Thank you for making a video about this game!

[@gois3r]

glad to see this game getting recognition. blastbolts sub 1 has to be one of the biggest speedrunning milestones of all time.

[@bggamingdeluxe5658]

It's very crazy because when you first play the game it usually takes hours and sometimes days to beat it on a first attempt but Congrats to these runners for lowering that time down to just a minute.

[@joshscott6914]

Karl, the way you and your channel handle this content confers a dignity and integrity to the entire enterprise that the mainstream has generally denied. It's cool to see.

[@gianlucatartaro1335]

As somebody with a 6 min pb in GOI, I can say that the crazy thing is that there are STILL improvements to be made! There were tiny mistakes in the WR run that I’ve seen faster in other runs, such as at the top of chimney, at the top of slide-skip, and at the end of snowballs. I don’t know if humans will ever get sub 50, but I can see sub 55 as a realistic goal over the years. Thank you Karl for making a video on GOI! It really is a fantastic speedrunning game. No RNG, short, and is all about skill. I always love coming back to it every now and then, and this seems like a great reason to do it again!

[@emperorsascharoni9577]

You can see that his best segment run is a 50. I also got a 6m pb and it was almost like the record progression with my own pb progression. At first you get better so fast but after 60 improvements I a row it starts to get difficult to make an improvement every 3rd run then every 10th and now I stopped after not getting sub 6 after our 40 more attempts.

[@DarkZoma]

Doctor: You only have one minute left to live. Use it wisely. Speedrunners:

[@orionred2489]

Doctor: You have six months to live. Speedrunner: Dies in two minutes.

[@Freelix2000]

"Damn that sucks. Oh well, I'll get over it."

[@snowcoalRC]

I remember watching these speedruns a few years ago and seeing it fairly close to the 1:00 barrier with plenty of room to improve. I wondered then if anyone would ever do it. Im super stoked to hear that someone finally did. Absolutely beautiful run.

[@Doomxeen]

This was a great speedgame to follow. It was so easy to check up on it every so often and watch whole runs while seeing the strides being made.

[@darkreyule]

I'll say it again. I'm not a speedrunner, but Karl still manages to speak to the gamer in me with these videos. I watch them all start to end, I don't even skip the sponsor segments.

[@CrouchingGrandpa]

I love the small shoutouts you throw in for those who aren't necessarily the main character of the video but still very impactful in the scene :) good stuff.

[@TheCursedJudge]

Nice to see Getting Over It getting more attention again, not just as a great game, but as a great speed game

[@T3rr0r626]

Can attest to that, fantastic game.

[@gois3r]

i watched your video that included getting over it a couple weeks ago. its nice how many large youtubers are making videos about this game right now. the speedrunning community is really getting the attention it deserves lately.

[@hectorg5809]

It's pretty gay tbh

[@DennisGr]

great to see dist2 getting some love. an absolute beast of a generalist, just very good at videogames. the pace at which he picks up new games and strategies is as impressive as he is dedicated to grinding.

[@syx3s]

at the halfway mark in this video my forearm stated to cramp because my hand was being held in such a tight awkward position for so long watching these guys playing. didn't notice i was doing it because i was in a bit of a trance. that game is so freaking hard. i've never seen _any_ speed runs of it. played it, never beat it. did watch a couple streamers beat it in an average time. these guys are 🤯

[@Imaproshaman7]

This was amazing! I didn't even know that beating the 1 minute barrier was possible. Congratulations to Blastbolt for beating it! It's pretty cool that he composed the music too. Speedrunners are always so amazing. Thank you for covering this so well too! We always appreciate your hard work in making such well made videos.

[@xlrgamer3746]

Being a Getting Over It Speedrunner, i really appreciate the effort put into the video and ofcourse a huge congratulations to Blasbolt. I really know how difficult it is to grind for mere miliseconds to improve your pr and this record is a mere essence of what humans are capable of. Keep supporting us speedrunners 😃

[@ilikemusic5440]

Distortion2 is absolute legend. Love watching him. Absolutely insane Dark Souls speedrunner.

[@BalmoraBabe]

Shout out to dist2 for WR and then instant uninstall

[@Chris_x_2]

Excellent job as always @Karl Jobst! Amazing how much history and credit you are able to give to these games records and communities

[@tiddly5]

im so glad you made a video on this, watching the record slowly creep lower over the years has been exciting and it's unbelievable that it's finally over

[@japaneseambassador3562]

That was genuinely masterful. Blastbolt's run and this video. I knew GoI speedruns were insane but God damn... It's so true. Speedrunning this game is pure skill and technique. There are no skips, no workarounds, just pure skill and dedication. Congratulations to Blastboi for breaking this game by beating it under one minute and shoutouts to all the other GoI speedrunners! You guys are fucking awesome.

[@taylankammer]

I'm proud to have beaten this game once. It took hours upon hours. Beating it under a minute is just absolutely mind-boggling god-tier skill and nothing else, given there's no glitches, major skips, or any other such "strategy" (in the typical sense) whatsoever involved. There's only a single "skip" the speedrunners all seem to take, which is one you don't need to be all that skilled for and is fairly obvious when you play the game. (If I remember correctly, I almost managed to pull it off myself a few times.) So this is just sheer movement skill and nothing else. Incredible. By the way, had to chuckle whenever you said the controls and movement are incredibly complex. Although I know what you mean, it's literally just moving the mouse which moves the hammer. There's nothing else to it. You don't press a single button in this game, you literally just move the mouse, and it's the hardest thing ever.

[@dopaminecloud]

to be fair, it's not a static translation of mouse movement to game output, so if you slap that level of complexity on top of the sheer accuracy that mouse movement already encapsulates it gets rather crazy pushing a million buttons can't put a dent in that sort of complexity

[@plaguedoct0r]

You made the difference between early and late speedruns very evident and it was impressive! GREAT video, thanks m8!

[@danielja1832]

"This run is trash" - Dist2, moments before world record.

[@insu_na]

"I should reset" after 6 glod splits in a row and one green split

[@charmandergamer1287]

13:30 I never knew how satisfying it would be to hear Karl say the word ‘Crumpet’

[@sir_ridley388]

This is feels like modern art at this point. A meld of soft-, hard-, and wet-ware to overcome a truly infuriating experience. I can't look away or stop watching.

[@mathprodigy]

It definitely helps my interest, i didn't really understand the finer details of the appreciation of this game without this video, so kudos mate

[@Jimmy_Tea]

Karl got me blushing every time he calls me a legend

[@eowynbertelson]

The way to my man’s heart is calling him my absolute legend.

[@schutzemk2811]

​@@eowynbertelson he archived this run in bed

[@micohdeguzmandmd]

Unless you are Billy Mitchell

[@hrodvithit]

I'm not even that hot on speedrunning, I just coke for the intro

[@hrodvithit]

​@@micohdeguzmandmd Billy Mitchell is a legendary git. And Karl so legendary he'd still call Billy a legend anyway

[@Stachelbeeerchen]

If I ever told people from the early 2000's that someone would speedrun a game where a man merged with a pot and his arms glued to a Hammer, climbing a mountain would be a game people sink thousands of hours into I wonder what their reaction would be like.

[@Gekoloudios]

I'm always asking similar questions to myself lmao

[@OjingeoChaemuchim]

They were familiar with the game where a plumber saves princess kidnapped by monster turtle and poured hundreds of hour into it

[@Lafayette_Ronald_Hubbard]

My man, I remeber vividly playing Volley Ball with colorful blobs on LAN Party after doing a little warm up round scaling a tower with a small man wearing a blue hat and baggy pants, doing sideflips while yelling "whoopdedodedo". This wouldn't have suprised us one bit. (Blobby Volley and Icy Tower if any cares to look them up)

[@tornado100able]

Imagine explaining about Minecraft for a guy playing Shadow of the Colossus on PS2 😅

[@torchmusic27]

@@Lafayette_Ronald_Hubbard Man I've spent hundreds of hours playing Icy Tower... :DD "Sweeeet!"

[@barberza]

if karl's voice sounds weird because he has a cold, I wish him luck in getting over it

[@cheese0827]

Ah, I see what you did there ;]

[@thefirely1439]

This game is great. The commentary by Bennett is meant to be frustrating but I never felt that way about it. The music was also great itself. The strange objects, with the music and commentary created a wierd atmosphere that was interesting and kept me playing.

[@emperorsascharoni9577]

Yeah I loved it when Bennett said something. I fell a lot but I knew it was a hard game and every fall would get me closer to the top so I just kept going. 12 and a half hours later I got there. Sub 1 min is more insane than most people think as progression slows dramatically after a certain point. My second run was under 45min and my 10th under 10 min but in 90 more attempts I only managed to get down to 6m.

[@localmenace3043]

That run is _insane._ I still remember watching KZbinrs make slivers of progress over looooong videos.

[@MegaTrevornant]

As a degenerate who sold his soul for a month in order to achieve the golden pot, I can confirm, this record is beautiful

[@ammarkarim2966]

Nice to see Dist get some love. His streams are so funny.

[@samihamchev9528]

I've been watching Blastbolt for 2+ years and every time he uploaded I was absolutely stunned by his skills, especially as someone who is very invested in speedrunning this game(my current PB is 3'46"). He slowly but surely pushed the game to its limits and absolutely deserves the crown of the king of Getting Over It. Also thank you to Leviathan, Yeet and every other speedrunner who proved that the impossible is achievable through enough determination, skills and patience. This is truly one of the greatest games ever made, so thank you, Bennet Foddy, for making this masterpiece of frustration.

[@asteroidhd]

Dis is my fav speed runner been watching him for years I remember watching him during these get over it streams

[@igomesigomes]

The way you set the flow of the video and how you present the progression of the facts are so entertaining! I have seen many of your speed running videos and one of them that I liked the most was about Quake. Please keep up the great work and greetings from Brazil!

[@nustde00]

I just dont understand how you are able to make this stuff so damn interesting and exciting. Jobst, you are the man.

[@SG2048-meta]

This was a truly incredible achievement, thank you for documenting it :)

[@TheVeryHungrySingularity]

seeing these runs never get old, so smooth and frustrating with how good they are

[@kallummilne8365]

I'm glad you mentioned distortion, I started watching him cuz of his dark souls runs, but then noticed he just has so much skill with running and understanding such a wide variety of games

[@jesskady1585]

Really glad you made this. Was hoping one of our favorite speedrun historians like you would catalog this great achievement as it deserves!!

[@IgnWombat]

Huge props to the bolt for reaching the minute barrier! I can't even imagine how frustrating it must've been attempting to reach this. I've beaten the game in under 1m30s myself, but in hindsight, those 30 seconds are definitely the hardest to save.

[@adam3144]

Thanks for making this video, coming from someone who makes maps and speedruns this game :)

[@m00se40]

I love thé snack section ❤

[@Sakanakao]

Best game of 2017. It was such a unique experience. Amazing to see it done with such precision.

[@SirMunday]

I love it when my Billy Mitchell news channel covers speed running news too.

[@Garvity69420]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING A VIDEO ABOUT THIS I FOLLOWED GOI SPEEDRUNNING FOR SO LONG

[@AnnathePiana]

Dist is a monster! His records are absolutely everywhere.

[@astrojade4802]

Its truly epic watching the highest level of skill needed to break a record, and it absolutely shows in this run. Congrats BlastBolt for this simply breath taking run And Great Vid as always Karl

[@MaxDeaconVR]

Is it just me or Karl really sounds like a decently accurate AI generated voice?

[@marcovirtual]

Yeah, in this video he sounds different, it's as if his voice was slowed.

[@krzysztof_jablonski]

nah, he speedruning words out of habit

[@kaothic86]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed it, I watched one of his old videos just before this and it's super eerie, sounds like a robot with a convincing intonation but that doesn't really understand what it's saying.

[@cymes82]

Billy Mitchell took over his channel and replaced Karl with an A.I.

[@160rpm]

almost like there's some glitches in the video, seems to have a few random skips as well

[@stoobidthing]

"Bro why are you booting up your laptop class starts in 1 minute!" "Don't worry I got this"

[@Flipstylee6]

I remember playing the original version of this, "Sexy Hiking" by Jazzuo, back in the early 2000's when i was in highschool. I was into Gamemaker, and it was on their forums. It's so cool to see it get remade with such quality. Speaking of Gamemaker legends R.I.P. Shawn Noel aka Shawn64. That really messed me up when i found out he was gone.

[@habarvaz]

An 18 minute video about speedrunning a game I never heard of with a guy in a pot with a hammer? Why yes, yes please

[@Gekoloudios]

pot*

[@habarvaz]

@@Gekoloudios Thanks, edited

[@comradecatbug5289]

Normally I would say this will be the last minute barrier they break but speedrunners are so awesome that you can never really know

[@ethang.8238]

For any game, if you get below 1:00 time then That is the last minute barrier lmao

[@vihdzp]

When I saw the news, I decided to finally try the game and go in blind. Took me almost 9 hours of overnight gaming to beat it. Just makes this achievement seem all the more incredible.

[@emperorsascharoni9577]

9h is commendable I took 12.5h. Did you try for golden pot?

[@jakobwest4811]

Glad to see Dist get a huge shoutout! Been watching him for years

[@squishyqris]

so happy to see a getting over it speedrun video from you

[@MotorbikesandMemes]

They finally got over it

[@aliendude99]

Thanks for your videos Karl!

[@wallabra]

"And while the game already left the gaming zeitgeist, speedrunners mever really _got over it._" Hahaha, it's little details like that that I appreciate. It's art of its own breed. Thank you, Karl!

[@LK.Cynric]

What a fantastic video. I didnt even remember this game, but this was truly fascinating. And the runners improved so much its so close to a TAS right now. truly impressive.

[@Sporkula1]

It’s refreshing to see speedruns that are done by skillfully playing the game how it was intended instead of cheesing through it with glitches. That’s a rarity.

[@HeisenbergFam]

The fact someone spent countless hours & completed Getting over it in less than a minute is impressive, hope they didnt go insane

[@Kiwi_J]

Hello again

[@M_kanpur]

What he said about Distortion2 is even more evident now with his dominance of Only Up, which is basically 3d Getting Over It

[@wyrdplae8586]

I'm shook. I asked for a video that sang the praises of distortion 2 a while back. And I'm not big headed enough to think im the only one asking but I'm just so happy to see this. Feels like Karl really listens to the fans and I'm so happy to see Dist finally make it into a Jobst video. He really deserves it. :)

[@SabsWithR]

With how big getting over it speedruns are, I always wondered why Speedrun documentary channel never made a video on it. Now its finally here

[@Doomxeen]

I'm glad you mentioned how close other people were to breaking the barrier; And how appropriate it is that Blastbolt did it!

[@anomalycat4923]

He got over it!

[@aurielklasovsky1435]

Such a legendary game. It's amazing to see how far they have been pushing it❤

[@donniedarko1234]

just like the game itself this is insanely overlooked, honestly one of biggest minute barrier break and bro deserves more attention for his crazy achievement

[@jasone6844]

You should do a video on Distortion2 sometime. Interview him maybe, go over some of the widely different games he's run, and how he got some of these records.

[@chellybub]

Amazing ❤ thanks for bringing this awesome record to the world, so it can get the recognition it deserves! 🎉

[@str__]

i remember playing this game so much, i managed to get a time of 6 minutes at one point. amazing how far this speedrun has come!

[@HorseMan69]

just as a note, you explained everything except how to move the character and what makes it so special and difficult to move like these guys do. neverthless great video =)

[@LucaAmadeus]

Thank you for all the work you put into those videos. Without your detailed explanation on what is going on in these runs these speedrunning legends wouldn't get the same amount of appreciation they truly deserve

[@Dust1125]

You sound sick, Karl. You ok?