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[@IAMJARRICO]

I love how NONE of the comments are about the video

[@lawgd23]

Exactly lol

[@demo7421]

There's a reason for that buddy

[@Cyrix9999]

yeah it's really annoying how people are more concerned with minute long sponsorship cash grabs than the whole 35 minute video

[@randyb.9143]

@@demo7421 people trying to pretend to be good people over a sponsor segment, absolute national heroes

[@chaseclason6608]

Smaller channels, especially those that have been around a long time, have more dedicated fanbases. It's pretty much all fans, so we also dont want our "star" to be shilling a sham that was exposed 6 years ago. Now that people have forgotten about their Xwitter "cancelation", KZbinrs are just selling out. We dont want that for our favourite creators

[@yawg691]

I scrolled down to the comments and my hair got blown back like i stuck my head out the car window.

[@jordy9606]

What is this referring to?

[@Spicy_Coconut]

​@@jordy9606all the better help comments

[@jordy9606]

@@Spicy_Coconut Thanks, when I replied to this I hadn't seen all of them yet and it took a lot of scrolling to find it. I'm so proud of this community for standing against it

[@squid_cake]

"MY MUSTACHE HAS DEEMED THAT YOU GET MY WARIO STEAM!"

[@NormansWorldMovies]

5

[@MartiniBlankontherest]

Please don't shill BetterHelp. They're awful and their reputation is actually worse recently.

[@wesleyandrews7212]

THAT SEGMENT IS 1 MINUTE THAT'S LESS THAN 3% OF THE VIDEO LIKE STFU

[@bobby3eb]

You have to understand a lot of people are still under contract with them, there are better ways to word this

[@AlexReynard]

Alright, I'm behind the times; what did they do bad? Because I used them for a little while a few years ago and it was easily one of the best therapy experiences I've had. (Though, that was due to a very good therapist, not anything particular to the company itself.)

[@bes03c]

​@@AlexReynard the couple peopleI know IRL that used it found great therapists there too.

[@pafnutiytheartist]

​@@bobby3ebbetter help was forced to pay fines for selling patient data to advertisers over a year ago. He's not under any contract for that long. He just didn't do any checks on them or care.

[@louishenrigobin1224]

I hope you took that sponsorship without knowing how bad better help is

[@RFGSwiss]

doesnt make it any better...

[@rex_ink]

Sadly he knew

[@mistermista2927]

He knew and is trying to downplay it LMAO

[@the_fat_ghost]

I just learned about it from this comment section.

[@cst1229]

​@@mistermista2927_hopefully_ that is just the terms of the sponsor requiring him to, or at least not giving him money if he doesn't

[@exonymat1471]

Please dont promote BetterHelp in any way. I understand you need to make money, and sponsors are a great way to do that, but surely you can take sponsors from more ethical companies

[@therevenger259]

I haven't been informed, what did BetterHelp do?

[@clyxos3405]

@@therevenger259they have been known to give bad and unqualified therapists and taking data from users.

[@sventomasek]

@@therevenger259 The licensed therapists aren't actually licensed and they sell their users data like email, IP address and health questionnaire answers to tech companies.

[@TheDiamondCore]

@@therevenger259they sell data when they’re not supposed too and a few more things

[@funtonite]

​@@therevenger259en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BetterHelp#Controversies

[@GTAce99]

Don't know who here will see this, but want to say I ALLEGIDLY had a conversation with Kosmic and he ALLEGIDLY told me his thoughts on the BetterHelp sponsorship. He took the sponsorship a couple months back and the research he did on the company said they only hire licensed therapists now and paid people millions of dollars in refunds to people who were unsatisfied with their services in the past, so he thought they changed for the better. He also had someone in his personal life say they used BetterHelp and that it helped them a lot. With this information, he felt comfortable accepting the sponsor. He also was happy to not just promote mental health, but to also get paid promoting something he cares a lot about. He also tried his best to promote it in the video as just an option; not a substitute for in-person therapy. After the video's release, he saw the negative attention the sponsor got. He tried to explain where he was coming from in the comments, but admits he didn't do a good job, regrets the way he talked about things in the comments, and those comments have since been deleted. He wishes he could talk openly about all this, but unfortunately he and his family can't afford to lose out on the sponsor money, so he has to stay quiet to avoid any complications. Sometime in the future, you may see a proper response to this situation from him. This debacle very much took a toll on him, because he does truly care about his audience, and is upset that they are hurt by his sponsorship in this video. I can confirm you will never see another BetterHelp sponsor on this channel. If you have any questions, feel free to reply to this comment. Have a good one.

[@sarinabina5487]

Thank you for explaining. I really hope this is true

[@boi8214]

Thank goodness

[@gamemeister27]

Thanks GTAce. Good luck with your runs!

[@mr.personalspace7831]

Thank you. I'm hoping this turns out true and we can all move on. Personally, I'm of the mind that forgiveness for a genuine mistake is just one genuine apology away, no matter how long it takes.

[@MsCerealCat]

Yeah, I personally reached out to him as well on Twitter and got a response like this. He seemed very down to earth and admitted to making a mistake and wishing he could go back.

[@nlatimer]

In all my years of being aware of the FDS, I’d never seen it physically plugged in before

[@TheAmethystAurora]

A comment about the video? Amazing, see why this got a heart

[@Doxthefox]

The secret ending was taking the sponsor and making all comments just about the sponsor and nothing else about the video itself

[@_TRB_]

Fr

[@DragonTheOneDZA]

100% of the comments are betterhelp... Makes sense It's a giant scam

[@vyor8837]

it's not.

[@The4stro]

i did have a friend who used betterhelp. it helped him with a bad breakup. it is quite expensive though, but there's now a similar thing here in czechia called hedepy, which even plans to grow into the rest of europe

[@MR-zt1hh]

@@vyor8837 me when i lie

[@idabomb00]

I'm glad Kosmic sponsored betterhelp. I wouldn't be aware of this shady company without this comment section.

[@vyor8837]

@@MR-zt1hh what makes it a scam?

[@blackheart5842]

Atleast this sponsorship had the unintended effect of letting the less informed of us know to avoid better help at all cost

[@Games21479]

Yeah, I did not know they did that, thanks for informing me ig.

[@FBI_Agent_69420]

Dunno about everyone else, but I knew as soon as I saw an ad for therapy lol... what honest person would be advertising therapy services in a KZbin video aimed at gamers?

[@darknessblades]

The fact a nearly 40+ year game still is not beaten in the fastest way possible is amazing

[@Dankboi68]

A comment not about betterhelp?!

[@michaelmahoney5677]

almost no games are! Kosmic has another vid where he talks about the conditions that make it possible for a game's RTA WR to match the TAS and how SMB1 sort just BARELY meets those conditions.

[@mahranislam3554]

we need better help getting new speedruns

[@Lou-yf1jo]

who'd waste their life doing that?

[@IanXab]

@@Lou-yf1jo the speedruners...?

[@TheSouperShow]

The FTC has a pretty well encompassing article on how Better Help broke their privacy promises and expectations. It also includes a link to the original complaint form (it's a whole bunch of legal jargon so I'd just read the article)

[@vyor8837]

Aaaaand literally none of it was covered under HIPPA!

[@jordanbtucker]

@@vyor8837 It's HIPAA, but why does that matter?

[@vyor8837]

@@jordanbtucker because the only thing they sold were... results from surveys they offered.

[@jordanbtucker]

Google "BetterHelp's Response to the Recent FTC Settlement" and read their response where they claim they did nothing wrong and are being singled out.

[@16vSciroccoboi]

​@@vyor8837surveys they promised the answers to would be kept private and only used for helping determine therapists to match you with? Yep, that makes it A-OK!

[@IDESTROYER236]

Mario: "You think you're-a safe? I clipped into-a your walls."

[@Dankboi68]

Mario: You better get some help now!

[@sixtysource]

@@Dankboi68maybe better help while you're at it

[@SuperPupperDoggo]

“you’re-a gonna need it after I’m done a-playing with you”

[@katinahoodie]

when you are reminded that the guy who made Doki Doki literature club, Dan Salvato, is also knee deep in the speedrun scene.

[@NeonV01D]

Apparently he’s also part of the SSB community and worked on Project M and 20XX Tournament Edition. It’s so crazy hearing his name dropped in stuff completely unrelated to DDLC.

[@JJFBlaster]

@@NeonV01D I was hoping someone made a callback to AverageTrey

[@BigAssBalls]

@@NeonV01DYeah he started huge in the nintendo scene long before doki doki, don't think he ever left his roots, there's even a nod to warioware in one of soki doki's opening lines

[@Brawltendo]

​@@NeonV01D Yeah he used to go by InternetExplorer and made a lot of contributions to the Smash modding scene early on, as well as a few speedrunning communities. It's funny seeing everyone just know him now as "The DDLC Guy" lol

[@Goudlock]

@@Brawltendo and creator of FFZ haha

[@_Guigui]

i almost thought this was an april fools video because of the sponsorship

[@Faremax_]

LMFAOOOOO

[@kurzackd]

yeah, same here... *even **_WITHOUT_** seeing the BetterHelp video* ... All the propositions listed in the video's beginning were just so outlandish, that I just *HAD* to assume it was AF... :O .

[@TheGaming100]

well now it is because im your 69th like

[@ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg]

It could still be one lol

[@NCHProductions]

super mario really has a secret ending... the better help ending D:

[@somerobloxdude3699]

This comment goes so hard

[@SonicBoone56]

Oh hey NCH

[@BigRigCreates]

I need to stop reading comments while drinking water.

[@Medlek]

It's relieving to see big people on KZbin aware of the morality of some companies

[@James2210]

Jumping in a pit 😊

[@Raziel1984]

i demand a genetic analysis of niftski, he seems like from another world

[@ariamentio]

Rare comment that isn’t about the sponsor

[@gmdFrame]

​@@ariamentioyes! We get it. By is bad. Maybe just talk about the video??

[@Jere_Jere_Jere_Jere]

i‘m not so familiar with smb speedruns and is he really legit by using Keyboard instead of the controller?

[@kaldo8907]

@@Jere_Jere_Jere_Jere Someone who he is beating who is a previous world record holder, Kosmic, says he's legit. If the guy he's beating says he's legit, he's legit.

[@bronze81]

white boy goated with the sauce

[@livinglifeinthepassinglane]

not betterhelp man :(

[@wesleyandrews7212]

Okay, listen. I respect getting upset at betterhelp. I don't respect taking your hate for betterhelp out on content creators. Just because he took the sponsor doesn't mean he actually supports them. There is a whole other 98% of the video! Kosmic is one of the most respectable people I know, and putting shade on him for his sponsor when it is 1 minute in a 36 long minute video is just silly. You would be better off going somewhere else to talk about this issue.

[@livinglifeinthepassinglane]

@@wesleyandrews7212 "just because he took the sponsor doesn't mean he actually supports them." that doesn't make it better at all

[@BreakthroughGD]

@@wesleyandrews7212 he is literally advertising for them. can't get much worse than that

[@MrKylederp]

Oh no, a youtuber I like taking a sponsorship to keep making videos I enjoy for free. I'm mad that I had to skip through 60 seconds of the video to enjoy the rest of the 35 minutes.

[@BreakthroughGD]

@@MrKylederp tell me you know nothing about betterhelp without telling me you know nothing about betterhelp

[@Macc_]

I recreated all of SMB2's "minus world" in Mario Maker 2, down to the soft lock in W -3. XD Quite pleased with how it turned out. Threw in some extra rooms and a couple of twists, too. Sorry to hear about the sponsorship screw up. Tired of all the black-and-white thinking in the comments, seems like an honest mistake to me. Hopefully everyone can move on after this..

[@universalperson]

15:15 honestly, I think people who explain the glitch levels this way are missing the point. I believe most people think that when a level is stored in a game, there's something like a big picture, like the level maps you see in strategy guides. People think the game takes this map picture and loads it into memory. For these old NES that's simply not the case - there's not enough memory to actually store level data like that! So what did they do? *They made a level generation program* Level data is simply instructions to the level generator to tell it what it needs to create next (ie create a bunch of blocks with goombas when this point is reached by the player.) Glitched levels are simply bad instructions to the level generator program.

[@MrCheeze]

This is completely correct, but it's a good "first approximation" if you're not going into a full explanation like RGME did.

[@universalperson]

@@MrCheeze completely correct or completely incorrect? How off base am I here?

[@MrCheeze]

@@universalpersonI'm saying you have described things accurately, BUT ALSO, that it's fine to use the inaccurate version for people who really aren't familiar with this at all.

[@SpeedcoreDancecore]

A generator program or a picture is the same thing in the end, just data that is compressed or not compressed (lookup Kolmogorov complexity for instance); it doesn't really matter how exactly it's laid out in memory besides knowing that a random mess is getting interpreted as level data

[@WintryFox]

​@@SpeedcoreDancecoreIt's really not the same thing. It limits the set of possible layouts that can be stored. That's why even the fully glitched levels look kind of like levels and not like a completely random assortment of tiles and sprites like level zero in Pac-Man.

[@GTAce99]

Really good video, but like a lot of people, I'm very disappointed in the BetterHelp sponsorship, especially as someone who cares a lot about mental health. However, knowing Kosmic personally, I'd like to believe it wasn't promoted maliciously, and more came from a place of either being misinformed or not knowing their history. The criticism is obviously valid, but the ridicule seems a bit intense. I hope the takeaway from this is to just not promote this company again in the future.

[@corgihero259]

I'm very disappointed in him defending it in the comments. I understand the contract is probably requiring it but I can't watch this content knowing he is (now) knowingly promoting a company that preys on the mentally ill. Almost everything about betterhelp online is extremely negative besides content sponsored by the company, which tells me that he either didn't do his research or did not care. I understand he probably needs the money, but I feel that at least a large chunk of the response is justified. I should be clear that I am normally extremely ok with sponsorship, people need money to make the content and I respect that

[@GTAce99]

@@corgihero259 Unfortunately at this point it's just a lose-lose situation. Playing devil's advocate and assuming a lack of knowledge up until now, you either upset a chunk of your community or lose out on a huge chunk of income (and potentially face legal issues?). It sucks that overall one of those things is far worse than the other, which is why there may not be a proper response. It's also natural to speak out against defamation of character. I'm not gonna pretend I know truthfully what he thinks about all this, but it is a shitty situation for everyone involved and the best plan forward is to just not have this happen again.

[@corgihero259]

@@GTAce99 agreed. I've seen some people remove this sponsor from videos after the entire thing with them, but kosmic probably doesn't have the resources to do something large and legally complex. I do hope he doesn't take any sponsors like this one in the future

[@wesleyandrews7212]

Leave this man alone! Attack betterhelp not kosmic!

[@PosthumanHeresy]

@@wesleyandrews7212 Dude, you're morally responsible for the product you push. What, is a crack dealer innocent of any wrongdoing because their buyer overdosed?

[@Chizinky]

7 frames from PERFECTION is crazy

[@okuraline]

sorry we dont support betterhelp here!

[@ruben_smo]

What happened?

[@vexpxll6102]

fr

[@livinglifeinthepassinglane]

erm, but he gotta pay the bills, duh!!!!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@RFGSwiss]

@@livinglifeinthepassinglane by misguiding vulnerable followers to a shady health company that sells their healthdata to facebook? time to look for a new job to pay bills then.

[@YTTV_Mic8]

@@ruben_smothey got fined $7.8 million for sharing data they said they wouldnt for more personalized (and scary) ads

[@clausclausie7560]

I know he won't snatch prominent records again, but man I still miss Darbian.

[@Wumbo_the_Mumbo]

Darbian was the first runner I ever watched. He got me into this hobby that I love so much now.

[@gamemeister27]

He's got a magic charm to him. We're all just young boys on twitch

[@Lernyd]

What happened to him?

[@gamemeister27]

@@Lernyd Nothing bad as far as I know. Personal life, anxiety issues, stuff like that. He'll stream again if he wants to.

[@Bro3256]

was sent this video specifically for the Famicom Disk System explanation and yeah it's a solid simple explanation that it's an add-on for a console and not a console of its own (albeit I'd put an asterisk on the FDS working on NES cause pin adapters and expansion audio) and the tone of your voice explaining the differences is pretty telling just how many times you've had to give this talk in the past

[@PriffyViole]

Well, the good news is that nobody's talking about Niftski's hardware.

[@g_way]

Bro you ruined it

[@Iliek]

Insane they let emulator runs on the leaderboard.

[@b.clarenc9517]

He's using all 10 fingers. He's cheating!!1!

[@leonardonunes5437]

@@b.clarenc9517 Who cares. His fans don't care about him cheating anyway.

[@toshironikko]

​@@leonardonunes5437I wonder how his time would be if he used an actual controller

[@GodzillasaurusJr]

When I was quite young, in 1987 or so, there was a rumor about a secret level in Super Mario Bros., accesible from the first water level, just above the pipe at the end. In there, supposedly, you could throw knives and fight using chairs. Some of my friends claimed to have seen it. Ridiculous, but I remember it to this day.

[@ianmoore5502]

Amazing explanation of the original minus world clip

[@PotPynamite]

So what I'm gathering is that a Famicom and a Famicom Disk System ar ethe same thing

[@GuanlongX]

RAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

[@user-a5Bw9de]

AKA Sega Genesis and Sega CD are the same thing and TurboGrafx16 and TurboCD are the same thing.

[@MosukaDreamer]

It's an add on the original system.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

It's becoming very alarming that people are just taking BetterHelp sponsorships out of nowhere like that public spat with Philip DeFranco never happened.

[@GhGh-gq8oo]

It’s alarming how much you think your moral signaling matters

[@wes4736]

@@GhGh-gq8oo - Phillip DeFranco may be a moralizing hack, but that doesn't make BetterHelp any better.

[@Amphibax]

Who is Phillip DeFranco and does that have to do with better help?

[@johnwest6690]

That's true I actually forgot about that.

[@onlyonestarwarsfan5337]

@@Amphibaxdo your own research instead of acting like a clown.

[@thebigint-hw1on]

Always use sponsorblock extension and KZbin revanced.

[@notveryultraguy]

True

[@Snoozingtonn]

GL using it now :(

[@Josuh]

uYou if you're on iOS

[@ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg]

#Sponsorblock4lifebaby

[@w390i]

​@@Snoozingtonnworks fine to me

[@TheMaster8579]

Please don't support better help

[@ericktheclown5032]

Why, are they a scam or somthing

[@higgsbonbon]

​@@ericktheclown5032Scam, completely unlicensed, irresponsible 'therapists'

[@Passer__]

He doesn’t approve the company’s actions, he just made a 60 second advertisement for money

[@Doxthefox]

Get better help than better help

[@joshcaladia]

​@@ericktheclown5032yeah they sell your info including messages you send

[@Randomscratcher1527]

Don’t you just hate it when your lives go to 👑9 or 👑A or 👑📐 because you tortured a koopa on a staircase on world 3-1

[@ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg]

And your thumbnail suits your comment quite well. lol

[@MCAlexisYT]

@@ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg You mean profile picture? "thumbnail" refers to a "preview image" of a video (for lack of better words).

[@RurouniZel]

Fun fact. Rather than nothing, Nintendo considers that blank number before the dash a "Space". That's why their convention that they ran in Japan for a long time was called... wait for it... SpaceWorld. It was a reference to the glitch.

[@matthewcorbett3856]

Better help sponsor rly?

[@wesleyandrews7212]

Cry about it

[@mistressabysstress]

@@wesleyandrews7212 No, we will just criticize him for making a bad choice as you do with anything you care about.

[@kristoffer8609]

@@mistressabysstress Then why the tears?

[@i_like_lemons]

@@kristoffer8609 good job defending a scam company who takes advantage of people with mental problem

[@PosthumanHeresy]

@@kristoffer8609 Did you step out of a time portal from the year 2011? No? So you just haven't updated your insults in over 13 years? Okay grandpa, go take your medicine.

[@officialsamumix]

Comments: 99% BetterHelp situation 1% Something related to the video

[@Antonwalnuts]

oh wow it’s as if better help is really really bad

[@Doxthefox]

also some are just this exact comment lmao

[@tazerface1742]

comments: 98% betterhelp thingy hehe 1% related to vid 1% calling out the comments

[@Dragonmations2012]

Yep

[@ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg]

not really. 95% Better Help 4% SponsorBlock 1% Something relevant to the video

[@KatKuriN]

the frustration with the famicom disk system confusion hits hard

[@GavinAeilts]

The fact he cares so much is a problem. It's really sad actually.

[@chineseman6580]

I wonder why it doesn’t give a memory index out of bounds exception and crash the game. Perhaps the developers never implemented code to prevent this. Often times a glitch isn’t anything wrong with the code at all but simply an outcome not desired by the developer, hence it is prevented from happening.

[@anejat629]

17:05 The original version also includes this gap in hard mode. The arcade version is basically just smb with harder levels, anyways.

[@WolfAeterni]

no, hard mode in normal SMB1 doesn't change terrain at all. It just replaces goombas with buzzy beetles, makes enemies walk faster and shortens the length of moving platforms

[@jkaka5714]

BETTER WHO?

[@livinglifeinthepassinglane]

BETTER WHAT?

[@robrod1132]

Better get a new sponsor

[@livinglifeinthepassinglane]

​@@robrod1132 BETTER SLIM SHADY

[@atticuskoch2965]

I don't even know her

[@GhGh-gq8oo]

Redditoids like to find ways to signal their superior morality from the comfort of their computer chair.

[@whatsfordinner62]

The content of the video is really engaging, I always enjoy learning more random knowledge about the games I grew up with.

[@KnuckleHunkybuck]

Minor correction: The 36th character in the tileset would actually represent 35, as the first character is 0 and there is no "0th world".

[@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her]

Yes, awesome! I was hoping you'd introduce the Disk Drive version of the Minus World, & was not disappointed. Very nice short explanation of how that works (& good recommendations for more indepth ones). And the run optimization is so crisp now, very awesome. Thanks for this awesome vid. 🙂

[@SSAS1129]

I know that betterhelp isn’t a good sponsor and that defending & supporting it is dangerous, which is why i think kosmic should be criticized for promoting it. But a lot of the ppl in this comment section are acting like kosmic is a terrible person in general for this. Yes, he is in the wrong. But you need to understand that content creators cant be perfect role models all the time; they can be wrong, just like everyone else. I’ve watched kosmic for a few years and he just seems like a good person overall, never getting into any controversies or anything. I don’t think he is doing this out of pure malice against his fans, nor is he just blindsided by money. He is simply in the wrong about betterhelp. Again, i think he should be criticized for defending it, but he shouldn’t just be bashed on like this. And, if you don’t wanna support betterhelp, that’s fine, just don’t support this video. But he doesn’t deserve to be completely unsupported overall.

[@Jon-jb9qr]

HE IS THE DEVIL

[@Tokuto-kun]

I initially posted a reply but deleted it to write something else. While I don't believe Kosmic is purely malicious for doing this, I think it's justified the reaction it's gotten and that unsubscribing from him is also an understandable reaction. BetterHelp is not a trustworthy company, they have clearly shown they will lie for profit until the law gets involved, and it's entirely possible they are just doing something else malicious or even continuing to harvest user data against their claims but more secretively. Kosmic is willingly advertising a dangerous product and refusing to take action after learning about this. I understand this was not done out of malice, but it's absolutely valid to protest.

[@pafnutiytheartist]

Sorry I forgot about content creator's feelings, I was distracted by people getting life threateningly worse help. Also he's genuinely defending them in other comments.

[@SSAS1129]

@@pafnutiytheartist i’m not trying to defend his opinions, also i did talk about him defending himself in my comment

[@JouvaMoufette]

The "you did a thing you weren't aware was bad, so now you're bad" mentality isn't good. That being said, I do hope he heavily reconsiders having them as a sponsor in the future.

[@cjc2010]

21:17 Princess Peach just hanging out like it’s whatever lol.

[@GreatFox42]

I'd love a breakdown on why the keyboard is considered legal. Not because I think it shouldn't be; I'm just curious.

[@jordanbtucker]

Keyboards are legal because the rules dictate that you are only allowed to perform inputs that are possible on an NES controller. With that rule in place, it's essentially just a custom controller with buttons rearranged in different physical locations.

[@GreatFox42]

@@jordanbtuckerWhat would be defined as/an example of a keyboard-only input?

[@jordanbtucker]

@@GreatFox42 Being able to press both left and right on the D-pad. It has advantages in certain circumstances, but it's not possible on an NES controller (unless it's broken).

[@GreatFox42]

@@jordanbtuckerThank you for the explanation.

[@raafmaat]

so why is keyboard legal? you just told us that you can do illegal controls on keyboard (left+right, up+down) , but have not explained why keyboard is legal (wich is still strange since it can do illegal moves)

[@SlayerOfTears]

Cheers for this video, mate! I didn't know about the "blank character" tile or the FDS. It was cool learning something new about Super Mario Bros that I didn't already know.

[@joshslater2426]

Since so little of the comments are talking about the video, I will just say that the Minus World is one of the weirdest anomalies in all of Mario, just a collection of near-endless random stages.

[@MrCheeze]

It's interesting to think this category is short enough that a truly perfect run, tying the TAS, doesn't feel out of reach. (By the way, there are even faster game completions possible if you allow the more dubious technique of swapping to another cartridge and then back. Works with Tennis, Legend of Zelda, and a japanese-only Go game that lets you directly choose what world you want to start in by selecting specific game rule options.)

[@Kosmicd12]

I still dream of a human viable ACE via smb3 ace -> hot swap (or something)

[@8BitPlumber1]

@@Kosmicd12 There is a form of ACE with SMB3 but it's not human viable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoubkHidgctmlbM

[@ExperiencersInternational]

Yeah, I remember watching the cart swapping video you made iirc, it's wild how it's possible

[@gnus78]

thanks for explaining these minus worlds. it's crazy how people still can make new content about SMB

[@thisisnotahandle1337]

9:08 oh my god, the crowns in super mario 3d world when you get to max lifes is a reference to super mario bros!!!

[@Kosmicd12]

Yep!

[@MrswissrollUzumakiBelieveIt]

dan salvoto???? did i hear that right?? 3:55 the DDLC guy????????????????????????????

[@Kosmicd12]

The Melee 20xx guy, the speedrunner guy, the guy from the end screen!

[@Nightcaat]

Also the guy who made FrankerFaceZ. Truly a modern deity

[@Kosmicd12]

​@@NightcaatI knew I forgot something

[@13Graham]

also the Lethal Ejection guy.

[@MemesbroOnScratch]

​@@Kosmicd12 Man he is such a cool guy

[@pjd418]

wasn't better help ousted a few years ago for bieng extremely corrupt and not having real therapists

[@Yakushii]

Yup. Then they came back, with nothing having changed. I think they relied on people forgetting about it.

[@jordanbtucker]

@@Yakushii You're spot on. Google "BetterHelp's Response to the Recent FTC Settlement" and read their response where they claim they did nothing wrong and are being singled out.

[@26dollar]

"real therapists" bro all they do is say words anyone can do that we stan betterhelp

[@MR-zt1hh]

@@26dollar me when i lie

[@Iliek]

@@26dollar They're all scammers.

[@MrEvilbyte]

Speedrunning really is an artform.

[@Tokuto-kun]

Even if BetterHelp has supposedly changed, (which I am very skeptical of considering the only thing I can tell that BetterHelp has proven is that they're more than willing to engage in immoral practices and lie if it means they can make an extra profit) i'd still argue against letting them sponsor your video. All that's showing other companies with ill intentions is that you can keep your company afloat and get KZbin sponsors if you apologize and seem sincere enough, which could lead to unfortunate consequences in which companies called out for similar situations get some PR to write an essay about how sorry they are, and then just go back to harvesting data like nothing ever happened, maybe a little more secretive this time.

[@chermal7311]

Couldn't agree more, well said

[@DecisiveRebel22]

This is such a a good take

[@jordanbtucker]

Google "BetterHelp's Response to the Recent FTC Settlement" and read their response where they claim they did nothing wrong and are being singled out.

[@matirion]

I can guarantee they have not changed. There are still reports of new users suddenly finding their info being used for marketing towards them... As in users that joined in 2024.

[@zeenoh5811]

For confused fans wondering why this video is getting hate: It's the sponsor, BetterHelp. Do not use their service. They have been known to record what you say to therapists and sell it to advertisers, along with a whole lot of shady garbage. I frankly have no idea why Kosmic would accept a sponsorship from these people, but I hope it gets clarified soon. It may be a lack of due diligence. Don't assume too quickly

[@lucky43113]

Stop being weak and deal with life on your own

[@livinglifeinthepassinglane]

​@@lucky43113 thank you for the advice bro now ive finally managed to get a job and raise a family

[@somerobloxdude3699]

@@lucky43113💀

[@SuperSomieStuff]

@@lucky43113 disrespectfully shut up

[@PosthumanHeresy]

@@lucky43113 Oh look, a sociopath!

[@WireAdaptor]

5:09 i think the reason the game disables collision at the top of the screen is to stop Mario from banging his head on the ground tiles at the bottom of the screen (as their collision likely wraps around to the top of the screen). Just a theory though.

[@108Pi]

Good theory, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. I tested removing the check and he doesn’t bonk his head at the top

[@108Pi]

However he does hit the bottom of the ground tiles if you remove the checks for being offscreen and being at the bottom

[@Tech35_]

This guy isn't complaining about the better help sponsorship, get him!

[@Player-Leli]

@@Tech35_bro chill

[@DudeAlexey017]

During my childhood I can SWEAR I saw my dad doing some interesting animation of Mario entering the pipes. Like, Mario was entering the pipe while waving his hand. I saw him doing it several times for sure. But I can't find eny info about different entering pipe animations at all. Can you explain it, please, or my childhood memories are some crazy stuff out of nowhere? Thanks!

[@awsmrs]

I think because of time your memories have been warped, there is no animation (heck, no SPRITE) of mario waving his hand as he enters a pipe in this game, however, in the all-stars release, mario does a peace sign as he enters a pipe, maybe you might be thinking of that?

[@necrolord5799]

Prob just childhood memory being incorrect, happens to everyone

[@DudeAlexey017]

@@necrolord5799 yeah, I thought that sprites would be found if something like that exists. Funny thing our childhood memories are.

[@TokyoXtreme]

@@necrolord5799No man, more obviously there's been a spatial-temporal rift in the fabric of the universe itself, and there's been a collision of memories from an infinite number of shared experiences - only explanation. Either that or he's thinking about the All Stars peace sign as was mentioned above.

[@cerjmedia]

“Shoutout to Dan Salvato for this chart” Dan Salvato? The Dan Salvato of DDLC fame? Omg it is wow

[@JamesP7]

Yep. He was actually a Super Smash PM (modder? creator?) before DDLC, and there’s at least two easter eggs to this fact in DDLC. (I think I may have heard that they were patched out for some reason, but you can find them in older compilations or on wikis.)

[@stevenjones8575]

This was one of my favorite videos of yours. Awesome job, man. Niftski is unreal.

[@jardiwester8704]

Good video! Really informative! While better help is a bad company, I'm pretty sure you didn't know that. And I don't care about ignorance about a service you probably don't use, that is only natural. I only care about your knowlidge on super mario, which as this video demonstrates, is more than enough to be teaching people about

[@chess123mate]

He researched it and found that they are fine (he expressed this in some comments, in addition to how he'd heard positive stories about them). From what I can find online, though they aren't perfect (no company is!), I'm not finding much evidence that they're evil/dangerous. They services might not always be as good as in-person therapists can offer (not that an in-person therapist is guaranteed to be good either!), but they can also be dramatically cheaper in many cases.

[@tuve3537]

betterhelp REALLY?????

[@RobertMcKinnonMainChannel]

awesome video!! im always hyped to see faster categories, this one is a really cool one too! it's awesome this category gets so much care, and is so optimized!! congrats to niftski on an awesome record 💪🔥 and to all the people who pioneered the strats necessary to get there!

[@wesshiflet2214]

more like wetter help, bc you’re stuck in an endless water level

[@tonelemoan]

Great video. Thank you, thank you, thank you also for the simple act of pronouncing Super Mario Bros. correctly.

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks to the speedrunners and their passion... and borderline crazyness at times. :)

[@mattriley2265]

How do NES speedrunners practise? Is there such thing as a physical save state adapter cart?

[@Cats-TM]

As soon as you showed the NES my computer bluescreened...love when it does that.

[@Skippymcskep]

OK, WE GET IT, BETTERHELP = BAD! YOU DON’T NEED TO KEEP EXPLAINING IT! JUST TALK ABOUT THE VIDEO!

[@MIITRIN]

dude writes this comment instead of talking about the video, tells you how much there is to talk about

[@Skippymcskep]

@@MIITRIN I’m writing it because I’m fed up with all of the comments being about betterhelp

[@mistermista2927]

@@Skippymcskep every day the sponsorship remains in the video a new person sees it who doesn't know any better and is going to have their already difficult life made worse when they're having a horrible time and remember the name BetterHelp. If you don't think it's a problem worth speaking up about then you're part of the problem

[@10cloxxer24]

⁠By how many betterhelp comments there are somebody has to be an actual moron to fall for it. Also, Kosmic has definitely talked about it in person and he says that he thought BetterHelp stopped being a bad company and became something genuinely helpful. He also said one of his friends was actually helped by BetterHelp so he believed that it was fine to take the sponsorship. Also, because of legality, he cannot contractually delete the video

[@FBI_Agent_69420]

Brain: "It's time to go to bed" Me: "One moment, I just want to see this secret ending" ... *a FeW MoMeNtS LaTeR* ... "before we touch on some important details of the speed run, let's touch on some important details of life. I believe in always trying to progress as a person..."

[@beepboopbeepboopbeepboopbeep]

You already lost me (as I'm sure it's the case for many here) with betterhelp already, BUT I'm genuinely curious why you took the sponsorship deal,,, did you try it personally? Have you NOT seen its bad history? Has anything changed? Let us know if you can, thanks.

[@Panic_]

According to a reply from him on another comment, things changed. But I wonder to what extent that reestablishes trust only because they paid dues for getting caught.

[@YTTV_Mic8]

@@Panic_i dont think things changed there are recent stuff that say betterhelp is bad so i dont think so

[@TuxraGamer]

You realize y'all can simply not sign up for the service, right?

[@YTTV_Mic8]

@@TuxraGamer yes but if even one person falls for it thats bad and a kid is worse

[@Player-Leli]

@@YTTV_Mic8with the entire comment section criticizing betterhelp I dont think anyone will try it

[@captainphoton1693]

Bruh everyone talking about better help like it's the devil and everyone know about it. Whatever they did. I belive you. But please. I didn't knew about thoses issues and I'm cronicaly online. He made a sponsorship, and honestly considering his content it's probable he did a research on what he was selling. Again considering his content if he closed the deal it's probably because he didn't found anything against them. So pls don't act like it's so far spread around that everyone know about it. You are just hurting people.

[@luciasarchives]

edit: the fact that you're going as far as defending them in the replies has led me to unsubscribe. less than a year ago, the ftc took action against betterhelp to make them stop sharing sensitive user data -- for a therapy platform, that's absolutely unacceptable to do, and they should not be trusted because of that. i don't want to doubt you're a good person, and money being a concern is very valid as well, but in the future, looking into your sponsors more may be a good thing. in the end, though, this all has left a bad taste in my mouth, and if you look at the comments, others feel the same way. original message: was excited to see this, but i guess i'm not going to watch it because of the betterhelp sponsor... hopefully you're just locked into a contract or something, but there's a lot of stuff going around about their business practices being shady. (as well as at least one case of a gay man allegedly getting a therapist telling him to be straight) there's a page by the us federal trade commission about all this if you'd be willing to look.

[@BigShitterDeluxe]

I would assume BetterHelp would revoke the sponsor if he started going against them in the comments. He probably has to if he wants to keep the sponsor.

[@luciasarchives]

@@BigShitterDeluxehe could have at least kept silent, then, or alluded to his hands being tied by being under contract instead? i don't really understand the benefit of actively defending them in the way he has personally -- there's room for nuanced takes at times but with a company fined for millions i would say he's grasping at straws a little here.

[@mistermista2927]

@@BigShitterDeluxe he should have demonstrated basic morals and not taken the sponsor in the first place. I don't think "noooo if I say bad things then I won't get the scam money!!!" is a very good excuse at this point

[@chess123mate]

​ @luciasarchives I looked it up - the FTC thing you're talking about was published 2023, but is regarding practices from 2020 and before (about making money off of emails for advertising purposes, if I understand correctly). But the FTC gave instructions on how to do better, and there's no indication that BetterHelp hasn't followed through. The other issue I've heard of are the bad reviews about BetterHelp therapists, but I heard BetterHelp has improved since to minimize those. In any case, there are also good reviews & stories, too. Kosmic in a comment elsewhere said that he'd heard of good stories. Should we ignore all the people that have been helped because of a few bad therapists? I looked up hopefully more recent reviews and found an article from healthline which found generally positive reviews.

[@devanworkman8745]

Are you going to cry about it?

[@IamMonvi]

why was there bomberman hero music behind that betterhelp ad?

[@Jessys34]

Nice video, also nice to give the list of musics you used!

[@SrSpankems]

Better help is a scam.

[@joshiegemfinder]

I know there was a trick you could do where you could stomp a koopa at the bottom of the screen from the top, maybe the collision checks are disabled while you're in the HUD space to stop you from colliding with the blocks at the bottom of the stage?

[@JolanXBL]

But it is the keyboard because of his hand position. He's not sitting cramped to a small controller and the buttons are more responsive

[@Kosmicd12]

How are the buttons more responsive?

[@Sugar3Glider]

Better Help has been caught selling your medical data, and doesn't verify credentials. Please don't platform predatory 'services.'

[@lucky43113]

Dont care

[@MeriaDuck]

​@@lucky43113many do

[@Sugar3Glider]

@@lucky43113 cared enough to say something

[@nelsonnicholson6175]

@@lucky43113 Cringe take

[@JohnBLZ]

Okay, what's the actual problem with "selling medical data"? I mean, this is the streamer/speedrunner community. People in here swat, dox and abusively ban. All three have led to suicide. Yet all those people doing this are still on top of the Twitch game. So why is it such an issue that doctors share medical data?

[@DoodlesGaming]

All of the people in the comments raging about the Better Help sponsor like Kosmic is a terrible person. Maybe he had no idea about what claims are being made, I'm chronically online and this is the first I've ever heard of these claims.

[@pimeja7]

i just wanted to enjoy the video but got ruined by the comments

[@ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg]

I use sponsorblock so I pay no attention to what they are sponsoring (this comment brought to you by SponsorBlock)

[@Legendary_Doge_Gaming]

3:09 "It's pretty simple." -Explains how it works in a complicated way that is hard to follow along with...

[@im-bad-at-games9639]

fun fact super mario bros. can be completed under 65 million hours

[@IAMJARRICO]

no really? i thought the max was 1234567898765432345678 million hours

[@JamesP7]

Kosmic actually did a “slowrun” of the game before. A lot more interesting and technical than you would think.

[@PierceArner]

Appreciation for preempting the keyboard controversy with 29:23 as always.

[@AaroInTheKnee]

Kosmic is too nice. It obviously gives an advantage once you get used to it. Its the same as the advantage between using a fight stick and a controller in SSF games.

[@Kosmicd12]

​@@AaroInTheKnee what is the advantage? Why does everyone insist on this without knowing tangible in game examples? No tricks have been found to be keyboard only, but a couple tricks have only been done on controller

[@AaroInTheKnee]

@Kosmicd12 Well, in fighting games the biggest difference between control and fight stick (the big flat joystick decks if you've never seen them) is it gives you more control over the d-pad and more spacing for putting in individual inputs. For example, there is a combo with a character that is close to impossible on controller and can be done with the joystick because of the spacing of the buttons and how quickly you can move the stick around. When watching the WR holder using the keyboard, I can see elements of that. I can see there is way more control on the inputs as opposed to a D-pad because there's zero chance of accidentally rolling your thumb. Given that there are inputs in the WR that take incredibly precise inputs and timing, it makes sense that the keyboard would dramatically reduce errors.

[@PierceArner]

@@AaroInTheKnee So… you have fighting game anecdotes and nothing that is substantial evidence about THIS GAME, yet you showed up to claim that there's an issue despite the fact that the people most familiar with THIS GAME collectively don't have an issue with it, and you thought this was a good idea because…?

[@AaroInTheKnee]

@@PierceArner Bit condescending there. There are clearly similarities that you can transfer into this. Incredibly precise inputs over long runs that need to be consistent.

[@TheBlueFoxRideingTheFalconFg]

This might be your best breakdown video yet! Thanks for it also your awesome!

[@MikeDiggity]

This is such a well put together video Kosmic! Great job!

[@Azazel386]

Are people really not watching the video because of the BetterHelp sponsor? That doesn't make any sense to me.

[@DoffysGlasses]

Putting aside the sponsorship, this is a pretty fun, informative video. I do enjoy it when Kosmic shows more personality and gets his style of humor in, too. More videos like this is always welcome

[@galactic_cupcake8744]

finally, someone who is sane in this comment section

[@not2tired]

Great video! Haven't yet been able to get the no-brick-break minus world clip. But your dive into wall clips turned on a light bulb and I'm gonna go for it with new perspective.

[@Zeitgeistmusic997]

This minus world glitch extends past video games. The subconcept of blank/nothing creating spmething consisitent and recreatable (stable) appears in the WWF Raw game with the unfinished character that's playable. It's a concept related to the observer effect. To understand that you have to grasp the observer effect past repeating like a parrot. So a quick lesson is the roundish shape of planets rather gas or ice or metal or rock is the observer effect cause a greater universal process grabs nothing and incorporates it to its process. So with that definition applied the observer effect is just grabbing components (scientific nothing) to complete the coding within that games universe. It's not a big deal

[@Zeitgeistmusic997]

The fact that the game grabs the same components to create unplanned levels is something unstudied. The enemies and layout is tied to where the data is randomly located in the memory. So my point is that it's a primitive and natural 'artificial intelligence' in all coding because the universe is a simulation. That's what religion/intelligent design is explaining so that's not a big deal either. The system within a system is always subject to restrictions of the greater system. This is why binary code works digitally and analog, duh

[@AlexReynard]

WHY WOULD YOU MAKE A GIANT RED BOX THAT ISN'T A CONSOLE, BUT YOU NEED TO PLUG A CONSOLE INTO IT TO PLAY GAMES ON A SLIGHTLY-DIFFERENLT-SIZED RECTANGLE WTF!?!?!?

[@alanhersch4617]

Not that this makes it any better, BUT it has been a common thing in japan for a long time to have console addons, so it isnt so strange over there. By now though all the companies have stopped doing that.

[@AlexReynard]

@@alanhersch4617 Addons I get but, like, it has to be that this disk format was already in existence, and this just made it compatible with the Famicom, right?

[@IAMJARRICO]

it might have addonn-exclusive games like Doki Doki Panic

[@veronicadiaz764]

Anyone who commented about better help is just kinda annoying. I wanted to see what people thought of the video, not the sponsorship.

[@Antonwalnuts]

maybe it’s cuz betterhelp is really really bad. that’s what i reckon

[@reinhardt3090]

@@Antonwalnuts okay but at some point enough people already mentioned it and continuing to comment about it is just annoying virtue signaling.

[@Antonwalnuts]

@@reinhardt3090 idk if you understand this or not but this is just not a very smart way of thinking

[@reinhardt3090]

@@Antonwalnuts Ok buddy.

[@Antonwalnuts]

@@reinhardt3090 you’re just straight up not using your head.

[@Kaitri]

Never heard of betterhelp before but im also european. Ps to 99% of the comments: no sponsor on yt is ethical besides a handful

[@howard_blast]

Kosmic went way too far.

[@Kaitri]

@@howard_blast i really cant judge. and i highly doubt he'll get any backlash from it i really dont know how bad they are

[@abraveastronaut]

0:55 Just forget the words and sing along~

[@JRS06]

The Minus World is a very interesting idea. It's one of the first recorded gaming glitches, and more things are still being found today. It's amazing how a 35+ year old game can be pushed to such an inhuman degree to do amazing runs.

[@lunawenko9324]

Betterhelp is not a good company. Please don’t accept their sponsor ship

[@chrisdryer]

Brilliant job with this video! Very inspiring!

[@NightmareRex6]

and what happens if swim over the flag is it just an endless stright area like past most the flags?

[@osmium6832]

9:40 That blank square is actually character 37 in that chart, not 36. There's 10 single digit numbers plus 26 letters. The blank is the one after 10+26, so 37 unless I'm missing something and you're starting at 0 when you count.

[@LotoTheHero]

Yes, the computer starts counting at zero.

[@the_fat_ghost]

Character 36, but the 37th character. Indexing starts at 0.

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

Also, each different port of Super Mario Bros. has a different Minus World: NES: World -1: Welcome to the minus world!: World 7-2: 01/81 FDS: World -1: Minus World: 09/89: Underwater 5-3, World -2: Deja vu?: World 7-3: 27/A7, World -3: Blooper Castle: 44/C4: Underground 4-4 Genesis: World -1: Pipe Land strikes back: World 6-2: 23/A3, World -2: ???: 34/B4: Coin Heavens B that T's you up the moment you enter the level, you will get T'd up until you game over. SNES: Minus World varies based on the frame the Super Mario Bros. minigame spawns due to a TAS in the Super Mario World game. The most commonly used SNES port's Minus World is underwater 4-2 or 1A/9A, but your SNES port's Minus World had a -1 world which is world 5-3 or 26/A6, and a -2 world that is similar to the -3 world on the FDS version, with the underground 4-4 and the Bloopers. Also, doing the power cycle on your emulator in the SNES port of Super Mario Bros. will pick random tuning areas for the world (16-bit integers), and assign them to the 8-bit areas that normally crash, such as area 49/C9, 4C/CC, 4E/CE, 51/D1, 52/D2, 56/D6, 57/D7, 5A/DA, 5D/DD, 5E/DE, 7D/FD, and 7F/FF. C64: World -1: Minus World: 07/87: Underwater 3-1, World -2: Deja vu?: World 1-1: 25/A5, World -3: Underground Coin Room: 42/C2 VRC6: World -1: Minus World: 08/88: Underwater 1-1, World -2: Deja vu?: World 5-3: 26/A6, World -3: Blooper castle: 43/C3: Underground 1-4 Sunsoft: World -1: Minus World: 10/90: Underwater 6-3, World -2: Deja vu?: World 1-1: 25/A5, World -3: ???: 4F/CF ???: World -1: Minus World: 0A/8A: Underwater 7-3, World -2: Deja vu?: World 2-1: 28/A8, World -3: Blooper and firebar castle: 45/C5: Underground 2-4

[@CitrusThings]

Fine KZbin I will watch the video. I haven't had a video be in the next up this much since that one Majoras Mask 3D video from Nerrel