Mario Kart 64 by abney317 in

[@coffeeninja88]

This was one of my absolute favorite runs of the year. So sick.

[@alanandrade6998]

probably one of the most entertaining runs of the marathon.. thanks runner

[@TheTonyMcD]

Wow, this guy is incredibly consistent in his racing. Look at his times! They are all within a second of each other, most of them within half a second of each other!

[@catfpsxx]

0:09 I read his roll. He should have rolled.

[@KaKam0u]

16:32 scared me shitless

[@KemaTheAtheist]

What's amazing is the consistency... So many levels where laps take the same number of seconds. Amazing driving.

[@Goonygoon84]

You want Banana? How 'bout Banana? Here is a Banana! You like Banana?

[@MegaRIGAZ]

Yes

[@MoonlightMirage]

I am super excited for Abney's return to SGDQ for another MK64 skips run :D

[@bobgregories8873]

Fuckin' bananas

[@phrozenover781]

That's bananas

[@mr.j0368]

did luigi and DK try to replicate the glitch as well at 15:14?

[@kashmirkadear1776]

Was I the only one who was really satisfied with the timing at 16:40 with the crash and music

[@TheLegend-fe2vs]

30:11 R.i.p. . . Oh . . . Prof. Oak voice from pokemon snap: Welcome back!

[@Railer61]

21:55 he had 2 laps EXACTLY the same time

[@Supermario0727]

Is this speed-run done on the standard N64 version of Mario Kart 64? Because I have never seen these kind of tricks being pulled off.

[@magiclapras]

They are.

[@fergusforsyth3025]

Coolest dude in the world @ 0:10

[@jorgekun3120]

Srry for the question but, what exactly are "kill the animals" and "save the animals" donations?

[@Kaivaryu]

+Jorge Kun And welcome to the GDQ community I say! I believe those donations are made as a sort of 'incentive' for a Super Metroid speedrun; In the run, 'killing the animals' will usually be the faster way to finish the game, while 'saving the animals' means that you will have to take a different route and take longer to finish the game (I also believe that one recent run had a potential World Record time, but it was lost because the incentives for *saving* had won).

[@TheEnbinks]

That moment they find a skip for moo moo farms

[@hassancinnamon4443]

i dont get the kill the animals thing? how and why?

[@101Meeko101]

+Hassan Cinnamon it's a donation incentive (more bidwar i should say) for metroid where at the end of the game you can kill the animals or save them, kill them saves time and save them obviously loses time, a world record was actually lost due to saving the animals at one of the previous gdqs

[@hassancinnamon4443]

+MeekoChan wow ok thank you i finally understand it

[@FreeCorps]

+MeekoChan Holy cow, was it? That's one of those things you always think about in fun, like "wouldn't it be funny if that happened". If it was for a WR I don't know if I could've kept myself from ignoring the incentive, unless the runner had no idea. You wouldn't happen to remember which year it was would you?

[@101Meeko101]

FreeCorps generally they don't know if they are on WR pace, cause they aren't doing splits and just ask if they what time is at every now and then, don't quote me but i do believe it was 2014

[@pigfish99]

+Hassan Cinnamon the game its for is super metroid, just incase you didn't know what it was for. but yeah, meekochan explained it very well.

[@collingroppi1475]

love seeing my childhood games get destroyed by pros. and for a good cause too. is there any negatives about GDQ?

[@Hagashager]

I also just like the fact that they all seem like just cool dudes and gals with dedication. no corny advertising, self-inserts and drama like in other facets of gaming culture

[@oliverhees4076]

You think if he was luckier with item RNG, he would have got the record?

[@svankensen]

So, anyone knows why he uses yoshi?

[@evilvitamin]

+svankensen Lightweights(Toad/Yoshi/Peach) are fastest, of those Yoshi takes the least frames to select.

[@svankensen]

+evilvitamin Nice answer, thanks, i believed they behaved like in super mario kart, where the heavies were the fastest but had crappy acceleration and handling. Yoshi and peach were acceleration chars there.

[@efngpobruh94]

bananas at the end tho lol

[@noobgamerpro6162]

No one comments on the even times on the races

[@IanAC]

Hey Abney.

[@hoopla1480]

hi abney

[@MrFrisMich]

always thought toad was the fastest

[@kyleholmes7459]

Toad, Peach, and Yoshi are the fastest characters and are all equal in speed. The reason Yoshi is usually picked for speed runs is because it only takes one frame to select him because of his position on the character select screen.

[@Seriona1]

I believe Yoshi also has the fastest acceleration.

[@Madsy9]

Yoshi and Peach at least have the fastest acceleration in Super Mario Kart. Unsure about the N64 version