Mario Kart 64: The Quest for World Record Perfection

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[@SummoningSalt]

I'm seeing a lot of people getting frustrated with, or even angry at, the A1A, abney317, or Dan for trying to stop Matthias for all those years. You're entitled to your opinion, and maybe I unintentionally did something in the video to frame it that way, but let me explain why I think that's a really bad take. At 2:07 in the video, you see a block of text that says "I guess it's just human nature to oppose something like this." That's taken from a Mario Kart 64 forum post from right when the alliance was formed. These people were trying to do this, not out of spite of Matthias (pretty much everyone in the community really likes the guy in fact), but because OF COURSE you'd want to stop someone from getting every record in the game you play. Imagine how embarrassing that would be, to be a record contender in a game but have one single guy hold ALL 32 records. It's human nature to want to stop something like that, and it was their right to try to prevent it. They didn't do anything against the rules, they didn't do anything against the spirit of competition - they simply banded together to try to get world records. Maybe you think "but by the 7th or 8th time, why did they keep going?" Well... why wouldn't they? It had become a quest to stop him over the years. Even 5 years later, players didn't want to see him hold all 32 records if possible - again, not because they disliked him, but because the community is full of capable players... nobody on the same level as Matthias for non-shortcut players, but still players who can get records if they put in the effort. So maybe by the end, "they should have let Matthias have it, just for a day." Imagine how that would feel for Matthias - if he got 32/32 only because the community stopped grinding to let him have it. Certainly wouldn't feel as good as if he had to work for it. No, the community wanted to make him really earn it, because as amazing as an accomplishment it would be, working against the other record contenders made it legitimate. I understand if you feel bad for Matthias, but I think your mind is going to the wrong place if you're getting angry at the alliance. So yeah, there you go. IMO there is no villain in this story - Matthias is awesome for doing what he did, and the alliance is awesome for being able to prevent it all these years. There's no hard feelings between the two sides whatsoever. Also, here's a link to their Twitch accounts if you want to follow the main players in this video. Matthias - www.twitch.tv/mk64mr abney - www.twitch.tv/abney317 Dan - www.twitch.tv/dansgame89 VAJ - www.twitch.tv/vajito

[@PatrickBall7]

Ok Nice!

[@Zeazy]

goob

[@georgioboncingora518]

Pin this comment so more people can see it! :) Edit: Wow he did it within a minute a typed this.

[@veggiedragon1000]

Summoning Salt You need to pin this, or no one is going to see it! Great video, I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.

[@999darkhorse]

i couldn’t agree more thank you for such an amazing video and keep up the great content

[@Viewsk8]

"He was finally at 31/32 records and just needed one more" **30 minutes left in video**

[@michaeltauscher8481]

Facts lol

[@MrAdamske]

Strap in buttercup!

[@CFDiabloX]

*Starts sweating*

[@pynah486]

Proceeds to talk about every frame in the race for 30 mims

[@danielbojkovski723]

"Had he been a sixth of a subpixel off or 9 microseconds earlier, Mathias would have done it"

[@guitaristwilllane]

"you didn't win?" "no... but it took an entire nation to stop me."

[@motopolak]

EXACTLY this. As bummed as we all are that Matthias didn't get his 32/32 (or should I say, hasn't gotten it yet...) the dude was consistently battling multiple top-tier players at a time and took back the 31/32 EIGHT times. At this point the 32/32 is trivial because we all know it's within his grasp; the sheer fact that he can dominate by taking back records over and over and over from countless others is what's crazy impressive. It's basically one soldier vs an army, and the soldier continues to survive and thrive!

[@robertussin005]

Is this a quote from something? What is it from?

[@tpsam]

Matthias is thanos Moo moo farm was the soul stone the hardest one to get Dan is Ant Man or the rat AKA the one coming clutch to ruin his plan Zoran is Iron Man Abney is Thor Tjl with his moo moo farm original record is Dr strange for buying time so that the endgame could occur.

[@dazey856]

It’s crazy too how months of them working away at lowering world records an an international group was single handily taken away in weeks by one man with no one helping hin

[@milliondollarmistake]

I looked p this quote to see where it's from and I just got a bunch of trump news articles

[@Devlin20102011]

To people coming to this video, while at the time it was certainly true it was a fun competition between people who liked each other and played legitimately, this later changed. Dan ended up becoming the person to get 32/32, not because he finally did what Matthias couldn't, but because he finally did what Matthias wouldn't. Dan hoarded up to 22 times, getting or tying a record and then not posting it so no one knew he was grinding for 32/32, and then posted them all at once to crush Matthias' records. Heres a quote from Matthias about it: "Some people will call me a bad loser when I refuse to congratulate, but Dan lost all my respect last year. And, for me: Sportsmanship > Gamesmanship... He feared the fair battle and sneaked to the top so that I couldn’t defend properly, and although he became a very strong competitor it’s a loss.” So, to counter Salts pinned comment, it is now quite a good take to get mad, at least at Dan, and no it was no longer the nature of the game and the competitive spirit.

[@dankrishnadasan9295]

I feel like this needs to be pinned no?

[@KristopherHaines]

I guess it's legitimate for 32/32, but it's hard to accept. Definitely not a sportsmanlike move.

[@SheepStar8]

Dan is not an immoral person. There was no indication that such an approach would be dishonest or illegal. Even if there was he does not deserve this much hate for "cheating" a game. There is no Villain in this video. I think that comment from the producer of this content stands even in this new context.

[@sniper_strategy6135]

​@@SheepStar8hoarding is morally bankrupt

[@andrescabrera6097]

⁠@@SheepStar8Both are valid points and give some context to form your own conclusion. In the end the only fact that matters is that Dan won the 32/32 race. How he did it wasn’t immoral but the community was used dethroning Matthias in a sportsmanship way. Whereas Dan just dropped all of em at once. I mean obviously Dan wanted the 32 but what’s the point if no one is gonna challenge you. Might as well never post it. I respect Matthias and consider the better driver and better challenger

[@ThatNBAguy123]

The fact that Matthias was basically in a 1 v 100 and stood his ground is insane.

[@abublahinocuckbloho4539]

and not only stood his ground , but spanked them left, right and centre. he is the god amongst gods

[@Zorro7269]

He truly is, and I say this with all seriousness, one of the best speedrunners to ever live, if not, close to THE BEST.

[@bkeaper1356]

man was Napoleon lmao

[@StudioCorpse]

@@Zorro7269 Dude, Mattias is. The fact that these A1A suddenly dropped it when an American was claiming the 32/32 just shows their shallowness

[@adaelasm6467]

@@Zorro7269 The fact that these guys grinded for weeks to months to break a single one of these records and he would casually just pick it back up the next day no matter the course is absolutely insane to think about.

[@illuminoeye_gaming]

This video in a nutshell "Matthias was at 31/32" _"but then"_

[@nikita_ayzatulin]

So truuue 8 times!!

[@CaueMattos951]

That's pretty much every video on this channel lol

[@freakysquirrel7218]

*Matthias' record gets broken* Matthias: "Oh no! Anyway..."

[@xct8129]

Thx for ruining the vid. This should not have all these likes

[@CaueMattos951]

@@xct8129 How is that comment ruining the video?

[@peril7531]

Summoning Salt: "that person was Dan Burbank" me, no clue who that is: "holy shit it's Dan Burbank"

[@ninjaempire9093]

Peril HAHA LMAO

[@gg-gn3re]

He's a NASA astronaut, (no joke) cool guy

[@k1y2l2e1]

This is ww2 Mario cart version

[@gg-gn3re]

@@MostDefinitelyAlbert Have you ever seen them in the same room at the same time? No? Then ask yourself, are they really different people or all one guy? WELL?

[@GSRDoug]

When summoning salt tells us who someone is, we know they important lol

[@SphealW]

Update for December 2022. Matthias just retook the champ title from Dan after a year and a half. The goat is back on top!

[@vincentpham991]

Yessir

[@btfo420]

source?

[@SphealW]

@@btfo420 Matthias's KZbin and twitch lol

[@ilyaskir1601]

I’m stoked. Screw that Dan guy

[@vincentpham991]

@@ilyaskir1601 Dan‘s a CHUMP

[@whatifgaming1661]

I think whats so entralling about this particular story is that, somehow, both sides really seem like the underdog

[@DrJones20]

To me Mattias seems like almighty overlord that the rebels have to desperately try to hold back

[@dogo523]

This is just the way summoning salt structures their narratives, they does a great job at immersing us and twisting and turning our perspectives at critical moments Notice how everytime mattias takes a break, summoning salt highlights his losses and sizes up his competition, only to narrate how he takes all his records back right after he returns while making it look easy

[@HeidenLam]

@@dogo523 then suddenly the narrative switched to mattias's side right at the end, it was weird but I somehow felt bad for him when he failed on the 8th lap

[@Chellyzinho]

I feel sad for matthias

[@fcnl]

I thought Mr. Salt did a very good job at making you cheer against Matthias in the beginning, but by the end you (or at least I was) were rooting for him.

[@castafiorept7309]

I almost cried at that tumble dude...

[@ChibiRuah]

I am not sure which is better Mattias staying at 31/32 or getting 32/32.

[@nander_mcfly3236]

Me too, but I feel.more embarrassed for the rest of the mk64 players that had to collectively team up against q person who was clearly head and shoulders above the rest of them

[@Lebon19]

Man... same. Got so close so many times, just to be beatten again and again. It's kind of a miracle that he kept going for so long...

[@Darockam]

So he missed 32/32 by: -24 hours -half a cart -0.03 seconds That is tough.

[@jacent.4982]

It's discouraging, but him sticking around for as long as he did shows tenacity. Maybe he'll get it one day, but he'll have to drive like a god to do it.

[@AndrewBlechinger]

If anyone can do it, it's him. But I can see how getting so close so many times only to be foiled at the last moment would start to get under your skin.

[@natenatenate10]

@@AndrewBlechinger I think he should've played the long-game smarter and grinded those 2 hardest ones until he got those records, not post them until he was 30/32, and then post them for the guaranteed 32/32

[@KibaOK91]

@@natenatenate10 I don't have a clue, but I feel like there is some sort of ruling about not keeping wr secrets on purpose over a long period of time without them being invalidated.

[@snazzle9764]

@@natenatenate10 while i'm kinda mixed on the keeping wr's a secret thing, I totally agree he should have attacked dk jungle and moo moo farm since for long periods NOBODY was on on his level.

[@wedoofficial4333]

I love the parts of these videos where SS would say something like “and he beat him by 0.0394 nanoseconds. This was a huge jump”

[@tomk6292]

damn bro what is your pc setup? id love 25 billion fps

[@alphahawk325]

And he beat him by an entire planck time this was an absurd improvement

[@lobstermyname4477]

@@tomk6292bro did the math 💀

[@rieldebonk1044]

@@lobstermyname4477 Yes, we do that on everything

[@jacopofranciosi3486]

This is probably the saddest world record video I’ve ever seen. When he said “Mathias’ record total would never recover” all of the hope I had accumulated for 47 minutes straight came tumbling down. I feel almost as if the 32/32 was taken from me directly. I hope Mathias gets back at it one day and proves everyone his might.

[@vesper131]

he got the 32/32 record in december 2022 :)

[@nou1186]

@@vesper131 Can you give a link or something of this happening if you don’t mind? I really want to believe you but I haven’t seen anyone else mention this lol

[@RISK536]

​@@nou1186he did not

[@nou1186]

@@RISK536 Yeahhh I did more digging and found out he hasn’t made it back to that point. The top reply was probably based on a misunderstanding. Thankfully he’s still active and setting records though.

[@RISK536]

@@nou1186 yeah for sure

[@Emm_Initiative]

"But this time, the community took it a step further." "They put out a hit on Matthias."

[@therranolleo468]

NGL with how the video was going I was REALLY expecting something of that level coming from or to Matthias

[@slaygaslight]

this is a golden comment

[@sadyoshhours2769]

I legit thought that LMAO

[@moosery]

Was expecting him to say someone died

[@xswordiex4302]

loooool

[@sebass4379]

"He was down to just 24 world records!" JUST 24 out of 32 possible records.... imagine being so good that you're disappointed at having 75% of the world records in a category...

[@TheMasterZero19]

It’s a good problem to have tbh.

[@maxstieglitz5533]

I doubt he himself was disappointed, he seems like a hella sweet guy who enjoyed the competition

[@four-en-tee]

Competition be like that.

[@hobartpaving8986]

Imagine being so good that everyone else in the world has to team up to try and beat you!

[@TheCreepyLantern]

@@hobartpaving8986 oh man that's some perspective. Matthias went fucking John Wick mode on this game!

[@a-sleepy-guy]

My respect for Matthias after this video: 📈📈📈

[@syylent]

respect for Dan: 📉📉📉

[@craigdavies2598]

@@syylentrespect for dan:📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📈📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📈📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉

[@mr.c8101]

Came back 2 years later to say. Screw Dan

[@SuperSaiyanMax]

You left out the part where the runners discovered an ancient mesoamerican tomb with inscriptions on the walls noting that Matt Turk held all 32 records, with better times than today's runners, 300 years ago.

[@rednite3801]

You forgot the part where sinister1 beats Matt and the tas for the WR.

[@agolloh]

You forgot the part where he did it unblindfolded

[@votecthulhu9378]

Of course as soon as a german gets close to taking everything some sort of alliance forms

[@megarat2522]

I think it would’ve happened regardless

[@northpenguins]

@@megarat2522 And i think it was a joke.

[@aggrave790]

@@northpenguins And I think nobody said it wasn't

[@northpenguins]

@@aggrave790 And i think i just wanted to make sure they knew.

[@mihaelfajt293]

i love this comment

[@shuvelstone1331]

So from what I'm reading in the comments, Dan hid his world records until he posted them all at once, getting 32/32 and essentially making himself the villain. Destroying matthias' dreams and turning the fandom against him. That's uh, that's rough.

[@plutonicattic7995]

like we wouldnt be so mad if he like... hid the last 2, because he felt he was close to the last one, but hiding almost 10 ENTIRE WORLD RECORDS is well, rough.

[@helmethead3002]

​@@plutonicattic7995yeah fr Matthias would've had them all before the alliance even started if hoarding was okay

[@shuvelstone1331]

@@plutonicattic7995 rough... that's just sad.

[@PJOZeus]

Hoarding is one thing and in poor taste Breaking Matthias’ spirit he deserves all the fires in hell

[@shuvelstone1331]

@@PJOZeus yeah, i understand it now.

[@GEMTelemaco]

I feel like the hoarding of records unofficially disqualifies Dan from being the king of 64.

[@AkadaJr]

No it doesn't, he did them in a legit way offline.

[@thomanator1000]

@@AkadaJr He's legitimately held the records, but in a way where he didn't have any serious competition. It's like, say, winning a Street Fighter tournament where all the top competitors in the world refused to go to, except for three, and claiming your the best in NA. Except instead of that fiasco, It's making one but only telling one really really good player from Japan, who consistently beat high level American players, on a broken version of the game, beating them and claiming you're best NA. Technically yes but not only are you an asshole for doing so, and people will rightfully be pissed at you.

[@TheCompleteMental]

​@@thomanator1000that's not remotely comparable. Dan got his records all legitimately, with proof. He just hoarded them. You might think that's bad, but dont lie to make them seem worse. It reflects on you poorly.

[@smurfaccount9269]

@@TheCompleteMental "He's legitimately held the records, but in a way where he didn't have any serious competition." The comparisons are reasonably accurate. Getting the record itself legitimately versus getting it, posting it, and getting the other records before others can take those records off you is extremely different. Thomanator definitely hyperbolized what Dan did (assuming he didn't actually claim that he's the king of 64 due to having these records), but saying "he got them legit...he just hoarded them" is similarly detached from what the *actual* win condition was.

[@yorwie7]

You know you're legendary when you're treated as a raid boss in your community.

[@Anaklusmos42]

Imagine living with a health bar over your sight, but your name is over it, reversed so that the other can see it normally

[@Wote89]

My thoughts exactly. This whole story has the ebb and flow of a raid, and even if he never gets 32/32, it's insane that anyone could be that singularly threatening.

[@chocobofangirl]

Ah, that takes me back to when WoW had that Ag-something guy who blocked off stranglethorn vale all the live long day by himself for months and people wrote guides on escaping him XD

[@Dreamwave]

This is the most stressful video ever created.

[@vgmastercleveland]

I'd call this course Blue Balls Boulevard

[@skecthysideside3718]

Watching him tumble that last time made me so sad

[@teesee2935]

For real

[@zlatkok6362]

I am breaking mine teeth while watching this

[@charlesfort6602]

The first Summoning Salt video that made me depressed and unsatisfied at the end. It rly did summon salt in me.

[@sethbromley7186]

Throughout watching the whole video I'm thinking "wow it would have been so easy for this guy to just break all the records privately and release them all at once, he's really doing this the hard way." MFW I read the comments. 😮

[@domskillet5744]

Nobody's going to make a video about Dan except to shit on him. Dan might've held all the records, but nobody cares because of the way he did it. Now millions of people know the name Mattias Rustemeyer and Dan's exploits will fade from memory far quicker than the unbelievable competition this video showcased. The records are beside the point. The thrill of the competition is what makes this story so intriguing and so human. Mattias is the GOAT, simple as that.

[@guyfierimtwi]

​@@domskillet5744 It's human because it combines envy, jealousy, power, our limits, and your own self-control. MR is cool. Dan bad, duh. A1A is cool but it pissed me off that it had to be branded that way.

[@looeyg]

THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING

[@Toph_Not_E-Bender]

​@@domskillet5744in fact we just all remember Dan but for the wrong reason. As a sore loser who couldn't handle the competition because he's not as good as Matthias and did it the sleazy way just so he can hold that title. No one GAF about him and won't ever respect him again. Much like other legit cheaters he's been shunned, even if he didn't cheat his time he did cheat the leaderboards. And that is completely unacceptable.

[@becausesakamoto5938]

I think it's a framing thing. Matthias wanted 32/32 to prove he was the best player across the board, but Dan hoarding records to prevent people from challenging him shows that he didn't actually want to be better than everyone, he just wanted the title of being 32/32.

[@KikiCatMeow]

Matthias is an actual legend, the amount of skill needed to hold 31/32 records, AND take back ones he lost within weeks is insane. It’s a shame some people felt the need to go out of their way for a scummy, hollow victory

[@craigdavies2598]

dan technically did it fair _or did he do it nonlegit_

[@randomguy2472]

@@craigdavies2598he technically did it fair, it wasn’t against any rules, but it was a dick move

[@thomanator1000]

@@craigdavies2598 What he did was very Unsportsmanlike. He got it legit but he hoarded and refused to Post the Runs in order to keep people, Matthias in particular, from challenging his world records, until he had them all and posted them all all at once. It's like Whispering in Marco Polo. It's not cheating, but goes against all fairness and people will be rightly pissed at you for doing it.

[@rieldebonk1044]

@@thomanator1000 They still could of beat his records

[@shyguyissoawesomeguys]

​@@rieldebonk1044he did, but it doesn't change the scuminess. dan will forever have the title of being the first player to hold 32/32 records, and that's never gonna change even if mattias has retaken several records back. dan took a legendary title away from people who truly deserved it by being too much of a coward to do it competitively yet fairly

[@brody10123]

Difference: 1 frame I’m getting chills over a game I don’t play

[@thedood7859]

Lol

[@mojogojo0]

Saaamee

[@nelsonr.schmidt110]

I literally get goose bumps every video he posts

[@randomcharacter6501]

You hate to see it

[@XkinhoPT]

Best description of a Summoning Salt video

[@lanecress574]

Alternate title: 47 minutes of hearing how a speed runner kept getting blue balled.

[@joeyoverstreet4431]

Dont you mean blue shelled

[@Foggles17]

it's called edging and it's art

[@neco2ndchannel]

mario kart and the perpetual cock block

[@FrizellaTheBee]

@@joeyoverstreet4431 shit I was going to say that

[@xfys0]

blue balled is the stupidest term to exist

[@ednev7382]

My wife, who is not a gamer, has really got into SS videos. She loves the stories. She was very keen for MR to get the 32. Pausing for a minute for me to make a cup of tea, I came back to her saying she didn't like Dan anymore.

[@masvidalsknee3498]

Man it’s because SS videos are so good! I watch em about once a year I’ll get in a wormhole of watching Salt, he’s very good at making these WR videos. Even someone not super into gaming can show

[@Polai010]

“SS”

[@zerotwoisreal]

Every world record in a game should never be held by a single person. That undermines the hundreds of players optimizing strats and discovering new ones and the hard work of the community. World records should be competitive, with multiple players attempting to beat the track faster. Having one man take every record ruins that.

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

@@zerotwoisreal That's such BS.

[@dstreetz91]

@@zerotwoisreal Yet that's how it is for almost every game out there. Mario Kart is one of those exceptions because it has many tracks/categories for each one. Despite this, Matthias got to 31/32 off pure talent and work. You don't see talent like that almost ever in speedrunning or anything else, one person dominating something like this.

[@L4V4G]

People are hating Dan because what he did wasn’t illegal or anything. However, it was unsportsmanlike and it left a bitter taste in everyone’s mouth. I still find Matt’s 31/32 more impressive than Dan’s 32/32.

[@plutonicattic7995]

well i mean, hearing it from the comment section is a lot easier to bear than knowing how it actually went down. dan kept almost a DOZEN world records private, not just like 3. it wasnt just unsportsmanlike, he made it seem like he was still stuck in the mid 20s, not 29 or 30, but like 24 records.

[@PJOZeus]

@@plutonicattic7995he didn’t hide the last dozen, he went from like 10 to 20 or so (MT had 10 uncontested, plenty more were tied) Think, not sure - either way it broke his spirit and with the biggest competition out the way, and most of the community having a bitter taste in their mouth they just avoided him

[@masterofdoots5965]

What did Dan do?,

[@vehemence.]

@@masterofdoots5965he hoarded records, as in didnt post him hitting them, so it made matthias unable to properly defend them, doing this is strongly looked down on in most speedrunning communities

[@LUCIUS_EX]

@@vehemence. In other words Matthias Rustemeyer aka MR deserves is the real GOAT (because of his humility and dedication), not Dan Burbank who ruined the iconic moment to obtain MR's 32/32 before he reaches it. What a bad winner and a jackass. Sorry for insulting at someone it's frustrating and i'm frustrated but he deserves to be marginalized...and abney I respect him but he's not like MR and he will never be.

[@manguy01]

Me before watching: _"I know nothing of this man"_ Me after watching: _CRYING_

[@brycegulledge3072]

YESSSSS

[@rowcookie3925]

How did you not know of Salt TRAITOR

[@allahhorford3131]

@@rowcookie3925 he talking bout mathias

[@rieldebonk1044]

you have problems.

[@AlansAlonso]

Me irl

[@Shyguymask]

Thinking about it, Mathias being able to consistently hold 30/31 out of 32 records with a crap ton of resistance from the community is more impressive than if he were able to just get the 32/32 years ago with little competition.

[@MeesterTweester]

Yeah it's not as big of an achievement if no one is competition against you

[@Hater20X]

Man he should have grinded moomfarms lap and forgot about the rest. Then when he finally had that one he should.have just taken the rest.

[@four-en-tee]

@@Hater20X Yeah, he realized way too late that that was what he needed to do.

[@gavinschwab5497]

yes

[@bananaboiyeeted579]

I agree

[@usedturtleshell3364]

Salt should really make a sequel about this, and about how the whole mk64 community went from seeing Mattias as an arch rival and to keep him from achieving perfection. To standing by Mattias’ side and sticking up for him after what Dan did.

[@poudink5791]

hell no, this channel really doesn't need that kind of drama

[@joro8693]

Yeah it’s not worth bringing it up, people will just argue in the comments about how it’s not cheating. It was though, Mattias had everyone working against him because he was posting all these wrs, all he had to do was beat all 32 secretly and post it and there you go but because he was being honorable everyone else was able to take down prior records before he did it. If he didn’t announce no one would be trying as hard to beat those records. That’s what Dan did, he was able to take advantage of hiding it since everyone was focused on the records mattias was going for instead of the ones he secretly beat. It started as a guy taking on the rest of the community and then Dan comes in and nullifies all of that, it’s weak. Hoarding isn’t a big deal on its own, but when someone is trying to take all 32 and you knowing that if you hide it means that no one will try to beat those records until you post it, that’s just lame and should discourage anyone from ever attempting to take every record like this.

[@wooloonator3596]

“Moral of the story is, Matt took a half measure when he should have gone all the way… no more half measures Dan”

[@underworld13]

@@joro8693 hey! Curious bystander here... I could gather some of the context from your comment, but could you elaborate on what exactly happened? What did Dan do?

[@joro8693]

@@underworld13 okay so basically here’s the context Mattias originally was going for taking all the records, he announced this, because he did many other players, including Dan, decided to stop him from doing it. Every time mattias would break a record he would show it the minute he did it. Now Dan, knowing how hard they were making it for mattias decided to do a bunch of records but not announce them, the reason being is so no one would bother taking them or working on them since no one knew the record was beaten and mattias would have no reason to take that record back. So he stockpiles a ton of records and releases them all at once in order to not have to deal with the competitive aspect like mattias did. He didn’t want to go through getting all the records the same way mattias did, this wouldn’t be a big deal except he was part of the group that was thwarting mattias and it just made for a lame story. It’s one thing to take all records while fighting the whole community. It’s another to just say surprise i took all the records and you have no chance of stopping me because I took that competitive edge away from a community that’s about being competitive. Aka speedrunning That’s why people hate what Dan did, hope that explains it.

[@vesper131]

Matthias was like John Wick against the entire community. Mad respect.

[@brothir]

If Wick died at the end of every movie.

[@kaiyeeto6499]

@@brothirwell you saw John wick chapter 4 right?

[@Dzyntara]

"He was back up to 31/32. Time to finish the job." *sees there are 16 minutes left in the video* Huh... probably not quite yet.

[@keithgallagher1393]

Me towards the beginning: "cmon they gotta stop him. How can he take all these world records so easily." Me at the end "Wait no. He doesnt actually achieve it :("

[@zmac311]

Same. Went from rooting against him to rooting for him to do it. Respect to all sides.

[@harvey_rl4321]

Exactly😂

[@ErickDAces]

I was rooting for the alliance the whole time but I appreciate how he didn't give up.

[@steveetienne]

I went through the same emotional change!

[@jesushuerta4379]

@@steveetienne Fr! Like I kept a grin on my everytime I saw Mattias come close! I guess time will tell if it happens.

[@matthewrempel6646]

I honestly don't know HOW you could be in this kind of deadlock competition for so long, and NOT start feeling personal about it. Mad props to the runners if everyone really stayed amicable through it all. Better people than me

[@Zestric]

You have too much faith in humanity. That was just a community trying to bully someone out they deemed too much of a "threat".

[@blindgamer3463]

@@Zestric it is not that deep. These people share the love for the same game and loved the competiton.

[@fr0stdr4ke95]

@@Zestric The only real jerk in this situation is Dan.

[@Triplebrc]

@@blindgamer3463 No, they did not give a crap about honest competition, they only wanted to screw over Matthias. They stopped competing this fiercely the moment Matthias gave up on his goal, then they went back to the every day laziness, not putting in nearly as much effort anymore, which is why Dan was able to so easily sneak get the 32 that Matthias should have gotten, because all of these clowns just stopped actually competing for records when it only would have been for themselves instead of the goal of ruining someones records. Dan exposed them for what they were, and while pretty much everyone would have preferred for Matthias to get it, Dan is the record holder and representative that community truly deserves.

[@jakefromstatefarm6969]

​​​@@Triplebrc of course the argument could easily be that competition inspires innovation, and MR ceasing his competition led to less innovation. It's the same reason that there were so many tech innovations during the two world wars. Which is why Dan's strategy of sneakily getting wrs so successful. He didn't compete until he had a big advantage, so there was little impetus to innovate. Plus his actions deflated a lot of passion people had for the category.

[@ducks7015]

The alliance was formed to prevent Mathias from humiliating them, but the very act of forming an alliance against one man, is humiliating in itself in my opinion. That man was pure heat

[@Vgamer311]

I was thinking this exact thing the whole time. I’m not mad at individuals trying to take records since that’s the whole point, but that mindset of “it would be embarrassing to let him show us up like that, so let’s band the entire community together to try to fight back the looming threat of one guy” is equally embarrassing if not more so than him just getting the 32/32

[@tygrenvoltaris4782]

It was a fun alliance. I really liked abney hes kinds like the underdog in the story with many allies but none can match at the bleakest of times. Matthias is like an overpowered monster and abney smh clutched at every important moment to stop the monster. 😂😂 Overall they are crazy plays

[@user-pv1hr2so8c]

​@@tygrenvoltaris4782even so they still formed a alliance meaning they all had to work together to stop one guy which kinda sucks, itd be better if it was individuals cause then in a group just downplays their skill

[@jplayzow]

@@user-pv1hr2so8c I kinda disagree they're all extremely skilled which is WHY they're able to hold him just barely away from total domination they aren't co-op tracks they're just all coordinating what they're good at and doing what they'd do anyways as a team instead

[@user-pv1hr2so8c]

@@jplayzow I see your point but the fact they're all so skilled yet they all have to coordinate everything together to stop one person still to me downplays them as a whole,if it was individuals it'd make for a more intresting story with how one person had to go through hurdles with other people who individually wanted to stop him and he just had to overcome them one by one. Any one not from the community just kinda hears that one guy was going for wr then really good players had to band up against him just because they couldn't do it alone, it just downplays them no matter what.

[@PepperCoyotes]

“And that was the FOURTH time” Me: HOW ARE THERE 20 MINUTES LEFT?

[@azophi]

factual info

[@impazie]

Summoning Salt just creates content out of nowhere

[@coolrock9955]

@@impazie na he creates content from information spread over multiple years

[@AlexTheGamer97]

@@azophi You got banned from our discord lmao -cs gang

[@azophi]

@@AlexTheGamer97 okay that was completely uncalled for Also say hi to my non existent alt 👋

[@GeistInTheMachine]

The Allies always have to ruin Germany's fun.

[@splitsee2526]

Lol, true in Historical and Speedrunning sense.

[@ahmedgouda7114]

Ok i laughed so hard

[@crthejediknightninja]

A much better explanation for the naming convention.

[@K1ngKr0ne]

XDD

[@miratparmar6779]

I don't know if it's safe to laugh

[@boooksareamazing]

It’s insane that this one man battled the entire community and almost managed to win all records several times. He’s the true king of Mario Kart 64.

[@ActuallyTragic]

Man, hearing about what happened after this video is pretty sad. Dan was the guy who took the title of "world record holder" too seriously and ended up ruining the competition for everyone, including himself and the A1A he was a part of. Shame.

[@bw-leftturnracing7779]

It kinda ruins the video for me knowing the context of what happened after

[@TheLateMrBones]

What did he do?

[@user-mu2jl2xo2x]

​@@TheLateMrBonesHe got every world record but kept it a secret and only posted it after he got 32/32

[@viralvegetable2411]

this guy can make me care about something i didn't know existed 3 minutes ago

[@etherealessence]

That's exactly why I subbed

[@odnahc]

Bro u spittin facts

[@dilliisbear5]

Same

[@ryan225360]

I know, the videos are absolutely top tier

[@bonasistcool5437]

TRUE

[@vitorluigi2911]

The alliance: *spent months grinding to get a new WR* Matthias literally 0.0000003 seconds after: "back at you buckaroo"

[@rndmzr153]

[Covered in sweat] We did it, we got one ba- Matthias - Check this out lads

[@slimpickin7999]

Mario Kart is only good for the battles. Racing is unfair. Diddy Kong Racing is SUPERIOR

[@thugboi393]

OMG! I BEAT THIS WR! LETS GO 30/32 LETS GO! Matthias: hello guys sorry to interrupt but

[@Raghav-lq3qh]

mad respect to matthias for holding his own against an entire community grinding day and night while still taking breaks

[@mmvva174]

Funny to think Matthias probably could have gotten 32/32 If he had just not published the last couple records until he secured them all Him being at 31/32 at any point would give the other runners way more incentive to cut him off Though it would’ve kinda been a dirty move Good sportsmanship on his part big time

[@mahbluebird]

That sounds like well-deserved shade directed at someone...

[@mmvva174]

@@mahbluebird actually it wasn’t, found out what happened after writing that… what a shame

[@plutonicattic7995]

@@mmvva174 what an insane cowinkydink that you and one of the people in this video had the same idea!

[@PJOZeus]

I’m sure it also fucking sucked seeing all your hard work go up in flames in a tenth of the time But he really is a cock for what he did (Dan)

[@nateeskenazi8280]

This has to be the most amount of plot twists ever in a Summoning Salt video. No joke.

[@SandmanURL]

But then...

[@Allstin]

I KNOW RIGHT?!

[@Shinu.oka.]

Out of nowhere...

[@joebuckfan]

Somehow when I think Summoning Salt has done the most compelling story, the next video is always somehow more crazy!

[@nateeskenazi8280]

@@KaladinVegapunk It’s a friendly rivalry. Chill out man. Both sides are full of great people and they all love each other.

[@NickGreyden]

"His name was Matthias Rustemeyer, and this was his quest to become Matt Turk" But honestly, when a single player can motivate an entire community to do better... that is some next level stuff right there. A really bitter pill to swallow on this ending, ngl.

[@Zlinky.4220]

Matthias and Matt team up against the entire speed running community lmaooo there would be no survivors

[@martinakapenny]

So true, imagine being so good at something that it takes the combined efforts of the rest of the worlds best players to just BARELY keep you out, imo that's a greater achievement.

[@GraveUypo]

@@martinakapenny honestly, how is 31/32 being kept out? keeping him out would be if every time he posted a record, everyone else came together to beat it so he had no records. he was walking over everyone else. he had already won when he got 16/32

[@George-gg4pb]

@@GraveUypo "barely kept out" you know what that means? Kept out as in stopping him from reaching his goal of 32/32 which they did barely

[@theanubisfan10]

I don't get people getting mad at Matthias or the alliance. They were clearly having fun together, constantly driving each other to new heights. They were all doing it in good spirit!

[@crazynachos4230]

The person im actually mad at is Dan, everyone else is just friendly competition in my book

[@zerotwoisreal]

@@crazynachos4230 Imagine you were the 2nd best player in the world and every time you got a WR the best guy beat you the next day. Instead of grinding the same track to get back at him you'd rather focus on other tracks, right? You wouldn't wanna waste your time beating a WR that won't hold, right? So what you wanna do is not let that other guy know about your record. It's not against the rules or anything. The other guy can still beat you if he aims for a new personal best (to secure the record) I admire Dan for besting every track in the game. Mattias had the chance, but he took too much time off when he only needed one record, kinda stupid IMO

[@bitupr8458]

@@zerotwoisreal bad take

[@arkcliref]

@@zerotwoisreal It is indeed impressive he did all of that but the fact that it's more like a rug pull than a battle is the problem here.

[@jeti_0674]

​@@zerotwoisreal We dont know why he stopped playing at these moments. But imagine, your mother is on the verge of death, you would be there with her right? Not playing a game in you own basement? Personal reasons have a very good point behind them most of the time. So dont say it was stupid. It wasnt stupid, he did what you wouldnt be able to do. HAVING A LIFE

[@KevinEontrainer381]

This whole video is like a cancelled sneeze

[@ignemuton5500]

Matthias was actually just making sure the community kept being active

[@Steve-in1sb]

it seems like a worthelss and toxic speedrunning community that they would gang up against someone like that

[@daredaemon8878]

@@Steve-in1sb Spoken like someone who doesn't understand the mentality of speedrunning. If I was aiming for an achievement like that, I'd want to be fought every step of the way because it just wouldn't feel like I'd earned it if they hadn't. The challenger versus the community is how this is supposed to work.

[@CreeperShorts]

@@daredaemon8878 yeah, but this doesnt mean that opponents should go easy on you for you to get the record. it just seems unfair that a whole community would gang up against you.

[@disarming564]

@@CreeperShorts If you want to be better than everyone else then why is it surprising that everyone wants to prove you wrong?

[@lfestevao]

It seems like friendly rivalry. They usually congratulate each other for any new record. Also Mathias is not trying to get an "untied WR", he may tie old times like the Moo Moo one. So he basically shows he can replicate the best times. Others can reach this too and get the tied 32/32.

[@LilyArlatto]

31:00 *Abney beats Matthias in KD* Matthias: "Oh no!" Matthias: *beats him back* Matthias: "Anyways."

[@alxjones]

That but like 5 times

[@leg10n68]

Summary of the entiery video

[@Tippex_Official]

Also at 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00...

[@olivier2710]

Germy Clackson

[@shadowhenge7118]

What they did tohimwas just plain cruel and unsportsmanlike. It's bullying.

[@modemuffel9911]

MR became a legend, while Dan is just some speed runner. True hero’s and legends are sometimes tragic, but that makes them not a bit less legendary. MR is one of the few in the speedrunning pantheon, right next to Matt Turk.

[@PalmsSSBM]

Dan taking 32/32 in a community built on trust and competition by deceiving the community turned what was a great competition and rivalry to one of the grimiest dirtiest rat things I’ve ever heard of. Taking a 7 year reign in such a classless way and then taking the 32/32 after the community is mainly dissolved because of your actions is disgusting and disturbing. Edit: shows not only a clear disregard and lack of love for the community but also shows that the one thing on dans mind was his love for himself no matter how many people would needed to be stepped on. Without the backstabbing and hiding he knew he never would be able to have a chance to achieving the goals he did. For a year he meticulously planned his backstabbing, sociopathic behavior at best.

[@ritzgamez]

Bruh. It’s a cartoony dinosaur driving a car in a farm. Chill.

[@plutonicattic7995]

@@ritzgamez bruh its a large group of peoples hard work and dedication for well over 2 decades, taken in secret by someone who was against the idea of doing it in the first place.

[@thunderball11111]

@@plutonicattic7995He jumped from 8 to 22. That still gave them more time to react than any of MR’s positions, they lost to Dan.

[@Lock5001]

exactly, I like how you put it this is how I feel; Mattias was having a fair challenge with everyone in the opening and having fun, it was a game of back and forth and there was excitement, thats what this whole video is about, and what Dan did is a short part of the video cause it was an act of cowardice, deciept, and betrayal to the sport and to the spirit of competition, the entire community was in a race together and he shows up out of nowhere telling everyone they lost it all at the very end, fuck Dan, that dirty rat bastard

[@jplayzow]

@@thunderball11111 they have no idea it's in danger if it's hidden. Also speedrunning is built upon learning from others as much as just on your own, if he's hiding every record until the very last second it's not the same thing as posting every record as you go and taunting the community to keep up with you. They did lose to Dan but MR could have done the same thing pretty easily if he found some route or trick that got him ahead and hid it. Nobody would know what to challenge or even how.

[@cardboard-boxgames9308]

I think this is the first underdog story I’ve ever seen where I’m not quite sure which side is the underdog

[@bluekirbyrocks]

It’s clear to me who is the underdog it’s MR The alliance was made up of many and many good players and Matthias was only one dude trying to challenge them Underdog story for the underdog Ends up losing

[@calamorta]

@@bluekirbyrocks But MR was so dominant he was able to get his WRs back in a matter of hours, even though he had to grind multiple stuff at the same time. No amount of good players was enough to truly stop his dominance. Seriously, he's so OP that he looks like a super villain, so I can't blame those who think A1A were the true underdogs. Some sort of Thanos vs Avengers. In my eyes, it's a bit of both. A1A looked like underdogs during the second or so 32/32 prevention, but after that, MR felt way too human to not be the underdog. The system started to seem rigged against him and the system can't be the underdog.

[@jerryb216]

@@calamorta I agree, I think the skill was always there in the community but had grown complacent, and MR came in and showed how much more everyone could grow. I honestly love stories like this where the community kind of starts to think "We've hit the upper limit all we can do is optimize a bit" and then someone just breaks down the door and shows there's more room to improve than anyone was thinking.

[@lanswyfte]

both are

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

This story is about an anime protagonist against the world

[@sylvainm5702]

"This runner's name was VAJ" _lower speakers volume_

[@illuminoeye_gaming]

*covers phone speaker with finger*

[@ninjaempire9093]

Sylvain M HAHA

[@mast3734]

Some scientists actually hypothesize that the Big Bang was actually just VAJ celebrating after getting a WR.

[@ABM_GD]

*y e s*

[@1snivy10]

And now Dan's a dirty, underhanded runner who snuck in the 32/32 completely unopposed. F to Matthias, a true legend, the paragon of MK64 no-shortcut speedruns.

[@krivixtc]

Hes recently gotten a WR on june 10th so hes still playing at least

[@halofornoobs93]

People act like no one had a chance to beat Dan. He held some of those records for a long time. NO ONE was able to beat them in the time he held them. People got complacent and blame Dan for it.

[@RedTRM]

@@halofornoobs93 nobody is blaming Dan for being good and not complacent, people are blaming Dan for being a bad sport and holding records so nobody could challenge them at all because nobody knew they existed.

[@garrettcooper58]

@@halofornoobs93 ok, imagine a competition where you have to get the most objectives. You have a ton, you feel good about winning, the someone just comes along at the very last second and beats you after hoarding objectives and not saying anything at all during the whole competition. That’s basically what Dan did. He didn’t want competition, he wanted to win, and that’s scummy for something like this

[@Dexuz]

@@halofornoobs93 Matthias posting the records as he got them encourages competition, people start playing more and thus you end up with them working harder to take his records. To put it simply, Matthias played the hard mode, Dan the easy.

[@Pirate_Booty]

I'm glad this story doesn't involve anyone hoarding records in order to get 32 or stop Mattias

[@spyshark_5002]

This is literally the reverse story of the Matt Turk video... becoming the champion opposed to bringing them down

[@davidthecommenter]

Mattias: *makes the most minor mistake, misses 32/32* "I feel my heart crack."

[@LetsChat]

Also speaks to how amazing this mini doc was edited. Who would of thought a Mario Kart time trial would break my heart today?

[@kohwenxu]

Dan: *Decides to hoard 15 World Records, and dump it at once* Matthias: ‘I’m done with this, I’m out.

[@mikemiles2241]

1 frame

[@benjaminbazi9355]

After seeing what Dan did I have so much more respect for the sportsmanship of Mathias!!

[@vincentpham991]

He just became Champ today!!

[@shalomkitty4429]

Wait, what Matthias got the 32/32 record nice.

[@Rahcmander]

@@shalomkitty4429 He doesn't have 32/32, but he now has more records than Dan, 22 to 18 if you count the ties as going to both of them, and Dan only has 10 non tied records while Matthias has 14

[@Dexuz]

@@Rahcmander Did he end up achieved 32/32 as of current date?

[@vincentpham991]

@@DexuzStill no

[@barelycertain]

Nobody's bringing up how generous it was for Matthias to post his records one at a time as he got them, instead of all at once only after getting the 32. This goes to show how much he cared about genuine competition, being truly the best at the game instead of using tricks, and pushing the game as much as possible. Pretty awesome. Frankly, I would've been okay with him suddenly dropping the "whoops, I have 32 now" bomb on everyone.

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Lmao facts I wouldn’t have said shit 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@Happy-to3tf]

so true! he intentionally chose to play this like a big clunky raid boss because he cared! after like 5 years of this theres no way he didnt consider the "Whoops got em all" strat but he just chose not to use it because the guy had serious convictions

[@CowMaam]

@@Happy-to3tf keep in mind, the community is incredibly tightly knit. if Matthias did that, it’d almost certainly be seen as a huge betrayal. Dan actually did that to get the champion title and it was hugely frowned upon

[@CowMaam]

whoops, meant to reply to the other guy

[@Happy-to3tf]

@@CowMaam i dont mind getting replied to thats a fair counterpoint, i guess its possible that he didnt use this strat out of fear of backlash, it mightve sullied the victory too. All things worth keeping in mind i think

[@frankenbeary]

this is the most heartbreaking summoning salt ever. it just feels wrong that matthias didn't get 32/32 :(

[@cefxsd40m-29]

But also, it feels nice to see a community effort succeed!

[@dreffon9213]

I feel sad for him, but I understand the motivations of the alliance

[@pafnutiytheartist]

Holding more than half of all records for five years is such a disgrace to the rest of the community that it doesn't really matter. Basically if one man can come and get more then half of all the records, there's no strong competition. He won when he had 17/32. The rest wad playing with food.

[@alex2005z]

He still might

[@EmperorPylades]

I wanted him to win, but he lit such a fire under his rivals that saw records tumbling like never before, that he deserves all the respect in the world

[@Argusdubbs]

These are the kind of incredible untold stories of the internet that would otherwise be lost to time. Love the work you do SS - this one especially was an awesome ride!

[@milkman3214]

I genuinely cried at the end. This was inspirational to see just how far humans can go.

[@randallcarissa]

I love how success for the community was slightly less than total dominance.

[@HolyAvgr]

I don't know about you, but sometimes you just gotta make do knowing even gods can bleed.

[@malkiery]

US politics in a nutshell

[@kimgkomg]

Check please

[@maitele]

Truly the Lewis Hamilton of this game.

[@cameronschiralli3569]

Objective: Survive

[@masterduelzero1795]

the last tumble was legit painful to watch. I was rooting for him this entire time, and I seriously hopes he comes back and finishes the job. You got this, dude!

[@burrito1413]

I was about to shed a tear no joke

[@lukecaulley2922]

I was so sad, he was so close so many times but he couldn’t get the final push

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

I was too... but he still can do it and if not him then another. What's really important is how he brought new life into a community thats still going.

[@frogerzard6606]

I gasped

[@homeyworkey]

@@GreenBlueWalkthrough hes got 19 WR's now... wow

[@sterlingcampbell2116]

All of Dan's records should be frozen for however long they were secretly hoarded before he uploaded them. This will give others the amount of time and opportunity they should have had had Dan been honest. Such a bitch move.

[@arg-nr4fr]

When im not watching this video I can appreciate the healthy competition. When I’m watching this video I can’t help but be furious anytime Matthias’ records get broken

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

Mattias seems like such a good sport. Every time he got so close to 32/32, only to have it taken away, he was kind to the challengers.

[@bigman77s]

yooo you made my 2016 legendary dude hope your doing well

[@turtlel0ver906]

youtube move comments back so it doesn’t spoil the video please

[@BrookeIsAnEditor]

@@turtlel0ver906 Thinking the same thing. Damn.

[@josephgutierrez211]

I wasn’t expecting you in this comment section Skul

[@bubblegumxo]

Spoiler warning!

[@ericvilas]

It truly is sad when something this fantastic doesn't come to pass. By 24 hours. By one frame. By half of a cart width. I feel so sad about this. He deserved that perfect rank, if only for a single moment.

[@eduardozanin8520]

Well, he still plays MK64... Maybe someday in the future the epic 32/32 will happen

[@SidneyCritic]

If you think about it it was something like 5 against 1, and they could specialise in just a few tracks each. Matt did the most work, so sort-of deserved the 32.

[@Petalight]

@TomPen94 You know none of them actually hated each other, right? It was all for the sake of improving the World Record times on each track and for some good fun competition.

[@goddesscarrie767]

@TomPen94...yeah nah ur turning it into something it isn't. Matthias knew he was leagues ahead, it's speedrunning, the vast majority of people doing it do it for the competition, fun, and love of their game. it wasn't this clique bullying one guy and not letting him sit at their lunch table.

[@tetrafuse3096]

@TomPen94 this is basically the same as The Quest to Beat Matt Turk. Nigga hold all WRs on all my maps but was beaten by several dedicated people. *Truly the mighty have fallen.*

[@CertifiedClapaholic]

I went from rooting against MR to rooting for him and feeling heartbroken for him on his final DKJP attempt. What an insane storyline. Incredible.

[@slenderman7597]

worst part is after this dan got 32/32 by hoarding over 10 records until he could get 32/32 then posting them all at once

[@CertifiedClapaholic]

@@slenderman7597 I don't even have a problem with that. That's simply being smart. A rule forcing people to upload their records when they're broken would be unenforceable. The record was broken, regardless of when the results were uploaded

[@fr0stdr4ke95]

@@CertifiedClapaholic Well. It has been enforced. Sooo...

[@CertifiedClapaholic]

@@fr0stdr4ke95 retroactively. Because adults that play the game are still acting like children and crying about being outsmarted. Sooooo

[@fr0stdr4ke95]

@@CertifiedClapaholic Dan ruined the competitive spirit of the game by hoarding. He got 32/32, but in a way that undermines the sport.

[@nom__sain2239]

This legitimately felt like a movie, I was on the edge of my seat watching this, rooting for Matthias. What a legend.

[@ivarbergstedt6202]

Every time summoningsalt says “and his name was” im just having vietnam flashbacks and think that he will say Matt Turk

[@mosca2810]

you mean xX420BlazeItXx

[@derlummel8300]

@@mosca2810 nah

[@DaelinZeppiTheComputerGamer]

Matt Turk unexpectedly takes a record off Mattiathas out of nowhere.

[@jaeusa160]

If you stop reading at the first 4 letters...

[@MrCubFan415]

and his name was JOHN CENA!!!!!

[@ali_wali_]

“In the spring of 2021 the MK64 speed running community was blindsided by the astonishing feat of a new player on the scene who in the space of 48 hours accomplished what MR so agonisingly came close to over a 5 year long on again/off again effort; all 32 records. That player’s name? Matt Turk”

[@magnoliaalvesdossantos8001]

The legend

[@KrazyKyle-ij9vb]

Matt Turk has become a meme on this channel lol

[@jinga9862]

"And just a few short hours later, it was again completed by another single player. Their name? Rodd Togers"

[@techngamin]

But, determined not to let that stop them, Scott Kessler, Hotarubi, and Andrewg began grinding for the record

[@arkcliref]

"Nah, just kidding, it was Dan"

[@albireothestarthebacklight2990]

I think when Matthias was unable to play until that Sunday, he was actually hoping for at least one of the world records to be broken so that he didn’t have to do Moo Moo for a bit 😂

[@cammiescorner]

I hope Matthias gets that 32/32 eventually. Just watching him get so close only to tumble at the last possible second was soul crushing to watch. I can only imagine how that must've felt in the moment. Mans clearly got talent, and I hope he enjoys the competition from his fellow runners.

[@thurapy684]

nah some guy from the alliance ruined it for everyone

[@Scatteredpast]

30 minutes into this video and I'm dead set on believing that his whole pattern of getting to 31/32 and then taking the summer months off to let everyone grind up and take his records was just a really genius way to keep the community alive and active and full of friendly rivalries.

[@ChibiRuah]

If that is true then its a really solid move. Cant say I believe it but I dont think its impossible too.

[@tpsam]

This Would be so incredibly badass

[@kjmartin815]

i'd believe it. germans are nice like that. that or he was just travelling or whatever.

[@Sifer2]

He could have had a summer job or something. But I think some of it probably was he was daring them to beat him. Otherwise he could have just hidden his best times until he had them all.

[@NewLegacy93]

I think you're right Jav, although the idea of hiding strats is thought of kind of badly and hiding records is in a similar vein.

[@kartiksaraf4676]

Just imagine being so dominant in a game that all the other players have to join and work hard for 5 years just to somehow hold a single solitary record out of 32. Hats off to Matthias

[@kingmatthme]

This is my favorite video that Salt has ever made.

[@alimayb145]

I’ve never watched anything about competitive MK64 before but after the video I’m already referring to these guys like I have been following them for years “oh yeah MR is still right there, he could be up to 31/32 in a second”. Really though it seems like MR’s presence on the scene really pushed everyone to drive better. The whole scene benefited from his commitment to reaching 32/32.

[@doraemon402]

Just that fact that everyone had to team up to fight a single individual is a victory for MR

[@Arkouchie]

This is what the people saying the a1a are jerks are missing. Even with an alliance to stop him, with the best of the best actively trying to stop him, he maintained a major dominance over almost all the tracks.

[@niismo.]

@@Arkouchie Still an incredibly shitty thing to do. His dominance doesn't change that

[@TheZackofSpades]

I think all the world record holders, at one point or another, are legends to me. I salute this type of discipline.

[@alex2005z]

@@niismo. thats just competition. Its not shitty, its just competitive. Wouldnt have been rewarding to get 32/32 if no one competed with him

[@thestylemage2092]

@@niismo. You do understand though, he literally said "I am going to be the absolute best player of this community" by announcing his challenge for 32/32, of course, the entire community would try to prevent that.

[@SylSavior]

Matthias: *hits 31 records* Abney: No you didn’t.

[@karelpgbr]

Yoink

[@samsungtab3977]

He broke more than 31.

[@SCORP1ONF1RE]

Matthias: 31 records Abney:

[@eagleclan6798]

Abney is the A10 that always saves the day

[@bahmot9501]

Shoutout to my home boy Matthias. You have made us proud. There is finally a german speedrunning legend. And it sucks so much that Dan stabbed you in the back like this. An entire community of people that just couldn't accept you becoming a god, had to ban conspire together only to deny you your place even though you deserved it. I can't imagine your situation but what I can do is express my sympathy. If you are reading this for some 1/100000000000 chance reason: You were the Matt Turk of Mario Kart. Ich bin stolz mit dir eine Nationalität teilen zu dürfen.

[@smo-king6504]

Dem schließ ich mich an, ich hoffe du liest das Matthias!

[@amanda4716]

I disagree with you on the entire community. Dan was unsportsmanlike and acted alone in his betrayal. everything that happened at the time of this video was perfectly fine. the rest of the a1a were just playing the game and they were honest. trying to be the fastest is kind of the point of speedrunning isn't it? and do you think Matthias would have wanted 32/32 if everyone else wasn't trying and just let him have it? I can't speak for him but I wouldn't

[@bahmot9501]

@@amanda4716 Yeah what Dan did wasn’t right but I can’t understand how people can be so butthurt to create an entire „brotherhood“ just to prevent someone’s personal monolithic milestone. It’s like taking place in a marathon and every other runner gets together , doing everything in their power just to make sure that you don’t even get a place on the podium. Something like that has never happened until him and will likely never happen again. Like you didn’t see people banning together like this when AverageTray was on his way to hold 4 WRs in the 4 categories of Sunshine speedrunning or to stop Andrew G. from becoming so legendary that he was literally placed as an Easter egg in one of the games. But at least we can all come together knowing that Dan was an asshole

[@baron2062]

and at the end of the day, this would have ended up happening anyways because he had so many WR's that people would have been competing against him, even if they hadnt made a "brotherhood" (which did nothing BTW, it was just a mission statement that they would try even harder at playing a game they loved, they didnt exactly try to DDOS him or cut his internet)

[@smiley_exe4960]

This is kinda like the internet equivalent of the Napoleonic Wars.

[@bocc7517]

I find it funny to imagine Matthias seeing low-poly cows and moles in his sleep

[@gabriellauzon1326]

[COUNTRY MUSIC IN MIDI FILES INTENSIFIES]

[@ChipNebula]

He would probably see the fence and course border in his dreams more than the cows

[@wizarddev3506]

No, he'd dream the dancing polish cow as a side-effect of seeing cows for so long.

[@ch._josh.1k]

lol.....just lol

[@incrediblesnn]

They're not even polygons they're flat textures😂

[@TrialByDance]

He has 32/32 in our hearts

[@andy.burbulis1899]

:(

[@blazgreen8867]

:(

[@DarthBane-zf8wv]

Nope, he does not

[@andy.burbulis1899]

He does for me :(

[@ducknator]

Wait did a new Kingdom Hearts game come out?

[@badumtiss5288]

45:56 “I Would Have This Record EZ If It Weren’t For My Peanut Allergy” Lmaooo

[@gfytoby8904]

I think this is my favorite of your videos, it’s an emotional rollercoaster & your way of storytelling makes it that much more suspenseful. No matter how many times I watch, my heart shatters as Matthias flips on the last turn. Unmatched suspense

[@joshuakun64]

*loses world records* Matthias: oh no *gets back to 31/32 almost instantly* Matthias: anyways

[@theyhategwa]

AHAHHAHA

[@Wolf-tn7sz]

The Dacia Sandero!

[@ireadysucks3026]

*loses record* panik *easily beats it back* kalm *loses 4 records* panik *starts playing again* kalm

[@CanalAleblasco77]

That Top Gear meme never gets old

[@iceball8314]

The amount of “but thens” in this run is heart pounding lol

[@Beerfazz]

it's also heart breaking

[@ryukomodo751]

@@Beerfazz Completely agreed, the last one made me sad lol.

[@handleunavailable]

Dan Burbank went on to be the least respected person in the community lol

[@ozzcoremidmx8287]

Matthias vs Dan feels like Lightning McQueen losing against Chick Hicks, yeah, Chick won but the sportsmanship McQueen showed is what impressed people the most.

[@ripzy7671]

Man the guy never got the record. I’m actually upset.

[@tnkl_4254]

I started rooting for him by the end tbh, he deserves it

[@Rabbit-the-One]

Yeah, he becomes sympathetic after a while, and the !A1A start to look like jerks. I had to remind myself that it would be that group slap in the face, and they're actually freedom fighters.

[@ripzy7671]

TNKL _42 I know, the guy spent 5 years of his life to get with inches multiple times and always have it taken away. Abney is like a anime villain.

[@cameronschiralli3569]

@@Rabbit-the-One I doubt they didn't still have respect for his abilities, and they never actively sabotaged him outside of putting up competition

[@tnkl_4254]

@@ripzy7671 I hope he has a facecam for when he gets 32/32, all this will make it that much better(he definitely will get it imo)when he does

[@samparker5488]

What a masterpiece. I felt myself rooting against Matthias and then rooting for him, only to be heartbroken when he came so close the final time. I hope he can get 1.000 at some point. He deserves it. Amazing video.

[@evenlymatched40]

Sam Parker yeah same legit was rooting for the alliance the entire video until the end.

[@PaulRudd1941]

That is what makes this good cinema. It gets you involved !

[@staticrodent]

I feel the same! But the community must continue to fight as hard as they can to prevent it, because simply letting him take it would be an empty victory.

[@rich0490]

They're making him fight for it. It'll be that much more sweet in the end.

[@travv88]

@2d fighter fan same

[@YoutubeCommonman_Totas]

I find it great that, unlike the other "quest" videos, this isn't called "the quest to beat Mattias". It's "the quest for perfection" showing that this is his story

[@simonlanglois3391]

It's amazing how dedicated these players were to defeating Matthias . That's the kind of drive, the kind of competitive spirit that pushes the possibilities of a speedrun to its absolute limit. Much respect to all of these runners for their dedication

[@simonlanglois3391]

I will say though, holding back on posting times until you have all the records was a bit of a dick move. Nothing bad per se but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth

[@lifeatpaddyspub]

“he just held the control stick slightly too far to the left” me, barely able to get 1st place when playing with my friends: damn what a fool

[@seamorington2760]

“ *tisk tisk* it’s a shame really”

[@melskunk]

Me, a complete amateur at the game, shoving cornchips in my mouth: Pft rookie error

[@alex2005z]

I can get 1 for sure with my friends... I mean the bots are better than them but still. I thought I was good at mario kart until I tried to speedrun mario kart 7 rainbow road, and my best time is 5 seconds behind wr. Now I thing Im bad

[@Myrrid]

I feel like Mattias is the real hero of this story.

[@messermesut2272]

ofc, who else.

[@spark1400]

I was rooting for the A1A at first, but then as it went on and he started talking about how nice of a guy Matt was and how hard he fought to stay on top, and ESPECIALLY with that heartbreaking tumble at the end, I eventually found myself rooting for him. EDIT: This isn't at all to say that the A1A were the bad guys; fierce, friendly competition is literally what makes speedrunning communities so great. Matthias wanted the challenge of being the first person to get 32/32, and the A1A, after seeing how skilled he was, wanted the challenge of stopping him. And in the end, the competition benefitted everyone by invigorating the community and allowing people to become even better runners then they were before.

[@nonormies2605]

Abney is the villain

[@hglhugodiaz780]

same

[@Dante...]

This is unquestionably my favorite SummonigSalt video.