Miko and Suisei Surprised by Kaela and Bijou's Chained Together Speedrun at Hololive New Year Game

[@Yan_Rasso]

Biboo and Kaela kinda are on another level

[@justinyu5892]

I wanna see a HoloGamers vs. GrindStone colllab

[@ninja_skyruby]

they are boss level

[@UltraNoobian]

Yes, they got to the city level /s

[@NanashiCAST]

turbosweaty

[@fireh3211]

they have been paired for longer than other teams whom probably being paired for the first time.

[@RockhardConstructionPebble]

Grindstone team POV didn't even feel like I was watching a vtuber stream. It genuinely felt like a wow world first kill try or other speed runs from how both were locked in.

[@bakakubi]

They were locked tf in!

[@CloviisSaurus]

Kronii's loading screen and Miko's reaction to Liz avatar is so hilarious 😂

[@dorkyraptor7002]

Liz was doing the Beaker noise when they started 😂

[@ryokayin]

I don't anyone from either JP or ID has seen the Spelling Bee avatars. 😅

[@omegablaze135]

⁠​⁠@@ryokayinthe spelling bee was when I realised that I have no regrets being an en viewer.

[@01100101011100100111]

@ryokayin That makes sense. It'd be really hard to get into a stream centered on spelling words you aren't familiar with. Even watching a translated version wouldn't really work because a good portion of the humor came from the word choices for the contestants.

[@L.A.M.B_B4]

​@@01100101011100100111 Miko only understands the words JDON anyways.

[@DarkFenix2k5]

I wish Grindstone had been on the main screen when they did the spike-launch skip, Miko's reaction would have been priceless.

[@AbrahamArthemius]

You got Subaru for that reaction

[@bakakubi]

@@AbrahamArthemius Do you have a link for that?

[@subsolars1921]

@@bakakubiSubaru's archive is private now for some reason. She said they're still checking and editing, should be done later today.

[@Flugmorph]

kobo and calli also successfully pulled that skip off on first try and the main stream wasnt on them when they did it. honestly pretty amazing that those two managed to get 4th place with only minimal practice of 2h the day before. kobo was very tired during the practice and very sleep deprived during the actual competition. calli managed to look up a lot of skips right before the comp and practiced them alone to show them to kobo during the actual run. calli had never played chained together before this. i think thats amazing.

[@crazy961234]

This is what you get when you put the 2 sweats of their respective gens in Chained Together. Biboo and Kaela have the best synchronization whenever they game together.

[@_ourcoffee]

shts serious when biboo has that 1000 yard stare

[@biggladd7317]

Absolutely ROCKED IN

[@Avantheim-k7o]

Biboo?? Wheres kaela??

[@korgentleman]

Yard?

[@snooks5607]

all the while blasting Sleep Token

[@kiaconkbodho35]

MikoSuba is suffering so hard watching them LMAO

[@NovaShadowStorm]

Didn't they do it without using checkpoint saves and if they fell they had to do it all again?

[@inre5625]

@@NovaShadowStorm Yep, took them around 20 hours I believe to beat it.

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

@@NovaShadowStorm Yeah exactly, they did it legit 😤 no baby mode

[@mathieul4303]

Ayame Aki was my kind of suffering 😂

[@reilys6616]

@@NovaShadowStorm Yeah and to be honest It's more fun to watch without using checkpoint

[@hitori_wc]

0:55 i love the way she laughs here

[@lbj5004]

Grindstoneの2人は神レベルのゲーマーだということが改めて証明されたなぁw こういう大舞台でENやID勢が活躍してくれるとめちゃめちゃ嬉しくなるわ！😆 My personal MVP of this game festival is Biboo🗿

[@ThaSandwitch]

Biboo came to win for sure

[@uri-pasta-yakisoba458]

Miko's head was boiling up seeing too many crazy shortcuts she doesn't know lol.

[@zetsuna-friedshrimp]

As expected from the two nominees to Gamer of the year in Vtuber Award 😊

[@TataruTaru]

You have to love it when Micomet are the commentators, they are such naturals.

[@japaneseambassador3562]

The greatest thing about Hololive still remains to be that they all are actually real gamers. Of course some are better than others, having prior experience and things like that but when any of them really wants to apply themselves, they can actually cook. Foremost always remains to be entertaining, but watching the teams use exploits/making it to a decent paced speedrun gameplay of a difficult game like Chain Together just really shows that they can cook in games. It's awesome.

[@01100101011100100111]

6:25 The difference between the final distance of 1st place and 2nd place (264m) is almost as much as the difference in final distance between 2nd and 8th place (297m). Kaela and Biboo literally went above and beyond.

[@darebrained]

The thing is that the city elevator adds roughly 200m. It isn't as razy as the numbers make it look.

[@01100101011100100111]

@@darebrained I thought that the elevator might have accounted for SOME of the difference, but not that much. That really is a crazy shortcut.

[@illuminaughty2813]

​@@darebrainedAh so basicaly when someone hit the goal, instead getting 800m they instantly got 1000m, got it

[@haxor-rex5705]

@@illuminaughty2813 That's why Biboo and Kaela kept the elevator as their main goal since it's basically the ceiling of points

[@NoOne42]

@@darebrained Yep, 830 to 1k in a bit under 30s. Maybe slightly better comparisons are that Grindstone were ~100 m ahead when they got on the elevator, and reached where T&C were when they finished a bit over 2 mins ago (and also got some skips after). So still a pretty strong lead, just that reaching the elevator in time converted that into an even bigger distance lead.

[@gitarkin]

Thank you for the TL Nakama. Grindstone is a force to be reckoned with.

[@Mindofthequill]

264 meters between first and second and then 297 meters between second and 8th. Pretty wild to think about.

[@toyama3307]

yeah, I watched grindstone practice stream where their best record at the time was around 600m. I know they're good but I didn't expect anything beyond 800m. they earned it

[@T33K3SS3LCH3N]

It's mainly because there is an elevator at the end. Kaela and Biboo were clearly ahead, but reaching that elevator turned a solid lead into a crushing one. If they had been 10 seconds faster, they would have gotten another 100 meters because their time ran out before the elevator had made it all the way to the top.

[@ginbei711]

It's even more impressive when you realize that Kaela has ping issue

[@darebrained]

The time hit 20 at 996m, so they already got bumped a tad more.

[@AbrahamArthemius]

..and they did it by moving by adapting the high ping lag since Kaela & Biboo are on different servers.

[@crazymofo8024]

Even with high ping difference ,biboo and kaela somehow manage to win the game and put a 300m gap and between their competitors. To say it was "close" is a total understatement to their actual achievement

[@SyntaxError0287]

used to play games like arma 3 at 300 ping. you"ll get used to lagging or rubberbanding

[@meshmerah14]

Grindstone was one of the gift we never expected but was absolutely amazing when it came. Gotta thank Hololive for making this partnership happen.

[@Meatwadsan]

Grindstone: Synced Up, Locked In

[@lumi_project]

biboo might be EN but she is still a SEA in heart, hence why her bond with kaela is so strong SEA POWER!

[@vallecend6855]

My favorite thing about the Grindstone run is the fact that in their practice stream, they only managed to get like 766m after 6 hours of practice, and even that was still inconsistent, but then they practiced more behind the scenes and when the real event came in, they exceeded everybody’s expectation and got to 1k with using new shortcuts and strats that they learnt off-stream. That fact just makes the run so much more exciting. I was literally acting like some sports fan whose team was about to win a world’s championship or something when I watched them got to that 1k point 😂

[@Flugmorph]

kobo and calli also successfully pulled the lazer jump skip off on first try. honestly pretty amazing that those two managed to get 4th place with only minimal practice of 2h the day before. kobo was very tired during the practice and very sleep deprived during the actual competition. calli managed to look up a lot of skips right before the comp and practiced them alone to show them to kobo during the actual run. calli had never played chained together before this. i think thats amazing.

[@sosis69]

And also Kobo still hurts that night she was fell on callis house stairs That's why she very quiet the rest of event

[@AyaseEli_]

Somehow i feel entertain just by watching them comment on the other team

[@YoGI-ic4ow]

who doesn't?

[@jrtime228]

Biboo holding onto that Dragoon Legacy XD Won the cloud jumping event in the HoloSports Festival and now she's on the top team in a climbing game. Sky is literally the limit for her it would seem.

[@illuminaughty2813]

Also the crown in fall guys

[@fireh3211]

The commentators are boke & boke comedic duo

[@lelspaldol8878]

kinda missing the other player in each pair at 6:26 1st - Kaela and Bijou 2nd - Towa and Chihaya 3rd - Pekora and Niko 4th - Kobo and Calliope 5th - Zeta and Cecilia 6th - Watame and Botan 7th - Kronii and Elizabeth 8th - Aki and Ayame

[@hectornecromancer5308]

Nekomaton are actually doing well, considering their PONness

[@glipmine7109]

PekoNiko? Wait, I've seen this one before!

[@GoodOleDFT]

I'm just glad Grindstone aren't being hard accused of smurfing like Marine was in the Puyo Puyo Tetris tournament. *EDIT:* Many thanks for the added context, y'all. I'm not gonna flood the thread with individual thanks, so posting this generic one up here.

[@blackjacktrial]

Grindstone can't smurf, short of pretending to be another team. They always show up full sweat.

[@lionelk.y7233]

The thing is Marine was good from the start Grindstone we can see improve fast af That's the key difference

[@muhammadalif5869]

I think we all realized grindstone already had bigger handicap with the ping issue and they successfully adapted to it

[@jophetism]

The difference is you can see their journey. If you watch their practice streams, the original goal was around 300M in 20 minutes. They kept improving and their goal grew to 500M, then 600M, and eventually 700+M.

[@andrewfelixferdaus8767]

It was insane considering they made a few mistake and still get that record

[@DicePai]

Liz's fugi is so good 😆 🤣

[@scMarth]

Kaela and her emotional support rock

[@fademusic1980]

"it was a close game" It was in fact, not

[@ZETxZ4]

for everyone else "it was a close and tough game", for Grindstone it was tuesday.

[@sirdomba]

it was kinda close until the pipes i think

[@va8157]

It was close but towa and chihaya didn't get to ride the elevator

[@guilherme5094]

Kaela and Biboo! Strong and disciplined!

[@Altercepez]

Even nerfed the duo still op on the other hand everyone is having fun thats whats matter

[@justinyik373]

In a F2P game, who can grind who can win...n we all know who's the Grind-SHIN, n not to mention her daughter😂

[@simontide6780]

Kaela: op Biboo: baby gremlin following her lead

[@azazellord666]

kaela biboo like frieren and fren

[@Flugmorph]

6:27 small mistake there. 7th team isnt the cloe team but kronii and elizabeth.

[@akunjooxno2592]

That was crazy how big of debuff grindstone had to face because server difference. I still don't understand how server difference can affects jump distance and sprint speed, i thought it could only affects timing.

[@Pandinq]

Biboo and Kaela could pilot a pacific rim Jaeger together

[@OMGYama]

This is what happens when you put 2 tryhards in the same team and then throw them into a race. They will min-max the living f- out of it, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[@hectornecromancer5308]

They're Max Verstappening

[@esense9602]

This is the power of not sleeping

[@shimegawaren7692]

dude, Kaela and Bijou pov is literary a pov of a speedruner.....it feel like I'm watching games done quick lol

[@1mikeap4]

The gap is a bit misleading. Towa’s team wasn’t that far behind, but the elevator Kaela and Biboo reached at the very end takes you up really quickly.

[@v27855]

Actually, No…They are reached 1000 in just 20 minutes. The gap is significant and indicates that they have practiced a lot for this. They've even considered ways to counteract lagging.

[@zenalias3131]

I supposed the gap during the live commentary was misleading, cause it ain't a race technically, where everyone starts at the same time. It was time attack of 20mins limit so despite Towa-Chiya looking like they're in the lead, they actually lost precious seconds on some failed tricks and they did struggle a lot on the pipes. Edit - During the winner interview, it was revealed that Grindstone knew and used the pipe skip while Towa-Chiya didn't, sealing the victory for Grindstone

[@jophetism]

It was significant gap. Towa's team was around 2 minutes 20 seconds behind grindstone. Grindstone reached Towa/Chihaya's 20 minute spot at around 17:42

[@ayayahuasca]

5:39 if you stop at the right frame they just finished just 4m shy of 1k (996m). that's 248m diff so it's a big gap.

[@1mikeap4]

@ That's why I said "a bit" misleading. Because a 300m gap would make you think they were 5+ minutes ahead instead of 1 or 2. And the fact that they got about 200 m of that gap from the elevator in the last 30 seconds.

[@helowgaes7544]

Bibbo just swing in there make me dying assf😂😂

[@kingfish5280]

The excited "Weeee!" As she jumped was precious too

[@dinaryunus9131]

6:25 Where is Kronii and Elizabeth? And why Chloe is there? 😅

[@prokoteksushi4154]

Chloe only half graduated so she will be showing up on some events or is it a transition error idk I didn't watch the streams

[@deflixirvvv2181]

Mistranslation, kroni got 7th place

[@GigiAirConditioner]

Chloe hasn't graduated yet, she graduates on January 26th

[@ariswiryanta7038]

Probably the clipper/translator see half of the katakana “Kuro-“ and thought it’s Kuroe (Chloe) and not Kuroni (Kronii)

[@donjezza]

elite gamers

[@russellhan3534]

Damn Kaela really locked tf in with biboo after kronii said she didn't have the speed runner mindset 🤣

[@mynamejefffffffffff]

please respect Towa's wishes and take down the clip until the VOD has been up for 24 hours

[@jiiheytch9426]

TIL 35P Nakama is back! Hurray! 2025 is going to be a good year

[@disaster_7_king809]

Kaela is an amazing gamer.

[@severussnape2917]

Lizz puppet is so cute!

[@zenalias3131]

Grindstone is just another level. Shoutout to Towa-Chiya though, they had only gotten the laser trick down in the last moment before the competition started. Edit - Looking back the the full vod, its' pretty amazing that most teams for this Chained Together event studied hard speedrun strats Even Callie-Kobo pair pulled off the laser trick on their run

[@rainzerdesu]

Researching speedrun strats is exactly what we all expected when she had announced this was a "casual" tournament

[@gigaj2368]

If you saw their practice stream of this, Kaela and Biboo went all out in that for a full night, so I had no doubt they would win this, and they did. The power of Grindstone

[@idValkyrie]

What's even crazy is that Kaela has high Ping and still has one if not the best synchronization. hands down the most sweaty gamers in Holo.

[@nietzchan]

Always love seeing Mikochi reaction, lol

[@severussnape2917]

They're quite amazing

[@Bwern]

aww you cut before they talked about the spinning part

[@kipler2023]

1:07 Friendship ended with MIKO, now NIKO is My Best Friend.

[@darwindelrosario3785]

micomet so entertain by ERB'S fugi.

[@ChBumm]

Hey there, 35P. Towa has a new rule for all her streams. From her stream descriptions. "いつも切り抜きを作成していただきありがとうございます！ 常闇トワ視点の切り抜きは元のライブ配信終了より1日経過したあとに投稿するようにお願いいたします" No clipping from her stream until after 1 day has passed. So to respect Towa's wishes, you may want to take this clip down for now.

[@Thejanitoro0]

I hope people ignore that stupid rule

[@Gipunsltc]

​@@Thejanitoro0is not really stupid. They probably make this rule so that people watch their vods first.

[@Heichou96]

Idk, this rule makes sense only for JP clippers. No clue to respect it oversea, we won't watch the vod anyway

[@anagittigana]

@@Heichou96 It damages the algorithm of the VOD, and can lead to the VOD getting flagged for duplicate content.

[@dacdac22]

I get it if she wants to do it for the JP side but if this rules applies to the English sub side as well that's stupid. The translated clips are a different audience to the ones watching the clips posted on her own channel. Also translated clips is a HUGE reason Hololive became the number 1 vtube group. So putting a hindrance on clips especially translated clips is a dangerous slope.

[@Phobos11]

Everyone so serious, the Aki: 😂

[@kippeiyuzuyu]

All it took was one pair to research RTA strats on a practice and it became the most competitive game in the event As a side note, anyone know which JP pairing started looking into speedrun skips first?

[@zeuscliff9676]

They really loved Liz's muppets model😂

[@Kuroenji]

Elite baby and kyou mo kawaii, Happy ❤

[@crossskiller3666]

The practice really paid off, Grindstone too strong waiting for another hololive tournament, I'm sure there will be another beast duo that can compete with these two Once again, Bijou Omedetou 🎉 Kaela Get Some Sleep 😂

[@korgentleman]

Kaela: Ping issue? No 🗣🔥

[@Odontomango]

Same vibe as when they put Dream and Techno in the same team in MCchampionship 😂 Just destroyed everyone.

[@blackmage471]

Nobody is surprised Kaela and Biboo made 1st place. The outcome was determined before they even started.

[@gorodn009]

Regular Bibo: Stone Serious Bibo: Diamond

[@Rodoadrenalina]

Sweaty gamers

[@windigoking]

That’s the grindstone for you

[@nikyuut]

The two nominees for Gamer of the Year (2024):

[@HeijiHOK]

Kaela, Biboo, and Gigi on the same team? 🗿 Adios 😆

[@ZxosGamer]

someone gotta edit the locked-in song /w grindstone montage

[@Albert48906]

Kaela and bijou fight with ping issue

[@MAXNENEMAX]

3:55 explain why miko is freaking out, is it that impressive?

[@ChaosAngel667]

"that was close"

[@courage3535]

One thing I love about some Hololive members is they're actually trying to win, it's not just content farming.

[@Bloodstar-o7]

So if they aren't being tryhards it's content farming? Lol. I don't think you know what those words mean.

[@アグスは困惑している]

Kaela x Bijou too strong

[@Bloodstar-o7]

Don't tell Kaela because she is faqus but... she is cute. I will take my gsh 💊 now. 🤣

[@darebrained]

in the score screen you had "Chloe team" instead of Kronii/ERB team

[@poundtown3429]

Top 3 being the tryharder

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

I kinda like that they can go WILD with the speedrun tricks since they're all just resetting every fall anyway. Works for a short competition like this, even though that mode makes watching full runs of the game kinda boring

[@JossoJJossoJ]

It's a cheat to put grindstone together

[@safter00]

Wait for 24 hours before clipping, respect Towa's wishes, don't be an asshole

[@d4dado]

You wrote Chloe instead of Kronii in the score board.

[@rm9346]

Hololive Events going kinda hard

[@camilaDND]

i thought towa and chihaya in the lead

[@lowbatt777]

Most surprising is our pon cat getting 5th????? Huuuuuh???

[@takizawahide]

lol i was surprised too since i saw they're just goofing around in practice and the gap between 5th and 3rd is close

[@pratamayuvianus5260]

1 mistake is to make grindstone in 1 team lol

[@Bloodstar-o7]

But why? I like seeing them interact! Of course, I want to see other collabs too... but this serious gamer collab and amazing gameplay was a breath of fresh air. I like vtubers but watching them constantly struggle at games can be frustrating. Let the gamers be gamers ffs.

[@contrapasta2454]

What even is chained together nye...

[@Bloodstar-o7]

She doesn't know anymore after watching this lol

[@125discipline2]

are they the hidden hologamers?

[@jophetism]

When both were nominated "vtuber gamer of the year" award, they are anything but hidden.

[@Bloodstar-o7]

HoloGamers is just a group name at this point. They aren't the only gamers, nor are they the best. Sure, I've seen Korone and the others tackle some tough retro games. But I've also seen Korone fail at Super Mario Bros. (It's tough though, I'm not going to lie! 😅) Anyways, it was refreshing to see this level of play and skill from Biboo and Kaela. I want to see more of it from holomembers.

[@bigkusa2568]

FFs there is literally a notice in towas descriptions asking to wait 24 hours before uploading clips. Cant even respect her wishes.

[@SatoshiKenji]

Really though, putting Grindstone on same team is just not fair. And Biboo proves herself again that she can be a rock that's gonna fly through the sky.

[@Bloodstar-o7]

Separating them because they work well together isn't fair. And they still had latency issues which they overcame through planning and teamwork. Not to mention they won because they practiced. They inspired Towa and Chihaya to keep trying that one skip and they got it. And they came in second. So, it goes to show practice and perseverance are important. As well as teamwork. Honestly, as long as the participants remember that in the end this is for fans and for a chance to collab and have fun playing games with their friends. I really enjoyed Kaela and Biboo's practice as well as their winning performance. And the others did great as well. Hopefully they remembered to have fun and not get too stressed (Kronii). That's the important thing.

[@mohammed_ardin]

Only one problem : ping issue

[@KillYounglings]

It's not just that Kaela and Biboo were locked-in, it's that they /enjoyed/ being locked-in! You can tell they were really having fun optimizing their route and working as a team, and that helped them work past even the ping issue.

[@ZeroShrimpy]

06:28 that was close??? 1012-748 = 264