No Practice? No Problem! Stardew Valley Twitch Rivals

I got invited to Stardew Valley Twitch Rivals at the last minute, and helped my team do very well. Here is how we did it
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• Twitch Rivals - BlaDe'...
Teammates:
@renniesaurus
www.twitch.tv/renniesaurus
@AliciaWins
www.twitch.tv/aliciawins
@SayuSincronisity
www.twitch.tv/sayu
Other players features:
‪@TheHaboo‬
www.twitch.tv/thehaboo
‪@lichatton‬
www.twitch.tv/lichatton
‪@WendyJr_‬
www.twitch.tv/wendyjr_
‪@AlbinoLiger‬
www.twitch.tv/albinoliger
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[@renniesaurus]

love the video blade! I really appreciate how you did the voice over to explain the strategy behind everything. it makes it so much easier for a newbie to follow along, because even though I was there to experience it all, some aspects still confused me haha thank you for joining me in this twitch rivals. your game experience and patience with teaching three casual players led us to an amazing second place finish. I never knew anything about speed running in stardew valley despite loving the game so much, so this experience with you really opened my eyes to a whole different world. I’m so happy you were on our team and so thankful again for your patience. I’m proud of myself, sayu, and alicia for being able to adapt and learn from you so quickly. thank you again for sharing your knowledge!!

[@BlaDeSDV]

You did a brilliant job of leading. I had the route, but you did a great job of taking that route and disseminating the information to Sayu and Alicia individually when needed. It really helped keeping us all level headed and not panicked.

[@pinkriffic]

"Three people who have no idea who the hell Blade is and Blade" is the funniest dynamic team ever. The three Americans occasionally requiring Kiwi to USian translation, the random cuts from a NZ dude to Vtuber anime avatars, all the girls becoming mind blown by the Stardew predictor, Blade revealing that he peels apart the code of the game like a goddamn tangerine, his three teammates finally coming to the realisation of "holy shit THIS is the guy???", and all the while Blade's wearing Geordi from Star Trek's visor for a reason that only God and Blade are privy to.

[@TwoCatsInLondon]

The visor is from BlaDe’s BlaDe cosplay. He 3D printed the visors that his in game character usually wears. The reason why he’s wearing them is because they’re cool, I think. But the vibes are immaculate.

[@waffles3629]

This description is perfect. And BlaDe's cosplaying BlaDe 😂

[@grouch314]

What I loved about watching it live was seeing the team go from "who's this blade guy" to "let's defer to blade on almost all matters" Especially after learning he's the guy behind the predictor and one of the most prevalent code divers

[@slwrabbits]

Sounds like that would have been really fun to see live!

[@waffles3629]

Yeah, BlaDe is just too powerful 😂

[@Shatyann]

not downplaying haboo's team amazing performance i belive getting 2nd place without any prep, just off game knowladge is as or even more impressive

[@lolkingftw4804]

haboo is just built dif

[@SabsWhyTho]

@@lolkingftw4804 He definitely is from the average player but vs Blade the distance isn't massive. Haboo's team practiced for like more than 30 hours though iirc when Blade had like basically no advance notice using an old route.

[@i_am_ergo]

@@SabsWhyTho "What's Junimo Kart?"

[@SabsWhyTho]

@@i_am_ergo Tbf without investing a decent amount of time in the game you could easily miss Junimo Kart but yeah Rennie's team seemed like it was mostly just friends and she isn't exactly a "Stardew Creator" herself.

[@Shatyann]

@@lolkingftw4804 that too, don't get me wrong that was something, but we gotta remember that they have practiced a lot as a team to speedrun the goal, BlaDe and rest of the team met last minute, in diff ways both had outstanding performences

[@readyforachallenge9042]

bro got second place with 1 day prep time with a team of casual players, BlaDE is an absolute legend and they KNEW it and THATS why he didnt get more prep time

[@ocyanic4330]

Blade + 2 Anime Vtuber Characters is the best team dynamic i’ve seen in a minute

[@dcnick3]

yeah, cool vibes

[@wernerfels7584]

Welcome to the Future

[@jacksonpercy8044]

Reminds me of when two Vtubers challenged ZFG to a Majora's Mask Randomizer race. That was also rather entertaining.

[@rainsparks29]

"We had never met. We had no time to practise. But I had a plan." is actually so cool. I think there's something so admirable about having no idea who you're going to be playing with, no idea what your team chemistry will be like, but diving in headfirst nonetheless and giving it your all to meet that goal. And that goes for all four players on the team - it was really sweet seeing all the small talk and downtime of like, "oh, THAT'S who you are?!" haha

[@waffles3629]

I just wish he included the Gordon worship session that happened before rivals started. 😻

[@Jumpstart342]

The group scream at the start of the 28th was the best part; it seemed like everyone was having so much fun! Great listening

[@waffles3629]

Yeah, BlaDe's chat does not need an excuse for chaos 😂

[@rethia8129]

I always forget that not every Stardew creator knows each other 😅

[@PrincessLala95]

I watch loads of Old School Runescape content and it's always so jarring how different the content creator communities are haha. All the OSRS creators know each other. I saw a video the other day by a guy who hadn't uploaded in literally years and like half the comment section had verified checks because they're all youtubers themselves just screaming over how hype they are that he's back lmao.

[@tobystevens1171]

Haboo had to nerf blade with the rules lmao 😂

[@snr0n]

fr! I guess I'd take it as a compliment, but it's actually kinda scuffed that they'd let someone who's competing have any input on the rules. Someone as competent as Haboo shouldn't feel the need to put his thumb on the scale at all tbh. A lot of people didn't enjoy the official commentators because they didn't seem to know enough about Stardew to meaningfully talk about what the teams were doing - I really think that'd be the perfect role for Haboo next time, and then he could also reasonably have as much say as he'd like in how the competition is designed.

[@orionstokesweiss2344]

I'm kind of a fan of the two rules he pushed, though I disagree with him having input at all. Clay farming being nuked is a good thing for entertainment value, and same seed removes just a bit of possible advantage in the early game from a lucky trashcan drop

[@Zabomafooable]

The rules aren't to his advantage though. Same set seed just makes sense for fairness. No legacy RNG hurts hard-core SDV players who would know how to manipulate RNG as well as clay farm.

[@Kidneyjoe42]

@@snr0n Banning legacy rng hurts haboo at least as much as it hurts anyone else.

[@blobberberry]

​@@snr0nKnowing how to game crop quality shouldn't be a prerequisite to enter a Stardew Valley contest IMO

[@bug-box]

"emotional support cauliflower seeds" 😭😭

[@Possumbreath]

It's really impressive how well you worked together without knowing each other beforehand; says a lot about all four people. It also sounded like yall were genuinely having fun together which is wholesome

[@aether2kye]

I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE NOW???

[@Possumbreath]

@@aether2kye I am haunting you specifically 🙃

[@aether2kye]

@@Possumbreath I will call the exterminator >:)

[@bennyk384]

Amazing run! Fantastic that you managed to coordinate 4-player marriage with everyone with NO PRACTICE! Also, I love that you dressed up as yourself :D

[@grouch314]

And with teammates who aren't speed runners and don't know many of the speed run strats

[@slwrabbits]

How on earth was he able to see ...?

[@waffles3629]

​@@slwrabbits he's BlaDe, does he need to see the game to play it? 😂

[@slwrabbits]

​@@waffles3629totally fair 😂

[@waffles3629]

@@slwrabbits also real answer- he could see, it looks darker than it is because of shadows so basically only the red dots were blocking his vision at all and he put those not directly in his way.

[@viiranen]

love how everyone agrees that haboo's team was gonna win first place. making the second place the actual goal for everyone else 😅

[@SSBMFAITE]

A bit unfair that the others had much more time to prep, but you did amazing considering this was the first time all of you worked together.

[@jvckk]

you guys popped off! even though you were added last minute i was still stressed abt you beating us to some of our goals LMAO

[@jessodepresso]

2 months late but this video was such a delight and yet fever dream to watch. teamwork makes the dream work 😆

[@viiranen]

chat screaming for fall 28th is basically "i have no mouth yet i must scream"

[@Sugar3Glider]

Wait you and Seanie both got zero notice, oof

[@catherinechan3313]

A ton of teams joined last minute

[@thatwasntacatnip]

"Middle aged man sleeps with three women in a same bed for 3 years"

[@waffles3629]

Middle aged 😂, BlaDe's in his 30s

[@x13warzone]

Turns out he was actually gay for Shane. When interviewed, Shane has responded: "I only saw him like three times before we married, but ever since those farmers moved in, the Luau soup has been really good."

[@ozylocz4078]

22:25

[@jakefromstatefarm6969]

​@@waffles3629what do you consider middle aged?

[@waffles3629]

@@jakefromstatefarm6969 not mid 30s. Google said 40-60.

[@toryistatertot5394]

Grand chance to beat Haboo with a bit of practice. Congrats to you and the ladies. :D

[@slwrabbits]

I wonder if they'd be open to a repeat performance. Seemed like a really fun group to watch!

[@WendyJr_]

GGs!

[@mikkelborby]

Honestly. Blades team 100% got first place. Habboo competing at this point removes first place. So the true first place is second.

[@ivonne_lau]

The team dynamic was so wholesome💖

[@brandonisburied]

never thought i would see blade and sayu in the same team. congrats to the squad. smashed it 🏆

[@kodakadenza]

It was a great run! Was fun to watch the whole thing in real time. Love all the edits and explanations made. Looking forward to the next one. 🙂

[@Spyderrrrlil]

I absolutely love this video. Watching other teams videos were so stressful but this video is so laid back. Your dynamic is awesome and you guys seemed to have a lot of fun! You guys should do some more SDV content in the future. Maybe even be a team in the next rivals. Congrats to the team!!! Very very impressive.

[@Lookitsnic]

I love seeing the thinking behind the scenes

[@twocanr6136]

This entire video feels like the three kids learing all the dad lore, it’s really wholesome and exactly what I come here for :)

[@leivvvvvvvvv]

wonderful content as always blade! alicia looked a bit uncomfortable throughout, im not sure if shes always like that 😅but props to everyone for working together so well even in a time crunch like this!

[@wernerfels7584]

She Looks a litle stressed I See her the first time and u think about that Gamer meme with that Guy which get a Stress Attack while playing

[@pancake8180]

​@@wernerfels7584 why do you capitalize random words?

[@flossimoth]

Maybe it was just a bit of awkwardness from working with people she's not familiar with? I'm not familiar with her content so I couldn't say for certain, but I know that there are plenty of content creators that are a lot less comfortable interacting live with people they don't know very well and will be a lot more reserved than usual because of that.

[@leivvvvvvvvv]

@@pancake8180 autocorrect or something of that sort maybe

[@pancake8180]

@@leivvvvvvvvv wow, didn't know autocorrect did that D:

[@sidhawker]

I’m so glad I was in the chat to watch this live! (And can relive it here) The CC route is so familiar from all the speedruns I’ve watched that I preferred rooting for this novel approach Haboo’s VOD was also impressive for their tight efficiency, but this holds more charm for me

[@flyingcaro]

This is such a comfort video, it's like a warm hug

[@maiasim1560]

Congrats - second place with no practice runs - huge achievement!

[@justintownsend6494]

That was a pretty awesome performance, I thought it was really impressive how well the team worked together on such short notice,always love watching your videos

[@teripen]

The way everyone worked together is a joy to watch here, esp given that time for introductions only happened partway through! GGs ✨

[@MelissaFlaquer]

I actually love the rules that Habboo pushed on this, yeah it seems kinda odd to have a competitor give input on rules but it does make for a more entertaining experience on the competition for everyone. If I wanted to watch seasoned Stardew speedrunners do the same thing over and over to get to their goals I would watch their challenge runs which I do and they are on KZbin and Twitch available to me all the time. Also I love to seem the content creators getting some cash out of this. Thanks for the video BlaDe

[@slwrabbits]

Hey, I just wanted to stop by and mention how fun it was to watch this video! I thought about trying to watch some other twitch rivals video, but it was way too tense and stressful. Love the vibes of this channel!

[@punchpineapple]

I've watched a bunch of Twitch rival streams and you guys are the most fun (and look like you had the most fun).

[@veronicafalcon0411]

So impressive! And your commentary made it easier to watch and follow along. I know that takes extra time, but it is appreciated!

[@sapphicseas0451]

Haboos team getting so much advance time to practice kinda sucks ngl

[@I05-e4s]

Kind of unfair tbh.

[@sapphicseas0451]

@@I05-e4s its also not the first time twitch rivals has done this either, the team with the most time in advance to practive always wins. Look at their DBD event ages ago and other events.

[@I05-e4s]

@@sapphicseas0451 It also really made me raise an eyebrow when I saw Haboo talking about changing the rules,... some teams had no prep at all, while he got input on the rules! Not really fair at all :/ Extra well done to blade and team for pulling off what they did

[@dylanvansill2764]

This was great. I loved how serious and fun it was all together

[@Residentgoodygoody]

While I think the rules Haboo pushed for were fine, it doesnt sit right with me that a competitor had a say in the rules. It especially looks bad when they go on to get 1st place, even if that was the expected result. As for team Rennie here, incredible job! Cant believe you got 2nd place with no practice and 1 team member who was a complete stranger to the others

[@trill5174]

Blade's the goat! Insane knowledge of the game 😊

[@trill5174]

And yes I watch haboo too, lol

[@TocsTheWanderer]

Wouldn't it have been faster to go after Shane, Sam, Harvey, and Leah since they all have loved gifts that can be bought at the saloon? And at 13:20, that absolutely baffled me. Mouse and keyboard is much easier to aim your tools than using a controller.

[@BlaDeSDV]

The route normally has us gifting only loved gifts (except for Emily who has 2 quests for 1 heart each). These candidates also have easier schedules

[@ebelyn2785]

great video :) you guys were all very fun to watch- and very good teamwork!

[@steffamariex]

Fantastic showing by the four of you, it was an absolute pleasure to witness.

[@bigmike8586]

Fantastic vid, well done to you and your team!

[@Kriakye2435]

Really fun twitch rivals. Great job

[@FlasheTurtle]

Just looking at this now and this is so amazing and makes me really want to get back into stardo and streaming stardew more ✨

[@prestongarvey2988]

The vibes are so chill

[@iPeanuthead]

I was hoping your pov would be posted soon!! Excited to watch!

[@jugomebu]

Hell yeah gang! Amazing job

[@Sanisgillon]

Can't believe Robin would try to break up this delightful little love polycule. Shameful!

[@LordPaidoRedux]

Was going Joja allowed? I don't see anything in the rules I can find online about it, but I'm not sure they're complete. If so, seems odd no one went that way; it's almost guaranteed 1st to Ginger Island and Raccoon's Requests. (Blade and Haboo's teams not going for it makes a lot of sense since they had viable other winning plans, but there were 8 other teams who, ah, didn't have Haboo or Blade on them. :) ) EDIT: Yes, yes, see my next comment, watch the video before commenting, I know :p

[@BlaDeSDV]

It was allowed, and yes, some of the teams should have gone for it

[@LordPaidoRedux]

EDIT: And I should have kept watching the video :P But seriously, I'm surprised no one frontloaded Joja and went that way.

[@jodeco]

This was a lot of fun!

[@alienhatz3265]

calling in vtuber support is wild

[@snoops_nz7735]

You might have come 2nd in twitch rivals.. but you came first for fun!

[@doreengreen3287]

I have that same gudetama shirt.

[@felixmustermann790]

considering you got 2nd with the team having NO PREPERATION, youre place 1 undisputed imo and if everyone knew the seed to be played beforehand aswell... well that makes you deserving first place even harder

[@Pewafamath]

Man with the plan!

[@asddsa8203]

What's up with the glasses?

[@BlaDeSDV]

I'm dressed up as my ingame character

[@asddsa8203]

@@BlaDeSDV That's dedication.

[@hadarhai7864]

I think you are brilliant and im defenetly using the fact that you just posted this video 😅

[@colin5227]

Woa!

[@diairairship2403]

I'm confused, was the first to marriage goal enough for you to reach 2nd place by itself, seeing as you didn't get any points from the gold earnings? How were points calculated in the end?

[@BlaDeSDV]

Yes, the next generation goal was enough

[@MegaMacX]

Hey, i just noticed that after my first green rain there are now a bunch more trees in mountain, bus station and so on. The wiki said the green trees will be removed. well, they kinda did, since they are not slimy anymore but returned to their not slime form. Playing vanilla right now on the latest stable build, so i dont know if this is intended or not.

[@BlaDeSDV]

This in intended. They will always appear on those tiles if they are empty

[@MegaMacX]

@@BlaDeSDV Oh, okay. The wiki said all things the green rain creates vanishes the day after and i have never seen so many trees in the village, thats why i thought it might be a bug ^^ Tbh, looking kinda fresh to see trees in new locations.

[@wryed]

Guys what's the context for the glasses thingies? They look sick but I'm so confused like can he even see LMAO

[@hylics]

they’re the glasses his ingame character always wears

[@Easasera]

Nice glasses :D

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

Yall should do the next one together I think

[@mony.mp4]

i love that everyone chose same sex partners to marry. THIS is the gay agenda

[@LuminairPrime]

Reminder: the casters referred to this team as TEAM RIZZ multiple times during the cast. THAT SAYS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. GG WP BLADE AND FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!

[@matekiss7064]

Batman is disappointed

[@theomarowak]

helloooo

[@ausboss2916]

Wow these anime avatars are horrific

[@theomarowak]

1min ago

[@theomarowak]

1min

[@thedaimondslayer]

Kudos to BlaDe for surrounding himself with women, and passing it off as a Stardew Twitch Rivals. Really had us fooled.