One Handed Speedruns are PAINFUL

[@Storster]

Let me know what you thought of this different video approach and what you'd like to see going forward! Definitely been playing around a bit!!

[@jordanleviathanthwaites6501]

I refuse

[@alimbis]

You are criminally underrated, I’ve been watching since the “Progression of SMW runs”

[@kevinodonnell5860]

Love this! Check out HandCapableSean, he plays with his chin! www.twitch.tv/handcapablesean

[@buck2817]

This is super interesting, but the ergonomics of using one hand with a SNES controller seem like a nightmare, and that positioning of your hand is probably why your hand hurt so badly. If you actually still want to do this, I’d highly recommend figuring out how to hold your arm so the stress on your joints/fingers is lessened.

[@reidleblanc3140]

Yeah everything about that position looks a nightmare. as someone with hypermobility who is extremely prone to RSI and has to be very careful about how I position my hands/arms during all activities .... the finger overextensions .... *shudders* One thing people overlook is shoulder/arm position GREATLY affects hand pain. holding up your entire arm like that instead of resting it on a table just looks so immediately painful

[@Myszkaedzio]

The most painful speedruns are the ones where you have to do an 80 hour run without sleeping to get a chance at a world record.

[@1krubby]

Do those even exist anymore? By now every long form speedrun has breaks built in where you get to pause the timer and sleep for a while

[@Ceresius]

If an "accessible" category is changed to force using a controller in a way that destroys your hand, that doesn't seem very accessible. I have an ASCII Super L5 (the one-handed controller featured early in the video) and they were explicitly intended for JRPGs, so it's still pretty amazing to see a Super Mario World speedrun using one. It is not easy to use for action games.

[@noahblevins9569]

I personally think it is super cool to include extra categories for 1 handed gamers. Many music instruments etc require stretching the fingers in ways that were abnormal before, and the body will generally adapt.....leaving you pain free. Playing a couple hours for like 3 sessions is not anywhere close to the time it would take to actually adapt.

[@BobbaLuuu]

Speedrun to get Carpal Tunnel any%

[@benbaron8951]

Speedcubing (solving a rubik's cube as fast as possible, basically speedrunning a rubik's cube) has a one handed category. it seems like it'd be really difficult to turn fast but top solvers solve at over 7 turns per second, it's really cool if you haven't seen it before and a slight flex, I have two 9 second solves in competition B)

[@speedycube64]

ben

[@TheIrishBub]

Dang, I only got one sub-minute in competition. The top cubers just blow me away!

[@EthanTheGamer77]

Theres these people who can solve one that has been alternated 100 times blindfolded, one handed 5x5x5 rubix in 20 seconds yet if I turn the cube more than 10 times I can't get it back to normal

[@junebug413]

i think proper wrist support is the more important aspect here, laying the controller on a hard wooden desk probably didn't help with having to turn your hand in weird ways.

[@apu_apustaja]

Yes. Rubber mat is a basic requirement I would have thought.

[@barkbuck5521]

My wrists hurt just thinking about doing this. I've tried playing a couple games with one hand before, Sonic Adventure 2 and Oblivion. It didn't go well in SA2 but it was easier than you'd think for Oblivion. Not necessarily easy, but it went better than expected.

[@TheToastedGoblin]

I love that Shovda got a plug in this. One of my first thoughts when i clicked this vid was the special controller she was using to play through the injury on her other hand. Kaizo is cool, kaizo one handed is just beyond impressive

[@grandmastermario3695]

Niftski has a great run in mario bros 1 handed, I don't know how Niftski is so good at seemingly everything.

[@fatburdo]

Man, alt controllers should be allowed, you ppl are gonna hurt yourselves then no Speedrun for you!! You can see from halfcoordinated that they don't stretch their hand that much and have a looser grip, looks more ergonomic

[@ImmacHn]

I believe that runs should be comparable in order to count. In this case, there should be a SNES controller 1 handed, and a Anything goes One-handed category separation.

[@dbgrfdg]

bro this looks more like a grind to see who can get carpal tunnel the fastest.

[@treefiddy_Yugo-slay-via]

As someone with cerebral palsy, I approve of this video even tho I have not watched the full video yet as of posting this!

[@OmegaSaurus]

I actually managed to finish Kung Fu Panda on the 360 one handed... It started as a joke but I actually got invested on it

[@DannyPSE]

3:45 this looked like playing Monster Hunter back in the day on the PSP :D it was called 'the claw'

[@mcintoshpc]

“May not be as easy as it seems” bro this already sounds hard as hell

[@sfisher923]

Waiting for "Feet Only" runs which is the next logical step

[@grimstrr]

I never realized this was a thing, but it’s incredibly interesting.

[@TheThirdPrice]

"why it may not be as easy as it seems" It doesn't seem easy so uh oh

[@punkocto]

Where are the links for HalfCoordinated?

[@mitchzer0iii919]

0:06 oh my

[@julianbojko6168]

Great video and incredible commitment to running

[@redacted2275]

0:16 "It may not be as easy as it seems." It doesn't seem easy at all! lol

[@cheesemanzombie9151]

This is such a cool run

[@mariannamennuni8988]

Console one hand: 😢 Emu one hand: 🎉

[@mynameisnothere9465]

It's bad enough using the dpad constantly on switch lite. I know it's not one handed, but the layout makes it mess up and cramp my thumb during intense games (joycon drift yayyyy. Thank God many games let me use dpad). This sounds a million times worse.

[@mikethompson1653]

0:14, What kinda sociopath would think this sounded easy??

[@TheRealElithica]

I think Sekiro was almost designed for this. I may try it.

[@marqimoth6987]

still better gameplay than mine

[@the8thark]

What he did at GDQ is amazing, however GDQ as a series of events are toxic and have put gaming in general into disrepute. Events like GDQ need to be held to account so that no other event goes down the same toxic path.

[@MrJohnlennon007]

It’s so corporate and moderated that it’s not fun to watch

[@omnomnom1410]

So are we just not talking about the double item grab at the end of star world 2?

[@Akuretaki_Nikolay]

interesing video topics!

[@Jplays-Games]

I have one question, why would you use your right hand for the mouse?

[@Storster]

Pretty much any PC game you play that uses keyboard (WASD keys), and even a lot of general software shortcuts, are designed with right handed mouse in mind, so I just got used to it.

[@Icysnowman256]

​@@Storster The way I got around this was by using numpad, with wasd being 8456, jump being 0, inventory being, 1, etc. But if your keyboard didn't have a numpad, that would kinda ruin that whole idea :(

[@Falkite]

1:59 where'd the 3rd place go?

[@ThaAwesome10]

Whats 3rd place?

[@RipJaws768]

how long could you survive without turi ip ip ip sorry i meant without bronze trophy

[@vtninja_2906]

removed because he has something against the third place runner

[@ThaAwesome10]

@@vtninja_2906 he doesnt have anything against him

[@derekw9724]

Please don't break your hands. There's no good reason

[@retrogamestudios7649]

Wheres the runners links

[@phillipcraig1120]

Fellow Lefty!

[@SpitefulAZ]

Super mario brahs

[@kaspi644]

My time is still better than yours! (If you ignore the fact i did regular 11 exit instead of one handed)

[@TheInsideVideo]

For variation you could always just play a different series. 😛

[@darkestccino5405]

13:58 explain

[@mikecraftbro]

I’m a lefty 2

[@amuffity]

I do one handed speedruns every day with Wii Sports Resort! lol

[@JackQNielsen]

Why is it so unsurprising that a speed runner who is mtf has an affinity for completing tasks one-handed

[@gmddirvelin6972]

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