How Speedrunners Make Robin Hood a COWARD

[@OneShortEye]

Try Salad, start chopping bit.ly/OneShortEye-Salad

[@a56br68]

time traveller comment

[@OneShortEye]

@@a56br68what's the future like?

[@LatwPIAT]

This looks like it’s a program that uses GPUs for cryptomining and generative AI.

[@abbeysside]

Absolutely not. This kind of software has always been a scam, why the hell did you put that permanently in your video? Selling your computing power not only wastes electricity and damages your hard drives by constantly reading and writing the computing tasks intended for servers, it also makes you liable for any illegal activity that happens on your system and network through this service. You might as well start mining crypto; You will still get nothing out of wasting electricity, but at least you know what the hell your computer is being used for!

[@azaththerandomguy]

to anyone on a notebook, dont do it. it will kill your pc. also it makes so little amount of cash that its basicly not worth.

[@LemmingRuns]

I think we've all felt like Robin retreating into a cave to avoid social interaction from time to time.

[@MariktheGunslinger]

But only for a time. Muster your courage and come back stronger.

[@falconeshield]

Yes Rabbi Tuck @@MariktheGunslinger

[@PurpleBroadcast]

Thanks for reminding me which type of people watch these videos, not watching it bye

[@DefterBeast]

Nope

[@MaaZeus]

Robin Hood story became a story about deppression and anxiety, with a dose of ptsd. The stress is getting to him and he just... doesn't want to deal with this shit anymore. 😂

[@blankadams3120]

Brave Sir Robin mapped away! "No!" Bravely mapped away, away! When questing reared its ugly head, he bravely pulled his map and fled.

[@falconeshield]

Brave brave brave Brave Sir Robyyyyn

[@Denny-Thray]

I didn't! I never did!

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

AYYYY LMAO

[@heikkint]

Keep this up and we will get a new speedrun version of the Knights of Ni wanting a shrubbery as well.

[@blankadams3120]

@@heikkint So, a speedrun of Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail? It is in fact a game that exists...

[@EncontheCrow]

So not only did Snowy have a great voice for Robin...but also played him like a quick and accurate master!?! Is Snowy just a reincarnation of the Legendary Hood? He is also English as well...I mean cmon!

[@IfritBoi]

I like the idea of Robin Hood not even thinking about how spineless his character is on the any% speedrun and it's just "ayo, these skips and this speedrun community are so cool :D" lmaooo

[@ClydeHomicide]

It's so thematic that snowy's best run had him answer the Green Man's final riddle with "SNOW". It's the type of storytelling you wouldn't believe without video evidence lmao XD

[@Reluxthelegend]

Yeah, it just s perfect. Wish it was mentioned in the video.

[@user-is4jf8yr4z]

And the fact that Snowy happened to have the perfect 'Robin voice'.

[@stormlord1984]

Yeah, it's amazing!

[@329link]

Snowy is such a good VA for robin that for a moment at the beginning I was thinking "oh wow he brought on the VA for robin hood!" and then I remembered. He's seriously got the perfect voice for that kind of character.

[@rustkitty]

It's a good thing this Robin is such a coward, because otherwise he'd be horrifying with his Jacob's Ladder / Silent Hill style fidgety head shake. Can you imagine being saved by a demon like that?

[@itsv1p3r]

Downright ghoulish

[@Somerandomjingleberry]

Me, watching this video without any context: “man I love the cheesy voice acting these old games have. It’s so charming” Me later, seeing the text bumpers on the bottom now that I’m really paying attention: “WAIT THIS WAS JUST THE PEOPLE????” Like seriously y’all captured exactly the right energy

[@timothymclean]

Party of me hopes Snowy decides to adopt Robin Hood as a PNGtuber avatar.

[@Zachafinackus]

Same lol

[@jesternario]

I was talking to Short Eye while he was streaming about being a PNGTuber, and the simple program I used. He started playing with it on stream and said he was going to do this. I knew this was going to be in the video, just not where. The intro to it is funny. :)

[@KakoriGames]

Personally, having the world record history AFTER the deep dive explaining the game makes it easier to enjoy. Recently I've had a hard time caring about speedruns of games I've never played, but having the context of how the game is supposed to go before diving into the speedrun, gives it a lot of needed context.

[@livedandletdie]

Knowing how a game is normally played, compared to the world record speedruns... truly makes a difference, it creates an appreciation for how insanely fast they execute stuff.

[@Darxide23]

Speedrunners typically have more longevity at the games they speedrun if they are games they have played (and enjoy) casually. It allows you to get more out of a game you've already completed and don't have anything else to achieve normally.

[@donwald3436]

@@Darxide23 deep dive is a good second best tho.

[@chandlertheramhandler]

I was born in exactly the right generation to have the privilege of subscribing to this channel and watching short film length video game history break downs. I love being alive at times like these.

[@SjefDriscoll]

The sections with Snowy really feel like a behind-the-scenes interview with Robin, it's amazing.

[@genericfriend2568]

I legit love that you got the VA for Robin to use the Robin face sprites when they talk, it's hilarious.

[@Revikra]

Can I marry Snowy? Just the voice and PNG. He can continue living his...merry way.

[@falconeshield]

Hark, a vagrant! You need to get past me first! ​@@Revikra

[@jesternario]

It's a PNGTuber program called Veadoutube mini. It switches between "closed mouth" and "talking" pictures.

[@GiganticPawUnit]

"...but that's just not the case" is a great bit, it's a rare kind of satisfaction when some "superstitious" trick like that turns out to be real. It's like pushing an elevator button several times (which works in Metal Gear Solid 1!).

[@ddshocktrooper5604]

Like when some random boomer just speedrunning Goldeneye for fun submitted a time for Streets that made no sense (was too quick, but he made several routing errors). In between getting dragged for being a troll/liar in the forum, he mentioned that he looked up at the sky because he felt it makes you run faster, and maybe that made the difference. Turns out he was right, and having things happen on screen makes the game run significantly slower without changing the internal clock speed (though looking at the floor is even faster).

[@razor1199]

@@ddshocktrooper5604 I distinctly remember this certain gentleman telling everyone to "Put your nose to the grindstone and haul ass!", and nobody knew what he was talking about til someone took it literally and found that trick. c:

[@Sevenigma777]

Marian dancing in the dream is one of my favorite old school animations. Its almost like its rotoscoped idk i just always have loved it

[@OneShortEye]

It was rotoscoped, actually! The behind-the-scenes text in the hintbook from Christy Marx explains how "For the love scene between Robin and Marian... we opted for a pair of real-life lovers and used one of our own programmers and his fiancee. A merry time was had by all. She also performed all of the other actions for Marian, such as the dance which I choreographed on the spot. The videotapes of the actors were digitized and the artists turned them into the finished animations..."

[@Makafushigi]

Someone didn’t watch the last video 🤥

[@gnammyhamster9554]

It reminds me a lot of Tinuviel

[@nb_nb]

"I am Robin Hood, the fastest felon in all the lands!" "Oh, wow, you must be a deadly shot!" "No, not really." "Ah. Well, you must be fearsome with a blade?" "I'm not a fan of conflict, actually." "Well, what ARE you fast at, then?" "Running away and rotating my head like an owl! Hoot-hoot!"

[@THEFRISKIESTDINGO]

"If you fail three times, you get turned into a tree. If you get it right, you earn the protection of the forest." What does that do? _Turns you into a tree._

[@halfblake]

♫ Brave, brave Sir Robin, Sir Robin mapped away ♫

[@johnballard5436]

Robin Hood was my favorite Disney movie as a kid. Hearing Sam playing some of those songs made my day. Props to his original lyrics too. I lol'd at the "I dreamed up this rock"

[@yakopc6600]

~ "I dreamed of this... rock" ~

[@CrimsonMoonM]

Hearing the guy you got to voice Robin Hood talk about the game is wild to me. Logically, I know that he's just a fan who lent his voice to your video, but it still feels akin to hearing someone like Mark Hamill or Jackie Chan talk about their past projects.

[@OneShortEye]

It's really funny for me, because I obviously knew him as Snowy: the Speedrunner first. So I have the opposite experience of everyone else here who first heard him in the last video. Was (pleasantly!) shocked at how good he was as Robin. Great guy.

[@polygon586]

One thing not mentioned in the video is how Longbow very, very nearly has a credits warp that would reduce the run to nothingness. Each room in the game has its own script number used to load it; and some of the additional scripts that run within the rooms have their own numbers too. These numbers are more or less random. One of the rooms in the end sequence is script 9. There's a known way to wrong-warp to any script with a number lower than... 9. If they'd just kept the game exactly the same otherwise but numbered that single asset as script 8, the run would be less than a minute long.

[@pokemaniacalex8031]

It's like the old Mario Party Luigi meme. Robin Hood wins by doing absolutely nothing.

[@In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock.]

Oh yeah, I was hoping something like this would come after last vid, but I didn't expect it to come immediately after lol

[@stigmaoftherose]

2 months is one hell of an "immediately" but I do agree I'm glad we got the speedrun video. Unless you meant immediately as just the next video he did.

[@In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock.]

​@@stigmaoftheroseYes, that's exactly what I meant. These videos are long-form. Why would I ever be referring to the time between videos?

[@FelisImpurrator]

​@@stigmaoftheroseshh, it's any%.

[@stigmaoftherose]

@In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock. I dont know, maybe you thought he worked on this video in conjunction with the other one to publish them close together and didn't realize how long ago the last one was published becuase you watched it in parts slowly over the course of a few weeks or something?

[@nicholasimholte7359]

Oh my, back when we had Guinea Pigs. You can see a few in the background, lol. Also doggo cameo at 42:20. Hi Chase! :)

[@wasmadeinthe80s]

Really not a fan of how he shoved that Dog.

[@nicholasimholte7359]

@@wasmadeinthe80s Sorry.

[@SamuelStokesMusic]

Amazingly, Snowy looks exactly as I'd always pictured.

[@chandlertheramhandler]

AN HOUR VIDEO ON ROBIN HOOD POINT AND CLICK. IM ALIVE.

[@falconeshield]

Well done mate

[@jans1982]

"Hi! I'm Guybrush Threepwood, a mighty pir.. oh wait!, A mighty Archer." - That's the only thing I thought of when watching this video.

[@kimhellrose7357]

Dude, I literally rewatched the Quest of the Longbow video today. Your content is amazing, and very high quality. I hope someday you will get the subscribers you deserve. Keep up the good work❤🙌

[@OneShortEye]

Thanks! I feel lucky to have the audience I already have, but thank you for the kind words. :)

[@Hapkumdo]

No way, I rewatch "How Speedrunners Broke Quest for Glory III" yesterday and was thinking about rewatching Part One today xD And I 100% agree - way to go OneShortEye ❤

[@raafmaat]

yeah i love these kinda documentaries too!

[@adventuring_sam6589]

This vid AND all that new tech we discovered just hours ago?! ☺ - Tis a good day for Longbow!! 🥳

[@OneShortEye]

This truly is the game that keeps on giving.

[@FFKonoko]

🎵🎶

[@TheOdMan]

I got hooked by your first Robin Hood video and quickly went through your library of speedrunning history, I really like the way you present these stories and they are super interesting to listen to, so I was very happy when I woke up to a new 1 hour+ video from you. Know that you are appreciated.

[@taylorcarrell3584]

Dr. Stokes was my composition professor in college- love that man! So cool to see him featured in a OneShortEye video 😂

[@H45556]

It’s so funny that me and my brother live across the country from each other but whenever we meet up we find out we’ve been watching the exact same thing on KZbin. Both of us started watching you about a year ago completely separate from each other. When I brought you up he went “NO WAY” and showed me texts I missed where he sent me your vids. So funny how two brothers born 15 months apart can somehow find the exact same creators even back then when you were a much smaller channel

[@OFSheep]

I kept expecting even more layers of "that's where I planned to end the video, but" after a point

[@OneShortEye]

What's funny is that after I uploaded, but before I set it public, we found two other glitches that: 1) let you skip the gemstone riddles and 2) let you skip the first part of the wisps where they bring you the boat

[@LaukkuPaukku]

Between his phenomenal voice acting and speedrunning dexterity, I'm beginning to think think Snowy is an advanced extraterrestial being or something.

[@Langharig_Tuig]

It's nice to see Shawluck not being content with beating the record by 1 second due to good RNG and then beating his own record with a larger margin before anyone else managed to overtake him. That's just nice sportsmanship, you love to see it.

[@RaposaCadela]

It's weird seeing the voices you used in your video, coming out of the actual people that did them! Honestly it's incredible how well they fit the game perfectly. Brought the characters to life, and I'll remember them! Robin Hood's voice specially, is legendary.

[@teirdalin]

Just a heads up about Salad, seems like a cool concept but you're basically paying the difference in power costs except you're also burning up your GPU in the process. They're a reason that coin miners go through cards, and Salad is literally just that.

[@theloafabread4341]

Your Quest of the Longbow video is literally one of my favorite analyses on KZbin. I re-watch from time to time due to the sheer production value. Really hope you blow up soon like you deserve!

[@classiccustoms2010]

39:50 Who knew you could moonwalk somebody to death?

[@Hdx64]

Dude you are becoming my favourite and most exciting notification. The coronel bequest was a video so good I had to show it to my gf (who is not a fan of gaming at all) and even she was surprised how newcomer friendly and In-depth at the same time the whole thing was and gained a new admiration for old PC gaming. 😅 Belated congratulations

[@BottleWaterson]

loving the commitment to voice acting as much of Robin Hood as possible

[@jesternario]

I really want Snowy to actually use that Robin PNG for his avatar if he streams.

[@TheRedMeerkat1]

I once came home very drunk and woke up at half 4 to a nine and a half hour long playthrough of this game on it's fastest speed. which culminated in a lot of the guy playing accidentally running over too many screens and then having to map back to the camp and trying again. It was very surreal to say the least

[@friedmule5403]

I do not know if you have some journalistic education, but the quality of this documentary is so high, I would not blink if you asked me to send it right after the news, prime time! Congratulation for having made an exceptional piece of edutainment!

[@dragonick2947]

28:08 The tree in the background can be blended in with shading and anti-aliasing, since it's always static, but the tree in front is a sprite that can't have any transparent parts to help it blend in. Maybe that's why?

[@lorebiter]

I love how much you hype up all your fellow runners in these videos. It’s so wholesome.

[@kittydaddy2023]

Sierra: become a hero! Speedrunners: I surround myself with competent people. I'm a people person.

[@FFKonoko]

I watched the deep dive video just recently, and it was incredible to have seen that comment on the deep dive video so soon before watching this video, eagerly anticipating that last bit. It was also interesting coming in, completely blind, being blown away by Snowy doing such good voice acting, then having him enter the speed running story halfway through and becoming champ? Damn, man.

[@unco_pk_traceur7748]

39:43 Jamal Koshogi's first adventure

[@Lobos222]

Brave Sir Robin ran away, bravely ran away away. When danger turns its ugly head, he bravely turned hes tail and fled. Bra Sir Robin ran away... :D

[@neuroplush7657]

This has become such a comfortable video for me, I've watched it many times. The editing, the information, the pleasant characters throughout; you're a great content creator.

[@SamuelStokesMusic]

Thank you for telling this story, I feel so honored to be a part of it!

[@FnRenner]

This speedrun should be called the Little John run lol

[@AngstAlchemist]

My parents actually have so many of the King's Quest games from when they were younger. I wish I had the skill and time required to speedrun, but my memory is absolutely dreadful, and I don't have the commitment required. Even so, I love watching your speedrun videos. It feels so exciting to see how these runs evolve, and to know about the actual game despite not playing them myself (I have the king's quest, space quest, and police quest collections from my dad on Steam, but I'm a bit intimidated at the same time, lol) Just... I really enjoy your vids, man. I know this is a comment super late, but I was rewatching this video and just felt like commenting. Hope your day is wonderful, OneShortEye.

[@matthewmorgan1715]

So amazing. Thank you so much for making these videos. I was obsessed with Sierra games in my teens and I love to see the community still into these games today

[@Kyezoar]

YOOOO!!!! The Conquests of the Longbow was probably my favorite video from you so far and now there's even MORE content about the game?!?! Heck yeah!

[@approachingetterath9959]

the speedrunning community has to be one of the most wholesome communities out there. i love that (generally) nobody gatekeeps their findings. it's a mutual push toward the lowest time. "i dreamed up a rock~" killed me

[@raphaelattar6942]

I like how all these speedrun history videos end up being about companionship and the triumph of the human spirit

[@Revikra]

1:11:15 Sam proves more musicians need to join the speed running community. Absolutely ♥ the inclusion of this song!

[@ezenico89]

I'm just amazed by the amount of love that you put into each video I've never played any of these games, and I probably won't, but I love your recaps and storytelling

[@dragondude9637]

You can also get the bad ending and still be nice and save everyone. All you need to do is simply not get any randsom money to help free the king. It's kinda amusing to see robin get hanged when not only was Maid Marian still alive, but he had helped and was kind to EVERYONE!!!

[@PinkSupervisor]

I kinda have to work now, but I saw that this video got uploaded, so I clearly have to watch.

[@cobaltcoyote4290]

Man, Sam is such a talented guy. Wish i had him as a music teacher.

[@Nahpax]

Loved it! Always amazes me how the smallest overlooked detail can lead to such a drastic change in a route.

[@drinktheale]

It would be interesting to know the quickest you can run the game and still get to marry the lady Marian... after all these fine runs Robin is surely hanged as a villain

[@OneShortEye]

That would be the "Best Ending" category. Current WR is 15:09. www.speedrun.com/conquests_of_the_longbow_the_legend_of_robin_hood/runs/y2gddg9z

[@isenokami7810]

47:33 “…making sure that, once you do get that RNG, you’re doing everything you can to make sure you don’t goof it up.” I’m not a speedrunner, but as a Final Fantasy X enthusiast, I feel this. Painfully.

[@RazeVX]

42:20 poor doggo no love for him there, makes the robin hood looks like a saint

[@Kaedevirus]

I just can't stop watching Longbow videos. It's like the 4th time at this point... So good.

[@blueskirt5842]

OneShortEye striking gold once again! The level of optimization, the perseverance to grind for perfect RNG, and when a winning ticket presents itself, the fortitude to keep calm and perform while under pressure... top tier Sierra speedruns sure are a sight to see. As a side note: I've said it before, I'll say it again, Sierra re-used its game engines so often, any discovery made in one Sierra game can lead to a cascading effect over the entire Sierra catalog. At this point it might be better to regard the Sierra catalog, not as individual games, but as a big Mario Kart game, where each Sierra game represents a single track. Where am I going with all of this? I've watched you guys (Santa, Baato, Swimfan, and you!) going out of bound in Space Quest 4 lately. And there's a voice in the back of my head asking "What if going out of bound was the groundbreaking/controversial discovery that UrQuan was hinting about in your KQ5 video?" Thanks for all the work you've put into these Longbow videos, OneShortEye, and keep us updated!

[@Grimm_ytb]

I'm just so happy for this video, an amazing story about the speedrun of this great game and I couldn't stop smiling when the robinhood himself came to show how it is done. 😄 Thank you again and thanks everyone!

[@bepstein111]

SamStokes is my favorite part of this story. I started speedrunning during a rough time in my life as well, and I can definitely relate. Good for him!!

[@queenmetroid2000]

This is another very interesting and fun piece. Well done! I also really appreciate how you provide the list of music used in the video. I've found a lot of excellent music for my playlists and it's a standard I wish all KZbinrs would follow!

[@ryanrobinson2850]

I've just realised this channel only has 58k subs, way underrated. Deserves far more.

[@musaran2]

You make the best speedrun history videos. Just the right amount of exposition, context, details ; and a nice flow.

[@BumphreyYoughurt]

The world needs more of Robin’s voice. It’s incredible!

[@lastthursday1416]

55:15 Oh good! I was just wondering what kind of snake this was!

[@dustandcobwebs]

I love this so much. Speedrunners really are built different and the way they all support each other is just awesome.

[@Voliharmin]

Just like that? Another masterpiece? On sad rainy Wednesday's afternoon without prior notice? Thank you!

[@Zippsterman]

I love the abruptness of the stone at 21:35, just *donk* dead

[@Zachafinackus]

Thanks for always making high quality vids like this, love learning about these old types of games. They're super interesting and put you up there with the likes of Summoning Salt (at least for me).

[@VivaLaRazsa]

Blessed with more one short eye content! Can't wait to watch this

[@sagacious03]

Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@ObiwanNekody]

Ah, yes, steals from everyone to pay for the king. The robinhood we all love.

[@MelancholyRequiem]

I adore this extremely wholesome story. Bless you, one and all 🙏❤

[@7411y]

Nice of the devs to include an "impatient" accessibility option

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

And funnily enough it's so accessible that it makes Marian's entire plan completely moot since Robin never ends up using the password.

[@heavymetalelf]

The pixel art caught my eye on this one. I'd never heard of the game but I was interested since it sort of reminded me of defender of the crown. I'm not normally too much into speedrun videos, but this one was interesting. Thanks!

[@stryke-jn3kv]

Dang it, why you got to be uploading exceptional videos like this when I've got stuff to do? Still a wonderful way to spend over an hour.

[@morbid.curiosity]

I'm so so so happy you posted a long one again i started binge watching adventure game videos after finding you and nothing else compares

[@cptjack42]

I've been waiting for this ever since you teased it in the last video. It did not disappoint.

[@Zevirem]

Having an arcade slider is amazing. So many old games have brutal mini-game sections.

[@pendantblade6361]

Thank you for bringing this back. God, what a hell of a game.

[@dotterkletch]

holy shit you look exactly like herbert west. cosplaying as him would be sick

[@ShiraCheshire]

Speedruns like this are so interesting. Most speedruns are a thing of mechanical execution. Do the frame perfect trick really well, dodge the thing really fast, hit the thing at just the right time. But in a game like this, it all comes down to that perfect routing and the strange quirks of the mechanics. Lets players get so much more in depth with the "hold this button to save half a second" type strategies.

[@DavidKraftIshihama]

Take it from the Quest for Glory crew, Robin is a hero we can be proud of.

[@brittislove]

I've never played this game, I completely missed it when I was growing up. I really need to try it. I can't tell you how much I love these videos. We don't deserve you

[@Slydog621]

I continually go back to these videos on robin hood! Legit some fine video work on a game I've never heard of, and you did such a great job on these

[@CitrusCapra]

Missing subtitles for the guest speaker from 40:40 through 40:47 Early subtitles show up at 40:43 for the narration that starts after 40:46 Thank you so much for including subtitles! They are a massive help! ヽ(^o^)☆

[@Kepesk]

It's great to see a community form around such a cool game.

[@sagacious03]

Super excited for this big analysis video! Might comment more later! Thanks so much for uploading!