Mario Kart, but My Heart Rate Controls My Game Speed

I've attached my heart rate to the game of Mario Kart. When my heart rate increases, the game exponentially increases its speed. When my heart rate decreases, the game exponentially decreases its speed. Can I get all 12 mario kart places WITHOUT REPEATING, while controlling the beating of my own heart?
▶UNEDITED STREAM FOOTAGE HERE: • I Controlled My Heart ...
Thank you to MelonSpeedruns for giving me access to a heart rate variable! The rest of the code & math was all me :)
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[@PointCrow]

If you're curious, the heart rate to game speed math i came up with was 2 ^ (0.1 * (currentHeartRate - 70)). So the game exponentially increases or decreases the farther you are away from the baseline of 70BPM! My engineering degree actually came in handy for a video lmao

[@connortaco56]

Smarty pants over here

[@A1_Lowkee]

First

[@WepWepPew]

🤓☝️

[@Sasahlus5]

Very cool

[@Qtlpgt]

Stay in school, it helps you make mods for Mario Cart

[@BasketOfPuppies642]

"there are no spiders in my hair. i have no spider children. the only legs in this room belong to me." new daily affirmations dropped

[@geezee4432]

This is the first time I’m watching this guy, and it feels very weird… is it normal to feel like the video is constantly playing at x1.1 speed?

[@BasketOfPuppies642]

@@geezee4432 yeah, he can be kind of a lot dometimes

[@Vivi-Mage]

@@geezee4432 you know what, now that you mentioned it I can’t unsee it

[@mrplaybutton3654]

405 likes is my favorite characters number

[@VeryRGOTI]

"there are spiders in my hair. i have all the spider children crawling. no legs in this room belong to me."

[@tropicalgoose]

“hey man, it’s me. you’re free” is such a great way to end

[@yahyayahyah7]

best quote of all time

[@evolifan7063]

Sadly he forgot the "for now"

[@yahyayahyah7]

@@evolifan7063 😈

[@goncalofreitas2094]

It really is

[@JmKrokY]

​@@evolifan7063🗿

[@Vrcing]

Hey man, IT'S ME! I'm glad you didn't get tired of my silly little bit, loved watching this challenge play out and it was fun to be included in the video somewhat. And remember, you're free :)

[@dannyboy7237]

Hey man, it's me. That was an awesome running gag lol

[@acreativeusername8433]

YOURE A LEGEND LMFAO

[@dancingllama2392]

Legend

[@francis7336]

You were so funny haha

[@Nightshade-Aurora]

how much money did you spend

[@Federal_Government]

“Mario Kart but if my heart stops beating I won’t move”

[@division6193]

Mario Kart but if you die in real life you die in the game

[@goshdarnwizard]

“mario kart but I take a challenge from don shnack without giving credit”

[@glassphoenix9095]

@@goshdarnwizard could be a case of parallel thinking or subconscious appropriation. don't be so quick to assume malice over ignorance (and don't take it out on like 20 different random commenters 💀)

[@DarkStarCoreX]

@@glassphoenix9095and hey did Dominoes copy my pizza time sketch?

[@jessywinters9666]

Hey America! /give @p oil

[@TREKKYT]

Has heart attack mid-game: teleports to finish line

[@Ziaphy]

More like everyone else teleports to the finish line while he repeatedly rams into the wall lol

[@Gamer3427]

Ah, but if his heart stops fully before they make it to the finish line, then no one would finish. Ever.

[@zech1114]

​@@Gamer3427mario kart but if I k*ll myself the game freezes

[@UnkownWonders]

​@@Gamer3427true for the sake of the joke. For the sake of the game tho it automatically ends the game on its own when the timer runs out making you last place instantly

[@shinycaterpie4443]

@@Gamer3427 actually, they would eventually finish, it would just take a long time. His formula would make 0bpm slow it down to approximately 1 frame every 4 seconds

[@EddieNoon]

"NOW, IT'S TIME, TO PLAY THE WORST MARIO KART OF MY LIFE!" was genuinely such a hype moment

[@MC.CHEESY456]

God: how did you die Pointcrow: playing Mario kart

[@graf_zahl_]

God: Ahh I see, but you are not the first one who died bc of Mario Kart lol

[@MapleLunii]

I mean statistically someone *has* to have died playing Mario Kart at least once, right?

[@toxic-t1149]

OK NO THE 'hey man, its me. Youre free' MADE ME TEAR UP A BIT WTF

[@IPaid4WinRAR]

4:56 threatening PointCrow with Nintendo lawyers is way too real for him LOL

[@xartemisstarsx]

“I just have to get 7th place” The video: Only halfway over Me: *Something’s wrong, I can feel it*

[@michalebianchi6452]

ikr? i was like trying not to look at the progress bar so it would be more of a surprise but i ended up glancing it anyway :0

[@texnicolor]

It’s bad enough Mario Kart is the most RNG creation Nintendo has ever created. To have a heart rate monitor controlling the speed is ludicrous.

[@rinkusan978]

mario kart is not the most rng creation nintendo has created... not even top 5

[@DarkPrince-yj1vf]

How is mario kart RNG?

[@DylanSchnorr]

Mario Party has entered the chat

[@goshdarnwizard]

it’s bad enough that he didn’t give credit to don shnack

[@celestialsylveon6453]

@@DylanSchnorr Dokapon Kingdom has joined the battle!

[@katenawolfenstein9468]

The editing in the middle is just so chefs kiss. "hey man, it's me again"

[@elhopper3735]

I remember watching the chaos that was this challenge for several streams and watching chat pop off every time he’d have to restart was peak entertainment

[@elhopper3735]

Especially when it was the 2nd/last race before it was over😂

[@RipePineapples]

Wow, PointSpider is really killing it, they're piloting that flesh puppet really well.

[@BrokeInfinity3309]

Lol

[@LiamFSkyhunter]

Collector’s anxiety is kicking in again

[@MarcusBriggle-go5be]

Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's wild

[@moongirl-d9h]

Collecting all of the places

[@Login2play]

this is the best collectors anxiety joke I've heard in months

[@dancingllama2392]

He got to collect all those rankings

[@LuLuMiss-06]

Amazing pfp lol ✨️

[@TrenchTheSeaDragon]

When we die we’ll hear “hey man, it’s me. You’re free”

[@FrostyFyre]

Joke’s on you, it was the spiders in his hair saying it all along.

[@shiningdaraen]

10:36 "The Buddhist monks in the alps"?? I may have underestimated the popularity of Buddhism in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

[@seanathanbeanathan]

They said the monks were *displaced* to the alps

[@Fukiyel]

I'm french and I feel forgotten lmao, poor french buddhist monks in the Rhône-Alpes... 😔

[@macario8836]

You forgot France and Italy...

[@archeremiya3533]

The fire emblem music at the end was a great touch and then "Hey man, you're free" got me good lol

[@joshuaburns8096]

What's the fire emblem song called?

[@Lunaveon]

@@joshuaburns8096”The Edge of Dawn” from Three Houses, I think??

[@Plivious]

Hey just fyi: you can decrease your heart rate by simply exhaling slow and steady for multiple seconds straight, because you activate your parasympathetic system by doing so (and inhaling does vice versa) This also helps with panic attacks :) Edit: you shouldn't avoid inhaling in exchange of a non rising heart rate. lol Edit 2: too calm you down from a panic attack you can do 4-3-7 breathing scheme (or variations of it) 4s inhaling, 3s holding your breath, 7s exhaling. Repeat. Works even better if you only concentrate on counting the seconds and the focus on your breath. Psychological therapy will help with panic disorders.

[@grammy_hnng]

well that is true, but it only really works before or after the panic attack, since theres not much you can do in the middle of it. and by before i mean REALLY before, like when youre starting to feel iffy, not when its building up too much. just make sure youve got a small candy on hand (or a mint) and pop it in your mouth when you're sure you arent going to choke

[@YvngXotiiic]

His chat trying to freak him out is probably the funniest part of the video

[@goshdarnwizard]

the funniest part is actually him not giving credit to don shnack for the whole get every placing once without repeating challenge

[@R.K_Chalkboard]

Nah, the hey man guys were funny tho.

[@YvngXotiiic]

@@R.K_Chalkboard yeah

[@dualforcerobotics]

trust me, we tried very hard XD

[@SomeRandomSwissCuber]

"Mariokart, but the spiders in my hair control my Game Speed" would have been a better title

[@lmr4403]

I assumed that only Mario would speed up and slow down based on heart rate, instead of the entire game.

[@goshdarnwizard]

I assumed that he would give credit to don shnack’s “mario kart but winning isn’t enough” video for the challenge but ig not

[@danielfonville1840]

@@goshdarnwizardDon Krieg should get the credit

[@shinycaterpie4443]

@@goshdarnwizard you keep saying that on every comment but have you considered for even a second that multiple creators can have the same idea. Just because someone else has done it before doesn't mean he got the challenge from them or even knows about them

[@Sid3ways8371]

12:16 Ironically enough 7 is supposed to be a good luck charm

[@oscarserrano9611]

5:36 bro was being ratatuilled with a spider to play mario kart

[@michalebianchi6452]

i was just about to comment that 😂

[@StickMaster500]

PointCrow's autopsy is going to be interesting to see that the cause of death is Mario Kart

[@datechboi]

this is why companies put that line about them not being responsible of death caused by their game in the eula

[@ChromiumDome411]

Now we know how Pointcrow’s collectors anxiety is just a voice in his head that says “hey man”.

[@yasaiharuku]

when streamers use maths and science to change how their videogames work its actually genius. smart, entertaining AND hilarious

[@raniamirza1584]

The POW block syncing to the Fire Emblem music at 18:55 was awesome, props to editor(s)

[@MewCharTwo]

Just listen to the gloom hand music if you want to go fast 💀

[@MarcusBriggle-go5be]

Real

[@arandomqueerfanpeep7655]

*teleports to finish line*

[@Grasstoucher99]

Guardian music is way more stress inducing

[@OChunks]

@@Grasstoucher99 I prefer Guardian music over Gloom Hand music but I definitely think Gloom hand music is more stress inducing.

[@BierBart12]

Sonic drowning music

[@Firemage0520]

13:25 “the golden path was right before me and it only took 3000 years of suffering” is this a Dune reference lmao?

[@kalbrymer8555]

Yup, Leto II's golden path for the fate of humanity

[@CrownedGaming]

LMFAO that tts segment of the "Hey man" was hilarious

[@michalebianchi6452]

ikr and the "you alr know who it is" 😂

[@VessleOfVoid]

The syncs at 18:12 and 18:54 with the music and the start/end of the race make me very happy

[@Qaeo]

PointCrow got anxiety from collecting spiders in his hair

[@goshdarnwizard]

pointcrow getting anxiety cause he knows the challenge idea is from don shnack

[@Bupboy]

​@@goshdarnwizardwould you stop, sometimes people are inspired, doesn't mean pointcrow stole the idea

[@limeedhot]

@@goshdarnwizard inpsiration is a thing? incredible? and he added more, the heart rate stuff.

[@Techmej]

Hard to stay calm when it killed a family of four

[@lrose5522]

"There's only two legs here and they're mine" :/// hmmm doubt

[@LtCdrXander]

Can't believe he forgot about all 736 legs of his spider gf and children

[@goshdarnwizard]

I doubt that he came up with getting every place without repeating and that it’s original (see also, don shnack’s mario kart but winning isn’t enough)

[@LtCdrXander]

@@goshdarnwizard indeed. I think the heart rate part was enough of a twist to distinguish his challenge

[@glassphoenix9095]

he forgot about the legs of that family of four he murdered and stuffed under the floorboards or something

[@lrose5522]

@user-gz7ho1cp7n ok? Who cares? Next you're gonna be telling me that he didn't come up with playing mario kart on his own

[@dereksderek]

17:35 yeah i can tell a gap between 9 and 11 is hard to fit through. just look at those towers

[@joashntale3233]

💀

[@JensonRk]

LOLLL

[@mazzy_ivy]

YOU DIDNT 💀

[@NintenHawk]

Amazing video! I'm glad I got to witness the win on stream!

[@constantspider]

Hey pointcorw. on behalf of all the spiders in your crow's nest of a haircut, I'd like to thank you. Many generations came and went for generations while you tried and FAILED MANY TIMES on this challenge. I look forward to more of your work ponitcrrw

[@KirbyFan4Ever]

🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 Your spider children are here to say that they love you very much and hope you have a wonderful day. ❤

[@bentleyshay]

❤️

[@michalebianchi6452]

🕷🕷🕷🕷

[@dcxdpage6890]

There needs to be a speedrun category of this

[@grfrjiglstan]

That joke about the displaced Buddhist monks is actually brilliant, wtf

[@Vivi-Mage]

I don’t understand it, could I get a rundown of the joke?

[@michalebianchi6452]

@@Vivi-Mage yes, i would also appreciate an explaination. i don't get it either :)

[@skystygian]

@@Vivi-MageI think the person made the joke because PointCrow said something about Buddhist monks being in the Alps (they're not, they're in the Himalayas), so they were just making fun of him for saying that

[@LilyWillis]

I was in this stream, and remember when he was about to pick the first race. The entire chat just loaded up with COCONUT MALL and it was glorious.

[@vogelvrouw]

A chat with good taste

[@Spubbles]

Hope those spider babies grow up to be just like you

[@michalebianchi6452]

🕷

[@ika32]

I feel like the main gimmick of this was supposed to be the speed of the game, but the real challenge (and what was focused on the most) was getting all the places.

[@santiagomunoz2139]

The fodlan winds at the end made me get goosebumps, I love fire emblem, and I love fodlan winds, thank you 🥲

[@dualforcerobotics]

it was so much fun attending these few streams honestly. This challenge was hilarious to watch, and good vibes. Proud of you dude.

[@0kayArt]

Going into this, I thought his heart rate would correspond to his actual kart speed so I fully expected him to be on a treadmill for the whole stream or something 😭

[@GuyfromEagan]

The FE3H Theme at the last crucial race really HIT

[@Ufo3208_]

Pointcrow the type of guy to have spiders in his hair

[@TheSummerCoast]

This is legit one of the best videos I've seen this year, it was just so much fun

[@Maddie0325]

The fire emblem three houses music at the end was perfect

[@melancholymyth]

oh hey!! this is the one i helped out with!! i can’t wait to watch the video :3 very glad that eric was willing to let me help out

[@WaifuYuuki]

Pointcrow, is in fact, not live this current moment.

[@TheRealGregariousGreg]

The spider sub-plot is amazing

[@3CatsInATrenchoat]

He should've brought Doug Doug in, his heart would beat like crazy

[@Cranbearry_YouTube]

Eric’s videos just keep getting better & better & I’m here for it!

[@djangoimager]

Aridos here chat is right I’m in your hair

[@TheDiamondDestroyerYT]

My uncle would be a god at this challenge because he can actually control his heart rate. In the hospital he jokes around by making it 120 then dropping it to 30

[@familynintendo2159]

Hey man, this was so much fun to watch thanks for making this! I hope you have a great rest of your day today!

[@bailijay]

Cant wait to see DougDoug try this haha this was great!

[@midnightreaper5426]

You know whats funny? I was watching a vod before this and had it at 1.5x speed. And I didn't know that it was still 1.5 so I was watching it all fast. Anyways. Great video and careful of the spider children

[@l_ark8504]

The fire emblem music lmao

[@Arrusoh]

This would have been way more entertaining live. you never know which run would be the run. and you get to see the spider unedited

[@EonLess]

I swear I had this activate before when playing with a younger sibling and I was about to lose.

[@MumboJ]

Hey man, I saw you mention in one of your vods that you specifically aimed to make this video exciting for those weirdos who don't enjoy watching Mario Kart gameplay videos. Gotta say, you totally nailed it. 👍 I watched the vod of this and tbh it wasn't your best work, but this version is SO much fun to watch. Great job to you and the editors. 😊❤

[@tupemusic5566]

good player

[@NMP_Ka]

no

[@sadraccoonboy]

Goddddd three houses music works so well on that last run that was so perfect

[@Rein143-]

Ah yes my favourite KZbinr, ScoreBird just uploaded another video! 😍

[@Nick-kv7yi]

at 8:38 I see he needs 7th place, but we're only halfway through the video... I maniacally laughed.. I'll be enjoying this lol

[@Wombo487]

Stardew music is fire

[@evolifan7063]

6:09 I remember your... birds are blooming flowers are singing

[@alberto4723]

Imagine if he stops

[@miguelcardoso5084]

16:57 "but then, PointCrow got this run" *En Aften Ved Svanefossen starts playing"

[@kirbyx2573]

So you could say your heart was quite literaly racing eh?

[@mrots_]

The way i clicked the notification immediately

[@MarcusBriggle-go5be]

Me to lol

[@lunanovaa_]

maybe i've just been reading too much Dune but hearing "golden path" and "3000 years of suffering" in the same sentence at 13:20 triggered a flight or fight response in my brain

[@rickdeezy]

PointGOAT

[@Pippetta]

This video was the perfect example of how taking a break cna be so crucial to completing a challenge like this.

[@dracofenix3860]

CardiacArrest%

[@frankbrocker2963]

"You're such a good racer! How do you do it?" "Well, you know, I just follow my heart."

[@unknown634VODS]

I like how the original guy who started the "hey man" bit came back at the end to say you were free

[@professorfluffersins2483]

It’s funny the difference between pointcrows chat trying to make his heart rate go up and Doug Doug’s chat. Point crows chat “there’s a spider in your hair” and Doug Doug’s chat “we ate during you for tax evasion and the government Changed taxes for streamers”

[@marcopohl4875]

I love how they started trying to freak you out, but ended up just making spider jokes. Kind of weird that nobody mentioned the wasp on your neck, I mean that thing was the size of my thumb!

[@boop53]

fun fact: if you’re wondering, the points you’d get from 12 vs races, 1 in each position, is 72, in mario kart wii.

[@logannsif]

I'm watching this, and all I can think is that I'm listening to Dougdoug in a different universe ❤️

[@erichasaiah8408]

I'm currently playing Yakuza 0, so when I heard "Interplanetary Spark" I started vibing! Another great video PointCrow!

[@BioFox08]

I’m shocked chat never said: “You’ve been in a coma for 20 years this is the only way we can contact you, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, etc”

[@kittykake44]

Am I the only one who can instantly tell when Gladion's theme is playing in the background or were there others who obsessed over him in middle school that hard

[@eclipsemewtwo1422]

8:27 Somebody's heine, is crowdin' my icebox Somebody's cold one, is givin' me chills

[@enriqueaquiahuatl8554]

I bet pointcrow's spider grandchildren would be proud. If they were still around. Rest in peace Pointcrow's spider family tree. Spiders don't last too long, I don't think, but their memory will, I think

[@theradman9478]

This is an insanely cool concept and it kicks ass

[@theoneandonlyever]

i've attempted this kind of challenge (get every place once) without the heart rate thing and it was hard enough like that, so kudos to you for this also, someday, you will have spiders in your hair, and you won't believe us :)

[@Tankknspankk]

You could say that you really put your heart into this one.

[@ENZO_D]

Doing the respiration faster for the CC upgrade and slower for downgrade, like it's a strategy in the straight lines or the corners, You adapt it and it's sn excellent exercise for cardio, what a hood idea You had!

[@mooredaxon]

Now you have to beat DougDoug's Mario Kart switch race

[@ElperDIDO26]

I shouldn't be an annoying gamer, but seeing Eric not wheelie or drift like 90% of the time hurts my soul hahahahahahah

[@ALF_Films]

Stumbled my way into this one on the trending page. This caught my attention since I’m a huge fan of MKW. Glad you were able to beat this challenge. This looks extremely fun and hopefully I can try this one day when I stream for the first time down the road 🔥🔥

[@boogerman7880]

19 minutes and 47 seconds of chat trying to gaslight pointcrow into thinking spiders are in his hair

[@KieranLeCam]

I think you kept getting 7th because in the first attempt you put out your desire for 7th and 5th place into the universe, and it just stayed with you till the end

[@StarNeverDoes]

13:17 Do I hear Charlie Slimecicle in that voice? PointCrow... you're funny now