The Bounty To Break Melee's Sub-3-Minute Barrier

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Brinstar - Super Smash Bros. Melee OST
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[@PracticalTAS]

Subscribe to save at least 0.87 seconds searching for my next video: kzbin.info twitter.com/PracticalTAS // I have a Patreon now, check it out :) patreon.com/PracticalTAS An updated playlist of Melee BTT world records can be found here! kzbin.info/aero/PLZmpvgqEAI7DioaEmIJG832_XKVpJHhy_ Smash Stadium Discord: discord.gg/TQvkHHS BTT Leaderboard: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15wdkLsmSU2T9Os1j-lISe-XmXH-l3Awk9xBipYnTQCI/edit#gid=1924947053

[@tcoren1]

Throughout the video you showed this leaderboard showcasing the individual runners' cumulative best times, is there a link to see it somewhere? I.e. the leaderboard shown at 20:27 for instance

[@PracticalTAS]

@@tcoren1 Here! docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15wdkLsmSU2T9Os1j-lISe-XmXH-l3Awk9xBipYnTQCI/edit#gid=1924947053 I've added it to the description as well :)

[@tcoren1]

@@PracticalTAS nice. I was wondering if any individual runners managed to get sub 3 on their own runs, cool to know 2 people have already managed it

[@robertcaldwell6267]

Really happy for those people who subscribed and got to find the next video faster

[@callmeahh]

Mario 64 Master coming back after 15 years to reclaim the record was like watching an old muscle car beat a Ferrari. Absolutely awesome.

[@DoubtX]

Like the avatar returning when the world needed him most.

[@chuganoga1908]

That was my favorite part

[@johnnyjoestar4473]

Its like Matt Turk suddenly popping up and setting like five new Punch-Out! records

[@MegaQwertification]

Thanks for the comprehensive coverage! This community is awesome and I love being a part of it

[@PracticalTAS]

Thank you again for all your help mega!

[@see949]

Hey! Its you!!

[@UntarLaManteca]

You are a genius

[@MaestroAlvis]

I heard abput you in a video

[@jayst]

I got goosebumps when he got to your part. So sick man congrats!!

[@williamomalley6081]

lmao imagine if you could phantom hit targets. the optimal run would need to be literally pixel perfect

[@PracticalTAS]

Yeah I am very thankful that it is not actually possible to phantom hit targets.

[@akifcevik2272]

@@PracticalTAS thank you for clarifying, a shlong can only get so hard

[@Kosmicd12]

great video!! waiting for the ice climbers vid :)

[@orangeapples]

There is something rather beautiful about speed runners coming out of retirement to teach the kids a thing or two. “Hey guys, just coming back from a 15 year break. I got a new world record by the way.”

[@lukeskyguy2238]

Me: "Hmm, I wonder what other have been broken since? maybe the total is down to 2:59.7 or 8" Practical TAS: "We went down to sub 2:57!" *jaw drops*

[@alecneal602]

The bombshell at the end. My jaw dropped outright. Every soul who's ever been within striking distance or WR in ANY stage is a monster, and the ones who've torn away huge chunks on their own are just too good to be believed. This is art.

[@davidkolo]

i was so invested in those 0.87 seconds that the ending blew me out of my chair

[@yawg691]

I was around during the GameFAQs days! I joined the forums when the HRC topic was on number 10. I remember Tinister and OMFG I REMEMBER M64M. This was an enormous walk down memory lane. Thank you ptas!

[@PracticalTAS]

You should join the smash stadium discord! I'm sure the guys would love to chat again discord.gg/TQvkHHS

[@sagacious03]

I love hearing about TAS progress, because unlike Speedruns, it's not all just trying to have good enough reflexes until you win, or resetting & starting the run over if you don't get good RNG; A TAS is all about the routing & strategy, & not whether someone's luck or reflexes are good enough that day. & that's why I love it! Thanks so much for uploading this! Will probably comment more later!

[@Parmas3an]

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[@SSB_Seal]

I love your BTT content, this was another really well organized and written video. So much respect for all of the people pushing Melee's single-player content to its limit!

[@justinzchia]

great video! also, not sure how possible it is, but it would be really cool to see over-lays of the first and last record set for each character to see how it's evolved.

[@PracticalTAS]

That's an interesting idea, a full overlay might need TAS recreations of the records though since the cameras would get out of sync.

[@nullfield1126]

@@PracticalTAS So then the only question is: are you up to the task or know anyone who is and is willing to help?

[@justinzchia]

@@PracticalTAS yeah I was thinking maybe there'd be an easier method of fixing the stage to a set view, similar to what stabilization software does. But I'm no video editor so I'll leave it up to the pros like you

[@nostalgiafactor733]

@@justinzchia that probably wouldn't work since old runs are recorded with shaky cameras instead of screen recording software

[@squirrelcubed31415]

No. . . I am the real Justin! That is actually my name

[@dovesr0478]

Mario 64 Master is an absolute gangster for coming back after 15 years to reclaim what was rightfully his.

[@jerry3333]

Thank you for making this incredible video. That was so much fun to watch. So glad to be part of this community

[@theycallmebach]

Mudi is from my home region, its the second smallest federal state in Germany We have 3 active players (lmfao) He is an absolute legend around here

[@noahbaden90]

"Some youtuber named Practical Tas" -Practical Tas

[@PretzelYT]

I loved your scripted video on the Peach runs, and I was patiently awaiting your next video! This was a certified banger.

[@Getsugaru]

I look forward to seeing the new Nana (or was it Popo) route in another video, but for now know that I found your channel through Peach and am glad to see more. Looking forward to the next time I hear the Smash voice declare "A New Record!"

[@Kevin-xg9rb]

As a casual smash fan who's never been big into speedrunning, this was incredible. Honestly amazing narration and storytelling to draw you in and keep you invested in this tale. Despite a 25 minute runtime I was hanging on every word. Seriously well edited!

[@kennythekid130]

I love how indepth your videos on BTT are. It reminds me of Summoning Salt

[@myrus5722]

Practical TAS’s next video will be released on a frame when the timer displays a 4 in the hundredths digit :)

[@minizimi3790]

Great video essay.

[@aBlackMage]

Awesome, I've been waiting for a video about this bounty ever since your Peach Break the Targets world record history!

[@Kawi31]

mario 64 master sounds too cliche to be real "its been 15 years... cant let sleeping dogs lie huh?" *reclaims his record*

[@somaghost]

Great vid PTAS! I've really been looking forward to this.

[@Alex-xk5xt]

so glad you're continuing to make stuff like this, love your videos andrew

[@AndrewRKenny]

Awesome video. Really beautiful community effort and your passion for this really shines like it did in the Peach video.

[@anthonysmith302]

Wow! Easily my favorite part is the returning Samus runner, actually inspirational. One of those stories I wish i could explain to all my friends who don't know about speedrunning 😅

[@HootyHoot_9]

I love these speedrun history videos. They're always so fascinating!

[@SendFoodz]

12:10 I think I speak for a lot of us: when you say "the fastest non-TAS way is to ..." we're all wondering 'okay but now I'm curious what the TAS way is?' (I mean we're all subscribed to a channel called Practical TAS, so we're super interested in that stuff)

[@FaeriePuck]

This is one of the coolest videos on gaming history I’ve ever watched. I never even liked melee but I’m just so happy there are games that so many people can band together to get excited about.

[@DarkNugget]

This video deserves WAY more views. Super well researched and really entertaining - obviously made with a lot of passion, just like the Peach video. keep up the good work mate!

[@chaoss6]

Amazing archiving work

[@canadianbakn]

Wonderful video! Thanks for making it and shout out to all of the people behind the BTT push :)

[@chuganoga1908]

Mario 64 Master coming to set the record again after 15 freaking years was legendary! That was amazing man!

[@Heyzeus18]

What a great video 🙂 amazing as always Also cool to see myself at 23:37 Pog

[@moabmauler_]

ThankEgg

[@rgbmew]

that video was awesome. it really felt like a JOURNEY. i dont even play melee but shoutout to everybody that worked their asses off for those records

[@spaceonisorceress4406]

Happily subbed. Great work!

[@chickensandwich9977]

Come back to us, Mr. Smash man

[@Meikulish]

Your history videos are so dope, especially the BTT ones! And this one had the coolest arc so far. Super just my opinion but I think if you yoinked some music from summoning salt it would make the story seem more epic. Melee music is great but I've heard it so much I just tune it out. Idk, just something you could think about. Hope this video blows up!

[@mustachewalrus]

Oh wow, The saga continues, I can’t wait for the next video, this was was incredible

[@timothypulliam2177]

Great video. I loved the peach break the targets one as well.

[@SpookySkeletonGang]

Duuuuuude so stoked to see a new ptas video in my feed

[@odwizard3245]

Great video! Love the commentary

[@PooCrizzap]

Loved this, it was so interesting to watch!

[@sangan3202]

damn i was about to check what new stuff you had and this is actually the lasy video youve done

[@CogzillaOfDojima]

Great video. Love your BTT content

[@shromp2034]

Bro please bring more vids like this one it brings ungodly amounts of dopamine to my brain with the voiceovers omg

[@ellie8272]

Can't wait for the next part! This is so cool

[@alejandropimentel739]

Been waiting for this!

[@MeesterTweester]

Great video again :) I remember watching this all go down

[@benhaney9629]

Considering the progress over the previous decade this is extremely impressive. Would love to see more community challenges like this... Good clean fun.

[@Rikzz95]

Great content, really enjoyed the video! Keep it up

[@threeprongedfork7061]

This kind of video always gets me, this is so good

[@lavoscloud1413]

Andddd subscribed. Great research and great video!

[@squirrelcubed31415]

This video is soooooooo high quality and well edited

[@theSato]

based content as always, love hearing about the speedruns/TAS/insane gaming achievements that you're passionate about - looking forward to the next one :)

[@sagacious03]

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@zachariahhuey9876]

Storytelling in this video is fabulous, thanks!

[@cyfer115]

A masterpiece. Well done by the Melee BTT speedrunners!

[@arisweedler4703]

I enjoy this content so much. Much love

[@LuigiBones]

astounding work by all parties. congratulations, smash fans.

[@vick7848]

Excellent video!

[@GayTier1Operator]

your peach video was GOAT. i love these so much

[@g24eva27]

Ah yes another speed running history video!!!! Just what I was craving. Not a lot of people cover these things.

[@chillpickle1166]

This is a sick video, love it bro

[@bb97979]

What an absolute treat P-TAS!

[@AlienSalamander]

Can you do a TAS self destruct tourney, there has to be a dominant character that can SD the fastest

[@PracticalTAS]

There actually is a TAS of unlocking all the characters that uses SDs to get the game count up as fast as possible. It uses Captain Falcon because his combo of run speed and fall speed is optimal lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ6yq61voLOJZq8

[@ThePharphis]

This was all very exciting to see happen, especially the back-to-back records!

[@camronholman]

Amazing video essay, Practical.

[@sodiumfluoridel]

its so insane how much skill some people have. truly incredible.

[@ronyan1]

This is a great video, very well done. I didn't realize the BTT total was this far below 3:00 now.

[@graduator14]

One player was responsible for sub 3, and that player was Matt Turk!! :p

[@shovelclaws]

what a fucking great video dude, the script writing here is phenomenal

[@7F0X7]

Even after the death of the competitive play scene, melee still remains a cult until this day LOL

[@Jazardly]

the two further second of improvement sounds even more interesting than this

[@Fleakee]

Great vidéo !

[@mutedknght]

I cant believe it's been so long since the bounty was announced. I remember reading that thread. Absolutely wild.

[@Zetts]

ayy my reddit post made it in the vid lolol great storytelling and vid! :)

[@SgtCarson]

We been blessed by a praticalTAS video

[@davec8385]

Great to see hanky panky on the young link leader boards! Incredible competitor and well above average speedrunner

[@madison_hailstorm]

all that was missing was the summoning salt intro track. what a fantastic video!!

[@BaylenRailey]

BTT content is the best keep it coming please and thank you

[@braxaculee]

cant wait to watch

[@Roro_2338]

22:28 "first blood was soon struck" Hi, I'm Peter Griffin, here to explain the joke. what appears to be an error in scripting here is the inaccuracy in depicting the symbiotic relationship between the two words blood, and draw. at some point in history it became common for actions involving cutting human skin and rupturing the blood vessels underneath causing the blood to leak from out of the body into open air to be distinguished with the word "Draw". this is possibly most famously depicted in the movie "First Blood" which was released in 1982. in this film, the character Rambo, when talking to another character, says the legendary line, "they drew first blood, not me". granted, this use of the phrase is less literal than other uses, considering the first antagonistic action taken against Rambo was the harassment from the police officer which did not involve physical violence, but the point still stands. Now, as I was saying: this youtube video seemingly incorrectly uses the word Struck instead of Draw, though in this case the grammatically correct form of the word would be Drawn. this is NOT actually an error as has been pointed out by zero (0) other commenters before me, and there is no confusion that this comment needs to resolve. in truth, the writer of this script was actually referring to the way that the characters in beloved video game super smash brothers melee Strike the targets in one of the more technically inclined sub-game modes, "break the targets". in a classified interview sometime last month, user Practical TAS informed our interviewer that this choice of wording was intentional, and it spoke to the inherent violence of the game mode and the highly competitive nature of the speedrunning community. Practical TAS declined to comment further.

[@Hackstr_]

This video was recommended to me 18 times And I'm glad I finally watched it

[@DoublemanFM]

M64M coming back be like "The Return of the King"

[@loganroberts824]

Amazing video

[@Techstrobe]

It was very fun following the end of this barrier when it was going on

[@ctmdwhub]

Banger video!

[@LucasLaFontant]

Your Back! :D

[@LazyLee]

another fantastic video :)

[@srsanrogon]

Great video

[@wesleymcbob]

you're a legend ptas

[@gravityvertigo13579]

Man I can't believe how exciting you made a few seconds

[@Evixyn]

Mario 64 Master is a mad man with the code sheets just to push Metroid world record just a few frames is remarkable 0/ McCloud and Pikachu and young link world records are impressive too :)

[@normalrachael]

incredible video

[@patrickstar1391]

Solid video

[@selfloathinggameing]

Serious question: if competitive Melee players can modify their controllers with notches for more reliable angles between gates, what's stopping BTT speedrunners from doing the same thing?

[@Chizypuff]

Nothing, but the bit about Pikachu he was saying it's not an angle where the control stick can rest against the rim at all

[@Alsry1]

@@Chizypuff can’t you just make the rim bigger by adding more plastic?

[@jakefromstatefarm6969]

@@Alsry1 yeah but then for every other time you want to move in that general direction you run into the plastic