SGDQ 2024 | Super Metroid Any% Race | Oats vs Zeni vs ARealCutie vs Imyt

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[@inplfw]

Legends say Eddie won a map rando race while commentating this run.

[@edzwoo]

It's true

[@justinokraski3796]

He got bored and played one on his phone between comments

[@n2n8sda]

Not only did he win the map rando race in between commentating he had enough time left to set a new SM Arcade high score too!

[@dmgreenberg]

That’s some incredible multitasking. mandoooYikes

[@meganinja456]

Congratulations to Eddie for winning this SGDQ race with his awesome commentary! Ok jokes aside, great commentary from both the commentators and amazing race from all the runners, this was hype as hell!

[@pluginpanda]

oats was locked tf in, a 42 with a bunch of safety's + animals is sick

[@Phoboskomboa]

Right? That was beautiful. I usually want save the animals, but I wanted to see how close Oats could get to the record this time.

[@Rob_Enhoud]

I think it would have been sweet to see Cutie pull out the W over Oats playing a strong safe game, but his Draygon was pretty rough. Spoiled by missing a short charge. Crazy example of how such a small mistake can lead to about a minute time loss.

[@StraightBleach]

@@Rob_Enhoud He also got caught by the baby. Oats after missing the booster ball after ridley was just kinda on point.

[@omnimoeish]

Getting both full halfies forward and reverse and 3 jump baby skip. Let's go!

[@RetroHazard]

and even a botched Phantoon!

[@hazen-kain]

Can we appreciate the fact Oats did a 3 JUMP stashio baby skip like it was nothing? In a 4 way race during a marathon? Even though every other runner played it much safer yet struggled with it. And this is a hunch but I'd say Oats risked it because he knew that if he failed the trick the race would pick right back up as the other runners would surely get closer and it would make for a better show to the audience. In any case, truly he is the Goat.

[@LordPaidoRedux]

Did Zeni honestly forget the animals or was the loop around the ship runback a troll for the audience? Because if it was a troll, it was a 10/10 troll; Oats being like "Yo what you doin Chief?" was great.

[@edzwoo]

He was 100% trolling but he fooled all of us!

[@ShinyZeni]

@@MegamanXGoldthey can and that was the intention but between oats tapping my should and weird steam I completely flubbed it LOL

[@rickerman80]

Oats had to ask Zeni whether he was saving the animals, so it was absolutely an epic troll!

[@zackr.7628]

Audience: save the animals! Oats & Zeni: Best I can do is clown on them 😂

[@Nick-hg8ww]

42 with race strats and the animals… you’re a beast, Oats.

[@Foxhound3857]

Can't wait for the Aniv vs Tigleton 14% Speed race.

[@CypherSignal]

SM Map Rando showcase from philbert, lfg!

[@rosslytle5700]

How bout freeform-poetry hour with DiaperGuy?

[@Foxhound3857]

@@rosslytle5700 And Ernest Hemingway short stories read aloud by Maynard?

[@carnivorebear6582]

Dont most SGDQ attendees attempt the 41% speedrun instead?

[@teegee87]

Easily the best speedrun I've seen at a GDQ in a while. Everybody played super well, awesome to watch, Congrats Oats!

[@TheHairyNord]

I'm so glad you stuck around to show the animals how to escape! Sometimes they need the extra help! Amazing run y'all - awesome performance on stage as well!

[@omnimoeish]

It was the least he could do since they showed him how to wall jump and shinespark

[@rumiDVD]

I'll predict what goes on oats' mind at 38:19 "I'm going for a 3 jump. I'm way ahead in the race and I'll fail it so it would bring the race back to a close one." _actually nails it_ "shit".

[@rumiDVD]

Further prediction, "Great, now I look like an asshole. Eddie's hyping it up too, godda- somebody shut him UP! PLEASE!"

[@itsmchan338]

Oatsngoats has always been my favorite Super Metroid player since watching his unfortunate defeat in SGDQ 2015 and I have been watching his progression and rooted for him every GDQ race he has always done. Watching this race made me so happy to witness his dedication for the game finally paying off. Congrats Oats!

[@alri1054]

The run of Oatsngoats has been analysed. It‘s starting with “Hello you absolute legends“😂

[@Lugaia_Zoldyk]

Knowing Oats got WR with 40:36, and still had time to do a little flex at the animals is insane lmao. The 4 of them crushed the run, but Oats had the lead for almost the entire run (there were some hiccups along the run, but HEY, backups were nicely executed). He's not practing the category so hard anymore, but daaamn, we can't deny/recognize that his muscle memory is still SHARP! Great run for all 4 of the runners, that even with bad RNG, still got a great finishing time! Super Metroid is my favourite game of all times, and i love to see such well played run in a category i love! Cheers from Brazil! And i wish only the best for you guys! Take care

[@ToyotaKudoFan]

Absolutely sick race from everyone, but Oats was completely in the zone. Awesome commentary from Eddie and Hockey. This was a blast.

[@Chazkuangshi]

Was on the edge of my seat the whole time watching this live!!! What an amazing run and an amazing performance by all 4 runners. I was sweating buckets for ARC during the Draygon and MB fight, holy crap what a clutch. AMAZING job Oats!!! You were totally in the zone, so crazy to watch.

[@BRHency]

Oats that was an amazing run man. That practice paid off. Everyone else gave you a run for your money too, one mistake and they would have had you. Well done man!

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

It's been YEARS since I've seen an SM Race on GDQ end on such a hype note, the last few minutes where the AUDIENCE was racing against Imyt to meet the SMM2 incentive was absolutely beautiful. Also shoutouts to Zeni trolling us at the ship.

[@JohnDengisYT]

Interesting that everyone finished the race relative to their positions on the Any% leaderboard. Just goes to show that there is a real, tangible difference in skill required to shave of that minute / minute and a half of time.

[@MysteryFluid]

Finally got time to watch this. Incredible race by all the runners. Oats just executing non stop. Donation goals hit. 70,000$ raised by the kill/save animals battle. This GDQ segment was incredible to watch.

[@kizofieva]

Outstanding race, super happy everyone finished.

[@xsouldriverx]

Stunting on baby metroid and the animals. Slay King.

[@siphillis]

Four great runners, but Oats really showed why he's #1: consistency

[@ElseWhere19]

Awesome run Oats everyone finishing was the best part of this race

[@atlys258]

Gratz on the win Oats! Such an incredible race, there wasn't a moment that passed where I wasn't on the edge of my seat for all runners and it was really cool to see everyone nailing tricks most the time 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@joshvogel2770]

I recently started playing SM again on my switch after 25 years with my 4 year old son watching and asking non-stop questions. We watched this run together tonight and y'all blew his mind! Some highlight questions: "why don't they have to fight all the mini-bosses?" "Why can't you kill Kraid that fast?" "How come it takes you so long to get to Mother Brain?" Great runs you guys! Love seeing these runs, you make it look easy, but I know there's literally thousands of hours of grinding that went into it.

[@WhitePointerGaming]

The commentators didn't explain this, so if anyone hasn't seen this category before and was wondering why they bothered grabbing the Varia suit after the Kraid fight when they already had the Gravity suit: It's because it halves the damage you take. Without it, they would actually die to the motherbrain beam at the end of phase 2 unless they collected several more energy tanks, which would obviously be slower than grabbing the Varia suit.

[@vini.trindad]

thanks, I was asking myself that

[@enthalpy]

@@vini.trindadgravity suit doesn’t reduce mother brain rainbow beam damage. Varia does. So you would need 6 E tanks to survive MB compared to 3.

[@lajeandom]

it's so cool that you can actually get killed by the rainbow beam if Samus doesn't have the proper equipment...I don't know if it's an happy accident by the devs or did they actually thought about the possibility that some players would one day be able to finish the game without the Varia suit lol

[@WhitePointerGaming]

@@lajeandom You don't *need* the Varia suit. As I said, you could also grab a few more energy tanks and you'll be fine, but that's slower for a speedrun. The beam attack does a set amount of minimum damage. If you have more health than this minimum amount, it'll drain your health to 1, but if you don't have enough health left when that attack hits, you die. This is why the commentators were so worried about ARC at the time because had he taken one more hit, the beam would have killed him.

[@sky_shaymin_]

What an awesome race! You did amazing Oats, and I loved the victory lap around the ship by Zeni for 2nd

[@Adam-bk9tt]

Awesome race all of you, GG!

[@jmoser220]

Such a great race... The highlight of GDQ for sure.

[@usainwult2414]

Performing like this during a streamed event is ridiculously difficult, GG!

[@ryankelly2487]

27:09 ARC hitting the mock ball was such a hype moment in the run. Oats started pulling away leading up to that point and seeing ARC close the distance had me on the edge of my seat. Absolutely great runs by everyone

[@Rob_Enhoud]

Want to call out ARC getting a short charge in Mother Brain's room. Does absolutely nothing, but it's quadruple frame perfect if I'm not mistaken.

[@wulfman15]

This was so good. Watching IMYT nail baby skip and catch up right at the end was amazing! It ended up being closer than I thought.

[@MangoOverload91]

Holy shit look at that crowd

[@crawdad]

Perfect race. Oats congrats on the win, and at the major risk of sounding corny, everyone won this. GDQ raised $100K in 45 mins, we got the Troll Mario maker race, Eddie and Hockey gave us the absolute best commentary and hype we could have asked for. We got 4 highly skilled players who showcased strats and variations and styles throughout, zero deaths and restarts and all withing minute3s of each other. This was honestly the best possible outcome. It was a pleasure watching you all practice in the leading months and execute on stage. Congrats to all 4 of you and big thanks to Eddie and Hockey for keeping it fun and lively!

[@spike333s3]

I have a long time didn't watch your run. The race is exciting. Especial at the late game, since Baby Skip. 1:35 Start 4:36 Ball (Arc has head start) 4:56 Missile 6:16 Bomb 8:09 Super / 8:33 Arc bombs himself away. Shinyzeni has head start. 9:03 Charge / 9:46 Shinyzeni fails some wall jumps. That's why you become the champion. 10:10 Power 15:23 Gravity 17:00 Spazer 18:05 High 18:51 Ice 20:23 Speed 21:19 Wave 29:53 Varia 37:56 Baby Skip 38:55 Mother Brain 39:28 If the baby grabs Samus at the moment of she escapes, she will be slow until she load the game. 42:40 Save the animals 44:03 Escape 44:32 Congrulations for be the champion. You are the only one who upload SGDQ 2024 as I know.

[@ShinyZeni]

Oats you shouldn’t have reminded Shiny that he needed to save the animals, then he would have been banned from GDQ forever and Zoast could have taken his place. 🤬

[@TheHockeytowner]

Lmao this should be pinned/top comment

[@DJToneRI]

❤

[@nanopi]

Perfectly executed! That Draygon fight with Cutie was scary!

[@paulm2518]

The short charge save at the end during the escape to fly up the shaft as the lava was rising was incredible.

[@elrolando84]

Watched this live, the hype was real! GG!

[@landi2244]

Wow! Incredible display of skills. I was nervous for Oats after Phantoon but Oats was locked in! Gg

[@Super_Ammo]

Best GDQ since SMI. The Goatster!

[@wii58739]

This run was EPIC good you are the GOAT Oats!

[@Josh_Fredman]

Love to see all four racers finish pretty darn close to each other, animals saved, and Oats in first! That baby skip was top form. Super Metroid at GDQ years ago was how I discovered Oats, and I am always thrilled to see this game return there.

[@renardleblanc5556]

gg wp... going back for the animals, and *still* making it to the ship first, was icing on the cake. Aalso, with that kind of lead, the double-back at the ship really added some last-second drama. Bravo!

[@timhowland7103]

So awesome watching my favorite SM streamers race the Any%. Seeing Oats run Any% for the first time in almost a year makes me feel something in my plums. Killer run, Oats. hitting a 42 with some added safety grabs is insane.

[@timhowland7103]

(it's possible I missed any warm up Any% that you have streamed recently. I haven't been on much as of late)

[@mythun6735]

Well played, congrats! Made sure to tune in live for you and I'm glad I got to see it.

[@Kim-iu6lc]

I usually don't watch speedruns but when I do, I watch these champions run Metroid. Class act!

[@PositronPlays]

This was an awesome race, everyone played amazing! Seeing everyone that close at the end was really cool, wild given the history of SM at GDQ and how deadly the run can be

[@BraghDaMan]

All those randos are really helping Oats' execution, especially with how often he wall-jumps up bubble mountain. It's impressive just how much of an effect playing randos has.

[@qactustick]

Randos probably don't contribute very much, since they don't always include bubble mountain and the items will vary. But in vanilla, bubble mountain is approached the same way every run.

[@NiclasFagerholm]

Awesome run, fantastic to see so many cool strats!

[@Hollywood_30]

Awesome race! Im so proud of you Oats 🙌🏻

[@PinkAmpharos]

Watched it live- first time watching a SM speedrun too. Everyone did great, but your run was especially impressive. Congratulations!

[@Triad_Orion]

My girlfriend and I watched this race together and we were enthralled the whole time. It was a banger of a race by all runners. Seeing all four runners survive the run is always a treat with how lethal Any% is even with safety strats. Congrats on your victory, Oats!

[@BrunovskyPlays]

That was wonderful! Brilliantly done, master Oats! Great race y'all!

[@AnalyticalReckoner]

My favorite event. This year was amazing! Great job all around!

[@Wapaolo]

AMAZING run Oats! Thanks for this great performance, it is always so entertaining!

[@AmazingMrMe]

Incredible work from everyone and you did that sublimely!

[@TheDemiDestroyer]

What an impressive race! And nice sportsmanship on Oats, leaving the animals on screen until they actually escaped completely, before leaving the room! A joy to watch!

[@banbaji]

Insane stuff, what a great watch!

[@Meowthnum1]

That was such a great race. Congrats Oats!

[@SleeepyShen]

Freaking awesome stuff Oats big congratulations

[@420neoclash420]

Very good race. Its not too often that you see the worlds best running side by side like this live. GG all runners. I was rooting for Oats the whole way.

[@DoktorSpakur]

Great race, good vibes and a real beast of a run!

[@NTipton90]

So awesome to see everyone finished! Great runs, GGs all

[@kyoopihd]

Epic race, grats on the win!

[@Feli_Moonlight]

I was at the edge of my seat so many times, this was a work of art god dayum dude Oats was gaming out of his mind lol Props to all the runners also, the baby skip was so hype.

[@SalmonCMNDR]

Great race for everyone! I had a feeling Oats would come away when he didn't die on phantoon ;)

[@mattparkent440]

You guys did awesome. Amazing runs all around.

[@trialbyicecream]

What a sick race. I was watching live and it was so exciting the whole way.

[@worstcyberpunkdystopia2188]

Wildly good time for oats with an animal save and a bunch of safetys, what a clinic

[@sourdface]

What an absolute joy. I love this stuff so much!!!

[@predue89]

Really great race! Such a good performance from all the runners. And best of all: You won ;)

[@JohnnieEpic]

That was amazing! what a great race!

[@roberthankins8247]

i love you oats, watching you is a lot of fun... thank you for everything you do

[@hhdegimr]

that was sick, i could see you were kinda pissed about saving lol good on you.

[@Metafluxx]

Epic! I was im the edge of my seat the whole time.

[@Old_Assnake]

That was so fun😊,awesome race oats,u are truly the GOAT

[@vini.trindad]

fantastic run, oats!

[@GuakstickLabs]

gOated Run! Awrsome to see live!!

[@Joe_9418]

Awwww man I didn’t get to see this live but I’m going to see this right now let’s go oatsngoats!!! My fave runner

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

Amazing race by everyone! I kept rewatching imyts early super mockball. Damn that's tight and clean. Impressive.

[@bryannome3987]

Sick man. Gg Mr.Oats🐣👍

[@MagnaP]

crazy good run, gg oats

[@Maxter1o2]

Awesome Job Oats!

[@byWindeh]

Good run fellas. It was also great to hear Hockey’s world famous yahtzee again!

[@ianpalmer7780]

i love hockeytowner. great to hear him commentate

[@TheHockeytowner]

I'm glad you enjoyed the race! Thank you for the kind words

[@mezzouille]

Pressure for the World Record Holder. He finished first with class. Congratz !

[@FissionMetroid101]

Stunning execution from everyone! What an edge of your seat race

[@0RyuVincent0]

Watching this had me at the edge of my seat yelling "NNNOOOOOO" at every mistake you all had,. Genuine worry and anxiety with phantoon being an asshat, the moats, spike/bluesuit, baby skip, just..... it was fun I did have a dono with some playful banter that never got read, here is a copypasta for the dumb laugh: "Being a part of three of the runners communities, I can't help but feel some pride we have in our community for how amazing and stellar they all are. I also cannot state the amount of raw skill we have on stage right now. We have top notch runners that are unparalleled in skill that makes it hard to put into equte-able terms of just how amazing they are. Zeni is the term of perfection and there is Immy-chan who has been a person coming from the Lion King (SNES) speed running community who has been making great strides in the SM scene. I haven't personally followed A Real Cutie (ARC) too close but I know they are a player of amazing skills just the same. To really showcase their skill levels, we have also brought on oatsngoat and took him away from the normal game runs and adores, Other M, to show the real bottom of the barrel game play you can see next to these prestine runners. It's just night and day and can really let you appreciate the skills of the other three runners. All jesting and grifting aside- I wish all the runners luck and a wonderful GDQ and I am so happy to be a part of all your communities. SAVE THE FRAMES"

[@nightwingphd8580]

Always love to watch all my faves like this. Got damb

[@Just_Beuno]

Phenomenal job by all 4 runners, seeing Cutie pull it off against that Draygon was amazing.

[@2cents98]

Getting off a twelve hour shift just to watch oats put in _work_ on this race. Fantastic finish from everyone, and congrats on the sub 43 with a live studio audience 🎉

[@crobsmith]

Loved the run ❤

[@ImJCyo]

I watched this live. This was great, Oats was locked in and even slowed down a bit in spots.

[@justinokraski3796]

Oats proved he’s the goat

[@hosseruk]

Hell yes, Oat. Great job.

[@Vandel212]

Watched it live, it was an excellent race!

[@bobtheconsultant]

Big fan, bro! You kicked ass!!

[@therealkakazi8926]

Excellent work oats 👌

[@Carlet_S]

grabs 2 unnecessary safety tanks, spends extra time petting the animals and still comes out on top the goatster really do be built different

[@SpinachX]

Man oats Ill be watching you since 8k subs, I knew you were one of the best SM player with all the runs you be doing! *1st Place OATS* BABY