The World Record History of Blue Yourself in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

[@CynamminStyx]

I wouldn’t mind if you became the summoningsalt of meme runs.

[@khaos682]

memeingsalt

[@squidboy6404]

@@khaos682 no no how about he name himself skilloz

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

Summemeing Salt

[@MatoVidovic_]

SkillozingSalt

[@ssebasgoo]

I love meme runs so much. The last I've seen was Wii sport resort golf ass%. It was truly impressive.

[@fortniteblevins7058]

The look on my face when I realized that this literally was just skilloz flexing his world records in the third person was priceless

[@vampir753]

Since he invested hundreds (or probably thousands) of hours in this, "I'll allow it".

[@LucenProject]

That scroll down I just did to see what channel made this World Record documentary. Hilarious.

[@tjneumann7828]

Msushi does this too, which is always funny

[@zMysticat]

same lol

[@phoceanix]

the self glazing was insane I’m not gonna lie

[@MattisProbably]

When Summoning Salt didn't make a documentary about your world record yet: "Fine, I'll do it myself."

[@saltysalt397]

Hello

[@treytrippinng3367]

@@saltysalt397 took long enough summoning charm must be broken

[@joshuasuggs2379]

😂😂😂

[@kama6592]

except he did, that’s literally how he started out on speedrun docs with his Mike Tyson WR

[@CrazyMFx1]

Thats good😂

[@cicerobully]

This man really just made a 41 minute documentary to flex his speed running world record. Absolute power move.

[@humpsterthedumpster3653]

Not even mentioned he is that guy

[@Whatismusic123]

@@humpsterthedumpster3653 yeah that's literally what he said

[@FollowNdFeel]

@@humpsterthedumpster3653 I’m laughing my ass off at op comment and yours. That shit is great. This whole scenario is great.

[@IONATVS]

In a MEME category, no less.

[@SavvyStrings]

Wirtual energy

[@Alorand]

You should have interviewed Skilloz for his perspective on these events. He sounds like an interesting guy.

[@Skilloz]

That would have been a fantastic idea. I'll keep this in mind for next time.

[@Technically-a-kiwi]

Man, HE IS skilloz !

[@Citizen_001]

@@Technically-a-kiwi Its a joke. Prepare to get wooshed by everyone in existence

[@thomasbrand2650]

@@Technically-a-kiwi woosh

[@Technically-a-kiwi]

@@thomasbrand2650 D:

[@MrMozzie]

“How did Skilloz manage to do this?” - Skilloz

[@JK17-1]

I'm too lazy whats the timestamp

[@JK17-1]

29:40

[@oblivion1924]

So, was that a rhetorical question or...?

[@JK17-1]

No it was a rhetorical question

[@peterhuston7888]

If only he could be reached for an interview or something.

[@cursedbutter]

This man made me watch an entire video of him explaining how others and he, himself, got the world record without making me realize that THIS MAN was actually the same person who got the world record.

[@narmale]

i only just realized this reading the comments xD THAT is unbiased reporting right there ^.^

[@bronsolo6941]

Holy crap i didn't even realize until your comment hahaha

[@deadgar69]

Same here, I was in shock when someone pointed out that this guy was the actual mad lad

[@cxgeometrydash]

i was gonna say the same thing

[@hardus16]

We got bamboozled.

[@JohnDoe-yp3zv]

29:40 "A 35 second run wasn't even believed to be possible. How did Skilloz manage to do this?" ...said Skilloz.

[@hunterterrat9105]

Lol tru

[@methyod]

"what did he mean by this"

[@Derekzparty]

Skilloz does what Skilloz does because Skilloz is Skilloz.

[@jhanks2012]

it's pretty typical, like if you read a book in which the author refers to himself he will always say "the author" instead of the author's name

[@KingNin64]

I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THIS WAS SKILLOZ BEFORE READING THIS COMMENT LMFAO

[@fictthecreator7083]

Tbh I’m only an audience member to speedrunning as a whole, but can I just say how brilliant Blue Yourself is as a category? Even if by pure coincidence? It seems like there’s a lot of proposed memeruns that basically boil down to “progress normally (or with standard speedrun strats) until you hit a certain point,” but this? I feel like this is the definition of a good memerun. Something that not only changes your goalpost, but creates space for new insights into the core mechanics of the game, all while still acting as a showcase of incredible skill-honing and precision-complete with a hearty dash of luck! Thanks for sharing this with us, Skilloz!

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

Heck it even changes how the timing should start

[@sterlingcampbell2116]

Nah, RNG categories are ...blah

[@Thesamurai1999]

This is insane! I hope Skilloz sees this video!

[@elton8135]

i didn't know the category or runners before this video, but after i finished watching it i expected a pinned comment of a runner, found skilloz comment pinned by... O_O

[@ttechh18]

Isn't the video's creator skilloz himself 🧐

[@misterd795]

@@ttechh18 yes

[@jewelscoop3570]

@@ttechh18 Joke went ✈️ 🧑‍💼

[@lxbotomized]

hyah

[@BigGnome]

This guy referring to himself in the third person while describing his own record winning runs is such a chad move

[@lxagamer3]

I didn't even realize that this was Skilloz until you pointed that out lol

[@tek4]

I disagree.

[@akhos9876]

Skilloz getting god glider strats to work was such a chad move

[@lukeseaman2994]

@@tek4 cool

[@yayayatyan9663]

@@tek4 ok

[@Bulldogg6404]

> "In the end, everyone voted on the official category name..." > Total votes: 21 kinda gets me wondering how big the community was at the time

[@alanbasoria5265]

big enough

[@runthenumbers9698]

7 people with 2 burner accounts each

[@whelbe]

A lot of speedrunning catagories have extremely small playerbases, hence why it is very easy to pickup and reach the top of a speedrunning catagory. Compare this to most online multipalyer games such as league, which have in the millions of ranked players and you can see why speedrunning is just a niche activity where the records are easy to beat and pickup, although they are interesting to hear about.

[@runthenumbers9698]

@@whelbe Plus Freemium killed everything

[@ChongoShow]

There are dozens of them…DOZENS!

[@AncientHydraGaming]

For anyone coming at this today Akhos has hit God Glider Strat but only got 35.134 (only 16 frames from WR).

[@mychem20]

daymn that must've been quite painful. 16 frames short. fuckin 16.

[@cosmojg]

​@@mychem20 Very oof indeed. To be fair, Skilloz's WR is only 10 frames short of what's theoretically possible with the God Glider Strat. It's going to be extremely difficult to beat that WR without devising a new strat.

[@awrsish]

@@cosmojg by "devising a new Strat" do you mean getting on your hands and knees and begging god to throw you a bone

[@akhos9876]

@@cosmojg lol i know this is 11 months late but there is a faster strat however even more unlikely to pull off on snes mario circuit 3

[@cosmojg]

@@akhos9876 ooooh hot damn! thanks for letting me know

[@CanoTheVolcano]

"this world record lasted for longer than any previous in Blue Yourself history" -man who got that record

[@RadiantWyvern1]

And if the last record on the vid is still the current record, this one has already lasted longer than that other one as far as I know.

[@Technodog]

At half an hour in I was like “wow this guys really knowledgeable, I wonder if he was in the community” so I checked the name and I was definitely not prepared for who it was

[@tringuyen237]

lmao I just checked the name at the 24 minutes mark. Was very surprised

[@XxCodWiLL3RxX]

@@tringuyen237 same he was talking about himself in third person

[@0ntil]

I literally didn’t realize until after watching the video and I was looking at his others videos LMAOO

[@holdingpattern245]

he even put a clip of himself talking around 26 minutes into the video, just to taunt us

[@NonRandomUser]

I just watched a 40 minutes historical documentary on a meme category speedrun and have been more thoroughly entertained than I would have expected.

[@Grane1234]

Here's a different way of wording it: I just watched a documentary on who could blow themselves up fastest

[@GuyNamedSean]

Man, the speed running community is one of my favourite places in gaming just because of stuff like this.

[@JohnSmith-kc6ov]

wh... wait...that was 40 minutes!? it felt like 10

[@chloemccarthy2297]

It was a good way to waste time waiting for the bathroom

[@SpectroliteDS2400]

made by the guy who had the record no less

[@elgurkus6885]

This skilloz dude seems pretty good, he should make a documentary about his record.

[@Jok3004]

the video maker IS skilloz

[@elgurkus6885]

@@Jok3004 that is the joke

[@Jok3004]

@@elgurkus6885 ooh

[@TG_1023]

@@Jok3004 r/woooosh

[@Jok3004]

@@TG_1023 ?

[@sergioflores477]

It’s also fun knowing that Skilloz is 2nd place in Banned% on the original Club Penguin

[@electricheartpony]

Will always have that second place lol

[@sweetbusiness9798]

didn’t realize the video was made by skilloz himself till it ended, wow it’s like finding out the narrator was the main character all along

[@mychem20]

lol same

[@loganyee5226]

same

[@greenstarlover1]

S tier plot twist

[@KneadHondo]

“In the end everyone voted for official category name. And blue yourself won “ A total of 21 votes lol

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

It was a small category

[@NihongoWakannai]

Well yeah, speedrunning is niche, and this is a niche within the niche *and* it was a week old.

[@MeekMallard]

THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!

[@clint5406]

Dozens!

[@lukalissimo]

Democracy

[@malachi697]

reading the comments and within watching half the video, i realized that the wr holder is in fact the one making the video (talking abt it in 3rd person), but this is also exactly how i'd imagine summoningsalt making a video on his own speedrun wrs. well written, well narrated, interesting to watch, and no narcissistic flex (just subtle flex; if you showed me this video without telling me who made it, i wouldnt have even known skilloz made it). also, its just amazing to hear the entire story from the Very Start, especially since this is a category that is VERY YOUNG in comparison to many well known speedrun categories. its not just the birth of the speedrun wr holder, its the story of the speedrun itself- something that doesn't really get told with most other speedrun docu-style videos (again, probably because its just so young). really enjoyed the video!

[@SemanticV0id]

If I had a nickel for every 40+ minute speedrun video I've seen where the creator surprise revealed themselves to be a record holder, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice Edit: Just checked back here to find 2k likes and a bit of confusion. I was referencing The Hobbit WR video, yes, and I was only talking about videos where the creator actually sets it up like a big reveal that they are the WR holder. Not just videos where they casually mention it. Only the second time I've seen it happen, personally.

[@ThoraeJenkins]

I don't think it's that strange, the WR holder is most likely going to be someone with a massive investment in either that community, or that specific speedrun, so it makes sense for them to be invested enough to want to share their niche with the world.

[@jaewol359]

Who is the other one?

[@your_komorebi7824]

@@jaewol359 I think it was the hobbit speed run history

[@user-svqmbiv]

@@your_komorebi7824 I was gonna say red ball. But that was actually an hour long video

[@GregTheFree]

@@jaewol359 I think the other most notable example of this is Summoning Salt's Punch-Out video

[@CABEZILLA]

I love when runners talk in third person about their achivements, I finish to watch the video and just out of curiosity I see the uploader, feels great every time.

[@Ray-tp7ov]

I just noticed that he was the world record at the end lol

[@jameshenderson4094]

It's like a movie told like a story by a narrator and it's revealed the narrator is the aged up protagonist or other recurring character

[@shilohmagic7173]

Gotta love Julius Caesar’s propaganda of the Gallic war!

[@KP-cb4sy]

Makes me wonder how Skilliz felt when he made that record himself.

[@WhatTheFnu]

33:19 - God, I love video games. This slow-motion footage of Wario flying on a squirrel kart with a big, doofy smile on his face just made my day.

[@krakow10]

Excuse me it's a teddy buggy kart thank you very much

[@jameshenderson4094]

@@krakow10 lol yeah I think they meant to say glider

[@giovannimela504]

I want to like your comment but you are at 69 likes, sorry.

[@hitoshi12]

Yeah I also loved how clean the video looked

[@orange5423]

Even his hair in the wind

[@squidsurge71]

I really love how this community can turn one of the biggest meme speed runs into a legitimate category that is recognized by many people outside of said community.

[@Pixelcraftian]

I watched the whole 40 minute video without realising that the person making this is the person with the record. You fooled me lol This is how I find out about an amazing category, amazing runs from everybody and just a really funny category all together haha

[@Skilloz]

Glad you enjoyed 😁

[@qpdbqpdb1]

Same LOL. GG awesome vid

[@xXkevenXx1]

Same f*cking thing! i was like "lets go comment that the video quality is good and that i didn't expect to watch the full 40 min" to realise LUL

[@aykrivwassup]

Same LMAO, I watched this the other day and didn't realize Skilloz was referring to themself in 3rd person until I saw his WR video on my recommendations today xp

[@randaljr.8581]

lol waitttttt! i didnt reealize either! lolol

[@Lasagnaisprettycool]

30:45 props to pianist for being humble, showing empathy, being punctual but unbiased, having a secondary judge check his findings and apologizing after finding out he made a small error. qualities more people should strive for.

[@codesymphony]

I mean what else would you do? double down? you can't fake numbers

[@dabboloosefun]

@@codesymphony Ohohohoho, there are definitely people who would double down.

[@redrix1787]

@@dabboloosefun *cough* twin galaxies *cough*

[@rains0return]

Caugh Caugh dream caugh

[@Awesomeness-iz3dh]

Mans got called out by name in the video though lmfao

[@CiderVG]

Is no-one gonna talk about how if you're 999,999 units away you're only gonna get a Green Shell? It's like "you suck, you get worst shell"

[@LeivenFrestea]

It should really give a Guaranteed Star for people somehow 999,999 units away

[@guy-sl3kr]

Is it even possible to be that far away from 1st on any track? lol

[@Alorand]

No, I think it's to prevent people from looking for ways to glitch out the distance counter.

[@ShadowOfNos]

@@guy-sl3kr Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Distance%

[@Ivytheherbert]

It's probably for exception handling, so there are always values that the game can reference.

[@TripleDededeluxe]

The funniest part of this is that (it is July 5th 2024, 145 CST/CDT) his record still stands, but the person with the most time is at 58 minutes

[@calvinbenson3663]

Didn’t even realize he was the record holder till the end

[@bheco4]

same

[@darkslide180]

not even a single flex about it either that's crazy

[@altesc5525]

I had to scroll back up to see who's channel this was after reading this, ended up having my mind blown lmao.

[@JDLupus]

@@darkslide180 The video itself is the humbleflex ;D

[@dumbmemesidk]

Same

[@pianist1562]

Awesome video! Still embarrassed about that 60fps brain fart xD

[@alanfennell4833]

no worries, you caught your own mistake so its all good. Nothing wrong with questioning the integrity of a run imo

[@roshibomb4247]

I feel like this mistake was actually a pretty important lesson; making sure you're recording and timing in 60fps is vital in a race based on frames, so this (if maybe caught earlier) could have actually helped people get better times if they were recording in 30fps prior.

[@Marnige]

@@roshibomb4247 yes exactly.

[@akhos9876]

What a year it has been! From using shells only on rDDD to glider strats on rMC, the journey of Blue Yourself has been great. I've had such an awesome (definitely not wasted) time grinding this and just being there the whole time. Also kudos for actually making this video my frend, it's fantastic! Can't wait to see someone beat the record!

[@brezilianpope]

This vid was a wildride. You guys are some crazy sons of b*tches 😆

[@onlypuppy7]

Eh, you made your own category and then act like any small thing you do to improve time is super crazy. The poll was only voted on by 21 people showing there really isn't anything competitive or significant about this just a small group of people. Also the fact that the first 20 or so minutes are on runs that are on runs that are made within a WEEK of each other so using terminology like "first ever 1:10" holds no meaning when the category is a week old and a dozen people are running it. It makes sense for this to be the case with actual decades old categories eg sm64 with thousands of runners but in this context its just kinda cringe and you look like summoning salt wannabes. **Edit (from reply further down but I know that's too much work):** If they want me to be constructive then here; the video would have been much better had he focused the video on the stats and left the category world records as a side thing. The blue yourself category was quite interesting but the way its presented makes it impossible to take seriously and I couldn't watch past the halfway point because of how dragged on it felt with celebrating the tiniest of increments in strategy, like changing the course or the second run being significantly better, like no surprise. It could have been 20-30 minutes long instead and been far more watchable. Nonetheless I don't care for these runners since they hold themselves in such high regard and the way they have handled someone being negative about their precious little "meme" record doesn't help.

[@ahmvme_]

@@onlypuppy7 wow you're fun at parties

[@akhos9876]

@@onlypuppy7 If you had payed attention while watching the video, you would have noticed that Blue yourself is a MEME category. The MK8DX speedrunning community isn't that big anyway and most of us don't run category extensions in the first place. Also to us few that actually committed to lowering the BY record, any small improvement was big. Using terminology like "first ever 1:10" is completely fine even if the category is new as even for new categories, a wr is a wr. Skilloz didn't make this video because he wants to be like Summoning Salt. He made it because the category means a lot to him and a few others and because some people might find it interesting. It is completely fine if you don't, just don't go around telling people they're cringe for doing something they enjoy.

[@UNLUNKY]

i remember that first night on rddd :’)

[@person_man9882]

bruh it took me until minute 40 to realize you were talking about yourself unfathomably gigachad move, kudos to you sir

[@simlola6619]

It was fantastic fun being involved with all of this, thanks for documenting this chaotic chapter of speedrunning history so well!

[@irbster]

Yep and skilloz busted for hacking today damn smh

[@justscrollinginthecomments7930]

I JUST REALIZED SKILLOZ WAS TALKING IN 3RD PERSON. What a plot twist, felt genuinely glad after watching this, congrats on the unbeatable record.

[@zawwininburma7343]

There's a lot of people who follow SummoningSalt's format, but not all hit the combo of Informative and entertaining and Interesting like you, along with pleasing production value. Bravo!

[@Delita45]

The music volume was a bit loud though tbh, the switch from quiet voice to loud music startled me a few times as I watched this while falling asleep

[@Dr.CaveCurinas]

And humbly doing a video about a game he holds a WR in

[@christianbarbieri3596]

SummoningSalt is still the king tho

[@markwalker3510]

If summoning salt is the king of mk speedrunning than this mans the Duke or prince of mk8dx

[@Marnige]

@@Delita45 i dont think the casual viewer watches this as a lullaby...

[@JSoldierPro]

Blue Yourself might be able to come back due to Custom Items in Versus Mode since you can guarantee blue shells from item boxes and it works even in 1st place and even before the 30 second barrier. If this is allowed for Blue Yourself world records, I recommend making a separate category named “Custom Items” as I believe it would be unfair for these times to be in the same category.

[@topsecret1837]

Kind of debatable since the original category is inhumanely possible to beat. So would you have the record suddenly be possible again or leave it dead?

[@JSoldierPro]

@@topsecret1837 Why not just have one category for not custom items and another for custom items?

[@toxdazcubing]

​@JSoldierPro I just got a 6 second run so I don't think it's going to be optimized well. BUT you can probably do triple mushrooms, star, and blueshell for an optimized category.

[@flint9064]

Even though I’ve kinda retired from the mario kart 8 deluxe scene. I will never forget the memories made from this. Congratz to all of the runners and thank you for making this. :) Here’s to a sub 34 (which will never happen)

[@broofun4599]

I didn't know you were in the mk8 deluxe scene, thats cool. Also nice wr for a little bit.

[@theSato]

would be hilarious if some weird glitch/exploit to get a blue shell pre-30sec (or in a farther up place) is found and renders the grind obsolete

[@aurifomo6385]

I was sure that profile picture was a djinn!! Grats on your efforts from a fellow golden sun enjoyer :)

[@sammygutierrez9048]

I just got a sub 34... using the honor system

[@sechmascm]

@@sammygutierrez9048 that's obsolete because I spawned with a blue shelled and I blued myself 1.0 seconds into the run

[@Skilloz]

If you'd like to see other WR history videos for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, let me know!

[@alexanderkaefer8716]

Yea pleas this video was amazing man 💜

[@jordanleviathanthwaites6501]

Do videos on anything you got the format down

[@akhos9876]

Well 200cc 48 tracks no items is the most obvious one

[@accusedtoppat]

Yes plz

[@neored6411]

Dude, please do it, I went to your page because I thought with this QUALITY CONTENT you would have some more.

[@fiend-off-the-grid]

Pretty much the only way the category could be resurrected at this point would be to have track specific leaderboards like there are for others. "How Fast Can You Blue Yourself in Coconut Mall?"

[@splatbeef74]

or if one of the tracks proves to have even better conditions (unlikely, but possible)

[@r00kiet80]

@@splatbeef74 impossible unless new tracks release, glider setup couldnt be more perfect

[@kylerivera3470]

@@r00kiet80 The track is pretty straight though so if there is a track that lets you cut more distance in a shorter time then god glider strats could still be beaten. I'm not too familiar with all the tracks though so I wouldn't know if there is something like that.

[@r00kiet80]

@@kylerivera3470 yes like i said impossible unless they release new tracks

[@ookazi1000]

@@r00kiet80 new tracks did just release right? Are you accounting for those?

[@lilflax0396]

39:13 I never thought I'd feel so much emotion watching Wario hit himself with a blue shell.

[@peytondagenais479]

💀

[@arob-3]

bro has beef with wario

[@tobiletsplay]

😂😂😂

[@markhandel8946]

I just watched the whole 40 min, without even realizing it was 40 min. It felt like 5. Incredible job, and way to stick to the grind. That was actually insane.

[@jreezy6047]

I just watched the whole video without realizing that he made it about himself. 😄

[@izzaazzurri]

Damn i just realized too after reading this comment

[@legitrikk]

Really? Had to watch it at 1.25 speed because the dude was talking so slow. Skipped a bunch too, since he decided to explain some of the most basic stuff. I’m surprised he didn’t explain what mario kart is at the start.

[@SephirothRyu]

I like how they basically went "when life gives you lemons, make a lemon speedrun."

[@hiimlure]

@@legitrikk lol man it was butter smooth for me

[@akoski12]

Thanks youtube algorithm for randomly giving me a 41 minute video on Mario Cart speed running. Wasn't sure I was going to stick around for the whole video but you kept me interested all the way to the end. Congrats on the ridiculous grind

[@deltainfinium869]

Did you check the channel name after watching..

[@spartansquid5931]

So weird regularly watching 8 hour EFAP podcast episodes and then seeing people talk about 40 minutes like it's long

[@MonkeyMod]

Lol

[@roamin_candle743]

Big shout out for using Lagunas theme from FF8! Massively underrated game with one of the greatest soundtracks of all time

[@Danthemanwithnoplan]

It's been a little over a year since Skilloz set his time of 34.867 and it remains the world record. The closest anyone else has gotten is Akhos with a time of 35.133.

[@lefterismplanas4977]

And he was just 16 frames away using the same strat, lol

[@robertmuench2730]

This is still true 1 year later.

[@Jassie411]

Everybody upset that the dude uploaded his own documentary. He grinded the shit outta that, the man deserves his praise and of he has to go get out himself, more power to him. This was impressive

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

But, nobody is upset about it man.

[@SamTehSquirrel]

If anything I gain more respect. Very creative to reference himself in third person. I loved seeing the progressions and the video was outstanding.

[@darianstarfrog]

Oh dam straight! Nobody says otherwise though?

[@researchinbreeder]

I have not seen a single person mad about it. A few ppl joking, but it's mostly ppl saying it's a Chad move or that he's earned it (which, agreed)

[@west3Dgaming]

Yeah it isn't just about him

[@femkeyt2635]

Wow, this was a really well made video, like Summoning Salt level, especially considering it was on a speedrun I didn't even think I was interested in. Btw, the music was amazing. Hope you make more videos like this, MK or otherwise. EDIT: Lmao, just realized that you were the person who got the WR at the end. Maybe I'm dumb for not realizing it earlier but fun surprise on my end.

[@heitorfernandes703]

this video was a blessing to watch, 41 minutes of top quality narration, information, story-telling, records breaking and joy. Congrats Skilloz, you deserve all the praise

[@jueymiah1810]

@@Kalaphant im so confused at what u just said, like isn't that more reason to praise him? bet you went on a comment saying smth like 'you should interveiw this skilloz guy' and let the joke fly over ur head and replied smth like 'skilloz is the guy who made the video'

[@Kalaphant]

It was a dumb joke I don't feel like explaining@@jueymiah1810

[@huejanuel2292]

This category went from: "Imma go blow my self up with a blue shell lol" To "God glider frame perfect super RNG run" But all jokes aside, great video. Was truly a joy to watch!

[@Jo_Wick]

I can really see the first "speedrunner" (Mystys) saying "lmao I created this."

[@ernesttoric4192]

lmao xd

[@SpeedrunningSimplified]

This was one of the best Speedrunning Documentaries I've ever seen. The things a meme category can turn into, what an absolute legend. Well done.

[@EndMeNao]

You should watch Summoning Salt, his content is also very very good.

[@alyssa2242]

"best speedrunning documentaries" is an oxymoron, how can there be a best when they are all the same reskinned video? Every speedrunning documentary maker uses the same speech style and editing style all to make identical stupidly slow paced videos that could be 3x shorter and just as good, because they've all convinced themselves into thinking that they have to deliver all content in a long format for literally no reason.

[@user-et3xn2jm1u]

We just covered the Skilloz chapter in my 6th grade world history textbook, and here I find this video. I always heard about how important they were, but never really knew why until now.

[@GreenDayBJAS2]

What I love about the speedrun community is that y'all don't gatekeep strategies, you know that sharing is more fun because at the end of the Day you Just wait to see it be done

[@nobleshirley2775]

I just want to let you know that this video is god-tier. It’s done so well and it’s amazing to see the history of a very niche speedrun category such as this. Thank you so much. Idek what kind of other videos you make but you’re getting a sub from me just because of this one video

[@null-00000]

I assume he makes other speed running videos, because he's the current record holder lmao

[@tetraedri_1834]

To bring new life to this category, there should be own leaderboards for each stage. Baby circuit could see some pretty crazy strats, hitting the first CPU with the star when being a lap behind for example. It would also be interesting to see which stage is the hardest to successfully pull off a good blue yourself run

[@Freakmaster480]

That'd be cool but I feel like it might fracture an already smaller community. Idk though I don't follow this game very closely

[@BruCipHiF]

great idea!

[@soopy6667]

I can imagine that being an insanely creative route to take, it only took less then a year to find the most viable strat for the primary record but it'd be fun to see how someone may do the record on a very unoptimised map (e.g haunted mansion)

[@-ism8153]

"Runners at the time were okay with the honor system." Ah, yes, the bygone days of -2004- 2021 speedrunning.

[@tree5123]

Reached the end of the video before o realized YOU'RE Skilloz. Speedrunning is something that is genuinely fascinating to me - absolutely amazing video.

[@camwoodstock]

It may be called Blue Yourself, but this video sure made me feel everything but Blue. Love silly Speedrun categories like this, and love seeing them get the attention they deserve!

[@gushcraftgaming]

I’ve unintentionally blue shelled myself on the DS version when I tried to use a shortcut from 6th to first and had the item wheel going and stopped it early

[@SvenicusGermainus]

I don't even play this game but it was so awesome seeing the progress of this speedrunning category. Speedrunning is so much more intricate and technical then a lot of people give it credit for.

[@Lucero_TheSilverStar]

Didn't expected this video to be made by Skilloz himself... Love the Summoning Salt vibes, I guess I'll sub.

[@pux0rb]

Fucking incredible, my dude. I appreciate that you talked about everyone in 3rd person, including yourself. It wasn't until the end of the video that I realize you were the 1st place holder, haha. This is as close to a perfectly optimized run as I can ever imagine, I wonder if someone will eventually shave off that 0.05 and hit a perfect frame throw.

[@wildgurgs3614]

Even with TAS it's gonna be a looooooooooooooooong time simply bc there's so much RNG running around in Blue Yourself

[@lemonbread378]

looking at the channel name and seeing Skilloz was a bigger plot twist than i could ever have imagined

[@stonebrick1562]

“How did Skilloz do this? He was just built like that. Built different. Currently he holds the world record that has been held longer than any other record in the history of the category.”~ deleted Skilloz script

[@CiderVG]

Nintendo after adding a way to make Blue Shell only "All that work...for nothing."

[@Determinor]

This was awesome, endured 41 more minutes of hunger just because I couldn't stop watching this. Beautiful music (that's different that summoning salt, which I admire as he single handedly set the speedrunning history musics), great and simple editing, solid narration, solid storytelling all combined together for a masterpiece. If you have any more of these planned, please take the time to make them, I'd even support you on Patreon.

[@0SC2]

Did you get a good lunch after watching?

[@corlinfardal]

If there's any one criticism I have for this incredible video, it's that I wish there was more comparison between the two timing methods. There's a couple times that are given in both methods, but the two methods make the times from later in the video feel disconnected from earlier in the video, and while it's hard to fully accurately give the earlier format, with inconsistent load times and the load possibly not being recorded, it would still be nice to have an estimate for the earlier timing method, or at least linger on the transition between the methods, making it clearer what corresponds to what, so the transition doesn't feel quite as sharp. Otherwise, though, this really is an amazing video, and you deserve all of the praise you've received from the comments and more!

[@Skilloz]

Thanks for the feedback! You make a valid point. I plan to make more MK8DX history videos, and loading times are a large subject even in other main category speedruns. I will try and make it more clear and provide a better comparison for future videos.

[@isaiahgentle427]

A speedrun category that lived for less than a year, and had such insane levels of optimization in that time. Incredible video too

[@joshuapatrick682]

Referring to one’s self while describing your records in a meme category is such an arrested development bit.

[@NeonXGameRemixes]

Really well made buddy! Must have taken you tons of work! I hope you get a lot of attention and traffic for your time put into this. Also thanks for giving me creds for some of the music 🙏

[@stefansynths]

"Some" of the music? You're even more modest than Skilloz!

[@NeonXGameRemixes]

@@stefansynths haha well, I guess I didn't realize it actually was all the music 😅

[@Kinglink]

Damn I love watching this.. let's see who made this... OMG WAIT IT'S SKILLOZ!!!! Seriously great history of this, please consider doing more. I really want to hear more oddball histories like Blue Yourself, rather than specifically Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but if Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has more let's hear them. Solid video, it had my full attention for over 40 minutes.

[@justkita3890]

That skilloz guy sounds amazing. I wonder if he has a youtube channel.

[@SprinklesDay]

Its still the WR! I mean, theres basically no room for improvement, but after 2 years you'd think someone mightve been able to get a millisecond quicker than it. 2nd and 3rd are still in the 35's so Skilloz is the only person to blue yourself in 34 seconds.

[@luigio8484]

I have nothing but respect. this speedrun documentary just, goes hard. much better than others I’ve seen floating around, excited to see what more you can do!

[@TheKameronk]

Dude, this has got to be the best quality video I’ve ever seen from a

[@Sarius-ho9cz]

I totally agree!!

[@ryan_alexander]

"Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the world's most competitive racing game" "But then.... Skilloz got.... this run *Sax plays*" "We investigated claims of cheating in Mario Kart"

[@Lance0]

guys I checked skilloz's replay files and it looks like he's playing the game at 40% speed

[@prodigyofnonsense5869]

I've never been more invested in a 40+ minute video. Congrats on the world record, and thanks for a spectacular video:)

[@1.red.panda.1]

“Despite not using glider strates, or using the fastest ground speed cart combination, he was confident he could obtain a world record for himself” I feel like that’s such a backhanded compliment, like bro, THE SASS

[@SignOne]

I've been a speedrunner and a rank 1 player at times and the way to relate to Skilloz editing up this video making the amazing music line up perfectly upon him hitting that one last amazing run.. I felt that drop and I want to tell everyone the feeling on doing that is something unforgettable. All your hard work culminating into this perfect story and you were the one beat all the odds. What a video. All the music choices were superb. Contra starts playing when StrongmanLin takes the stage.. How did you manage to find such a perfect music remixer for this amazing ride. Bravo!

[@HaraceHavoc]

The sound mixing on this is excellent. You've really made the reveals that much more impressive with the music popping.

[@k1ll1nat0r8]

Great video! Congrats getting the god glider, it must have been one hell of a grind! Also I'm glad the tradition of the creators of speedrunning documentaries not mentioning they were one of the pioneers they tell the story of is being followed. Such a g thing to do

[@AidanLaGrasta]

One type of video niche I will always love here on KZbin are speedrun histories, and its so funny because so many of them are made by the eventual world record holder but they're never arrogant about it, just so passionate to share the history and it's always so entertaining, especially since I just love the concept of speedrunning anyway. Amazing job!

[@JayFolipurba]

This is like watching the recap of a sports event. The highs, the lows, the emotions, the progress and the climb towards superhuman achievement

[@jdsjigglypuff9419]

39:38 "Wow Skilloz got mad views for that. I wonder what else he has on his cha-" *looks down to realize who the videos creator is*

[@Olivet_]

I've watched this video like 10 times now, and I gotta say I'm not ashamed to say that I lose it every time that final blue shell makes contact and the music hits. This is truly one of my favorite videos on KZbin. I can't help but feel the emotion that must have been felt by Skilloz when he got that final time. Truly amazing.

[@SignOne]

you can borderline feel the happiness he must have felt on that last run

[@Jok3004]

the video maker is skilloz

[@dailyfactswithjack8622]

@@Jok3004 woooooosh

[@Jok3004]

@@dailyfactswithjack8622 ? whats that

[@Olivet_]

@@Jok3004 Right...and?

[@Deimoclese]

This guy made a 30 minute video talking about how he blue himself better than anyone else 10/10

[@user-to9ge8ii9n]

Bro we all watched a 40m video on how a guy blue himself at max speed.

[@JGMeador444]

Skilloz, your editing, script-writing, and delivery were good enough that I sat here for 41 minutes to learn about the world record progression of a meme category in a game I have never played and know nothing about. Also, mad props for the grind it took to finally get the God Glider Strats to work. That's what fascinates me about speedrunning; like you said, people will push it to the absolute limit of what's humanly possible. Like Abney going for the triple Weathertenko, it doesn't matter how many attempts it takes. If it's humanly possible, it will be done sooner or later.

[@realtimestatic]

Lol, Skilloz talking about himself in third person is the funniest thing to me 😂😂 Didn’t even know you were the same person that made this vid!

[@TimsGamesDoneHard]

So 10 months ago, I saw your video on the first sub 40 Blue Yourself. I made a comment about how Summoning Salt's next video would be about Blue Yourself. Looks like you went ahead and made the video yourself lol. This is actually way more interesting of a journey that I thought it would be, that's awesome how optimized the run got with God Glider strats. Amazing work!

[@McGuire40695]

Loved how you presented this entire video! If I didn't see your username, I wouldn't have known you were Skilloz!

[@aaronlefebre5060]

It'll be interesting to see if any of the DLC tracks over the next year-ish will offer a faster path to Blue Yourself.

[@deltainfinium869]

Yeah that could be very interesting

[@thegreattesm]

Nice job with the editing. The music you selected fits really well with the narrative you crafted. The script works well too. I'm certain you'll become more comfortable with your narration if you keep it up. The views you have so far is a testament to the time and dedication you put in.

[@cosmicmicah]

Amazing video man! I appreciate the humility in not drawing attention to the fact that you’re Skilloz, who got the near perfect WR run. I would love to see more content like this, I’m subbed now :)

[@bubberiffic]

Why the hell did I just watch a mini documentary about people hitting themselves with blueshells thousands of times; I love it!

[@sergioi7377]

I love when a new speed run pops up because you get to witness the refinement live

[@Sublimarcher]

As a speedrunner myself, I REALLY enjoy these types of history videos. So exciting!

[@daih501]

These kinds of videos are what made me fall in love with speedrunning and I hope to one day make videos on the same level as this. Big inspiration and more importantly very impressive world record man!

[@gammaboost]

I always wanted to know what happens when you throw a blue shell in first, and I am not disappointed

[@tylerdohoney1544]

I was unaware of this hot new speedrun, and I love it. In the words of Tobias Fünke, "For there's a man inside me, and only when he's finally out can I walk free of pain." Also, quite a list of absolute bangers for the covers in this video. Kudos

[@contextiscool7308]

This was so entertaining! Thanks for creating this awesome montage of records and well done!

[@mrjellyfish2]

what a great video! your script writing never felt cringey or boring, you somehow got interesting camera angles and slowdowns of all the tracks mentioned (did you use mktv?), and the editing was engaging. i could always use some more speedrunning world record history videos in my life.

[@jeffreyblack666]

One thing I think you may have missed in the description of how it works: Does the blue shell, when activated identify who is in first place, lock on to them and go after them. Or, does it fly off, move along the track until it reaches first place, updating as it goes, so right before it actually hits (or starts that part of the animation) it decides who to target? This relates to the idea of frame perfect. If the former, then frame perfect is launching when you are in first place. If the latter, frame perfect is launching before you reach first place, so it targets you just as you go into first place.

[@blueyandicy]

if you throw it at yourself before you reach first place, afaik the blue shell will always target the person who was in first place at the time of throwing.

[@diamondnether90]

⁠@@blueyandicyNo, you can let someone else overtake and it will hit them if it hasn’t already got close enough to lock onto you