SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses (Commentated) [OUTDATED]

THIS VIDEO IS OUTDATED - SEE A BETTER VERSION OF THIS VIDEO HERE:
• HMC Watch for Rolling ...
I collect the star Watch for Rolling Rocks in Hazy Maze Cave using 0.5 A presses. The A press is to perform AB kicks on the rising elevators. Without doing these kicks, Mario would go through the elevator, and so there'd be no way to navigate out of the lake area with QPU speed. For the record, this is TAS.
This video is an improvement from my previous video in which I collected this star in 1 A press. You can find that video here: • SM64 - Watch for Rolli... . Since then, we discovered PU movement and scuttlebug raising, which made this strat possible.
For convenience, here are the informative parts of the video:
0:35 for half A presses
3:44 for scuttlebug transportation
5:01 for scuttlebug raising
8:07 for hyper speed walking (HSWing)
10:40 for parallel universes (PUs)
Here is a play by play of what I do. First, I use scuttlebug transportation to move a scuttlebug to the corner of the Watch for Rolling Rocks platform. Then, I use scuttlebug raising to raise him to about the height of the platform. Next, I use hyper speed walking to generate massive speed. Finally, I use PU movement to navigate to the top of the course, launch to the scuttlebug to bounce on him, and ground pound in the misalignment of the platform to get onto it. And from there, I collect the star.
If you want to see my workspace/calculations and read about the process of TASing this, I've chronicled it here: imgur.com/galle...
.m64 stats:
Length: 13 hours and 49.5 minutes
Re-records: 6824
Frames: 2986271 (1493100 input)
This video is without a doubt the one that I've put the most time into out of all my videos. I knew this going in, and so I decided to keep a log of how much time I spent on each aspect of it (note: if my computer was doing work like compiling/recording and I could let it be, I didn't count that time). Here are the stats:
Time to TAS: 12 hours
Time to record/manage raw avis: 9 hours
Time to create uncommentated version: 31 hours
Time to add visuals/commentary: 75 hours
Update: The PU route used in this video actually crashes on console, as it turns out PU crashes can still occur even when locking the camera in the main map. Nevertheless, an alternate route has been found that avoids these PU crashes and has been console verified: • HMC Watch for Rolling ...
Uncommentated Version: • SM64 - Watch for Rolli...
ABC Playlist: • Super Mario 64 - A But...
ABC Routes: docs.google.co...

[@fluffyplayery3017]

Seeing [OUTDATED] on this video is the most surreal fucking thing

[@superdejan64]

it feels like we're in a parallel universe

[@flashypork]

I don't care if this strat has been replaced by 0x A push, this video is a masterpiece and I will always keep coming back to it.

[@Law-and-Disorder]

I don’t know what to do with myself now

[@Kaltsit-]

@@flashyporktrue

[@music79075]

.25 A presses...😮

[@GreatJinjonator]

I wish whenever I was confused, the save select music would play and pannenkoek would explain the situation to me

[@charKT-7461]

"The reason why she rejected you is simly because you're ugly" in Pannen's voice.

[@deffinatalee7699]

“...then, you simply pay for it at the checkout. But first, we need to talk about taxes.”

[@JoNarDLoLz]

Math teacher enters the room "Why do I hear save select music?"

[@TheWASHINGMACHINEBOY]

pannenkoek: allow me to assist you ;)

[@DoorknobPlus]

i wish a dutch pancake was here to help me

[@IronPineapple]

this is still the best video on the site

[@poabott]

This video should be engraved on satellites for aliens to learn what humans are like

[@SomeAssh0le]

idk, door squad is a banger too

[@jordanwarner1352]

idk man, pootis engage extreme tho

[@LinkNinjaMaster]

The new one probably ties or surpasses this one haha

[@Gabe413]

​@@Matt_19-89 its the same type of video, but every time the games are different and thats exciting

[@anyonewhocares765]

“Walls are really just rectangles that push Mario out perpendicularly” - Plato

[@RoachDogg_JR]

A man is a featherless biped.

[@nobody5333]

Diogenes with a rectangular bully enemy: BEHOLD! A wall!

[@enderguardian7443]

@@nobody5333 Plato: Ok then a wall is a rectangle that pushes Mario out perpendicular and doesn’t move

[@Maxawa0851]

​@@enderguardian7443 * grabs rectangle of wind * BEHOLD, A WALL

[@keiyakins]

Actually walls aren't necessarily rectangles, they're parallelograms. (also they're 3d shapes but bah)

[@TARINunit9]

We displaced wildlife, defied gravity by selectively freezing time, exploited subtle differences in collision detection code that have no practical value in regular gameplay, and developed quantum tunneling All to avoid depressing a single button

[@OneGamer2EnvyThemAll]

+TARINunit9 All to avoid FINISHING pressing a single button.

[@TARINunit9]

***** That would be the definition of "depress", yes

[@gloverelaxis]

+TARINunit9 nope, that's not what depress means

[@Turovale]

+TARINunit9 No, the button is being held down...it's already depressed. It just needs to be released.

[@TARINunit9]

gloverelaxis ***** Well I guess it could go both ways. "Depress" can either mean "force into a lower position by pressing" or "the opposite of press"

[@pannenkoek2012]

You guys wanted more commentary? Well here you go!

[@SimoZXGaming]

+pannenkoek2012 As soon as I hear the SM64 main menu music over your commentary, it's time to learn! Appreciate these, watching now.

[@SimoZXGaming]

Tyrone English My eyes have met yours before. Welcome to the 301 club, Bradley.

[@Azure1992]

+pannenkoek2012 Yay more commentary. I always look forward to your videos :P

[@spook953]

+pannenkoek2012 is there a limit on how much speed Mario can build?

[@NoahGreen]

This commentary style of video is very helpful. I always thought I understood the way the glitches you do work, but just not all the way. Also, do you plan on posting each of the explanations for the tricks on their own?

[@Mark-xk3hh]

Everyone, he's not uploading to his main channel because he's building up speed to get the correct syncing speeds to get to the upload button in 0x A presses.

[@foxtrot1962]

+raydarable It's a joke, dude

[@bryede]

I'm surprised this video didn't appear on every 4th KZbin channel!

[@HighTechSavvy]

+Nathan (and also anyone not getting the joke): 0x A presses. ;)

[@MetaKnight68]

Build up speed for 12 months

[@niamhw9208]

He may be uploading in one of the many PUs but because he misjudged his DeFacto speed he went over the 4 PU threshold and now is QPU misaligned to our standard view. You need the relative view to see his recent uploads.

[@じょせふ-v2z]

Nobody has ever taken an L as big as TJ "Henry" Yoshi did when this certified classic dropped

[@Gyno-Mackima]

Glad to see people are still watching this magnum opus of comebacks

[@LucaAwooca]

Dude was humble about it too, every so often I see him out in the wild in Twitter or KZbin comments. Apparently getting meme status was stressful for him for a little bit but he more or less seems to regard this all fondly now. I always smile when I spot him. Seems a chill guy.

[@Gyno-Mackima]

@@LucaAwooca yea if u look at pannenkoek’s short of him singing a song for a koopa you’ll find henry in the comments saying nice things

[@l.n3187]

TJ Henry Yoshis reputation was never the same after this public humiliation

[@karsram2522]

"""""""Henry"""""""

[@irisofrosebloom8741]

when you revolutionize the theoretical physics of a virtual multiverse because you don't want to let go of the a button

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

“revolutionize the theoretical physics of a virtual multiverse” is a weird way of spelling “cringe”.

[@trollface7622]

@@orvilleredenpiller338 ok boomer

[@thatsabruhmoment17]

@@trollface7622 let the demons to his demons. Coming close will only hurt yourself

[@blackjack7654]

@@orvilleredenpiller338 man you a little bitch

[@JohnnyLeven]

This makes me wonder how often challenges like this are done in math/physics academia? Like are there challenges out there to solve some simple known problems without the use of common methods of solving it? I know a lot has been learned about Mario 64 due to the A button challenge, and recently the Ice Climbers' break the target record was lowered substantially due to a discovery during a restricted challenge competition. These kinds of challenges really force you to think about things in a different way and stumble upon new and exciting things.

[@TheDiego908]

"Parallel universes have no objects, no enemies, no items and not even any walls." -Max Planck, 1899.

[@RezacAndToast]

I’ve given you the 255 like limit

[@lickthrum]

"Walls are just rectangles that push Mario out perpendicularly." -Isaac Newton, 1687.

[@iambread2914]

@@RezacAndToast looks like it was useless

[@Ceafto2007]

Except koopa the quick, is he still there? He send him there a while ago

[@falksalt9890]

@@Ceafto2007 Yes, but he's unloaded from being too far away from mario

[@JacksonJinn]

Game Theory ain't got shit on you, man. No seriously meme or not this shit's interesting. Thanks.

[@garrettterminal1400]

OMg!!! don't fukn insult game theory this guy fuckbng sux!!! game theory actually nos math unlike this f aker!!! pls if u watch the enewest fnaf video it u Chang e ur view on the world 4evr! stop listneing 2 this assfuck

[@angiebeaudin7869]

+Gary The Snail Nobody took the bait

[@garrettterminal1400]

WTF is that supposed 2 mean!! learn english

[@KatieKat223]

+Gary The Snail This is sad.

[@Crescnt-Mage]

+DeepSpaceDogs ok but honestly though, this guy did do relatively better math-wise and planning-wise than Game Theorist could possibly do. I'm actually impressed.

[@mrjellyfish2]

hard to believe that over 7 years later we've managed to perfect this level down to 0x A presses

[@joshuabytestv8798]

ITS BEEN 7 YEARS??

[@jacobmaxwell682]

0.5x A press still a fire video though

[@azophi]

TJ “Henry” Yoshi was right all along

[@Naifkopi]

@@azophi We called him crazy, and he was right

[@dane3311]

seeing [OUTDATED] added to this title made me feel so old

[@Mswordx23]

"Now, you're probably wondering what I'm gonna need all this speed for. After all, I do build up speed for 12 hours. But to answer that, we need to talk about parallel universes, and if you thought my other tangents were complicated, just you wait." Such an iconic line.

[@XxXNOSCOPEURASSXxX]

"Ok glad that's explained"

[@chickpea]

Seeing you is so nostalgic , hope you are well!

[@The52car]

He wasn't kidding...

[@DekuStickGamer]

10:31 - iconic line

[@lingonberryjam]

@@chickpea omg the real chickpea!?

[@thesyndrome43]

I can't believe I got so caught up with the parallel universes and acceleration that I was genuinely surprised when the scuttlebug showed up again 12 minutes later, it's like getting a setup and payooff in a movie. Chekhov's Scuttlebug

[@Chyde109]

Now if only we can get the rest of the Scuttlebugs together for that long-overdue jamboree 😭

[@squidymeares]

The scuttlebug reappearing was like something of a Jojo scene.

[@Allen-R]

Anyone here know where Henry's comment went? (had like 11K likes or something) did it dissapear when name changed to @OrangeYoshi? (saw that commenter in a differen vid but seems to be the same guy) edit: wait, nvm found it. for some reason it's buried somewhere at below despite having 12K likes.

[@mauer1]

@@squidymeares especially considering that there is no other use case. like everyone should have seen it coming but still we all got surprised by it reappearing

[@LenDiego]

DUDE

[@michaelpowell3204]

Revisiting this video after a while. Congratulations on the most obsessively complex and detailed video game strategy explanation I've ever seen.

[@Spartansoldier217]

It really is impressively pedantic.

[@mattland2998]

It will always blow my mind how we got one of the greatest videos on KZbin simply because people don't read the description section.

[@algotkristoffersson15]

Well the reason we don’t is that it is usually just a list of links to other sites, rather than an actual description

[@RandomPerson964]

@@algotkristoffersson15 I feel like video descriptions were much better back in the day. By back in the day I mean "rate this video five stars" back in the day. I remember I would constantly see comments about something that was addressed in the description, and there would almost always be someone who already told them to read the description. Now it's, as you said, a dumping ground for social media links. Also, KZbin's page layout obfuscates the fact that the description even exists. You have to click on that tiny "...more" that's slightly darker than the rest of the text around it. If it's a video about a video game, it's above that KZbin gaming stuff. It throws me off, and I'm active looking for it.

[@algotkristoffersson15]

@@RandomPerson964 Those youtube gaming and youtube music things are stuoid, just use the normal website

[@d-land7775]

What the hell are you even talking about, the video would in fact exist regardless if everyone read the description

[@darthparallax5207]

It wouldn't be as perfect without calling out HENRY.....but it's mainly an product of the absolute mad laditude of speed runners

[@KazeN64]

nintendo tricked us when they told us mario was a platformer. its actually a puzzle game.

[@bellusdaisy]

Mario 64 is actually a subsection of calculus

[@SimpleFlips]

+Kaze Emanuar ITS HIM! ITS THE GUY THAT MAKES THE ROM HACKS. HOLY SHIT

[@ShinyHunterHunter]

+SimpleFlips IT'S HIM!! THE GUY THAT SPEEDRUNS ROM HACKS!! HOLY SHIT!!

[@KazeN64]

Shiny Hunter Hunter IT'S HIM! ITS THE GUY THAT IVE NEVER EVER HEARD ABOUT

[@bellusdaisy]

shoutout to simpleflips

[@bigpappasmoggie]

how does someone even discover these mechanics? is the speedrunning/romhacking community just that dedicated to learning the in's and out's of games that all the fun is in the journey to uncover these mechanics? how much of this is supported by prior knowledge in coding and game design? or are you guys all just rookies and trial-erroring it the whole way through? either way. i'm super impressed.

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

sm64 players are on a whole different level

[@Deathjak5]

+smoggie Glad you could bake it Uther

[@Salnax]

+smoggie There's a scale of gamers, and how hardcore they are. 1. Non-gamers 2. Casuals who ocassionally play Candy Crush Saga 3. Noobs and kids who brag about their K/D ratio in Call of Duty 4. Core gamers who play and beat a number of games 5. Hardcore gamers who create self-imposed challenges and look for punishing experiences 6. Anyone who gets up to Christopher Robin in Pooh's Homerun Derby 7. Super Mario 64 fans

[@lickagoat]

+Cupriferous Catalyst I think you mean parallel universe.

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

lickagoat well memed my friend

[@smokeyeo]

i legitimately believe this is one of the greatest videos on youtube

[@chrisdawson1776]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIbdaqt5ibSDiNk

[@thedesyncedcontroller7404]

you're right gruce with a name of... oh

[@xuanhuy6735]

Indeed it is

[@jessecupp2387]

Absolutely.

[@LRAStartFox]

This is not an option, it's a fact

[@SunlightGwyn]

10:38 What makes this video a masterpiece is after ten minutes have passed, and after all the ridiculously complicated stuff he went over so far, you realize he’s just getting started.

[@barnbarn8178]

“Now we can finally play the game”

[@antkiller7537]

My brain just shutted off at around 15 minutes. Too smart for me

[@RuyVuusen]

​​@@antkiller7537Now let us call that point for an individual their brain-shutting point _ξ_ and start extensive studies over it. To solve for an individual's _ξ,_ we must find the limit for the function 𝑓: ℝ→ℝ, 𝑓(𝑥)= 𝑥 as 𝑥 approaches 0, and where 𝑥 is the brain's capacity to work under normal circumstances. We can assume the limit is 0, but to prove that rigorously let us use the ε-δ method: Let ε > 0. We must prove that |𝑓(𝑥) - 𝑓(0)| < ε holds for some value of δ, as 0 < |𝑥 - 0| < δ. Suppose we pick δ = ε. Then |𝑓(𝑥) - 𝑓(0)| = |𝑥 - 0| < δ = ε and the statement has been found to be true. Now that we know the limit as 𝑥 approaches 0 is 0, we can use Newron's second law of Brain Capacity, which states _ξ_ = _m_ + _a,_ where _a_ is the point at which the individual's brains collapse to a singularity (the limit we just proved) and _m_ is the amount of brainpower needed to lose after the brain-shutting point to reach _a._ Empirically it has been shown that _m_ can accurately be calculated with _m_ = 𝐿/4 where 𝐿 is a value in the interval [0.8, 1.2] that has to be measured separately for every individual, because it represents the individual differences in brain function. On average it has been shown _L_ = 1, so for the layman it can be said _ξ_ = 1/4 + a, so _ξ_ = 1/4 + 0 = 1/4. _I sure hope you don't reach your brain-shutting point reading this._

[@TJ-Henry-Yoshi]

OMG, this video showcasing my comment about 1/2 a presses has caused my channel to be attacked by fans of your videos asking why I thought what I did. Its actually pretty hilarious. I had not considered that you were doing a full game run. I was wrong and I didn't understand what that meant. Sorry for my foolishness and thank you for showcasing just how much SM64 can be exploited to create one of the most entertaining speed runs of all time.

[@KaiserMazoku]

+TJ “Henry” Yoshi We all make mistakes

[@AHMbros4life]

+TJ “Henry” Yoshi but we can do better

[@pruchi111]

+TJ “Henry” Yoshi :)

[@pruchi111]

+TJ “Henry” Yoshi Remember "Henry", you're not a loser. You just need a scuttlebug to raise your spirits

[@luigifan001]

PARALLEL UNIVEEEERSE

[@paulaadeen4209]

I know a guy that once recited the first minute of this video at a party.

[@HeyKevinYT]

Lol same I watched this so much i remember it too

[@rickthelai]

best pick-up line, surely

[@themariomedic8753]

""""""""""""""""""""Henry""""""""""""""""""""

[@themariomedic8753]

Paulaa Deen That guy is a legend

[@BrandonTheBicon]

Fucking. Legend.

[@joseppi1121]

Unironically, this video is a work of art.

[@waspoppin4784]

Ivek yah

[@TheUltimateMarioFan]

No, it's quite ironic

[@Ray-hx3rm]

Ivek then you’ll love kzbin.info/www/bejne/naDElWWfn611e5o

[@Danzignan]

@@Ray-hx3rm Just watch this video. God damn, you can't be more right!

[@yellowpowr8455]

Not related to what you posted, but I love the little lizard in your p[profile picture. What's it from?

[@bcutler13]

I came here to learn how to bring all the scuttlebugs together for one big jamboree. Man, what a letdown.

[@Chyde109]

Someday we will have that jamboree

[@Illoosion]

Lol

[@skodware]

I have good news

[@soznomic]

@@skodware DS with the clutch baby

[@Ronnie7X]

My day is ruined and my disappointment is immeasurable

[@suicideposter]

This guy legit deserves a Nobel Prize for his discoveries about Mario 64 physics.

[@fero8955]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize

[@rybak908]

suicideposter I am the 100th like yay

[@yoshi6236]

Yeah xD

[@msm1990ify]

suicideposter Shut the living fuck up you primordial insect.

[@ilt255]

sir do not be mean

[@brink1551]

by the time this guy is 80, he'll probably be able to rebuild the whole game with his eyes closed

[@WaffleAbuser]

by the time he's 64*

[@brink1551]

WaffleAbuser I see what you did there ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@bradley9037]

By that time, he'll have built up enough speed to transend the IRL universe

[@amiemallich3255]

+Ismail Kherbouch And he'll build it by manipulating random variables with Mario's movement.

[@Antiformed]

His Scuttlebug will soar higher and higher

[@cwasm]

It's actually kind of amazing how concisely he explains something this confusing. I've had a lot of teachers that weren't even close to this level.

[@colinouille2786]

yes

[@Eyetrauma]

IMO this is a sign of someone being passionate about something. The question isn’t why is pannen good at explaining this, it’s why people who whose job is explaining concepts are so bad at it.

[@fearedjames]

Visual animations help a lot. It also helps that he made up bullsit terminology that makes sense, a little bit like how many programming concepts are named after reductionist concepts that are completely unrelated.* If he just said that "Mario's position is just always being checked in the original area because how the code divides that way" and named each area a division and displayed it by just representing the current divisions, it'd make less sense to an everyman. Parralel universes are more enjoyable and engaging tho, and by placing a faded out version of the map in each grid, you get the idea, even if your actual knowledge may be too low to understand what is actually happening. * An example what I mean by programming concepts. A stack is a data structure where you insert information onto data, with each new bit of data representing the new access point and linking to the previous placed data. As there is no designation of an index, you cant read any information except the last placed information. You probably barely understood that. If I say its like stack of plates with each plate being a piece of data. You place each plate on top of the previous top one, and cant take out lower ones without pulling the plates one by one above it off first. That's far simplier.

[@RobotronSage]

SchoolTube *SOMEBODY MAKE THIS*

[@roastingpotato]

Now that’s just sad. Gives me less faith in the educational system.

[@EldritchMephi]

The fact that this is outdated is ominous in a way i cannot really describe

[@LiEnby]

Watch for rolling rocks in 0xA ...

[@isavenewspapers8890]

It's like seeing the Great Pyramid of Giza reduced to rubble. It lasted so long, and now it's just... gone.

[@l0lLorenzol0l]

I have transcended the mortal form and achieved nirvana. I am now a being of pure thought and energy. These petty things such as matter and time no longer concern me. And I did it in half a A press.

[@harmonicposting]

Lorenzo Pagani Sorry dude, you didn't use HSWalking and silly kicking.

[@xenosonic9x414]

Lorenzo Pagani And you still get the fruit back.

[@g80gzt]

Lorenzo Pagani LIAR you didnt think bout grammar. An a press.

[@NicoRTM]

an a press is an a press. You can't say it's only a half

[@xenosonic9x414]

***** Well, TJ "Henry" Yoshi, you need to update your home to the Death Barrier.

[@JamesAJ]

I finally, FINALLY understood this video from start to finish. Phew! Or one might say, PU!

[@OctaHeart]

God Dammit

[@zitronenwasser]

What's so complicated? i Understood it on the first try. lel

[@Robbie_Haruna]

The Parallel Universes tangent didn't help. Like that's why this became a meme to begin with. >Explanation >"Okay" >Explanation >"I think I get it" >Parallel Unieverses! >"Wut?"

[@zitronenwasser]

***** For me: > Explanation > Okay > Explanation > Okay > Parallel Universes! > Yay, and I understand that ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Robbie_Haruna]

Benjamin Dawkins I'm still not even sure if the Parallel Universes thing was a joke, just because of how ridiculous and out there it was.

[@dasenase]

24 minutes long. Near perfect amount of time for a half hour Discovery Channel episode. If we put cut away interviews with pannek the believer and Henry the doubter we could turn it into an hour special.

[@Alienrun]

You don't watch a lot of analytical video game videos do you?

[@dasenase]

what are video games?

[@Alienrun]

dasenase What suffices as something that you would watch on youtube that's 24 minutes long then?

[@NotBenStiller]

TO ANSWER THAT

[@Alienrun]

Not Ben Stiller ????

[@C-Llama]

Always loved how this 24 minute sm64 PhD dissertation borders on absurdist comedy. He definitely made it out of genuine passion but also he knew/knows exactly what he's doing

[@Alto_C]

math teachers: it isnt rocket science. rocket scientists: it isnt mario 64 half a press challenge mechanics.

[@haronka]

Yay!

[@TrishaAnnwithanE]

Mario 64 speed runners: it isn’t donkey Kong 64 2020 TAS.

[@pants1403]

lmao

[@ryangainey94]

@@TrishaAnnwithanE Much as I appreciate that comment, because DK64 TAS 2020 is far more amazing than SM64 TAS, this video is always going to be legendary as Mario science goes.

[@fearedjames]

I don't mean to burst your bubble, but with even basic programming understanding, how this works is incredibly obvious. Actually doing this with entirely ingame bugs is crazy, but its not confusing at all.

[@CameronWasmund]

Like, this is completely insane but he legit did a really great job of explaining it.

[@Koopazu]

Cameron Wasmund this has about 550 likes and no replies. Today that changes.

[@Koopazu]

Cameron Wasmund also, agreed

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

He did not.

[@mitchmomo]

This guy just proved that Mario is actually faster than Sonic

[@zeph7210]

Fizzy Fusion a spindash is a spindash, you can say it's only half

[@ibhaenggi]

At least we've got the drop dash which is similar to a spindash in sonic mania

[@the1whoplayz]

mitch momo M-Speed created a black hole.

[@tl1882]

Fizzy Fusion u mean ehz because you can only spindash in sonic 2+

[@tl1882]

Snoic is fester

[@LilyBlue53]

ITS [OUTDATED], 7.5 YEARS LATER, WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE It might be outdated literally, but this video will always retain its legendary status!

[@Sleepdeprivedkitty]

It's not the minimum A-press run, but it's *our* minimum A-press run or something like that.

[@nevergonnagiveyouup291]

​@@Sleepdeprivedkitty maybe the real minimum a press run was the friends we made along the way

[@johnnytherook]

I wish I could be half as passionate about anything as this glitch hunter. do you guys not see how amazing this is? this dude just uncovered the veil and mechanics to an entire world, mastered it, made it fragile, and broke the ever loving shit out of it... just because. it's not like he had to, there wasn't a life or death situation, he just wanted to. he's so fucking good at it, that he honestly didn't think we needed an explanation until he saw the comments and even then most of us still don't understand. This dude reached "Rick Sanchez" level of intelligence. he could of built a robot, gave it AI just to give him toast and we would of asked the same questions "why? how? wouldn't it of been easier just to...?"

[@nuttymcsquirrel]

Johnny Rooks I wish I could be half an A press

[@nerdyslim4824]

do it for 12 hours

[@R64GreatDays]

As much as I like this comment... He was not that passionate when making this. He was depressed. docs.google.com/document/d/1K4OTAyampX1CueKyZUIunz0yIUYd3ldlQxv37oaySgs/mobilebasic

[@domosrage5434]

Ryan 64 he was depressed because he was passionate and couldn't complete it in time. He even says that

[@sanicishere7295]

when you can spend 2 hours doing a task manually but you spend 20 making a program to automate it:

[@lordslothu5013]

Imagine hitting the A button instead of breaking time and space

[@sweetiecandy4885]

weak. that would make you weak.

[@cringyperson9670]

We don't do that here

[@thebramblings6083]

Ikr who presses the a button?

[@justapassingguy83]

You mad lad.

[@davidthecommenter]

*smiling in SM64DS* I don't.

[@Gamesforus1]

Some say, he's building up speed to this day.

[@deffdefying4803]

Gamesforus Jesus christ imagine the speed that would be

[@juneru2]

But since he can't build speed infinitely, he angles himself to a floor, letting him build more speed.

[@leoleo4469]

Gamesforus R U TRYING TO MEME

[@jojo0753]

Gamesforus The amount of speed you have is a float, so the game would of crashed by now because of the value getting too high.

[@nyodesu]

Gamesforus He would've broken the ALL barriers by now. 😆

[@ashleycampbell8380]

"An A press is an A press. You can't say it's only half!" *Well, let's do it in ZERO.*

[@ObscureChan]

why is this so entertaining

[@diegozubiri8098]

+ObscureChan Because we are watching what we though it was impossible.

[@MrZonian]

+ObscureChan Because Parallel Universes.

[@drewbabe]

+ObscureChan because video games are fun and learning is fun!

[@Jackall1993]

+ObscureChan Because life

[@Jackall1993]

Canna nice save...

[@TheTabascodragon]

this dude is going to be successful with whatever he wants in life holy shit that dedication and ingenuity

[@Lukulusgaming]

TheTabascodragon let's go man I love this positivity :')

[@jjino]

and that indispensable virginity!

[@jirodestroyer899]

Christian Lui ...

[@neogeothomas8127]

Pannenkoek could find the cure to cancer within a few days and invent flying cars in just one day, but instead he decided to collect a star in Super Mario 64 with half an A press.

[@trainerwolfofhoenn]

TheTabascodragon ingenuity, hah. More like hours of bullshit no one cares about.

[@vinifranchelli8566]

hes not dead hes just been building up speed on a nother course for 11 months hell be back with 0x a presses

[@marioaguilar3343]

:v

[@SuperZez]

Well if it isn't the next coming of Nostrafuckingdamus.

[@ChrisBabaganoosh]

"So once I hit the sync speed on triangle 1 through triangle 4, the scuttlebug launches Mario 6 feet in the air and my N64 has effectively turned into a time machine."

[@link3hyrule]

DAMMIT!! I wanna like this comment....but the number....

[@-Ryu]

"I am now 48 years in the past, speaking to you in a KZbin video."

[@keyboundDragon]

"I just wanted to play Mario 64 for the first time, but now I'm stuck in the prehistoric era!"

[@tanaka1477]

alternate Steins;Gate plot

[@darthparallax5207]

It's like the Time and Space Stone at the same time.

[@linkgamer256]

He hasn't posted a video in five months. Do you think he's been building up speed for his next video this whole time?

[@OldDistantHermit]

As other mentioned he's doing actual work on the game, he just hasn't had the time to make these long deep informative videos about them. He'll get to it soon enough.

[@Stormghetti]

He must be in a parallel universe.

[@rizi4496]

Lmao XD

[@mc_sea]

Nah, I think misaligned his QPU and he's trying to fix it.

[@theSato]

Rinnosuke Morichika well, -now- it is :0 about time tbh

[@toriokii]

Boi imagine hiring this guy as a beta tester

[@xenoalvis7866]

OrBit *game gets relased 80 years later*

[@user-kf3fs2sz2d]

At some point the dev's just like "fuck it, I'm not even going to try to fix that."

[@warrioroflight8329]

I'd hire him, if I was a dev

[@EVPointMaster]

"fuck it, I'm not even going to try to fix that." every developer working for Bethesda

[@JorgetePanete]

@@xenoalvis7866 released*

[@11energize]

Pannenkoek is legit a genius, he both somehow figured this out, AND is able to explain it to idiots like us

[@hh8302k]

if you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough

[@alaljote5869]

my thoughts exactly

[@jonahlouque9621]

Johnny Thompson oh shoot? You must have 200 IQ.

[@mambodog5322]

@Johnny Thompson Ok you can go back to watching Rick and Morty

[@in5aneguy597]

hey don't call me an idiot, idiot (saying that while being an idiot myself)

[@VanadiumVoxel]

Our college is using this for an assignment where we need to code out three different functions that calculates Mario's speed, how many parallel universes he can travel, and scuttlebug transportation. Thanks man.

[@jakejackson6362]

CSE 231? Im here for the same reason

[@VanadiumVoxel]

@@jakejackson6362 yep, pretty much. Got it done now, but this was mad confusing for no reason 💀

[@jasonsandberg3952]

how did you do the 2nd part tho lmao @@VanadiumVoxel

[@michaelrhyes7775]

Dude sounds like an anime detective explaining how he caught the villain.

[@SkillUpMobileGaming]

I love that we can all agree that this guy is a goddamn genius! This guy's mind is simply a work of art.

[@HeyKevinYT]

Wanna know the dark truth? Read his FAQ Question 17... the joy in his voice explaining concepts is fake

[@kulekid6917]

he's even got the part where he spends the entire episode (24 minutes)

[@AltimaNEO]

He sounds like ulillia

[@bloodstoneore4630]

Char: how did you catch the villain? Protag: to answer that, we need to talk about parallel universes Char: that wasnt even a plotpoint

[@themonadoman116]

" A s s i m p l e a s t h a t . "

[@chevlin3386]

YesImSwag Productions "O k a y, G l a d T h a t ' s E x p l a i n e d "

[@ianleather5699]

To be fair I think he explains these things pretty well, despite how complicated they were.

[@Sednas]

I screenshots this.. Why? 666 likes

[@StabbedMeat]

i'm pretty sure he was being ironic haha

[@dangergErBi]

a simple asshat

[@DHREAVER]

That is one of the most stunningly in depth, well explained, ridiculous undertakings I’ve ever witnessed. What a feat of human tenacity.

[@highimpactsexualviolence5512]

Unfortunately that tenacity came at a price. Apparently, the creator went through a period of terrible mental and emotional turmoil to finish it. He explains this in the following FAQ, which also goes extremely in depth about his struggles. docs.google.com/document/d/1K4OTAyampX1CueKyZUIunz0yIUYd3ldlQxv37oaySgs/mobilebasic

[@SkillUpMobileGaming]

+High Impact Sexual Violence It's sad to see what had to happen for us to view the video. I just want him to know that he is respected, that his suffering didn't go unnoticed, and that people do appreciate the time and effort he put into the making of the video. *It doesn't matter whether or not he makes a new video - I just want him to know we care. Because we all do.*

[@MythicalNick]

mario

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

It’s cringe.

[@shilohschwartz8671]

I know this video's production was a shitshow and you sacrificed a lot to make it possible, but this video is incredible. It has impacted internet and Nintendo culture forever. Thanks for showing my childhood game in this incredible novel light.

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

How?

[@toebel]

​@@Ten_Thousand_Locusts He was a college student going into winter break. There were 7 videos he'd been wanting to make (this was just 1 of them), but this video snowballed out of control because there was so much to explain. He spent the rest of break working nonstop on this video, which he barely finished in time. He only finished 2 of the 7 videos he wanted to make, and the process left him mentally drained. That's why he hasn’t uploaded this sort of video in years

[@emilianozamora399]

​@@toebel how do you know this?

[@toebel]

@@emilianozamora399 His second channel used to link to an FAQ where he described this in a lot of detail. He's since made the FAQ private, although I suspect it can probably still be found online (just not as easily) Update: ooo this is exciting, I guess he’s doing better now?

[@Runovaris]

@@emilianozamora399 A google docs FAQ (now only accessable if you request access, not sure if Pannen would give it out), but there's also a video going over the docs when it was public: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYWsan9nf6mpesk

[@QueerWebs]

*RIP* MY PLANS FOR A SCUTTLEBUG JAMBOREE DURING NEW YEARS IT WAS GONNA BE LIT

[@chrisallisonbreen5570]

+ raydarable you have a point

[@PointCrow]

fantastic video. iconic

[@jackcb2647]

yooooo

[@imstxned9293]

epic

[@milkshakegd]

Do you ever get collector's anxiety?

[@lucasmeeuwsen9294]

yes

[@LYCE601]

Lol liked

[@technoultimategaming2999]

Misses 1 day of school. The 1 day of school:

[@laithakkad2221]

lol underrated comment

[@huhneat1076]

Repost this comment once all the quarentine is over and we will understand

[@junkalicious_]

I don't know if you meant the first day or just a single day but both are true

[@kass1564]

literally one single class of my uni

[@ahmadaimam]

💀

[@4eedomNation]

Seeing that big [OUTDATED] in the title really brings a tear to my eye.

[@GENOSAD]

No matter how many colleges you get accepted into, there will always be someone else who found out how to beat an SM64 level in only half an A press.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Dead GamΞr what the hell did I just watch? Infinite speed? QpUs PU checks, 12 hours? De facto speed and relative speed, this is basically sliding through dimensions then reappearing in the default universe.

[@dtracers]

now the entire game is finished in 0 A presses

[@joziv]

The man found the fucking multiverse in Mario 64

[@keksidy]

I betchya he's then gonna discover the meaning of life sometime soon while only doing 0.5x A presses.

[@Eroil]

Hyrule Legend Hopefully it won't take him that long though, so he doesn't have to keep holding the a button.

[@drippylad3973]

@draft draft ft. Luigi Mario, spiderio and Peachio

[@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565]

@@drippylad3973 uh oh, this sounds like some cringy ass rule 34 drawn by some devianart user. *I don't like where this is going...*

[@nataliexists]

@@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565 and then, it went nowhere.

[@justapassingguy83]

Imagine ever time you bump into someone you have to move your whole home

[@mranvil05]

Bruh moment

[@hongongongongo]

@@mranvil05 scuttlebug moment

[@mranvil05]

@@hongongongongo scuttlebug moment

[@phet1211]

*bumps into someone* *sigh* hold on... *Starts to drag home to them*

[@yellowpowr8455]

@@hongongongongo ScuttleBRUH moment

[@mysticjuicer01]

this is - without exaggeration and with all possible sincerity - one of the best videos I have ever watched

[@Takomaster87]

Change the video speed to 0.5x to get the full effect

[@kluepowergd831]

Takomaster87 A video speed is a video speed. You can't say it's only a half

[@edjh9622]

Kluepower [GD] Well Kluepower "GEEDEE"

[@doneaccount]

*G L A D T H A T ' S E X P L A I N E D*

[@IsabruhMoment]

Takomaster87 Holy crap you genius.

[@danielisgamer]

Mineithebear rubrub: well mine""""""""""ithebear"""""""""

[@JimmyJazz332]

Can we just play the game now, daddy? LET ME EXPLAIN PARALLEL UNIVERSES FIRST!

[@TheGael95]

~ A normal day with pannenkoek2012 and his children

[@mineturte]

+TheGael95 xddd

[@ethteck]

+JimmyJazz332 YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FLOAT IS BEING CAST TO A SHORT FOR COLLISION CHECKING PURPOSES! APPRECIATE THE GAME!

[@calvinanderson4245]

+JimmyJazz332 420 likes. dude weed lmao

[@Oozywolf]

+JimmyJazz332 The user image fits so damn well.

[@cats-hv2lm]

a youtube classic tbh

[@cats-hv2lm]

well youtube is just 13 i believe and anyways i meant “classic” as in “iconic” and not necessarily as something both old and popular :P

[@jimmyjohnjoejr]

8000 cats this is on my "Ideal KZbin Playlist"

[@Bocqurant]

Jimmy John Joe Its a lovely playlist.

[@jimmyjohnjoejr]

Shiitake aw thanks dude. Which vid is your favorite? Mine is probably bee secks. Not because I like it, but because it's absurd that it's on KZbin and the music is fitting.

[@andrewlacerenza667]

8000 cats one of my favorites

[@voidify3]

I think part of the reason this went so viral is that pannen never mentions out loud in the video that it’s a TAS, just in the description, assuming that people who watched would understand that this was a TAS only sequence of tricks. But people started watching it who didn’t know about TAS, so they had the mental image of some guy with frame-perfect reaction time holding a n64 controller in front of a tv for 12 hours building up QPU de facto speed which is indeed a very funny mental image

[@DumbTomato]

I seriously feel like if it hadn't been for video games, you could have solved cold fusion or something.

[@user-ou5ns9sb7d]

How to beat Watch out for Rolling Rocks in 0.5 A presses > Cold Fusion

[@Neowattmk4]

+DumbTomato Some people are really good at specific things. If you put a quantum mechanics expert in an operating room, do you think he can perform heart surgery because he's that smart?

[@DumbTomato]

Neowattmk4 Talking about potential here. If the quantum professor had chosen human anatomy instead of quantom mechanics as his passion, then yeah, why not?

[@hustlerfour]

+DumbTomato That's not how humans work.

[@DumbTomato]

Shino Hunter Well, "chosen" might not be quite the right word, but if thats what he had been into, I guess.

[@Luca-Vito]

All memes aside, this guy would be a great teacher.

[@SkillUpMobileGaming]

A brilliant mind, no doubt.

[@adrixgamerette7067]

The awnser to that, we need to talk Parallel Universe

[@Thy_Boss]

If the guy never makes another commentated video, he's still made his contribution to the world. This is absolutely the peak of presenting information to a lay audience. I had zero interest in speed running or anything related until I watched this video, and it changed that. When I'm putting together a presentation, I think back on this video to help guide my work.

[@shakeitoff1000]

How would he? Teaching isn't just rambling on endlessly for 30 minutes. How does he react to a question, or a misconception a student has?

[@rumfordc]

@@shakeitoff1000 he would presumably react with a example, animated graph, and detailed explanation.

[@doobi6343]

Man I’m so sad that pannenkoek doesn’t like that so many memes came from this video, it’s just so... lovable. I have so much respect for everything that he’s done, and the explanation of all of his insane movement all in the name of saving an A press is incredible. The explanation is so easily digestible for almost all of it, and it adds SO MUCH to what people think of for Mario 64. The fact that Mario and his Backwards Long Jump and parallel universal warping shenanigans is almost part of his unofficial lore solely because of this video is inspiring. Pannenkoek, thank you so much for this. I know you may feel like the memes went too far, but trust me, it was all in good faith and respect for your efforts in this video. This video has given the Internet so much wonderful content to play with and have make people happy. We love you and wish to hear more of your wonderful explanations. :)

[@darrelllaird4899]

i hate the idiots that meme everything they see for no reason an example would be the idiots that memed his videos for no fricking reason

[@Victorsandergamer]

​@@darrelllaird4899 imagine spending probably weeks to perform the game run of your life, let alone the months to learn this stuff bring all that together, then go on to making a 25 minutes video just explaining what you did just to a fat load of braindeads "watch" it and be like "haha he says it's simple but not XD LOLOLOLOL" and completely ignore everything else...

[@RunElevate]

@@Victorsandergamer its even worse than that, the dude sat in on his winter break for 11 days straight making this video even though he dislikes doing commentary and he didn't take breaks either. dude literally tortured himself for a bunch of kids to meme. This video is amazing though.

[@DeadChannel2]

In all fairness, Pannen does some memes in his videos as well. The What If I Told You meme at 13:41 comes to mind.

[@sticks_stuff]

hes explained before that he doesn't mind the memes lol

[@hnglbanana]

after the success of this video, pannenkoek released a statement on why he didn't want to keep making commentated videos in this style, and one of the key reasons given was that, since the ABC route is constantly being improved, any video made on a strategy currently being used would almost invariably become obsolete, and the time and effort put into making a commentated video would be significantly lessened in value well, today it finally happened, just as pannenkoek said it would. a new strat has been developed for this star that almost completely invalidates everything shown in this video. PU movement isn't utilised at all, meaning that everything from around 8 minutes and onward in this video is now irrelevant to how the star is obtained. the scuttlebug raising is different, meaning that the reason for doing it the way as shown and explained in the video is also no longer true. the star isn't even x0.5A anymore - it's x0A now, so not even the explanation of what half an a press isn't really relevant the new strat is great btw, and you should definitely check it out on pannenkoek's second channel, but yeah. while this video still has entertainment value in its own right, almost nothing said in this video is relevant to how this star is collected now

[@GuyYouMetOnline]

Perhaps, but it still does an excellent job explaining ways in which the game's mechanics can be manipulated.

[@marcslaia4671]

Second Channel!? What?!

[@Jonjooooo]

It is still, and shall forever be, relevant to the historiography.

[@darthparallax5207]

Not only that but the immortality of this particular moment in time in history is like when historical reenactors and thespians master sword duelling or charioteering. Though it won't come up in formal high competition ever again, if you yourself can learn the specific trick of Watch for Rolling Rocks in 0.5 A Presses through QPU alignment and Scuttlebug Raising, it makes you as cool as Josh Brolin putting on a performance as Thanos the Mad Titan. Thanos isn't the most interesting character anymore but that ONE storyline was so Epic that respect and street cred can be gained for collecting the Infinity Stones yourself even if Infinity Stones arent the best plan anymore. :) Like how Hayden Christensen would have been an idiot to turn down the chance to play Darth Vader and Samuel Jackson jumped at the chance to play Master Motherfucker. The Jedi philosophy is not the most profound. But COME ON! LIGHTSABERS! :D

[@michaeletzkorn]

it's still an incredibly well made video with kickass analysis. who cares if its a "relevant" route.

[@TheTonyMcD]

I swear, there are college courses that don't break down their subject this much and go into so much incredible detail...

[@Watcher863]

Anthony McDevitt yeah, this is basically a research paper.

[@profile2047]

I don't think you understand what your average college classes are for.

[@CeleryMan666]

Just go into a hard science/ engineering or math and you will quickly see how deep shit goes. You could study divisibility for a week in number theory or prime numbers literally forever.

[@TheTonyMcD]

Ok... So what? That has nothing to do with what I said. I'm sure that there are many, if not most classes that are far more detailed and complex than this.

[@CeleryMan666]

I does have everything to do with what you said, and now you are backtracking from your idiotic statement.

[@ifyoutoldmetosubscribeihav6201]

i cant believe this is almost 2 years old. a true piece of history

[@Koopazu]

Nino yep

[@getajobmate1281]

Koopaswag 2018, and this video is now among the best content on the site.

[@kellenoconnor4396]

This is the third video when you search up "parallel universe". My life is now complete

[@getajobmate1281]

Kellen O'Connor not anymore. RIP

[@weegeequeviucoisas9854]

It's the eight now ;-;

[@invalid_user_handle]

There's few videos where you can actually tell the person explaining something is genuinely passionate about it, and wants to teach it to you. This is one of them.

[@origamiscienceguy6658]

To a first time viewer, it is not entirely clear if that is the case, or if this is just a really elaborate shitpost. That just adds to the humor though.

[@ishkar5k]

Legend says that pannen would purposely miss the questions on the test so that he doesn't get an A

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

Especially in multiple coice questions

[@mr.whimsic6902]

Remember, in pannen ever becomes a professor and he is handing out a multi-choice quick, NEVER, PICK, A.

[@jordanwarner1352]

Ayanokoji in real life

[@askenneddy]

LMAO

[@tamoghnapal6619]

Or he would study so well that he would get an E or O

[@uaekappa]

I watch this video religiously

[@Koopazu]

Kappapåka this comment has so much likes and no replies

[@esscate]

Wish he made more, so interesting

[@garrettmccloskey274]

same here

[@garrettmccloskey274]

nice profile pic

[@sereza200]

Why so many skuttlehumans

[@xXxthe_epic_gamerxXx]

I think this guy doesn't realize we don't hate him, we fucking love him.

[@supergrog5653]

Yeah Tj Henry yoshi is great

[@swordsmancs]

Depression’s a hell of a drug man

[@thekeyandthegate4093]

@Tiztu I hate you

[@kkmac7247]

He quit commentate videos because he put so much effort into this one

[@hajilee4539]

@@kkmac7247 No it's because he didn't like the memes people made about the video.

[@dragonmanover9000]

TRANSCRIPT: In this video, I'll be explaining exactly what I do to collect Watch for Rolling Rocks in 0.5 A presses. But first, we need to clear something up, because every time I post a half A press video, I get the same comments over and over asking what it means, even though I always have a whole paragraph in the description explaining it, which even starts with "If you're wondering what a half A press is, read this before commenting to ask." But maybe what you guys need isn't a paragraph. Maybe you guys need an example. So, consider Wing Mario over the Rainbow. Not even the whole star. Just consider getting to that cannon platform, which is a necessary part of getting the star. So, how many A presses does it take to get there? Well, if you say zero, that's wrong, because then Mario can't go far enough. If you say one, well it's true that Mario can get there with one, but we can do a little better. We can do it in half an A press. To do that, we start the level already holding A, and then we use that A press to reach the platform. Now, hold on. I know what you're thinking. "An A press is an A press. You can't say it's only a half." Well, TJ "Henry" Yoshi, hear me out. An A press actually has three parts to it: when A is pressed, when A is held, and when A is released. And together, this forms one complete A press. Now, usually, it's the pressing that's useful, because that's the only part that makes Mario jump. However, sometimes it's sufficient to just use the holding part, which allows Mario to do little kicks, to swim in water, to fall slowly while twirling, and to fall slowly with the wing cap. And as for the release, well, there's currently no cases where that's useful or important, so don't worry about that part. Now ,if we map out the required A presses for Wing Mario over the Rainbow, it would look like this. We merely need to hold A to reach the cannon platform, we need to press A to launch from the first cannon, and we need to press A again to launch from the second cannon. So, how many A presses is that total? Well, it appears to be three, and if we were doing this star in isolation, then yes, it would be three. But in a full game A button challenge run, there are other A presses that occur earlier in the run, such as this A press needed to get into the course. So, if we take that A press into consideration as well, then how many A presses would it take? The naive answer would be four: one to enter the course, and the three within the course that we established earlier. However, we can do better. We can actually do it in three by simply holding out the first A press to be used for the half A press, because the half A press only required A to be held, not actually pressed. So in this fashion, Wing Mario over the Rainbow only adds on an additional two A presses to the run, since the first A press just leeches off of a previous A press. So to capture this phenomenon, we call it 2.5 A presses. On a single-star basis, you'd round that up to three, but in a full-game run, you'd round it down to two. So, in conclusion, since that first A press counts in some contexts, but adds no additional A presses in other contexts, we refer to it as a half A press. So, going back to the video, you can see that I start the level with the A button already held, as indicated in the bottom left corner, and so in the full game run, this A press will just leech off of a previous one, and so it won't incur an additional A press. Okay, glad that's explained. Now, what am I doing in the video? Here, I'm using a trick called Scuttlebug transportation. You see, like most enemies, Scuttlebugs have a home, which is just a point in 3D space, and they'll patrol a certain radius around that point. So, If mario enters that radius, they'll lunge at him to attack. But, unlike most other enemies, a Scuttlebug's home can change positions, because if a Scuttlebug bumps into Mario the Scuttlebug's home will update to where the Scuttlebug was when the collision occurred. So, by strategically lowering the Scuttlebug to the edge of its radius and bumping into it, we can effectively transport the Scuttlebug and it's home. So, that's what I'm doing here. Note that we can't actually transport a Scuttlebug to outside of its native room. They actually get stuck at the door So, if your dream was to bring all the Scuttlebugs together for one big Jamboree, I'm sorry, but it's not gonna happen. Also worth noting is that Scuttlebugs will actually disappear if they walk into a wall while too far below their current home, so I do have to be careful to avoid that. It's pretty weird if you've never seen it before, but I'm pretty sure they did it so that if a Scuttlebug jumps into a hole, it wouldn't just walk around down there. Anyway, I'm transporting the Scuttlebug to the corner right below the Watch for Rolling Rocks star, because next I do a trick called Scuttlebug raising, and here's how it works. On the left, I show a bird's-eye view of the scene, and on the right, I show a view from the side. Now, when Mario leaves the rolling rocks room, the Scuttlebug deactivates. That's because the room and everything in it are only active when Mario's in the room, or standing in a smaller region right outside the door, indicated here in yellow. So, if Mario isn't in the rolling rocks room or in the yellow region, then the room will be completely black, and everything in the room will be invisible and won't move. Conveniently, this allows us to raise the Scuttlebug by performing the following steps. First, Mario enters the Scuttlebug's radius. Although the Scuttlebug is invisible and can't move around, it can still turn towards Mario and activate a lunge. Then, Mario leaves the radius and the Scuttlebug returns to facing its home. Next, Mario enters the yellow region to activate the Scuttlebug. The Scuttlebug will perform the lunge that it started, but cleverly, we have Mario exit the yellow region right when the Scuttlebug is at the peak of its trajectory, thereby deactivating it so it won't fall down. And finally, since the Scuttlebug moved past its home, it turns around to face its home once more. Now, we've gotten all the height we could out of the Scuttlebug's current lunge, but that's no problem, because we can just activate another lunge by repeating this procedure. Activate a lunge while the Scuttlebug is deactivated, reactivate the Scuttlebug just for the upwards portion of its trajectory, and then repeat. As simple as that. So that's what I do here. And I have a second screen to show it from the Scuttlebug's perspective. Fortunately, the Scuttlebug's radius isn't a sphere, but a cylinder that extends up and down infinitely. So really, no matter how high the Scuttlebug gets, we can continue to enter its area to activate its lunges and move it upwards. There's no limit to how high we can raise it. Now, it's worth noting that I only activate the Scuttlebug while I'm not inside its radius, so the Scuttlebug will always lunge towards its home and not towards Mario. This causes the Scuttlebug to effectively travel straight up above its home, but alternatively, I could have activated the Scuttlebug while inside of its radius, and in that case the Scuttlebug would always lunge towards Mario instead of towards its home. So it would actually make its way towards the door and then travel straight up from there. That method's actually a little faster because we wouldn't have to wait for the Scuttlebug to turn back toward this home before each activation. However, it wouldn't work for what we're doing because we need the Scuttlebug to be right next to that corner. In fact, the top of that corner has a special property which we call a misalignment. Basically, in the game's code, there's a discrepancy between the way the game handles collision checking with floors versus walls. This results in a one-by-one-unit area where Mario can get under the floor without being pushed away by the walls, and if Mario's less than seventy-nine units under a floor, they'll snap right up on through it. So that'll be important later for getting up there. Anyway, now it's time to build up some speed. And I mean a lot of speed. So to get that speed, we're going to use a trick called Hyper Speed Walking, and here's how it works. You probably already know that there are some slopes in the game that are too steep to stand on. Mario just slides off of them. But, did you know that you actually can stand on these slopes if they're submerged in shallow water? In fact, the underwater portion of these slopes has a special property. If you try running uphill on them, you'll end up running backwards at an increasing speed with no upper bounds. But in most circumstances, this would cause us to end up in the water before building up any real speed. We can get a little more speed by running nearly parallel to the slope but ever so slightly uphill, but eventually the slope runs out, or we move too fast around a corner. But, there are some ways to have Mario walk while staying in place. For example, if there's a wall perpendicular to the slope, then we can use that. That allows Mario to build up quite a bit of speed before he breaks through. However, if the wall isn't perpendicular to the slope, then we end up sliding down into the water. That's because walls are really just rectangles that push Mario out perpendicularly. So, if Mario moves into a wall at an angle, the game will calculate his intended next position, then the wall will push that position out, and then Mario ends up having a net movement along the wall. So ultimately, he'll end up moving into the water.

[@dragonmanover9000]

So, is all hope lost? Well no, because Tyler Kehne figured out that we could actually make use of the gate. You see, the bottom of the gate is a ceiling, and the game doesn't like putting Mario too close to the area right under a ceiling, because it doesn't think he fits. So, if we have Mario move backwards into the ceiling, the game will choose not to move him, so we're free to build up speed in place. But not infinite speed, because we end up breaking free if our speed moves past the gate. So what do we do? We turn to redirect our speed out of bounds. Notice that we now have enough speed so that our intended next position is past the wall and out of bounds, and since the game doesn't like placing Mario out of bounds, it doesn't move him, and instead just lets him stay in place, just like the ceiling. But unlike the ceiling, out of bounds goes on forever, so we can essentially build up as much speed as we want without having to worry about breaking free. So now, I do just that: open the gate, use the ceiling of the gate to build up some speed, and then redirect my angle out of bounds to build up the rest. Now, you're probably wondering what I'm going to need all this speed for. After all, I do build up speed for 12 hours, but to answer that, we need to talk about parallel universes. And if you thought my other tangents were complicated, just you wait. Okay, so Mario's position is a floating point number, but it's converted to a short when the game uses it to test for collision with floor triangles. In other words, Mario's position can basically be any decimal number, but it's converted to an integer between -32,768 and 32,767 inclusive. So, any fractional portion is truncated, and numbers too big or too small are moved into this range using the modulo operator. Graphically, that means that the position used for floor detection is always inside of this box. So if Mario's in that box, then his actual position and the position used for floor detection are the same, albeit maybe off by a single fraction due to the truncation. But if Mario leaves that box, then his actual position and the position used for floor detection will separate, since the position used for floor detection will just loop back around to remain in the original box. So now I ask you this. Here's the course, so if Mario is standing way over here where there's no land, but the position used for floor detection is on land, can he stand over here? The answer is yes. As far as the game sees it, Mario is in fact above land over here, because the game actually checks for land over here. So, for all intents and purposes, there is essentially land over here, a copy of the original map. And this is what we call a Parallel Universe, or a PU. And this applies to every one of these boxes, so there's actually a grid of nearly infinite PUs. Here is a to-scale diagram of the PU grid. As you can see, the PUs are actually pretty far apart, but I'll be taking some creative liberties and drawing them closer together for the sake of clearer visuals. Now, PUs aren't as glamorous as you might think. The graphics are only found on the original map, so the PUs are completely invisible. Furthermore, PUs have no objects like elevators or item blocks, no enemies, no items like coins or stars, and not even any walls. So really, it's pretty barren. Furthermore, the N64 console will actually crash if you go to a PU and let the camera follow you. But luckily, we can avoid that crash by fixing the camera in place on the original map before leaving it, though that does make it even harder to tell what's going on in the PUs. So, as you just saw, you can travel to a PU if you have enough speed, but it's not as simple as you might think. If you have just enough speed to reach the PU one-over, it won't actually work. That's because the game actually checks if Mario is above land at each quarter-step of his movement. That means the simplest PU movement is moving over four PUs at once. That way, each quarter step is above land and therefore valid. For simplicity, we call this Quadruple PU distance one QPU. Now, up until this point, I've been glossing over a very important detail, which I now need to clear up. What if I told you that distance Mario moves isn't necessarily equal to his speed? For example, look how fast Mario moves at 31 speed on this flat slope, and now compare it to how fast he moves at the same speed on this steeper slope. In both cases, he has about the same speed, but clearly he's moving at different rates. That's because the distance Mario moves is only a portion of his actual speed, and this portion depends on the slope of the ground. The steeper the slope, the smaller this portion is. Note that it only depends on the steepness, not whether Mario is facing uphill, downhill, or sideways on the hill. In these visuals, blue will represent Mario's actual speed, and green will represent the portion of it that he moves, which we call Mario's de-facto speed. So in these three pictures, Mario has the same speed, but he has different de-facto speeds since he's standing on slopes with different steepnesses. So, if we want to move one QPU, it's not sufficient to have QPU speed, we need QPU de-facto speed, which often means our actual speed will need to be greater than one QPU to compensate. So to reiterate, we need to increase our speed until our de-facto speed syncs up with one QPU, and the speed needed to do this is called the syncing speed. So in this diagram, the blue arrow represents the syncing speed. When we have that speed, the quarter steps of the de-facto speed sync up with the PUs, and we can move. Now, what I'm showing here is just the lowest, or first syncing speed, aka the speed to move exactly one QPU. If we increase our speed, eventually our de-facto speed would sync up again when it covers a distance of two QPU, and so we'd be able to move at that speed, which is two times as fast as before. So in general, any multiple of the lowest syncing speed is itself a syncing speed, and we'll cover multiple QPU at once. So remember, every slope has a different set of syncing speeds and this can make routing tricky. For example, in the video where I do PU movement to reach the secret aquarium, I had to traverse several different slopes. First this slope that I used for hyper speed walking, then this slope at the edge of the water, then the flat ground of the castle foyer, then the castle stairs, which is really a steep ramp, and then the flat ground of the upstairs, and note that the stairs you see there are actual stairs and not a ramp. So, they're just flat ground. Here is a graph showing the syncing speeds for each of these slopes, and so these are the speeds I need in order to have PU movement while standing on each of these slopes. Naturally, the steeper slopes have greater syncing speeds. Now, keep in mind that I can only build up speed while I'm on the hyper speed walking slope. Once I leave it, I can't generate any more speed, so my speed will only decrease from there. So to successfully perform this PU route, I'd better have generated enough speed to meet each slope's syncing speed in turn. For example, let's say I build up enough speed to reach the first possible syncing speed, and I use that to go to the next slope. Then, I could let my speed drop until I reach this slope's syncing speed, go to the next slope, let my speed drop again until I reach this slope's syncing speed, go to the next slope, but then I have a bit of a problem. I have less than the required syncing speed and no way to gain anymore. So is this route just impossible? Well no, because these are just the slopes' first syncing speeds. But remember, any multiple of these will work as well. So now, let's factor in each slope's second syncing speed as well. These speeds allow Mario to move two QPUs at once instead of one. So now, if I instead build up enough speed to reach the second syncing speed of that first slope, then I'll actually have enough speed to meet each syncing speed in turn and complete the route, and if that didn't work, we could have considered each slope's third syncing speed and so on until we did get it to work. However, which syncing speed we need to reach initially is kind of a big deal, because reaching that first syncing speed takes about twelve hours, and reaching that second syncing speed takes about twenty-five hours, so if there's a way to use a lower syncing speed initially, then that's a twelve-hour save. So, how much speed will we need to generate for the Watch for Rolling Rocks star? Well, keep in mind that even with access to unlimited horizontal speed, we don't have any improved vertical mobility, so to get to the top of the course, we need to travel up slopes and ride up elevators, so this will be the basic route. Start on the hyper speed walking slope, navigate along the path up from the lake, ride up this elevator, ride up this other elevator, make your way onto the amazing emergency exit platform, which is the highest point we can reach, and then launch to the Watch for Rolling Rocks platform. By itself, that still won't be enough height, but the Scuttlebug we positioned will provide the extra bounce we need.

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So this is the graph of the syncing speeds of these slopes. Unfortunately, we run into a bit of an issue with the path up from the lake. That area is actually made up of dozens of floor triangles that each have different slopes, but that didn't stop me. After careful observation and scrutiny, I isolated six triangles which I named T1 through T6. These triangles have strictly decreasing steepnesses, so we can meet each of their syncing speeds in turn. Additionally, their Heights span the entire vertical distance we need to cover to go from bottom to top without leaving any gaps in between. So, by using the slopes of those six triangles, we can complete the blueprint for our route, allowing us to utilize the first syncing speed of that initial slope, so building up speed only takes twelve hours instead of twenty-five. Now, we're almost ready to go back to the video, but there's just some final points I want to make. For example, you don't need to have exactly the syncing speed to traverse PUs. If you have slightly less than the syncing speed, you'll move relatively forwards in the map. If you have slightly more than the syncing speed, you'll move relatively backwards in the map. And the further you deviate from the syncing speed, the greater this relative movement will be. Additionally, if you adjust your angle slightly away from the cardinal direction, you can move relatively sideways, but keep in mind that even the smallest possible angle deviation will be magnified over the QPU distance, and thus, Mario will be sent multiple feet to the side. Now, based off what I've told you, you might think you can only travel multiples of four PUs at a time, but that's not actually true. For example, if one of your quarter steps is out of bounds or over a ceiling, then that quarter step will be invalid, and since Mario moves up to but not including the first invalid quarter step, he can in fact end up stopping prematurely at one of the quarter steps. Separately, if you change slopes during a quarter step, your de-facto speed will change and you'll alter the distance of the next quarter step, and so most likely it will no longer sync up with a PU and you'll end up stopping on the new slope. Finally, for simplicity, the set of PUs that are multiples of four away, we call the QPU grid, and if Mario's on the QPU grid, then we say he's QPU aligned. Remember, moving a multiple of four QPUs is easy, but moving a different amount requires special conditions like out of bounds or changing slopes, so if you're QPU aligned, it's easy to stay that way, and if your QPU misaligned, it's easy to stay that way as well. Now, if you become QPU misaligned, you'll need to correct that in order to return to the main map. But that can be difficult if you're not near out of bounds and your sequence of slope changes is predetermined, so managing your QPU alignment is one of the many challenges of planning a PU route. Okay, so now we're finally ready to resume the main video and watch the PU movement. Just kidding. First I need to explain what these screens are. These extra screens will help you follow along during the PU movement. The standard view is just a view that the game shows, but since I fixed the camera on the main map to prevent the game from crashing, this screen won't tell you very much. The relative view shows where I am in each PU. This is what it would look like if I let the camera follow Mario around and if PUs weren't invisible. The relative map also shows where I am in each view, but from an overhead perspective. And finally, the PU map shows where I am in the PU grid. Okay, so now let's really start. So, as I explained earlier, I navigate up the path from the lake using the six triangles I isolated and, I've marked them in the relative map so you can follow along. So basically, I get onto a triangle, let my speed drop until I'm around the syncing speed for that triangle slope, then navigate uphill on the triangle, and then move to the next triangle. Using what I taught you, you should be able to follow along with my movement. For example, I'm able to move relatively backwards because I have slightly more than the syncing speed. Whenever I move sideways, it's because I'm slightly angled away from the cardinal direction, and every time I move from triangle to triangle, my QPU alignment changes, but cleverly, I planned it in such a way that they'd all cancel out by the end and I'd end up QPU aligned. So right now, I'm on the sixth triangle, so I do a little zigzag to bring me back towards the main map, as you can see on the PU map screen. Remember, I need to return to the main map in order to access the elevator, since there are no objects in PUs. As you may have noticed right there, the elevator didn't register me until I started kicking. and that's actually the reason why I've been holding A this entire time. By holding A, I can press B to do these little kicks. Without these kicks, I go through the elevator, but with the kicks I can ride it up to gain precious height. Okay, so now we're closing in on the end. The final movement I do will be a kick onto the amazing emergency exit platform, then turn and launch myself towards the Scuttlebug. That movement will bring me ten PU to the right and three PU down, but since I want to end up on the main map, I reverse that displacement and so position myself three PU up and ten PU left. While doing that, I simultaneously positioned myself in the correct relative part of the map to make the movement work. Okay, now don't blink. And there we go. By bouncing on the Scuttlebug and ground-pounding in the misalignment, I achieve just enough height to get on to the rolling rocks platform. Here, I show an abridged version of the Scuttlebug raising, in case earlier's viewing was too choppy to follow. As you can see, the Scuttlebug moves back and forth above its home. At the end, you can see I do two special raisings purely to move him sideways and closer to the corner, since he ended up being too far away for the bounce to work, and here I show an alternate angle of the final PU movement. The Scuttle bug actually became active once I entered the PU version of this room, so I really only had a handful of frames to get over here before he fell too far. And, there you have it. Watch for Rolling Rocks done in 0.5 A presses. Man, I did not expect this video to become twenty-five minutes long when I started commentating, but I guess there was just that much to explain. Hopefully, you were able to follow along with my explanations and visuals, learned something new, and had an enjoyable experience. So, thanks for watching.

[@polythenepan]

What If you built up speed for 416 years?

[@MinecraftianiDOC]

Roman Chapkis now paper mario memes? we're screwd.

[@anythingelse4177]

Roman Chapkis Paper Mario Memes yes

[@rey.jazzzzy]

Then you wouldn't be playing a Nintendo game anymore. It'd be a Sonic game.

[@KoopaKaper]

It would crash Paper Mario

[@mrguy1591]

Well, you'd end up in a parallel universe for 4.5 years.

[@drew8725]

"Sir, why should we hire you for NASA?" *shows video*

[@alpinecross4370]

Drew Giulini Our rockets will go to the speed of light in 12 hours

[@zarrg5611]

The trick is to go four times (or a multiple of four times) the speed of light, that way the universe will not detect that you are moving above the maximum speed limit and reset your position.

[@wrrtgdhlm4872]

Nasa has too many A's for him

[@ash1377]

*doesn't hire* Well, NASA you need to update your home to the death barere *SPELLZ GUD*

[@ashh046]

*You're hired*

[@jerssonveliz4234]

I regained 200 brain cells by watching this

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

The average human has about 100 billion brain cells, so gaining just 200 more is a 0.0000002% increase.

[@officerwizz]

Horny Fruit Flies r/WoOoOsH

[@czajkowski2352]

@@officerwizz r/ihavereddit

[@officerwizz]

Piotr Czajkowski did the UpPeR CaSe LoWeR cAsE letters not give away that it was a joke?

[@czajkowski2352]

@@officerwizz No

[@Retrorator]

Mario Party Jamboree was just announced! Let’s get all of the Scuttlebugs together!!

[@zerorevenger105]

This video was the first thing I thought of when I saw it

[@lestertheearthworm809]

And no playable Scuttlebug. Still no Scuttlebug jamboree 😔😔😔

[@ninjack11]

sorry it's not going to happen

[@AnCoSt1]

i know you'll probably never read this, but this is perhaps among the greatest videos every created on this platform. i know it caused you undue stress, but you created something purely magical. People will talk about this forever.

[@salakasto]

This is one of those videos I keep coming back to even though I have no interest in the actual content just because it's so damn impressive to listen to.

[@Thy_Boss]

I think it's enough that this guy created one video that should be used as the model for presenting information to a lay audience

[@OnlyGoken]

The thing I love about the video is how he manages to explain all these concepts and exploits without going too deep to alienate everyone and anyone. His little corny jokes here and there also put a smile on my face and how passionate he is about the ABC run also helps with that. I get why Pannen doesnt do commentary much at all anymore, and just hope we one day can hear him explain weird SM64 stuff. I love his 255 Coin Limit video a lot too

[@claudeh.8145]

oh my god what the heck

[@claudeh.8145]

why

[@kasairan8492]

Why not

[@ShowToddSomeLove]

+Claude H. Okay good, glad it's not just me.

[@AwesomeFinn1792]

A meme is a meme. You can't say it's only a half

[@abcdefzhij]

LOL

[@AwesomeFinn1792]

Basically It 20 hours is 20 hours. You can't say it's only 15.

[@AwesomeFinn1792]

Basically It first i need to build up strength for 12 hours

[@abcdefzhij]

TJ 'Hentai' Joshy 20 hours is 20 hours. You can't say it's only 12

[@AwesomeFinn1792]

Andrew Ricklefs oh god you're right

[@wheezy_1]

This really is a timeless video. You couldn't tell this was 8 years ago without checking.truly amazing

[@veegr841]

the biggest meme of 2016 is about mario running for 12 hours to jump into parallel universes. We have reached a new level of memeing.

[@TalysAlankil]

+ladder senpai It's probably early to call this the biggest meme of 2016, but…yes. Yes we have.

[@kefalos6759]

+TalysAlankil its the biggest meme so far

[@gerbilabi]

Where's the meme?

[@bruhhhsmm2615]

+ladder senpai its a meme from this video :P

[@hibyhihi]

+ladder senpai I've been building up speed for 21 years to get to this meme

[@kestrl7]

My roommate put this video on the television in the living room and I was instantly mesmerized. This video is 25 minutes long about a franchise I have never been interested in, about a type of game I have never been interested in, and is a type of video that I only have a modicum of interest in. And yet from the moment he put this video up I could not look away. 25 minutes passed in the span of 5 minutes and I felt like all of the knowledge of the universe had been copy pasted directly onto my brain.

[@oqo3310]

Because that's what happenned

[@TheFantasticWarrior]

*Parallel universe

[@debhen]

Big Brain

[@pants1403]

*Parallel brain

[@Denebu95]

I watched this and passed my physics class

[@warpedlogic1603]

I watched this and I was handed my PhD

[@tylemons1863]

+Warped Logic I watched this and I lost all will to live.

[@garfocusalternate]

+Denebu95 I watched this and am currently at the Large Hadron Collider.

[@AIexM]

+garfocusalternate I watched this and I became the LHC

[@patrickharmon3750]

I watched this and became Steven Hawking

[@vigorousapathygames888]

Video needs to be on 24hr loop at the Guggenheim as a work of contemporary art.

[@ghhn4505]

I know people meme the shit out of this and make jokes and all but this is still genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen done in a game

[@KingMetalMario]

Haven't watched uncommentatedpannen's videos?

[@xX_Qu1ckSc0peZzHD_Xx]

Where can I find those memes

[@white6505]

@@xX_Qu1ckSc0peZzHD_Xx terminalmontage

[@m00sician]

Holy shit

[@didelphida29]

m00

[@yhyhuyuyhwyuuyuyuyh9842]

Mario makes the drManhattan magic teleport number

[@MinillaIF]

The A button on my controller broke into the depressed position after starting this level and this was a great alternative to buying a new controller. Thanks

[@oqo3310]

You made my day

[@Creep_8008]

Depressed

[@Blernster]

I am also in the depressed position

[@cereal7591]

Pretty sure that's his superhero origin story. I'm just waiting for the next generation Pannenkoek, that will teach us mortals how to play Mario Odyssey despite Joy Con drifting.

[@fish4716]

theres some primal fear thats invoked by that PU part of the video. the idea of making one wrong step and not having enough speed to get home and forever wandering in an empty parallel universe is terrifying

[@user-dw6so4vf7u]

Multidimensional intergalactic hyperspace survival horror is my favorite imagination.

[@948320z]

@@user-dw6so4vf7u Like the Warp in WH40K.

[@brecoldyls]

This is an example of complete mastery and understanding of a system, and then exploiting that mastery to its fullest. This video is hilarious and actually somewhat terrifying because of how awestruck it leaves me

[@yaasdpalala4492]

Probably gonna be a guy who makes this 0x that comes along

[@heehomgee4671]

It's probably the biggest Emotional Roller coaster ever.

[@sillycrow]

The best/worst part is that it's not even complete mastery yet. There's still stuff waiting to be found.

[@Eudaletism]

You know how the Russians did it? They pressed A.

[@warmCabin]

This video is iconic, man. It spurred a Renaissance of well-edited glitch explanation videos throughout the gaming community.

[@gavinbrown216]

And memes

[@sploofmcsterra4786]

This is an amazing video dude, extremely well put together and easy to understand. it really sucks that it turned into a negative experience for you, though I truly hope you are able to realise that 99% of people, when making jokes about this video, are absolutely not making fun of you. 'but first let's talk about parallel universes' is funny not because of you, but because it summarises the absurd contrast between what one typically thinks of when they hear of a Mario game and the lengths one must go to for some of these exploits. I know a lot of people probably don't understand why you are sad, but as someone who has gone through mental disease I can totally understand. You should only be proud of this video, the high number of likes proves that. We unironically love it, it's super interesting and unique.

[@leandro6285]

exactly my thoughts!

[@jejetube7667]

I agree a 100% with this comment. I come back to this video from time to time just to amaze myself because that's what your hard work and big brain cause on me. I *REALLY* enjoy and respect you and your work. Hope you get better, man. All the love in the world ❤️

[@VictorSilva-lj4wy]

This

[@VictorSilva-lj4wy]

@Scoot The Burbs For life Pannen didnt like this video becoming a meme after working really, and i mean really hard on it. He thinks its not taken seriously

[@faceplantgarden]

Aw jeez I didn't know the creator feels hurt by the memes. This concept is so interesting. Whenever someone says "but first let's talk about parallel universes," to me it's like when the music changes in a Vsauce video. Stuff's about to get real. Usually the video people are posting the meme on isn't that awesome. Or maybe it is sometimes, but to me it's always primarily referring back to this awesome mind blowing video. Sploof Mcsterra referred to relating to mental illness, so I'll throw in there too that I've got that usual suite of depression/anxiety/panic. I can relate to being overwhelmingly hurt by people online, so if you happen to read this, know you've got support. We like you. We know how smart you are.

[@jackt4855]

massive fan that after the 0 a press strategy got discovered, this video can finally rest easy. extremely excited for the long awaited sequel of this video

[@diribigal]

Can't wait for the 10 hour video 3 years from now when the ABC krew explains how they beat Bowser in the Fire Sea without an A press.

[@powerupstate0xf6insupermar52]

who else still watches this masterpiece? Seriously, the work that went into this masterpiece as well as this video itself is way better than the ytps.

[@kazatraw707]

I might rewatch it to get a better understanding of it. I really love how much effort he put into it.

[@theonlyron]

I'm offended, but agree

[@oOBeagleOo]

In the far future where n64 controllers come few and far in-between, we will thank pannenkoek2012 for conserving the longevity of our buttons by reducing the number of button presses required to play the game. The guy is a genius solving a problem that doesn't exist yet, a thankless job but he will be remembered as one of the greatest minds of our generation.

[@martenwulf]

21Beagle but you need to HOLD the button for 12 hours so...

[@closotezuka]

21Beagle building up speed for 12 hours would probably fuck your analog stick

[@Shrektacular2468]

@martenwulf he has to hold A for 25 hours since he has to meet all the checkpoints. Rip A button, analog stick, and sleep. DX

[@McBreadbox]

This is the one video I wish had ads. This amount of work deserves some compensation

[@weezerfan6224]

this was considered a comedically long sm64 video in 2016

[@the_cheese_cultist]

watch for rolling rocks got nothing on TTC

[@JJAB91]

Then 8 years later in 2024 he released his 3 hour and 45 minute magnum opus "SM64’s Invisible Walls Explained Once and for All".