[Strawberry Jam] Grandmaster Heartside GOLDEN STRAWBERRY!

II can't believe I'm actually writing this description, this golden felt like a pipe dream for so long. So many things went right in this run, I pulled off an absolutely ridiculous 20+ minute long save in flag 4 without ever practicing it before, and it all happened on New Year's Day?! What a way to start 2024. (I took 2 days to edit this video)
This map has one of the weirdest difficulty spreads in any golden, especially for a high tier golden. Flags 15, 12, 10, 7, 2, and to a lesser extent 6, were the bane of my existence, with flag 7 being by far the hardest. On the other hand, flags 17, 11, 8, and 3 were nearly free. All of the free/not free flags were spread mostly evenly throughout the map, which makes this golden a very unique experience.
And of course, here are the stats:
Time: 138:13:59.555 in my post-release save file, but I had a bunch of extra time during development as well. I think my save file was around 100 hours, but it was lost multiple times so I don't know the exact number. It's complicated further because I think a lot of that time was because Celeste was open in the background while I was mapmaking, so that shouldn't count toward my playing time.
Deaths: 17683, but again this is only counting my post-release file. I had over 10k in my dev file.
Total golden attempts: 1665 (only counting after I started using consistency tracker)
Death breakdown past the first third:
Flag 2: 2 deaths
Flag 4: 2 deaths
Flag 5: 1 death
Flag 6: 4 deaths
Flag 7: 47 deaths
Flag 8: 2 deaths
Flag 9: 18 deaths
Flag 10: 59 deaths
Flag 11: 6 deaths
Flag 12: 117 deaths (5 of which were before I started using consistency tracker)
Music in this video:
Intro & Outro: "Impeded" by Aidan Gold
Lobby music: "Passionfruit Pantheon" by BeanJammin
Level music: "Passionfruit Pantheon - Apotheosis Mix" by BeanJammin
Flag 1: "Shatter the Pantheon!" by Aidan Gold
Unedited version of the run: • GMHS Golden (unedited ...
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:43 The run
11:00 Flag 4 limbo
13:20 Passing flag 4
17:27 Golden collect
19:00 Stats check
19:32 Outro

[@valkyria4337]

When building a railgun out of jellyfish isn't the most impressive part of the run, you know you've done something monumental. Incredibly cool to finally see this goldened, massive GGs and thank you for liking this map enough to see it through to the end.

[@Ecl1psed276]

Thank you for putting it all together!!!! Such an amazing map

[@Meichannel22]

Was the railgun the actual way to complete that part or was there some other solution to that part?

[@jake6542_]

@@Meichannel22 youre supposed to go flying out of the dream block they got stuck on and keep the speed into the part where they put the jellies

[@DumbNub_]

@@Meichannel22youre supposed to go really fast through the dream blocks but he improvised when he didnt make it through one of em

[@Rickfernello]

Very good stuff! From the moment SJ came out, a lot of people were wondering who would get this golden. Massive congrats! Good luck on max% if you go for it. 💚 (Also, that was probably the best save I've ever seen, shoutouts to that lol)

[@ZKBceleste]

Celeste genuinely reached the apotheosis with this. Ecl1psed, we watched you so many times, we followed your progress so much time... Your 1st f7 entry, your almost 20 f7 death without passing it, and finally the run that died at the 1st move of f6, the death f5, we were all shocked when you got the f2 entry once, and twice. You never gave up, you kept focus for this golden, and you finally did it, we are so proud of you, thank you very much!!!

[@victorjohnson5646]

Not even 3 months later, the first sub 25 minute speedrun was accomplished.

[@Marflow0]

This is the most insane achievement I've ever seen in Celeste. Massive GGs

[@alejandrobello7005]

Second place to the 100% run (literally everything) deathless

[@agentcool1727]

I think this is still hard ler then undo imo

[@Rickfernello]

​@@alejandrobello7005It's hard to compare things like these, but I would say this is harder. There is no point during my run that has any level of precision needed that's even close to the easiest room in this level. Though the length makes it much harder to get runs done.

[@RadioactiveBluePlatypus]

This will forever be the craziest save in celeste history. Learning a backup strategy near the end of a very long golden in a grandmaster input density techspam room after watching a video of it on youtube and THEN DESPITE ALL OF THAT GETTING THE GOLDEN. Also seeing you freak out in chat was both funny and nerve wracking, even though I was watching the vod and I knew this was the run. This is amazing. And of course you end it by first trying the frame perfect heart ultra. Of course.

[@smorpd]

:3

[@Unicorn_Addict]

I do not believe that it is statistically possible to get every golden strawberry without using assist mode, or cheating in some way. I kinda think that Maddy Thorson was trolling us by putting these strawberries in the game, and having no way to tell if someone is using assist mode just by looking at the screen footage. I think she knows full well that it's impossible, and the whole thing is little more than a social experiment to see how many people will cheat and then try to pass their work off as legitimate. There is no achievement or reward for getting these strawberries. You don't unlock a special ending where Theo chips a tooth on the gold strawberries in your pie. You do get a stamp of a gold strawberry on your save file if you succeed in getting all 25 gold strawberries. But PC players have already learned to hack their save slot to manipulate these stamps - including removing the assist stamp.

[@theaceofspades8871]

Well uh, you're wrong

[@delirious323]

@@theaceofspades8871its obviously satire.... god i hope its satire (just saw their profile pic its definitely satire)

[@angrychipmunks76]

@@delirious323 It's a copypasta, but it was real at the time. It was put on the Celeste wiki during like the first week of the game's release.

[@theaceofspades8871]

@angrychipmunks76 Ohhhhh okay- I thought it might be satire, idk why I didn't just comment "please tell me this is satire" or smth, mb

[@Akathysia]

​@@angrychipmunks76funny how they thought that and now we got rick doing 202 deathless lol

[@OldBeezer]

STRAWBERRY JAM 2 LETS GOOOOOO In all seriousness, this is the most insane Celeste achievement I have ever seen. I’ve dreamed of being this good at Celeste, but I don’t think it’s possible for me 😂 Regardless, congratulations on this legendary accomplishment!!!

[@Spixii_the_Dragon]

Every time I see the ending to gmhs I get chills. Watching you succeed gave me those same chills and caused me to cry a little. Congrats! This was one of the wildest things I’ve witnessed.

[@h3chgch3]

absolutely incredible, huge GGs. Watching that flag 4 save live was nuts.

[@seazeiscool]

i literally do have words to describe this achievement, its kind of hard to even fathom for me massive ggs

[@the_second_channel]

you do have words? spill!

[@michalberanek2783]

That Ivory save was the single coolest thing ever. GG Also, missed opportunity, they should have timed the golden collect with the final shatter

[@squibster81]

They wouldn’t have worried about timing the golden because they never expected anyone to even get there with it lol.

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

@@squibster81 idk, if it was the vanilla devs that would be understandable, but SJ was made after people have done very impressive goldens/deathless challenges surely the SJ mappers would know that some day, someone will get the golden. probably just forgot about it

[@CDMusicYT]

out of all the goldens i've seen since actively watching celeste again, this was the one that i was wondering when it'd happen. lo and behold, it actually happened! the many times i watched GMHS, i never thought that someone would ultimately pull through and conquer this seemingly inconquerable mountain, and that flag 4 save is simply a showcase of mastery. huge ggs, an incredible milestone for the community - sj is finally 100% goldened!!!

[@Exerium0]

What does GHMS mean? I'm kinda new to Celeste and it's terms

[@sigmacist]

@@Exerium0 Grandmaster Heartside, the level this video is about. It's from modded Celeste, not vanilla

[@Exerium0]

@@sigmacist ok thanks

[@GabrielStarkey-Simpson]

This is stunning. The control, the finesse, the skill. It's just stunning. I didn't think someone could be this good at Celeste, and I'm sure it took countless hours. Goddamn. Congratulations.

[@CVZen]

GGs to making me sleep 2 hours after I initially intended and laughing hysterically at homemade seafood railgun you’re a real one, cheers!

[@mca6828]

I knew Albert Einstein was cracked at physics but I didn't know he was also cracked at Celeste.

[@dry4smash946]

He is so cracked at psychics that hes also cracked at celeste’s psychics

[@BadTie]

The legendary f4 incident

[@DesTr069]

F4 save you mean :)

[@poorlydrawncactus1178]

alt f4

[@CelestialStrawberriesYT]

WHAT ON EARTH. This was easily the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. Absolute congratulations on this. You are the most incredibly talented person playing Celeste. GGS!!!!

[@dmr6043]

Its hard to even comprehend the level of complexity in every execution of inputs you performed in this run. Huge GGs man, you earned it.

[@geometrikgames8521]

the fuck did i just watch, this is the first thing i see about celeste in years since i beat farewell and the game has now come to this xD, congrats man. PD: the jellyfish activated madeline accelerator was nuts

[@Simeridian]

This man cannot be stopped. Congratulations!!

[@sans_exfiance]

let it be known that i said that that day was the day . i also said everyday was the day but its the thought that counts

[@OSoverspike]

IT WAS REAL GG this was the map I hoped someone would golden the most, so I was much more invested in progress on this golden than any other t0/t1. Wasn't there for the winning attempt, but it was pretty cool sitting in your streams to watch the grind happen live. Absolutely incredible dedication to do this when no one else would, and to persist through all of f7 and beyond, massive ggs. Also holy shit is that the homemade railgun save in f4 what the fu-

[@RadioactiveBluePlatypus]

I never doubted that this would ever be done. Firstly cuz the celeste community is insane, secondly cuz I really underestimated how hard this map is.

[@DeathKontrol]

gg epic run! I was cracking up at the flag 4 cheese, nice strats

[@JinGaster]

ok so originally i was going to say "yo gg on deadlocked in 74 clicks, thats pretty grinning" but then i realized this is frickin' SJ GMHS like WHAT i never would've thought that anyone would get this golden w/o a million billion trillion deaths at and after flag 07, and the flag 04 save was craaazy to watch live now I'M the one feeling the tremendous gamer energy being radiated from my screen while watching this video... (ud fcs reference wholestare)

[@_dan1715]

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[@JinGaster]

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[@rua0933]

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[@burgerhex]

Well done Eclipsed, I’m glad I got to be there for part of the run. Massive achievement, you deserve this :)

[@marqimoth]

this was insane to watch live, that f4 save was unlike any other. huge GGs!

[@abet6583]

seeing this live was wild, what a way to start 2024

[@Dertubiz_]

Gg, insane achievement ! Was super nice to follow your progress through this, each F7 death was heartbreaking. I truly respect your motivation facing that. And bonus points, you managed to drop the golden of the year on January 1st, which is silly

[@xplosives1752]

Absolutely incredible, I genuinely can’t believe anyone was crazy enough to do it. GG!

[@kirbzsr2064]

Congrats man, I can’t imagine the amount of effort this took. Loved watching the streams :)

[@coupcritik5297]

This is unbelievable ! A thousand congratulations for this massive success

[@WexDree7005]

Huge GGs, man. I have never played celeste so far, but I have seen many times how community creates crazy stuff and goldens it. I remember seeing your gmhs speedrun and I thought this is crazy, but watching your gmhsg feels like heaven was ascended by human. That astounding f4 save was so smart and unreal to me, because watching this gameplay makes me feel like there's no way to save your run after failing the strat. 2024 is already a celeste year!😊 Once again, Massive GGs❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@krazykat9362]

Absolutely blown away to see this. Insane achievement, I hope you're incredibly proud of yourself. gg

[@QuantumKid]

I beat GMHS about a month ago, and this is the craziest thing I've seen anyone do in all of gaming. GG.

[@nicktomato7]

there are people who are so good at this game who rack up 20,000 deaths their first time through GMHS how on earth anyone could shave it down to *0* is beyond me

[@Thriyf]

Absolutely insane the flag 4 save was crazy GG!

[@infinitylake]

Huge congrats man!! I just started Pinball and stuff like this is hugely inspiring, it's super cool to see hard work paying off like this. Congrats again this is a mind-blowing achievement

[@rua0933]

gl pumber

[@AquaHeart]

I can't even imagine the stress you were in at those final flags, and the ultimate catharsis that came with the final victory sequence. The music must have felt so fitting... ❣

[@Psycho0Noob]

Holy shit this is beyond insane !!!!! i never thought this would ever be possible ! damn you're actually motivating me to go finish that damn gm lobby lol GG's!!!!! and congrats

[@InverseHackermann]

And you first try the frame perfect heart ultra at the end. Insane.

[@gabstronaut3569]

I now see why climbing mountains solves depression

[@cheezysf]

I cant believe you actually did this, massive congrats!

[@randomclustermissile8701]

Huge congrats on this. Amazing effort. Take that, Maya!

[@lucaspaixao3808]

I am still so mad I missed this because I was in a hurry at the airport. Still couldn't believe what I was reading in Clord when I came back to it. Complete and utter shock. Massive GGs

[@wkaqhdwhdk]

This is divine. Congratulations!

[@Smoldragoncat]

So when’s SJ 2

[@imanatid]

What a way to start 2024 Huge congrats!

[@nebulae5236]

Gmhs golden was never MEANT to be possible. It was put there as a RUSE. Maya was meant to be the gatekeeper and gate keep the golden she will, consistency is a lie and on the off chance you make it past the room of despair you will surely die to Theo climb. Succumb to the despair of knowing that gmhs golden will NEVER be done :evilgladstare: GGs gmhs golden, you earned it!

[@othercomputerjeff8679]

dude that save is the craziest thing ever holy shit

[@DesTr069]

At the end of 2023, my favourite golden was Leviathan’s Rehearsal+ by WoahEgg. But now, I think I’ve found a new one lol. This is a historic golden, a very prestigious one, I think it’s fitting that it was obtained by the person who provided the gameplay for the official GMHS video, hahaha. The biggest of congratulations, and good luck on SJ max%!!

[@Hyperlithh]

absolutely bonkers, GGs! 🎉

[@Chelito0607]

You are one of the most talented players in this game, I'm glad to be part of this, GG

[@WoahE]

celeste is over

[@SpiccyS]

Holy shit… I’ve only just finished all of the base game and this? This is phenomenal, all of your deaths would be ten-folded (at least) if I even tried to breathe at this level. Truly well done, and good luck on future runs on anything, then again you probably don’t need the luck (you’re insane)

[@Lumel-rw6wh]

I’m literally only in the intermediate lobby of SJ but I thought goldening the GMHS would be the ultimate achievement. Amazing to see it be done and hope to replicate far in the future! Gonna take it slow though and enjoy the journey 🙂

[@randommathnerd]

Massive GGs, unfortunate I missed this one because I thought stream was gonna end after the terrible cp2 for the day >.< will be there to watch the rest of SJ!

[@fesh]

banger, i'm glad i was there to witness this live from cp5

[@krzysiekee]

THE NINZ RAILGUN Absolutely insane golden, GG

[@GuardianRTz]

I always told people that all it takes to do the impossible, is someone insane enough, mad congratz 🎉

[@solveforx6662]

Did you ever die to your own flag and then get annoyed you made it the way you did Jokes aside, this is peak Celeste here and you should be proud. Huge GGs

[@Ghajestis]

i don't think anything can top that f4 save. massive gg's

[@Jellylamps]

Absolutely unreal. GG

[@hollyghost_]

Absolutely insane, GG!

[@creizi1176]

This is absolute insanity. CONGRATS!!!!!

[@creizi1176]

you've actually inspired me to finish EHS in spite of my injury wtf

[@creizi1176]

ALSO WHAT WAS THAT SAVE NJFDKSBNAJKHF

[@Dihui]

this is insane congrats!

[@Michitazs]

So beautiful man, gg

[@Rainbowww_]

oh my god this is pure insanity good job

[@pejaduos]

huge ggs!

[@Evilcattt]

absolutely insane huge ggs

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

I've seen tons of saves in this game, but holy shit, that one on flag 4 is the most impressive one I've ever seen Looking up a strategy *in the middle of the fourth ever run to that point* and then actually hitting it is INSANE, the nerves there must have been through the roof

[@ceruloryx]

that flag 4 save is INSANE gg

[@_Domo_]

Holy SHIT GG Also this map is beautiful wtf

[@dionmid6373]

There’s not much to say about this. My biggest compliments to you! This was THE ACHIEVEMENT, gg!

[@lehellenart4112]

it is hard to believe that a person pulled this off. it was said to be impossible yet you prevailed and kept on grinding, getting farther, and farther. and now here you are. claim your spot as king for you have earned it

[@pieps101]

I haven't even beaten advanced yet and I click on youtube and see this. Wow just wow. Congrats.

[@kiwi_est]

This made my hands sweat more than any extreme heights video ever

[@ziwuri]

this is one of the most insane things I've ever watched

[@Joel-qo6gt]

Damn. You're pretty good at this.

[@DracoDominusGD]

GG! Ivory save was wild lmao

[@Artur-Ellena-O-Pingu]

OMG I can't believe this Is awesome

[@kittenish7116]

GG!!! Greatest achievement ever

[@tbf79alexis]

Let's see who can max% SJ first, you or viddie? Congrats btw

[@dectoriscool]

im a bit late to the party, but gg regardless!! that f4 save was the highlight for sure, other than getting the golden ofc

[@thekylester]

This is insane. I doubt that I would ever do this in my life if i even made it to gmhs difficulty (hardest is farewell lmao). GG!

[@4hm4d101]

GG, congratulations

[@arbodox]

oh my god that Ivory save strat at 11:22 is insane

[@_dan1715]

jelly laddering

[@__archermaster__8790]

jaddering

[@dry4smash946]

@@__archermaster__8790gladdering :gladeline:

[@BoneChill8118]

GGS ECLIPSED, this almost makes me forget about my love for Stellar Odyssey

[@ulrichbrodowsky5016]

Congratulation!

[@petrikhorr]

i knew this would happen someday, i believed gg!!

[@woxenss]

2024 is the year of the impossible golden holy shit

[@mateopanza9350]

firstly: congrats secondly: HOW thirdly: so true

[@KFC_attorney91]

one word : RESPECT.

[@olive_r]

fucking gg eclipsed holy shit

[@winternyaa]

can't wait for sj 2 🔥🔥🔥

[@vanandsan27]

It's beautiful...

[@BossAwesomeSauce]

OH MY GOD YOU DID IT NO WAY

[@puggyzcool]

And with that, this concludes the story of Strawberry Jam, although im a small guy and it would be more impactful if somebody else said that I dont think anybody else wouldve came up with it so there you go, and this time its true! everything (to my knowledge) in SJ has been completed including rainbows, fcs, and now goldens! all thats left is to get it onto 1 save file! anyways good job eclipsed! and tune in next time to whatever crazy stuff happens next, who knows, maybe D+ will be goldened tomorrow? (notforeshadowingnotforeshadowingnotforeshadowingnotforeshadowing)

[@KatsuTG]

Actual legend here

[@Ecl1psed276]

hi katsu, it's been a while lol

[@smacq6000]

holy. fucking shit. this is how you cement yourself as a legend, GGS!!!!!!!!