The History of Castlevania World Records

[@paperluigis2m371]

*"He didn't have enough hearts, which are currency for the Holy Water, to optimally beat the Cookie Monster."* - Summoning Salt, 2019.

[@bear5016]

this comment needs more bone boosts

[@luucvinky2194]

Sounds like a quote from some crazy crackhead down the street who thinks the government is run by aliens and lizards

[@honeybee9455]

700th like :)

[@AndyLifeInVideo]

This is the alternate lore I come for!

[@KaeYoss]

Also "Machine gun Cookie Monster strats"

[@falcn8865]

Speedrunning be like: "He discovered a trick that was immensely hard to pull off. It required ten angle perfect inputs, thirteen pixel perfect inputs, and alternating buttons every 60th of a second without pausing. It took place in the last minute of the run, and he had to be there on the perfect frame, which meant completely perfect play up to that point. Additionally, not only was his position required to be right, but his subpixel position, which takes too long to manipulate and is essentially RNG (7/3000 chance) had to be right as well. The trick involves unplugging your console from the controller, the monitor and the battery strategically to get a certain power flow, which if failed could electricute you; those inputs also had to be done within 1/60 of a second as well. In all, the trick saved around three tenths of a second. Obviously, it was worth going for it."

[@Tyranastrasza]

3/10th of a second could mean WR, so yeah, totally worth it ^^

[@Sl-by1ss]

Lmao, and don’t forget the chance of an overheat of the hands which could kill the whole run

[@falcn8865]

Of course, everyone goes for this if the viewers hit the bit goal. The money from that easily pays for medical bills.

[@SemanticV0id]

And then the record gets beaten two hours later.

[@Shadow_Witch]

@@Sl-by1ss Kill the whole run... and the whole runner.

[@topthog]

I came into this knowing nothing and halfway though I’m on the edge of my seat like “woah he got the world record with sub optimal stair positioning!? It really shows how much time you save by getting the fast cycle...’

[@Shiningforceking]

this, totally this.

[@bardw.1542]

This probably is his best-explained video, describing the stakes and exactly what happened to slowly push the record down each time a new WR was set.

[@emblemblade9245]

With so much frame perfect stuff in this run, just what is a TAS like? How much time can actually be saved beyond what they’re already doing?

[@HaHaHaHolowence]

@@4f52 Someone cannot shut up while typing on the Internet, since they are already in silence while commenting.

[@23impact47]

@@HaHaHaHolowence why start fights in a seemingly peaceful comment section. Say sorry to the guy and delete your account.

[@Alicia_Highwind]

"Imagine you're a speedrunner." Okay. "Named Tom Votava." Unrealistic, immersion broken.

[@Ender41948]

He had you in the first half, then lost you immediately. Luckily, I can totally imagine my name is Tom Votava. I'm pretty sure my birth certificate has *Could be Tom Votava as a PS.

[@kingd8232]

I've wanted to be a speedrunner named Tom Votava since I was a toddler.

[@Bokmoh]

I'm confused in the best way. 😂

[@mikeharris6429]

@@kingd8232 I used to be a Tom Votava but then I took a arrow to the knee.

[@BradsGonnaPlay]

@@mikeharris6429 bro???

[@Oatsngoats]

"Boosting wasn't allowed under Twin Galaxies rules" Twin Galaxies is on a different plain of existence I swear

[@tonycrazy88]

I became distrustful of Twin Galaxies since the cheating controversies (Billy Mitchell).

[@Oatsngoats]

@@tonycrazy88 Todd Fraudgers

[@joshuasalem5022]

tonycrazy88 They were always corrupt. They once gave Mitchell the DK record after showing a vhs tape of gameplay, it could have been anyone’s gameplay, could have been cheated, but they didn’t care, they gave the record to him Meanwhile Webie broke the high score 3 times and TG didn’t give him the record because “it wasn’t on the exact arcade cabinet they wanted” such BS

[@carmacksanderson3937]

@@joshuasalem5022 Yeah, I remember seeing a documentary about that (King Kong was its name, I believe). Hated Bitchell's and TG's guts after that

[@Alamyst2011]

@@tonycrazy88 Crazy. I became distrustful of of Twin Galaxies in 90 when they hired a known pedophile

[@vladamariutei9960]

You know shit's getting serious when you start saying framerules instead of seconds

[@choiyatlam2552]

And you know the run is getting ridiculous when it is talking about frames instead of frame rules!

[@GooBanana]

That's also when you realize that you no longer enjoy actually playing the game.

[@narobii9815]

sub frame pixel locations. #mariokart64

[@godricalberto5028]

my mind is like: Ahh shit here we go again

[@MrSpeedyAce]

Choi Yat Lam You know know know the run is getting serious when it is talking about pixel-perfect jumps.

[@QienjaLudus]

"The thing is... these drops aren't actually random" KNEW IT

[@acidraindrops6657]

DEW IT!

[@pauljb64]

This!

[@morthostalisint1720]

@@acidraindrops6657 THREW IT!

[@daysofthunder6110]

Pcs aren't capable of randomness

[@caritahearts2405]

Thats the best thing about speedrunning, manipulating the hell out of everything “random”.

[@plasmakitten4261]

Rules of speedrunning: 1. Never stop going towards the end, jump to avoid dying 2. Nothing is ever actually random, ever 3. Imagine you're waiting for the bus

[@juxoq]

Imagine that bus is determined by frame rules

[@giantclaw138]

And every 21 frames...

[@purplepyro8950]

the other 2 idiots that replied to this comment aint very smart lol

[@StarkMaximum]

That first rule is how I try to live my life. Never stop going towards the end. Jump to avoid dying.

[@kkmac7247]

Those are good ways to live your life in general lol

[@CadJuice]

Summoning Salt: "It's Known as a 'Frame Rule' " Me: *Spits Drink* "OH LAWD THE BUS IS BACK"

[@JavveRinne]

Thank you darbian for teaching me the big bus theory. How do you bold text? It looks cool.

[@thesterndragoon9159]

@@JavveRinne Enclose the text you want to change to bold in single asterisks. (*)

[@RetroPillowcase]

*bus schedule*

[@duffman18]

also to _italicize_ text put an underscore on both sides of the word

[@aszhara2900]

@Sandy Jones you mean that Neo Nazi that thinks whites are inherently superior to blacks?

[@mari-chan9799]

"You can only gain or lose time in increments of _ frames" Me brain, without hesitation: "IMAGINE A BUS"

[@double0mat]

can be a summoning salt video without a buss

[@double0mat]

cant*

[@jameswhite7859]

Matthew Xavier I wish I could give you reddit gold just died of laughter

[@FiMvisibl3]

Darbian's bus is the speedrunning equivalent of Schrödinger's cat for quantum mechanics.

[@BreakthroughGD]

Matthew Xavier Bismuth is my dad

[@ShoovShoovMan]

i love how Salt explained the frame-rule system with a train instead of a bus so SMB speedrunners won't get PTSD

[@Gorm70]

LMAO

[@danianix]

Still, SMB-Speedrunners references on the Schedule at 45:02

[@Glenno1982]

The frame-rule system is also in The Legend of Zelda, but at 4 frames: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3TYnGWKjdSBnsU

[@thunder7433]

wHAt FOuR wHELLed vehiCLE

[@N54MyBeloved]

Why did he censor the graphic of the train...?

[@ShengYu1995]

For anyone wondering as of 2021-01-01, the WR is back to kmac at 11m 21s 684ms. He accomplished this on the first day of 2021.

[@TheFredster32]

My favorite Castlevania runner!

[@sabbathjackal]

Sbd wolf just uploaded an 11:19

[@mikoni709]

SBD now has a 11:05

[@sjhsoccer]

Fucking how!? I can't even conceive that time

[@sabbathjackal]

@@sjhsoccer found a new glitch

[@buamp8186]

"He got a crit on the bat." "And the bat takes double damage" "And he was on the stairs, which does more damage" Ok now you're just making shit up.

[@ryanred1525]

The programmers were drunk OK this was the 90s

[@thespclflash456]

@@ryanred1525 80s

[@ryanred1525]

@@thespclflash456 ok But steel this only reinforces my point

[@fredk4745]

@@ryanred1525 but steel though.

[@ryanred1525]

@@fredk4745 Sorry I meant diamond

[@jacobwaller8711]

You know, one thing that I love about this channel is that I have no idea who this guy is on really any level, but that doesn't matter. This is my favorite channel on KZbin. But there's almost no personality to it, and there doesn't need to be. Like genuine unmatched levels of high quality content, without inserting his life or opinion into any of it. I think that just goes to show how amazing this channel is. Realistically, I don't care to, and I will probably never speedrun anything, but I don't need to. Everytime I see an upload from this channel, I get genuinely excited, and that hasn't happened in a very long time.

[@instinctivelychelsea2905]

If you watch other speedrunning channels you will actually start to see his personality but the lack there of in other speedrunning channel. His personality is completely here, editing the music that's all personal preference which is personality. Hes also a speedrune himself and broadcast on twitch where you get more personal but there's def personality here.

[@peter.g6]

@Instinctively Chelsea You don't have to defend Salt, I don't think OP meant he has no personality, but rather that his work is such high quality that it can live on it's own. That's probably the highest accolade a nerdy stuff can earn :) Oh, and apparently a New Year has passed while I was writing this comment. I don't care, stayed home this year to enjoy some peace and this video was the perfect companion. Happy 2020 everyone :)

[@overdosed5317]

@@peter.g6 i agree, i knew absolutely nothing about speedrunning but since i started watching this channel, not only do i respect and enjoy speedruns, i freakin love this channel, the way he talks, he edits the music and clips, even if it is 55mins i will fucking watch that, and i will definetely enjoy it :) Have a good day :)

[@LouisianaGirly]

This channel is one of my favorite.

[@shadowpod13]

Watch the Mike Tyson vids.

[@Nick-rx9gw]

And once every 3 months The salt is summoned And the people rejoice

[@PittsburghSonido]

Sandy Jones Why are people spamming this?

[@dougandrews3741]

@Sandy Jones cookie check?

[@sup3rbpk3r53]

I love this comment. it's so real.

[@warj.3577]

@Sandy Jones What does Nick Fuentes have to do with Castlevania?

[@izaiahwaters213]

Your still my favourite youtuber

[@el_spicerbeasto]

I'm 37 and I just discovered what speed running is. Castlevania was the first and only game I ever beat when I was a kid. At least a few dozen times. This video got me back into gaming. Thank you!

[@TheSektorz]

Everyone: *viagra* Me, an intellectual: _bone boost_ 45:37

[@sky4ce09]

boner booooooost

[@theboxcaradventurer1874]

'Alternative Bone'

[@FilmsYouHate]

@@theboxcaradventurer1874 'Tas Bone'

[@Slevana5]

@@FilmsYouHate Ken Bone

[@Serani.]

This comment made me realize the video is 55 minutes long

[@bobbobinson11]

I cannot emphasize how much I enjoy modern internet history.

[@thenightjackal]

watch Internet Historian's videos, they are so re-watchable.

[@planescaped]

It's crazy that shitposters on 4chan in the early interweb days are in their 30's now. There is nostalgia for those wild west days before social media blurred the lines between internet and reality...

[@kimgkomg]

@@planescaped you're just salty because you're 30 and I'm H

[@Rhannmah]

@@planescaped Pushing 40 now. We're still around, completely removed from social media, using the internet like we did in the 90's. Anonymously. Normal people flocked to social media to flaunt their lives for everyone to see, but not everyone feels the need for it.

[@morthostalisint1720]

I've always felt lucky to not care enough about social media to even know the difference between Face Book and Tweeter.

[@pathagas]

i would totally buy a “so imagine you’re at a bus stop” shirt.

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

then wear it at a bus stop

[@cwmd7651]

Yes please!

[@HYDEinallcaps]

Better idea; a bus stop with Mario and Simon waiting at it, and "Summoning Salt" being somewhere. Maybe the name of the street, or it's on an incoming bus.

[@curtisholsinger6023]

... damn it. I want this too.

[@Mars-pw4iw]

Bro he needs to make merch and sell that shirt

[@happymonkeyfish]

I love how James Rolfe coined the final boss as the cookie monster, and now that's just what it's called

[@joshshrum2764]

I know right, and mr salt just says it straightfaced, he probably cracks up in outtakes.

[@henotic.essence]

Thanks for reminding me to watch old AVGN videos🙏

[@mikemurphy5898]

Did he coin it the cookie monster boss? Or did he coin it the "wtf is this giant, glitchy f#@×ing pile of poodle sh!t, cheap piece of - why tf doesn't my controller work....AAAHGGH! Cookie monster looking bucket of zombie vomit?"

[@ismaelsantos5378]

@@mikemurphy5898 Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpfSZ5ulg5WDi9k

[@Spectrik]

@@mikemurphy5898 For some reason, I felt the need to check cuz I didn't remember the cookie monster joke in the original Castlevania avgn video, but it's there. 6:50, "but then... oh my god. What in the unholy name of ass is this fuckness? oh wait, that's not a word? well, it should be. So you fight the evil cookie monster."

[@shrimpwithagun5702]

Update for anyone who wants it: 2Snek took the record by milliseconds literally yesterday, finishing with 11:24.000

[@ExplosionsCentral]

1snek 2snek RedSnek BlueSnek

[@rogehmarbi]

That time, you can't really make that up

[@shellnut8224]

Update: 2Snek further lowered the record down to 11:22.533 - linked here kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpC6mICibJmWr7c - utilizing recently discovered critical hit setups for Medusa and Frankenstein's Monster, the latter of which makes the window for a critical hit as wide as 3 frames. For those who want to see the new setups, this link - kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6uWpnSMncapiqM - shows the new critical hit setup for the Medusa boss and this link - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJKkqKKBltWjh7M - shows the new 3 frame critical hit setup for Frankenstein's Monster.

[@thohangst]

We're just building better humans these days.

[@jc.1191]

Must of got the fast bone...

[@ciandoyle1620]

This dude be out here consistently making fantastic hour long documentaries

[@I_like_turtles_67]

These could be on netflix.

[@NineEyeRon]

These SHOULD be on Netflix

[@isaiah5794]

This should be a netflix series with new episodes every week

[@broran_]

Me: **has never played castlevania** Me, 55 minutes later: What a masterpiece of a game, and a video.

[@dontmindme5879]

About to be me now

[@ophi7016]

That’s basically me, except I played Castlevania like once years ago

[@cypher237]

I loved this game as a kid... It's hard, but fun to play... You should give it a try! 👍

[@sergio_jose]

Dude definitely check it out! All the nes and snes ones are incredible.

[@dan2562]

I was thinking I was going to think this before watching the video, and yes, now I believe Castlevania is a masterpiece, and I almost cried watching the video.

[@alyxlynch1981]

ah, so Mario takes a bus while Simon takes the train. glad to hear they're lowering their emissions

[@Mae-Muki]

@Is me ? Funky Kong

[@dpm2937]

@@Mae-Muki Nah Funky Kong takes the Flamerunner

[@RezaQin]

And they can go nowhere unless built by state or local government.

[@joshshrum2764]

He takes it to trainsuvania, hahahahaha.

[@thepizzagod420]

​@@dpm2937 🤦

[@selensewar]

"I cant dodge the medusa head because I'm too busy dodging the axe, I cant dodge the axe because I'm too busy attacking the knight, I cant attack the knight because I'm too busy dodging the medusa head!"

[@sidgar1]

FUUUUCCCCKKK!

[@kymion]

EEEEEEEHHHHHAAAAAAASSSSSSSS

[@dept-7443]

AAASSSSSSSSSS

[@shadowlucario7125]

RRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

[@Caz122]

FUUUUUUUUUUCCCK

[@BonnibelGrime]

Me who's never beaten Castlevania: Cmon bro, how do you get hit by that fire?

[@PaperCrane78]

Lol

[@bowieaz5]

I never beat this one either did all the others

[@Bokmoh]

🤣

[@Noraaxu]

I literally never knew i could be so interested in a topic i care so little about. Like I cant stand watching people speedrun games, yet somehow someone explaining how certain games are ran is the most entertainment i can find on this god forsaken website. Thank you for your amazing content. This was the best one yet.

[@YogSoth]

Is there anything better, in our modern age, than to fall down a KZbin rabbit hole and land on an esoteric masterpiece that you never would have sought out in a million years? So glad I stumbled across this. Subbed instantly and look forward to binging this channel in the next few days. What a world.

[@ryanred1525]

My KZbin recommendations feel like they’re drunk but they also have a IQ of 202

[@Oli.V]

The best example of this I ever got was when the algorithm recommended a nearly 2 hour long video about the fast pass system at Disney World that ended up being the most interesting KZbin video I have ever seen. I’ve watched it like 4 times, which is a lot given it’s length. Could not recommend more.

[@hellokittygaming42069]

@@Oli.V i know exactly what video you are talking about and i too have found it the same way. This is why i love youtube so much

[@TheJacklikesvideos]

reminds me of when i discovered the channel Technology Connections

[@theninjamaster67]

@@Oli.V Good ol Defunctland lol.

[@yvendous]

He's back to season our tasteless lives with speed running history

[@tylercorliss5052]

Yvendous boutta salt our tasteless lives when we needed him the most

[@Sandux930]

Hear ya hear ye

[@mikea5205]

Brilliant comment

[@julianmusanteyafar9565]

E

[@RSFoxGalassi]

My favorite part was when he did the being back

[@griffinblade]

"the knights infamously take nine hits to kill" AVGN hyperventilating somewhere

[@vooshoos]

thank you for commenting that.

[@HeyyItsDaleVODS]

Gold. Pure gold.

[@scribble71891]

AVGN raging about the knight was the first thing that came to mind when SS mentioned it. XD

[@banyarling]

Matei likely played and wrote those. R/Cinemassacretruth

[@Sillimant_]

@@banyarling you don't say! It's almost like it's a team project!

[@Jake-zk6qo]

Salt: mentions framerules Me: aw shit, here we go again

[@wrenpyle7098]

Jake bus time!

[@meezo9980]

goddamnit

[@mr.eeggbert1340]

I love the bus

[@FloppyDiisk]

He pulled a sneaky one on us by talking about trains.

[@Kyle_Schaff]

*Crabst* Wise Old M8

[@edicspaz]

Jaycee is a god among men, 10:45 today. How he knocks off TEN SECONDS off his PB is unbelievable. Near flawless run, hope he doesn’t stop, he’s pushed this game so far.

[@kristiansou3763]

There is no fucking way

[@eugeneevergreen3850]

2nd place isn't even close

[@DarthBane-zf8wv]

What tricks were found in the past year?

[@nesmandan1037]

@@DarthBane-zf8wv There is a staircase trick right after the crushers. It’s pretty game breaking

[@evansusmc]

No video of this posted yet?

[@herohalv4543]

When speed runs start getting down to individual framerules, you *know* things are about to get ridiculous

[@zoropks3465]

lolol

[@ethanmilne7917]

Super Mario bros runners know that feeling all too well

[@coldDrive]

Broke: Frame rule bus analogy. Woke: Frame rule train analogy. Can't wait for the 2020 Frame rule ferry analogy.

[@cypher237]

🚢 toot toot, lol ...

[@melee9183]

Planes

[@jpetras16]

automobiles

[@justinhanna9152]

This will not happen as trains are the best form of transport 🚂

[@mahbluebird]

Imagine you're waiting for a P L A N E

[@bradystafford7654]

Everybody’s gansta til Summoning Salt starts mentioning Framerules

[@Kazmahu]

I love how collaborative speedrunning is. Everyone is basically putting all their tech out in the open so that they can completely for execution on a level playing field. At most someone gets Behemothed now and then (see the Super Metroid video for context) but even then a surprise record from a strategy change is usually accompanied by a big form post inviting everyone else to try to new trick and push it to the limit. It's really such a wholesome competition.

[@Azure30]

52:49 you've made this music so synonymous with absolute victory I end up tearing up the second it plays, knowing I'm about to witness triumph

[@averysadcat4512]

I've only been watching this guy for a year but his intro sounds so nostalgic

[@alejandropinedarojas48]

You can thank HOME for that.

[@LordFartamor]

It's been about 2 for me, but same

[@adityavenkat9087]

I love how we watch this without playing the game and it is still interesting

[@PittsburghSonido]

Probably the best intro in all of youtube. No competition either.

[@YouGot2BeKitten]

I know this is gonna sound like some hipster shit but I found Salt looking for Punch Out videos before he ever started doing this series. It's still surreal to me that a guy I randomly found while going through Punch Out videos ended up making one of my favorite series on KZbin for the past few years.

[@werewolves779]

Me: so what's going to be the first record for today's episode? Like 2 hours? First record: 14.5 minutes Me: There's another 50 minutes left. This is going to get crazy.

[@nate-rs8090]

Record progression tends to have kind of an exponential curve to them unless there’s a new trick found from what I’ve seen.

[@Kropek13]

I have never done speedrunning or even played most of the games featured on the channel. I don't watch any speedrunning streams either. I'm not even interested in speedrunning. But I'm incredibly into the story anyway because you are so good at telling it. Keep up the good work my man.

[@picklenik9658]

Does anybody else find it kinda crazy coincidental that like 80% of the events listed in the video happened in just October?! Like does the spooky Halloween season just make runners better at the spooky monster filled Castlevenia games???

[@spark1400]

It’s actually a well known fact that playing Castlevania during S P O O K Y season gives you a 50% better chance of getting all the frame perfect tricks. Common speedrunning knowledge really.

[@PhiAce_0]

Double A speedrunner, can confirm, ton of speedrunners returning rn in spooktober

[@mozarteanchaos]

spooky season puts you in the mood to go faster in spooky game

[@michaelgiovinco8892]

I actually replay Castlevania, Symphony of the Night every October (best Castlevania game! play the Japanese version).

[@outtaideas849]

@@michaelgiovinco8892 I prefer AoS. SotN gets really easy lategame, while later games solve that issue

[@underthepale]

18:05 "Boosting wasn't allowed under Twin Galaxies rules..." Here ya go. Even before frauds like Billy Mitchell and Todd Rodgers made TG into an utter laughingstock, they were already a complete joke prior to that. I cannot even imagine how much damage they did to speedruns and superplays with their arbitrary and laughable rulings.

[@machineofadream]

So many games had weird rules like this early on, often courtesy of Twin Galaxies. I remember they didn't accept using the warp pipes at all for SMB1 100%, so you couldn't go into the pipe in 1-1 for example. So silly.

[@aidyplays1013]

it was actually 8:07. Nice comment though!

[@zoropks3465]

olol

[@Mushtaco]

I was literally thinking the same thing.. Twin Galaxies :^)

[@SmoothJK]

Imagine being on an immaculate run, then you accidentally boost, saving time...but your run is now invalidated. So stupid.

[@Its__Good]

"Congrats on beating Kmac's WR!" "I fear that all I have done is awaken a sleeping giant."

[@jasonviande5053]

Man I love how technical the old NES speedruns got over the years. Human ingenuity is truly an amazing thing.

[@Human-gu2cx]

Someone 3 years from now gonna be like “lol they don’t even have the mummy skip”

[@JazzyWaffles]

Probably not since beating the bosses is hard-coded, but a 1 cycle Drac? I could see it happening.

[@rocksy7156]

@@JazzyWaffles Almost like it was a joke o: crazy

[@dylanmoore6747]

This better be on r/agedlikewine

[@aiGeis]

@@rocksy7156 Not a witty, funny or original joke at that.

[@rocksy7156]

@@aiGeis A joke is a joke doesnt matter if it's good or not

[@AliceWithTheRainbow]

29:58 "Castlevania was getting to the point now where improvements were going to be extremely tough to come by" *Sees that there's still half the video* Ohhh boy. This'll be good.

[@RetroPillowcase]

Same thought

[@TheResidence.mp4]

This comment could not be more true

[@BloodDripss]

never before has a channel been so wholesome, so entertaining, memorable, and generally well made. i cant get enough of your videos man. please keep up the great work, it really gives me something to look forward to when i see a new upload from you!

[@KCzz15]

I highly recommend you check out Jon Bois, since you apparently have never watched anything he's ever made. In recent years he has moved the videos he does over to the SBnation channel, but he still has a bunch of stuff on his original channel too. Go watch "PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE 3: LONNIE SMITH. " and "The Bob Emergency: a study of athletes named Bob, Part I | Chart Party " to get a good taste of what I mean. Salt watches Jon Bois and it shows in his videos.

[@fractal_mind562]

I hope you look forward to the next vid, maybe in 2020 ?

[@gabrote42]

Also the rewatchability rivals AVGN's. He is marvellous

[@Charlie-hv3dh]

Couldn't of put it better!! I love his channel!!!

[@66Roses]

"Tom Votava took the game down in 14 and a half minutes." *2 MINUTES IN* Me: Oh I'm in for a treat.

[@parappathenoscoper5832]

Ah yes, my three special moves: fast bone, alternative bone and bone boost.

[@Val.Kyrie.]

Parappa the Noscoper sounds like a party.

[@dramawind]

I have a few different interpretations for what alternative bone might be

[@dadeleemurphy85]

what about the Clone Bone?

[@DavidMoSian]

Sans be like

[@Lovuschka]

My girlfriend's special move are similar, only with an "r" more at each, and only the first and third one.

[@Big_BossFOX]

*Someone gets World record* kmac: “Die Monster You Don’t Belong In This World!”

[@gigicestone4902]

"What is a speedrunner?!...A miserable little pile of exploits! but enough talk, have at you!!!"

[@emblemblade9245]

“I was brought here by streamers who wish to pay ME tribute!”

[@Soulraven2735]

"Maybe the same could be said of all World Records!"

[@ZanathKariashi]

@@emblemblade9245 Your Sub-count is as empty as your SOUL!

[@alisona.4166]

CASTLEVANIA IV GRUNT

[@JPTQJR]

You just know shit gets real when Frame Rule is being considered at running the game faster

[@RalFingerLP]

After watching this video, checking leaderboards: kmac 11m 21s 684ms NES 1 week ago Holy shi°t!!

[@piotr004]

The return of the King!

[@darthwisetheplagueis5869]

Damn! I knew he wouldn’t really retire, he just too good. Truly the king of Castlevania, unreal Anyone know his YT btw?

[@senshi01]

@@darthwisetheplagueis5869 Twitch kissmyafrocard

[@erentsen]

@@TheLiosoul No no no. Matt Turk is revealed to have had a sub 11 minute run back in the early 2000's through found video footage Matt Turk had in his garage. He casually brings it up and sends it to Summoning Salt to make a new video on.

[@krishonk7754]

remake of this video may have to happen soon, looks like

[@brxyann]

The fact that summoning salt still doesn’t have 1M subs should be a crime

[@millbrick]

nice

[@3264-m3b]

He'll get there, don't worry.

[@23impact47]

Takes a special low percentage of fucking nerd losers that likes this kind of shit. So I doubt it.

[@Takimeko]

@@23impact47 rip

[@23impact47]

@ I like you

[@novatare]

I've never played this game in my life, but I watched the entire thing and was thoroughly entertained all throughout. That's the mark of a good-ass KZbinr.

[@fibbed7131]

Indeed, the pure fact that over half of the games the great salt man has talked about I have never played. Yet im attached to my screen wondering what happened shows how underated this man really is.

[@zoropks3465]

lolo

[@paulk6399]

I prefer good ass-youtubers

[@koolaidmanextra2840]

Please play it

[@novatare]

@@koolaidmanextra2840 lol if I can find out how, I will.

[@schurgy16]

Me: Hears "Framerule" Me: No, not the bus. No, please. Summoning Salt: Shows picture of bus Me:*Screams* Summoning salt: ...imagine you're waiting for a train" Me: *Vietnam Flashbacks subside*

[@probablyintroduction]

That was my favourite episode

[@bigred9750]

What is the bus from?🤷‍♂️

[@azazel0074]

@@bigred9750 Mario speedrun history.

[@m.skittle9864]

Lol yeah

[@Psylent]

I felt this comment so hard

[@jackhumphries4692]

"the only thing worse would be if he tied it three times in a week" Huh, I wonder what's about to happen

[@QuiteDan]

When I found a pork chop hidden in a wall of my house, it was not beneficial to my health.

[@juxoq]

relatable

[@marqimoth6987]

@@juxoq wait so the pork in the wall isnt good?

[@K4499-p4h]

Lol

[@rede4348]

Someone: I hold Castlevania record Kmac: No.

[@foxao]

yes if he doesn't back.

[@emblemblade9245]

“You made this WR? I made this WR.”

[@ryanbishop7506]

Kmac: * Buggs Bunny meme * _My_ record

[@8834pogi]

Kmac: you fool, i have 70 alternative world records!!! You'll never know my fastest time!

[@TerriblyToldTales]

wow. Never have I been so hooked for nearly a whole hour on something I’ve had no previous interest in. These are incredibly high quality - not too dissimilar of that of a documentary. Thank you, Salt - keep up the great content!

[@renanmarcilio4677]

I know, right? I was watching one of his older videos and my mom asked "are you watching a documentary?" My response was "...it's kinda a documentary, actually..."

[@travistasharski8137]

For real, all of his videos are top quality and interesting.

[@guyinaroom7771]

Current WR is 10m 41s 733ms by trisk 29 days ago as of 17.05.2024 below is his description: "He made it! He made it!" - Engywook " "Believe" - Ted Lasso" - Trisk I finally got it :). Thanks everyone who joined and helped along the way. I'm really really happy with the run. It was incredibly tough to get, but it is also beatable. The biggest gap is the missed bat crit (3.5 seconds lost). We got the slower 7-1 boost. We also had an unlucky bone in level 5. The cookie fight can also be improved. There are more scroll glitches....

[@MrRyamEros]

This should get more notice! Bump this comment to the top!!!

[@alexquittner3466]

SBDWolf currently holds WR now, at 10:38.950

[@azulcrescent715]

The salt summons and I arrive. Also, the bus is now a train.

[@renanmarcilio4677]

Soon it will be a plane

[@mr.eeggbert1340]

@@renanmarcilio4677 soon it will be a space ship

[@donutboi6187]

Soon it will be a Intergalactic Chicken Nugget

[@arbetor12]

@@donutboi6187 soon it'll be an intergalactic rodent

[@Cam_J]

Soon it will be a cybertruck

[@BroadwayBrittany]

Summoning Salt: “And then...he did this.” Me: *munching on snacks* “Tell me what he did, boo.”

[@leon-zt7wu]

He gamed

[@dramawind]

@@leon-zt7wu and shidded

[@majedz5407]

he doesn't even need to talk about it THE SPEEDRUNNERS DO ALL THE RUNS GODF&&&&INGDAMMIT

[@bread_dawg]

@@dramawind and fard

[@thepurplemudkip9998]

@@bread_dawg and peeded

[@Its__Good]

"Being on the stairs causes more damage." Well - you do have the high ground!

[@thepurplemudkip9998]

ok obi-wan

[@Sl-by1ss]

Lol

[@BobMarley-vj3ol]

Darth Vader will remember that

[@LorianandLothric]

Speedrunners have a 6 word vocabulary "Fuck" "Holy shit" "Oh my God"

[@bizichyld]

You forgot “‘bout fuckin’ time!”

[@malegirlboss]

'Insane'

[@artemiskearney8019]

and the rarest but most important, "wait, what?"

[@ThePageofCups]

"Hello?"

[@nmcdermott63]

Hey summoning salt I don’t know if you will see this but I just wanted to say thank you each one of your videos are the definition of quality over quantity and each video is almost an hour long I know you must put in a lot of work for each video so I just wanted you to know we the fans appreciate it can’t wait on the next video ! :)

[@Neltharak]

"Thanks in part to a mechanic used by many NES games : The framerule system" Ah shit, here we go again

[@CominUpMillhouse]

All we had to do was wait for the damn train, CJ

[@quadpad_music]

So imagine there's a bus...

[@SBDWolf]

Dude, incredible documentary as always! You never fail to impress me with how consistently good these are. I didn't know you were working on this world record progression either, the other runners kept their mouths shut on it lol. So imagine my surprise, waking up to see this. It has definitely become one of my personal favorites of yours. Keep it up, you're doing a terrific job and a huge service to the speedrunning scene.

[@mrincodi]

7:56 “Boosting” shown in sync with the music. That’s why I love this channel.

[@masteranton5660]

Everyone: holy water is for losers wtf is this cheating Castlevania speedrunners: *With the power of Jesus I am invincible*

[@FelipeSS98]

Every player: Bigger whip better whip Speedrunners: *I beg to differ*

[@ghah5701]

"Boosting wasn't allowed under Twin Galaxies Rules..." no-fun-allowed.jpg

[@bryceschug486]

TG has always been a little full of themselves. They banned a glitch in Zelda OOT even though it didn't actually work the way they thought it did.

[@SvendleBerries]

Ah Twin Galaxies, the epitome of honesty and fairness :D At least thats what Billy Mitchell and Todd Rogers would say.

[@redrix1787]

Yeah TG is just... Bad, they're hypocritical and overall barely even do their job right.

[@troymacdonald6197]

They literally just want to have runs titled with (Twin Galaxy Ruleset) for their own ego

[@diodamke1007]

It's not even a glitch. Were they so anal about having people play the iNteNDeD wAY they wouldn't even let runners use normally harmful mechanics to their advantage?

[@StamperOSRS]

Me: hasn’t played or thought about this game since I was a child Summoningsalt: This, is the 2 cycle Dracula fight Me: I CANT BELIEVE IT THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Hartful13]

2021 Update: kmac came back out of retirement, and got a WR 11:20 6 months ago, only to have that beaten in the same month by shockra_tease at 11:13 and then 2 months later by SBDWolf at a time of 11:05. Could we get Sub 11? Anything is possible.

[@justh1nkin194]

3:31 “it’s pretty well known how overpowered the holy water is” Me: *immediately thinks of how many times I died to simons holy water to f smash*

[@N12015]

I can say that Holy Water in Ultimate is much like the one from Castlevania: When hit an enemy, this one is stunned while receiving damage, unable to do any damage to you, making them easy to kill or run away from. He even said that indirectly in 3:45. On a side note, their down-air is much like boosting in those games, in the sense of boucing if you hit an enemy.

[@jeremybrink3058]

@@N12015 I know this is late, but I've been labbing an optimal speedrun for a three time zero to death in smash. I'm using richter though, so hopefully the run is allowed.

[@couldntthinkofaname2403]

JusTh1nkin pk fire but better, less used, and without some annoying kid squealing the name of the attack while doing it

[@HonkeyKongLive]

That opening music sting just puts me in a great mood every time.

[@firegodmc1080]

Home hits different when it's in a SummoningSalt video

[@GizerPlay]

The way he connects his intro speach with that particular song is just awesome

[@bradystafford7654]

firegodmc10 On God

[@Blueflag04]

Relaxing tune

[@srv524]

​​@@firegodmc1080what's the name of the song again? We're finally landing?

[@squeegie]

45:00 You know it's getting serious when Summoning Salt mentions frame rule.

[@tonik2558]

KZbin REEALLY wants me to watch this video. For the fourth time apparently. I went through my google account history, and I've somehow watched this video 3 times already. Never searched for it. It just keeps getting recommended because it's such an epic video. I've given this video a like 9 months ago.

[@iwouldprefernotto4381]

Hey KZbin here, it’s time for your fifth watch of this video, please comply by the end of this month. Thank you!

[@Laughability]

Someone: *wants record* Kmac: *im about to ruin this mans whole career*

[@koopakape]

I love that you're showcasing and focusing in on the fact that even on these major record-breaking runs, there's all these mistakes and room for obvious further optimizations that make it plain as day the record could drop even further and that someone's going to eventually come and do that, or the record-breaker themselves will refine the run further. It really makes you think about so many current standing records for so many games that have those same things and are waiting to be refined further by passionate players.

[@Katiedid2040]

Drop everything, it’s Summoning Salts time

[@greenmaillink]

@Aramaru 1837 I had a paper to write!

[@danwatts9537]

55 minutes too!!

[@darkfleetawaysonic]

You know it my dude.

[@emerald3616]

Let’s go!

[@able.]

Finally let’s go bois

[@totowhoa2011]

The world record is now at 10:55 by jay_cee, and he has a ten second lead on second place (SBDWolf). Wild! Hope we get a follow up to this video one day

[@TurkeyFry11]

How in the heck did he break the 11 minute barrier?!

[@ProjectRedfoot]

@@TurkeyFry11 apparently he's at 10:45 now

[@YEETUSDAFEETUS]

@@ProjectRedfoot now imma have to see if anybody or Jay himself has pushed it further

[@helloofthebeach]

It's so adorable that Twin Galaxies banned damage boosting.

[@floivanus]

But CP, MAME, lying about even doing runs and entering your own records was perfectly fine

[@rachael5300]

Good thing cheating and lying wasn't banned!

[@edwinharbauer2260]

You’re not allowed to let the opponent hit you at certain times lol

[@modest1989]

@@edwinharbauer2260 that is rather insane when you call it what it actually is hah

[@mikepurvis5979]

Macaulay Culkin: “You know what I’m going to do after this? I’m gonna take care of my back-I’m gonna take a hot bath. I have a video queued up: the history of Castlevania, the Nintendo game. It’s fifty-five minutes long, and that’s the perfect bathtime amount of time. I’m gonna stretch my back out, kiss my animals, and go to sleep with my lady. I’m a man of really simple pleasures.” www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a30680749/macaulay-culkin-interview-life-now-after-home-alone-2020

[@bilbo1778]

I think they likely slightly misquoted him. He probably said "the history of Castlevania *speedruns* " & the interviewer and/or editor not knowing shit about video games or speedrunning culture allowed "speedruns" to pass through both ears...

[@mikepurvis5979]

Oh yeah, that's my interpretation. What other video is there out there about Castlevania that's 55 minutes long? In any case, it's fun that Salt has an IRL celebrity follower.

[@bilbo1778]

@@mikepurvis5979 Mack is a legit nerdy gamer. I was watching a vid he was in with the Red Letter Media guys and he pulled out a reference to the mid-90s FMV hell adventure game The Ripper (which included a memorable over the top "performance" by Christopher Walken). Dude seems cool as hell to hang with

[@verisimuli]

It was probably this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqG2fIGQr7h5oJo

[@modest1989]

@@verisimuli you have broken my heart

[@jordanfry5138]

I can't help but love JC. He's just so expressive and happy, he seems like a super cool dude.

[@Happysnookerball]

He totally is, and his community is great. You should check out his channel =)

[@ryanmcgee9246]

I’ve been watching your videos for a few weeks and I think it’s insane the amount of time and effort you have put into these. I don’t usually subscribe to channels but I had to drop one for this.

[@Gloria_YuYu]

We want the ICarly 2 world record progression.

[@Norweeg]

I’m torn between that and Bookworm Adventures Deluxe.

[@destinyvoltaire]

@@Norweeg I unironically love bookworm adventures deluxe and would love to see that.

[@thatoneguy9582]

American Dad

[@ReverendTed]

It disappoints me to no end that it's called the Frame Rule and not "The Frame Train".

[@VVheeli]

Petition to now change the term.

[@refraggedbean]

Just use it and it may catch on eventually

[@fubu72]

[In the most serious sounding, documentary-like voice] "Then, to fight the Cookie Monster."

[@xDanKaix]

I've watched most of your videos multiple times but just noticed the names of the stops when you explained the frame rule system and I got a good chuckle. It's tiny details like those that often go overlooked that really make your videos special.

[@RamatiKat]

Someone: *takes WR* Jmak: I see you have chosen death.

[@big_egg953]

Ah yes my favourite Castlevania speedrunner, Jmak

[@brianbethea3069]

@@big_egg953 I really wish Kmac would get into castlevania, it'd be crazy to have a runner whose name rhymes with the legendary Jmak.

[@Bung-ms9jc]

But we all know kmac has nothing on jmak

[@jacksoniansonex9235]

Oh heck I just commented this. I'm sorry I promise I didn't steal.

[@haseebkhan3673]

Your documentary style of these videos is so good, love the mirrored intro/outro music, your commentary, how you build suspense, highlighting the runs that were close but failed, and how you sometimes just show the gameplay with text explaining things instead of saying anything. You blend that all so well! I've never played half the games you've talked about nor have I ever followed speedrunning but I'm always hooked with these. Thanks for the channel!!

[@mafiousbj]

1:57 Damn those fake credits after beating the game with "Vram Stoker" and "Christopher Bee" (and let's not forget James Banana) made me go into a deep dive read of Christopher Lee's life. What a fascinating man with so many talents. Nice speedrunning video too!!! ^^

[@TurnTheIron]

For anyone wondering, Kmac just got the world record again today!

[@MannaiaOscura]

Are you serious?

[@Bokmoh]

@@MannaiaOscura yup

[@MannaiaOscura]

@@Bokmoh but i can't find footage D:

[@lunalovespie]

Update: Kmac is in 2nd after SBDWolf got an 11:19. These guys are insane

[@MannaiaOscura]

@@lunalovespie thats actually crazy

[@g4lovesyou]

Never stop using Home as an intro song it always gets me stuck watching your amazing videos

[@maskedfoxx7173]

"Imagine a train leaves the station every 16 frames" But where's the bus!???

[@BEEEELEEEE]

The bus leaves every 21 frames, the train leaves every 16.

[@kayorego6420]

@Nicholas Nieves me to bro... Me to... XD

[@alexlogan202]

Why'd i have the bowl bart, why'd i have the bowl

[@bryal7811]

"Thank you for watching" Thank YOU for making these!

[@HiAdrian]

Thank you for defeating Skeletor!

[@buckmeat]

Thank you AGAIN, Salt. Can't get enough of these

[@katawatenshu]

"boosting wasn't allowed under twin galaxies rules" just in case you wondered about the quality of twin galaxies

[@coobk]

todd rodgers.... and that other guy... Twin Galaxies wasnt very credible in the beginning

[@krism.6598]

Yeah, but I miss referee Grandpa. Walter Day or whatever his name was.

[@eeyuup]

Nearly every time it's "x strat wasn't allowed by Twin Galaxies" And then people just decide to allow it which leads to some crazy displays of skill.

[@nekroz_of_super_dora3477]

Twin Galaxies: “You can’t do that trick.” SDA: “Ok boomer”

[@Jeffmetal42]

Funny how boosting wasn't allowed by them, but they certainly allowed bribing. Never trust a man with a mullet.

[@auswamis]

Whenever that intro music plays I feel like the boundaries of a mysterious new frontier is being pushed.

[@melancholiaenshrinesalltriumph]

"Summing Salt's videos are important historical documents and belong in the Library of Congress." - Patt Sajak

[@cwmd7651]

Yeah, these would be a great history lesson

[@narhwallord6985]

The record is now at a 10m45s. With the second place record being a 11m05s. Damn, they must have found some HUGE saves

[@dex-6712]

scroll glitch coming in clutch