4-2: The History of Super Mario Bros.' Most Infamous Level

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[@fernbedek6302]

“This method was, of course, humanely impossible.” ->starts waiting to hear who figured it out.

[@bain8renn]

bruh

[@astra8308]

Dude every time

[@goldenpony3460]

People in my third world country in the 90s showed me

[@broly1059]

"This method was impossible" Speedrunners: Hold my 20 frame perfect inputs, 1/1mil chance, and thousands of resets.

[@vinchen3025]

It was 420blazit

[@LuiZ-jy1pi]

"this guy's name was ex ex four twenty blaze it ex ex" I chocked laughing because of how nonchalantly he says that

[@danielcastillo591]

Hey, the guy is a hero _Press "F" to sh-_

[@artificialavocado9652]

He forgot to throw a “69” in there for good measure

[@Sryth]

@shannabits gaming and more saying toxic is toxic

[@zeikjt]

(edited) ✓ chocked ❌

[@evatestunit2983]

not funny, didnt laugh

[@DMaster81]

I remember being like 7 years old in the late 80s and my neighbor telling me he beat Mario in 8 minutes. I thought he was totally full of it until I saw him do it, and I thought he was a video game god at the time

[@snook.1]

Was his named xx 420 blazit xx?

[@snakezillam5445]

LIAR MAIRO DID NOT COME OUT IN THE 80S AND U DO NOT PUT PERIODS AT THE END OF YOUR SANTANCES SO U ARE 2 YAERS OLD>

[@Mixantropaz]

@@snakezillam5445 dude what?

[@snakezillam5445]

@2kool 4skool You're*** IDIOT. AND IT'S NOT "iTs" IT'S IT'S

[@snakezillam5445]

@2kool 4skool OH AND NYC**** IDOTIIT

[@VanessaVersus]

"Oh yeah, you might not know what a frame rule is" Do not recite the ancient texts to me, witch

[@CastafioreOnYoutube]

I was there when it was written.

[@lambachurro8790]

lmao the wii sports boxing music really shaped the climax there, "Oh yeah, you might not know what a frame rule is" *loses boxing match*

[@hetakey227]

I listen for the Frame rule every video for this game. Cause its in every one lol

[@blobs2635]

@@hetakey227 Videos on 8-4 il?

[@iamnutty8471]

do you know frame rule on ntsc vs pal differnence? i think not!

[@jameswax6876]

If someone had told me this morning that I'd spend 20 minutes watching a video on Super Mario Bros. level 4-2, I would have thought they'd been eating mushrooms

[@XraynPR]

yea and in the end it turns out you just have to 420_blazit

[@TheArcadeDad]

You’re totally right about that. I still play this game but have never tried a speed run I had no clue that this level posed such an issue to so many lol

[@kama2106]

WolveOfWar13 i think that those from this realistic one

[@anikeimushoniikitaidesuka8113]

James Wax wait...this is a 20 minute video?! HOLY SHIT!! I thought it was only 2 minutes

[@G4LCTC]

I grew up eating mushrooms 😃

[@glassjoe1677]

"and it was all thanks to a guy called 420blazit" God I love the internet

[@hatennafromhoenn]

Ironically "42" is in the guy's name (4-2)

[@gatorz8610]

It's Blaziken no 420

[@warrenpeace5537]

Hehe, 669 likes

[@thatonemuffin4570]

N i c e

[@takigan]

@@hatennafromhoenn And also ironically, "blaze it", aside from the obvious drug-related usage, can also mean to *blaze* through the level super fast. "Blaze through 4-2 --> 42 Blaze it --> 420blazit"

[@Celebriedad]

Year 2487: super Mario wr is at 2' 35", speedrunners discovered how to harvest gravitational waves to distort space-time and take them to 8-4 with just the right input and the appropiate subpixel count on screen 2 of level 4-2. Some sites claim that it is relative if this trick is actually slower or faster, though.

[@l.pietrobon3925]

Not too far from reality. In a Mario 64 race apparently a fucking ROGUE PARTICLE FROM OUTER SPACE changed ONE bit in the coding and made Mario jump like 30 meters. Look it up.

[@arfansthename]

Well, Kosmic's great-grandson was the holder.

[@jeffman3]

@@l.pietrobon3925 TTC upwarp ftmfw

[@BettersonMcgee]

this trick was discovered by Xxx_AssFucker12369_xxX

[@Opanker_]

@Tristan Postance Thats the Savestate Speedrun

[@nickf.747]

Salt: "Oh yeah, you might not know what a framerule is." Me: (starts vibrating so fast in anticipation that I nearly clip through my chair)

[@xxthedeathlordxx3208]

literally what i did

[@Grace-fh8ec]

B U S

[@lethalgeek]

My child self waiting for Mario 3 to finally come out for MONTHS

[@Josh4u_]

Glad to know we have heros like Superman, Batman, and xx_420_blazit_xx to save the day

[@jimirio4191]

Round of applause for a true hero of gaming.. xx_420_blazit_xx

[@Saif-zf9vb]

Lmfao rediculous

[@metamech7383]

lmao

[@jc.1191]

Matt Turk and Arcus are better than batman and superman.

[@alaeriia01]

Batman isn't a hero, he's a dick. Spider-Man, now there's a hero.

[@Xeoffee]

**hits blunt** "What if I jumped before glitching in the wall?"

[@adrianlovic6486]

Xeoffee Lol

[@mistalemontrout8659]

*Glitches through the wall* Yo where I get this blunt from doing something to my damn vision

[@redshift1976]

Men Who Stare At Goats

[@850are2]

Hahahahah

[@samnieves8158]

underrated comment

[@half-hazard8903]

". . . most people simply ignored this wall clip method . . . but not 420_blazit." I laughed.

[@MacMac1313]

Julian Bambaci drop the " B " on words that do not apply. Are you a blood ??? Either way, it doesn't matter. Nobody is banging in here.

[@madeformario]

Christian Fernández Woooooooooosh

[@parappatherappermaniac6338]

Julian Bambaci Soooo your on drugs?

[@madvilliany1692]

Parappa The Rapper Maniac r/whoooooosh

[@parappatherappermaniac6338]

Julian Bambac ???

[@nelsondestefano3007]

one of the funniest things I learned from this series is that twin galaxies outlawed glitches and considered them "cheating" when twin galaxies themselves are infamous for being complete cheats

[@Gadzooki]

Screw twin galaxies.

[@Mousyy]

@@Gadzooki Their new management doesn't seem to be too bad, theyre going after people like Billy Mitchell for their compulsive lying and devaluing their brand so there may still be a slight glimmer of hope for their future.

[@kalestars5104]

xx_420_blazeit_xx His name is 420.. and he succeeded in found the way for 4-2. A true legend.

[@agenthappypotato868]

He is TheLegend420

[@thecommonfool2110]

He found da wae

[@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind]

Ivan Holy shit, I was thinking just that lol

[@kqawiyy]

Kale Stars and the answer to the universe is 42...

[@tev5040]

Its the meaning to life not answer to the universe... sorta the same but also not the same.

[@noopbloop5051]

I feel like I'm watching some sorta unsolved mystery documentary.

[@no_nameyouknow]

Yeah, this dude has a talent for making these videos. He is clearly passionate but also has a flair for the dramatic that can make something as simple as a slightly better time in mario seem epic.

[@andreshernandez06]

Charlie Ricker but you can’t make a documentary about unsolved mysteries and say ex ex 420 blaze it ex ex

[@adamlevin9783]

That’s weird because this mystery was clearly solved.

[@Gamer-uf1kl]

It isss

[@isanarditama]

Like watching font fxxk with cats documentary

[@fierifipor]

I expected this to end with the narrator as an old man explaining “And how do I know all this? Because I AM 420 blazeit”

[@TheKnightOfSmite]

top ten greatest anime reveals of all time

[@justincredible5414]

Would've been epic

[@manualLaborer]

Roger: **I** was that baby!

[@jesseforbes6637]

You currently have 420 likes lmao

[@fierifipor]

Jesse DUUUUUDE

[@skilless935]

Can we just get an F for that middle goomba in the beginning who gets stomped on *every single time?*

[@ustpcz9739]

F

[@nogoat]

F

[@seniorshrek6197]

F

[@lightwhited47]

lowercase f cause goombas are trash

[@timmygornik7131]

f

[@Alto_C]

"Oh yeah you might not know what a framerule is." Ah shit, here we go again.

[@devcron7041]

Imagine a bus...

[@alansmith4655]

Shut the fuck up and enjoy it. Quality content.

[@apollough2700]

so imagine a bus

[@EchoesOfArson]

So imagine a bus...

[@haji6886]

@@alansmith4655 he's kidding calm down

[@victikirby15]

Only SummoningSalt could make a 20 minute video on a single level from Super Mario Bros

[@arcengal]

Or half of one. Not that the second half of the level is relevant in context, but still...

[@giorgiofenu5563]

victikirby15 *and make it interesting

[@nombreapellido586]

AverageTrey talking for 1 hour about sms any% and make it interesting

[@johnsimon8457]

arcengal the second half is just execution that any skilled casual player will do, exploits in level exit loading zones that may as well be TAS only are on a whole different level

[@maxsilva4674]

And it totally worth it!!!

[@mattlandry]

"The voices of a hundred Andrews that were active just a minute before...now didn't say a word" I love that writing haha

[@JUNKO____]

It honestly gave me goosebumps, even though it's about speedrunning SMB, that's quality writing.

[@agiar2000]

14:07 for reference

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[@UNIPIXEL]

"4-2 is a such a small stage tho, was there really anything else you could squeeze out of it?" a 20 minute video

[@THEOLL23muyen]

Lol

[@Greenguy60]

Over a decade of hard work was solved by a guy named xx_420_blazzit_xx Amazing

[@nofmcgoff3307]

And people say drugs are bad...

[@Ilkanar]

Right? xD

[@MLGRDR]

A surprise for sure, but a welcome one.

[@JoeCnNd]

One of those pothead epiphanies.

[@izabellasonier7444]

I think he made that name because he found the glitch. 420 blazzit 4-2 blaze it

[@jesse_cole]

This is the one winning scenario Dr Strange was talking about

[@humblebugg5270]

This deserves more liked

[@victorespino5650]

Lol

[@jdogzerosilverblade299]

hahaha the one winning one tho was knocking that moron out then taking the gotlet. tbh that was the one scene that pissed me off out of everything else. 1 tiny little thing with such a bs way of losing. i mean they literally went over the dont get mad part with him AND HE STILL GETS MAD. should have knocked him out and did the plan without him.

[@riahlexington]

I love this comment.

[@Ismail-hd4yz]

Hahahhahaha, just wanted to laugh

[@BananaSlayer_]

xx_420_blazit_xx More like xx_ *_4-2_* 0_blazit_xx

[@someguyidk6849]

...

[@frogchip6484]

BananaSlayer nice one

[@danbanasik2212]

Mind... blown

[@peo9741]

*h i l a r i o u s*

[@computertutorials1286]

Huh, neat.

[@branscombe_]

I thought you were going to say “That was until one guy had enough... and that guy was... Matt Turk”

[@GoDzJtFr]

"Turns out Matt Turk had discovered this trick a decade earlier and he set a record that beat the TAS using it"

[@saltbutsport]

Turk actually was a top tier SMB speedrunner in the 2000s. You can still see his time up on Twin Galaxies

[@jc.1191]

@@GoDzJtFr Then Hotarubi beats it and Mario 2 right after just to show off and get the record.

[@denishristov92]

50 years later: Kid: Grandpa, what was your greatest achievement? Grandpa: I jumped through a wall in Super Mario!

[@MaskMcGee]

but that means these nerds got laid, so impossible.

[@AgniFirePunch]

Imagine your grandpa just busts out the NES and beats mario in 5 minutes

[@Riyu-san]

What a sad future itll be where no one appreciates that lol

[@jayrex690]

I still have the user name xx_420_blazit_xx

[@_marshP]

If he just says"One time I jumped through a wall to be the fastest"

[@nobodyimportant4778]

Oh magic conch shell. What do i need to do to clip into the brick wall? "Nothing."

[@rickgutierrez6328]

The conch has spoken

[@fi4re]

"Can I get a fast 4-2?" "No." "Can I get a fast 4-2?" "No."

[@tjgriffiths6856]

David Szeto can’t you say anything but no?

[@yazenamer4079]

@@tjgriffiths6856 Try asking again.

[@tjgriffiths6856]

Yazen Amer Can I get a fast 4-2?

[@tubebrocoli]

One aspect that wasn't touched upon: all fast 4-2 methods hit the vine block, even though they don't climb it. This is to despawn the piranha plant that grows on the pipe you have to enter. So many little things come together to make this stage as fast as it is.

[@mikespearwood3914]

Thanks for explaining that. I was wondering why they kept doing it if they didn't intend to climb the vine.

[@MrMarinus18]

You have to do that anyway to get the game to load the warpzone.

[@WannaKnowMyName]

marinus18 No, as seen in the first attempts, the warp exists whether the vine exists or not.

[@jaythirt2039]

Chill lmao

[@fov1469]

this is because the game can only have so many hitboxes on the screen at the same time

[@jennifercheung6464]

10:30 ‘oh yeah you might not know what a framerule is’ Ah sht here we go again

[@alex2005z]

So imagine a bus...

[@gorillajuice5272]

Please don't stop making videos like this. I know it takes alot of work and research and it is very much appreciated. This is by far imo, some of the most interesting gaming content to watch on KZbin. I get excited every time I see a new entry. Great job man.

[@infinitetyme7478]

I honestly thought you said Stop making vids like this

[@ytsejam58]

Isn't it Ironic that so many people have spent so much time and effort trying to find a shortcut..... to save time?

[@soufianeelhammaoui2504]

So underrated

[@lhmw2288]

__[=) _|■■/_ yeaaa i know right

[@MrCmon113]

No. It's not.

[@blushingbunny3074]

noble? Impressive for sure.

[@firstyoutubeaccountmade]

sound at 10:35 pls

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

Man, the fact that you can get as granular as to spend 20 minutes talking about on ONE stage and still have it be interesting and engaging is a real testament to your quality. Great work as always, bud :)

[@tommykarrick9130]

That part with (spoiler) Andrew G suddenly being able to do that block clip that wasn’t supposed to be humanly possible It just gave me the vibe of an anime character suddenly realizing they’re far more powerful than they realized

[@astra8308]

AND THIS.. IS TO GO.. EVEN FURTHER…. BEYOND!!!

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

Sadly, that video is no longer available, and the videos of speedrunners from 2021 doing this trick will just receive a "Meh..." from the audience.

[@tommykarrick9130]

@@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn I hate that, why do so many people just delete their videos because it didn’t get a lotta views

[@trilloff]

"Glitches are not allowed" Those other things are NOT glitches?!

[@walugusgrudenburg3068]

Welcome to (previous) Twin Galaxies, where cheating and forgery are allowed, and even some glitches, but not other glitches!

[@user-vu5jx9hl8s]

@@walugusgrudenburg3068 facts.

[@snbeast9545]

I believe the specific rule was "no out of bounds", which, if you like trivia, lead to an infamous situation in an OoT run where one ref said a barely oob trick was okay but another ref took the time down.

[@PolarBailey]

@@snbeast9545 that is speed demos archive. TG was no glitches period.

[@julianbufarull7602]

I can't imagine how odd the true "glitches" for them must be.

[@greenzie7099]

I got recommended this video by. KZbin again 4-2nately

[@sweatypiranha]

best comment I've seen in a while, that gave me a good chuckle

[@Sky-zo1kp]

@@sweatypiranha true

[@mrincodi]

Fordashtunately?

[@wiIdirishroses]

Actually good original comment.

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

Ba dum tsh

[@thetrickyitch7179]

This video and topic should be meaningless and boring, but I swear this is one of the most fascinating videos I've seen on YT. Thank you for sharing all of this 4-2 history.

[@okilol5599]

could be solved with a neural network in few days lol

[@wackyduck3]

Perfectly said

[@Superradbadcadet]

Thank you xx_420_blazit_xx for everything.

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

The subject matter sure is mundane and boring but fuck, the human ingenuity involving is admirable. If the same people actually put the same amount of effort into Science We'd be colonizing Mars

[@garchauro]

The video is great because its narrative and corresponding speech style are excellent.

[@ONeil_is_here_]

Imagine being an actor excited to play your first role in hollywood and character you're playing is named "xx_420_blazeit_xx" lmao 😂

[@ScTiger1311]

"Oh no my 5 minute speedrun was ruined" Werster: "You wanna talk about misery"

[@StutterStepSteven]

Werster is a soldier in all honesty

[@engineerheavy1344]

What is a werster?

[@SilverFox7]

Engineer Heavy he is a speedrunner who always seems to find shiny Pokémon on his Pokémon speed runs. If you don’t play Pokémon, a shiny Pokémon is a Pokémon who is a different color than normal, has an 8000 chance of appearing, and has a special animation that takes up unnecessary time on your speedrun

[@LieseFury]

Werster runs games that are almost 100% dice rolls. If he gets mad, he deserves it for expecting anything out of such RNG-heavy games.

[@ceedott]

Engineer Heavy he’s generally a Pokémon speed runner and has lots of hilarious RNG moments all throughout. The dude gets crazy lucky or crazy unlucky

[@stumbling]

"I felt a great disturbance in the run, as if a hundred Andrews cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."

[@Brandon-zh5kx]

This sounds like some kind of star wars shit

[@zacvee7255]

That’s exactly what it is.

[@stevenbodnar4559]

this wins the internet

[@Daniel_Huffman]

Just to note, I am the 400th like....and part of my address is 401. Before they were named, the RMS _Olympic_ was known as *Ship 400* and the RMS _Titanic_ was known as *Ship 401.*

[@WilliamAndrews0]

"You cant Wrap around the screen, that is a glitch! You have to use the regular way to manipulate the sub pixels, to walk through a wall to get pushed forwards by the bricks to load the wrong exit-zone when entering a pipe on the correct pixel"

[@usernametaken017]

@Werst but you beed to wall clip in speedruns...

[@silverstarofsootclan7507]

@Werst also, wasn't the majority of the wall clipping used in speedruns after twin galaxies was no longer the main place? If so, it wouldn't really matter either way

[@p.g.v.3765]

@Werst i dont think the developers intended to be able to go to the wrong exit zone by manipulating your pixel position on the screen

[@ValkyrissaGaming]

Haha back jumps go bump

[@umair5602]

how are people this bad at comprehension. it is clearly a glitch, runners just don't care about glitches any more

[@ryanm7263]

I can remember when beating Bowser and saving the princess was the big accomplishment

[@collinmactate5822]

It ain’t a coincidence she keeps ending up at other dudes castles

[@jc.1191]

@@collinmactate5822 🤣

[@charminbaer2323]

@@collinmactate5822 she belongs to the streets!

[@N0Xa880iUL]

​@@collinmactate5822 😂😂😂🫡

[@andrew_owens7680]

If the player is submerged in liquid nitrogen and then flung from a railgun at near the speed of light, several pixels can be saved. Death is assured, but well worth it.

[@battlefront2style824]

But what of the unstable sub pixels? Surely, we're not seeing another way.

[@rijden-nu]

You need to hit the exact right Planck time though.

[@lillieampurra]

if you make three consecutive 1/2 a presses before impact, you can manipulate your subpixels and theoretically save a frame rule

[@andrew_owens7680]

@@rijden-nu Thanks for pointing that out. Thousands have died already just over that tiny miscalculation.

[@hack2true]

Haha this is hilarious thanks for a good laugh.

[@kekistanifreedomfighter4197]

Twin Galaxies "Runs that use glitches are illegitimate" also Twin Galaxies "Todd Rodgers' impossible records are perfectly legitimate"

[@DracXBelmont]

Top relevant meme, there.

[@HerbederJung]

Finally they have taken down Rogers records. I think it was yesterday.... they finally have realized that it is harmfull for they reputation. Rogers is now completelly banned from the site....I was really happy when i saw this message in my news :)

[@TheKeksadler]

leave it to someone with 420 in their name to perfect 4-2.

[@tehquacken2773]

He blazed that shit.

[@marioisawesome8218]

oh shit i just realized that.

[@colbytilleman]

The Keksadler I

[@greenknight9000]

OH. DAMN

[@mootbooxle]

aww man too bad a few people (ok including me) liked your comment after 420 likes.

[@Rodrigodrt]

When I first read the title I was likely: "what on earth could they possibly squeeze out of that tiny level for a 20min clip???" Turns out this is a strong contender for a netflix documentary....

[@jeffsnow363]

Did I just watch a KZbin video or a Documentary?

[@agonleed3841]

Some b.s. that kept my attention only to talk shit about it. So, while I think it's stupid, I'll like cause I was indeed looking for something just to waste time. Lol This shit and everything else on speed running is dumb.

[@frescopino7866]

Yes.

[@JetPlayzMC]

I think it's both

[@KalebPeters99]

@@agonleed3841 jeez, who pissed in your cornflakes?

[@agonleed3841]

@@KalebPeters99 Mario Van Peebles Every since then, I hate anything connected to a Mario lol

[@BoundaryBreak]

legendary video man. Good to see you take a chance with a more focused subject video and have it pay off

[@princefleaswallow5182]

o damn its shesez?? bro your videos are incredible, and 100% agreed

[@HazmanFTW]

Summoning Salt on Boundary Break?

[@BoundaryBreak]

Summoning salts already been on boundary break! Had him on for his record holding title, Punch-Out!!

[@HazmanFTW]

I didn't see that one, probably because I'm not a fan of punch out :(

[@bertobop1795]

You should add him to game club podcast

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

420 Blaze It died for our sins

[@cesaarrock]

blazed for our sins*

[@axemmela658]

**Salutes**

[@nullifier_]

*for our clips

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

F

[@gertrudemcfuzz74]

The Lamb of Nintendo

[@Altercate]

My new life goal is to some day work as hard at ANYTHING as these guys worked at perfecting 4-2.

[@StephenRahrig]

Legend has it 420Blazeit is still blazing to this today.

[@Abkenn]

Timothy Elwood ha ha

[@surge127]

this comment is almost at 420 likes😳

[@officerwizz]

420 likes! I’m not liking and I hope no one else does so they ruin it.

[@tetermc]

@@officerwizz I almost did but i caught myself. Hope it stays at 420

[@joethebrospeedruns]

i liked the part when he said “it’s blazin time” and absolutely blazed all over 4-2

[@chipslight738]

This is so fascinating. Human's curiosity is so powerful and beautiful that something as inconsequential as finding a specific way to finish a level from a 33 years old game as fast as possible is still absolutely mesmerizing. The knowledge about 4-2 is useless for humans as a whole, it won't help us transcend our knowledge, increase the efficiency of science, medicine, etc. but just the fact that that knowledge exists and that it's possible is enough to drive a bunch of people to discover it and I think that's just absolutely gorgeous.

[@stever3832]

agreed, it says more about humanity than anything.

[@xelith6157]

I love your way of thinking and deeply relate to it. I'm actually astonished by how well you put this feeling I had into words.

[@chipslight738]

It's just really amazing how we're ready to give so much worth to something so small, it shows how truly caring humans can be.

[@BigUriel]

Humans can get really obsessed about pointless things. The guys who figured this stuff out could have mastered the cello or won an olympic medal with the time they spent on it.

[@ahitler5592]

now speed run street fighter!

[@itsajungle22]

This is a documentary that gets at the heart of what a good documentary is all about. Taking a subject most people don't know about and making it interesting to the layperson. Great job!

[@jessthehuman]

More like taking a subject people don't care about and make it interesting.. And I say say this as a genuine compliment to the guy posting it,

[@torment4723]

I honestly dont think people who re not interested would eventually get into this.

[@browniex5120]

- Timestamps - 00:00 4-2 Introduction 01:11 The Early 4-2's 03:26 The Wrong Warp 07:55 The Backwards Bump Method 10:32 The Framerule System 11:57 The 2 Bump Method (Fast 4-2) 14:56 Newer Fast 4-2 Methods 19:38 Conclusion 20:06 Endscreen/Outro

[@lenerxs]

Just spent 20 minutes watching Speedruns of 4-2

[@crashboredom2]

"And it was all because of 420 blaze it" Only time you will ever be able to say that one mate

[@user-rh9cy6nj6z]

Dang bro 69 likes

[@ChalkTeacher]

I can't believe i watched a 20 minutes video about a stage that takes less than 1 minute to complete. But damn, speedrunning is so interesting

[@cupcakke6056]

I know right?

[@daveyjoneslocker4703]

Chalk Teacher it is super interesting I always watch vids about it and the drama around it. But I absolute do not understand people who waste their life on it. It takes so much dedication and time.

[@YourEverydaySpeedrunner]

When the world was in it's darkest moment, we were saved by xx_420_blazit_xx

[@eastofthebigchicken438]

I admit I thought this comment was a meme, until I watched the video, xx_420_blazit_xx really did die for our sins...

[@MiniIand]

And now Niftski has done Lightning 4-2 full level, one frame faster than standard Fast 4-2! The TAS has finally been tied in 4-2...

[@ThaAwesome10]

It’s 21 not 1

[@the1barbarian781]

One frame rule*

[@bhavikabachwani5833]

and now kukie i going to attempt to save the final frame in 8-4 IL

[@blobs2635]

In a way, it's the same principle: 4-2 is the hardest framerule to save.

[@jc.1191]

@@the1barbarian781 He's gotta revisit the bus explanation.😂

[@GreatFootball1]

When i saw this video in recommended: "a 20 min video about one smb level?" After the video: "it's over already?"

[@StickBreightley]

Two speedrunners clip into a bar

[@davidcole2913]

soft lock. reset.

[@EarthUPC]

Haha

[@itsspeedweed]

A third warps in from a parallel universe

[@marinanicole5693]

They broke the laws of the universe so they went to gay baby jail

[@lillith7257]

Both complete the level then argue consistency of the clipping for 20 hours

[@RenPenov]

"And it was all thanks to a guy named 420 Blazit" Amazing video, man, as usual.

[@farenhite4329]

I don’t get how 4-2 is hard. The answer is obviously 2.

[@AshuraMage]

You are a genius, m' boy

[@LezSpringfield]

Math moment

[@galladegamer3579]

I thought it was 42

[@lightwhited47]

Holy crap. You would get a 4 minute time

[@alex2005z]

You have outsmarted the sistem.

[@MiniatureBigMac]

I didnt think it could be done.. 20 mins spent talking about a 10 second segment of a game turned entertaining. 420blazit lmao

[@krebward]

Level 4-2 420 blazeit 42 the answer to life, the universe and everything. 4.2 million views as I watch it right now. Sometimes the synchronicity is too hard to ignore.

[@joekenorer]

It's almost 4,2k dislikes as I now see it, lol.

[@WillConley]

4.2K thumbs downs right now

[@bananesplit2835]

@@WillConley OMG!! ITS HAPPENING

[@astrobread7300]

Wonderful

[@AncientEvil80]

420 - Funding secured.

[@stonecole4703]

I feel like if we could turn every major problem in the world into a video game, speed runners would have them solved in a couple years. “Dude, grab me another Pizza Pop. I just found a new strat that’ll pwn cancer in under a minute.”

[@robertmcculloch95]

StoneCole This has actually happened. A protein-structure problem had stumped scientists for years and was solved basically instantly by throwing it into a video game. The game was Foldit and it was an AIDS-like protein, solved in 3 weeks.

[@stonecole4703]

Wow! That’s crazy. I love watching speed run videos and I’m always impressed by the ingenuity of these guys.

[@stonethemason12]

StoneCole lmao dude 😂

[@karanoelle4819]

This was available on the PS3 called Folding @ Home IIRC. You'd let your PS3's CPU run cycles on solving that protein and then it would send it's data to the servers. If you have kids that would have played and left the game idle overnight, then have them save and run this instead.

[@stev_.]

Yeah im from the future and you can do that by clipping through the wall at the very beginning of the game and wrong warp to the solve cancer ending

[@LyraTyrell]

"If you make the game think you are further to the left and go down this pipe it makes you go to the wrong location" TG: OK. "If you go off the right side of the screen it puts you left" TG: Wait that's IlLeGaL

[@epekka]

wrongwarping down a pipe is an exploit of an intended mechanic, but the vine clip thing is a glitch

[@vinchen3025]

@@epekka so they intended for u to be able to warp to the wrong location by pushing past their 112 pixel limit?

[@EebstertheGreat]

Twin Galaxies never allowed the wrong warp at all. They generally don't allow any bugs. That's why speedrunners don't care about them.

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

@@EebstertheGreat Also, they think it is generous to give the speedrunners up to 16 pixels as a leeway over the cap of 0x0755=0x70, as they stated that 0x0755=0x80 is considered cheating as 80 is a negative hexadecimal value, and they knew that this value remains positive throughout the game.

[@EebstertheGreat]

@@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn What's at 0x0755?

[@chucktownattack]

So glad I subbed, keep highlighting smaller speedrunning gems like this. 20 minutes of content over a 5 second period of a 5 minute speedrun.

[@dickonmanwoody7599]

Madison Hutto Every Second counts man...or woman whatever.

[@i-win]

Speedrunners: exists Level 4-2:

[@9some]

…

[@nicholasretutashankey9131]

no u

[@rocksparadox]

i-win Thank you for proving that pewdie fantards have such low emotional intelligence that they think incoherent words are funny.

[@chadkingoffuckmountain970]

@@rocksparadox ouch

[@LilyCelebiFlipnote]

I'd say "isn't it the other way around?" buuuut I'm gonna get wooshed. Pre-wooshed the wooshers. (_I'm still gonna get wooshed._)

[@crazybabetom2665]

xx_420_blazeit_xx - AN UNLIKELY SOURCE

[@thermonuclearexplosive]

god i love the internet

[@crazybabetom2665]

@@thermonuclearexplosive :o we have the same name

[@lutherdespain7908]

Or a very expected source

[@thermonuclearexplosive]

crazybabetom its not my real name my account is based off a drawing i made of thomas the tank engine

[@snook.1]

@@thermonuclearexplosive :o i'm a tank engine

[@mikehirst]

I don’t care about speed running at all. I played this game when I was a kid. I didn’t even know people did this stuff. But KZbin suggested this video to me, and the way you presented it was ridiculously fascinating to me. Great job!

[@JookDoobs]

God: (Creates Blazit) Blazit: (Finds out how to beat 4-2 efficiently) God: That’s what I’m talking about!

[@freerunnerold8428]

God dont exist

[@JookDoobs]

Do you have proof?

[@HOleti-de8zy]

Do you have proof he does?

[@JookDoobs]

This was intended to be a joke.

[@FunesLegend]

Creation is proof enough that there's a Creator.

[@GimR]

Video games are so beautiful. They're new worlds with new rules and we act as scientists as we try to break them and learn new things about them

[@demonssinglosongs]

Every game has a lot to discover Super Smash Brothers for Wii U, for example ;)

[@luketaylor9709]

ayyy GimR what's up dude? SummoningSalt's video's totally remind me of the Smash Documentary

[@Yami-Roo]

GimR's Lab just like breaking project M, huh?

[@arm003]

GimR's Lab calm down you should use your brain to get knowledge on something a little more useful for humanity

[@kinanschannel6016]

GimR's Lab why you here also when the next video

[@Lone_Rocket]

Of all the name to go down in history, xx420_blazit_xxx. Really.

[@danielvutran]

Genius, is everywhere.' -xpdf,'

[@THEGREATMAX]

We're going to find out in 20 years that it's Stephen Hawking's gamertag

[@nogoat]

AndrewG : Misses Fast 4 - 2 Immediately proceeds to do a walljump and a wall clip.

[@LithiumThiefMusic]

I just spent 20 minutes watching the history of a niche hobby undertaking of one level of one game that's like 30 years old. I regret nothing :D

[@Clery75019]

It's not "one game", it's Super Mario Bros. The Mother of All.

[@lewishassell7948]

By niche hobby, i think GravitySloth means speedrunning.

[@setsers1]

Metr0politan92 mother?😕😂

[@alexiz0013]

Lmao, same here!

[@ddddddddddakahsg]

Great story telling. I don’t care about speed runs but I sat through the entire entire video with delight.

[@berlinocelot]

I've never heard of speed runs and I still don't know what a 4-2 means but when Blazeit found that 2nd hole in the wall I was like "mother of god...."

[@FMJoner]

4-2 is the level. As in World 4, Level 2.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Same, I barely even played Mario in my life and I still felt proud of the guys' triumph.

[@dojiijii]

Completely irrelevant to 99.99999% of humanity but entertaining nonetheless.

[@Lyandy10]

Irrelevent to 99.99999% of humanity but entertaining to 100%

[@PittsburghSonido]

Lets be honest, unless youre discovering a cure to cancer, clean safe effective forms of transport, world peace, time travel, everything we do is irrelevant

[@scraps7624]

@@Scripture-Man who hurt you

[@PantsMasterPlays]

@@Scripture-Man shut up nerd

[@knpstrr]

Completely worthless to 100% of humanity.

[@ppjkb8]

If I was a developer of SMB, I would be honored that people worked so hard to develop speed runs of my work. They should be proud of such a great game!

[@4jspa286]

Keep in mind that.. *the princess is still in another castle*

[@K3N5H1.I]

*slow clap*

[@timwellchalfield316]

It's a metaphor for life. Repeatedly busting your balls to reach an objective only to discover that it's another dead end. ... Okay, so it's a metaphor for MY life.

[@mottdropsie]

F this S, I'm out mmm mmm

[@stefann2461]

Well f***

[@eli-samirvaldes5110]

Look at your likes

[@prim16]

That moment when the name of the greatest speedrunner.... is xx_420_blazit_xx....

[@arkadiuszjandylewski1688]

So what ?? That is great I do not care who said something or who invented something. A human did it. I am tired of reading who did what reaserch. This does not matter!

[@conor4142]

The joke is in the name. Go back to r/whooosh if you still don't get it.

[@dballs52]

Makes perfect sense to me

[@youtubeuser206]

smoke weed every day

[@klaxoncow]

#420BlazeIt

[@jakel7213]

You are an amazing representative of the SR community man. I was only ever barely aware of Speedrunning until you posted the SMB video, now I am a die hard fan of everything involving it. Just wanted to say thanks for making such amazing content.

[@xAyad3]

Speedrunners: “we consider the wine teleportation method a glitch, hence why we don’t use it” Meanwhile, also speedrunners: *literally clipping through walls, abusing flawed level loading mechanics and manipulating mario’s subpixels*

[@chekhov4215]

Nah at this point it's just slower

[@tomspencer4371]

What an absolute waste of time….playing this game over and over lol touch grass ffs.

[@jennifercheung6464]

@@tomspencer4371 it’s called a hobby

[@tomspencer4371]

@@jennifercheung6464 this goes beyond a hobby.

[@jennifercheung6464]

@@tomspencer4371 then should I call it a profession

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

Only one person can do a 20 minute video about a single level of SMB and present it this well.

[@Jromestrings]

Dude was so high he figured out a 14 year old video game dilemma

[@eheheheheheheh4893]

14 YEARS AND IT'S ALL SOLVED BY SOMEONE NAMED XX_420_BLAZEIT_XX

[@honkmimimi]

eheheheheheheh

[@Saif-zf9vb]

Of course it was

[@BITCOIlN]

14 years in the making just like the 14 y.o. kid that discovered it.

[@therandomduder8610]

eheheheheheheh Who can he be!!!!

[@luminance69]

XX_4-2_BLAZEIT_XX would have been amazing

[@sefe8528]

10:54 Ah yes the bus analogy

[@chrismingay6005]

Michelangelo Galileo Isaac Newton Stephen Hawking 420_Blazeit

[@chillbro2275]

hahahaha xD

[@orange_lilbot2962]

Albert einstein

[@bobbobbgarte922]

Na andrewg is greater even for being first person to do 3 bump 4-2

[@Godigentil97]

Just wow. You made me watch 20 minutes of people playing one level of super mario and I loved it.

[@djhenyo]

This and EZscape are the best speedrunning channels on youtube, easily. I'd like to see him do a video on the rise and fall of certain speedrunners who have come and gone over the years. Hotarubi documentary would be great for sure. Maybe SS could even land an interview with him.

[@Godigentil97]

That would actually be a great subject for a video. Considering the quality of the research in these videos and the amount of work put in them, a more real world episode would probably turn out great.

[@atomicmelodies]

I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if hundreds of Andrew Gs cried out in terror... and were suddenly silenced

[@Rectangle101]

Well played sir. Well played

[@riahlexington]

Omg YES

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

Don't worry, the Red Warriors can't cry through the NES/emulator, as they are part of Mastermind's Super Mario Bros. movie.

[@lynxfirenze4994]

Honestly I just love how much time and effort goes into speed runs. I could never do one myself (not enough patience or dexterity) but the tricks are really impressive.

[@alirov2624]

*UNBIASED REVIEW OF SUMMONING SALTS* Pioneer. This guy makes me stay up late when he fucking uploads at 3 A.M. or some shit. This is some next level deconstruction/editing talent right here. It's the whole ensemble..

[@entrylevelhipstertrash9456]

Behind every speedrun there are a thousand camera-shy turbonerds with emulators doing the grunt work. Thanks for giving them shout-outs and not just focusing on the runners.

[@genericname_]

What? A quality video on trending? Impossible!

[@duh4895]

What country do you live in? I don't believe it was trending in the United States

[@ashiyyn]

Generic Name your profile picture fits the situation perfectly!! LOL

[@Drew_42]

Bill Wurtz also got trending too, naturally. Perhaps the quality stuff on KZbin is starting to appreciated more. c:

[@fakename830]

I like your name...

[@genericname_]

The Gaming Gecko Good Meme

[@cynical8330]

This is the video that started my love affair with speedrunning history.

[@N3KLAZ]

video didn't feel like 20 minutes

[@Deadganon]

you are so right, I saw it was 20 minutes and i was like, im not gonna watch it all, just maybe a minute to see what it's about... then all of a sudden 20 minutes goes by....

[@LMTR14]

yeah more like 5 min cause that is all the new content in there. everything else is old news

[@BrianSpurrier]

It’s a KZbin speedrun

[@SrMadru]

@@LMTR14 the videos tells the history of 4-2 of course its old news

[@SkiesTurnedGrey]

It felt like an hour, and I only watched half of it. And that half was painful.

[@AndrewPRoberts]

I honestly don't know why I watched this but I'm kind of glad I did; this was really well done

[@CosmicPegasus]

I'm not even big on speed runs but this video wowed me. It was really well done.

[@Nyerguds]

Haha, same. The title manages to sell it pretty well.

[@dem9614]

they should rename the level 4-2-0 to honour our lord and savior xxblazeitxx

[@joetg9777]

Dem the clip is called 4-2 O blaze it

[@Kya10]

Dem Really clever xDDD

[@CautionCU]

The 4-2 Oh method

[@mrfaade304]

you’re a legend hahahaha

[@Flexy59]

is he dead??

[@HEXE-ft5cv]

7:15 Andrew G, with his sunglasses, blow-up parrot, double dare t-shirt, and bowl of candy in hand. *what a legend*

[@jasonfanclub4267]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

And a 17-year-old Windows XP computer.

[@om3g4l0lxd6]

Summoning Salt Presents 4 - 2 = 2

[@Professor_Utonium_]

I like your pfp, very aesthetic

[@whatisthis2809]

=3 :3

[@srivaddadi7289]

(slow clap x5)

[@whatisthis2809]

@@srivaddadi7289 Or you can just say *slowly claps *

[@jch123-r6v]

quick mafs

[@HarmonySword]

Never cared about Speedrunning, but they do make for some great storytelling.

[@eliasred2227]

His name was xx_420_blazeit_xx *SPITS THE TEA*

[@joelchambers6326]

I mean... ever played an online game? That's probably the most common type of gamer tag next to various exploits involving other gamers' mothers. Play Overwatch for an hour and you'll engage in combat alongside such genius sounding members of society as BongKing69, YourMomzMine96, TokeCommander, and the ever popular 420Wizard. The thing one comes to find is that shit means jack shit... they could turn out to be what you expect... some 30 year old welfare recipient stoned on his couch and munching Cheetos... but so often they're also your neighbor or CEO, and they're just fitting in or, more often, you're forced to capitulate your buy-in on the stereotypes. For God's sake, my GT used to be Tripping Moose, and I'm hardly Timothy Leary. It's just a funny gamer tag. Funny how many people want to dismiss that anyone with a drug related user name, though. I'm a computer programmer, btw. Not expecting that from the gamer tag? Yeah... welcome to 2018.

[@011lanz2]

Joel Chambers WHY CANT U TAKE A FREAKING JOKE?!

[@SirLucian]

Wooosh!

[@eliasred2227]

r/woosh

[@thegamepunch._.4096]

Joel Chambers Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

[@realconquerorchen1609]

Man it’s been at least six years since I first clicked on this video, curious about what the heck could be squeezed out of a single video game level for a 20 minute video, and since then it has been quite the journey exploring the speedrunning community and all it has to offer, and summoning salt has been releasing banger after banger this entire time