Super Mario Bros: The Human Limit

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[@SummoningSalt]

Check out the runners who helped make this video possible! AndrewG: www.twitch.tv/andrewg Kosmic: www.twitch.tv/kosmic Kriller: www.twitch.tv/kriller37 Mav6771: www.twitch.tv/mav6771 Miniland: www.twitch.tv/miniland333 StuckInAPlate: www.twitch.tv/stuckinaplate

[@Joe_Morant12]

first reply

[@zenthichutt7071]

@@Joe_Morant12 ok

[@ykobi]

Amazing

[@potatobearsmo]

Wow, not right after the video was released. Surprising.

[@xpr0gidy]

no niftski here? edit: miniland is here but i don’t remember seeing him once, SS probably just mixed them up

[@wailmoregd140]

“Say the line, Salt” “Imagine a bus” **Applause**

[@willzyx23]

You see, SummonimgSalt Videos are just like waiting at a bus stop, you wait until the "BusStop reference" bus comes to pick you up and moves you Into bliss

[@aaronoconnor4803]

And it doesn't matter if you skip to 2 frames before the bus reference or 20 frames before, you'll both get the reference at the same time.

[@gemorris2000]

I've always wondered why they used a bus instead of a train. Trains operate on much stricter schedules than buses.

[@swanclipper]

@@gemorris2000 don't give me hope.

[@codycast]

Huh?

[@Zaikkano]

"He was more than a tenth of a second ahead of anybody else on the leaderboard, pure domination." Jesus Christ, we're in too deep

[@jamesmontgomery8347]

He could make paint drying entertaining. I was like sweating on the toilet watching this 😅 his voice is so relaxing and the videos are edited to perfection. Summoning salt speed runned into my heart.

[@illford6921]

A tenth of a second a lot of tkm when we're talking about frames here. It's hard to save a second on anything

[@kirbyg2374]

I was about to post a similar comment but then I was this

[@markoneil5013]

Lol

[@azekia]

A speedrun strat for an spongebob game is dirtying the disc.

[@tommykarrick9130]

I think my favorite progression in these stories is always the slow transition from “impossible for humans to achieve” to “regarded as impossible for humans” to “being attempted by top runners” to “it was finally achieved by”

[@Heydelios]

Last step being "common/necessary in top runs"

[@techstuff9198]

@@Heydelios I've seen another step where it becomes the suboptimal strategy and is eventually replaced by another technique ranging from exactly 0 frames better to several hours off the record compared to previous methods' best times, depending on the game. Speedrunners are determined. In a few more decades they'll be beating games before they're even ideas in the creator's mind. "How is exactly 0 frames an improvement?" Because the other method requires less effort or training to learn/execute. Getting the same completion time for less button presses *IS* an improvement, even if it isn't applicable to the leaderboards.

[@theblinkingbrownie4654]

​@@techstuff9198No hate, love how you asked a question to yourself and answered

[@techstuff9198]

@@theblinkingbrownie4654 I was prepared with an answer to a question I predicted others would ask. A simple and often forgotten technique.

[@itzjanosbtw1509]

​@@techstuff9198so called "rhetorical question"

[@dukem8774]

When I hear "impossible" "too precise" or "too difficult for a human" in the speedrunning community I end up translating it to "give us a bit we'll figure it out"

[@fireyfan25]

In my mind “TAS-only” and “Too precise to do humanly” are both just “not feasible for a human being to preform”

[@VccTn]

ur not s speedrunner whyd u ssy "give us. but"

[@jacobthebeanie2851]

@@VccTn its just a quirk of english, i dont know the name of it, but when you use words like "we" or "us", it isnt clear if it includes the person being spoken to. (i.e "we just won the lottery", its unclear if the speaker is referring to themself and others or themself and you, the listener)

[@randomguy2472]

@@VccTnI don’t think you should be correcting people’s english out of all people

[@PJOZeus]

⁠@@VccTnhow would you know they don’t run. Zero indication of that. Also rich you’re correcting someone’s grammar when you can’t even type to begin with And lastly it’s speaking third hand, as in - from someone that is being spoken about - Salt saying it’s not possible, and one of the runners musingly just asking for some time Imagine incorrectly critiquing someone’s joke

[@potatoleeksoup_]

when summoning salt said "you might know who he is..." about andrew g i really thought matt turk was about to appear out of fucking nowhere

[@highdefinition450]

The Return of the King

[@onlysmiles4949]

He streamed the video and actually made a Matt Turk joke at that exact point

[@malachiatkinson7245]

"Kept you waiting, huh?"

[@dbgr9875]

SAME

[@noahcarruth7221]

"Showtime."

[@lucasvals4354]

“Well... You might have heard of him...” “Matt...TURK.”

[@VipCell_Tv]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kqhod4mZqInpo

[@justsimplycloud-justacomme8265]

Matt Turk (the revenge)

[@dont2604]

ƊÕÑT ŘĒÄĎ ḾÝ ҎŘÕḞÎĹÉ ҎÎḈ₸ŬRĚ

[@executiveshitass]

@@dont2604 okay I wont

[@i_schrott]

True

[@Ben729Gaming]

Update: Lekukie and Niftski have achieved a frame-perfect 8-4, meaning that humans have finally reached perfection in Super Mario Bros.!

[@galfinsp7216]

The only thing left, is a frame perfect speedrun of the game.

[@Ben729Gaming]

@@galfinsp7216 Yes

[@mottdropsie]

@@galfinsp7216 I don't see that happening though, but who knows.

[@ChunkyWaterisReal]

@@mottdropsie give it a few more years trust me.

[@galfinsp7216]

@@mottdropsie as “impossible” as it seems. It’s the only way from here to go.

[@ExpletoryPenguin]

I admire this man's ability to turn 2.75 seconds into the 45 minute long hero's journey that it is

[@wsgmayn]

and i enjoyed every second of the journey

[@snowio2592]

"he was over a tenth of a second ahead of anyone else. pure domination"

[@ThaAwesome10]

A 10th of a second in 8-4il is an incomprehensibly big lead

[@Exponaut_R-01]

Like drag racing

[@karelpgbr]

@@Exponaut_R-01 And like the Formula one top ten

[@Exponaut_R-01]

Pffffft I wish it were that close

[@yatagarasu5775]

Cool pfp

[@mossdude9594]

"If it's not frame perfect, it's not an excuse."

[@synthesiageek4667]

Oh boy

[@willtheprodigy3819]

Please do PS1 games. Branch out from Nintendo.

[@zildjian2381]

"if you didnt have a perfect time, you dont deserve to speak"

[@the0therethan]

Is that a mew2king reference?

[@mossdude9594]

@@the0therethan nope

[@MeesterTweester]

Niftski has tied the Any% TAS into 8-4 in his WR today!

[@dalehendricks8201]

I saw that and decided to rewatch this haha

[@christianbay3507]

Same!

[@jamiepayton1574]

Absolute madness

[@limeonque]

Wild

[@aidanf1404]

For anyone late to this video like me, 8-4 was run perfectly by two runners over a year and a half ago. The wr as of 4 days ago was tied with the TAS up until 8-4. Humans are 22 frames away from Any% perfection.

[@KraZTheKid]

It’s kinda insane to think a human could feasibly beat a game the fastest way possible. You always think to yourself, “i wonder when the world record will be beaten next”

[@vilanokaizo]

​@@KraZTheKidwhen the goat nifstky coms back to the categorie

[@lotuzz7409]

Asking as someone who has zero prior knowledge of this subject, could you explain why you say 22 frames? At the end of this video, it is stated that the community is now only 2 frames away from perfection (that one fast acceleration in 8-4). Do the 22 frames refer to the best attempt at a full game speedrun, while the 2 frames refer to the best attempt at level 8-4 only?

[@aidanf1404]

@@lotuzz7409 yea I think when this video was made runners were 2 frames from perfection just on 8-4. It is 22 frames from a perfect full run of the game

[@pjabrony8280]

"By 2026, players had learned that subpixels were well too large a gap, and many had taken to direct manipulation of the electrons in the wire that connected the controller to the console to save two millionths of a second. This was it. Humans had reached the limit of how fast Super Mario Bros could be played according to Einstein's estimates of the limit of light speed." "...but then..."

[@somenamelastnaammee52]

Unsurprisingly, some players decided to play the game with chips made up of ybco superconductors, thereby manipulating the flux pinning of the magnetic field, so as to direct the electrons toward the right bus of the system through quantum tunnelling, causing a stream of parallel muons and anti muons perpendicular to the electron stream and thereby shifting mario by the order of some trillion plank lengths in only some billion plank-seconds, thus saving the right time to reach perfection

[@thasawesome3577]

@Alastair Valyocsik in the year 20XX

[@The_Peter_Channel]

Speedrunning the original Super Mario Bros leads to the invention of FTL? After seeing this video, I wouldn't be surprised at all!

[@aldricazucena9598]

I have a feeling this comment will age well ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Opanker_]

@@somenamelastnaammee52 But then... He woke up from his dream and realized that the tas has already been tied.

[@pairot01]

"He actually had a frame of wiggle room", now that's a ridiculous sentence.

[@lydiasteinebendiksen4269]

it's literally impossible to wiggle within a single frame, so yeah

[@lapidations]

@@lydiasteinebendiksen4269 it is possible though, a minuscule 1 frame wiggle but a wiggle nonetheless. Would be impossible if it was a 0 frame wiggle.

[@maxe624]

"We have reached the human limit of the frame perfect wiggle" should be the next SS vid

[@pkdesuwu]

@@lapidations aka subpixel wiggle room ez enough

[@jojo6783f]

It is. Like how causally he says you have 1 frame wiggle time is nuts.

[@RikiJasmin]

Just imagine the pain Mario's balls go through with every flagpole glitch

[@koopatroopa6882]

lmfao

[@Not_Efficient]

R/TIHI

[@BreadAckerman]

My man have the balls of titanium if he is still alive

[@Alexs23743]

Mario: (after pulling off a flagpole glitch) "MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..."

[@CainXVII]

So that's why he's so quick off that pole

[@jeffwright1239]

Update for all wondering: the perfect run for the last level has been achieved

[@zolticsapphire7481]

How do I find it

[@AntimonySM51]

@@zolticsapphire7481 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJrdapV4Zdx8j7M

[@Skill_issue_fc]

I niftnistki yt channel

[@wsgmayn]

YEEEEEESSSSS WHERE WHERE

[@alex-rs6ts]

This is awesome. It shows a frame perfect full speedrun is possible

[@danielvalverde4955]

"He was a 10th of a second ahead of everyone else. Pure domination" low key lmao

[@damonsalvatore3222]

This makes me lol when I think of ZFG on OoT he never stops playing OoT 100% he has it down pretty far considering how long the game is

[@jessbian3385]

Wow he said it right as I read this

[@dogderboi793]

I laughed a lot when he said “he actually had 1 frame of wiggle room” like woah mans could’ve took a vacation in that

[@joelcomer]

Lol ikr

[@degeneratemale5386]

Those .02 seconds are real useful

[@hendy24]

also great word choise with "wiggle room" haha, wiggle means going back and forth, that's literally impossible to do in 1 frame LMAO

[@zinaar9956]

I mean, it is literally twice the amount of time.

[@Kosmicd12]

@@hendy24 not true, you can wiggle several subpixels :)

[@jordangeles]

Just checking in to say niftski hit frame perfect 8-4 2 days in a row recently. And he’s already done up to 8-3 matching the TAS. 4.54.26 might happen in 2024

[@necrolord5799]

Up to 8-4 tying the tas*

[@danielgysi5729]

Summoning Salt: "...frame rule-" Me: "IT'S LIKE A BUS"

[@jonnorris8557]

Lmfao same 😅😂

[@jonnorris8557]

Knew it was coming

[@jessbian3385]

SO LETS SAY THERES THIS BUS

[@arahp1117]

BUS

[@EGRJ]

For me, it's "theoretically perfect speedrun."

[@SpitFyre37]

"A frame of wiggle room" is the most Speedrunner-esque line I've ever heard.

[@onlysmiles4949]

How gracious of the game

[@damonsalvatore3222]

Definitely, I like it lol

[@tree_0550]

It comes to a point where you dont even think about it anymore lol. You're just like "oh I guess this is just free now"

[@aeughtime]

Maybe the real perfect 8-4 run was the friends we made along the way.

[@matheuscabral9618]

no, the real perfect 8-4 is what lekukie did earlier this week

[@codysmith8639]

The *frames we made along the way

[@GorGob]

What is this friends thing

[@galfinsp7216]

@@GorGob a joke on going on an adventure that seems to have no reward at the end

[@jackgarvin3]

@@codysmith8639 The frames we lost along the way

[@stalinglad]

(0:00) HOME - We’re Finally Landing (1:29) Prism Age - Plural (3:03) Prism Age - Ivresse (5:10) Stevia Sphere - Misplaced My Keys (6:17) Henrik Jonsson - As Darkness Falls (8:03) C418 - Beton (10:26) Patricia Taxxon - Retrograde (16:03) HOME - Hurricane Season Intro (17:42) Chris Doerksen - First Light (19:26) Color Index - Intervals (20:20) HOME - Still Life (21:52) Patricia Taxxon - Rave (23:07) HOME - Abandon Planet (23:58) HOME - Byzantium (25:54) Patricia Taxxon - Cicada 2 (26:57) Stevia Sphere - Misplaced My Keys (29:06) HOME - 4 (30:06) TheOfficialLobst - Cosmos (32:32) Chris Doerksen - Night Running (34:05) TheOfficialLobst - Andromeda (35:44) Patricia Taxxon - Wavetable (37:41) Henrik Jonsson - As Darkness Falls (38:46) TheOfficialLobst - Interdimensional (40:18) Patricia Taxxon - Liftoff (42:44) TheOfficialLobst - Cosmos (43:54) HOME - We’re Finally Landing

[@killthepandas.]

thanks

[@buzzaboo]

Ok

[@procheese-tw6813]

Ok

[@billdoriya804]

Thanks

[@martinr3167]

Ok

[@daddyswaggums3578]

My favorite part about summoning salt is how he’ll be talking about how someone made an extremely important discovery and then their name is something like “420_blazit” or something.

[@LowReedExpert1]

"Then, out of nowhere, a new glitch was found by a small channel by the name of BigDickDuncan"

[@thatoneguy9582]

_Dr. PeePee_

[@notgray88]

@@thatoneguy9582 Dude I was gonna say that! The EmpLemon video

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

If I accomplish something, I want my name to be stupid.

[@Vassilinia]

More speedrunners / routers need to be like our hero, xx_420_blazit_xx

[@skirdus367]

"This... is 420 Blazit." The deadpan delivery of that line had me rolling a bit

[@ink3487]

The way he says gamer names like a documentery always cracks me up. Cant wait for "Then... xX_PussySlayer_Xx did it"

[@servilleta__6075]

The magic of usernames and gamertags

[@mrsam9206]

Can you imagine 420 Blazit when he's 50 years old showing his grandkids this video.. Old man voice: yup that's me 420 blazit I used to kick ass and roll blunts back in my day we were changing the way people looked at video games

[@Diwasho]

Still not as hilarious as Shivering Erotic King Banana from the Ninja Gaiden vid.

[@glowingunknown5625]

This is ....*puff* ....420 blaze it

[@tristen9736]

And now nifski has done almost all of this i a full run, only missing lightning 4-2 and a few frames here and there in 8-4. These guys are absolute legends

[@jc.1191]

I guess we might end up with another video!

[@MarzipanCat.]

Just give him some time. It will be done.

[@tornadodex1366]

I don't know why, but Niftski's reaction to getting the 4-2 framerule save at 29:28 makes me tear up a bit

[@earthsurgery1237]

I beat this game in 4:53.98 last week

[@andreschavezmedina824]

Did someone know the song that is in that minute?

[@appasnappa]

Home - 4 is the song

[@XuroX.]

No it doesn't......

[@vilanokaizo]

​@@earthsurgery1237make a vid of it fat lyer

[@PatJ_or_Tom]

In the mushroom kingdom, "TAS only" is slang for "To-do list".

[@b.clarenc9517]

Which quickly becomes a synonym of "hold my beer".

[@treemeatthealmighty]

EXACTLY

[@Zenheizer]

To accomplish someday

[@leafoftales4098]

@@Zenheizer this is the best one

[@cuflock]

You can't press L+R at the same time, so TAS only is still valid.

[@morthostalisint1720]

"A tenth of a second." "Pure domination." Ah yes, Speedrunners.

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

I swear speed runners are a different species.

[@morthostalisint1720]

@@TheBluePhoenix008 There's no other good explanation.

[@Exeggutor_Enjoyer]

@@morthostalisint1720 as an amateur Mike Tyson’s Punch-out runner, I do think there’s something wrong with me sometimes.

[@anexpertonthematter1468]

They're simply built different

[@cadaeib65]

Update : niftski has tied tas until 8-4 in his new WR !

[@estebanguerrero682]

Can't wait for summoning salt to cover this

[@cadaeib65]

yes you can@@estebanguerrero682

[@GrantThomas0]

Update to this video: 1. 8.4 had been fully completed down to the frame 2. Nobody has been able to put these all of the levels together for a perfect run 3. Niftski holds the current record with a time of 4.54.798 and he’s had it for almost a year 4. The community still continues to this day to get the time lower and lower

[@seams4186]

Sub 4:55 is crazy. Was he the first?

[@seams4186]

Where can I keep up with this?

[@welovefootball3388]

Niftski just lowered the record again!!!

[@GrantThomas0]

@@welovefootball3388 That’s wild!

[@cadaeib65]

Update !!!!

[@MEGAsporg12]

"he was 10milliseconds faster than anyone else. Total domination"

[@dahleno2014]

Summoning Salt does videos about speed running, but the release time on his videos are the antithesis of speed

[@no-one-1]

@@dahleno2014 If you're going to keep leaving hate comments, go do that somewhere else.

[@samthebudiman]

@@dahleno2014 bro ive looked everywhere, do you know where the person who asked is

[@ThePowerofCutleries]

@@dahleno2014 Considering the amount of time, research and effort required to make these videos, is that really so surprising? ... You do have enough brain power to consider that, right?

[@want-diversecontent3887]

@@dahleno2014 Shows the effort, doesn't it? Truly, they are masterpieces.

[@spacebootz7344]

when ever he starts to bring up someone who beat something and he is like "and that person was....." i always assume its matt turk no matter what game lol

[@jonfitzpatrick9942]

Safe bet. Ever wonder if Turk has come across people who only know him from Summoning Salt's videos? Dude is a transcendent being in my cannon

[@plazasta]

I actually always think of Scott Kesler

[@mrivera6975]

Don't worry. The matt turk arc is the best arc. When he decides to take every record back after letting the community make progress

[@Ghi102]

Andrewg is up there too

[@logandunlap9156]

matt turk is synonymous with NES speed running so i don’t blame you

[@Quinn-kr2cp]

Still kind of hilarious that running this game is so optimized that being over "a tenth of a second ahead of anyone else on the leaderboard" is "pure domination"

[@dinosoup]

FINALLY BEATEN, FRAME PERFECT RUN IS ALL THAT’S LEFT

[@skyblade7438]

Summoning Salt: *Tries to find alternatives to the bus analogy.* Bus analogy: And where did that bring you? Back to me.

[@Real_Artician]

Right on schedule.

[@jc___underscore___]

@@Real_Artician bus stop is that way

[@thepizzatime3502]

Bus analogy: I am inevitable

[@billko4342]

Still like four wheeled vehicle 👍

[@VinMann]

Bus schedule: time for ur an analogy Salt: yes dear

[@NWAPurps]

AndrewG is the protagonist and we are all side characters in his story.

[@scribeslendy595]

I lost my MIND when he showed up and flexed on 4-2

[@melee9183]

Thank u danny devito

[@gaychampagnesocialist7213]

AndrewG is secretly the descendent of Matt Turk.

[@meximelon5074]

I joyfully gasped when he was mentioned lol

[@Valigarmanda]

Safe to assume every speedrunner came from a single ancestor lmao It's like the Belmonts all over again.

[@JM64]

Pessimists: "There's no such thing as perfection!" The entire Super Mario Bros speedrunning community: "LMAO bet"

[@wallacesousuke1433]

The entire SMB community: smell like Doritos and when combined weigh as much as the Moon

[@JM64]

@@wallacesousuke1433 Doritos sure... but the runners in the video at least look rather thin

[@overcooked2808]

@@wallacesousuke1433 speed runners have frame perfect skips to burn calories

[@Daikuro1]

"This time would undeniably remain out of reach forever. That is, until - one day - it wasn't anymore." Gives me chills every time.

[@ilzuab8467]

And it's always some guy named "CockSucker420AsshairWeed9/11"

[@VccTn]

cringe

[@alexm3865]

nah@@VccTn

[@craigdavies2598]

⁠nah @@alexm3865

[@stormbornapostle5188]

We're at the point where speedrunners are gonna start playing during solar storms in hopes of having a beneficial bit flip.

[@kylebeguhl8516]

Are you sure?

[@electron75]

@@kylebeguhl8516 yes very Some people are way too dedicated for their own good...

[@cisummusic3496]

damn this one got me

[@lilidiot3815]

I’m gonna get that tick tock clock up warp bounty any day now

[@realestSuniaster]

Speedrunners on the other side of the galaxy: HOLY CRAP A .1 FRAME DIFFERENCE IM SO GOOD Seriously though, they are way too serious and I love it XD

[@JReaLBiz86]

I'm sure hundreds of us reach a certain level of Zen every time "Home" comes on in a Summoning Salt video lol

[@VipCell_Tv]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kqhod4mZqInpo

[@ziggyzag07]

@@VipCell_Tv BRO THIS MAN REALLY PROMOTING HIS VIDEOS IN THE REPLY SECTION OF A COMMENT 😂😂

[@dont2604]

ƊÕÑT ŘĒÄĎ ḾÝ ҎŘÕḞÎĹÉ ҎÎḈ₸ŬRĚ

[@randominternettoaster7859]

@@dont2604 shut up

[@hajilee4539]

@@randominternettoaster7859 I agree.

[@libenhagos9335]

congrats to niftski

[@NorninTGK]

The line "After half a decade of this, the super mario bros community had made one thing very clear: Nothing was Impossible" feels both inspirational and somewhat wholesome.

[@nikbluecher]

"There was now only one more framerule to be saved: 4-2" Me when i see theres still half of the video remaining: oh boy

[@atomicmelodies]

"You might have heard of this runner" It's andrewG isn't it "AndrewG" Woooooooooooo

[@CheezusChrist1776]

Genuinely thought it was about to be that damned Matt Turk

[@anonemoose7777]

Chaz Mcdickinson came here to post this, I was damned on expecting "The key was in a run from 1998 by a runner known as.... Matt Turk" or some such plot twist

[@martyshwaartz971]

Anon Emoose “As runners pushed for 4:53, a mysterious tape emerged from 1997. The runner, was Matt Turk, and the time, a 4:52.98”

[@bwp7420]

It was either gonna be him, or Matt Turk 🤷‍♂️😂

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

With Windows XP!

[@haldosprime3896]

Moral of the story: Nothing is TAS only if someone is willing to grind it out.

[@zainburrill8104]

here after niftski has done it again 😂

[@sporedoutofmymind]

SS: "I'm gonna let Darbian explain." Me: NO NO DAD NOT THE BUS AGAIN

[@stoutlager6325]

YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THE BUS AND YOU WILL LIKE IT

[@mimkyodar]

Every Summoning Salt video is someones first.

[@Ateldd]

"A tenth of a second faster than anyone else. Pure domination." Speed running is insane

[@jakerose4713]

Lmao I love this so much

[@Lvxurie]

to be fair, 1 tenth of a second isnt only a lot in speed running. 1 tenth is 100m sprint is also a decent amount. not saying speed running isnt insane but its not the only thing that domination is measured in such small amounts.

[@worsethanem3660]

@@Lvxurie did you just compare 1/10th of a second to 1/10th of a hundred meter dash

[@Lvxurie]

@@worsethanem3660 it was a typo. Should say "1 tenth in.."

[@MirrorscapeDC]

@@Lvxurie then again, what is a 100m run if not quite literally a speed run?

[@umair5602]

LEKUKIE HAS TIED THE TAS. WE ARE NOW 0 FRAMES FROM PERFECTION

[@matheuscabral9618]

-1 frames from perfection next

[@astra8308]

@@matheuscabral9618 we’re reaching speed running levels that shouldn’t be possible!

[@maskettaman1488]

Now lets see someone do it without cheating

[@acycle2124]

The frame rule existing is one of the best things in this speed run, making "perfection" seem attainable

[@NMGian]

Every Summoning Salt video “They said it was impossible...” “But then... It happened.” *inspirational music*

[@izzymosley1970]

And it gets me every time because it actually did happen instead of it being a fictional story these are real events that happened and that's what gets me.

[@Plagued_Pacifist]

*xx_420_blazit_xx comes back*

[@vigo2669]

You love to see it.

[@iffyrook3678]

Then Matt Turk appears somehow

[@goatbone]

I find it so cringey

[@gangstapenguin2773]

"he was a tenth of a second ahead of anyone else. complete domination"

[@o.al3mrey291]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thegamingbrother1365]

Competitive speedrunning in a nutshell:

[@winsonzhu4427]

Competitive speedrunning really do be like that. Any minor optimization at the endgame, taken to its limit, leads to a borderline unbeatable gap of the tiniest of proportions.

[@ikkeheltvanlig]

Doesn't matter if you're interested in speed running from before, these videos are so well put together they're a must watch

[@pierrearonne1173]

i love speedrun videos because it’s always "and this glitch couldnt be done.. until Xx_boogie420_xX did it"

[@peterwille8239]

Lol

[@Kosmicd12]

Idk I'm still not convinced that 8-4 can be improved

[@gearfly]

Whats up checkmark

[@T_Man]

We just don't know. XD

[@DarisuccSA]

@@gearfly hes one of the people in the video cmon man

[@Kurbo64]

Checkmark😳

[@mr.government985]

I love your content and work man! Keep up the great content Kosmic!

[@masonwicks7348]

When you hear the Summoning Salt music you know what you are going to be doing for the next hour.

[@Sparksterlot]

Ima be jamming out in bed

[@litigioussociety4249]

Half hour, if you watch at 2x speed like me.

[@lordquintus1419]

Uh hour? Listening for 2 sleeping for the rest cuz god summoning salt documentaries are SOOTHING!

[@UlrichUlrichson]

Nah man, this is going to be another binge night where I watch them all again. Every single new video, same ritual. Good thing I have 9.5 hours before work in the AM

[@Kay_Sea251]

Getting popcorn and soda, even though it gives me acid at this time of night?

[@VincentAzure]

the human limit has been surpassed

[@questionsriky]

All this time spent saving so little time, so ironic

[@thenewmase]

Shigeru Miyamoto watching people utterly break his game: "I don't remember programing that..."

[@alewis514]

Tbh, this game's perfect speedrun (as in, the TAS which aims to complete the game as fast as possible under any circumstance) is a pretty clean run, playing *almost* as intended by the developer. Some fast accel's and FPG's here and there, few incorrect warps - that's about it. This is nowhere close to speed runs that completely break the game and go out of bounds all the time such as Half-Life 2 or instances such as Oblivion / Morrowind / GTA San Andreas (skipping the entire god damn campaign!) SMB speedun still needs to play all the levels that a normal player would do to beat the game quickly. No glitchy skips there. Mario64 was much glitchier in that regard, as players gradually discovered ways to beat the game with less and less stars (out of 70 that is originally required). They brought this down to 30, then to 16, then to just 1 and finally to 0.

[@Mr_Crafter1234]

@@alewis514 I think he's more talking about the little things, like wall jumps from the single frame thinking mario is standing up, and similar stuff like that. there's many times where I never realized I programmed something weird like that and when shown was at a total loss because it never crossed my mind I was implementing. in this case it was used for hit detection and probably to stop a bug, so leaving it in just meant the game worked, not to mention the game is nearly 40 years old.

[@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Shigeru is a game designer, not a programmer. He doesn't program any of his games.

[@dannygjk]

@Alan Fitzgerald No that's not how programming works. Oh I misunderstood what you meant.

[@Chaoss0ul]

@@alewis514 you can do it with zero stars now!?

[@sevenoutatwelve]

SummoningSalt: starts talking about framerules My mind: IT'S BUS TIMEEE

[@picklenik9658]

Me: “Do the roar!” Salt: BUS!!!!!!!!

[@psymar]

update: a perfect-through-8-3 speedrun has been achieved. 22 frames remain. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZnYanV4Z8xngdUsi=Z-bEK_JWX8jnrgTo

[@fangsss]

This vid needs an update now

[@rainworldenthusiast]

Lekukie, SMB1 speedrunner at large, just tied the TAS in 8-4! The human SOB is now tied with the TAS!

[@juliab1954]

The chad LeKukie

[@astra8308]

Alpha male behavior

[@Skill_issue_fc]

Oh lekuki was first I thought it was niftsiski

[@maskettaman1488]

Wouldn't count it since in all likelihood he cheated it

[@rainworldenthusiast]

@@maskettaman1488 y'all Karl jobst fans can shut the hell up, I've lost all patience for this nonsense. If you've thought about something in smb1 speedrunning for maybe an hour, rest assured people who know more than you have devoted years of their time to confirming it. Do you think the smb1 mods are a bunch of idiots? Do you think the other speedruners who respect lekukie and use his setups are also idiots? Do you think the mod who approved of this exact record hasn't thought about the ways it could have been cheated and eliminated those possibilities? If the people that know more about this situation than you, some rando who watched a video by Big Man Speedrunner, are TELLING you that you are wrong, maybe try rubbing your remaining brain cells together and listening to them.

[@zacherytaylor]

“Doctor he’s running low on Serotonin! What do we do?” “We only have one option left... play the song.” “Yes doctor...” *summoning salt video starts*

[@zacherytaylor]

Side note: I’m the patient. My serotonin has been restored

[@nestormora906]

Humanity restored

[@steptuumba6279]

Home's music really is something else. I wish I knew where he finds these songs and artists.

[@arandomcommenter6759]

@@steptuumba6279 i found it in the description.

[@RainbowDashDark]

This was suggested by TikTok and then KZbin auto downloaded it, i love technology knowing what i like

[@killua962]

they control you 😂

[@RainbowDashDark]

@@killua962 maybe, but i find this video really worthwhile and interesting as i love how videogames can make their own history and amazing people comes from them

[@abbyelectric]

if you ignore that they're definitely stealing your data, sure.

[@ruzco4873]

I'm gonna tell my kids this was the Super Mario movie

[@theinsidejoke2604]

It’s way better

[@cheetaro8657]

Imagine holding an any% world record for years and getting beaten by some guy by 1 frame

[@TETCOM.]

LOL.....1 FRAME??!!.....that's so messed up 😆

[@ericr.malice318]

probably happens a lot in highly optimised games.

[@evox6878]

Welcome to trackmania

[@certifiablyRad]

Then you have to beat them by 2 frames to assert dominance

[@dieser4377]

@@evox6878 FRFR

[@gideon4942]

Only the internet can have people named "420 blaze it" be respected pillars of a community.

[@KiraSlith]

Smope weew 'erdey.

[@D-Fens_1632]

I love it, it should be used as evidence in marijuana DUI charges that cannabis doesn't impair hand eye coordination as much as people thought.

[@Cpt.Klugschiss]

Niftski has done it again 🥹

[@RockoDSS]

IT'S DONE

[@morganellis4656]

All I gotta say is Peach better be grateful when she sees how much my man hustled to save her.

[@anidiot4992]

He gets all the cake after the speedrunners finish. On the table and in bed.

[@THEDRUMMERJOSH]

She was stuck for like 5 minutes to be fair

[@kelroe2688]

Bro at this rate, Bowser like just walks in the door. Mans doesn't even have time to take his shoes off before Mario is kicking the door down

[@marshmellowguy586]

@@anidiot4992 stop

[@theSato]

@@marshmellowguy586 no

[@Bismuth9]

21:05 There will be consequences

[@daviiiid.r]

oh no

[@soulofthemedley]

I knew this would happen as soon as I saw that part of the video... This’ll be fun.

[@jimiyu.]

Hi bismuth

[@iansymonds8155]

Wait I'm not there yet

[@exxor9108]

Uh oh. lol Though I suspect that you were happy to be proven wrong. xD

[@t-kaiminus7700]

OMFG Niftski just did it 3 days ago ! I'm about to cry... He've done 4.54s 631 ! What a run

[@user-lt4mt5qi7f]

"he was 10milliseconds faster than anyone else. Total domination". Just imagine the pain Mario's balls go through with every flagpole glitch.

[@opium.7593]

LMAOAOAOOOOO

[@astra8308]

OUTTA POCKET LMAO

[@rangerfurby]

"It's physically impossible to go faster than this" We've heard that one before.

[@3Star885]

AYO WHATS GOOD

[@davidlewis6728]

imagine using a keyboard, and keybinding a series of keys to an exact sequence of buttons, and then clicking them at *almost* the same time in such a way that they register in the game the way they need to. i figure that could get around the supposed impossibility of it, since that way a single finger wouldn't have to move at that speed, just the computers ability to register it. is that allowed?

[@samm_-te9cd]

@@davidlewis6728 no. It is not

[@colewegner7576]

@@davidlewis6728 as far as I remember, no. They have to use an unmodified nes controller

[@Appletank8]

@@davidlewis6728 No speed run allows macros iirc

[@Leon-xv1nh]

Me, a Summoning Salt scholar during a dramatic pause: 'It's either Matt Turk or AndrewG'.

[@TheNinjaWarrior]

His dramatic pause for "420 Blazit" was incredible.

[@penfold1992]

I am surprised it isn't SSSniperwolf at this rate...

[@knolfyy]

@@penfold1992 ?

[@wrnchhead76]

I was thinking Darbian!

[@matthewthomson6466]

I know my old history teacher in 11th grade once broke out his NES and bet us all that he could beat the game for us in under 10 minutes, and our little teenage minds were blown when he beat it in 8 minutes. Speed running is awesome.

[@jamespeake4883]

"2 frames from perfection" sounds like a great band name.

[@HolyShinta]

there's a film music company called "two steps from hell" that released a lot of very famous epic orchestra pieces. "2 frames from perfection" would be the chiptune equivalent, right?

[@GumSkyloard]

@@HolyShinta Or the animation equivalent.

[@xxEzraBxxx]

1 frame from perfection now*

[@PhoenixTwoFiftySix]

@@GumSkyloard That'd be the company that makes music videos from the films

[@MimickFox]

If Shigeru Miyamoto knows about this, it makes me wonder what his thoughts are on the fact his little plumber boy can go this fast.

[@lob_ter]

i just watched a 44 minute documentary on super mario bros speedrunning and i have no regrets

[@nissansucc5486]

“He was more than a tenth of a second ahead of anyone else on the leaderboard. Pure domination” is such a testament to how optimised this speedrun is.

[@FriendlyDirt]

Fr

[@sherylsivertsen-kuhn1255]

Ikr

[@honkhill1355]

After 36 years it was bound to be optimized.

[@unnoticed4571]

@@honkhill1355 I doubt anyone expected it to be optimized to the point where every frame matters in one way or another Still, it's an incredible display of skill

[@honkhill1355]

@@unnoticed4571 You are right, though even if it wasn't this frame optimized it would still look insane being just a few second behind a TAS. People worked very hard to get here and the results are impressive.

[@megugu2155]

"The Human Limit" This is it, the video about ascending humanity and becoming a God all for the sake of getting a second less on the record.

[@legoupil1819]

It's not a second. It's 1/30 of a second. Humans are the best kind of insane.

[@Ghostvertigo]

To reach immortalality for all ages

[@frds_skce]

I REJECT MY HUMANITY, JOJO!!!!

[@1_____________________]

To be fair if there's a way to ascend to godhood we just need to put the solution into some barrier skip in a platformer that saves like 0.3 seconds and people will figure it out.

[@jayunderwood6266]

This music and introduction to every one of these videos makes these achievments seem so monumental and groundbreaking - Amazing

[@HaganConnell]

I love finding music through documentaries, and I always try to remember the tracks as more than "that song from The Civil War." I can never manage it with Ashokan Farewell, and I can never manage it with We're Finally Landing. You have created something so profoundly inspiring with these docs, and I implore you to never forget it.

[@kennylauderdale_en]

Your dedication to covering these speedruns is inspirational. So glad a channel like this exists.

[@wtfsamusidk7574]

Present day Present time

[@dont2604]

ƊÕÑT ŘĒÄĎ ḾÝ ҎŘÕḞÎĹÉ ҎÎḈ₸ŬRĚ

[@pinut187]

Check out Karl Jobst, also worth a watch.

[@bennbutters2578]

Lauderdale is a cool last name

[@abruhigoham7472]

I wouldnt say inspirational lol

[@kitchenjail3546]

“Only one framerule needed to be saved" *checks timestamp* *1/3 of video remains* *ofcourse.jpeg*

[@magtea3836]

Coming back to this after watching niftskis run is so eye opening like how did he do that all in one run

[@alanstringer.]

My friend always told me he hit the flag and it didn't come down but he still beat the level. I always thought he was BSing me. Guess I was wrong. Sorry Brett.

[@cristian10380]

"Imagine a bus..." *crowd goes wild*

[@randomperson3787]

Legit the comment section xD

[@brucedillon8358]

*BUS BUS BUS BUS BUS BUS*

[@Alto_C]

"imagine that this little castle that mario walks into, is not a castle but a bus stop." Ah shit, here we go again

[@TheFlavenator]

This has to be updated

[@BrooklynsBaddest01]

2 days ago, niftski broke the record. We are now 1 frame away from perfection.

[@erenshaw]

Fr

[@ThaAwesome10]

The sum of best has been perfection for 6 months

[@starting7725]

That's his 4:54:798 wr not the sob. Lekukie achieved the perfect 8-4 6 months ago which means we have reached perfection

[@agp11001]

29:32 - For some reason, I find it hilarious how Niftski is rightfully celebrating while Mario is just standing there, forced to helplessly watch that Buzzy inexorably bearing down on him.

[@pyro111100]

"Hey uh, Niftski, I know you're celebrating and all but I'm about to die. Niftski? Niftski? NIFTSKI I'M GONNA DIE H-"

[@garetclaborn]

felt this

[@AndyHappyGuy]

@@pyro111100 H

[@20TrillionTrees]

@@AndyHappyGuy -

[@antpaste]

He should have used a controller. Then I'd be impressed

[@abarry6871]

"1 Frame of Wiggle room" i have a full 5 seconds to realize someone is in front of me and I still don't react. Its insane.

[@polygondwanaland8390]

You probably shouldn't drive...

[@brock6856]

You should probably drive

[@skystrickland2576]

Was never even into speed running until I watched you. Glad you make this type of content cause I bet you probably inspired so many new speed runners to pick up the controller

[@ianfinrir8724]

I'm not good enough to Speedrun anything, but I'm fascinated with the tricks people come up with.

[@mannofdober873]

Bowser watching in horror as Mario frame-perfect jumps through every level.

[@the_kingkiwi1453]

“That would leave just one stage left” *looks at the run time* “Holy shit I get 20 more minutes yes please.”

[@itsnotiss2521]

Just did that lmao

[@ChipNebula]

YESSSSS

[@airsoftco2686]

Can’t wait to come back to this vid in a year or two for nostalgia and see “_____ DID IT” comments!!

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

I have a love hate relationship with that.

[@Javiercar]

Dropping a comment to get a notification when that happens, and because of algorithm, why not

[@thepizzatime3502]

@@Javiercar understandable, have a nice day

[@p.g.v.3765]

did you mean: "in a week"

[@Oakshield2]

I'm thinking that miniland kid can do it