TASBot plays Mario Kart Wii presented by dwangoAC in

Runner introduction starts at 00:42
Run starts at 02:31
TAS created by Malleo, Luke, tasPlasma, Monster, Rocky, Thomas, Sware, Jellopuff, RS, Michi, Estaloy, Delta, LuigiM, Zak, Cf, Akari, Blaze, Doofenshmirtz, Marth and Snoop
Couch commentary is provided by Malleo, TasPlasma, Luke, and SwordofSeals
Raelcun is host.
This speedrun was recorded live at Summer Games Done Quick 2019, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for Doctors Without Borders. Summer Games Done Quick 2019 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on SGDQ2019, find us at: gamesdonequick...
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Runner introduction starts at 00:42 Run starts at 02:31 Couch commentary is provided by Malleo, TasPlasma, Luke, and SwordofSeals Raelcun is host.

[@ophi7016]

*Almost perfect TAS happens* Time Trials: *Y O U L O S E*

[@jungleparkway]

I know this is a joke but the reason this happens is because he's technically racing a ghost, and since he didn't win, the game said he lost, presumably because the developers didn't want to make a whole ending scenario for a tie, which is extremely rare.

[@null2845]

Also Time Trial 2 Seconds Later : *N E W R E C O R D*

[@lolindirlink]

@@jungleparkway On a more technical level, The code most likely asks for "Is current time lower?" which in this case it's not lower. They could have done "Is it lower OR EQUAL" which would show a win, But technically, it's not a win when you tie a ghost. So that wouldn't make sense and would frustrate when you try to beat a ghost (YOU WIN! but actually no, you scored the same as before..) So losing makes more sense in that case. Leaves Only 2 options to program: Win or lose.

[@mosesembrey323]

Wildy Duce yeah, right near the beginning

[@asddsaasdfg2846]

Lol

[@harmonicposting]

game: *YOU LOSE!* audience: WOOOOOOO

[@Glaster6]

jeth he didn’t actually lose

[@antonio4243]

-that's the joke-

[@Spriteanimator1]

game: Am I a joke to you?

[@jupiter7096]

Walls are a suggestion.

[@Foreststrike]

Physics are a suggestion.

[@raggedystar8255]

"They're more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules."

[@rsunni6620]

They're optional

[@brrndn7898]

@@versutus2699 you mean those pesky horizontal walls?

[@FireSpectre_]

What are these words I never heard of?

[@ATP980]

Funky Kong on the couch with the A1 sound effects, non stop information paired with insane gameplay. The quintessential racing game and community.

[@Tectrox]

Thats swordofseals

[@leavemeout4987]

Community so good, you can still play MKWii online.

[@tim..indeed]

Literally the most sold game in the world.

[@PresidentNathan]

@@tim..indeed mkwii is 12th place for highest selling game

[@ladsworld]

I can't beleive they got the real Funky Kong for this run. Just incredible.

[@FishPogx]

Truly remarkable.

[@vbgvbg1133]

How did they get him available

[@MarioSonic46]

Didn't know there was a Funky Mode in real life.

[@MindReader_PEI]

Also didn't know he was british

[@chaddoesthings6298]

MindReader you cant be funky if you don’t own the world

[@thecheesewizard]

That funky kong dude had the perfect amount of input. Not over done and actually funny when he contributed. When I first saw him I thought,” oh no...” but he killed it

[@dragonslayerz2220]

Sword0fSeals is a professional streamer. He knows how to handle himself in front of crowds

[@shrubbin]

thecheesewizard he’s sword, a player who has some pretty fast times on certain tracks

[@idontcheckmynotifications]

shrub holyshit, I'm so glad he could make it, he's a legend to me.

[@anthonyteach2396]

i started reading the comments after i finished the run, and i literally thought the same thing, too many people can kill it by being annoying, or not doing enough in his part. But he held in there and i kept rooting for him!

[@jertz_tv8238]

He did a good.

[@TheHippieRat]

TASBOT: demolishes the game and beats it in the fastest known way possible Mario Kart: YoU lOsE

[@edmund8954]

I don't get it is tasbot a bot or what?

[@bluntaidenpearce523]

Edmund Ng pretty much a bot

[@6dm978]

Edmund Ng TAS stands for tool-assisted-speedrun(super play) It can be done in a number of ways, but it is fundamentally a program where people lay out a set of inputs for the computer to initiate and use save states, frame-by-frame inputs, and various other tools to create the optimized run. In short, it’s people using tools. TASBOT is a character used in the TAS community as a “runner” for events. Funny enough, Japan has something similar, as they sometimes use the term TAS-san.

[@SoftBreadSoft]

@@edmund8954 yeah it's a bot + an interface to input to real consoles.

[@Sealed_Chamber]

Mario Kart is just bitter.

[@mattiopattio]

god the commentary is so fucking good. everyone well spoken, entertaining and informative. amazing run to watch. GGs everyone.

[@TwoEcksKay]

WOOOYEAH

[@zergal440]

Description: Couch commentary provided by SwordOfSeals >Doesn't see Tom on the couch >Realization sets in as Funky Kong speaks with a british accent *OH SHIT*

[@darriusrarrius64]

Well Rare Did make him

[@wyitPC]

nobody: funky kong: hoYEAAAAHH

[@beansoclock8748]

Gotta love the funky kong cosplay as well

[@idontcheckmynotifications]

BeansoClock I didn't even notice. My joy is tremendous and my day is made.

[@InconclusionInc]

Sword is boss

[@natesolberg8709]

he was just soooo fucking committed it was great

[@lucasloucks]

Thank you all for the applause! We’re glad you enjoyed all these amazing TASes! There will be many more where that came from. Long live Mario Kart Wii! :)

[@Malleo]

Thank you to dwangoAC and Games Done Quick for allowing us to put this together. I had a BLAST preparing for this and I'm glad everyone seems to have enjoyed our community's work. It's been a pleasure to work with the 19 authors alongside me in this game. You guys are great!

[@LetsGoAwayAlt]

This is a great tas good job

[@KAngel32]

Well done on this is there a better version yet? (If thats even possible)

[@kurtownsj00]

Funky Kong was British all along, who knew? Rare. Rare did.

[@5si5si]

Kurt Stedman im p sure that it was sword of seals, i may not be correct, but as a mkwii player since 2008 and watching YT for it alot too, i would recognize voices by now 😂

[@lowercaseletters_]

Tyler Fate *It’s SwordOfSeals aka Tom, you’re right.*

[@aaron_h9559]

Tyler Fate enit

[@Jellopuff_TAS]

Thank you to DwangoAC and the GDQ staff for giving us this opportunity. I'm honored to have been able to contribute to this incredible showcase. I'm glad we received such a positive response. Thank you for everything you guys do. I look forward to future events.

[@TenshiPrime]

Dude you're a legend.

[@dwangoAC]

You received a positive response because everyone put in the effort to perfect the levels and commentary. This was awesome because of all of you. Thank you for all you did.

[@Chillalil]

Seeing 'YOU LOSE' after every single course even though you're in a TAS is just hilarious to me.

[@undyne3366]

*does a literal frame-perfect run of every course* YOU LOSE

[@creatorzp]

TAS speedrun: *is 0.000001 nanoseconds slower than world record* MKW: p a t h e t i c

[@GoldenDiamondPro]

When you've played this game for a long time some shortcuts lose their wow factor and become trivial, such as the bcwii glitch and dk summit double cut, and it was so nice to hear and see the reactions from the crowd and twitch chat reminding me of what i was like when i first saw those shortcuts many years ago. Huge congrats to everyone that took part in this!!!

[@dv4manu]

I'll say that watching the toads factory cut when it came out was really amazing

[@JaiLeafe225]

I definitely agree, but the GV2 and Rainbow Road cuts made my jaw drop. I don't think I've seen either one before.

[@saghir1218]

The crowd cheered more on the dksummit double cut than the dk summit glitch

[@vinchen3025]

@@saghir1218 ino the crowd had no idea the double is as old as the game and even i can do it 95% of the time while the glitch its a whole new revalation😂

[@MYG]

*Actually finding a way to move forward before the race starts and not cheating* Todd Rogers: Wait. That's illegal.

[@nikoflow_fm9541]

funniest comment here

[@tohrubot8211]

That funky kong dude had the perfect amount of input. Not over done and actually funny when he contributed. When I first saw him I thought,” oh no...” but he killed it

[@XskullDrSkull]

“Horizontal Wall” *that just sounds like ground with extra steps*

[@Marshall.R]

A wall is just a vertical floor by the same logic

[@underware_pr]

You just described stairs 😂

[@sloth9567]

woah

[@TASPlasma]

Thanks so much GDQ staff and DwangoAC for letting us show off all the hard work and dedication of this amazing community.

[@ATP980]

ur a beast dude

[@dwangoAC]

All I did this time was push you to be the best you could be and all of you answered the challenge with one of the most amazing efforts I've ever experienced in my time leading the TASBot content at events. You were hungry to do it right and it showed in the fantastic organization of commentary. I'd work with all of you again in a heartbeat.

[@thefirekonaai8919]

@@ATP980 it's not 1 person man

[@kani-]

This run is huge, the work you put in along the rest of the team really shows. An inspirational performance, and thanks for performing at SGDQ!

[@MKWiiTomas]

It was great to watch this live. Although I am very upset to have not made it to gdq, I am so happy to have been able to contribute as much as i did. The standing ovation at the end made me cry, the whole thing made me so emotional. Getting the credit in such a big event felt so surreal. It’s been amazing working with every single member of the community, and even getting the pleasure of meeting some of you irl was such a great experience. Malleo, Derek, Luke and Tom were great throughout, i love you all (and dwango for giving us the opportunity to have the slot

[@dwangoAC]

You all earned this by putting in the effort. It was an absolute treat to be able to bring this community to light. Thank you for all you've done to make it happen.

[@Nox-gu9cj]

Good job, it was amazing to watch 👏

[@jwm923]

I have been waiting for a God mode ultra shortcut run. Shoutout to all mkwii TASers' I'm a big fan of the mkwii.

[@SteeredBeast]

Same

[@WheezyShotta]

I live for these TASbot speedruns.

[@nameforcomments4092]

If there was ever any doubt about whether TAS belongs in GDQ, they continue to kill that doubt with awesome content like this. And they do it in such a legit and awesome way by using live consoles and TASbot.

[@DyllonStejGaming]

I'm very happy that people are this excited to see TASBot destroy the games they love. Wonderful job, GDQ! I look forward to the next event!

[@h38-m9e]

Mario kart maps: Speedrunners: We’re gonna remove all friction with the ground and clip through this mushroom

[@OgatRamastef]

amazing collaborative work! Congratulations for all 20 tas speedrunners involved in this incridible run! You are truly artists!

[@MKgumba]

Awesome to see how far MKWii TASing has come, there are still constantly new strats found, i wonder what strats, shortcuts and glitches there will be in the future. I'm really glad the MKW TAS community had the oppurtunity to show many other people how awesome these tool assisted speedruns are, big thanks to dwango

[@geek_yy]

Why did I think MKWii meant Mortal Kombat Wii

[@swampykidmkw332]

proceeds for the community to find 3 ultra shortcuts in one day

[@tylerlarsen1842]

As a fan of this amazing community, I'd like to express my utmost gratitude to the MKWii TAS community for making these wonderful runs, and Dwango for allowing them to show their work on the biggest stage in speedrunning. And, also, kudos to Sword for his awesome performance as Funky Kong. He's genuinely one of the funniest people in the Mario Kart community, and you should go check him out.

[@Tyxi]

Wow I can't believe they got the real Funky Kong to attend

[@UltraVioletLite]

wow what amazing.

[@Litro740]

Hahah Sword was hilarious as funky, that rGV2 was absolutely mindblowing, and I love the new TF glitch and great job to all the TASers that worked on this, I wish they showed Waluigi Stadium and Sherbert Land as well, I love those glitches

[@lukeshanley3318]

I love TAS for mainly one reason. When I was a kid I've always wondered what it will look like if robots completely destroyed games. TAS is the closest thing we're gonna get so far and I love it.

[@augustosavio2655]

Mario Kart Wii is like the Melee of the mario kart series

[@Snazzysnail15]

I love the dude dressed as funky kong

[@vicenteborges1309]

It's SwordOfSeals u should check his twitch

[@joshuayue854]

Charlie Marshall Sword is a legend

[@user-ld3et7lt7z]

That Funky Kong in the background is just too good.

[@Crackhog]

That funky kong is amazing omg

[@Pjohnson12995]

The commentary is so well put together with an awesome selection of TASes (especially the new Ghost Valley 2 run, holy shit). What a great showcase of this community!

[@_catzee]

17:16 OMG he's not just some random guy for show!

[@teeks8713]

Loveless Catzee yeah he’s one of the top mkwii players

[@KenoKanawa]

I can’t imagine the amount of time needed to make this happen. Nice work guys it is awesome !

[@NovachezSIM]

It's amazing how they managed to do all these tracks on live stream. Brilliant

[@duke86fan]

At the end of the rainbow road I was just begging them. To use the ultra shortcut Oh my god is so satisfying

[@AubreyRS]

Brought a tear to my eye! Great to see the game alive and kicking, big respect to you all!

[@hana-chan420]

Amazing stuff right here, it’s clear how passionate the community is about this game even after all these years. TAS runs are always a treat, but collaborative efforts like this one are even better. Nice work!

[@Edwoah_The_Legend]

I loved that half the audience didnt know half of these shortcuts/tricks that only tas/highly skilled players could pull off

[@dr.aisaitl7439]

Yeah the BCWii stuff was pretty standard

[@iijel0e]

The best part about this is the guy cosplaying Funky Kong and never breaks character-

[@FireballFlareblitz734]

Yami Dokusei it makes me want someone to animate this and just replace the cosplaying guy as Funky Kong

[@fungusphil1263]

Except at 17:16

[@UltraVioletLite]

i never knew funky kong was british

[@pearspeedruns]

@@FireballFlareblitz734 That would be amazing

[@playout4630]

I'm so proud of this mario community

[@KiyokaMakibi]

I never knew a TAS run on Mario kart could be so thrilling! Some of those tricks were mind blowing.

[@Ljovynn]

I’ve watched this 7 times already. This is so amazing

[@ophi7016]

Amazing TAS! I've always been a huge fan of Mario Kart Wii, and seeing this all go into effect was amazing to witness. Thanks for bringing this to SGDQ!

[@crobodile]

I had no idea sword was the funky kong, then when he started talking I zoomed in on his face and my mind was blown.

[@proflns8558]

Me: Racing normally. TASbot: But first, let me talk about parallel dimensions

[@carlosprieto2231]

Love how the claps synchronized at 12:42

[@brennanschrader3608]

I like that the crowd still cheers for tasbot :)

[@leopart8094]

"Unable to create a ghost" Pretty impressive

[@kaspzr]

guys seriously join the community it is amazing to be apart of, huge congrats to all the hard work from all these TASers, props to them for representing the community strong 💪🏼

[@ohhFIow]

Most alive gdq crowd I've ever seen, AND it's on one of my favorite games. That's a win win!!!!

[@Guilmon35249vr]

"And we got Funky Kong" Sword: WooOoOoOoo!!!!! Good job, Sword :+1:

[@Sw33tG4mer]

Can’t stop watching this.

[@940steel]

9:00 my jaw hit the floor when I first saw this

[@Bleats_Sinodai]

Bodacious run, dude.

[@chouytheboy99]

Incredible job guys.

[@pavro_w0t719]

TAS is always one of the best shows at GDQ

[@jaygrum]

this is the first GDQ run i saw go over the estimate lol

[@G-Force7]

yeah the schedule originally said it would be 8 tracks shown

[@dwangoAC]

So we asked for 45 seconds more and we mostly hit that but it did go over ever so slightly. I probably should have padded it more. :)

[@Daviloss]

I have no idea about speedrunning in this game or who all those people are. but the stuff shown in this video and how it was presented was super entertaining, combined with the crowd cheering probably made it the best speedrunning video I've watched yet

[@kikker_g2747]

proof this is the best Mario Kart game atleast gameplay/technical wise

[@alistairs3934]

I didn’t realise that was sword until half way through

[@jackprisco8038]

I love to see this game with so much support from the crowd

[@RAMENn00dleb0y]

One of the best speedruns ever done honestly.

[@IvoryiGoLDeN]

The most hype video I’ve ever seen.

[@isaiahkorostil]

GAME: YOU LOSE Everyone: *claps*

[@BHox01]

Unreal TAS, unreal TASers, unreal game. Mad Props

[@jordonbrewer1231]

I dont know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that these TAS runs are so short.

[@isaac10231]

A+ KZbin recommendation

[@GaelLazerYT]

i remember this video years ago still enjoy watching it you guys need to back and do it again for 2022

[@eboone]

We don’t need Troy to cosplay as Funky Kong, Sword’s already got it!

[@ppw9535]

Most insane mario kart wii video i‘ve ever see.... thank you guys!

[@wallywutsizface6346]

I love how much the audience loves it

[@chuxpie]

omg thanks a lot for all the vid posted i love tas bot thanks again guys ..keep great work

[@matthewhase150]

Glad to see so much support from the crowd!

[@Kleebusthefool]

So nice of Funky Kong to show up to the TASBot block

[@Diembee]

Damn this TASBOT dude is incredible, seriously nobody is on his level. He has the record in like, every game!

[@armakeen3576]

not funny

[@bloodbrothers505]

He did it fanTAStic.

[@bluepaintsmells]

Ghost Valley was nuts!

[@quiteindeed6809]

Team a: "He's a hacker!" Team b: Llooks like skill to me."

[@RImeri31]

Funky is just OP in every game he shows up in

[@voca-chan7953]

I absolutely love this TAS, but the Funky Kong on the couch is the best part of this whole thing.

[@DesertCookie]

TASbot videos always are great!

[@3-gunjack368]

Dwango is my favorite runner, and he doesn't even run.

[@garylovesthevil8451]

i never knew TASBot was swiss

[@ntndeshot6237]

for who ever thinks that's the guy who voiced funky kong its not its sword of seals

[@jessemetsala6138]

Boy it makes me happy to see people still getting interested in Mario Kart Wii

[@Royale9]

I just wanted to see a bit of it but end up watching the entire thing. Incredible run

[@katieg1071]

That was ART.

[@spongey01234]

6:18 bwah bwah OOOOOOOOOH

[@southernbohemian]

how did i know sword was funky

[@DUSKvsDAWN]

The guy cosplaying as Funky Kong was fucking hilarious. Also, there just enough you know. Not over the top or something like that. I like him. Also awesome commentary, as always. Good job guys!

[@KaweedFul]

This crowd is awesome

[@CooperMMIV]

That dude dressed as Funky Kong is a legend.

[@juviko]

best 36 minutes of my life

[@swophie5144]

my favourite GDQ block! yay

[@Happy-cm7uo]

Love this video so much :) brings tears to my eyes