The Complete History of Halo CE Speedrunning

[@GarishGoblinYT]

Great video, real trip down the memory lane... makes me want to play more again. Also Cody Miller.... what a legend

[@GibboYouTube]

He was a bit of a fraud, but undoubtedly one of the most convincing and legendary fraudsters in halo speedrunning. I remember seeing him in the Guinness book of records many years ago, before he was exposed. I feel he inspired a lot of people to pursue halo speedruns and for that I’m sure it makes up for his sectioned (but pretend full run 😂) speedruns

[@shizzleshareef]

GarishtheGODlin! Always nice seeing a legend in the wild, what a pleasant surprise. Also, yes, please play more 😁

[@kirmy1]

Get it Garish!

[@shodannonymous9359]

I love you Garish, please play more!

[@arthurp.4272]

Garish remains true GOAT

[@MintBlitz]

You weren’t kidding when you said this was your best video. Another Frog Banger

[@thebilliestsilly]

Something I wanna compliment that I don't see many people focus on is the audio mixing, perfect audio balance between music and narration (as well as good mic quality) does so much to boost a video's apparent quality and I feel like it gets taken for granted until someone does it really badly, so great job on that front as well

[@SlothSG]

Nice Complete History of Halo CE Speedrunning video

[@frogarchist]

now that the vid is up you may resume your WR quest

[@SlothSG]

@@frogarchist today FOR SURE

[@cooldude32841]

I used to speedrun CE Legendary like 10 years ago. The highest I got was #6 on the FG haloruns leaderboard and the time was like 1:51:xx or something. I was never any good but goatrope called me "rookie of the year" which is one of my proudest gaming accomplishments LOL Insane that times are getting close to being south of an hour. I still go back and do the old routes on CE for fun sometimes. Such a satisfying game.

[@nervydestroyer]

I still maintain that it was a de-rust run. It just happened to be a very good derust run. Awesome video

[@cordiaxiz88]

Who's Nervy?

[@TooBusyToBeGood]

Fantastic work Frog, noticed you uploaded this on CE’s 22nd birthday, the thought and effort you put into your videos truly is legendary

[@fromthegrave69]

Great video man. This is exactly what I was hoping for. I can’t thank you enough for all the time and effort you put into making this.

[@levi22es]

Check out the history of Halo 2 speed runs by summoning salt. It’s great!

[@wildwyatxbox]

It's so interesting to watch the video quality slowly get better and better. Literally watching technology evolve over 22 years.

[@thisamazingguyspage]

Really enjoyed this vid! My only criticism was in when you were describing updated times for old records, it was basically impossible to remember what the old record was, so I had no idea how much of an improvement had been made. Having the old time and date next to the new number would be useful, or even some kind of split as to how much time exactly was saved.

[@robreddy8163]

I’d love to see more videos like this on the history of other halo game speed runs. Hope this video does well

[@uwesca6263]

This is one, if not the, best breakdowns of the speedrunning history of a singular video game.

[@ryu411]

I remember Garish was constantly getting the WR for Halo, his runs were my favorites. I miss seeing him play the game. He also speedruns Oblivion. My two favorite games. lol

[@jonathanlee726]

I love Halo, but this is a side of the fandom I knew nothing about! This was freaking awesome! Would love more of these on the other games!!

[@Lilac_005]

The time and patience it took to find and refine every trick is mind-blowing. Excellent video!

[@DeafeningCha]

Thank you for doing this, CE needed one in my opinion because of how insane the strats have become over the years. It's also cool to see how tricks from the segmented runs were implemented over time, I'm glad you realized their importance and gave them coverage.

[@michaelletwin9996]

Best video yet. I didn't even check how long it was before I started watching, thought it was like 25 mins. An hour later and I was still hooked. Great stuff.

[@Joshington]

great video! crazy how fast the run is today

[@frogarchist]

Thanks for the help

[@cocoapebbles10]

I came into this knowing nothing about Halo Speedrunning, and left knowing more than I ever would've even expected existed on the subject - and all from one video. Well done, Frog! Bingeing your channel currently and all your stuff is very well made. Keep it up :)

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

I can only imagine how much time it took you to put this video together. Amazing stuff!

[@Eliteownage]

Great video. My friend and I had several of the records for coop times on highspeedhalo. It was hard to record videos back then, you needed expensive equipment like a DVD recorder or capture card to be able to get them onto your PC. Then you had to upload the the video files somewhere, youtube wasn't a thing until 2005 and even then you couldn't upload videos over 10 minutes long.

[@Zepravity]

being born the same date as halo 1's release is a blessing because god always gives me new halo content

[@Figway55]

Thank you for sharing the history of halo ce speedruns! Respect to all the speedrunners mentioned for their hard word and dedication

[@gabriellong4375]

One of the most watchable and re watchable YT vids I've ever seen. The talent and articulation makes me excited for the future.

[@ArcticHaven]

Mister Monopoli's Halo 2 Run at GDQ was my introduction to halo speedrunning and I've enjoyed it ever since

[@MitchCyan]

This is the best documentary I’ve seen all year.

[@codygilley7932]

The effort on this video is insane and greatly appreciated

[@codygilley7932]

More speed run history videos plsss

[@Tornado0333]

Amazing video man your the reason i got into speedrunning in the first place loved learning the history of it

[@fastmadcow]

Awesome video! I would like to note that you talk very fast and sometimes numbers and words meld together I had to double back a few times during the video to understand what you were talking about. It feels like you are reading from a script but there is 5 minutes left in class lol. Other wise super awesome video hope this video and your channel blows up!

[@user-is7xs1mr9y]

you're not the only one, I had to watch at 0.75 speed because there were barely any pauses left to process the information

[@seth4321]

WOW what a video. I enjoyed this so much. PLEASE do videos on the history of speedrunning Halo 2 and 3!!

[@TheMadMurf]

Appreciate the information and all the effort you put into making this. Halo was a pivotal game for me and and there were a lot of late nights spent in a LAN party with friends playing CE (and split screen Goldeneye, prior to that). I'm still working on the MCC part time achievements and every time I see a video like this it gives me the itch to go back and start playing again.

[@CMCFLYYY]

Excellent stuff, watched a few others before this (Halo 5, 4 campaigns ) but this one earned a sub. Suggestion for future content. This was excellent to get the full CE speedrunning timeline, but it was SO much info at once and difficult to track progress on each level over time. It could be fun to see each level get its own video, so all the skips and tricks discovered for each level can be covered chronologically instead of all levels at once.

[@theapocalypticfish]

Its not often I sit through an hour long video but this was well edited and entertaining

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

The ABSOLUTE FUCKING DOMINATION by GarishGoblin and his complete STRANGLEHOLD on the CE Legendary category is still so amazing. Dude didnt just hold it for 7 years straight...he also made like 50 improvements to his run. Im a little sad hes not #1 now.... but it was only a matter of time with new strats and people learning and trying them, and with such a large goal to go for.

[@dndgeek4112]

We had a frog teaching us how to count and spell, we’re all older and now we have a frog teaching us how to speedrun Halo CE. Happy anniversary to CE

[@UtenaXenite]

Thank you and the community for this! Been so cool to follow casually and very happy to see this collaboration yielding such amazing runs!

[@the_prophet_micah93]

frog never misses with his videos, glad i subbed!

[@b34rfac3]

Love it! Can’t imagine how much time was put into this. Thanks for the vid

[@cameronwhite7055]

You remind me of Summoning Salt. Like you are speed running a history of speed running of halo. So flippin’ cool.

[@uhumuhiuhuhum9112]

Would love to see more videos like this!

[@cambid3229]

It might have been August 20th for you, but it was definitely the 21st for me :P Great video Frogman!

[@frogarchist]

bro lives in upside down world 💀

[@bengokey5342]

Super good vid Frog, super rad. Love learning about speedrunning history, and CE's history is pretty rad (rip dark ages).

[@queensofthedthrone8267]

Me and my friend started Halo CE on legendary speed running when we were five in 2001. We would spend hours on mission four taking the warthog under water, killing each other, and spanking dead marines.

[@JC-ir8sp]

Isn't Cody Miller that disgraced speed runner that did that embarrassing Games Done Quick CE run and was caught cheating?

[@Matikz007]

Yes

[@ThtSunbreaker]

Ohh yes and that GDQ run is gloriously bad

[@thatcamowrx551]

You deserve a way bigger audience than you already have your preparation with scripting and editing is obvious and always a pleasure to watch easily of my favourite channels on yt keep it up bro

[@DJ-ew8fd]

This is so convenient. Thank you for getting us all up to speed. haha. Great video!

[@RexxieTheGamerGirlYoutube]

as someone who does some Halo speedrunning (my runner name is PrincessKickass) this video was amazing to watch! really cool to see the history of Halo CE speedrunning, have you considered doing the same kinda video for Halo 2?

[@frogarchist]

SummoningSalt did one for Halo 2 already, so no. There's also one for H3 by DarkDevastation.

[@BarkBevastation]

I'm in this video therefore its good 😁 I am kidding, its great. Well put together!

[@tomp8395]

Great video my dude. Cannot wait to see you follow up with Halo 2 speedrunning history and even Halo 3!

[@williamross6477]

I used you be obsessed with trick jumping, glitching and getting out of maps back in the day. Really wish I would have known about the speed running community back then!

[@NCRtrooper558]

Another w frog vid, also, speedrun halo spartan assault laso

[@SickRetina]

I think I know the reason why there were hardly any halo ce records from 2008-2012 (the dark ages). That was peak halo with halo 3 and halo reach 😂

[@BenitoAndito]

Your videos are better than Summoning Salt's by a long shot

[@hemandy94]

I cant imagine all the research needed or this video. Great job. Also 53:01 is truly peak.

[@sar_ptolemy]

"Marty! He's killing the marines, Marty!"

[@davider3592]

This is the type of video I’ve been looking for good shit bro

[@v3ck1n]

This video is why I subscribed to your channel

[@BuddyCorp]

God, the nostalgia of Going Nowhere Fast.... I waited up all night for each video to download!

[@arturoencinar9187]

AWESOME VIDEO bro

[@StormDragonZ]

Alternate Title: "The Quest To Beat GarishGoblin".

[@wasdwasd609]

Really good video man. My only criticism would be the amount of times being thrown at the viewer, a little difficult to digest and understand the weight of these improvements I guess. Just my opinion. I found the drop on Assault on the Control room as a kid and I'll never forget it. Blew my mind as a kid. Split-Screen, Brother was just afk and I just constantly killed myself jumping down... until I lived. Same with the Warthog through the wall on The Silent Cartographer, and the drop after the door. (constant suicides, same thing as before) Going back and playing MCC, doing LASO and seeing shit like Banshee grab was insanely fun.

[@BorderlandsPROW]

Happy birthday Halo CE!!!

[@sylv_ain]

great video for an awesome game. and Garish and sloth are really great youtube content creator as well

[@Ekidrat]

Great content.❤ Crazy grenade launches. Of halo ce .

[@arthurp.4272]

We would love to see this for Halo 2 , 3, and Reach !! Amazing video

[@Dennisthamaster]

Great vid! I see the record has been broken again 1:02:47! By Sloth.

[@Shalleaux]

Great video!! I am not particularly interested in Halo speed running and found myself glued to the TV for the entirety (:

[@SidewalkRunner]

Never thought I’d want to try speedrunning before, but you’ve inspired me to put aside my other games and give it a shot. Currently reinstalling MCC, and hoping I fair better than Cody! 😊

[@Ashfold_Eberesche]

The Billy Mitchell era XD I don't even know Halo CE speedrunning history but I know exactly what is going to be revealed in this section.

[@holyreaper9605]

Had to check out this video, after watching the Cody speed run failure 🤣

[@DarkestIQ]

somthing that took me and my friend 6 hours last Friday was done in 1/6th the time its still mind boogoling. even coming from someone who has played this game many times.

[@lolbubs11111]

I remember Going Nowhere Fast, pretty sure I watched all of those!

[@HOTRODINATOR]

This is a great video

[@hoppeanhelicoptertours]

Frog has created a masterpiece

[@ToxicTerrance]

Amazing work compiling all of this. 👏

[@MoonBaboon10]

I’ve always liked the halo games and glad I grew up playing them. Honestly I want to practice and one day try my own run

[@00Svo]

Great video, very thorough, thanks for the shoutout😊

[@AaronGravy]

If the theoretical segmented WR times are under 60 mins, I can't wait for someone to break a full game 60 mins run. I think it'll happen and probably soon or at least I hope so haha

[@homelessgenie3366]

GoatRopes run on SC is definitely worthy of having an achievement named after him. Unprecedented

[@multitablez7825]

for a game released in 2001, it has held up extremely well.

[@Thejoker14444]

Great video man you should do this but for halo 2 and 3 too!

[@GunnersCorner017]

Halo CE speedruns is just Master Chief from the books

[@TackyPaladin]

Oh yeah it's learning time!

[@camello321]

Finished my first ever Halo game Halo CE for the first time about 2 weeks ago. And i was STUNNED by how good it was! I adored Killzone 2 & 3 and to me those 2 games mean what Halo means for many and im sad the series wont be coming back probably forever... so i got my Series X and knew it was time to try the big motherfucker: Halo MCC. Currently halfway through Halo 2 and H O L Y S H I T

[@ImDanda]

After watching this video I got recommended a video uploaded 2 days ago [WR] Halo: CE in 1:03:01 | Legendary Speedrun by SlothSG

[@gutfriedvonguttenberg5614]

It's incredible that this fan favourite didn't get a proper speedrun until relatively recently

[@TrollsAreGonnaTroll]

That hunter plasma jump is insane

[@GodFaThEr09877]

Cody Miller. That abysmal performance at GDQ will go down in history as a terrible representation of speedrunning

[@eduardoensiso1937]

Happy 22nd birthday Halo CE

[@raymondchou9550]

Amazing video - subscribed!

[@woodsyjones]

LETS GOOOO

[@Maplenr]

What a dope ass fuckin video. Bravo sir Frog

[@russellstiles3046]

Excellent video i really enjoyed. If i could just suggest that you slow down your dialogue a tiny bit. I know you packed in a lot of info but its easier to digest at a normal pace

[@dekar88]

You gotta give it up to Cody Miller for at least chasin' that dream!

[@UgandaDN]

Really nice video, I can even see my twitch name from time to time in the video garishSwag

[@sorceryengine]

10:40 bright blue ball :D

[@NeonNijahn]

The hype is real

[@user-is7xs1mr9y]

Great video and awesome research, but I had to watch at 0.75 speed because my brain is working slowly today lol. It felt like you were speedrunning the video itself 😅

[@goldengod90]

@frogarchivist frogblast didn’t find that first aotc bug, the Bungie devs who designed the map knew about it originally; they found out not by getting blasted , but by jumping onto the glass and slipping down the cliff side terrain (to skip enemies). The dev who showed it to me was a family member 🤷‍♂️ he used to brag it hadn’t been found yet 😂

[@frogarchist]

Interesting. Which dev?

[@goldengod90]

@@frogarchist ruiner, aka Paul Bertone Jr., he recalled his biggest projects for haloce were t&r and aotc. he told me he also specifically helped with the first half of 343gs; I wouldn’t be surprised he helped elsewhere. It’s not weird to me to remember this about the aotc bridge jump despite being over 20 years ago, I remember he’d joke it couldn’t be found online anywhere nor could I find it. 2001 Christmas , extra special thanks to a guy named ruiner . He also claimed to be the first player to corpse hump in the game, and you can find his “ghost” character performing this in the pregame, where I was told the game was recorded from during a late pre-release beta multiplayer test. Iirc ferrex ran the multiplayer , who’s Tyson green, but he had to divert and spend time on the ce single player. Funny thing, These guys were just Bungie fans in the late 90s, since you have great videos provoking the nostalgia I’ll say more. ruiner was part of a “Myth” team that won 8 team tournaments in a row from 1998-2000; one time this involved 96 team tournament of up to 8 players in game; ruiner was also in the badlands team that had some of their Myth 3rd party maps be released publicly by Bungie through subsequent updated versions of the game prior to the release of halo ce. Stefan Sinclair a competitor on these games , “modem” ; Chris butcher helped sponsor some of those events , “butcher”. Ancient history. Grizzled, as some may say 🫡

[@orangraham]

Knew you had something good cooking