The Hidden Shortcuts of Mario Kart Double Dash

[@SummoningSalt]

Thanks to the following people for help with research! Be sure to check their channels out: GoombaNL: www.twitch.tv/GoombaNL iMathII: kzbin.info tarsa: kzbin.info/door/qiYbFbQmJlgIAZcl2_60rw ThatCowGuy: kzbin.info/door/ALdFOrFtIhPqPPbjpIsRJA And check out the Double Dash Players Page to keep up with other top runners - www.mariokart64.com/mkdd/

[@lostcall3679]

Thank you

[@GlowingCross]

Jesus Christ RPG When?

[@AltName7]

Nifty

[@waffle5422]

Awesome!

[@GoombaNL]

Everyone helped out a ton! It's been a blast seeing this come together :)

[@GoombaNL]

Hello it is I Goomba Just wanted to formally thank Salt here for putting in so much effort to making this amazing piece. I'm so excited to see this all done considering it all started with me watching one of his videos. Luckily many people helped me along the way such as Lothjon, Tarsa129 and ThatCowGuy and they played a key role in developing SCs Thank you for watching everyone! :D

[@dave2863]

The legend himself

[@TimKoehoorn]

incredible work my guy

[@Pizzawurm]

Lets make this the most liked comment

[@keviaaar]

Leeedge

[@vanpas]

Amazing

[@RobertMcKinnonMainChannel]

Hey! iMathII here, for those who don't recognise my youtube channel I'm sure it goes without saying, but also can't be overstated, that your videos are amazing... truly incredibly amazing

[@creepyghost2001]

Big fan of all the achivements that you were able to accomplish in this game and incredibile effort from all the MKDD community!

[@RobertMcKinnonMainChannel]

@@creepyghost2001 thank you!! i hope you enjoyed this video :)

[@wtfryley]

ive never seen a commen with a scroll bar before lol

[@raustzeal4212]

From where I am standing, it looks like Goomba was a technically better racer, but you basically executed all the theory that made all the shortcuts possible. I think you should take extra pride knowing that you laid the foundations for most of the course records even if you dont hold them yourself.

[@foldedturnip]

The true hero of this video.

[@max10dler]

The fact that none of this would have happened if it weren’t for Summoning Salt’s original Ultra Shortcut video makes this that much more wild. These videos are becoming part of the very narrative that they tell.

[@bowserjjumetroid3645]

But that was made by a random person, as he says! He can't contradict himself, can he?

[@litigioussociety4249]

His original Mario Kart 64 video is probably what inspired it, since that was released the year before the first new shortcut was found. People watched that one, and probably decided to try and see if there was a way to make some huge, previously unknown cuts in Double Dash.

[@Jakewebmaster8]

@@bowserjjumetroid3645 noooooo... He would never lie, right?

[@GoombaNL]

@@litigioussociety4249 It was the mkwii one that inspired me :p

[@bowserjjumetroid3645]

@@Jakewebmaster8 Exactly! He shant.... Heaven help if he ever did....

[@Zoruachi]

mathii & goomba are now certified legends of the summoning salt channel. imagine carrying a game’s speed running history so hard that you have a 40 minute video made almost exclusively about your achievements. legends.

[@samt3412]

Well, this is ONLY SC runs. No-SC runs are a whole different story

[@shagarumedic]

Matt Turk moment

[@arrowb.8438]

@@shagarumedic fr, MathII even has the trademark of Matt being in his name, so many legendary runners with that name, its weird

[@gavdawg2229]

@@samt3412 didn’t he say that goomba had most of the no-shortcut runs?

[@RobertMcKinnonMainChannel]

Only just saw this!! ty so much c: it feels amazing to me too

[@jaspervermeer659]

I like that the two diehard shortcutters who seemed to be battling for the record everytime hopped on call to find another one together, shows that they have a good level of respect/friendship

[@jaspervermeer659]

@Ptao Tom i don't think you meant to reply to me

[@gotojayl1511]

@@jaspervermeer659 I don't think they meant to either.

[@Michael-kp4bd]

I agree, that was such a wholesome detail. Also such mad props to iMathII for not just finding the skips and setting the first records, but managing to keep up with and trade and even hold records against the world class driving Goomba. Normally it you’re not the top and you find a way to break the game, your records are short lived. But he not only kept up with a ton of practice, but also kept being the one to find skips on new courses and trade records, even with a bunch of absolutely optimal classic driving required. Absolutely insane. What a dynamic duo. Love that they collaborated.

[@nbkb6317]

@@jaspervermeer659 its a bot

[@waltoopoyndeaux4199]

Yes! I don't know if ALL speedrunning communities are like this, but I've been part of a small speedrunning community for a smallish game and all of us are very encouraging of one another, offering tips and advice freely when asked. I hope all of the communities have this same level of comaraderie!

[@TiaKatt]

Goomba and iMathII are so wholesome. Seeing MathII in Goomba's chat, cheering him on to beat MathII's own record was great. And that they collaborate *together* to research possible new shortcuts to compete on. Good dudes, great competition. Thanks for doing this video on them and their achievements here!

[@vinccool96]

Speedrunning only grows when it’s a community

[@supr_9661]

Unlike the hoarder burbank

[@Daniel_Huffman]

Competition, both in wartime and in peacetime, is usually how the greatest achievements are made, and speedrunning is clearly no different.

[@somewhatfunnyguyy]

@@Daniel_HuffmanThey were literally COLLABORATING to bring the record down.

[@Daniel_Huffman]

@@somewhatfunnyguyy That's what I was saying: While they were working together towards a common goal, each of them brought a level of competitiveness that motivated both to lower the record faster than if they did it on their own.

[@AbsentMinded619]

I want this guy to narrate my work commute. “Now that Absent had mastered the 8th street stoplight glitch and the new Arco parking lot alternate route, there didn’t seem to be any time left to save. It seemed his world record commute would stand forever. And it did...until one month later, when he beat it by three additional seconds. Ladies and gentlemen I present to you...the Neighbor’s Lawn shortcut.”

[@joed527]

I read this in his voice.

[@turbo8628]

I can see the music kick in as the commuter stops in their tracks as they realise the lawn would be faster, then optimising the run in the following days 😅

[@mathprodigy]

lmfao bro this is gold

[@tlozfreak888]

So THAT'S who left tire tracks on my lawn!

[@absentcoder4552]

Hey! You can’t be Absent! I’m Absent! /lh

[@veronviper06]

Mathii's story is quite incredible. At the start of his WR attempts, he had nowhere near the same raw pace as goomba, but with all his practice and determination, he managed to rival a Mario Kart world champion. Goes to show that the ordinary can become extraordinary with trial and error and a lot, A LOT of practice

[@joshshrum2764]

Literally turned into Takumi, now that’s passion.

[@morganmcgaha8235]

No need to idolize anyone. Everyone is extraordinary. You are extraordinary.

[@oranplan1630]

I mean, I *highly doubt* Goomba was just born with the power to run Mario Kart really fast. He, too, became extraordinary due to practice, determination, and trial and error. I imagine he just got a head start compared to Mathii

[@robotonwheels2551]

It’s kind of unreal that DD still looks so incredibly good after almost 20 years. Still my favorite of the series.

[@tonytonychopper9037]

Depends on the Monitor/TV I guess and/or recording tools

[@ThatCowGuy]

I agree, it has a pretty timeless artstyle

[@jasonblalock4429]

Yeah. *Aesthetics* can be timeless, even if the underlying technology becomes dated. Okami is another great example. 6th Gen game, but its graphics are so perfectly implemented that it's hard to imagine how they could be improved, besides resolution bumps.

[@kaptenteo]

Agreed. It's my personal favourite game in the series, as well, because I really like the duo drivers gimmick.

[@algar6616]

Amen

[@reagansido5823]

15 years. That is such an insane amount of time for a speed-based game to go with only one minor skip being found.

[@wansichen3743]

golden eye?

[@worldsboss]

Yeah, MKDD was a well-made game for sure.

[@robertarden2208]

Mathii feels like the main character of a book here. Starting off as a rookie looking up to Goomba, coming to prominence by winning through creative thinking rather than strength or skill initially. After that they become friendly rivals attempting to continually one up each other but also working together to come up with new and better strategies, it's genuinely a type of story you expect to read or watch in middle school.

[@StalinkTz]

just wanted to say that goomba has like every other record in the game still

[@nottachance8554]

@@StalinkTz which makes mathii having any more impressive

[@StalinkTz]

@@nottachance8554 yea, kinda

[@memesarekeem]

@@ianomalley6100 Not true at all. They both innovated equally and both have immense skill. Goomba was just in the game longer.

[@andrewarden6433]

I went to school with him. He's a really smart guy

[@jamesrokas6790]

I recently started grinding Double Dash time trials and both Goomba and iMathII have been incredibly kind and welcoming to me. I hope this video garners them recognition for their phenomenal playing and attracts more interest to the MKDD community

[@SoleaGalilei]

That's great to hear. I look forward to seeing your runs in a video in the future!

[@LCSteeler16]

It seems like every SummoningSalt video is like a major moment that we all need to drop everything we are doing and watch another certified classic

[@ShadowKnight-ur9ql]

I can agree!

[@juggern0tt]

facts

[@scorpionelite2543]

He’s the only youtuber where i tweet every time a new video is dropped

[@aaronburrell3729]

I literally stopped watching a video about 80s rappers and malt liquor.

[@hedgie9485]

100%

[@RunningEagle2011]

Not only is summoning salt the best speedrunning historian, he's now cemented himself as part of speedrunning history. Truly an amazing sight to see first hand.

[@femain1788]

He was already part of it. I believe he holds/held the record for the fastest Tyson fight in mike Tyson punch out.

[@ScorpioIsland]

He also holds records in a number of more obscure games

[@Kwauhn.]

As Karl Jobst would say, he's an absolute legend.

[@extremechimpout]

He also has a giant dong

[@Aarron-io3pm]

Simp. Lol

[@danplaysguitar6706]

I just wanna talk about how there's still only like 7 courses broken so far. That's it. Mario Kart Wii that came later on is totally busted and yet it's predecessor is genuinely well designed and hard to break. Crazy

[@CowMaam]

7/16 not 7/32

[@danplaysguitar6706]

@@CowMaam aye but it's still not a lot, still took forever to crack and the checkpoint system was real precise

[@Skelterbane69]

Tbh, wii is so good BECAUSE it's broken. Many ways to play it.

[@danplaysguitar6706]

@@Skelterbane69 oh yh wii is fun as fuck it's just amazing how it's more broken than the game before it

[@notsocooldude7720]

Wii also has a much larger player base. Double dash sold 7 million units to MKWii’s *37 million* . More players = higher chance of finding glitches

[@CmdrBrown]

The end credits showing the "Where are they now" for the speed runners is a very good idea and wraps-ups the video in a satisfying way. Great job as always Mr. Random Guy.

[@scrollingonthiswebsite]

its crazy how summoningsalt's original ultra shortcut video was inspiration for goomba, which has now become speedrunning history that summoningsalt himself is documenting rn. the influence is crazy

[@jackpumpoen]

the cycle continues

[@derpymule7977]

While I love how humble Salt is with his own achievements and influence, and the running joke of him barely acknowledging himself is undeniably hilarious, he deserves to be proud of the impact he’s had on the speedrunning community and I don’t think anyone would complain if he bragged a little, he’s certainly earned the right to.

[@ScorpioIsland]

Him and Karl Jobst will do almost anything not to highlight their own greatness

[@ChickenGeorgeClooney]

Love how his Matt Turk vid ends with him unceremoniously showing he holds the record for Mike Tyson fight

[@extremechimpout]

@@ScorpioIsland Carl can brag a little in his white power discord but still a humble man

[@davidthecommenter]

bro's holding back his bragging rights till his death

[@3kojimbles895]

I'm still not over his punch out one, where he introduced himself as the final runner

[@commander-fox-q7573]

It’s amazing how every time a summoningsalt video is dropped whole speedrunning communities come together to watch another community get a spotlight

[@pifopifo1000]

@@dogmascj9570 Look at these Dislikes XD

[@ThatCowGuy]

Helping Salt in making this was a lot of fun :) It's really cool to see all the shortcut science compiled into a well made documentation like this. Here's hoping that we find more shortcuts in Double Dash in the future :D

[@dragoneyr1632]

I'll reply to you to give you more interaction

[@madeye6896]

Love ur work guys

[@danielshamlian2800]

Thank you for helping make this a story to reach all of us!

[@scragglie]

thanks for your contribution!

[@unr34L-]

No1 cares lol

[@brandonhughes4076]

Mathii is pretty smart honestly, he knew the upper echelon of MKDD runners was extremely tightly contested, but managed to carve out a niche as one of the bets shortcut runners in the whole community

[@JonathanScarlet]

Can we also shoutout to the fact he went from not even top material to one of the best purely through learning these shortcuts?

[@TheReubenthegreat]

"Worker smarter, not harder" energy

[@tripplordofinconvenience9953]

E

[@JonathanScarlet]

@@tripplordofinconvenience9953 ...uh...

[@JC4.80]

I hope I can do this through rainbow road on mkwii with the glitch.

[@Radio.Raptor]

Watching this as a programmer, albeit a hobbyist one, I feel no matter how wel you code something there will always be that tiny insignificant flaw or loophole that will let someone break your creations. All it takes os a bit of creativity. And frankly I love it!

[@SMJSmoK]

And this scales with the complexity of the project, the number of programmers contributing, time pressure etc. Actually it's kind of amazing that this game was able to "hold" for so long.

[@UnchargedBattery978]

I think it adds variety if it isn’t too bad

[@Invalourrr-vb3xo]

I'm confused why they wouldn't just use there already existing systems to put you in the last box you completed rather then a boxes individual respawn location. Strange decision.

[@illford]

@@Invalourrr-vb3xo programming decisions are a mix of ease, emotion and knowledge. Sometimes one option is easier or just more appealing for some reason.

[@Invalourrr-vb3xo]

@@illford no for sure, there's probably a reason why they did it the way they did it. It could have been a temporary solution that they thought they would fix but thought "nah it's good enough" or any of the things you already suggested. Cus it held up for 15 years and even then it requires hard tricks to exploit, so it served its function.

[@Cynsham]

You’re literally creating speedrunning history just by uploading these videos and bringing this art form to a wider audience. It’s amazing to see history being made right in front of your eyes from such a high quality channel.

[@winnipeginstinct]

he didnt even have to grind a record to get into his own video this time

[@Rad0905]

I think something important to remember is that a lot of these people aren’t enemies. But instead a community. It’s easy to think these runners hate eachother, going back and forth with the record. But here we see that the two top runners, Goomba and Matthi get on a call and work together to find a new method. Competitors, Not rivals.

[@GunnerSiIva]

That's obvious for me. It's like at an UNO game : it's war, but you don't hate each other.

[@suezuccati304]

Yeah, most speedrunning communities are more like friendly competitors than actual adversaries.

[@tigercors3308]

@@GunnerSiIva you've clearly never played uno right

[@GunnerSiIva]

I’ve played uno a lot and I’m keeping my message.

[@suezuccati304]

@@tigercors3308 if you want your friends hating each other you should play Monopoly instead

[@ZanbonSen]

The most fascinating thing to me about this whole video is Mathii himself. Someone not even in the top 40 and all he needed to do was just try something different and then excelled. Oddly motivational that sometimes you just need to try something different.

[@zooms7889]

reminds me of my own experience with the new Daisy Cruiser glitch in MK7, getting a WW top 10 time (it's now 11th) without a single no glitch time in the top 150

[@nxvasage2597]

I strongly agree, someone doesn't need to even be in the top 100 and can still get the first ever wr when it comes to glitches and experimentation. A concept not all of Mario kart community thinks is possible, but is very possible.

[@elipandaman]

is it not pronounced "i math 2"? are the "II" not roman numerals?

[@KyokujiFGC]

There are innovators and optimizers, and people who fall somewhere in between. Mathii would be more of an innovator, while Goomba is more of an optimizer.

[@RobertMcKinnonMainChannel]

thank you!! yeah going into the game i loved watching videos of the shortcuts, mushroom bridge in particular. so as soon as i was barely good enough to do the glitch, i was grinding it lol. once i realized i had the opportunity to get my first world record, i just went for it. im very glad i made it there :) to this day mushroom bridge sc 3lap is still my proudest record, ill get that 1'03 soon enough lol also ​ @eli i don't mind however you pronounce it :) although you can follow this guide if you want Kappa kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYWVaqaIbqiqg9E

[@TheRealSullyG]

Always love a new Summoning Salt video. Looking forward to the day when you cover the Mario Kart 64 Unhoarding scandal

[@dootdoodle569]

Hello otamatone man 👋

[@Abyssbreaker01]

Otamatone man plays Mario kart?

[@acornbird]

I didn't think you could respect you even more but now that you watch summoning salt damn

[@ZombieaidZ]

The what?

[@dessertfox5995]

Please explain

[@hydr8ion858]

I love the ending "where are they now" segment, really makes it feel like a movie.

[@Helptendo]

yeah the new ending with where are they now is super cool

[@krunkcleanup2949]

I was half expecting to see Matt Turk's name there too...

[@purplezebrahoover]

“I’ll watch a couple of minutes of this before I go to bed” 41 mins later - “That was awesome” Summoning Salt’s storytelling ability is absolutely sensational.

[@jacketswae]

*intense snoring*

[@xXAM11Xx]

Same! so epic i don't know anything about these runners but something about the music, his narration, and general asthetic makes 40 minutes feel like nothing. Sad when they're over.

[@hardboiledfrog]

Summoning salt is one of the best story tellers on youtube. I genuinely hope he never stops.

[@seanmurry6903]

​​@@jacketswae *snoring intensifies*

[@nbabackcourtmedia]

I feel like these videos could be on a streaming service as a documentary series, they're just that good

[@taptiotrevizo9415]

You're giving streaming too much credit.

[@duckh0le859]

These videos are way too good to belong on netflix

[@tobedetermined85]

I wanna see Salt on Netflix or something one day making episodes about mariokart

[@bowserjjumetroid3645]

Does Twitch count? It's on there.

[@lucasstoddard8628]

I'd say they're Pretty Good

[@kevincronk7981]

I'm always so impressed by summoning salt's humility, when he made his punchout video and he was the standing record holder, he was so humble about it, now when one of his videos was literally the catalyst for everything he goes and proactively removes his name from the story to not take as much credit.

[@Ac7d]

One of my favourite things in this video is how Mathii went from being another player trying to beat a record to the jump king of this game finding all sorts of secrets. A legend in his own right.

[@JuicyJenitals]

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

[@doursen]

@@JuicyJenitals 😐

[@WunderwaffePrime]

@@JuicyJenitals what

[@alfinpovg6378]

sammee mathhii is a legend

[@r.u.s.e3586]

In some ways pioneering your chosen field can be even more difficult then honing existing skills. Honing your skill and innovating new ones are equally important!

[@dcpngn3740]

I can see myself in 10, 20, or even 30 years, coming back to these videos to sit down and watch them again. Honestly, works of art, every time the intro music plays I just get this overwhelming feeling of excitement. Top-notch video.

[@YCWIT]

It is so trippy to have been hearing all of these insane stories, that have occurred after I started watching Summoning Salt. There is always history being made

[@pikcube]

There's a cycle in speed running where glitches let us understand a game's mechanics, and the mechanics inform where to find glitches. What makes DD so interesting is that it was so difficult finding glitches that the mechanics had to be discovered first through other tools, sort of the opposite of Mario Kart Wii.

[@Cherrynasb]

Reminds me of the James Web Space telescope. Nasa had to literally invent other technologies for decades in order for the final product to be created years later.

[@personwritingthings]

Lol this reads like the difference between forward and backward genetics. Forward genetics are concerned with finding the gene from the function, while backwards are the function from the gene. The genes are the mechanics, and the functions are the glitches, i swear 😂

[@YounesLayachi]

@@Cherrynasb nonsense. It's trendy and fashionable to talk about the JWST today. The craze will fade out in a year from now.

[@Cherrynasb]

@@YounesLayachi bro I've literally been reading about the thing since I was born it's all I've been waiting for

[@YounesLayachi]

@@Cherrynasb still invalid comparison

[@highvoltage988]

I love the Animal House style "where are they now?" endings of the past few videos, love to see how the story is continuing through today!

[@stephenwu1553]

I love these too, I'm just hoping for Matt Turk to show up again somehow.

[@Newciouss]

Yo 🔥kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJWtapWpg5x9d9k

[@jasonblalock4429]

Agreed. My one complaint about Salt's videos is that I wish he'd show more of the runners' personalities, add a little more human element. Anything like this helps, to me at least.

[@Q.theProducer]

I love that Salt realized the power of his background music. The new tracks he's picked out are MINT 👌🏻

[@griffin8er845]

The second I heard his main song “we’re finally landing” by Home I immediately started loving his channel and then all of the different tunes he uses to change the mood for like new discoveries and such make his videos fantastic.

[@joshshrum2764]

His power up is scary more background music, and a better mic.

[@funkydinosaur]

Whenever SummoningSalt says "And that person was ..." I automatically hear "Matt Turk" in my head, no matter the video or the game currently being discussed. Btw; amazing video as always 🔥

[@johncameron1935]

You're not alone. And any time it is Turk, it's a moment for fanfare.

[@theguythatasked6400]

@@johncameron1935 even better was that time it was summoning salt

[@2DRichochet]

SS had a world record himself?

[@johncameron1935]

@@2DRichochet yeah check the punch out video.

[@Ignirium]

Yeah i do the same, regardless of the context of the video it just always fits lol.

[@JoeSmith-db4rq]

It’s crazy to think that it was YOUR video that inspired a search for shortcuts that eventually got big enough to get their own Summoning Salt vid. It’s just really cool to see proof of how inspirational your channel is and how sharing amazing content in general can inspire future discoveries!

[@DuckyTheGamer]

I'm pretty sure it's a rule of life that no matter what you're doing when summoning salt posts a new vid you drop whatever it is and watch the entire vid ASAP

[@JuliusBriggs]

yes thank you for this unknown information mr. checkmark man

[@TheOdMan]

I don't know... I'm playing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic again for the first time since it came out, but you may be right, I'm here after all.

[@izaj1307]

Can confirm

[@calebchristiansen3065]

Yeah, I was hanging out with friends when I got the notification and straight up just left to watch it lmao

[@princeragu1857]

@@JuliusBriggs these kinds of comments are getting so f'ing annoying. just trying to chase top comment

[@picklenx7]

"And for the next 15 years... That was it." I swear your storytelling is too good man, as soon as I heard that I knew I was in for a wild race through time!

[@slxdeprod]

You know, I'd imagine the only thing better than being the de facto guy to document a lot of Speedrunning History in documentary videos would be learning that your documentary videos actually influenced and pushed speedrunning forward themselves

[@lydiazap7243]

salt is a world record-setting speedrunner himself, he makes the best speedrunning history videos, and his speedrunning history videos themselves influence world records. what a guy!

[@goaltf4]

i found it so funny when goomba got the accidental shortcut on mushroom city when he was trying to show how it DOESNT work, feels like when you struggle with a problem and show someone else and it fixes LOL edit: 27:00

[@Jordan3DS]

That happened with my brother with the original Punch Out. He was stuck on Super Macho Man for days, then he showed a friend the fight to be like "look how impossible this is!" and he beat it on that attempt.

[@solsystem1342]

Task failed successfully!?

[@Purriah]

@@solsystem1342 no, it would be more like task failure failed

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

@@Purriah The task fails to fail and if it fixes the problem, the task fails to fail permanently lol

[@Merennulli]

We call that the "IT effect" at work. When someone from IT shows up to see the problem, invariably it starts working. Even for those of us in IT calling each other over to help.

[@TDSDyno]

This video proves that Summoningsalt's videos have made an impact on the speedrunning community

[@Jakewebmaster8]

I like your bean

[@Armoliver]

Uh duh

[@kkeithf]

I wouldn't even know it existed without him

[@ashdroidgamer3878]

Right

[@ashdroidgamer3878]

@@Jakewebmaster8lol

[@LeoA05]

Really loved the record graph timeline. Just having that visually represented really shows the push and pull of the players; feels engaging.

[@basementboy1910]

Every SummoningSalt Video feels like a Checkpoint in Life. Like a "congrats you made it to juli 2022, heres your reward"

[@gabrielresidentevil]

That's Exactly How I feel and I always take a look at when he posted he last video and remember what has happening in my life back then, it is always cool, his videos make me stop and look how much stuff has happened since last time and his videos come to me as a Happy Surprise, it's amazing!

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Some games have no glitches, others have shortcuts, others have shortcut skip skips

[@zucchiniman_]

:o

[@CowMaam]

@@dogmascj9570 no way that’s serious

[@user-et3xn2jm1u]

@@CowMaam it's a bot

[@LestifyYT]

Hi

[@silverflight01]

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[@MrLegendofLP]

The fact that it’s taken so long, so much effort, and most of them don’t even save that much time is a testament to how well polished Double Dash is as a game. But it also shows how a couple dedicated people with enough time and skill can accomplish anything, and as usual the way you present this history is inspiring.

[@mellwrrld9206]

hey there! i'm one of imathII's school friends! i'm so proud of him and his progress, it's totally bonkers to have him appear in a summoning salt video!

[@RealTal.]

say hi to him for me

[@_nexus5943]

I love the 'where are they now' section at the end, it's an interesting retrospective into where the runners are now

[@DefinitiveDubs]

At this point, having your name show up in a Summoning Salt video is like a rite of passage for speedrunners, proving that they've taken their place in history.

[@joshshrum2764]

He should cover a initial d game sometime since it’s a perfect series for this show.

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

Loving the addition of the time charts , makes perfect sense. They only start the first recorded time and progress to the current record. easy to see progression at a glance.

[@legionbeast]

This still shows just how damn tight the programming of Double Dash is.

[@jasonreed7522]

Double Dash has always been my favorite mariokart for non-speedruning reasons. But the knowledge that its programming is so airtight that it took until 2018 to find the second viable shortcut and that didn't even open the floodgates just adds to my love of the game. (I think mariokart wii had the rumble volcano shortcut exposed and then a flood of shortcuts opened up.)

[@haandotexe]

31:30 "So that means it's possible to go to Bowser's Castle, and do a flop on your flap... I just wanted to say that :)" This moment is genuinely so funny to me.

[@Luigi_Madyo]

this should be pinned

[@Jon-fc2ss]

Salt's videos are all top tier but when he makes MarioKart videos they instantly become some of the most entertaining content on the internet

[@femain1788]

I love the Mario kart ones but I think my favorite is still the quest to best Matt Turk and the one with matias going for complete domination in the Mario kart game and the entire community fighting to stop him. Still makes me sad he never achieved it

[@MNSweet]

Hey Salt, you likely have heard that some people have used your videos as background noise to fall asleep to but for me it has an added benefit as your content is one of the few collection of videos that can break through my PTSD flashback spirals as I'm trying to sleep. So thank you for helping me get to sleep peacefully.

[@noteveryday]

All I pictured: (trying to fall asleep) "And then this happened..." EXTREMELY LOUD yell of "LETS GO" in reaction to a WR.

[@MNSweet]

Well my recent PTSD has to do with getting denied access in the middle of night to my hotel because the check in guy didn't know what a real service dog or US ADA law was, leaving me homeless in a unknown town with one of my chronic migraine pounding away and SD signaling "dude sit down you going to faint." TDLR Best Western needs better employees training and Hyatt saved my trip. But to your point I do wonder about Moe's South Western Gril employees and waking up in a cold sweats yelling WELCOME TO MOES!

[@matthew_master5786]

Every time Summoning Salt uploads a video, he just makes my day but this one is different. Mario Kart Double Dash holds a special place in my heart and to see the world record history behind it with loyal players still playing the game to this day is enough to make me emotional. Thank you Summoning Salt for making this video. I hope to play the game again soon.

[@stormcat3648]

A Summoning Salt video is a moment where speedrunners and it’s fans can gather to see the remarkable stories that Salt never fails to deliver!

[@huntermoreland7470]

I can’t wait for 15 years from now when summoning salt is a staple name in the community for ever and it’s pure joy remembering what he’s built.

[@thebestworst8002]

He already is. He has over a million subscribers and he started an entire subgenre on KZbin

[@Sacksalot]

True, but we should appreciate him now, too. While he’s in his golden era

[@futureddude4250]

Still can’t believe he wasn’t always full time, this guy is a legend

[@trevvywevvy9533]

I love the fact that the interval between videos keeps getting shorter and shorter without losing any of the quality. It’s almost like a speed run in and of itself.

[@NilsMueller]

Double Dash had by far some of the best (legit) short cuts. I remember me and my friends just driving around the map trying to find them, completely ignoring the race

[@otakubullfrog1665]

The beauty of unpatchable disc-only games like we had in for the Gamecube and earlier consoles is that, not only will they be played for generations, but new players will always be able to experience the game just the way it was released and can try out all these neat tricks or try to make even more discoveries. I think that something is lost in modern games where updates can fix glitches and, as games move more toward a streaming model, publishers can make the fixed version the only way to play.

[@Kelseyjohnstonnz]

Salt clearly has a fan base that drop EVERYTHING when he drops a vid. The amount of views sky rockets much faster than someone with 1.4M subs would expect to see.

[@triethylborane49]

It's because he prioritizes quality over quantity, and it (rightfully) brings in a wide variety of viewers

[@Kelseyjohnstonnz]

@@triethylborane49 well said!

[@nicklagrassa7828]

Salt is one of the few accounts I get push notifications for. When he puts out a vid, I know it's going to be perfect.

[@esxivy1944]

I have to say. I was born on 2001, so I havent played most of the games you show, or at least I dont have that real feeling of nostalgia for them. And, for some reason, you manage to give me warmth/childhood nostalgia/joy with the way you present the videos with its narrative and music I just really really love your content, what an incredible channel

[@verde7595]

I was also born in 2001 and grew up with most of the these games. Different upbringings I suppose

[@StuffandThings_]

Similar story here, not nostalgic for those games but it somehow gives off that vibe. I'm honestly not even really invested in speedrunning, the only speedruns I even watch are Minecraft CTM runs, yet these videos are so unbelievably satisfying. That strange false nostalgia is just too good to pass up.

[@serious_sharp]

as someone who played this game since his childhood, seeing that mushroom city shortcut with the jump is damn impressive.

[@YounesLayachi]

... there's no koopa city in this game, what do you mean ?

[@serious_sharp]

@@YounesLayachi mb meant mushroom city

[@jasonblalock4429]

30:25 The voice of a man so accustomed to getting WRs that he barely even sounds excited as he casually explains what just happened, while still doing the run.

[@btf_flotsam478]

25:54 I mean, he managed to have this pop-off too.

[@ItsJabo]

it's always a good weekend when Summoning Salt uploads

[@ravenshade266]

Well, well, well. If it isn’t one of my favorite Fallout KZbinrs. Glad to see you’re also enjoying this amazing content!

[@matthewkenney9407]

It’s crazy to think how one of my favorite childhood games had so much mystery to it shortcut wise for 15 years in till 2018 rolled around, I truly felt like I was watching a documentary on such a good game.

[@Ninja1Ninja2]

its so wild all it took was one discovery to start a revolution of seeking more like it that made everything so much faster

[@pinkliondoodles3989]

It's incredible how each and every video somehow manages to build onto each other in terms of editing, voice work, footage, as well as the length of the videos themselves. Not only do I watch them to see the impressive work of speedrunners, but also to just put them into the background, so I don't feel lonely completing a task. I don't think I'll ever tire from seeing them or waiting for the next one.

[@Cavi587]

It's surreal how your videos are now becoming an actual part of speedrunning history. Amazing stuff.

[@rabropes]

When SS posts a new video, I'm immediately unburdened, happy, and full of optimism. I lose all my worries and can immerse myself in these incredible stories. Thank you, SS, for the energy and passion you bring to every video.

[@dappitydingdong1219]

maybe don’t shorten his name to “SS”

[@petermccannell7565]

@@dappitydingdong1219 he likes to live dangerously

[@Blernster]

Bruh relax it's a video about Mario Kart 😂😂 go call ur mom

[@wio1]

@@Blernster It's probably a joke. He calls him SS

[@JoeDeezy]

I’m so happy that MathII and Goomba joined forces in a call and found a skip in just a couple hours. It’s not so much about who Vs who is better but it’s about the game itself and the fun with finding and performing these skips

[@kenjilaw4223]

This is the most underrated Mario kart in my opinion, it was the most unique and I spent countless hours with my siblings playing this game and experimenting with all the glitches. This was my childhood!

[@Etsa]

This is my favorite Mario Kart by a lot!

[@superubergoober]

i wouldnt say underrated, most people ive met regarded it as the best, for good reason

[@supxrkicks560]

The fact that it took so long to find *any* shortcuts past the waluigi one is a testament to just how well made Double Dash was. Still my favourite Mario Kart.

[@nintoollica955]

Out of all the courses they've found shortcuts in, I'm really surprised that Rainbow Road isn't one of them. You can pretty much fall off the course anywhere.

[@onlysmiles4949]

26:30 This is like the speedrunning equivalent of bringing your car into the auto shop because it's making a weird sound only for the car to work perfectly fine

[@Terlinilia]

Salt: "There was only 1 shortcut in the whole game." Me: "Wow, surely the time trials were optimized to their fullest and no shortcuts would be uncovered. This game will remain un-broken forever!" Salt: "But then, that all changed." Me, an utter fool: *jaw unhinges and crashes through the floor in disbelief*

[@FrankCapybara]

someone forgot to read the title

[@Terlinilia]

@@FrankCapybara 🤓🤓

[@vansdaman41]

🫤

[@ryanthescion]

Every one of these videos is an absolute gem

[@penglings9247]

Double dash looks like so much fun. It just looks so “liquid” or “smooth”. The Mario karts afterwards are definitely fun but they all look way more “stiff” than double dash. Hope I can play it someday

[@YounesLayachi]

The movement freedom of the character in the back of the kart helps make it much more alive. Other games feel like controlling just an inanimate and rigid kart instead of the actual characters. Especially the games that can jump without use of tricks, since it's unnatural for a kart to jump, so it feels like the player is controlling the kart directly telling to jump.

[@DoctorBones1]

why did you put liquid smooth and stiff in quotations

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

@@DoctorBones1 I suppose because they're subjective descriptors. But what OP is trying to say is DD has more fluid control

[@wheedler]

@@YounesLayachi Unnatural as in artificial or supernatural? If it's the former, everything a kart does is artificial. If it's the latter, I'm sure karts could be made to jump within the laws of physics.

[@cringer8107]

dd is for sure the best mario kart hands down ...

[@PhirePhlame]

The fact that it took this long to break that system is a testament to how well it works

[@james8616]

I love that double dash didn’t originally have any shortcuts, because it meant it was a super optimized game for lines and boosts and stuff. It didn’t rely on shortcuts, it relied on amazing skill and lines

[@Jzphh]

Wow didnt expect a MKDD summoning salt video! Amazing video and def didnt expect a shoutout for my measly SC attempts back when it was first found haha, I remember i saved a few seconds by going over the bridge railings and Goomba quickly took it back. It's crazy what he and iMathii have done with SC's since then. I think i spent more time compiling all the Waluigi SC times and getting the SC google doc to look like the player's page leaderboards than i did on driving SCs :D Also a while back I found the OG japanese bulletin site for MKDD in 2003, and iirc a player named Ma-kun knew of the shortcut in mid-december 2003.

[@RobertMcKinnonMainChannel]

yooo lets go! you are truly the master of MKDD lore

[@GoombaNL]

Sick to see the confirm, thank u mr Joseph

[@vappycat]

I've never clicked so fast. Something about a Summoning Salt video upload really feels like something worth dropping everything for, and a lot of people agree. I see him spoken of in completely unrelated places when he uploads, and it's nice. He just has a way of bringing people together. Which isn't something that many youtube channels can do. Thanks for the great content, Salt.

[@kikman3440]

The sexual tension between two speedrunners is always my favorite part of a Summoning Salt video

[@furbyfinatic6830]

Yeah, theres always at least one

[@valentds]

i came first! no me!

[@furbyfinatic6830]

@@valentds haha, skill issue

[@verdenclash4192]

What the actual fuck😂😂😂😂

[@k.m.m.a81]

excuse me?

[@TalkingVidya]

Me when Summoning Salt does a video of an almost 20 year old game I haven't played in years: WHOOOOOO, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!

[@SOFTDRINKTV]

I always thought I was a great Double Dash player. Played the game so much growing up, but this video blew my mind... Time to start practicing these shortcuts

[@treventallent4916]

Speedrunning SoftDrink appearing in a Summoning Salt video would be elite

[@JuicyJenitals]

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

[@Caterblock]

@@JuicyJenitals wtf

[@JuicyJenitals]

@@four-en-tee Im not a Protestant, I don’t belong to any church. Why do u think I am a Protestant? I doubt a rapture anyway. Someone has to stay here and get their head cut off, I will do that happily

[@four-en-tee]

@@JuicyJenitals That was bait 🤦

[@rusto_]

Incredible video as always, amazing to see what the community has been able to do with this game, from the unbreakable kart to broken open, to it now being a hunt for the last few shortcuts. I didn't really expect to get mentioned since I only followed in the footsteps of the best shortcut players such as Goomba and iMathII who made such crazy advancements to this childhood game of mine, but I'm honored. Makes me want to revisit MKDD honestly lol. Superb video, Salt :)

[@RobertMcKinnonMainChannel]

rusty i was incredibly excited when i saw you were mentioned in this... i was running around the house! lol even if most of your community impact is outside of MKDD, it made me so happy to see you getting recognition in a salt vid c: you've done so much for the mario kart community, and you really deserve to be recognised for it

[@luc94era]

LETS FCKINCUCYOXITXITDOTGGG GOOOOO RUSTYYYYYYYYYYGTTXKYKZTIDTUTZLULTSRLUSLU5DLUTDLUTDLUTS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@boldandbrash1990]

I know next to nothing about video game history or speedrunning, but your commentary style is so enticing and informative that my heart does a little jump for joy every time you post. These are more than history videos. You're storytelling. I've rewatched several of your videos more than a few times because of how gripping your storytelling is.

[@Mikeinator_]

Of the 10 years I've been on this platform, I don't think I've ever seen a person as humble as Summoning Salt. The fact that his first Mario Kart Wii Ultra Shortcut video is what started this chain of events is insane and almost poetic in a way. The fact that he refuses to refer to it as _his_ most popular video and just calls it "Random Guy" shows just how humble he is. Nearly every other youtuber I've seen would have used that as a shameless plug in a heartbeat. For a guy called Summoning Salt, he is far from salty. And is it just me, or is it weird to watch a Summoning Salt video that *doesn't* open with "We're Finally Landing" by HOME?

[@Mario64Master]

That's me at 34:09! I found my copy of that DDJ clip, which I had apparently filed away in a folder called "Cool, Dumb, Weird Stuff". Cool that this dumb weird glitch actually came in handy all these years later!

[@cboii2861]

Its you PogU

[@feberiner]

Whenever Summoning Salt uploads, it feels like a holiday

[@Howyeman]

This guy, this channel... It's so good it's stupid. He's creating speedruns e-sports. I know they exist already, but he''s able to make it so appealing and mainstream. Congrats Summoning Salt, you're a legend in the making.

[@tylerd4553]

This video happened at one of the most perfect moments to be a "Summoning Salt Moment" Love all your content and appreciate the hard work, dedication, and genuine heart that shines through your videos. Especially loved the little recap at the end with the main runners of the video as a sort of 'where are they now' summation. Always looking forward to the next SS speedrun doc!

[@SithLordTom]

I know other people have said this before, but I love how Summoning Salt makes stuff like this feel like major world events Also at 30:55 I think that's a bit hard to tell that the camera is scrolling down because the bar is solid green, and that just made me think of the idea of making the lines subtly striped; although I don't know how good that would actually look compared to in my head

[@chroma.z]

or grid lines in the background could help

[@DBG2k]

All other tasks must put aside whenever Summoning Salt uploads

[@patrickcavanaugh3737]

Yesir DBGsus

[@cleberva]

It's a fundamental duty for summoning salt subscribers to do this

[@princeragu1857]

and gotta quickly make that unoriginal comment to get to the top of the comments!

[@cherryb0ng]

I had always wondered whether an unbreakable game for speedrunners could be made and it turns out that it's the one I've played during my childhood all along. Double dash truly is an amazing game.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Legends Arceus has no useful glitches, as does Sprit Tracks.

[@im_aka]

Summoning Salt can just make me feel like I've been apart of a speedrunning community for years.👍 👍

[@Hawkfire360]

Man, this really shows how much community means in Speedrunning. One person takes interest in the hobby's history and starts documenting it, someone in the community looks at the documentation and tries something new, another person sees them and builds from that... from this video, even taking world records from each other feels more like building on each others' work instead of being a competition. Speedrunning is so cool, man

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

I absolutely love when Salt uploads a new video. I know it's hard to make them, but I sure do wish we could get them more often. Though the limited nature does make them more special.

[@grz1242]

Very True i feel like it’s a treat yk