The History of Super Mario Bros Warpless World Records

[@SummoningSalt]

Sorry for the weird blur at 17:55... tried to put one in to remove an image, but it glitched and created an extra blur I didn't intend. KZbin doesn't let me remove it, so now it's there for good... oh well.

[@melerik]

Yo can you do a history of Super Mario Sunshine speed runs. Love the content man!

[@fungi331]

can we get an f in the chat for this poor man

[@RISK536]

yo summoning salt commented!!

[@TheFoxClaws]

What did you have to blur out?

[@selpak3138]

Watched almost all of your speedrun documentaries. Your vids are awesome

[@blackblood9095]

"Say the line Summoning Salt!" "Super Mario Bros checks for the completion of each level every 21 frames..."

[@doggo7514]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy

[@fostena]

classic.

[@jumpwithkarl]

"imagine a bus"

[@DStecks]

Honestly, the fact that he fully explains it every time it comes up is a really good idea. Any one of these videos might be the first one you watch, so it's good to not expect first-time viewers to have existing knowledge.

[@Quinners-p2d]

DStecks yeah the first few times it was pretty annoying but then I understood that not everyone knows what a tas is and every video is someone’s first

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

It's not a Super Mario Bros speedrunning video without the "framerules are a bus" metaphor

[@kirainfo]

Tbh, i still did not understand that metaphor, and just nodding everytime it he said it

[@CAMSLAYER13]

@@kirainfo I don't get what there is to not understand

[@kirainfo]

@@CAMSLAYER13 well, english is not my native language and bus with schedule is not common thing in my area, so yeah just can't understand it.

[@ITSMANATIME]

@@kirainfo If two people miss the bus, one by 1 second, the other by 59 seconds, they'll both have to wait for the next bus and leave at the same time.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

@@kirainfo but you are aware of how a schedule works right? I'd explain but that other guy already did a pretty good job.

[@Cipher71]

3:10: "He struggled to get down to the bottom path in the middle of the level" *proceeds to play like a normal human being for 2.5 seconds*

[@ianfinrir8724]

2.5 seconds is a lifetime in speedrunning

[@ThaAwesome10]

@@ianfinrir8724only?

[@sethgardiner695]

"After hitting the axe, Andrew went crazy" *silence*

[@zap3231]

Welcome to Summoning Salt.

[@matthewstone2545]

Congratulations! You got the joke!

[@SweetBean92]

*beat*

[@ratedm7755]

Hello mario

[@itsevanonyt]

I’ve been trying to find it where is it ;-;

[@awesam1148]

*someone holds a record for a while* Andrewg: huh I haven’t played in a while, I’m gonna go immediately beat it

[@ryanamburgy2791]

He’s nowhere close to warps wr lol

[@bloonsfamily2066]

no sir,it took tons of attempts

[@wateriswet0510]

@@ryanamburgy2791 ik I'm responding to a 2 month old comment, but he's actually going for it now, and he definitely has the skill to do it

[@ryanamburgy2791]

Water is wet 05 I’m aware he’s been going for it but the last time I checked he couldn’t beat 4:56.6

[@Trails3rdFanboy]

@@ryanamburgy2791 he is, you just not looking far enough lmao

[@zimmerman1031]

27:50 "Armed with his penguin hat" Say no more. The man means business now.

[@xanderkirk7872]

It’s true

[@extrm161]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aniZlmeKlq-roas 1:16

[@astra8308]

You don’t mess with a man in a penguin hat

[@cateredjr1039]

The most powerful man is he man with a penguin hat

[@krillius5364]

"Now we're going to talk about framerules" Do not recite the ancient verse to me witch. I was there when it was written.

[@MitoNova583]

imagine a bus-

[@jessemaniboujee]

Jaigan JaihunTM r/wooosh

[@savsavergd7113]

Jaigan JaihunTM do you are have it though?

[@savsavergd7113]

Jaigan JaihunTM okay, so you do not be have are is am have do be like stupid?

[@glockspeedgaming5072]

Umm, what happened down here...?

[@madmaxim3965]

The fact that these runs are being measured by literal FRAMES at this point where losing a frame could cost you the WR is just nuts to me this game has truly been speedruned to its bare bones or circuits

[@gim2864]

now by 2023 the world record is at 18:55.929, whole 4 seconds faster then showed in the video, this community is insane!

[@Zeuseus6609]

Yeah. Speedrunners take 'It's Mario Time' to a whole 'nother level

[@iRemainNameless]

That is until some madman discovers an entirely new strat

[@chasem4774]

Dude you can’t be hitting me with that 45 minute upload at like midnight imma be dead tomorrow

[@Zadem]

Ikr

[@Fanciable]

I gotta work on 4 hours I saw this I'm def not sleeping now

[@user-fy1nq3nf1q]

Worth it

[@air-ick5578]

Same

[@pets4489]

Ffs

[@NEWDOR1A]

"I can almost befriend Bowser and stab him in the back and still be faster" LMAO

[@BrawlYoshi]

At my most vulnerable moment...

[@Awosomeandy]

what time stamp is that quote? I can’t find it.

[@tudiya]

@@Awosomeandy darbian was playing, so watch his sections.

[@pieroreverberi7913]

21:19

[@BlokHeadAnim]

"--armed with his penguin hat--" Ah, yes, as one does when one is about to make history.

[@RedHairdo]

Second only to Flamingo Glasses. Shoutouts to Irie Butler.

[@dijon_mustard]

Penguin Hat: On *Yep. It's Gamer Time*

[@ra_0374]

Yeah haven't you seen the paintings of Washington crossing the Deleware? Most are fakes, they refused to paint his penguin hat which he wore for any historical event

[@mistersympa15]

I listen to these in the background while I work and I thought I had misheard that.

[@ew275x]

Well have you seen Penguindrum

[@Tomoyo_Sayomura]

“He had an intense battle with this blooper.” Me: “Haha how intense could it be?” 5 seconds later: “Holy cow that was epic!”

[@Mcat-What]

Trully riveting stuff

[@bee7690]

as soon as i hear the word bus in a mario video i start uncontrollably shaking in pure excitement knowing i'm about to hear the darbian bus analogy once more

[@uwuxx6246]

Ngl that’s probably one of the most nerdiest thing i have ever heard ( no hate intended )

[@ramy701]

Awww same

[@elrichardo5377]

Hahahah

[@Sana-sp8xt]

This has to be the kinkiest and nerdiest thing I have ever heard

[@beesree39]

Bootleg flash game called Super Mario Bus

[@adsness7661]

Summoning Salt: Turns out, they aren't so random after all. Me: NO DON'T DO IT Summoning Salt: *t h e f r a m e r u l e s y s t e m* Me: You did it.

[@perryfrog7162]

imagine a bus

[@ctronomega]

Mr. Yellow Lemons That leaves the level every 21 minutes

[@uiofinder]

AngelsOfGames but sometimes you miss the bus and have to wait another 20 minutes

[@dragonfang7833]

Let's talk about buses :v)

[@_.magni._]

A bus has wheels

[@jakobtol]

Salt: He had one distinct advantage over Andrew Me: Huh? *Framerules* Me: Ah, shit. Here we go again.

[@MikeMike-dv7iv]

Spicy you should’ve known already

[@zojaXII]

@@MikeMike-dv7iv _imagine you had a bus_

[@GuiiSanttoss]

hit me up with that bus explanation again please

[@FafliXx]

@@zojaXII Now I imagine an Olympic runner taking a bus to the finish line.

[@flamesage0992]

But first- We have to talk about parallel universes.

[@kielakeet]

I wonder if Darbian ever regrets talking about the bus

[@adsness7661]

No, probably not.

[@Nattegoya]

It’s such an easy-to-understand concept thanks to that bus analogy

[@valty3727]

it’s a rly good analogy tho

[@polygondwanaland8390]

By liking this comment I took it from 255 to 256, losing one framerule

[@escape209]

It's not a food analogy, that's immediately a win for me.

[@PinClockFuntime]

"now all we need is Summoning Salt to upload the progression" had me dying

[@louleone3447]

It's almost like how you know you're finally one of the popular kids on youtube is when you're referenced in something like that and it gets top comment.

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

Pin Clock called tf out!

[@koinzellascheriit4282]

Salt is a Man of the People

[@janelantestaverde2018]

@@louleone3447 One of the popular kids on KZbin, that's such an awkward thing to say 😂 But I get the point behind it 😉

[@thebestworst8002]

Hey that was my comment

[@mapleham5633]

Just when you think you’re about to get quality sleep, summing salt makes sure you end the night extraordinarily.

[@Zadem]

Dude ikr

[@AimlessSavant]

- late

[@Nukepositive]

Thankful I'm in the part of the world where I can enjoy this over my lunch hour.

[@idd_cutie1274]

Quality sleep trades for quality video ;)

[@MC-zr7hl]

Lol I just took my sleeping pills and got into bed but looks like this is happening instead. Works out that this video is about how long it takes the pills to kick in so it's perfect.

[@Ikonentester]

Imagine your princess get's kidnapped and you manage to rescue her in under 20 minutes. True hero.

[@olduselessaccount1322]

now imagine a bus

[@collinmactate5822]

@@olduselessaccount1322 that leaves the station every 21 frames.

[@WXKFA]

@@collinmactate5822 princess can wait; gotta catch the bus first

[@georgy2596]

True Simp.

[@Patralgan]

Watch a Super Mario Bros. 3 TAS with game end glitch. The run is like two tenths of a second long

[@Ethanerd]

Kosmic seems like such a nice guy. Like, even when he's super disappointed, he still seems really chill. Glad he finally got that WR!

[@FakYuhGoogel]

His emotions seem fairly subtle either way.

[@Brickfrog427]

Lolllllllllllol

[@subtlewookiee]

I think that's necessary for all the top runners. Darbian was always very chill, Kosmic is and so is Somewes. Speedrunning is not a hobby that suffers those who lack patience.

[@KelpTheGreat]

Yeah, I really appreciated how even the crushing disappointments seen in this video had him reacting in a very family-friendly way, instead of the rancid language some come out with.

[@PKG315]

Summoning Salt videos are some of the most optimized videos on the internet. Once you see one in your notification box you know that your about to learn something new. Keep it up man

[@_Cheerio]

PKG I love watching his long videos. His voice is nice to listen to.

[@Bestjayman]

no like this lets keep it at 222 likes

[@orangef3802]

The intro BGM is always so relaxing. Like, I just know the next 44 minutes of my life is going to be great!

[@adammalone2909]

The early ones are always impressive because they didn't have other great players to study, it was all from scratch

[@cubedmelons876]

Yeah, but the later ones have to do a much more optimized run including stuff like flagpole glitch, 4-4 clip, 8-4 walljump, etc. They're both impressive in different ways.

[@toad7395]

Turk

[@jehehhejdhdh4937]

I disagree. Creativity is important to come up with ways to improve an already optimized record as well. The firsts speedruns don't usually need that much creativity, it just depends on how much people play them on a competitive level: you know most people would be able to achieve those times if the games were more visible

[@ethang.8238]

Then theres matt turk

[@littlebigcomrade]

For my entire life, I never realized “-3” levels were pit levels.

[@xXInfinityDiesXx]

@Steven Tsakiris nobody asked

[@pureoakgaming7148]

@Steven Tsakiris i must have Alzheimer's because I don't remember asking

[@Roaxial]

For my whole life I didn't realise that -3 levels existed

[@ARandomSpace]

I always thought they were sky levels.

[@caseyhamm8822]

@@ARandomSpace i think that’s what they were going for

[@funneelimzerd3888]

Salt: after touching the axe, Andrew went crazy Andrew: *doesn’t* Me: HE PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE!!

[@DragonicMonkey21]

I was literally watching going "umm is he going to you frea... ah you asshole :)"

[@Xtoff]

Look at his heart rate. It's at "running for my life" levels

[@FilmsNerf2]

​@@Xtoff That heart rate at 14:22 is pretty crazy. So much so that I can't see it.

[@christmas6666]

haha, I turned my volume down

[@extrm161]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aniZlmeKlq-roas 1:16

[@speedy-1299]

The intro music has already brought me nostalgia from your last upload

[@nathanepperheimer9971]

Home - We're finally landing

[@Zadem]

SAME edit just finished watching the video

[@kefkapalazzo1]

I really don’t even feel ready I had to pause. Idk why this channel does that to me. I mean I know it’s meticulously crafted high level content but still

[@Blake_Long]

The music is so good

[@carlostdied1184]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXmZi3Z_h898Z5Y

[@KanSanyara]

"Andrew got really crazy when he got the axe" *Pure silence*

[@ilya8914]

That's still funny out of context :/

[@KanSanyara]

Ilya Bochkov Oh my god I read it without context it's even better! Thanks!

[@handlebarfox2366]

Pure troll lol

[@MegamikazeMoriko]

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

[@xehP]

Nice quote, word for word.

[@fortunatejeremy]

I love how the guy can work his whole life perfecting his game play and then when he achieves a record time, paces around asking himself "what? how?" What do you mean "what? how?" What are you confused about? Were you not there when you were practicing for 25 years?

[@Flowtail]

A quarter decades worth of failures are easier to believe than one success

[@SyRose901]

"Hey let's attempt 4:55" "Let's go, saved a framerule" "Am I the most clutch gamer?" "Oh my god, this is serious now that another scary trick is out of the way" "Holy cow!"

[@coolnoah8183]

@TheDoubleAgent Funny thing is, the top 9 WR for any% are all 4:55s and Kosmic is No.3

[@PatrickDavis28]

@@coolnoah8183 and now niftski has a 4:54...

[@HangMrH]

@@Flowtail decade is 10 years.it’s quarter of 10 decades

[@smaker1377]

Me: *needs sleep for test tomorrow* Summoning Salt: *uploads 45 minute video at midnight* Me: Well I guess my new major is the History of Super Mario Bros Warpless Word Records

[@megakidx13]

Literally me rn

[@Blueflag04]

Who needs sleep anyway

[@lilypad2026]

actually same

[@rockie8254]

lul i seldom ever smile at a YT comment since I am a bit stoic. But you sir made me smile.;p

[@Nickunder0925]

"Andrew went crazy." Andrew:

[@Jayfive276]

Yes. That is the joke. Well done to all of you who HAVE to point this out.

[@Double400]

@@Jayfive276 Ok?

[@vmc805]

Jayfive276 ooookaaaayyyyy... tell us how you really feel

[@mattieoflynn864]

Captain Dan holldddd up is that the key and peele thing

[@mcbyt]

@@Jayfive276 You feeling alright, buddy? I understand if not, I'm dealing with a horrible headache right now

[@pundemon9659]

I never realized how awesome and - frankly - adorable it is that streamers and speedrunners might use heart rate trackers. Seeing their heart rates jump despite a calm outer demeanor is another testament to their composure and skill, and a nice additional punch when you see them thrilled with their progress. That's so cool!

[@yesimnotcreative6312]

@@Dpatterson00 bro, having a pulse is SO hot

[@Tmob]

Aww is the girl in my basement not hot?

[@pundemon9659]

Well this thread got outta hand wow XD I am simple girl, I see cool gimmick, I like. Then again I am a hippie on near-permanent bedrest, so maybe I need to get out more. :P

[@hobowithanoboe]

@@Tmob That got dark fast

[@Freeknickers24]

I don't get it. Where's the pun?

[@MrBuurh]

For anyone interested the WR is now an 18.56 which is crazy!

[@melly644]

I just checked and it's even down to 18.55 now god

[@Hummabubba]

Thanks for the update(s)!

[@jc.1191]

@@melly644 Insanity!

[@themoocow7718]

Wait it took someone 18 seconds or minutes to beat the game?

[@melly644]

@@themoocow7718 minutes :)

[@Awosomeandy]

Ok, in like 20 years time that intro music, is gonna be some intense nostalgia.

[@kirinyan1998]

It already kinda is

[@childoftheconsole]

For sure. Hits me in the feels every time I hear it.

[@bian7744]

Yes

[@aquelecientista4491]

Hope to find your comment in 20 years from now.

[@hotchilligames3007]

What is it called anyway

[@fishmoney]

44:16 my man’s heart literally ceased mid run

[@user-bn5lw2zu3z]

LMFAOOOO

[@inkyrain3844]

Anyone can hold a record. Even a person who died from cardiac arrest!

[@deathstroke7316]

LMAO.. attentiveness 100

[@CaffeineKage]

lmao i died. good call out

[@Aaokke0]

He died inside a moment there

[@sgtreynolds07]

Your music, your pacing, and your voice are so chill that these videos are relaxing. Great job!

[@Wibblywobbly03-o7]

Sometimes I literally fall asleep and have to watch the video again. Not boring in the slightest, but these are great videos.

[@averya7443]

he knows how to make a successful video that's for sure. I don't even play half of the games he talks about it but his videos always interests me so much

[@BlippednBooped]

(0:00)HOME- We’re Finally Landing (1:38) HOME- Mainframe (3:21) HOME- Better Luck Next Time (5:44) HOME- High Five (6:31) Henrik Jonsson- Ascension (8:26) HOME- Sunshower (9:39) HOME- Byzantium (11:24) HOME- Headcase (13:25) HOME- Hurricane Season Intro (16:31) HOME- Carrier Wave (17:33) PixelVideos- Saltwave_Contemplative (20:45) Patricia Taxxon- Rave (22:58) HOME- Receiver (25:02) Patricia Taxxon- Epiphany (27:47) Luminist- Solar Movement (29:36) Luminist- Plastic Sea (31:14) HOME- Still Life (33:40) Henrik Jonsson- Mystical Digital (35:49) HOME- Chicken Soup (37:34) Henrik Jonsson- Follow Me to 1983 (40:26) Kevin Macleod- Man Down (43:30) HOME- We’re Finally Landing

[@geo_licious]

...And Andrew G went wild Andrew G: *screaming internally

[@carlrygwelski586]

What

[@GlyphicEnigma]

I thought the exact same thing rofl

[@chuganoga1908]

Giovanni Vargas lolol I thought the same thing

[@vbgvbg1133]

When?

[@brendanfong1288]

14:18

[@bottomoftheglass]

This channel is the definition of quality over quantity. Respect

[@kie_kite5420]

cool_whippin for real

[@theadoptedsonofikeabird6485]

Well there is quantity too, I mean it’s usually like 45 mins long. But I get what you mean, it’s quality too

[@boom-jr8vi]

More like quantity plus quality! Mad respect.

[@marselmusic]

word. still has loads of quantity nonetheless quality is a priority. has been my jam for around a year now

[@jimmyjohnjoejr]

And alienmyth64. Watch his videos. Please.

[@joopthejop2186]

World Record: *Gets Beaten* Summoning Salt: Ah shit, here we go again

[@PaulRudd1941]

*Everyone else* omg I have a reason to see tomorrow!

[@tinyNinjaShiek]

Hey dude! I just wanna say I really really love your "History of Speedruns" videos, my friend and i have been sharing them back and forth and i just wanna say theyre a real great joy to watch and i hope you keep it up! The formatting is lovely and the music you use is really calming and its just all around a wonderful experience!

[@tinyNinjaShiek]

Im also gonna say i know people keep joking about the framerule explinations but i really appreciate it and you never know which video is someones first so its always worth it to keep them in the loop!

[@lionelkentler]

This is such a sweet comment

[@EckhartsLadder]

I don't even care for speed running, but I can't help but love this channel. Excited for the video!

[@Zadem]

Yes

[@PsionicMonk]

EckhartsLadder I enjoy your videos, funny seeing you here!

[@malcolm3099]

Love your content bruh. Hope your town's ok after that tornado

[@jetjiles49]

One of my favorite Star Wars channel on Summoning Salt? OHIT!

[@joshuasethhill3518]

Same!

[@SolidSnake684]

"Yeah so anyways I - ....." *summoning salt synth plays* "Hang on, I'm being summoned"

[@dantesdiscoinfernolol]

By Salts

[@DTT58]

* Summoning Salt Synth Sounds *

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

Salt, you are an absolute godlike video game historian.

[@duffman18]

Yeah, since KZbin videos are winning emmy's now, this channel absolutely deserves to win some emmy's. I dunno how you get someone nominated though.

[@TheShizzlemop]

@@duffman18 buying it

[@Garathon]

If you want more history like videos based if the Internet Emp lemon has "KZbin geographic", and then"Internet Historian" is well... A internet historian

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

@@Garathon I'm familiar with Emp Lemon's recent work. And I also remember he used to do YTPs way back in the day.

[@Oakshield2]

I love how he morphs music into his introductions of a new runner. It's like "A new challenger arrives" sort of thing.

[@namenamename390]

"In January 2018" Me: oh, we're almost at the end... Wait... Oh God that's almost 2 years ago now!

[@Flowerz__]

NAME NAMENAME scary...

[@cutchyacokov]

And 2 of the hottest years in speedrunning history. All these fire runs must be contributing to global warming.

[@burntchickennugget8142]

Uhhh,I really hate to say this, I think there is somebody hanging over there.

[@BreadPitt7]

Loll I said to myself the exact same thing

[@dandyrebellion]

Welcome to 2024 now

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

You know you'll get the world record if you're wearing your penguin hat.

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

@Gamey Firebro i have no clue.

[@TheJadeFist]

27:40 3190 Attempts 27:50 5797 Attempts... All for less than a second.

[@astralaris8712]

This is how dedicated Speedrunners are :D

[@elpachonisimoSOS]

Madness

[@EternumTagerMain]

"All that, for a drop of blood."

[@SangerZonvolt]

If we assume that some of those fell of track early and assume an average playtime of 5 minutes for each, that is 483 hours, or 20 days without sleeping or eating, worth of playing the same thing over and over again. At some point you have to stop and ask if that is not an unhealthy obsession.

[@QuintaFeira12]

@@SangerZonvolt >483 hours PSH, rookie numbers. I have 10 times that on Dota.

[@ThatOtherTom]

In the early 90s, my dad’s friend sent him a VHS tape of a Super Mario Bros speedrun (using warps) that was about 15 minutes. At the time, it was mind blowing to me, even though nowadays it would be considered extremely slow.

[@rayres1074]

It still is pretty mind-blowing to be honest. It is FAR from a WR, but it's quite above average playing

[@holdthisthread]

My absolute favorite channel. Definition of quality over quantity.

[@Zadem]

Ikr so good

[@SEESBoy-hy8jz]

Another channel that is a good example of that is Lemmino

[@DarkStormer]

@@SEESBoy-hy8jz Another man of culture I see.

[@ZackMorris1]

I made the mistake of binging all his videos in like the first few months, now every video is a crack hit to my dopamine centers in my brain. Nobody does KZbin better than this guy. Fact.

[@Judeisbad]

talks about frame rule: *Imagine a bus...*

[@TomGreen99]

The good ol' bus analogy. 👌

[@shingshongshamalama]

Imagine a bus that goes to a parallel universe.

[@TomGreen99]

A bus from Tuscon to Vegas 😂

[@drewreich9274]

@@shingshongshamalama how many a presses did it take to make this comment

[@stylishgaby]

@@drewreich9274 6

[@especiallyabsent]

Me when I don’t die in a game: “I’m pretty good at this game”. 40:49 WR holder messing up once: “Dude, I suck!”

[@micaelgarcia1576]

Yeah, the same I thought... how can he consider he sucks when... HE IS LITERALLY 1 FRAME AWAY FROM A TOP-TIER NEVER-SEEN-BEFORE WORLD RECORD

[@thegreen3918]

The first part made me think of Dark Souls 2’s gank army of enemies, yet its my favorite game for lore and bosses (Fume Knight, Burnt Ivory King)

[@xeonicSR]

Do the same thing over and over again and you will understand Speed running has its fun parts but it’s mostly just retrying from a simple mistake or RNG

[@someguylostontheinternet4504]

That wasn't his first and last mistake

[@amatsukrab1283]

Its all about goals Your goal at the start is to finish the game so if you do it perfectly (not dying) you are already good but if you're playing the game repeatedly with the goal of finishing it quicker and you did something slower, you suck Idk why i had to make an essay

[@ONE-vt1fz]

summoning salt: "SMB1 checks for completion every 21-" me, immediately: "B U S"

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

Using a pipe, programmed in to the game by the devs, that uses no glitches, is banned by Twin Galaxies? What a joke.

[@twiffygames2093]

Lmao

[@Febo2310]

Its Twin Galaxies, what did you expect?

[@PokeMario-pk4ot]

I guess it was considered a "warp"

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

@@PokeMario-pk4ot Well the pipe doesn't say "Welcome to warp zone 1-1.5" on it"

[@SunsetRadi0]

Guess it was because they didn't want the runners to skip half of the first level or something That's just really stupid

[@WildOhana]

That intro music sends chills down my spine. Time to sit back and be entertained.

[@Blueflag04]

I love it so much

[@WildOhana]

Jinxed Swashbuckler it’s so relaxing on its own, but now it has an extra positive association because the videos too are amazing

[@amoha-y1f]

IKR the intro music is amazing and it’s so well interpreted in the video

[@acidraindrops6657]

@Jinxed Swashbuckler is that the name of the song? Thanks in advance

[@Schorschi081]

@@acidraindrops6657 The song is HOME - we're finally landing

[@musondamungomba4843]

Kosmic was so calm after breaking the world records except the last one.. you can see how much it meant to him

[@ryancooey5540]

I put this on big screen at 2am at dive bar and nobody complained good work

[@Goliath1337]

Lmao, amazing

[@wireknight]

Seems legit

[@paperandpavement]

Then the bartender gave you a $100 bill and two strippers came out

[@tegtronixtmcertifieddealer6446]

@@paperandpavement nothing ever happens

[@bbrodriguez33]

@@paperandpavement And then all the patrons clapped while chanting 'Ryan'.

[@aaroncoker3066]

It doesn’t matter how late it is, You know if I see a Summoning Salt Notification I’m clicking it!

[@Zadem]

Yesss

[@elliehugg]

im supposed to wake up in 45 minutes sleep schedules amirite

[@tylerlee328]

Seeing Andrew G become increasingly more confident and happy on camera was the true progression

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Great video, brother!

[@inutero]

Anyone : *mentions framerules* summoningsalt : aight fellas so imaging a bus that only passes every 21 frames

[@SummoningSalt]

Kosmic's gonna be grinding for 18:58 and beyond in the coming weeks, be sure to check out his channel! www.twitch.tv/kosmic

[@bobbycool2815]

He's live now

[@Beanjello22]

This channel is so awesommeeee why doesn’t KZbin give you more recognition

[@lolno6975]

Can you do a video on any of the doom games? I dont mind if its doom 2016, doom or doom 2 (not doom 3 though)

[@Corredor1230]

Hey man, just wanted to let you know that I love what you do with this channel. You the best. Cheers from Colombia

[@lucasroos9222]

Thanks for uploading.

[@Okwardi]

Wow, you take an astounding amount of time making quality videos! Good job!

[@zyad48]

Damn you, your name got me for a sec lol

[@confused.aether]

Zyad48 lol me too

[@PanduPoluan]

I love Kosmic's low key reaction after breaking the 19:00 barrier... and then as he rested his head on the back of his chair, I don't know why but that makes me so emotional. Great job, Kosmic!

[@sylvainm5702]

I don't speedrun. I don't even like speedruns that much. But I love this channel.

[@tozzasque]

His secret? Voice and music ;)

[@Κ41]

I second that.

[@benjitube9862]

The second I here the iconic intro music... IM LOCKED

[@Blueflag04]

Same

[@Helloyousilverdevil]

No joke, makes my whole day when i see a notification for these vids.

[@Cyrus_got_verified]

What is the music name

[@giacomobusnardo8168]

It's one of the ones written in the description

[@paperluigis2m371]

@@Cyrus_got_verified It's called "We're Finally Landing" by Home.

[@GMPranav]

Can we appreciate Kosmic's skills in perfectly stopping the livesplit timer?

[@Karatebob782]

19:44 Darbian and Andrew G both commented “Amazing, great job” but apparently a year apart. Did they both comment that after beating the record themselves?

[@PatrickDavis28]

Possible that the video was uploaded at the perfect time for those two comments to look like they're a year apart but in reality are just days apart

[@Seanderson3]

Kosmic: * gets world record * Also Kosmic: "Dude, I suck."

[@pareshkumar9094]

Kosmic after failing became Cosmic

[@sephikong8323]

Kosmic : *beats world record* Also Kosmic : "Damn I suck at this game" It is truly impressive how invested in the sub 19 goal he was, to the point that he was disappointed upon beating his best time and seeing it as a failure. That's perseverance and dedication right there if I ever saw it

[@theultimatekfbfan2721]

@@sephikong8323 cause I want to read it!

[@bestoftheworldmusicsoykut]

REEEE lol

[@xecretcy5971]

Legend has it that summoning salt returns every 2 months

[@rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven]

"To understand Summoning Salt's upload schedule, imagine a bus."

[@xecretcy5971]

@@rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven I agree

[@rolandcaters7258]

Alex M. Comedy gold right there

[@BloodDoom]

Could be considered 3 months I guess

[@error.418]

summoning summoning salt

[@joeljraguirre9501]

"Thanks for watching" No, thank you for this quality content, you never fail to disappoint

[@kemp10]

Ummm... you just thanked him for always disappointing you??

[@markoadam6619]

huh? what? i am not disappointed

[@kemp10]

Never fails = always successful. Never fails to disappoint you = always successful in disappointing you.

[@-dennis3755]

honestly though your refusal to fix it is inspiring.

[@_catzee]

@Daniel GRAINGER 382

[@kewltony]

Her: oh mario I loved playing that when I was a kid Him: imagine there's a bus

[@vincentvanbro9935]

*streamer gets world record* Streamer: WOOOOO OMFGGGGGHGGH LETS GOOO!!===/!! *Kosmic gets world record* Kosmic: yes. we did it.

[@GlyphicEnigma]

or just ".....[We are experiencing excitement difficulties, please stand by]...."

[@evervirescent]

he's a chill boye

[@TheZooropaBaby]

that's also how darbian is, kind of

[@ohfourtwo]

Andrew G gets WR:

[@_catzee]

Kosmic is a streamer though...

[@Trolligarch]

**HOME - We're finally landing music plays** Ah shit, here we go again!

[@jayde5260]

Haha

[@LovroPlaninšek]

Yeah, the song used to be special, but now it's everywhere.

[@joeplavin]

Lovro Planinšek yeah

[@beytullahberk3632]

AndrewG in 2017: "I'M STILL WORTHY!"

[@NeoGraena]

Meanwhile: Andrew can play Mario with his legs while juggling

[@JohnnyFiction]

I love the passion and tireless dedication these people have for some of the greatest games ever made. So inspiring

[@redrix1787]

"Turns out, they're not so random after all" *the framerule system* Not again... I'm not strong enough..

[@HaganConnell]

*You feel your speedruns crawling on your back.

[@EDoyl]

Imagine you're waiting for a bus. A bus that will take you far away. You know where you hope the bus will take you, but you can't know for sure.

[@dennisprune10]

@@EDoyl Sometimes youtube comments are amazing. this is one of those times.

[@Zazzaro703]

What if the bus starts in 2nd gear 🤔

[@blckhrt4057]

@@Zazzaro703 but is the bus wearing lucky underwear and is the bus' favorite ref there

[@crushendo8583]

Me: Time for sleep *Summoning Salt video* Me: I could do another hour.

[@__-td8rq]

I sleep to summoning salts vids

[@Catxukluth]

How are summing salt videos so good???? This is so interesting, even though I don’t really care about speed running.

[@OlieBricks]

I don’t even know -.- neither do I, but here we are

[@GMPranav]

Well then start caring, you'll find a lot of interesting stuff on KZbin.

[@anonymous-rm9jk]

its got very jon bois vibes to it if you know what i mean

[@MeesterTweester]

He has great narration, editing, and research. Plus he explains strategies simply so anyone can understand it.

[@elchamakito336]

the music too. I think this channel can be a huge inspiration, just because it gives me the 2009 text only videogames explanations vibes, like the smash movesets ones.

[@badgerbandit9070]

"But then, in July 2005, a player posted on the Twin Galaxies forum that he had just beaten Cams record. That player..... was TODD RODGERS" DUN DUN DUUUUNNNN

[@projekt2745]

And then he went on to explain that he shifted into second gear before he even started the game

[@kstxevolution9642]

frame rules don't apply because I shift the bus that takes you to the next level into second

[@aquamech154]

Summoning Salt puts out some of the highest quality content on this whole darn site. These are documentary level videos my dude

[@brickcrawler5119]

I don’t even play Mario, I don’t care about Mario. But when summoning salt hits you with a 45 minute speed run documentary, you drop everything and you watch it

[@kevandre]

Missed you bro For some reason I really like these videos even though I'm not into speedruns at all

[@toshiro-kano]

Same

[@tim.noonan]

Blackie Black Salt, Jon Bois and EmpLemon’s ‘Never Ever’ are the comfiest, most aesthetic videos on the Internet

[@Enspark17]

@@tim.noonan yup

[@tiyenin]

43:36

[@staniskucharski4491]

Been going back and watching salts vids once a week in isolation. His voice, tone, pacing is all perfect. I hope he continues to put out videos at this unmatched quality for years to come. Perhaps he will do some less known communities soon.

[@allnighternick26]

Such a cozy channel just makes me wanna wrap up in a blanket and sit in front of a fireplace

[@abominati0n]

very fitting username :3

[@tehpunisher4568]

This is a very accurate way to summarize how I feel about this channel! I've never been able to put in words but you did it!

[@SalimDoodles]

Mood, I used his videos to fall asleep more than once, it's great

[@browniex5120]

I can totally relate to that.

[@TheTripleAce3]

Literally watching to have the sound to fall asleep while power is out

[@TeenyVGC]

The only thing bad about your vids are there aren’t enough. Nice job, bro

[@Rosielx]

un libro se acaba aunque sea el mejor :( Yeah, these videos should be in NATGEO as educational :D

[@beytullahberk3632]

quality>quantity

[@RBeeMedia]

I still prefer Quality > Quantity

[@JiagerWufwood]

He's thorough though.

[@duchi882]

*When you realize* Summoning Salt probably watched Thousands of Hours of Footages to make this video

[@forgiveman]

Dedication at its finest.

[@joeplavin]

“Footages”

[@Scutellum]

forgiveman !!!

[@ZenHorakti]

Thats why takes months to even make one

[@MeesterTweester]

It's amazing that he talks about single moments in all these runs. It must have taken a lot of time to watch them, especially for games with multi hour runs

[@aidanfury5097]

I come back every now and then to hear the intro music just to feel something

[@Clipperr]

you know it's a good day when you see a summoning salt video in your sub box

[@joeplavin]

When you’re only a third of the way through the video but the run’s already only 15 seconds away from current wr.

[@ketchup901]

Summoning Salt is the only channel on KZbin that makes me cry tears of joy. The style of narration and music choices are just perfect.

[@rieldebonk1044]

How the hell can a speedrunning youtuber make u cry tears of joy

[@ketchup901]

I said why already, the narration and music is on fucking point.

[@SuperAlexDubai]

Bruh moment

[@joeplavin]

I agree with everything but he uses “we’re finally landing” too much

[@BiIlDipperIy]

Just wanna say, I found your channel recently and have watched almost every video. I just can't get enough, especially the Mario ones. I used to play Super Mario world as a kid at my grandma's house on SNES and even as a kid I was trying to run as fast as possible and beat the game quick lol. Definitely not as flawless as these guys but it's awesome to see the history and depth to these communities.

[@DavidBadilloMusic]

The degree of analysis, discipline and perseverance that these speedrunners demonstrate "just to get a video game world record"... is it weird that I find it so inspiring? Every time I watch these world record progression videos I go away fully pumped to work on my day to day projects, feeling that I can conquer the world!

[@Strype13]

"In June 2017...armed with his penguin hat..." Lol, like a bunch of veterans telling old war stories.

[@higherplaces129]

“Armed with his penguin hat”. Ah yes, the mightiest of apparel! Great video!

[@clockguard7983]

“I’m sorry but the feeling isn’t mutual” “Your pay has been lowered” “And that where the world record stands today” “Your going to jail”

[@MrPek-fe9fp]

I can handle everything but the 3rd..

[@jc.1191]

😂

[@brandonvestra]

"Upon touching the axe, Andrew went crazy." Andrew: ...

[@Joshthe1337]

It's like Christmas morning when Summoning Salt posts a 45 minute video.

[@Joshthe1337]

@bayj0nes the thrill you must feel trolling people that are making a simple analogy must mean you don't have much going on in your life. It's okay big man, you have validated yourself as a internet tough guy. I hope that distracted you from all your insecurities.

[@orinbrim]

I didn’t notice it was 45 minutes until now. Thank you.

[@enlightenedgroyper2956]

>Starts talking about framerules OK SO IMAGINE A BUS

[@dani.munoz.a23]

Enlightened Groyper thats how everyone explains framerules, with buses

[@enlightenedgroyper2956]

@@dani.munoz.a23 Yes. thats the joke, good job

[@whamer100]

desert bus framerules when

[@CODMarioWarfare]

Clown cancer

[@userPrehistoricman]

more like entitled groper gotem

[@jacobdavies8717]

The storytelling in your vids is amazing. Never thought speedrunning videos would keep me on the edge of my seat and make my heart beat as fast as Kosmic's

[@SleepTalkMetropolis]

There should be a speedrun for dying at the first Goomba. So I can finally feel successful.

[@matizek666]

I'm almost sure there is (really) this category in Super Mario World :D try it

[@GlyphicEnigma]

nah, knowing speedrunners, they'd find the "empty space skip" or something to skip having to travel the distance to the goomba lol

[@pjaxy]

There are actually three categories under the SMB Goomba spedrun: 100%, blindfolded and deathless. They say that deathless is impossible, but you know what they say about speedrunners...

[@Kalle72]

You wouldn’t be the fastest, so you would not be succesful anyway...

[@mewgiah8057]

Sadly you would also lose to that as well. Makes you realize even you failing isnt as good as others.