The Speedrunning Prodigy who disappeared

[@LunaticJ]

Man, working on this vid was such a blast! It was like a blast to the past with the 2012-2013 speedrunning boom on Twitch, the crazy progression of Ocarina of Time, and the Mario Odyssey craze, back when Shaeden was completely dominating the game! Good times man. Good times.... i'm so glad I got to share the story of such a legend! Thanks again to Lowest Percent for this opportunity!

[@Corndog52]

gg

[@JoesInTheHouse]

Wow all the effort you put in this is insane..

[@Cool-en5rs]

Yea this is insane wow

[@adachy]

PogU

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Congrats you are First but don't edit this comment and kind of a NAUGHTY at the same time

[@AishiYoutube]

This guy's crazy imagine him speedrunning jumping puzzles in FFXIV or something.

[@0joshdude]

Ikr like that would ever happen something like that would be a pint dream

[@sehrverrueckt3358]

unpossible

[@0joshdude]

@@sehrverrueckt3358 u mean impossible

[@sehrverrueckt3358]

@@0joshdude no, in fact, i meant unpossible

[@generalvic8250]

And imagine he changes his name and everything to fit the fact that he does FFXIV content

[@lincolnpepper816]

this dude went "yeah i could do that" but then actually did it

[@hoosk490]

He can talk AND walk

[@johnjacobs0]

Take it and dish it

[@CR1MS0N.]

Yah I can do that. MY LEG

[@TimesChu]

*Shaeden:* "Stop telling people I'm dead!" *Lowest Percent:* "Some say you can still hear his voice when you look at the leader boards..."

[@rysirion_9102]

And the quiet whisper, that thinks about the most exciting moments of its life and all the records it has gotten, says: "Nice"

[@KevinIsNice6984]

you can hear the HIYA sounds

[@andres_disez]

@@rysirion_9102 I was about to like this comment but it has 69 likes and rhe word "Nice" I can't break that

[@rysirion_9102]

@@andres_disez hilariously, I haven't looked at this comment since i wrote it and now you commented on it .. thanks xD

[@kalorathekau]

I'm here because of Pint's video about speedrunning Kugane Tower in FF14, but it really makes me like to think that Psydoyks is still out there speedrunning, and breaking records, even if only a few people are aware that it's him, because he changes his monikers.

[@RotoMarzenia]

That's my thought as well.

[@AlyxandraLoF]

He also came back to obliterate that record less than a day after the pint vid lol

[@Syllaren]

It's a very safe bet. He seemed to love the speedrunning but hate the comparisons and attention. I'd be curious to see how many records he has right now that no one knows.

[@lucaslennan3356]

I love OoT glitch history. They knew how to do wrong warps for a long time as a cutscene skip but they never thought to try it outside the one dungeon they used it. They just, forgot.

[@Lyghfe]

In those scenarios I just think about that one person, who maybe had that thought along the road but discarded it due to the trick beeing so old that "probably someone else looked deeper into this already"

[@agzane268]

It is funny how thinking outside the box sometimes yields insane results in speedrunning. SRM was technically first documented in 2007 but is only being utilized now.

[@OKayD3N]

Like speed runners didn’t even know u could run in Mario odyssey 2d mode

[@emisor9272]

@@OKayD3N Everyone knew how to run, it was in the end sequence's 2D Mode that they didn't realize they could too

[@nephyxutune]

What is your profile picture from?

[@JordianLoL]

I was forced to be a mod in his twitch chat, by a bet I never made. Shaeden's a pretty cool guy. One thing this video didn't talk about was how he influenced the any% for BotW as well. He worked with Ikkitrix to help develop strats and help him get WR which he did. That's also where I first met him.

[@kingofcrap4414]

"I was forced to be a mod in his Twitch chat, by a bet I never made" I kinda want to hear more about that.

[@oscarpeters5309]

we need the story of how you became the mod

[@tinarkii6679]

Long time no talk Jordian. I was hoping someone else would be here who knew him from Ikkitrix and BotW!

[@ToonZ_1776]

@@kingofcrap4414 its like some men in black type shit. Lol.

[@theoddtrashcan7104]

WHAT HAPPENED THO HOW DID YOU BECOME MOD

[@SnowyNowak]

Gets a WR and just says "Nice." I like this guy. I hope he comes back to speedrunning.

[@AppleCider56]

Sometimes he wouldn't even say "nice" -- it'd just be "alright let's do another run" lmao

[@hhiiz_gamingYT]

spaceuk moment

[@mokaza40]

To think Pydoyks is watching this right now. Anonymously. With a stupid smile on his face. We appreciate you buddy ^.^

[@Bezynth]

What if you are Pydoyks talking about yourself in third person? hmmmm?? Prove me wrong >:)

[@ewan1118]

@@Bezynth no u

[@Bezynth]

@@ewan1118 oh God...

[@jorjor_342]

@ATB10H you’re him

[@luginess0]

I hope so

[@darksentinel082]

I’m not big in the speedrunning community but this channel is just the best tbh

[@jeremygalvis2650]

Fax📠

[@yodasshagshack5299]

his content scratches that summoningsalt itch i have.

[@martinquetzal5346]

Exactly was I going to say. I don't know that much about speedrunning, but this channel and summoning salt always make me stay to the end.

[@lightningcruzgaming8162]

Same

[@Iwatoda_Dorm]

GDQ always is a romp to watch, i eneded up watching both summoning salt an GDQ at the sametime, nice to see others making more videos on the topic.

[@okae1758]

Pydoyks is like the avatar he disappeared when speedruning was starting to gain traction again, but never forgotten for his mastery of his craft

[@motivatedman9730]

"And when the world needed him the most,he disappeared"

[@shupasopni]

@@motivatedman9730 "Long ago speedrunners lived in harmony"

[@alleydoesstuff4147]

shupasopni but everything change when Nintendo’s copyright team attacked

[@nexusmeepster7810]

I hope that I will come back to this comment to finish the story

[@randombanana7260]

I'm the 666th like, if some ruins it I will go feral

[@KarstenPeterson]

Yoooo pydoyks was the only mod in Ikkitrix's chat back in 2017 when BOTW speedrunning was taking off. He pretty much made the entire run but never ran it. He was actually insane at finding stuff

[@littleblackwt8888]

Just got here from Pint's video, what Pydoyks did in FF14 as Em0_oticon is truly amazing, he breaks new record and then disappear again, Legend!!

[@Pulse159]

Here from an Asmongold video reacting to a Pint video. I remember watching this when it released in 2020. Never would have guessed we'd find Pydoyks playing Final Fantasy XIV. What a legend.

[@metrafish]

I noticed in the video that one of his oot runs has a split called “fuck that sign” and I just think that’s cool

[@Vormalt]

Fuck that sign He’d always crouch stab a sign in the desert during his MST runs. If I had him in the background I’d always tune in for it lmao, it was great

[@dxrrion6890]

@@Vormalt that’s funny hope he comes back so I can watch him speedrun live

[@petertenoven3282]

Fuck that sign is still an honored tradition! Loads of runners still "fuck that sign"!

[@DLH112]

he'd always name his splits seemingly odd things but the first letter of each one spelled out something.

[@akumiaoi7468]

Lol and now this man is speedrunning Kugane's tower just to destroy Pint. What a gigachad. Such a Legend.

[@ketchuplover6160]

i kinda thought this channel was going to be entirely about low% runs, but a generalist talk about speedrunners and stories in general seems even better. I like the direction!

[@aryst0krat]

I sort of still want a channel that's just low% runs, but this is good too!

[@shinygiveaways1920]

@@aryst0krat maybe I could do one

[@xdxboxjaja]

The reasons he quit SMO were probably: 1. Problems with hands 2. 2P was messing with his head during 1P runs 3. 1.0.0

[@staciemohler4624]

You’re the 123rd comment

[@Aocux]

@@staciemohler4624 I bet they were glad to know that

[@staciemohler4624]

@@Aocux I can’t tell if you are joking

[@Aocux]

@@staciemohler4624 joke

[@pocketmage124]

Or he got a gf

[@KnucklesGum]

Coming here from Pint's video, what an insane story and legend to follow

[@BierBart12]

This is one of the weird quirks of the internet. Someone might "mysteriously disappear" in the eyes of the lurkers, but to them, they might have just stopped browsing the internet much, found a nice job and founded a family. Maybe they live in a part of the world that doesn't have the infrastructure(or had it destroyed through internal war/coups/shady shit or being unable to afford medical bills) for always online yet, so they keep speedrunning OOT offline, reaching times that are thought impossible on the live internet. It is not for us to know.

[@ragreenburg]

Or, just as possible, they just don't comment on anything or use social media. So it seems like someone disappeared but in reality they just don't interact but still browse around. That's why things like internet mysteries where redditors disappear seem weightless because you could also just use a different account or just never post/comment.

[@jaysoncronly7041]

ah yes, the early internet of 3 years ago

[@thejynxedlynx5570]

thought it'd be worth mentioning that pydoyks lives in michigan, just because the thought of michigan being a technologically inept, wartorn place going through a coup is hilarious.

[@TCStink3]

@@thejynxedlynx5570 “NOT MICHIGAN!”

[@justas423]

They really are a Prodigy who gets into something, dominates the field and then leaves when he gets bored.

[@SFproductions1]

WEIRD, I was just watching smallant's SMO world record progression video at the part where he said that shaedan lost interest in any%

[@SFproductions1]

@@smorebob2418 no it's not

[@Phikinnie]

@@smorebob2418 no it’s not, the any% is on ants channel The min caps is on this channel

[@SFproductions1]

The smo world record progression video was on smallant's channel and was uploaded months ago

[@피치공주]

Coincidence? I THINK NOT

[@BigSealLover]

I mean this is smallant’s second channel so

[@willowytale]

i wonder if this guy has ever tried the ff14 jumping puzzles

[@ancientetheirys]

Kugane Tower brings this guy back once again

[@razo5567]

A speedrunner who I like who mysteriously disappeared is SwordlessLink. He was actually pretty skilled too.

[@vinesthemonkey]

he uploaded a video 2 months ago

[@DdavidoffC]

I was led to believe this was going to be a tale of a speedrunning titan's mysterious disappearance, but it turns out he's just a guy who does some runs then moves on to do other things.

[@LendriMujina]

Yeah, I was kinda worried that this was going to have a much more tragic ending than it actually did.

[@pabloezcurlbar7253]

he's probably the guy I miss the most in all of speedrunning. it's like he never cared if some strats weren't feasible for runs, he went "this saves time, I'll do it" and made the whole community adapt, that was kinda stuck in the "not RTA viable" mindset. This guy just had an insane approach to optimizing movement in OoT and SMO, and just looking at those 2 games you really felt that leap in gameplay across the competition. Absolutely loved the chill streams back in the day, always felt like we people in chat were the only people actually nervous during insane runs.

[@eliricheysax]

9:48 lmao Smant in the background

[@clairekopenhafer8272]

Baby ant

[@corb805]

The photo was taken from GDQ where smant was on the couch behind him.

[@HD-gz2ge]

@@clairekopenhafer8272 all hail baby ant

[@popanda3652]

I was looking for my ant colony friends, glad to see we dont miss a beat. Wonder if ants new smo run will be discussed on this channel?

[@alexhernandez9697]

I was going to comment this exact thing but im glad Im not the only one that noticed

[@Jelster64]

Thank you for covering this. Pydo is a legend and this video did him justice. You described his humility and stoicism very well, I think it's the best possible speedrun mindset and it's also really funny (gets 19:05, "alright imma do another run" and resets without watching credits). Back in 2011/2012, OoT was much more about racing and less about optimizing movement and grinding runs to perfection. This overall community mindset slowly shifted, and by 2015, optimized movement and grinding for PBs was the norm for most players. Pydo was incredibly influential in this, he singlehandedly pushed OoT movement further than anyone else. (Later runners perfected it more, but no one made as much progress in movement optimization as Pydo.) Also, any% in 21:07 is one of Pydo's most underappreciated runs. It doesn't look like it stands out in the WR history because Gohma clip was found right after, but 21:07 was very optimized for its time. He even did 1 backflip OI on the wrong warp which is ridiculous.

[@redshanks7984]

The Kugane Tower LEGEND

[@FloraAnneFauna]

apparently he has been speedrunning platforming minigames in Final Fantasy 14 under the name em0_oticon

[@RotoMarzenia]

He's probably running a few games under a different names.

[@Shpeedle]

​@@RotoMarzenia"emotic0n, the wandering king/queen of games"

[@Shpeedle]

He came back just to dunk on popular KZbinrs wr. XD. WILD

[@clairekopenhafer8272]

Excellent use of the Gerudo Valley orchestral recording *chef's kiss*

[@akhilmenon3523]

when they show the pic of nicro veda im just looking at Tanner in the background

[@Towelietowel]

Is this the critically acclaimed Final Fantasy XIV Jumping Puzzle speedrunner, Em0-oticon?

[@Canonall]

I have to confess something. I'm a filthy casual that only watches runs from time to time. I've never even tried any of the games you have talked about. Yet I can't get enough of this type of material. Why?

[@SorenRoberts]

Me too

[@NoriMori1992]

Same. I've never played any Mario or Sonic or Pokemon or Zelda but I LOVE watching videos about how they work or how you can break them on this channel, Bismuth, Summoning Salt, Pikasprey Yellow, Retro Game Mechanics Explained, Ceave Gaming, etc.

[@Salah-ig5ye]

@@NoriMori1992 you should,these are really good games

[@LendriMujina]

I'm similar. Actually watching speedruns gives me a heck of a headache, but learning how everything works and about the things that have gone on is interesting.

[@Vormalt]

Back in the day, if you wanted to always see an impressive run, he was a must-watch if you enjoyed OOT, or later SMO. So consistent that you didn’t want to miss a stream, lest you missed the run of the year

[@jonathananderson1401]

Appreciate the Chrono Trigger music in the background. I'm gonna love that music until the End of Time.

[@axc0mmt]

Plot twist: the script for this video was written by shaedon

[@baseoflife596]

Plot twist: it was actually shaedon who made this video

[@trentthen642]

ah yes shaedon, shaeden's little brother :)

[@m4rt_]

and now is known as Em0_oticon

[@ashgrun]

legends say he will appear when we need him most. especially if what we need him for is speedrunning. and then he goes into speedrunner hybernation

[@LittleSaya]

He actually just keeps changing names, doesn't show any presence and just does runs out of joy without trying to hook any fame. Actual Legend, doing runs for joy, on the side destroying everyone and then vanishes into a new account and category.

[@Tobeh]

If you look up Pint’s new video about Kugane tower in Final Fantasy 14, Pydoyks shows up rather unexpectedly.

[@Kwerple]

I didnt even need to see the thumbnail. Shaeden was a legend. Really glad he joined the odyssey community when he did.

[@stephan7379]

We found him! Destroying a pint.

[@aquagrunty101]

Shoutout to Paper Mario Thousand Year Door sewers music! Man this whole video was a blast to the past through and through!!!

[@Plight_]

Watching the final fantasy speedrun content was fucking hilarious

[@MarioCarter]

As soon as I read the title I knew it was Shaeden

[@bananacat3109]

Same. I knew it was Shaeden immediately.

[@bananacat3109]

I love how he got a WR in Odyssey and said it was a bad run.

[@Lumberjack_king]

The determination, dedication and how stoic he is. It's extreme he only cares about improving him self but he also knows when to stop.

[@tiz7244]

It's bizarre seeing Pydoyks being talked about so much, I knew him from a small indie RPG game discord server that he would come and talk now and then. He went by Emo in there, the only reason I knew he was Pydoyks was because of the names he used on the rogue like game mode score leaderboard. He's a really cool dude and an incredible gaming talent, he very much has the "done once the interest is gone" attitude lol.

[@GumshoeClassic]

Shaeden is pretty much the perfect example of the "old sage" stereotype. He's someone who'd, if he was let's say in a cheesy movie about crusaders, walk into a temple, silently challenge the local champion, completely wreck them, give a satisfied nod and then walk out without any fanfair.

[@senspideyfan]

literally what happened recently with Pint's record on Kugane Tower

[@Xoraliation]

This man is a pure natural. I have been watching him ever since I started to watch speedruns back in 2012 when he appeared and was really happy when he returned for Odyssey and sad when he left again. This man is for me the definition of skill in speedrunning and destroyed and dwarfed times of other runners.

[@pillowrepairman4517]

9:46 Ants cute face in the backround

[@asheliahollows7491]

Anyone else here from Pint's video?

[@yenychicas6588]

Man I remember when I would watch shaedan’s streams omg

[@meyer9090]

This channel is awesome dude. The amount of content, the collaboration, the genuine love for what you're doing. Pls keep doing more, I'm loving it

[@judahbennett483]

Up next: “the speedruning channel that disappeared”

[@bananacat3109]

Yay! A video on Shaeden/Pydoyks! I’ve watched the SMO World record history multiple times.

[@BarkBevastation]

Good watch! One of the things that was forgotten, was that he never actually cared enough to even submit his own runs. He dominated the game whilst not caring about the leaderboards.

[@thefruitchef]

i saw the title and thumbnail and immediately realised that you were talking about pydoyks/nedeahS. absolute legend of his time, Great video!

[@ashwantsicecream]

Shaeden:I'm not the Messiah Speedrunning Community: He is the Messiah!

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

He's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy!

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

"I'm not a -rapper- speedrunner."

[@420roachdoggjr]

Love a good Monty Python reference.

[@garrettlittle4819]

I just love that you guys are always dropping Chrono Trigger tracks - adds so much hype to these videos

[@linkthedot8245]

Here from pint before anyone else.

[@zenkichihitoyoshi9513]

Pydo apparition and groundbreaking records are just as good as your channel's growth and presence in the community. Truly a blessing

[@pepperman9460]

That's why the call him Clint "Never mentioned when talking about OOT Speedrunning" Stevens

[@AOTOM382]

Even if clint ever got a good enough time to be mentioned in a speedrunning history video, he basically only ran 100% which wasn't mentioned in this video.

[@brandonjeffi5976]

This was an extremely well made video, the music direction especially was incredible!!

[@samusfan117]

You take speedruns, the people who run them, edit it all together and create stories that show us why the community is so large. Thank you for these videos, I hope you continue for as long as you can.

[@markup6394]

Congratulations, your video really made the difference - just in another sort of game :D

[@SilasAdra]

YES someone else who recalls the legend and I thought nobody did

[@CwapPlatinum]

This man just took world records, refused to elaborate and left. What a legend.

[@iaxacs3801]

Legit what the man does had the WR for FF14's Kugane jumping puzzle under the name Emo_0ticon. Makes you wonder how many wrs this dude actually owns in secret

[@ygnizemcenia6059]

@@iaxacs3801 and he took it back today.

[@Lumberjack_king]

The combination of stoicism and pure determination created a legend

[@mapsgoonthewall5396]

After Asmongold's reaction to Pint's video, Pydoyks seems like an IRL anime character.

[@JWaj290]

This channel will be another one of those amazing channels that don't post often, but when they do, it great

[@ryankuna]

9:44 Hey I know that man in the background

[@Kenai420]

theres a good majority of us runners with crazy feats that go completly unnoticed and honestly its pretty sad

[@harayu1836]

And now he's back

[@victormaze7650]

@@Grocadoo Em0_Oticon It's for Final Fantasy XIV. He beat a record there several years ago using that channel so it existed for awhile now. But couple months ago this one KZbinr made a video about how it took him almost an entire year to beat Em0_Oticon record, only for Em0_Oticon to come back and beat his new record by several seconds within only a single day then just disappears again. Lol XD

[@99kylies15]

Man. Im loving these videos so much. The perfect calming vid to watch while I mine my crafts while still being highly interesting. Can't wait to for more

[@SeraphimVolker]

*Lowest percent approaches you. Clearly drunk* "Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Pydoyks the wise?"

[@noahblevins9569]

Ahh yes. The path of Pydox leads to many time saves....some would consider to be "On WR pace"

[@rmmiller159]

Oh man the way "Gerudo Valley" comes in at 6:20 gave me chills. Very well edited

[@xdxboxjaja]

I KNEW THIS WOULD BE ABOUT SHAEDEN

[@Maxawa0851]

SAME

[@logan5232]

SAME

[@stathinfection]

SAME

[@mmee123456789]

I'm falling in love with your channel with every new video you produce.

[@jermtheworm00]

So glad to see this notification! Love this channel!

[@myyriad778]

I love how many channels are giving us top tier content about the speedrunning world. For everybody who is just getting started into this, here's a quick rundown of some channels about speedrunning: -Lowest percent: quick, informative article-style stories about speedrunning -Karl Jobst: informative article-like stories tackling controversial topics as well -Summoning Salt: full on documentary videos of entire games' histories -Bismuth: very technical and well made deconstructions of entire speedruns -EZscape: informative tops and news about speedruns -Tomatoanus: humoristic guides for lots of different speedruns Your work is truly appreciated ❤️

[@stephalloplayz]

But just when the world needed him most, he disappeared.

[@luffygrful]

I've first heard about him on a smallant video explaining the history of any% And I thought that this dude is really amazing and underappreciated. Glad you made a video about him, hopefully he'll make a comeback again

[@AMB594]

I like how it says in the description that he is playing a game called speed runners

[@Hello-bs8dn]

Can someone speedrun SpeedRunners pls

[@johnwhetten]

This has suddenly become one of my favorite channels. I'm always itching for the next video.

[@datroll1857]

I saw the thumbnail and I was just like "Shaeden" and clicked on it.

[@ostanleyo91]

Love that last little paragraph about him wanting to be the best ONLY to be the best. That's what speedrunning should be about but some people are just entertaining while trying, so of course they get views 👍

[@Mewcrozma]

So uhh we found him.

[@smokerg4l762]

Pydoyks 2:08 MST record was way ahead of its time. Even when new route innovations were implemented, most runners failed to put themselves in that sub 2:10 range with MST and that lasted well into 2016. Very insane that a run in a game as competitive as ocarina of time stood in the upper echelons of the leaderboards like that for nearly three years.

[@cupofspiders5830]

hehe.. I’ve never heard of this channel and I don’t know why it’s in my recommended alluva sudden but goshdarnit I would be lying if I didn’t say this was an excellent and fascinating video! thank you sir!

[@LaboratoryRatKing]

this feels like a sports documentary

[@odindank5934]

Yessssss this video coming out is a wonderful way to end the day!

[@shelbysupersnake101]

LETS FUCKING GO! I got addicted to your channel but when I went to watch more of your videos they were all watched. THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED

[@thegreendragon9628]

The chrono trigger music gave me so much nostalgia!

[@LunaticJ]

GREATEST GAME EVER MADE

[@thegreendragon9628]

@@LunaticJ agreed

[@Kosac07]

Still remember his 2:08 MST stood up for years as WR until Marco came around and no-lifed the catagory to sub 2. Great times...

[@ztl0927]

Hes certainly speed running just not competivly. You can't just come from nowhere and speed run a game like that. I'm sure he's within the ranks somewhere trying some unnoticed runs.

[@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe]

Interesting. I don't know anything about that.

[@label7344]

i don't really agree with that assumption. some people, like me, just don't like to put anything out until they think it's right. with speedrunning, that could mean they only submit when they a) have motivation to speedrun something and b) put out a really good run there was a person who i don't remember the name of who did something similar with pokemon red and blue. they came out of nowhere with a huge "walkthrough for speedrunning" kind of thing where it was also the world record. shaeden kind of reminds me of that. so yeah, i don't think just because they got a world record from out of nowhere in something means they're always speedrunning. they probably only want to speedrun stuff when they have motivation/are having fun

[@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe]

@@label7344 I think you misunderstood the guy a bit. I'm sure he technically meant everything or most of what you said too, but just said differently.

[@label7344]

@@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe your comment made me think about it for a minute and, yeah you might be right. originally, i thought they meant they were still making submissions.

[@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe]

@@label7344 Yeah, I think so. Makes more sense. But what you said was written very well though and still contributed a lot! Hope you have a gr8 day m8. =)

[@HexSpeedruns]

When I heard that Gerudo valley on that MST segment, I was in goosebumps. Amazing video

[@adriannaranjo4397]

"Alright, Imma head out"

[@Greenlink01]

Already need another excellent episode! Thanks for this

[@Argroh]

Well, guess Pint says Hi, as he actually beat one of his records. Kugane Tower Climb. 43.30