The Weirdest Cheated Speedrun World Record

What happens when one of the most competitive and popular speedrunning games gets a cheated run accepted onto the leaderboards?
I just want to note that this is not a drama video! This cheated world record occurred over a year and a half ago, everything here is presented purely for your entertainment, not to "expose" anyone, so please be respectful to any individuals mentioned in the video!
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Music used (in order):
Celeste OST (@LenaRaine) - Reach for the Summit
Celeste OST (@LenaRaine) - Resurrections
Dustforce OST (@Lifeformed) - The Magnetic Tree
Celeste OST (@Lifeformed) - Reflection
Dustforce OST (@Lifeformed) - It's Not Suppose To Be Snowing
Super Mario 64 OST - File Select
Dustforce OST (@Lifeformed) - Elvish Piper Academy
Ducktales (NES) - The Moon Theme
Videos referenced:
@Speedrunning Multiple PACE2019 VoDs
( • Msushi100 vs NBL TGH_s... )
( • Fladervy vs Chaikitty ... )
@TGH "Celeste Any% Speedrun in 27:50"
( • Celeste Any% Speedrun ... )
Multiple Phoenix4K runs
(removed or unavailable)
@SourceRuns "Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Done Quick - 30:36 WR"
( • Half-Life 2: Episode T... )
Thanks to attmayMB, daver12345, AyanokoRin, Lev067, EricJ_Math, jrstan, Lemmons, and frozenflygone for helping with the video creation process.
This video is not an actual speedrun world record, nor a speedrun tutorial. This video is a showcase/storytelling of a cheated world record speedrun, explaining the competition, context, and cheating methodology that went into creating the cheated speedrun, so that the viewer can best understand the situation. This video is very similar to my "How Speedrunners Skip..." videos, but with a storytelling twist.
I used a new microphone this video! My old blue yeti broke so I purchased an AKG P220. I'm still getting used to it, and this mic picks up a bit more background noise than I'm used to. Sorry if you hear any background noise!

[@bobwilson00]

mans played ram ranch with a giant bird blocking the screen and no game audio, and tried to pass it off as a wr. That seems more like a joke than a legitimate cheating attempt

[@Graknorke]

My guess is an attempt to get the rules changed by making something that obviously breaks what should be rules but aren't. He even called attention to the berries thing in the title and by going out of his way to collect a berry that's otherwise not easy to just run into accidentally.

[@cf0e3]

The bird part is understandable. If I remember correctly Archie the bird belongs to someone who invented a new technique that consist of entering a green bubble in crouched position to keep the crouched hitbox while in the bubble. This allows you to go through tighter spaces. They named the technique after the bird for some reason.

[@Lmjacks]

@@cf0e3 archie is the bird of one of phoenix’s good friends. and phoenix was actually the person who discovered the strat you mention, also choosing to name it after the bird

[@mm-bw2bf]

The best part is that it somewhat worked

[@zanthor5422]

@@Graknorke Exactly. It's really obvious that this run existed to push new rules, especially considering the fact that Phoenix doesn't really participate actively in the community and very clearly doesn't care about his leaderboard placement on SRC.

[@qanzii5949]

This is so funny to me, I just can't imagine being a mod, watching this run, hearing fucking ram ranch throughout and having to seriously verify it

[@sadbanana5896]

M to mute

[@sentricsmemebank2684]

"Boss, we can't completely verify the run.." "Why not?" "18 naked cowboys at ram ranch.."

[@Trimint123]

Well, they could just mute the video and focused on the footage than the music.

[@hypnotoad28]

The Ram Ranch thing alone makes this video worth watching, lmfao. Dude's content is pretty damn good though, definitely on an upward trajectory

[@No-uc6fg]

25 US MARINES

[@Duskforge]

I bet phoenix was like "imma fake a speedrun and add these sketch signs so they know its fake" Speedrun Lbs: Its verified Phoenix: wait wh-

[@fracazer]

Lmao

[@NorielBenMiel]

*Task Successfully Failed*

[@chrismanuel9768]

He purposely sent the run in through backdoors, using one of his mod friends to get it verified instantly without anyone actually verifying it. He knew what he was doing. It's not the mods' fault, except for the one that was his friend he used to push his run through. I hope that mod got removed.

[@pikenote]

@@chrismanuel9768 We dont know his true intentions as stated that he sent a unedited version of the run through DMs to a mod. Did he expect them to verify it? Perhaps not. The run would've been super obvious for it to be spliced and was caught within 30 minutes. I dont think they cared. They would've put much more effort to hide the fact it was spliced rather than leaving clear signs there.

[@C1azed]

@@chrismanuel9768 if you have ever listened to ram ranch then you know this was a troll on people who take speedruning to seriously, the mod was probaly in on this and knew the run would not stay up but put it up for headlines

[@spaghettioverlord3247]

he called it “two berries” and the berries are what gave him away. Obviously this was intentional.

[@youreagirl.2028]

Yep

[@glumbortango7182]

Part of me wishes "two berries" became a category for people to just make the weirdest speedruns possible

[@juandedomenico4306]

@@glumbortango7182 twoberries %

[@idkwew3023]

@@glumbortango7182 I'm going to start speedrunning random other games and call them twoberries%

[@originalname5598]

@@idkwew3023 play breath of the wild and do getlaid% that's the weirdest category

[@DanatronOne]

"Remember how there was a giant green bird?" How could I forget

[@ShiningDarknes]

Completely slipped my mind

[@wildfire9]

Bruh when i read this, he said it

[@matthewjagos9328]

@@wildfire9 same

[@Succui]

It was literally still on screen lmao. I looked down at it and went “mhm.. bird..”. I love returning to this video lol

[@ThePenguinMan]

*_DUOLINGO INTENSIFIES_*

[@WannabeMarysue]

ram ranch is the ONLY song for Celeste world records

[@eenriquee]

I see this comment and I don't know what to expect from this video

[@Avriel_Mimiga]

18 Strawberries in the showers at Ram Ranch

[@shadowknight7584]

Haha

[@benlange279]

I need to see this speedrun. Watching 27 mins and 43 seconds of Celeste gameplay overlayed with Ram Ranch. It's a must watch

[@cyn7261]

Is your Twitter ironic

[@camwoodstock]

"Just for the record, 2 berries is not a category speedrunners run." Give it a few weeks

[@jaxblonk5127]

They had 2 huge berries if nothing else.

[@ziwuri]

Well, the current any% WR collects not 2, but 3 berries :D

[@No-yn3jo]

:D@@ziwuri

[@hollowdude6922]

its called any% because they have to beat the game with any amount of game percentage

[@paradoxicaloutcome1007]

- Timer turned off - In-game audio muted, 28 minutes of Ram Ranch instead - VERY eye-drawing PNG of a bird blocking the save icon - Went out of his way to not collect the speedrun-required berry and instead collect a different berry, named the file 2_berries to draw attention to the berries themselves - Had never submitted a run before, hasn't submitted a run since, despite his legitimate runs being quite good The idea that people even believe this guy was actually seriously trying to get away with this is laughable. He probably pulled this shit just to point out the rules that he thought were too lenient, which they were, absolutely. Seriously, blocking the save icon, turning off the in-game audio and turning off the timer weren't things that were ruled out?! A person that wasn't pointing a neon sign at themselves could've easily annihilated the leaderboard without issue under these rules. The fact that this meme run wasn't technically breaking the rules should've been an embarrassment for the mods.

[@positivereinforcement5894]

This argument has a lot of merit and I'm not gonna say you're wrong but I would like to correct one thing, he did submit previous runs he just deleted them regularly to the point where one wasn't on the leaderboard by the time he submitted the wr one

[@loganxavier]

You articulated this perfectly in text, thank you

[@FoxHoundUnit89]

@@positivereinforcement5894 that just makes it sound even more like he was just trolling. Is there some rule that prohibits moderators/judges from just banning people who are clearly just being an idiot on purpose?

[@optidalfprime3904]

@@FoxHoundUnit89 Of course there is. If there wasn't then mods would ban each other left and right

[@tristankendrick2582]

Just a tiny touch of editing would've made this run look 100% legitimate, you'd just have to mess with the berry counter at the end and add the save icon when necessary

[@therockinggoomba]

Imagine killing somebody and then when the police come by, you cover the bloody corpse with a PNG of a bird

[@pancracio1710]

Flawless plan. I wouldnt even think to check behind the bird png for bodies.

[@JukoYT]

I havent watched the entire video and i am wondering wtf is this comment lol

[@connorconnor2421]

rip archie

[@Tinlion09]

Screaming _"RAM RANCH REALLY ROCKS"_ as the cops beat you to the ground and cuff you

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

🎶🎵You may saaaaaay I’m a dreameeer, but I’m not the only oooooone... 🎵🎶

[@SimpleFlips]

EIGHTEEN NAKED COWBOYS WORLD RECORD LETS GOOOO

[@Snookbone]

Hey Shoutouts

[@richarde98]

Hottest and fastest speedrun in the west!

[@TrainerPlatinumSinnoh]

ya love to see it

[@JamesBCrazy]

Shoutouts

[@undergamer6143]

holy shit it's simpleflips

[@ramanand5187]

"I get dirty, so the world becomes clean" If the guy indeed had the intention to expose how bad the speedrun checks are, then props to him

[@JetstreamSam343]

They called him a madman

[@fie4426]

Someone did something like that with golden eye 64

[@foamed7025]

lelouch... is that u?

[@RianQuenlin]

"I shoot puppies to show that shooting puppies is wrong!" - Psychopath who killed a bunch of puppies.

[@MarioLuigi0404]

@@RianQuenlin acting as if these are at all comparable situations is kinda insane dude A fake speed run is a shitty thing to do but at the end of the day it doesn’t bring direct physical harm to anyone, especially when it’s caught and the leaderboards are cleaned.

[@larrymcmund6600]

I can't believe such a suspicions speedrun with a pretty clear splice was verified. Maybe it was more of a commentary on how painfully lax the rules were

[@conwaysquest6961]

Yeah.

[@DreadKyller]

I believe he was friends with one of the mods, who likely had a large hand in getting it verified.

[@sparkypikachu7776]

@@DreadKyller that's...also really bad 💀

[@ShaggyRogers1]

@@sparkypikachu7776 It isn't even needed most of the time. The initial verification for the website is easy enough to get through, moderators don't know the ins and outs of EVERY game and it isn't like they are even paid to scrutinize every detail. The big thing is that the "verification" means that video proof is required, which the community can then self police. The community can usually do a decent job of spotting fakes on their own, and it isn't like cheating speedruns hasn't been done since Billy Mitchel in the 80's...

[@steelajax7925]

​@@ShaggyRogers1Hi, this is Billy Mitchell's legal counsel. Please delete or edit this slanderous comment immediately or you will be sued for defamation

[@chronovac]

My man potentially sacrificed his integrity as a speedrunner to shitpost. What a fucking legend

[@Marcel-su5ud]

I mean he put up a SUPER fake run with clues in its Titel just to force some new rules into the world.....he even got a lwgit speedrun later on! This guy is a legend no question asked

[@hariman7727]

Legend... Fool... Not sure which.

[@eaghan]

@@Marcel-su5ud yeah no way he actually cares about having a legit run, just listen to the music pick lol

[@SweetMargonade]

@@hariman7727 why not both? The true question is, is he a foolish legend or a legendary fool?

[@panampace]

@@SweetMargonade like Leroy Jenkins

[@OmarTarekPianist]

This was just like a slap in the face to the mod team of Celeste. The music, the bird, the title. At the end it is more embarrassing for the mods than for the runner themselves...I mean, they verified it at first hahaha

[@userofusername4981]

Then they ban him for half a year

[@Barondelculo]

it was a massive shitpost lol, the name he gave the speedrun gave him away.

[@aaronking2020]

@@userofusername4981 mods had no balls phoenix is a chad

[@frankvonfrauner]

@@userofusername4981 That's how you can tell the difference between someone who is modding because they care about a community, and someone who wants the power. Someone who actually cares would be thankful for the audit.

[@user-kx8pu6ys5i]

​​@@userofusername4981 then he speedruns it and gets a better time, which is completely legitimate and doesn't submit it after the half a year passes cuz he doesn't care.

[@agisuru]

If it weren't faked, blasting Ram Ranch over your world record speedrun would be a hell of a power move

[@annigram]

As a wise man once said: LONG LIVE ARCHIE

[@leavemealoneplease583]

*Anarchy

[@tropical64_xd88]

Whats his name?

[@puckqure1192]

A wise man once said dying is gay

[@owens_demos]

@@leavemealoneplease583 no it’s Archie

[@eurasian8492]

Archie the archasaour

[@norsetrack945]

0:35 I'm sorry, but the name clearly says "Msushi" not "Myself" or whatever.

[@bread6385]

im gonna correct you for no reason its mice elf

[@bastbo3225]

this is one of those comments where you can’t tell if they’re joking or not

[@nickerdoodle2300]

IS this a joke??? I legitimately cannot tell

[@doolosss]

@@nickerdoodle2300 yes lol

[@spacenoodles5570]

I think this is pretty clearly a joke

[@ggtylerr]

>"The audio was completely muted..." >Okay, that's a bit odd... >"...and in its place was a variety of of Grant McDonald's 'Ram Ranch' music." >PFFFFFFFFFFFTTTT Okay, please tell me there's an archive to this run. I really want to watch a celeste speedrun while having to listen to Ram Ranch for 28 minutes.

[@MisterBones2910]

I want to see it too, but it looks like no one mirrored it before it got deleted; at least not that I can find.

[@MisterBones2910]

@ElyC West Collected before deletion I'd imagine. Small community, this guy probably began work on it immediately after the situation had come to a resolution.

[@Vassilinia]

Aaaaaa I need to see this run.

[@DamageMaximo]

pffffffffffffffft edit: pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft

[@JustSomeDinosaurPerson]

If anything, phoenix is a legend for a making clowns out of the celeste leaderboard. These rules should have already been in place and enforced lmao

[@darkeye457]

He ended up creating new rules that needed to be there from the start He's not a cheater, he's a hero

[@AzuMazu_]

Petition to make ram ranch a requirement for future world records?

[@Cyceryx]

signed

[@ECODKyleskymast]

ram%

[@cactuz116]

Signed

[@Soverthe]

signed

[@yovalo3382]

Not signed imagine someone accelerate slightly the video the music would be very usefull to check that

[@prycenewberg3976]

I don't think he cares about "his career as a Celeste speedrunner."

[@Poop-nu1so]

This^

[@sophialong7669]

No one should

[@the_yurest]

Everyone: Has an avatar to make it easier for people to recognise them Msushi: *Source texture not found*

[@I_the_Taco]

tapl be like

[@feedmewifi_477]

would not have guessed msushi is pronounced “myself”

[@lewiscarroll4290]

The h is silent. Hope that clears it up.

[@festry_]

@@lewiscarroll4290 msussy

[@prototype_11]

@@festry_ but, there's no h in myself How the f do i need to say it then

[@I_the_Taco]

my sushi

[@xexpaguette]

mmm sushi

[@WhoEls]

To me this looks like an intentional faked run to expose stupid rules.

[@pseudonym50]

I agree. The run is just so intentionally trollish that im surprised they even verified it in the first place. He obviously didn't care about leaderboard placement and probably just wanted to poke fun at the celeste mods for not taking cheating seriously.

[@Lmjacks]

@@polocatfan phoenix was not participating in the gsa league, there was no prize pool for him

[@unnoticed4571]

@@Lmjacks Lends more credence to the theory that the run was made to poke fun, and wasn't mean't to be taken too seriously.

[@KaneYork]

@@pseudonym50 You need to be a little bit more blatant than this if that's your goal.

[@WhoEls]

@@KaneYork No the video still had to pass the rules to be acknowledged.

[@redjugg665]

seems like he didn't talk about himself in the 3rd person this time

[@saltycat8306]

What if this isn't him then? Oh god oh fuck. Mshushi has been replaced by an impostor.

[@chicken4222]

Oh god your right. Oh no.

[@zekiz774]

I didn't realized that he talked about himself in 3rd person.

[@Sonathan1893]

Maybe because someone said it made a bad first impression, but personally I cannot back that up.

[@davidfutterer551]

@@Sonathan1893 I really dont like him talking in 3rd person of him self. Sooo... I´m glad he didnt

[@SemiHypercube]

9:46 "Believe it or not, this bird was complicit in Phoenix's cheating scheme" I have no idea why this sentence is so funny to me also you know there's going to be a deep explanation of game mechanics when they pull out the SM64 file select theme

[@Scrubermensch]

Because it feels like the bird was: you spling bro? No problem, I gotchu, get that save icon as I cover the screen

[@Cloud-zq3cc]

As an ace attorney fan, this sentence was hilarious to me . Just saying, the elevator

[@TheFerdi265]

I love how pannenkoek2012's videos had so much influence on the general style of strat and glitch explanations om youtube

[@SurmenianSoldier]

@@Cloud-zq3cc true

[@vladislav_sidorenko]

​​@@Cloud-zq3cc That time, the bird was complicit against the crime, though you could count it "forgetting" whether we have forgotten anything.

[@TheSaoul]

This guy seems to care more about the passion and artistry in Speedrunning more than a crown. He's got the record, unsubmitted but he has it. He doesn't want to turn it in apparently. It's weird seeing someone so genuinely in love with a game but eschew any accolades for it.

[@seabass3818]

It's been a whole year since I last read this comment, and I haven't heard the word eschew since.

[@Femboy_Jophiel]

@@seabass3818 read a book

[@dtsnelson]

​@@Femboy_Jophielimagine telling someone to read a book because they haven't seen a word in a year when that word hasn't had more than a 1 millionth of a percentage of use in literature available online since 1843.

[@adderous]

Where else are they gonna see it, though. Old books are probably the best bet

[@Biosquid239]

​@@dtsnelson get his ass

[@OmoiSenpai]

Feels like he was just trolling to have rules be applied. Maybe he tried talking about it, but nobody took action on it. Just my guess.

[@Ghosted_31]

That's what I think too

[@Rob-sf4xy]

He did called it a 2 berries speedrun and that is how he cheated, so what you are saying is not far fetched.

[@xbaneet3969]

@@Rob-sf4xy oh shit hes 100 parallel universes ahead of us

[@HFTVChannel]

Sounds overly convenient, not impossible, but yeah

[@Wildstag]

Maybe it was just an out of season April Fool's joke.

[@Ivytheherbert]

I like how the one berry that proved the splicing was one that would never be collected during a speedrun, and it was the only berry that had been collected during Summit. Almost like he planned the spliced run to avoid every berry except that one hidden berry just as a "fuck you" to the mods.

[@Helperbot-2000]

mans a gigatroll lmao

[@JetstreamSam343]

My man's a gigachad of a troll

[@bolson42]

@@JetstreamSam343 same joke but worse

[@daylawashere]

this is my man, and he is a gigantic chad of a troller

[@bolson42]

@@daylawashere This man is mine, and he can be considered a comically large, conventionally masculine person who likes to engage in tomfoolery

[@catrap5287]

he's still active, he's just training for cowboy%

[@nicosmind3]

He entered a highly suspicious speed run in every way possible. Zero sound making splices harder to detect, a parrot blocking part of the scree that would give it away etc etc. If anything it's the mods that should be punished for letting it through

[@Jamer508]

Considering the Ram ranch song and the intentional obstructions of areas of the screen that previously should have been verified I feel like Pheonix4k was intentionally harrassing the speed running community in order to enforce what he thought was effective rules. The mistake with the berries and the loading icon and the sound all add up to someone who was disgruntled about previous speed runs not having enough scrutiny.

[@seiggrainhart4719]

It would certainly explain why he hasn't posted the legit run to the community as well. Almost as if he's saying to himself. "Alright, jobs done, time to move on."

[@priestoffern1608]

Or the fact that the speedrun is called "2 berries", even though there weren't 2 berries

[@harrisonbaguley5691]

@@priestoffern1608 no, there were two berries. he collected two berries in the actual run; one in chap 3 and the 'extra' one in summit. the one he collects earlier in summit in the video isn't included in the total because he spliced it

[@EXRDaBeasta]

He is too good. After the ram ranch and then setting the legit WR by a second shortly after, I think his job here is done.

[@codegeek98]

Genius

[@OkuriLucy]

It sounds like a cheated speedrun shitpost

[@bladeoftheruinedking2543]

Post

[@ilovesmosh2012]

@nick gurr based name, watch out for susan.

[@dfoshanz9833]

What name game?

[@flower-yl6iw]

phoenix is actually a comedic legend and there was absolutely no excuse for the mods to miss the fact it was fake ToT

[@S_--]

I feel like this guy DID get reborn from his ashes, reborn into a quiet life where he is only known as the guy that played ram ranch whilst speedrunning a game.

[@halestar2967]

Really surprised the investigation didn’t point out the ram ranch usage as evidence. A common way to detect splices (originally coined in SM64 iirc) is to check the audio for cuts, something that’s hard to do without specialized software. Muting the game audio and placing ram ranch over it would make the audio smooth and thus make splices harder to track.

[@gmalamat1393]

Well that's why it's theorized the Speedrun was just a massive shitpost with no actual intent to get to the leaderboard, because hiding the audio had been allowed up to that point

[@testerwulf3357]

@@gmalamat1393 Yea the goal was probably to change the rules because how they were made faking a run SUPER easy.

[@JaggerG]

Lack of audio is not evidence. It’s highly suspicious, but doesn’t prove anything.

[@livin4thelamb499]

That's what I said!

[@jakemartinez6894]

⁠@@JaggerG It is evidence, that’s exactly what circumstantial evidence is. Even if you have suspicious red stains and dna on clothes you get caught trying to burn it technically doesn’t prove anything. An undisputedly foul-played person in the trunk of your car… still circumstantial. The popular tv or KZbin commenter line is “but all the evidence is circumstantial”… even though I’d wager that maybe even over half of convictions for things like murder are done with any non-circumstantial evidence. For something to be non-circumstantial, it has to have no other possible explanation, however unlikely, assuming that the evidence is legitimate; such as a video of someone clearly committing the crime. Pretty much anything you can think of is just some level of suggestion… and that’s alright.

[@Nennecatgirl]

I am 100% convinced that this was ironic. He did this as a joke, and it was hilarious.

[@aspenshadow7920]

I think he legitimately did it to get new rules added. He doesn't care about having the world record obviously or else he would submit his legitimate run. He's secretly chaotic good.

[@GFC_FM]

The mods of Celeste have already confirmed this was almost definitely not the reason he did so. He lied about plenty of other petty things unrelated to this, along with other reasons one of the mods mentioned in a different comment here. Plus, he could always just tell the mods to make the rules stricter, especially considering he was in constant contact with at least one of them. Also, the video with the bird and meme music wasn't the video he originally showed the mod he submitted it to. He originally sent the mod he's friends with the original, unedited video (which had in game music and no obstructions). The mod watched it, told him it was okay, but then when he actually entered his submission on the leaderboards, he linked to the meme version. So basically, he showed one mod he was friends with (or was at least in contact with) the true, unedited run. Once that mod watched it, he uploaded the other version, to avoid any other mods from catching on. That way, it would be harder for any other mods to notice, and if anyone asked, one mod saw the unedited version and verified it. Basically just took advantage of that one mod not doing a good job and then made it even harder for the rest of the mods to do theirs, but it didn't work out for him. The guy 100% wanted to get away with it.

[@theSato]

@@GFC_FM nahhh..

[@prcr364]

@@theSato Bro seriously

[@FuSiionCraft]

@@GFC_FM Yes, because the mods are garbage in checking the run and so did his shitpost run to "humiliate" the mods Also, lying and trying to figure out if what the runner say is true or not is also the base of checking EVERYTHING indicate that it's intentional, and EVERYTHING indicate that the mods are trying to pass it off as a "real run" to not be humiliated for doing garbage work Don't need 546415613 IQ to comprehend something this simple

[@anotherwordly]

to be honest, this whole situation gives me a feeling the cheated run was on purpose, whether to test the site’s moderation, to prove a point about the lackluster rules, or some other reason.

[@Cherryblossoms110]

yeah there's no way in hell it wasn't a joke, I just looked up ram ranch

[@Boro87]

Is it actually cheating though? Theres a freaking parrot on screen and no sound 😅. This speedrunnzr was making a point more than anything else.

[@KabalFromMK9]

It's a spliced run

[@loganxavier]

@@KabalFromMK9 Can you figure out the reason why it was spliced 🤔

[@IschmarVI]

@@loganxavier not necessary as splicing invalidates the run and as clearly, efforts have been made to cover up the slicing, the run is considered a cheated run. There is nothing to figure out. However, it is probably a good thing that this happened because it caused some overdue rule changes. Also, this is kinda hilarious, not gonna lie 😆

[@jakemartinez6894]

@@IschmarVI It doesn’t seem as though there have been attempts to hide the splicing… in fact, it seems as though there’s a bright, oddly shaped green arrow pointing right toward it.

[@nyroachboy]

Kind've feels intentional, named the run 2 berries, the 2 berries weren't shown, ram ranch in the background lol

[@larsvadgaard]

"kind have"

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

@@larsvadgaard Your point? This is how some people legitimately speak. Words have more then 1 set use.

[@ManBung]

@@Buglin_Burger7878 "more then"

[@Bashfluff]

@@Buglin_Burger7878 There's a clear distinction between alternate word usage and a mistake.

[@nyroachboy]

@@larsvadgaard I live in texas, that's just a common way to say kind of.

[@arthand7672]

Definitely feels like he was trolling. Was probably shocked when the run was first verified

[@TomLube]

He had a friend approve the run to get it pushed directly to leaderboards, so this seems unlikely

[@boomerdave1172]

@@TomLube proof?

[@loganxavier]

I feel like it was verified at first to prove a point to the rules.

[@Henry_III]

@@TomLube proof? Link?

[@testerwulf3357]

@@TomLube Even if that's the case it also goes to show why when verifying a run multiple people should do so before it gets accepted so a cheated run can't slip through like that. The run's entire job was probably to show how easy it was to trick the mods into accepting a troll run!

[@J3ff_K1ng]

Can we appreciate how all this was destroy by 1 frame, he was clearly going to show how bad the rules were, like I'm sure that at editing if he really wanted to go with it he would eliminate that random frame and change it with a frame of a first completion run but he wanted to give an obvious cheat mark to make the mods change the rule Absolute legend

[@JetstreamSam343]

The dude is a legend He made a meme and got new rules implemented I salute this madlad o7

[@chuck_duck]

"You may know Ram Ranch from its iconic line '18 naked cowboys.'" - Msushi 2021

[@bigstopowens]

@@dumm9714 thats probably all people hear before they turn it off though

[@Misha-dr9rh]

@@bigstopowens You turn it off? Ram ranch is a banger.

[@peanutallergy5318]

Once he said "no timer" and "no audio" I knew it was splicing

[@GuyNamedSean]

Could there ever be a more flagrant red flag? I mean, you're basically screaming to the heavens that you're splicing at that point.

[@amfram]

Ikr how the heck did they ever allow no audio and no timer. Plus not using the standardized timer program is really suspicious

[@kamataros5172]

@@amfram Not using the standard timer is fine, there are people filming their screen if they play a game on a console because they don't have a capture card or so, but any timer should be required. And game audio should definitely be a given requirement

[@starplane1239]

@@amfram It amazed me too that it went through, especially for a WR. You would think they would be extra suspicious about WR runs.

[@electroshock1021]

@@starplane1239 and especially the fact that, besides no time/audio, THERE WAS A BIRD COVERING PART OF THE SCREEN. like seriously people, how do you not notice this.

[@dungewar]

This video was the first time I've heard of Celeste. Now I've completed a great game and got to watch much more content from this game. Thank you for making this.

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

This is a shameful display, not on Phoenix's part, but on the speedrun community as a whole. He literally played all of them for morons and succeeded.

[@fenmo9533]

Honestly, it seems like he submitted this run for the sole purpose of getting the moderators to apply stricter rules when verifying speedruns. Doesn't seem like a serious cheating attempt at all. Especially considering the fact that he literally pointed out the berries which caused the mods to look closer at the game footage, I think it's obvious he was leaving in some obvious ways people could possibly cheat a run to make the mods instate an overarching rule to prevent that sort of thing.

[@acheron-x3360]

Might even be some alt of some other pro speedrunner, seeing as apparently he only interacted with other speedrunners in the community.

[@JustKatoh]

Literally This

[@crewpup9481]

It explains why he wasn’t proud of it

[@fishmcmuffins3965]

as a speedrun mod for celeste who was a part of this situation first hand, i wouldn't really say that. he kind of just got caught up in a series of escalating lies - he claimed multiple IL records in some of the longest (most difficult) chapters in the game with no video proof, got multiple PBs he refused to share splits for, and random petty lies like that. he was still very good at the game and was a WR capable player, so a lot of top players started kind of hyping up his grind and i think he felt like he had to deliver. also worth mentioning that calling the run verified is a stretch, but it's kind of a mess - basically he sent the video to one mod (who was a good buddy of his) and they immediately verified the runs on the board, and the discrepancy in summit was found in under 30 minutes when another mod had a chance to watch the video. i think he didn't really expect the run to make it on the boards ngl, and when it did end up on the boards shit went down

[@fishmcmuffins3965]

@@acheron-x3360 nah not an alt lol, he streamed with mic and cam several times, has been to a GDQ (didn't do a run, just met friends), and has been in tons of other communities

[@Stratocaster42]

This dude had to be trolling right? This seemed so deliberate

[@connorschultz380]

Someone suggested he was trying to get the modes to start enforcing the rules

[@prcervi]

going by the pinned comment, 100% a shitpost and partly to have mods clear out their speedrun loopholes with a partial "could not be assed to waste anymore time pulling a legit run for the shitpost"

[@ShiningDarknes]

@@connorschultz380 I mean with the bird and the text and the no game audio replaced with...questionable music choice...yeah I'd say he was trying to make a point.

[@mranxiety9995]

Well it's called ''2 berries" and the 2 berries are what gave it away soooooooo

[@punchy9542]

Don’t cheat by accident

[@lysander3262]

It's always surreal to hear Xanadu Games namedropped as a locale for major events. As a UMBC student who was there to see its founding, Im consistently pleased to still hear about the store's role as a hotspot for competitive gaming more than a decade later. None of us regular goers woukd have predicted it at the time. Cheers and keep on running.

[@asdfjkl227]

"let me introduce you to a speedrunner that cheated by pointing out I am a top speedrunner that was invited to win money in a competition."

[@syrup4835]

This is like the one time I agree with cheating. Chaotic good action of doing the wrong thing for the right reason, to fix the rules.

[@thecatalyst6212]

"the worst thing a speed runner can do" Me: speed walking

[@fossilfighters101]

+

[@thecatalyst6212]

@@fossilfighters101 -

[@hc6929]

±

[@ZukaUnare]

@@fossilfighters101 dude really said:➕

[@RileyB_226]

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[@WhirlwindHeatAndFlash]

"speedrunner", "career" HA - you got me dead laughing with that one

[@mythiccheese_]

I forgot to leave a comment but it's really cool seeing how fast you've started growing recently it is quite pog

[@aquener1648]

Damn who is this Speedrunner called "Myself" prob worst than Msushi

[@TylerMarkRichardson]

Yea

[@bladeoftheruinedking2543]

There's too much of this joke that it's not funny anymore

[@aquener1648]

@@bladeoftheruinedking2543 ok

[@Soha_an.]

@@bladeoftheruinedking2543 ok

[@KipTM]

@@bladeoftheruinedking2543 ok

[@Ludvix]

8:22 Parallel Universe vibes intensifies*

[@HatGuyYT]

hello verified person

[@nutsuloid1887]

spliced speedrun to get trolled by pokefloats

[@crystalblister1]

whens the next upload luvdix

[@oolexer]

@@crystalblister1 this man took a year to upload, and you expect him to upload after three weeks

[@FakestLoogi]

@@HatGuyYT imagine thinking Ludvix is just a verified person

[@TimmyDaTurtle]

you know what, running without a timer, could actually be a good time save. if there is no timer, you won't get distracted as much, and therefore can focus on the run more. while not significant, it could really be helpful in the end game.

[@AhplBusinessman]

Celeste is a popular speed running game it probably has auto splits

[@thisguy.-.]

No, as a small speedrunner myself I can say that the timer makes no such distraction, especially after hundreds or even thousands of attempts (even though my total attempt count sits at about 25 it still does not bother me at all since I'm too focused on trying to nail every single wavedash.) It only really is noticed in between levels since the timer uses in game time and pauses on the main level select screen.

[@JetstreamSam343]

It would distract you the first 5 tries of you speedrunning After that you're most likely used to it

[@omnipotent9148]

"Splicing is Possibly the worst thing a Speedrunner could do" idk man, Murder might still be worse

[@bbgun9076]

I really think that guy did it all on purpose. To get those rules on. No, seriously. Pesky bird, ram ranch, that dot. It seems he did everything to rise suspicion, and still look like intentionally cheating... Who knows if he is really a big brain, or smol brain.

[@rpgbuster]

*looks for Grian*

[@hydrei7066]

this video changed my life

[@JT-ev8sd]

Why tho?

[@priest4467]

Why tho?

[@ihatehandles69420]

Why tho?

[@doctqr]

Why tho?

[@nolanday1961]

Why tho?

[@smallblue08]

thank you for this video, after watching it i decided to finally try this game that ive had sitting in my library for 2 years. this was probably one of the best games ive ever played, 2 days ago i finished up ch9 and beat all the c cides

[@justdanny2701]

Great video! I loved hearing the dustforce ost too

[@wolfe204]

It seems like he went out of his way to make the run suspicious.

[@Lelmao33]

Ikr, it feels more like he intentionally tries to make mods enforce this new rules

[@cralo2569]

wow really i didn't notice

[@ayb144]

absolutely did not expect that calm delivery of Grant Macdonald's Ram Ranch lyrics

[@Misha-dr9rh]

I will give msushi everything in my credit card if he sings the ram ranch lyrics in the same monotone voice with the instrumentals backing it

[@qanzii5949]

@@Misha-dr9rh holy shit i will also pay someone start a gofundme

[@softydepzy3835]

this was really interesting to see, I have played celeste before but never completed it and I don't follow the celeste speedrunning community in any way. I would not have noticed these, because I don't pay attention to things like these as a casual player. Really cool to see a community get together to take apart a run and look into the small details, well done!

[@AnonimInc]

Have to say, your narration is very soothing, great video!

[@Msushi]

Thanks! :)

[@pineappleplaguedoc]

agreed.

[@nikto7297]

@@Msushi bruh

[@usernametaken017]

@@nikto7297 ?

[@nikto7297]

@@usernametaken017 nothing

[@danielpearson5852]

Noone wants to change the rules. Phoenix: Fine. I'll do it myself.

[@ApeZero]

Excellent vid, thanks Msushi!

[@captainjumptoast]

Love that Dustforce music you used in the video!

[@Dafuzzinator]

"Did you see that?" No dude, you timed an ad to interrupt it, I didn't see shit

[@UltraMarlin]

Eighteen changed lives in the comment section at Msushis youtube channel

[@wit2817]

bruh

[@smellypepperoni768]

lmao

[@OwlBurst]

6:54 as far as i remember the berry indicator does not show at all during the first run of the level, and shows only at the finish or in second run of the level onwards...

[@ValsNemesis]

Nice work & Love your videos

[@DarkIzo]

>names run "2 berries" >fails to cover up berries *congratulations, you played yourself*

[@atticusnari]

Yeah ironically this is what probably made the moderators question the berries lol

[@Graknorke]

No I think that's what he was going for.

[@DeWitherWarrior]

This man is like both the narrator and the side-kick of the tv show, he is in the leaderboard of every speedrun scene he does a video on lmao

[@_sprook_]

Well, that makes sense! He makes content about things he knows and is familiar with, and enjoys. Being a speed runner, he cares about speed runs.

[@jordandwiggins1026]

So like Armin in AOT?

[@DeWitherWarrior]

@@jordandwiggins1026 idk who that is but im hoping you will send me down a very fun rabbit hole, wish me luck!

[@DS-ld8ns]

@@DeWitherWarrior good luck.

[@ThKrY]

To be honest, the reason I like your videos is the ending music. Made me go through my game boy games for that gem.

[@trevorratchford3768]

love hearing the dustforce OST in here :) great video also lol this guy

[@vercingetorix2128]

"At the end of the run there was something... interesting" The Ad kicking in: REESES PEANUTBUTTER CUPS My brain: damn they really put a peanut butter cup in Celeste

[@HeyGuysItsSuper]

is this a poor person joke im too rich to understand

[@micaelacrapo]

b e e s e c h u r g e r

[@evehellod9776]

This looks too obviously faked, feels like his intention was to get caught

[@fernandotorrero779]

The background music is about a bunch of cowboys banging in a barn while a giant bird takes a massive part of the screen, if anyone needs more clues to know if that was fake then i feel sorry for them. Mind you i have never heard about celeste before but damn, that was almost a 4chan level shitpost.

[@juniperrodley9843]

@@fernandotorrero779 He also called explicit attention to the thing that got his run disqualified

[@camiblack1]

@@fernandotorrero779 and the original run had neither, but pointed at another problem. He basically fast-tracked what would be an obviously spliced run through a friend. It did a lot of exposure.

[@howaboutno3575]

Woah! You... You making the video managed to get in! Wonderful! Good job

[@dragon_pi]

9:41 "Remember the bird?" - No why would I? It's just green and weird and eye-catching...

[@attmayMB]

This is a remarkably fair explanation of a situation where someone made poor choices and decided to cheat. It didn't feel like an attack, though it could be tempting to present it that way. Fantastic video, as always!

[@shrek5534]

thanks man. good to see all my work appreciated

[@Sockren]

@@shrek5534 .

[@memerman9268]

@@shrek5534 .

[@dhedetry8571]

@@shrek5534 .

[@seal0_]

@@shrek5534 .

[@edilmao]

0:34 im sad that you didn't say "and msushi itself"

[@Perdix64]

I can’t believe that bird was complicit, smh.

[@desmondruhling]

I remember watching this video a few months ago before i had played Celeste and now that I’ve played it, everything makes so much more sense!

[@blueye95]

i love the use of celeste's own music here, esp the 2a track around 1:28. great vid sushi

[@nightplaymc]

I genuinely feel like he just didn't care and he uploaded a spliced one on purpose just to troll.

[@Emleo.]

@the hevy do you have some examples?

[@cynthialymon8996]

@@Emleo. I don’t remember exactly but I think someone with shark in their name had a cheated run. They didn’t reveal it until months after so it probably wasn’t trolling.

[@cynthialymon8996]

Loan Shark Joe.

[@yikaii]

“Splicing is quite possibly the worst thing a speedrunner can do” I’d say something like murder or rape but its your opinion i guess

[@TheDiloEmpire]

You do realize that he meant as a speedrunner not as a person

[@badatspeedruns]

8:27 LOZ MUSIC YESSSSSSSS

[@Vienna3080]

I genuinely imagine the mod didn’t verify the Speedrun originally because he was being bombarded by Ram Ranch lmao

[@Misha-dr9rh]

as if that's not a reason to verify it just to listen to that absolute masterpiece

[@YourPalKindred]

Cannot believe my guy just casually drops in that he's an amazing Celeste speed runner Respect dude

[@pizrub]

This video got me into Celeste thx msushi

[@eco4652]

msushi, i love you, every time i join a game that i like you have always content for it

[@EmraHemingway]

“Which means THIS speedrun was SPLICED. But what IS a spliced run?” *cue Mario64 title screen music

[@davidthecommenter]

it's not the title theme, you're thinking of the file select theme.

[@Lemmons_]

Wow you're so good, this is actually amazing, you pushed yourself this far and I hope you keep on playing and shoot for the stars. Such a good run and I'm so happy you got this PB

[@adeeta5701]

I’m just waiting for pillow to find this and insult you

[@isaiahig2298]

wgagt

[@Pixillnow]

and here's me 1 year later thinking that Msushi is just a portal wizard. turns out he's just an all out legend

[@iClone101]

I really don't feel like he had any intentions of trying to pass this off as a legitimate speedrun, or even publish his world records in general. It seems like, based on his history, he doesn't really care at all about the leaderboards or how he places on them. It feels like he cares much more about his own personal records and self-satisfaction than about how he compares to others. And as many other comments have said, that submitted run appears to be the most blatantly obvious fake he could've made. The obnoxious music, the lack of any in-game timer, and the random green bird in the corner make this appear to be a complete troll, and in the end the people who really look like the idiots are the speedrun moderators who let this run pass in the first place.