This World Record Speedrun is Fake!

[@ApolloLegend]

Let's help Pawn break 3,000 Twitch followers: www.twitch.tv/roninpawn kzbin.info patreon.com/roninpawn

[@ADI-mu2qd]

First lol

[@Scooty_]

Thank you for uploading mate

[@vip.brigade]

You are such a sweetheart

[@nerousader]

i cant afford that

[@SnakeTyrant]

no. if he is going to complain about not being able to pay his bills because he didnt get into gdq then he should get a real job to take speedrunning and streaming as a hobby. if he wants streaming to be his full time profession then he shouldnt complain about his choice.

[@ChristianUrea]

“I bought some food” “Did you pay for it? “No” “So you stole it” “Yes, but it doesn’t matter because I have the money to pay for it.”

[@johnfaux8651]

lol

[@therussiannukekid1784]

ϟϟ White Wolf ϟϟ I feel like this is just ment to be a funny comment, not to be taken seriously

[@fractal_mind562]

@ϟϟ White Wolf ϟϟ Firstly, I condone stealing ! Every GDQ run should be like this, they just show the spliced run and commentate over it how easy it was to fake there way onto GDQ... Would be more an insight into the mind of these people than focusing on silly runs ! Like what do we gain from having morals really ?? Sarcasm.

[@Lady8D]

Meteor Cubing "Besides, I've paid for food many times in the past and I've even bought more than what I stole" "Then why'd you steal it, if you have more than enough money" "Because, I lost the receipt last time and I was frustrated so I forged a receipt to use this time as a place holder for the receipt I could have gotten if I'd paid today... ... it wouldn't have changed the outcome either way, whether I pay for it or steal it I'm still having dinner tonight so it doesn't actually matter in the end"

[@acardboardbox9386]

“Sir do you have an driver’s license” “No” “So you are breaking the law” “Well I guess if you wanna get technical, but I could get a drivers liscence is I wanted so it doesn’t matter”

[@MuchWhittering]

GDQ definitely shouldn't be accepting runs that haven't been accepted by the mods. They don't know enough about specific games to be able to decide if a run is legit.

[@benevolentworldexploder5395]

For real. I figured that would be common sense.

[@loganhenry2838]

I don't think the higher ups at GDQ really know much about speedrunning. It very much feels like a corporate event now. I wouldn't be surprised if people in charge of reviewing applications are picked somewhat randomly.

[@LordDragox412]

Connor had connections inside GDQ. Pawn didn't. Even if Pawn had better time, he most likely still wouldn't be picked to run the game... :(

[@wspann1967]

GDQ shouldn’t be doing a majority of the shit they do, but that doesn’t matter because it’s about image, not integrity

[@just-ero]

GDQ only care about ability to commentate. They don't give a damn about accepting the "better" player over another.

[@kaizenweisz2120]

"Your honour, I wish to invoke THE BILLY MITCHELL DEFENSE!". Audible gasps can be heard from all in the courtroom, including two toddlers dressed in Twin Galaxy uniforms.

[@joehayes9933]

So you wish to throw a temper tantrum and yell at the navy like a child? Or Claim the video isn't spliced?

[@Qbe_Root]

Just sue everyone

[@steeveedee8478]

You can only use this defense if you are prepared to look a complete twat with a mullet.

[@shadowstalker1515]

For everyone wondering, ConnorAce is 097Aceofspades at gdq

[@ronniebrown5769]

that sounds like a political cartoon

[@lizalfos8627]

This was the channel that got me into speedrunning, man this just has hit so hard. R.I.P Apollo

[@williamcasimes5301]

just saw this video in my recommended and went to the comments hearing about his death low key hit kinda hard

[@hanthonyc]

Same here, many many months ago. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to be reminded of a lifelong love for video game exploitation and glitch hunting. Rest easy man.

[@troywright359]

@@hanthonyc what do you mean? Apollo died?

[@hanthonyc]

@@troywright359 He took his own life.

[@troywright359]

@@hanthonyc that's so sad to hear

[@iccye5959]

“I got into the Paralympics!” “Are you disabled?” “No” “So you fake being disabled” “Yeah but I’m way better than them” R.I.P. bro. It doesn’t matter what he did, no one should take their life.

[@nekochan8405]

*Spain wants to know your location*

[@JacktheRah]

Serious talk though: those athletes at the Paralympics are so fit that the average normally abled person could not compete with them. Lots of respect for them.

[@entropic-decay]

I'd say it's more like getting onto a team for the conventional olympics via using performance-enhancing drugs in place of someone who would have the place instead without those drugs

[@GrumpyMustard]

"Bro, paralyzed people can't even feel pain so it's not like anyone was even hurt right bro?"

[@monke186]

Mafia man don’t worry about not being disabled( pulls out lead pipe)

[@Ss-wi7ip]

"I won the race!" "but you tripped the guy in second place" "yeah but I still would've won even if I didn't trip him"

[@sayamqazi]

There is actually a video of a race where someone slows down at the end of a race and looks at croud for appluase and the guy right behind him tries to go past him with quick burst of energy and the winning guy puts an arm in his way and stops him and crosses the mark. The guy stilled crowned the winner. There were people defending him that "he knew he already won so the 2nd guy should not have tried to steal his win"

[@rocketlaunchergunboatsdude1713]

Sayam Qazi link?

[@sayamqazi]

@@rocketlaunchergunboatsdude1713 it was in a "never celebrate too early" compilation video. I was so pissed. There were people defending it tho.

[@spinosaurusaegypticus8341]

@laith to this day the link was never given...

[@freesmartdoesfungames9002]

Cars (2006) in a nutshell

[@fluffyplayery3017]

Speedruner: fakes run Apollo: So you have chosen death Oh wow this didn't age well. RIP my dude

[@ssupii2631]

To someone who is very active in this community this stuff will always anger him. Many of us who just follow and watch speedrunning just say "oh that was a bad thing to do"

[@mattland2998]

Speedrunner: denies run is fake Apollo: I gave you the chance to confess willingly...but you have elected the way...of PAIN!

[@oBuLLzEyEo1013]

For real tho... Target acquired...

[@Nintendofan4000]

@@mattland2998 Tenth Doctor: No second chances! I'm that kind of a man.

[@shadowstalker1515]

For those who can’t find ConnorAce’s GDQ run, his handle there is 097Aceofspades

[@Probably_Daniel]

Just got recommended this video after watching a Karl Jobst video where he mentioned AL lost $1,000,000 due to a fake speedrunner being angry for people not believing his lies. Apparently, the cheater was thrilled to see the fact AL died. I hope he gets arrested. We will all miss you.

[@leandroxbl1]

Same, I saw other Apolo videos before and couldn't believe when I heard he died through Karl's latest video...

[@kevinruiz5659]

I am in shock right now. I was wondering why hadn't he uploaded anything in a while. This is so sad...

[@xehP]

it's slightly frustrating that people didn't know this lmao

[@Xioverze]

@Logan Roof woah do i hope this is satire, and if it isnt you really are the human embodiment of a dumpster after raccoons have raided it and made their home in it you fucking uncrustable sandwich

[@xehP]

@Logan Roof ahahah you changed your name, I'd recommend finding an actual hobby, your attempt at trying to troll people is beyond weak and feeble.

[@TheBourbonWrench]

“I made a 100 on my test” “Did you copy someone’s answers?” “Yes I did copy” “So you are a cheater?” “I know the material, I would’ve made a 100 even if I didn’t copy” “Okay so why copy then?” “I wasn’t even intending to turn in that copy of my test, I was going to turn in this other copy that I did entirely myself but it doesn’t even matter since I know all the material anyway” Apply this guys logic to any situation and you see how absurd it is. It’s simply someone who is a pathological liar realizing how deep in the shit he’s in and is trying to save face. You can’t win with these people. They will deny and deny and deny forever. Remove the guy, remove his stuff, remove his power, and move on. Let the guy deny and cry about how he’s not a cheater on Twitter and let honest people actually set real records.

[@Quandry1]

There are a number of people you'll run across that work on this kind of mentality these days...

[@pastorofmuppets9346]

Yup... tho lying can get u to places if youre good, believe me.

[@TheBourbonWrench]

perXon yeah I’ve seen it, people getting very successful off lying. But I believe in integrity and honesty, I think I’d rather go out with some dignity knowing I tried to live an honest life than to know I lived a false life. But that’s just me.

[@pastorofmuppets9346]

@@TheBourbonWrench thats nice (y)

[@coluurs5660]

perXon I can’t lie for my life, if I lie even a little in front of someone I start stuttering and my mind goes blank, I don’t get how people could lie to this extent

[@ecoKady]

"Yeah I cheated, but I won so that doesn't matter." This is so sadly true in the world outside sleedrunning, too.

[@sharcblazer99]

If someone ever said this to me in real life I'd whip out my glock and pop them in the face, that mentality is toxic and has no place on this planet.

[@Jesse__H]

@@sharcblazer99 don't go into finance. or law. or business...

[@Alphie_]

@@sharcblazer99 Sadly it's not any less true, as much as I agree.

[@KaijuKraid]

That is EXACTLY what my friends Boyfriend said to her when explaining himself to all of us on why he did it.

[@MrMisfortune]

@@sharcblazer99 and then you go to jail for murder. Congrats

[@icewolf6062]

“I’m using this comment style to show why I’m stupid” “So you’re copying other people?” “No, I would’ve thought of it eventually”

[@uriahedwards]

Meta

[@weakspirit_]

"I'm continuing this comment chain to be funny." "so, you're copying other people?" "nO, I wOulD'Ve tHouGhT OF iT EveNtUaLlY."

[@harrym3673]

ateM

[@MaggotDiggo1]

You must watch Rick and Morty.

[@spiderking7976]

@Pyramid Pink lol

[@GymLeaderEd]

I didn't even realize you had passed away until Karl's video.. rest in peace man.;(

[@tamertamertamer4874]

Me too :/ I remember watching this video a year ago and just learned about it now Rest In Peace

[@gears4258]

deadpollo pack

[@cringe511]

same here

[@stephan5512]

Same here.. Im shocked :(

[@hdofu]

Yeah me too, I legitimately hate Billy now

[@KoolaidHippie]

“I stole your wallet” “Why?” “Cause you were gonna spend the money in it anyway”

[@Raichu159]

Theres so much comments using the same shitty format to farm likes yet no one is asking why this guy hasn't uploaded in 6 months. Please shut up

[@ToxicTerren]

Maybe its because making a video is harder than you think Raichu

[@ToxicTerren]

Also going into the comments and seeing the format makes understanding the video easier because the way the video was formatted didnt really make sense to me and i saw the format in the comments and then i could understand what it was

[@KoolaidHippie]

Raichu 26 Yea who would ever use that format smh so bad-

[@bigshanemoment1574]

@@Raichu159 it's just a KZbin comment, calm down

[@amberhernandez]

"I'd like to attend, but I'll be having surgery. There's this knife I need removed from my back." Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, mate.

[@saintsrowisntcancelledanym7099]

*SHOTS FIRED*

[@165hy9]

Saints Row Isn't Cancelled Anymore pew pew pew

[@saintsrowisntcancelledanym7099]

@@165hy9 Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew

[@Drackwit]

*meet the...* spy?

[@TuffMelon]

@@saintsrowisntcancelledanym7099 Oh my god, i missed the news they're working on SR5. HYPE.

[@tearlach47]

So instead of Pawn getting his deserved clout from a live GDQ audience of 100,000+, he got his clout from 100,000+ Apollo Legend viewers. _Nice_

[@OSYofRR]

I have a really good feeling he will be invited to a future GDQ.

[@waaaaaaah5135]

@@JHMninja89 ahoy, dilation stations!

[@scs44444]

@@Ratchet-pl5yo if you're like 6 yeah

[@baardgoldstein4019]

It's also pretty good that the 10k audience on their twitch is only like 5-15 people in chat talking. Its just viewbots nothing else.

[@DBros-ni2zo]

1000th like ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@heiselproductions_01]

Apollo, for all his mental turmoil, can rest easy knowing that he was a large piece of the force that got Todd Rogers and Billy Mitchell off of Twin Galaxies, and considering how long their hi-jinx has gone on for, that’s no small feat. R.I.P. Apollo, you made a real difference.

[@harleyspeedthrust4013]

he died?? holy crap, that's awful. i hope he's in heaven

[@lightyagami3492]

@@ExtremeMan10 well that explains why he hasn't uploaded in a year or so... RIP.

[@coolterra8491]

This comment made me search up what happened and now I'm just sad

[@harleyspeedthrust4013]

@Jack Mooney oh shoot u watch cinnamontoastken too?

[@CanadianRamen]

@@lightyagami3492 He actually quit KZbin just less than a year before he made a post where he made a post that linked to a text file that was basically a final goodbye. I don't believe it was very long after that that he was found dead in his apartment. I'm not saying his quitting KZbin wasn't connected but the timing of him not uploading and his death were rather far apart.

[@reversal]

Apollo Legend taking his life is nothing short from tragic no matter what drama may have occurred. Rest in peace.

[@theaccountofalltime1]

@@ZTOXZZ SOMEBODY FUCKING DIED

[@massy9437]

@@theaccountofalltime1 you do know peeps were dying as you typed that ye? its kinda common

[@massy9437]

@@aveit8651 yeah that's such a disgusting move

[@cyanideA]

This comment section is full of stubborn idiots

[@thekeyandthegate4093]

@@cyanideA Trolls and Viper cultists who don't understand depression and mental illness. Ignore them. They only want a reaction. This is nobody's fault.

[@NiteMaster117]

"No amount of money can buy even a second of time." It's one thing to cheat for temporary recognition. But to cheat someone out of an opportunity. There's nothing lower man.

[@orc001]

Sure it can. You could buy some medicine and you could cure a disease, and get back maybe 50 years.

[@klutzspecter3470]

Doom 1 speed running in a nutshell.

[@EpicTyphlosionTV]

@@klutzspecter3470 Which part? The first or the second?

[@shoopoop21]

This is why safegaurds have to be in place. They will excude people, but its the onyl way to avoid this sort of thing. You either maintain exceptional standards, or people abuse the system.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

@@orc001 Living longer isn't time bought back. Once a second is gone, it is gone forever. (Unless reverse time travel is achieved, which is unlikely and probably impossible.)

[@defaulted9485]

1:30 Roninpawn would have invited ConnorAce even if he didnt make it to the slot, and yet this motherspeeder stole his place by cheating. Talk about backstabbing MASSIVE OOF.

[@An0nymous_L0gic]

good spot

[@FateNightroad]

I'll be honest, hearing Roninpawn explaining it from his perspective sounded really depressing.

[@OneDerscoreOneder]

Yeah :(

[@JojaWejus]

I'm no speedrunner or in any kind of competitive scene but I've been in social situations like that and it hurts, suddenly everyone turns on you because you have the gall to speak out, folks you consider warm acquaintances or even friends. I felt that and I wish him the best in his work, certainly no less that it pays his bills

[@OneDerscoreOneder]

@@JojaWejus yeah. It especially sucks because he's the only victim, so he's just kind of SOL :/

[@saucy4817]

It always sucks to be cheated outta something you deserved.

[@p3bblez]

getting your reputation ruined by a lie is the worst feeling EVER. i dont speedrun, but like Zaluconde said, i've been in situations like that. it feels like you've been pretty much stripped of everything - your life, your friends, pretty much anything. its a fucked up thing to do and anyone who ruins lives just for fun or because they want fame are assholes.

[@Anangryviking]

ConnorAce's Twitter: Private All of ConnorAce's GDQ run videos: Private GDQ: Silent as the grave They've adopted the "ignore the controversy and it'll go away!" strategy. Bold!

[@Cardmaster12]

I mean it will to be fair, as much as it may suck :/ edit: well maybe not for Connor, but certainly for GDQ

[@deaththekid922]

@@Cardmaster12 its just pilling up more and more , at one point , some runners like zfg , cosmic and some other wr holders might make a small speedrun event where they sort of tutor weaker runners who then get alot better runs , more people who want to become better join that event , and over time it will become the new games done quick which mainly aims at teaching new runners how to do it ( like i can watch a video on gelato skip , but that wont make it any easier for me , in celeste i can do hypers and wave dashes but i dont know where to do them , if someone like eenox would teach me i would probably get it right quite fast if such an event ever happened it could quickly become the new gdq , maybe instead of being a place where you have to go to and have a fancy show and so on , maybe just make a schedule for 2 weeks of speedrunners around the world doing runs and then , they might not just do 1 run , but just have their usual daily / weekly run session and the event highlights one of the runs and if you want , you can continue watching them , or watch the next run something like that could always happen ,just like gdq started in someones basement from what i heard

[@windwakemeup]

GDQ might also be looking into the allegations and taking their time with it before slapping a ban down, so taking down the vid temporarily while they sort through things is actually a good thing.

[@metarotta]

to be fair they're at least no longer giving a run splicer a platform, and we don't know whats going on behind the scenes, they may have something to announce about him in the future

[@TheGraveyarder]

@@windwakemeup i pray that they are actually doing something about it hard to give that benefit of doubt when he claims to be a part of the gdq producers and screening process of other submissions

[@zacklangley951]

“Let’s help Roninpawn get to 3,000 followers” Currently at 12.9. Hell yeah. I hope your winter wasn’t rough. Glad to see a community come together and help someone who deserves it.

[@UltimateDuck97]

@@osv38 hope they get better soon

[@Countryen]

13 thousand 355 now

[@flyingfloorboard4097]

@@osv38 reminds me of "each american family has about 2.4 kids ."

[@halfling49]

It's at 20k now

[@JAlonge017]

wouldnt you say apollo needs your help now? after the darkviper smackdown we could all come together and help apollo come back to youtube and give good videos.... but nope

[@mariomaker69420]

minute of silence for the guy who single handedly introduced many people into speedrunning. he introduced me into speedrunning, and im proud of that. very unfortunate to know that he died, but at least we can still hear him through his videos. rest in peace my good dude, you did well.

[@sugandhakohli]

He introduced me to speedrunning too.

[@gears4258]

deadpoIIo pack

[@kellymountain]

@Logan Roof dude. DUDE.

[@ScumSookar]

I just wish more speedrunners would try and beat his PB. 26 years is rookie numbers.

[@bilbobaggins5874]

"I'd like to attend, @ConnorAce, but I'll be having surgery. There's this knife I need removed from my back." Nice. GDQ is a shitshow, episode 741.

[@theluckygamer10]

...I JUST realised it was a back-stabbing joke...

[@theonetruemungdaalgamer725]

Bilbo Baggins slaying GDQ the Dragon, 2019 colourised.

[@joenelsaracho4836]

Gdq is a awesome show

[@christiancolburn7705]

Gdq is a good show but the mods and stuff are garbage

[@freezycastform99]

GDQ would be good if the mods would just fucking chill and stop banning people for stuff they did years ago when they didn't know better

[@RhysCake]

The spinning icon overlay is actually a really great tool for spotting spliced runs. It should be something that all popular speed run games consider as an option to be enabled.

[@chainsawplayin]

Something like in Super Monkey Ball

[@DPedroBoh]

You know, it's something even devs could consider implementing.

[@karanoelle4819]

With the knowledge of this, one can splice it anyway since they know what they're looking for. It's just harder now that there's more verification.

[@RhysCake]

@Kara Noelle If it was there at all times and semi-transparent like the one in this video, it would be incredibly hard to splice around.

[@Jrez]

Anyone really wanting to cheat could get around this by editing it out of the game with cheat engine or something and editing it back in post using after effects. Would be a bit of work, but it is available now for unscrupulous dickheads.

[@MVPUnlucky]

>faking runs GDQ: I sleep >Trihex said a bad word almost a year ago GDQ: BANNED!

[@echild1969]

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeal Short

[@nathancook7979]

@Floofie kun that's because the people that run it have inflated egos from how popular GDQ has become. It's nauseating tbh

[@ALittleMessi]

@Floofie kun Has it ever not been a shit show? I'm not the most active viewer of it, but the only publicity it ever gets is really negative. Everyone just seems to say "it's for charity" so it continues to exist instead of being torn down and replaced

[@quack3891]

@@ALittleMessi I remember it used to be good, but now its.. eh

[@M3rtyville]

what was the bad word?

[@mitchelburns5549]

I didn't even know this guy was dead, damn I was really enjoying these videos rest in peace dude

[@CoinsAndCapsaicin]

Super sad. I miss his videos 😔

[@MikemasterM1]

Rest in peace, he was most of the reason I started watching speedrunning videos in the first place. It’s makes me happy that his videos are still reaching people to this day, because in that regard he lives on

[@TheCrustiCroc]

And here I was wondering why there weren't more godlike uploads... RIP my dood...

[@tacticalidiots2340]

He defended white supremacists which led to beef with other youtubers then blamed those youtubers for giving him the push he needed to kill himself. Difficult to enjoy his videos because of how much of an arse hole he was

[@grim_bbx2241]

He was in pain, RIP LEGEND

[@JoeSatelite]

ConnorAce's Clustertruck run from SGDQ 2019 has been taken down. Apollo, you and Ronin have done the community a great service!

[@Cygerion]

damn, even though that guy is a scumbag, that run was entertaining

[@ghornisbae1653]

How long did he take? I mean he said he could do 27min I guess he didn’t.

[@cluckinbell334]

lmao he even privated his twitter acc, dude just fucked himself

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

Great I was hoping that

[@TimThomason]

@@ghornisbae1653 28:04 Not his PB, but at least he tried.

[@CopyTheCompcom]

Johnny Johnny? Yes papa. Eating surgar? No papa. Telling lies? Well, yeah, but i have the ability not to eat the sugar so it doesn't matter. Then why didn't you just not eat the sugar? Because I have restrained myself from eating sugar before, so it's ok! But why didn't you restrain yourself now? Because I was frustrated that I was hungry, so I used the sugar as a place holder for dinner, but I already digested the sugar!

[@dsblocks]

This. This is the perfect analogy for this guy's behaviour.

[@walkingfortress9698]

lol

[@VanessaDMusic]

Throw back to August 2018

[@CopyTheCompcom]

@@VanessaDMusic i love throwbacks

[@tnuoccaekafsi9808]

@@CopyTheCompcom its rewind time

[@FieryHammer]

Not a surprise. If you add a couple of letters to ConnorAce, change a few, reorganize them, it says "Billy Mitchell"

[@CosmicX]

The king of CONnor ace

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

It even rhymes with "Giant Bearded Face".

[@angelarzola2438]

@Lochlan Smith i mean it was in billy mitchell's case

[@theluckygamer10]

@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated the acronym stands for Grant Bobby Ferguson!

[@discomutt1503]

Dinky King CinnirAce

[@KidMangaX]

I always loved AL's videos. When people said he died, I thought it was a joke-- that they were being metaphorical, because he'd stopped uploading. That's because, unlike when Etika died, there wasn't any huge outcry of public support when he died. Because of that I'm, _somehow_ , only just now learning the truth. RIP my friend, you will be dearly missed.

[@theloanranger2632]

You spend too much time on KZbin if you follow KZbinr suicide history. Get a life.

[@GodsDissapointment]

Same I kinda feel cheated for not knowing for so long. Apollo was the whole reason I found the speedrunning community

[@27sspider27]

I just came across this yter recently...what i don't understand is if "billy mitchells" lawsuit was the cause was why it wasn't carried out with the added information from this yter...if it couldn't be ruled in billys favor he deserves a manslaughter charge at least

[@TruthBehindTheLies]

Rest in Peace

[@tj-gamer2578]

was it confirmed he died yet?

[@SylusHursh]

@@tj-gamer2578 yup

[@tj-gamer2578]

@@scottvertical398 dude what is wrong with you

[@amithemicrowave5175]

@@tj-gamer2578 it’s probably bait, he wants clout

[@zedken]

where is the source to these statements?

[@coachrenaldo]

ConnorAce really irks me for how he treats RoninPawn. It’s one thing to say “better luck next time” but it’s another thing to boast “yeah, I cheated and got into GDQ and you didn’t, noob. Quit whining about it already!” Seriously, I hope GDQ improves their standards. I hate to see people cheated out of glory.

[@LittleMissGuillotine]

Just spam GDQ with sloppily cut speedruns and any time they refuse on the grounds of cheating use this information as president set for them to put it up anyways

[@PodRealoaded]

Precedent and someone did that and everyone tried to call him a real cheater because he fooled them. Just wouldn't make sense if you did it, recorded all the things you did to get to that point, told us why you did it, and subsequently deleted. Matter of a fact they banned him after seeing the video even though it was more of a "wake the fuck up moderators" than anything else. Just let gdq gdq and don't support it.

[@fernandobanda5734]

@@PodRealoaded Can you write a link or name?

[@toasthead]

@@fernandobanda5734 search my obviously spliced ghosts and goblins and it should show up

[@UnknownGamer40464]

President set

[@helloiamhere7929]

I’ll just submit a casual run see how they like that

[@fnafgamer2469]

Just now found out Apollo died a month ago... Rest In Peace man... :(

[@JRWeezy84]

I dont think he ended himself. I think the people he exposed had somethin to do with it...

[@Josuh]

@@JRWeezy84 Stop with the conspiracies, at worst it was those people who drove him to it, may he rest in peace

[@mielkavra]

Me too man. I just found it minutes ago. My condolences.

[@gears4258]

deadpollo pack

[@thegloopy6752]

@@gears4258 bro

[@fantomeneko9093]

GDQ’s KZbin either unlisted or deleted ConnorAce’s Clustertruck GDQ run VOD on KZbin two hours after this was released LOL

[@PinkieOats]

That's a good thing, isn't it?

[@lankymaccrazyhair264]

@@PinkieOats I'd think it is. They stopped honoring someone who did something pretty scummy.

[@KnightofLondor]

They should have not fucked up in the first place. They likely only removed the video to avoid backlash.

[@KnightofLondor]

Yeah, that's kind of what happens when you do dumb shit. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[@DonutxdGaming]

What time did he end up getting at SGDQ? I assume he went over estimate? Even better, anyone got a link for a reupload or anything?

[@justinmoore9526]

Why even consider faking a run these days when the wrath of Apollo dangles over your head

[@suezuccati304]

Apollo bless us all

[@SkKedDy]

Another jt

[@bentosan]

People should submit fake runs en mass next year if nothing is done in protest, that will force their hand to make the rules and processes better

[@eba2644]

I would actually comment something about this, but 420 likes.

[@YanosProductions]

AinnMS games done cuicker?

[@Sillimant_]

"speedrunner": * fakes run * Apollo: _ah shit, here we go again_

[@Jack_Woods]

*Piano solo plays* I, Apollo Legend have a dream!

[@alisona.4166]

@@Jack_Woods SPLICING GOLD!

[@165hy9]

mlg bro run run run run run run

[@SkyFire2112]

I can’t believe it’s already been 3 years since this came out. Rest easy my guy. Forever a Legend

[@STARLING685]

​@tommyparkyyou mean he should rest in h3ll Right 😂😂

[@JDUBB2399]

Wild to think that I watched his videos all the time, and now he's gone. Same with YoteSlaya.

[@olivercharles2930]

@@STARLING685 Idk, but you definitely should rest in hell.

[@olivercharles2930]

@@STARLING685 I hope you get time travelled and teleported to unit 731

[@GraveMemories]

​@@JDUBB2399I was maybe 15 when yote died I cried in the hotel room at a Waterpark in Wisconsin. I still remember exactly how I felt when yote died Yote was a great person who made a terrible fatal mistake :( It hits harder because I ended up getting a dui 2 years ago where thankfully everyone was okay Fuck man :(

[@emmetstanevich2121]

You know, more games should have this kind of anti-splicing features, such as animations that persist between levels, or constant music/score counts that make a splice really f*cking obvious to anyone with a good eye.

[@vicimgd]

this is a really good idea!

[@Redbird-dh7mu]

Unlikely to happen, speed running is still a niche thing, a lot of games that give speed running the time of day only do so with extra modes and stuff. Now, what the rules should be is forcing players to constantly play in game music and stuff, while games are unlikely to actively take on splicing, a few rule changes can use what we already have.

[@Life-Sky]

@@Redbird-dh7mu Well but it can be an animation like the super meat boy girl animation that lifts arms up and down every 20 frames, so you can do that, create a default off option for "Speedruning" or something and you are set lol.

[@MisterAssasine]

@@Redbird-dh7mu what you could do is add some constant background noise repeating itself in a pattern. Construct it so that a normal player wont even hear it so it doesnt hurt the casual experience

[@ImplyDoods]

i think a good comprimse would be adding in that as a in game option it wont disapear even if you pause the game or go in a cutceen

[@5000Seabass]

Rest in Peace bud. Billy Mitchell got his entire scam blown wide open. Wish you were still around

[@apu_apustaja]

*The guy even has the word "con" in his name. :P*

[@Scooty_]

eeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyy

[@gaklimited]

Your name has mentor in it, sensei

[@OwenEvans]

You can just tell he's a little weasel.

[@cgodshall]

Coooooonman... If I've heard it once I've heard it a thousand times

[@ccateni28]

It's in my name too, and I don't scam people.

[@maddscraft5459]

7:13 Perfect placement for a Luigi's Mansion 3 ad lol "...so I called him for an interview. Here's what he said: 'WAAAHHHHH'"

[@RealCryptoTest]

Sounds like a cheating speedrunner to me!

[@PodRealoaded]

😂😂😂😂 Nintendo, always a step ahead

[@thegamer-wk8cs]

i got a kfc ad lol

[@KiraEnthusiast]

Bro, what's on your DeviantArt

[@MathematicallyAFox]

An ad of Levelhead appeared just when it was being handed off to the other dude.

[@luginess0]

I am so glad I was part of a group who was able to enjoy his videos when they initially came out. Thank you Apollo, you absolute legend.

[@Luigikid]

May you Rest In Peace :(

[@anthonypritchard2798]

RIP

[@samsniper2000]

Wrong warp to hell?

[@APerson-ws4cw]

Rip

[@hduagvoe1764]

RIP

[@gilbert3672]

@@Chimera144 Through a comment?

[@angelaabrams9108]

Lovely ad placement... "...called pawn and this is what he said:" Dove commercial: "Is your body wash gentle...?"

[@Yorunatto]

😎😂😂

[@Zenval]

me too but for kfc

[@CheshireCad]

Poor RoninPawn. He's so destitute after losing the GDQ spot, he's had to start inserting advertisements into his conversations.

[@seantanner8077]

@@Zenval your kfc is gentle? :o

[@Zenval]

@@seantanner8077 lmao no the ads

[@v0id19]

It's funny, I actually watched this guy's GDQ run and wasn't impressed with him or his run. Now I feel somewhat justified lol

[@jboy966]

Same, he made a lot of mistakes and went way over estimate.

[@marzipancutter8144]

@@jboy966 Of course he went over when his estimate was lower than his PB. What did he think was gonna happen.

[@ww-pw6di]

@@marzipancutter8144 A lot of spineless scumbags are completely fine with lying and over promising since people forgive so easily in the end.

[@marzipancutter8144]

​@@ww-pw6di True. As long as it looks good on paper, I guess. And by the point where the scam falls apart, it's already too late anyway.

[@quotedotes]

I came here to say this lol

[@nicholasoneilll3987]

Nearly 3 months later and I just heard the news from a friend. This is terrible, my heart goes out to Apollo and his family. This is one of the main channels that got me interested in speed running. The content was always well made, insightful, and overall a good and entertaining watch. It saddens me to hear what he went through, and I wish he realized that there is always opportunity to come back. His effect and legacy is seen in these comments, how his KZbin videos influencers millions of lifes. His impart stays with me now, and I pray he Rests In Peace.

[@TheGamingDefinition]

Rest easy fella, sorry you went through what you went through.

[@threethirdcords]

@Logan Roof bro shut up

[@pjsq]

@Logan Roof dam you have alot of hatred on you I reccomend you see a therapist because that's a clear sign of depression

[@DaveThePlump]

i personally never heard of him, but i respect him and i can’t begin to imagine his close friends and loved ones processing this tragedy. he seemed wholesome, and it hurts to know what happened to him.

[@jaythepeopleyt2587]

@Logan Roof not cool man but karma coming to find u

[@arro2546]

he’s dead?

[@foslerfer]

“I made this painting” “Did you paint it?” “Well, no.” “So you stole someone’s painting” “Well, technically yes, but that doesn’t matter because I have the ability to paint something like this.” “Ok,,, well you know you can’t do that right?” “Shut up get over it stop causing drama”

[@dxz8438]

You posted cringe

[@drawkillbonnie6513]

MadMagKing and you did go on your Chanel

[@hystericallover5989]

Want sum tea Qwq says the goblin with the EpiC OWo QUirKy username

[@foslerfer]

Welpeyz he? Damn bro 😔

[@foslerfer]

MadMagKing yeah 😔😔

[@fellowcomrade7357]

"Do you have a driver's license?" "No." "You know it's illegal to drive without a license." "Yeah but I'm a better driver than everybody. Plus I play Mario Kart."

[@samholt-williams1971]

Well they called me the drift king in college so it’s fine

[@allenrumbines8354]

@@samholt-williams1971 flash backs about VGHS

[@559]

I forgot to laugh

[@picklr3893]

Whats the joke, you can drive if you speedrun Mario Kart

[@carterferris07]

Police: Okay go on with your day!

[@lively2774]

I only just found out about Apollo's passing. Rest in Peace to a true legend, you've inspired many and I hope your legacy continues with them.

[@walibite6115]

@JACKSEPTICEYE'S DAD DESERVED TO DIE deadass?

[@ScumSookar]

"inspired" lol. You're playing the same small section of a video game over and over to the point of insanity, get over yourselves.

[@ultimate8125]

@@ScumSookar you're replaying the same section of your life over and over again

[@ScumSookar]

@@ultimate8125 Woah, that's like, so deep man. Kek, I insulted your dumb hobby, get over it. Your little quip is nowhere near as profound as you think it is. "Based man sharing thoughts no one asked for" Ooooo the edge. Real based, trad, and red pilled to waste your life speedrunning, amirite? Embarrassing. If I had to make an educated guess based on your profile alone, you are 13-16 years old, therefore literally nothing you have to say holds any value. Good day, sir.

[@JT-hk9ur]

@@ScumSookar and you're making suicide jokes to be edgy. Get over YOURself.

[@silverphoenix684]

The same power that corrupted twin galaxies. Any "ref / producer" should be exempt from competition because of conflict of interests. Just like legitimate record keepers.

[@Killopotamus]

Or maybe not exempt but have some higher level of scrutiny like community members or some visual tracker to account for splices.

[@robinbrown6530]

@@Killopotamus No. Conflict of Interest means you remove yourself from the action in question or remove the conflict if possible. End of story. This is done in legal circles, political circles, business, etc. When this doesn't happen it is a major flag for corrupt behavior and when investigated some kind of wrong doing is found nearly every time, and i'm just saying nearly because I don't know every literal time but i would be inclined to believe it is every single time. I don't really like to bring up politics on the internet but the current political environment is just too obvious to ignore as a clear example of when you allow people to be in positions of power where they stand to benefit from the outcomes those positions control. No person is a saint so just remove the possible temptation.

[@sage5296]

I mean with the way things are done currently, even if he wasn’t a producer, such a run could have been accepted, more needed is just improved verification across the board

[@MoriartyTheFifth]

Man If I had a nickel for everytime I saw someone wronged on the internet, and then as the victim be attacked. But im glad in this instance he was in fact vindicated at the very least.

[@poptro5229]

That's reddit

[@MoriartyTheFifth]

@@poptro5229 what I've come to notice.

[@ShadowEclipse777]

Yep the guilty till proven innocent mentality that tends to pop up online just makes me depressed

[@EarlFaulk]

Thats cynicism for you. Oh, you had a bad experience with someone famous you met? Well what did YOU DO?! You were cheated out of something? How do we know that you didnt deserve it?

[@MlninPricl]

Apollo is doing the kind of work that people who maintain a status quo of corruption hate. He would have made an excellent investigative journalist, but just like Michael Hastings he'd probably also be dead by now. Luckily for us he just exposes corruption in our niche little world of videogame records. People with incorruptible integrity, who also have the talent for reporting, are secretly public enemy number one in the information age. I can name quite a few people, who in the past 20 years lost their lives, because they wouldn't back down from exposing the truth about something our plutocracy wants to keep secret.

[@AussieGG]

And Connor deleted the unlisted video. Nice.

[@LordDragox412]

"No evidence, no evidence, you're the evidence! FAKE NEWS!" - ConnorAce 2019

[@animuszero1311]

hope someone was able to back up the video.

[@extantcadence2707]

The gdq run is private now as well

[@Radeo]

@@extantcadence2707 It's almost like they think people don't have copies of these things.

[@shadowstalker1515]

For those who can’t find ConnorAce’s GDQ run, I think his handle there is 097Aceofspades. Can anyone else confirm?

[@destrudot]

I just got here after Karl Jobsts video on the Billy Mitchell and the Todd Rogers situation, I never knew that AL lost and took his own life... I will miss him

[@gears4258]

deadpollo pack

[@jc.1191]

Same here. I'm staying subscribed.

[@boobiedefloop6097]

Wowe so edgy

[@Mr90oo]

@Logan Roof Oh boy we got an edge lord

[@kira8675309]

Cheating at cluster truck.....I have lost faith in humanity

[@Iliek]

You sir have an easily shaken faith.

[@crimsonzero3165]

"Lets be real here, humanity was a mistake."

[@TheJadeFist]

I mean right? Like who the hell even heard of this game before, and then felt the need to cheat.

[@cyberwiife5582]

@@TheJadeFist actually, it was pretty popular back in 2016 or 17, from what i remember. a lot of big youtubers were playing it

[@oxy7053]

All the ppl disrespecting clustertruck, why? People have put hundreds of hours even a thousand or 2 hours into speedrunning this game, open up your mind a bit

[@jamontoast]

If GDQ was worth their salt, they'd reinvite Ronin next year with a standing ovation. $100 says they do nothing.

[@dphinsfan6453]

Worth their Summoning Salt*

[@ownedmaxer607]

*hands over a 100 dollar bill* might as well get it over with...

[@rxxs2918]

Bruh, gdq is kinda private. They don't need to care. You have an easy bet to win

[@eletricsaberman8916]

i would bet 100,000. easy free college

[@carpalini]

$1,000,000. Now gimme.

[@laikahusky6358]

ConnorAce: "Yeah I cheated, but nobody was hurt, it's fine, stop whining." Roninpawn: "Are my bills, my rent, and my livelihood a joke to you?"

[@nict4343]

If your social media career isn't paying your bills than you should get a job.

[@bootmii98]

Do the actual picture with the black guy on SABC

[@selathekobold9832]

@@nict4343 If someone sabotaged your profitable company, grow up and get a job at mcdonalds.

[@fatesmessage3271]

@@selathekobold9832 Okay sure, yes. That's a fair point. But let's be honest here. Less than 3,000 Twitch followers does not a profitable company make. Dude's not running a profitable company. He runs a niche game at a niche event for a niche audience. He ain't paying his bills with speedrun dollars.

[@selathekobold9832]

@@fatesmessage3271 Every CEO starts off with a small hut, it's necessary to start small before they can start big. If anything, you proved my point, every penny really does count in this stage. And it's even worse that it's been taken away from them with such disregard for their situation.

[@Elo189]

I’m actually crying reading these comments. I didn’t expect to find out such a horrible thing RIP Apollo

[@jaystev]

Ugh these replies are disgusting

[@silaswilbur]

Apollo was a terrible guy. He looped multiple people into his s-word blaming them for it. Do you know the fucking emotional effect that can have on someone. The people he blamed now have to live with thinking they caused his s-word it’s disgusting. I know your comment meant no harm and had no ill intention but Apollo legend was not a good person.

[@strangelf]

I just learnt about it now :(

[@informitas0117]

@@Etojus he was involved in some drama with a popular KZbinr and that makes him deserve his fate according to said KZbinr's stans. They are edgey children trying to act cool by dog piling someone who can't defend themselves anymore. Really pathetic stuff, hopefully they grow out of it and realize how sad and cringey they were.

[@silaswilbur]

@@Etojus look up darkviperau Apollo legend

[@heroclix0rz]

"The run isn't legit, but I lied about it because I didn't want to deal with it" No shit.

[@Modusiticate]

Yea I ate ur cookie but I wanted it and you shouldn't get mad cause it'll make me feel bad 😢

[@jm-sh6qr]

I don't see what you guys are talking about. The run was clearly started in 2nd gear

[@cryosthesia77k69]

Big brain reference

[@mac1991seth]

You sir got me laughing with that reference :D

[@quack3891]

shifted into maximum overdrive.

[@intensellylit4100]

This is gold.

[@Lady8D]

jm2204355 BAHAHAHAHA!!! Besides, it was never submitted and was nearly a satire, just a promotional video for his channel lol

[@Ika_Squid91]

Imagine trying to justify cheating and screwing someones honest work over. And his defenders be like, "your just making drama from nothing." There should be NO justification for cheating.

[@Indecency562]

It's disgusting when the damage dealt to a victim is downplayed as if they're in the wrong, while the culprit's wrongdoings are ignored/excused.

[@DisDatK9]

The true irony is the response initially to pawn was “Shut up man, the faster runner gets in, that’s it,” and then they realized the run was spliced and said “Well.. the time doesn’t even matter, it’s no big deal if I spliced it”

[@VicJang]

“I’m sorry I cheated. The submission was spliced.” That what Connor should have said. What he said was BS.

[@cognizant3252]

To anyone wondering what happened: Apollo Legend lost his battle with mental health and needed help. He chose not to get the help he was actually scheduled to and committed suicide. Apollo was someone I looked up to. He was willing to talk about large profile events and didn’t back down in the face of trouble from people like Billy Mitchell. I’d talked to him occasionally while he was streaming and he was nothing but a kind soul. He deserved so much better than to die before he even hit 30. Apollo, Rest In Peace. We will miss you and I’ll miss the fact I’ll never be able to chat to you again about Zelda and speedrunning. You were a good man. Rest easy, buddy. I hope wherever you are, it’s better there.

[@Penguin-gm1fd]

Thanks for the explanation, that’s sad :(

[@ytrewqfdsacxz3181]

Wait really?

[@jeepersitsmeepers]

@@ytrewqfdsacxz3181 yes, to add a bit more to the story, he was already struggling with mental health stuff and, when getting into some drama with a streamer/gamer named Viper, Apollo quit KZbin citing harassment, bullying, and other drama related stuff... Apollo essentially made a video accusing Viper of not paying one of his editors, and Viper returned with, “I don’t pay them if their work is bad and not up to standards, etc.” Apollo finally gave up, Viper had turned a lot of people against him, and frankly, Apollo’s lack of “engagement” in the situation and accusations made at the start (which ended up being an incomplete story) along with his own shortcomings, caused just this... massive tidal wave of shit from the toxic af speed running community. Apollo said he couldn’t handle it anymore, wrote a suicide letter citing harassment and bullying making his decision easier, and police found Apollo dead in his home after a welfare check. Viper continues to spout he did nothing wrong and refuses to acknowledge that he had influence in someone killing themselves. A lot of people blame him completely, though, which isn’t fair because Apollo already was looking into behavioral health options and to get help for his suicidal ideation... Shits a mess, dude. People just need to be nicer to each other, this world is horrible.

[@abdulkarimsanchezspectra8186]

LMFAO LOL ❤

[@chrisbrochu3663]

@@abdulkarimsanchezspectra8186 why are you laughing at a man commiting suicide

[@thomashummer6162]

Apollo: "So you did cheat?" Connor: "Well, yes, but actually no."

[@42ndMoose]

spoken like a true connortist

[@Jackmjedi]

Well yes, but actually yes.

[@zynstein]

@@42ndMoose nice

[@DrusinianX]

It’s not cheating if you delete your tweets

[@kriskrzemgameplay192]

When you notice the actual phrase is different "Good guess, but actually no."

[@jishatinkle7504]

Ronin: “Hey this guy did a thing” Ace Fans: “No he didn’t, you bad he good” Apollo: “Did you do the thing? Ace: “Yeah I did the the thing, but it doesn’t matter” Ace Fans :“I refuse your reality and substitute my own”

[@georgek4416]

Aha

[@freezeYT-]

*speech 100*

[@Vanpotheosis]

Pretty sure those "fans" that showed up were just Connor under fake accounts.

[@georgek4416]

@@Vanpotheosis ofc

[@jishatinkle7504]

Med Otaku that sounds very possible. It wouldn’t be that surprising for someone to make fake accounts if they sent in a fake run.

[@lililolo101]

you’d think people would learn after all these runs that got discovered where someone cheated but nahhhh

[@Jrez]

Chances could be just as likely that even more people have always gotten away with it.

[@akumabazooka9169]

History will continue to keep repeating itself, WWIII HERE WE COME

[@hansolo631]

I think alot more stuff than we realize is cheated. And I mean, if you are very smart about your cheating, how can you be caught? I even wonder, if you spend hours prepping, if you can fake while streaming

[@jasonterry1959]

@@akumabazooka9169 civil war 2 electric boogaloo

[@jasonterry1959]

@@hansolo631 people do, yes.

[@slithervyre2984]

Rip apollo. It made my day to see a new vid from you. Anyone that's happy of that you're not here anymore is a subhuman.

[@saadfaraz3177]

Great criteria to base an assumption off of. Especially when he had such a beautiful past and no contorversy ofcourse.

[@slithervyre2984]

@@saadfaraz3177 those that live in glass castles,,,,

[@slithervyre2984]

I could articulate a whole story for you but nah. Find someone else

[@_jagger1407]

"Bruh, you need to stop. You submitted. Ace submitted. He had a better time. So he gets in that was literally it" Now that's the most disrespectful thing i've heard. That's like saying "you bought my car first, but the other guy can give me more money so give me my car back." That's not how it works. Also the guy shows no empathy. "Bruh, you need to stop" like how do you expect someone to not be pissed off when he prepared for 3 months and then miraculously gets ditched? Jesus Christ, man.

[@madlad255]

This will sound really weird, but I hope that they all have children and they get taken away from him just so they'd understand. (I know the description of the video said to be respectful, but how is that even possible if they're disrespectful?)

[@tnuoccaekafsi9808]

No its, but this guy has more counterfeit money so give me my car back

[@atharvaprabhu7467]

Wasn't it only the submission phase? Without knowledge of ace's splicing he would very obviously would have been selected

[@redactedname8228]

@@madlad255 you had children But I have more So they're mine now Thats basically it

[@anhvunguyen158]

Atharva Prabhu ronin was already selected to be a runner AT THE TIME CONNOR CRIED ON TWITTER, and then suddenly after connor had a little baby nap nap time he got the slot and ronin was made backup, if that was me i would’ve just quit the game, because if these things can be pulled off that easily, there’s no point in trying

[@DanielTGaming]

We'll miss you, Apollo. We love you.

[@silloweet]

Thought they found him alive

[@alienz1049]

shit. Even though i didnt even know him that sucks so much dude, when i first found out about this and about the video this made me kinda tear up. May he rest in peace.

[@Rangefinders.]

@@sygneg8561 imagine being called jerry garybacker and calling someone a neckbeard over the internet

[@evanokane9371]

Who cares

[@stopthecap8936]

@@evanokane9371 I fucking do. Gotta problem?

[@JuneTheBard]

"The Billy Mitchell Defense" why do I feel this is going to be a coined term?

[@Devo_gx]

I see what you did there...... 😄

[@WakoDoodle]

Well he always wanted the fame, now billy is famous for the very opposite he wanted.

[@elvishfiend]

Could just as easily be the Trump defense. "I never colluded, and even if I did, it's not a crime"

[@emdivine]

@@elvishfiend which is but a snippet of The Narcissist's Prayer: That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did... You deserved it.

[@marzipancutter8144]

Careful with his name or he'll sue ya for copyright

[@hanthonyc]

I only just learned of your passing... Thank you for reminding me, those years ago, about my love for the speedrunning community.

[@gears4258]

deadpollo pack

[@valkari1278]

@Logan Roof Pathetic.

[@USosalla]

Huh what happened?

[@valkari1278]

@@USosalla Apollo died about a year or so ago of suicide. Rest in peace.

[@loansharkjoe6687]

Rest in peace to a youtuber who i watched religiously. I have been a subscriber ever since 2016 before he even had 65,000 subscribers, and i spoke to him MANY times, and even helped him make a video, and he helped me make my video, he always helped me providing a lot of effort and dedication. Really sad to see you go, I will never forget you.

[@jonathanallen7881]

@@Dragnulls Please seek therapy! :)

[@zinns]

What happened? I literally just clicked on this video and checked the comments to see this?

[@zinns]

@@arrivals1 no... I really loved his content, he made me love speedruns... May he Rest In Peace.

[@Electfried]

@@arrivals1 Where's the goodbye video?

[@foxycruzbabyblueberry3347]

I never knew this good guy killed himself I feel bad for him (I am tears)

[@memk]

>All those cheater defenders in the comments So basically the best strategy to get into GDQ is to cheat from now on. After all, no ill will come from cheating and ppl will defend you anyway!

[@etherraichu]

Cheating is fine if you're plying a game by yourself. All that matters in that case is having fun. But cheating when doing something competitive? That's not okay at all and its insane that people would defend it.

[@man-qw2xj]

Ladies and Gentlemen, IT JUST KEEPS HAPPENING.

[@sullygroot924]

We need to do something about this, real speed runners keep getting fucked

[@thelastgogeta]

My friends!

[@zoltanz288]

I think the more we dig the more of this stuff will keep happening.

[@sullygroot924]

@@zoltanz288 it gets the cheaters out

[@scritoph3368]

I WARNED YOU ABOUT SPLICING BRO, I TOLD YOU DAWG

[@epikoof]

oh my god... i read the comments and googled it... rest in peace, apollo legend you were truly, a legend

[@lolucorn1]

Best profile pic with amazing comment 14/10

[@StarvingKFCemployee]

@JACKSEPTICEYE'S DAD DESERVED TO DIE why

[@cracked_walnut4756]

@@StarvingKFCemployee He's just a troll. Forget him

[@thatcokestuff]

Damn caught red-handed, and then tries to get mad about it. Haha screw that guy. I'll check out Roninpawn's channels. Great vid!

[@onelazynoob15]

This guy should be permanently blacklisted from GDQ

[@UCapdo2lj2Av-r57nhYMZLyQ]

Ali Hadi Babar No, you don't get to kill people

[@Jean.05]

@Ali Hadi Babar woah calm your bombs bro

[@hanezutchins2786]

@@Jean.05 Where did you see bombs?

[@LuizDahoraavida]

@@hanezutchins2786 The man's called "Ali Hadi Babar", that sounds pretty bombastic if you ask me

[@chaddoesthings6298]

he was

[@MegaLuros]

I'm starting to see a pattern here: -Guy out of nowhere submit a run with no face cam/hand cam. -Whatever authority accepts the run despite the fact that it comes out of nowhere -Community find the most ridiculous details to verify the run -Cheater's busted -Cheater admits he cheated but say it was because of he was going to have the WR but graphic card corruption or whatever. Cheater cries and start being defensive. -Time is removed, everyone is happy until another guy out of nowhere submits another WR, and for some reason whoever is managing the leaderboard thinks it's perfectly legit. -Apollo Legend makes a video about it and everyone is like "Whaaaaat CONnor ace ? Impossible, he holds the WR !!". (Ok this one maybe a joke :p)

[@jackradzelovage6961]

you forgot one: -billy mitchell pays someone to be quiet

[@RichterVonFuchs]

It's even more ridiculous cause he didn't even submit his run to authorities. Most likely cause authorities would've found it's spliced. They were scared of the scrutiny of the government so had it verified by the mom and pop shop on baker street who has no idea what they're doing.

[@Monkeyy_Man]

Except Connor had already done two runs at GDQ prior to the Clustertruck run?

[@_badmadsadlad]

you forgot, "Cheater ends up somehow being involved with the authority and was likely able to influence their decision to accept them". ConnorAce smells like Mitchell.

[@MegaLuros]

@@_badmadsadlad Thought about it but it's not systematically the case. Cf apollo legend video on cheaters who got caught.

[@bigdoubleu117]

I didn't know Apollo passed or any of the drama and health issues... This is a sad day. I discovered his videos in the suggested section from watching game barrier breaking videos. We will miss him. R.I.P Apollo Legend

[@Dovahbruhh]

"i called him for an interview, here's what he said-" "RISE OF KINGDOMS IS A SICK RTS GAME"

[@RussellTeapot]

Dovahbruh, Dragonborn... *FUS-RO-BRUUUUUHH!*

[@qxery]

hey dovahbruh, hope your doing fine

[@WarlockX4]

I got a "Frozen 2" ad...

[@oBuLLzEyEo1013]

Premium...

[@torreywhiting5402]

*CANDY CRUSH NOISES*

[@andrewwolverton3762]

Billy Mitchell: "I don't see any problem here."

[@RunningLemonStudios]

Andrew Wolverton He says, litigiously.

[@Quandry1]

I was having thoughts of both Billy Mitchel and Twin Galaxies from listening to this. Just caught a bit earlier than Twin Galaxies.

[@StigmaLotus]

GDQ - Games Done Questionably

[@wiltedangel]

truth

[@UenoLocker54]

@Kyoshiro Iwazumi Big charity is some scary stuff, it's like the new mafia.

[@dezgasting]

feels so surreal to see those videos get recommended to me now, especially since i'm subbed. gods it feels so odd knowing apollo just... ended his life. we miss you, bro

[@crystalstash9188]

@Logan Roof nice joke but it's sad to see that it's about AL.

[@matthewcopping3473]

@@crystalstash9188 Logan is a troll, you see him on a lot of videos, some of the shit he writes is sickening, ignore him mate

[@crystalstash9188]

@@matthewcopping3473 Alright fam.

[@LyrenMeow]

Connor's run at SGDQ 2019: Video unavailable This video is private Oki :D

[@Radeo]

Streisand effect commence

[@jazzabighits4473]

@@Radeo How'd you comment on something before it was posted? Radeo 3 hours ago Lyren 2 hours ago

[@michael_betts]

@@jazzabighits4473 They posted the comments close together. When you watched the video and loaded the original comment it was 2 hours old, then you hit view replies later, presumably after watching the video, and some time had passed, so both comments were 3 hours old, if you reloaded the original comment it would also have then shown 3 hours old.

[@Mew4000]

@@michael_betts As of right now, the original is 12 hours old and the response is 13. O_o

[@Radeo]

@@jazzabighits4473 How did I do it? I cheated. You caught me. But if Lyren wants an apology, he better be polite about it.

[@noirbe238]

On his twitter are posts about how those who believe this video should be blocked. Later on, he posts a run, unspliced, verified by taskinoz. It beat roninpawn’s PB. His fans are not saying, GDQ would have accepted him anyways because he is the faster runner. The problem is, at the time when submitted, he was not. The video uploaded was on 10/13/19. So both his fans and himself are using the arguement that he would’ve gotten in even without cheating, but he could only prove that after the scandal happened, and after he got accepted. Now he’s tweeting posts that almost make it seem like he’s making fun of the fact that ronin’s financial situation. “can you believe there are children starving in Africa that could have eaten if they had done a gdq run? How else would they pay for their meals???” “do you think anyone honestly thinks the man who drank a bottle of syrup for $20 is rolling in the dough for a gdq run?” But the fact still stands. Even if he may have not become incredibly rich, or blew up, or anything like that, you can’t deny the fact that getting onto gdq has improved his views. And the fact that he has the audacity to make a joke out all of this proves just how juvenile he is. Look at the tone of all his tweets. They are condescending, rude, and they don’t leave any room for debate or discussion. Not even civil talk about the situation. Either him or his zealots of fans will come in to defend connor with their lives, stating that it doesn’t matter, he would still be the fastest runner, that the fact that he CHEATED on a submission wouldn’t have mattered because he beat ronin’s PB a month or two later, and all that. No matter what actually happened, no matter who’s the faster runner, a man with the mindset and attitude like that didn’t deserve a spot on gdq.

[@flatwoods_]

^

[@Renteks-]

thanks for being sane

[@whitneysmiltank]

You can't use logic with children.

[@reeepingk]

Just FYI, Ronin has a better PB as of the end of march 2020.

[@starkeeper_youtube]

@@whitneysmiltank I dunno, one of my friends has a little sister (under ten little) who understands the logic of "if you cheat at games people won't want to play with you" pretty well.

[@agilitykissa]

"Why did you sexually assault that woman?" "She would probably have given consent anyway"

[@ryokiritani4187]

Yeah i don't think she was going to consent anytime soon

[@forsaken696]

Agilitykissa that doesn’t fit the thing

[@charmandergamer1287]

--- I mean it’s not the same exact scenario but that kinda is Connor’s excuse

[@PlushNightingale]

"I get attractive women like that regularly so it doesn't matter"

[@meowiepaw]

jesus christ... that's... a weird way to represent Connor's excuses...

[@aleksdavoid1563]

Rest In Peace, Apollo. Some people might have disagreed with your methods or how you went about issues in speedrunning, but I loved every minute of it. You'll be missed. You will never be forgotten. You are an example for anyone willing to expose cheaters in speedrunning.

[@Kimarnic]

No he won't be missed, blamed DarkviperAU for his death, what an a hole

[@tristanjansen1876]

​@@Kimarnicdid you also just get the darkviper video recommended? Because i did and that's why i'm here.

[@olivercharles2930]

@@Kimarnic As much as I disagree with him blaming darkviper and the other guy for his suicide, I think it is obvious that he was dealing with mental issues when he said that. I don't think this is an unforgivable crime though.

[@iPhone3GS_68]

@@olivercharles2930to be fair people mourn the death of pedos so I don’t see why he’s such a unforgivable person

[@Magikarp-4ever]

@olivercharles2930 could you legit explain that to me? I'm not in with the drama and there's no info to be found, and I'd like an explanation about his death since it's turned out to be sadly fully legitimate and not some sick joke, he sounds like a kid AKA under 30, so I'm not surprised if he had a less-than-stellar-grasp of long term impacts and short sided emotional issues that suicide happened as it has with far too many young men but what's the dealio with viper and what? I promise I won't argue one side or the other id just like to know what the deal was, I can't find any info and I feel bad for Apollo

[@myfellowsonicfans7131]

That last bits just sad, cheaters never think of the consequences, and even if they’re somewhat unforeseen, as an adult you should realise you cannot foresee such circumstances and not do such a dirty thing like cheating in the first place

[@anabang1251]

They are manchilds

[@Rkiser0592]

@@camhabibi2217 It isn't that silly now a days. What is silly is thinking that gdq will make you more money than you doing your job (your own stream). What makes more money..working or going on vacation where you'll essentially get extra phone calls for a week and spend a ton of money? It sounds like Ronin isn't even in a financial position to attend GDQ.

[@toriray6126]

Cam and Spiderweb both you sound like you have no idea what you're talking about. If this guy does well at a speedrunning event, with thousands of people watching him, and he does something cool, they'll most certainly check his content. There is something called risk versus reward, and that seems to be going into play here. If he garners any attention, and if he's been putting money into savings since the start of the year he could have already built up the money for a plane ticket. You're assuming he didn't account for that. Cam the whole "Relying on streaming" thing makes you sound like an outdated politician. People have been doing this for the past decade and with enough viewers theres a lot of benefits to this than going out and doing manual labour. On top of that, there's not much of a difference between this and something like Basketball on TV or alike, so unless you're also against people making money from sports than that is some outdated views.

[@Oscar_Armstrong]

@@Rkiser0592 it's know that GDQ gives speed runners a bumb

[@unlucky1752]

Cam DeHart honestly lmao just get a job bro

[@Balmung35]

fake speedruns: *exist* Apollo Legend: it's free real estate

[@snoboreddotcom]

Apollo Legend slaps top of twin galaxies leaderboards "This bad boy can fit so many cheaters in it"

[@AltanStray]

@@snoboreddotcom Cheaters: *Fakes a run* Apollo Legend: *Calls them out for it* Cheaters: *Surprised pikachu*

[@FatedGamer]

"I've had better runs on my twitch." Even if he did who is to say those weren't pretty recorded spliced runs too? Just because it's on twitch means jack.

[@SeenGod]

lol true, i’ve seen many ppl leak their screen and have an aimbot running or something

[@deaththekid922]

amen , if you say you had better runs , that only makes me more suspicious why you would chose a worse one , were the others spliced incorrectly once but since nobody watches you it wasnt found yet ?

[@AzureKite]

@@Dizerel whoa easy there with the edge friend

[@Dizerel]

@@AzureKite Its not edge, its justice and retribution

[@FatedGamer]

@@Dizerel I dislike the guy to but thats a bit far. I think he should be fired if he is working with the event and had his slot as a runner lost. I would say harassed either more just publicly shamed if he ever tries to claim anything ever again. No one should believe his claims until he gets a full on hand cam at this point.

[@btdforever9389]

So many hateful and unhappy people in the comments. Self deletion is always a tragedy and is a very obvious indicator that the person was severely mentally unwell, which may not justify their actions, but should absolutely be considered before publicly spewing vitriol and sadistic enjoyment over somebody losing their battle with mental health.

[@firefox69]

"Stop the slander" Uhhh facts with factual evidence that you lied and used it to get an advantage over someone else isn't slander...

[@joeyrodriguezthethird2137]

I believe legally it can be, but definitely not in this case. I encourage people who persist in bringing this up.

[@villan4eva]

@@joeyrodriguezthethird2137 slander requires the statement to be false and damaging to someone, if you have evidence to backup your statement, it's not slander

[@icebergmm]

@@villan4eva In the U.S. at least.

[@villan4eva]

@@icebergmm well I'm from the uk so i know nothing of us laws but slander is a false statement, also known as defamation, you can't have a statement that may attack someones character that is true and be charged for it.

[@kevintheroxor9390]

ItchyMinty you can’t be charged for slander if the statement is true but can still be charged for divulgation or harassment

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

Every game that includes an official "Speedrun mode" (like Celeste) should include intentionally something like that glitch, a spinning shit thing that will make easier to spot spliced runs EDIT: I realized now that Celeste has a visible timer in Speedrun mode so it's already "countersplice" compliant in a certain way, so nevermind for my words. Yet would be useful for other games

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Not only that but having multiple in different parts of the screen, moving at different speeds and in different patterns. It's rather easy to get a single circle shopped over, but multiple makes it much harder.

[@oleanderthor-borre9506]

Or just a transparent timer

[@unforseenconsequense]

or just have it confirm times online against a server, but the spinning things are also great, if you really wanted to be certain game devs could make a code that changes every second that's based on the time of day and a bunch of run related stuff, and not release how the code is generated so that only the game devs can verify a run and nobody else would know what the code should be if they wanted to splice

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

@@unforseenconsequense something like this could be problematic to implement for a wide set of reason... First you assume that devs will actually waste their time to validate Speedruns and waste their money and R&D time to implement some random algorithm that only them can verify, that will eventually be cracked too (assuming of course that someone will take the effort of cracking an algorithm just to splice a Speedrun)

[@StHappyfaces]

@@NekoHibaCosplay If the dev is including a speedrun mode, and recognize the issue, it is likely they *will* implement *something* to combat splicing and cheating.

[@minasion1475]

"So I decided to interview him. Here's what he said." *"BK Crispy Chicken Stunner Meal!"*

[@hanezutchins2786]

Lol

[@sometimesKnownbyotherNames]

Lol

[@A_Man_The_Man]

r/ibroketheearlychain

[@A_Man_The_Man]

@E • 50 years ago r/idon'thaveredditbutiuseitforthelolz

[@enclavesoldier5737]

Redemption Comeback r/holyshitthisguyisreallycringeheprobablywatchesflamigo

[@ric518]

So that's why i haven't seen him Rest in peace legend

[@30cents]

Regardless if you were not a fan of his content, wishing someone dead is NEVER the way to go about things. We're human, we can do better, we should all be here for each other. My condolences go to you and your family my dude. I wish you were still alive :(

[@elliehugg]

@Sdathith12 you've commented this about 20 times in the last 30 minutes. how desperate are you for attention

[@ashtonbatchelor6628]

@@elliehugg some people just don’t have any real connections with people, so the only emotionally deep bonds they can form are angry arguments.

[@stiffpictures8971]

This looks like a nicer comment thread than the others. Will someone explain what happened? I just stumbled upon this channel today and these comments are here.

[@30cents]

@@stiffpictures8971 Apollo Legend (the guy who made this video), committed suicide 5 days ago as of this writing. He was struggling with depression for a long time, after the lawsuit with Billy Mitchell and other contributing factors like his physical health and traumatic childhood too. It's an extremely sad story. I never really agreed with what Apollo has said in the past, but suicide should never be considered in any situation. That pain forever lives on in people's lives he knew.

[@30cents]

@@elliehugg He's just nothing but a freeloader who clearly doesn't have a job and absolutely zero respect for the dead and those who are mourning him. People like Sdath disgust me. Absolutely despicable people.

[@jamesfernandez300]

Even with all his flaws, I was hoping there would be some sort of resolution eventually; but that's no longer going to be the case. RIP Apollo.

[@zenituragaming5043]

death is the ultimate resolution one we all have to meet someday still RIP

[@samuelmcclung120]

@Logan Roof shut up

[@jamesfernandez300]

@Logan Roof okay

[@LoxieWasTaken]

Logan Roof Nice bait

[@Memology101]

This hits hard

[@thermyll2678]

Rip

[@boogienightsmarkwahlberg6011]

Sorry that 2020 keeps on trying to remind us why its the worst year in time.

[@-.doom.-]

@Logan Roof imagine being a socialist.

[@user-vf3cb7vk8z]

@@-.doom.- Economics don't matter, it's all about upholding social tradition.

[@Spartan-jk9tl]

Yeah man