We Waited MONTHS For This. It was worth it. | The Yard

[@ManuelMejia15]

It's crazy how throughout the lifetime of this podcast Ludwig and Slime switched sides on whether the podcast counts as them hanging out

[@lancelaurel3828]

Slimes perspective is based on the present moment in the room and Ludwig’s is in comparison to other time spent with fren I think. That’s why they were flipped when it was fresh and now that it’s aged it’s like this😂

[@bigboi4161]

​@@lancelaurel3828 sure but slime did switch in this momment

[@bananaduck14]

Slime officially switched

[@lancelaurel3828]

@@bigboi4161 slime has switched gg

[@midnightgamer1050]

slimes the king of switching up/ backpedalling

[@shyro_pyro]

Hash out or crash out is my new favorite segment

[@fluorescentfuneralalt]

Goated segment

[@mbabaneamputee7725]

It’s not new

[@JetsFittedUp]

Hey default profile picture guy you should hop off his meat no?

[@saharadesert2933]

​@@mbabaneamputee7725new favourite not favourite new

[@Eric-sz2do]

​@mbabaneamputee7725 is it only allowed to be a favorite if it is new?

[@viscerull]

The QT bait two times in a row is crazy

[@b1ting]

how dare they

[@ssjrana7342]

Playing with our feelings

[@Xenadox]

Y'all showed them it worked lmao

[@GhostToast18]

No for real, i feel cheated

[@ignaciogordillotorres]

get her back oooooooon!!!!!

[@aiden9632]

They are farming QT in these thumbnails so much I think we actually deserve to have her on the pod again

[@RatProphetX3]

She deserves a take over episode where its only aiden and then qt, maya and fan fan

[@LiveOutLoud321]

QT or we riot

[@Hahlen]

It’s like that damn kitten all over again

[@skalidan]

I feel like we need it just because 50% of that episode was spent with QT stuck in a cutscene watching slideshows

[@chasingvibes420]

Genius ​@@RatProphetX3

[@maddee4543]

The crazy role reversal of Ludwig being upset that Slime can’t hang when Slime was screaming at Ludwig about the reverse a year ago.

[@vertical_face]

A year ago? I feel like Slime was annoyed with Ludwig for not hanging out with them (and that basketball doesn't count) like a few weeks ago lmao

[@haydehoo]

Yeah literally right when I started thinking it Aiden mentions it 🗿

[@madikellylisysky]

@@haydehooAiden holding his head like he’s been transported to another dimension 😂

[@Boothy]

QT taking Slime to disneyland is the ultimate gambit and honestly im so proud

[@aslonz5308]

We (me and my cat) call that Fazoli's gambit.

[@LiveOutLoud321]

I think deep down Slime was proud too 😂

[@RatProphetX3]

Slime is like narcissus, looking into the water of everything he wants and only watching himself as he slowly turns into a rotted flower, a parody of himself and his humorous values

[@Vanilla_Rocket]

Deep

[@Versace_sheets]

Bars

[@slimewire]

what

[@Vanilla_Rocket]

@slimewire the tide washeth away the ripples of your passion, the mirror reflects everything you are not, what remains absorbed into the infinite abyss

[@angles18]

He cannot dip onto the reflection lest the image distort and the illusion is crashed

[@Seedy____1]

"He's in Vietnam right now" "That's still going on?"

[@lunogyt]

"Brohei Otani" was the best roast I've ever heard and they just ignored it

[@jakerobinson3893]

This deserved more attention 😂

[@ThatBrwnKid559]

Hilarious one-liner

[@m.czandogg9576]

4:21

[@poorsocialskills]

One of my favorite quotes

[@m.czandogg9576]

4:20

[@SnowyJop]

Aimen has just been on fire lately. It feels like anytime the guys are having a discussion I find myself so aimen pilled His points about speedrunning were really well made

[@fluorescentfuneralalt]

I miss 101.7 RCSM DJ Racist in the Morning

[@arrowheaded]

I told my Dad I was watching my favourite podcast, and he said "Oh, yeah, The Shed!"

[@Jumblebelle]

That’s what the revival pod when they’re mid-40s dads will be called

[@ground.jordan]

please leave me alone bro

[@arrowheaded]

@ground.jordan no u 😭

[@slowlypeety]

Papaplatte and BastiGHG didn't "pick up" Ludwig's challenge and changed it to a "Mickey Mouse Challenge", they did a completely different thing and it just so happens that Ludwig was doing his challenge around the same time. Their challenge had a different concept which has been established on Twitch in Germany for several years.

[@FaceSigma]

Desert bus for hope is done by a Canadian content creation group called LoadingReadyRun that has done thousands of hours of sketch comedy and has a large history in the content creation game, Unskippable being one that surprised me. They also have a large following in the Magic the Gathering community and has done a lot of content focused around that. They run desert bus for hope every year and have raised multiple millions of dollars for a variety of charities. Having taken one look at the mega64 guys, I can see why Slime got them confused.

[@Trevante32]

Was getting ready to comment about this hopefully some people will see your comment and show up for the next desert bus for hope and donate to charity and also enjoy their good content.

[@leorettie2252]

They're also the group behind the 3 PS3s/4 PS4s/5PS5s guy. I'd imagine that reached a lot of people who don't know them.

[@Ishsa]

@@leorettie2252 They're so hilarious and I only found out recently that the PS3/4/5 videos had gone *way* further than their normal audience

[@elijahcherian1647]

Cannot believe Bro-Hei Ohtani didn't hit that shit was fire

[@chunkeebread]

im hella parasocial to slimes tekken team, its great they talk about them... i never chat in slimes stream tho since lurking is like the meta

[@tonyjones8706]

Slime chat meta is crazy

[@kyallon1213]

Coney including doki in bits fucking rules

[@RobinTruax]

I just realized from this episode that the Melee CrimsonBlur and the Slay the Spire CrimsonBlur are the same person. That's wild. Anyways, to explain whether or not CrimsonBlur had a mickey record: in short, he didn't. CrimsonBlur held the unequalled record in the most popular and important category, alternating A20 Heart winstreaks. In other words, he was the first to win 10 games in a row alternating characters doing the game's hardest challenge on its highest difficulty. Extending these streaks is the main accomplishment in the game for professional players, though close behind are single-character A20 Heart winstreaks (which are sort of the analogue of an individual level speedrun). However, this record has been long broken (he held it 3 years ago). It's still impressive, and a mark probably only a few dozen people could match, but he's not the best in any category anymore as far as I know.

[@peepopog4279]

Interesting, thanks for the info! Got into STS somewhat recently, but been a melee head for a long time, and had no idea Blur played STS or was that cracked. 10 alternating A20H is definitely super respectable even today. For others' reference if interested, the record right now for this category is 20 by Baalorlord, though another top player Xecnar just got 19 a week ago. Xecnar holds the individual records for winstreaks (so without rotating) on 2 of the 4 characters, and his run was ended on one of those, which just further shows how brutal it is. Though I will say some of the top streamers/players of the game (like Xecnar) prefer to focus on overall win-rate with the philosophy that doing so will naturally cause long streaks to appear over time.

[@MICHELANGELO_JR.]

Crimson bro thinks he’s slick w this alt account

[@noamchemla]

Aiden not knowing that the mario kart wii custom track IS desert bus is the perfect representation of his character

[@THYGODMAN]

I really loved the discussion about speedruns this ep. I've spent probably thousands of hours grinding button mashing and a year ago I finally became the fastest in the world and about 4-5 months ago I've picked it back up and I've gotten some crazy crazy scores that I can only truly understand the extent of because button mashing is such a dead skill to grind. It's the one thing I've found in this world that I truly enjoy and can grind and it's a huge part of my life but the whole it's not useful and shit part really can get to me. The biggest problem is that I do deep down want to be known for what I do because I'm proud of it and it does kinda suck being compared to Ludwig because I was just to late to the scene, silverbawxer got his recognition by association but I was just to young to latch on and know I'm kinda stranded doing this thing I love so much and not much to show for it but scores nobody knows about. Idk great episode I'll probably be coming back to this one in specific a bunch just for this conversation

[@alexdam8218]

What's your game?

[@ItsBobert]

dropped a sub absolutly love your voice wow

[@THYGODMAN]

@@alexdam8218 I currently have 6 Mario party world records the big three being Mario party 4 domination, the one Ludwig played. Mario party 7 pokey pummel, the way harder version of the one Ludwig played, and Mario party 5 triple jump those are my big three that I'm really proud of but I'm also 2 frames away from matching the tas in PAL Mario party 7 pokey pummel

[@THYGODMAN]

@@ItsBobert hey thank you that means a lot appreciate it

[@xNick01]

Rainbolt is going to Yakutsk to take it all back. He will be honored.

[@jasonjavelin]

Hash out or Crash out is golden

[@ninin11]

i think dumping hours into art would be inherently cooler than speedrunning regardless because with art you are creating something

[@thescoobmaster]

u could argue that the way runners can manipulate the game/character 2 their advantage is an art form but then some games i think ppl just run bcuz they like the game but there's no real skill involved

[@ShadowBlayde47]

Tricking Slime to go to Disney is one of the greatest bits of all time

[@adangarcia1169]

Hash out or crash out gotta be my new favorite bit

[@Hahlen]

They got us with the QT clickbait again. They can’t keep getting away with this. It’s like that damn cat all over again.

[@shovelclaws]

hi speedrunner here, and it has changed my life a lot actually. made me better at focusing, connected me to a great network of people, and given me way more self confidence. i dont think we do it for nothing, its fun and thats all that matters! as for the real grinders, yeah you might not get Careers out of it, but you can take a lot of the skills of them to the real world. also a LOT of speedrunners do *not* grind 5+ hours. they just practice and run and at the top level youre good enough to not need the constant practice and playtime as long as youre consistent. lud is right when he says the portion of games that need that is small

[@wanted1diot]

nick losing one of the balls and frantically looking for it is insanely funny

[@ishtarsdonut4489]

The QT bait will continue until morale improves

[@matthewb9523]

Wow, was not expecting the DBH/ LoadingReadyRun shoutout. A great charity coming up relatively soon this year!

[@RubberNoggin]

i don't consume too much youtube content other than ludwig videos every now and then, so i look forward to this shit every damn thursday. legit gets me through the week lmao, thank you yard boys

[@Yackattack22]

I think it’s hilarious at the yard friend group was able so passive aggressively create a session where they tell a story about one of their recent activities and have that snatched by another member of the podcast and told so unbelievably inaccurate, but in a sense of shooting down the person who’s being talked about in adding anything until they’ve completely finished whatever bullshit they just created. It’s so funny to listen to, I love it

[@lemon1797]

There is a massive Speedrunner -> Game developer pipeline that I think Nick isn't seeing. Once speedrunners get to a high enough level, the only way to improve is to understand the code of the game. I myself became a game developer because of this, I learned coding in order to break records. A LOT of speedrunners I know became very prolific coders for this same reason.

[@thermonn]

I was completely entranced by the speedrunning conversation in Act 3 of this ep. No matter how many years pass, I still enjoy these boys yapping sincerely about something close to them, especially when Aiden jumps in

[@hunk4402]

Never thought I would see lazy mattman become a part of the yard universe

[@c4nvm]

THATS WHO HE WAS TALKING ABT!?

[@Rynodino]

13:38 house of mouse mentioned. 10/10 best disney show to ever exist

[@ColemakDH]

1:05:35 Aiden that track is literally called Desert Bus, it is based off of what slime was talking about

[@yote557]

I think this is one of my favorite/most interesting episodes, the topic of speed running and hobbies in general is genuinely an interesting thing to think about, I always feel terrible about things that I'm doing for fun but I think ultimately that can be a form of self harm that can lead to a cycle of depression and make things unenjoyable but I still do them because ultimately they're fun and if we didn't do those things I don't think you'd really be living the human experience.

[@jd_destroyer4394]

31:14 Aiden would definitely be Tails, no question

[@bananaduck14]

Ludwig's sonic, nick is knuckles or shadow because he's effortlessly cool, and slime is eggman

[@themudkip5295]

@bananaduck14 fuck this is perfect. THIS is art.

[@sophieh1151]

ive been rewatching the pod in order in my spare time and i just rewatched the last time ludwig said that league is ruining his life and i remember thinking that he was gonna bring it up again soon in the same context cause hes been playing it again lmao. the league cycle never ends it just restarts

[@Mystery-pd6jc]

Slime shoulda used the gifts to win Hash Out or Crash Out, he had the perfect out and he didn't use it even a little bit

[@EmiliaWoods]

How did nobody mentioned Wizzrobe for the "play and lose no stocks for water" hypothetical, hes a literal fucking robot, no human being without crazy melee experience will be able to touch the guy

[@bbaaii4771]

But that falcon recovery tho what if they just hit him wrong and he just dies

[@lompass379]

Slime and Mattman Isaac player extraordinaire is the last crossover I would've expected but I love it

[@nuggetsml]

Brawlpro as a guest when?

[@funnynamelol3156]

What if the entirety of team brawlpro was on.

[@harpot678]

​@@funnynamelol3156But then Ludwig Aiden Nick go on holiday because they don't know who these 4 people are

[@MrLigthsaber]

Aiden bringing up painful memories from when League of Legends didn't wait to start the game until everybody finished loading. I played on a janky old laptop and all my friends had newer pc's so every time they knew who was still loading.

[@papabaddad]

I don't think a speedrunner playing a game for 12 hours is a worse use of time than me working a soulcrushing job for 8 hours lol

[@DrDandyyy]

This episode HAS to have the BEST start off segment in the entire series

[@OSDisco]

27:34 the Aimen gesturing flip-flopping and moving the goalposts last ep is so masterful

[@Ishsa]

I've been watching LRR for so long and it's so cool to hear Slime knows about Desert Bus too!

[@newtn]

Oh yeah, Thursday baby oh yeah

[@BB81293]

I definitely didn't have Slime becoming a Disney adult on my 2024 bingo card

[@hushpuppi3]

I think about Slime playing Euro Truck Simulator and trying to park a semitruck trailer every day. I only watch youtube but I tuned into the subathon once just to see if I'd be interested in watching streams again and Slime was on the wheel. I still think about how hard I was laughing.

[@yorkiel7446]

i have a sugar daddy and he wanted a 4 hour blowie today. ur podcast got me thru it. jaw hurts so fucking bad but my bank account doesnt. keep it up brothers

[@gannonshort2328]

Slime has finally, truly, Switched.

[@ryrynoel]

As a speedrunner fan, idk I think a lot goes into it. Being able to perform under pressure, and depending on the game the amount of optimization and creativity for developing routing strats is impressive. Especially if it involves discovering glitches and whatnot there’s a lot of overlap with game dev work, or modding, etc etc. Seems just as meaningful as dumping hundreds of hours into FPS tourneys I really just watch Zelda speedruns, so maybe it’s different for other games 🤷‍♀️

[@andrewclodfelter6760]

I don't have shit to say i just want the algorithm to serve me more of this

[@Lynkah]

I agree with slime on this podcast being quality time to him. He's said in the past (if memory serves) that he would do this even if it got no views, because he loves hanging out with his friends for it (gay).

[@DanglingwithDietrik]

Aiden was explaining the best part about league ever, when they ran it on Mac's with the special program and loaded into the game after everyone else you got to see the happiest teammates give you all of the nicest compliments (your team is currently voting to ff at 1 minute and you can't stop them with just 1 vote, have fun with the afk consequence dork)

[@CashCarried]

DUDE watching spongeballs as a 7 year old was so peak. Insane that stuff like that was on youtube at some point, now its like lost media

[@SageO6PathzGON]

Just here to report 4 anyone that gives a shit (so no one 😅) but the damage/stress from hurricane francine is LONG gone in the mirror and MOST IMPORTANTLY my dad's major surgery was a success & today was the 1st day he was able 2 move on his own 🥺

[@archiemcw]

awesome, happy to hear! hoping for a speedy recovery :)

[@josakura]

Can I just say that the Chaos Control transition is dope!

[@J777ack]

I played Runescape for the first time at age 22 b/c I like MMOs but never got into it as a kid and now I'm actually addicted, goated game

[@solairesun4429]

Same lol 2100 total now after 3 years

[@wrappedinthewarmgentlebreeze]

"What a flop assassination attempt" lmfao 46:25

[@pixelpanda2419]

Nobody appreciated the Hunter S Thompson joke but I DID. I AM THE NUMBER ONE GONZO JOURNALISM FAN

[@noturmum7967]

The amount of uno reverse gaslighting on slime this episode HAD to be months in the making

[@g.d.v9620]

I think slime needs to spend quality time with the lads

[@ElLechero12]

Attacking Slime is my favorite part of the Pod

[@kellindavis8141]

0:56 Of all of Ludwig’s moments of dyslexia, this is hands down the funniest

[@ExtraSpicyRamen]

Should check out Desert Bus for Hope, an annual charity livestream where they try to nonstop desert bus. If they reach the end they turn around and keep going

[@st4r_wrld]

i like how the ep started with addressing ludwig’s hat but not slimes

[@cozza248]

Desert bus for hope is the best. Loading Ready Run is a throwback

[@mindcontroIIed]

ive never heard anyone else mention grandmas kisses in my entire life thank you nick i feel less alone now

[@5rdcrush]

I just clicked back on this episode after never finishing it (I'm some part after they got their gifts). The camera was focused on Ludwig and he scared tf out of me with them hands lmao

[@i_like_cats_665]

I love listening to The Yard whilst playing online video games.

[@fluorescentfuneralalt]

Nick looking into the camera and saying "I lowkey need a grandma" was so hot

[@TiltBear]

every damn episode i find out more and more that slime and i think the same. real gets real man. the thing about wanting to share fun moments with your friends is so me man.

[@Beezer1857]

Nick shoving his hole coffee inside his mug is killing me

[@Tmini507]

YOOOO!!! Slime originally got Nick the goofy hat, which he's wearing. Then gives him a grandma mini mug?!?!?

[@slimewire]

no i was gonna get it for shake but i kept it

[@Tmini507]

It did look good on you.

[@josh18891]

one of the funniest eps in a minute. good 1

[@gloop2701]

I've pretty much played no league and I've been really tempted recently to start playing it more because of yall....

[@Skozzy]

I know they have to start the video censored to make money, but the way that they censored Ludwig 0:50 made it sound like he said something WAY worse than he did lol. For a moment I was legit thinking "why are they okay with him saying that" before I realized what the missing word actually was

[@XxB0NExX]

31:50 that joke was so underrated

[@gguidog]

The upload scheldue coordination with qt and the yard is pretty good

[@RichardULong]

this is the most aggro lud has ever been in an episode its kinda incredible

[@JustJoeMCR]

I love Slimes hat, I wonder where he got it from

[@jonppalaine]

Archie ain't playing League with these edits, that helix ad transfer back to the episode was lit

[@hbomb6214]

The winks this is for the water part killed me haha

[@cedrichofstetter4057]

It's the perfect time to get into League with Worlds about to start and Arcane dropping in November!

[@PiT0nZo]

I would choose M2K to be the one to beat someone without losing a stock. Even out of practice he will legit just gimp and stay on the ledge. The master of cheese

[@waffler156]

As a simpleflips viewer, when Slime brought up desert bus I had a full blown moment

[@Novadiere1004]

Real quick, Desert Bus for hope is from a Canadian Stream group called Loading Ready Run.

[@oomar4597]

Dont need to watch the presidential debate when we got Nick and aiden on here. Alt right and pink hair lib

[@napavementape]

the only community gathering Slime likes is the community square that X, the everything app, allows its users.

[@alessandrobelottidev]

Loving this episode of hash out or crash out

[@fortnitebad1077]

0:55 “Before He had a attitude he had a podcast, after the attitude he had a podcast” is certified crash out sentence

[@CheesySalsa]

Luds quads are so big, he is so big for us, big

[@charlotteberry3336]

these boys keep me going

[@XionicAihara]

I'm curious if yall ever thought about putting patreon content on youtube in the form of membership for the yard? Or if the topic was floated around. I'm basically a year old to the yard. Just personal convenience and preference.

[@fakeandriod4184]

when ludwig said the guy playing desert bus was on e, my immediate thought was damn how did ludwig clock that guy was on estrogen that fast before i realized he just meant he was empty on gas

[@soleynott]

Posted 1 min ago.. yard addiction is real

[@the_anasty]

These boys were so close to clas consciousness with the speedrunning conversation