what happens when you let speedrunners name their own tech

being in the pizza tower speedrun community has made me question my own sanity a little bit. anyways this is a really cool name for tech and everybody should use it

[@cocoasprinklez]

also worth noting that we also started calling updogs "ethans" and another tech "matthews"

[@BluSplat]

ok so why is it called updog 😭

[@cocoasprinklez]

@@BluSplat do you really think we would turn down such a sick name

[@prydainian3565]

@@BluSplat not much whats up with u

[@mistysurge491]

@cocoasprinklez yo its the funni ghost speedrunner

[@obj_shaggy]

You people are absolutely deranged.

[@badger273]

can't wait for the Summoning Salt video where he has to spend 15 minutes in a larger video talking about people pulling off "the perfect Eric" or something

[@ohmygodmateitbearinnitkid9251]

The history of the frame-perfect stinky fart

[@cubbycrazes]

@@ohmygodmateitbearinnitkid9251 That's literally the reason my best friend and I named it that it would be so funny

[@solidargument]

Please the people need this.

[@desertdude540]

"All that changed when MrTurdloaf69 did the unthinkable and pulled off three consecutive Erics to break the 3 minute barrier."

[@eviltuqueque8800]

or tomatoanus

[@roobley]

mfw i join terraria speedrunning and the fastest way to move around is called "chicken teriyaki chilli paprika bread toasted tomato onion jalapeno sweet chilli sweet onion hot chilli american peppered american cheese"

[@freakjamin]

and can i get a uh

[@Picklecheeseawesome]

@@freakjamina uhhhhhhhhhhh

[@aratherlargerodent]

The can i get an uhhhhhhhh strat

[@BoneSatisfied]

Uhhhhhhhhhh saved a lot of time in my speedrun, 1 and a half seconds to be exactly but to me uhhhhhhhhhh seems to be a lot of flaws since it cannot be buffed. But to me uhhhhhh is a great strat for newbies in terraria speedrun

[@grafn7194]

​@@BoneSatisfied we just renamed tech

[@cobaltong]

and then when people pull it off in a speedrun they start yelling "OH MY GOD I GOT THE ERIC I GOT THE ERIC" completely seriously

[@JerkInci]

"YOO I'VE HIT THE NASTIEST BACKSHOT!"

[@cobaltong]

@@JerkInciBAHAHAHAHA

[@9memes999]

Shoutout to eric. Not the person, the strat.

[@crunchyfreeze]

hello hello hi hi

[@ch1ppychipp]

@@crunchyfreeze HE SAID THE STRAT, NOT YOU!!! GET OUTTA HERE!!!!!!!

[@crunchyfreeze]

@@ch1ppychipp imnot eric . im martha

[@rederic7]

:(

[@ch1ppychipp]

@@crunchyfreeze mybad lemon

[@eggnogisdead]

i love speedrunning obscure games that barely anyone knows about cause whenever i find a cool trick i get to name it since i’m the first one to find it i could name the trick that lets you go through the first part of golden summit really fast “fast golden summit” but no i’m gonna name it “the dinner blaster”

[@darcsyde345]

“Dinner blaster” is crazy

[@crazyguy5000]

I wonder whats for dinner

[@whar3]

item asylum confirmed

[@adissentingopinion848]

Mah boi

[@litterbox019]

he verified the golden lets go

[@dividexthecantaloupe]

In the near speedrunning future: Pizza tower speedrun 100% no Eric’s, Matthew, stinky farts, hacks, mods, Papa John’s Stereo

[@ethan82714]

pizza tower Andrew%

[@Voxelroguery]

Eric will join the ranks of Crazy Gadget Skip Skip, Obama Skip, Back-in-Time (which actually brings you FORWARD in time), Glitzer Popping, Yesclip, and The Turret Flippy Skippy Tricky Flingy Wingy Swingy Thingy

[@estenslop]

as well as lesbian skip

[@Eon6811]

What about “ass-less”?

[@Evnyofdeath]

To be fair to the Back In Time glitch when it was first discovered and named it was actually sending you backwards. The way its used now sends you forwards but that wasn't known when it was discovered and named

[@PhoebeTheFairy56]

​@@Evnyofdeaththey should call it "reverse back-in-time" now

[@carbonatedmilk1]

My life's goal is to find Dino Skip Skip Skip

[@psyk2642]

Look Gary, there I am!

[@somecirclewithsunglasses3994]

so hows this whole eric strat going for you

[@Sploobicious]

Hey! I saw you on TV!

[@greggersonny]

goated

[@gabenugget114]

eric

[@thereaIyoshi]

An Eric is an Instaturn variant, also known as Lowjump Instas for Instaturning while DASHing. It preserves all of Peppino's horizontal speed turning left, making it the fastest possible method of turning from right to left*. To perform an Eric, while DASHing to the right, Grab or Fast Fall then Mach Cancel the frame you hit the ground. After a frame, High Jump to the left. Note that you can Eric from right to right, however it's only occasionally useful in niche cases. See: Tasmach Erics are extremely difficult to do consistently, so Erics are usually avoided and/or replaced with Instaturns. Erics have no known Buffers.

[@kab43]

you forgot the asterisk :luigiangry:

[@NotIMPOSSABLANK]

(nobody calls them lowjump instas)

[@floppanewchannel]

Sir this is a wendy's.

[@kab43]

​@@NotIMPOSSABLANK i wrote that like a year ago where like 2 people were calling them lowjump instas

[@ijre]

@@kab43 from the wiki: "*Instaturns can be tied with Erics in terms of timesave in most scenarios."

[@Timeflow_X]

this is one of my favorite phenomena like ever. I unfortunately was too lame to name all the strats I found by a stupid name so they're all very descriptive

[@june9914]

When you find a new strat please name it after my cat

[@Timeflow_X]

@@june9914 o7

[@somedude4533]

​@@june9914what's your cat's name. If I ever become a speedrunner I will ensure they're represented.

[@BigBerry31]

​​@@june9914Give the cat name 🔫😐🫴

[@oui7171]

@@june9914 Kid named Lovecraft

[@Jumboobs]

this happened to my buddy eric

[@monochrome3168]

Did I ever tell you about the time my buddy Keith tried to do an eric in real life? Broke every bone in his body.

[@Rubiktor012]

​@@monochrome3168Holy shit I literally thought of this immediately too. We share the same braincell.

[@theydontknow_official]

isnt there an undertale skip called "ass skip" where you just noclip through toriel's ass and it somehow saves like 30 seconds

[@numerousbees12]

​@@theydontknow_official. also lesbian skip in deltarune

[@ballmuncher]

thanks for that ending note, i almost searched "stinky fart pizza tower" and nearly ruined my search history

[@isopod_gaming-real-]

0:19 rivulet spotted, deploying looks to the moon

[@ReddishBead]

is that rivulet from rain world

[@jaunenoir0]

literally rain world

[@elliejelli]

cant wait to perform rightward daniel to get sub 57, god bless pizza tower speedrunning

[@The_best_letter]

rivulet pfp spotted, RainWord’s reach grows

[@jingboss1234]

YES!

[@badwithusernames3238]

the speedrun community for speedrunners (2013) finally getting some action i see

[@Ariamaki]

"Shoutout to the Nepeta avatar who got us here", I started typing, shortly before realizing it was You Yourself. Shoutout to you. Good avatar.

[@funlandbuilder]

this does seem like a thing that rivulet from rainworld would do

[@mirc3a2200]

As the fastest slugcat it makes sense rivulet is a silly speedrunner

[@MintyHeart_]

Fr

[@MobbsGoodman]

Lmao, thanks for featuring my highlight of one of my attempts to run this shit lmao Also, essentially i wanted to name this trick “the stanky leg” but nobody would budge with that 😢

[@genericperson360]

Considering there is a different trick called stinky fart I am surprised nobody wanted to call it stanky leg. Fire name tbh. Oh well. Guess I’ll just have to gaslight everyone I meet into calling this a stanky leg instaturn.

[@isaic7398]

Rivulet spotted.

[@elitemetropolice4551]

its always the rivulet PFPs that come up with all the wild shit (not limited to speedrunning)

[@MintyHeart_]

Fr

[@ryukin77]

when you use rivulet as your pfp, you inherit rivulet's thinking and braincells

[@elitemetropolice4551]

@@ryukin77 lack of braincells*

[@longbeing]

It’s the coke

[@moonlit_ruffles]

can confirm

[@kab43]

chained rightward matthew hypershungla boost (also that schmosster2018 guy is me and i made the wiki entry for eric hi me)

[@pommes-jr3rn]

surely there will be an eric tutorial soon

[@Multi292]

I don’t blame them if I discovered a new speedrunning tech I’d probably name it “The Sploinky”

[@Thebes]

I am obsessed with these terms. I have never played Pizza Tower, but this is the stuff I like. I remember recently learning Sonic Adventure's 2 "Opium Boyfriend Toaster."

[@Zethoro]

Classic speedrunner moment, same energy as Sonic adventure 2 runners naming things boner weed, bofa, air jordan, and loop eyes white dragon (lewd)

[@superlagbro192]

Can't forget Crazy Gadget Skip Skip

[@somerandomdude8837]

last one gives me box out of bounds (B.O.O.B) glitch energy

[@Zethoro]

@@somerandomdude8837 I love this lmao

[@pedrolagefogacadealmeida3695]

OF COURSE IT WAS A RIVOULET PFP

[@cannonballking7]

Those who wield power tend to not be fit for it.

[@Trafficallity]

this is quite literally the opposite of that

[@apel66sinka]

No no no this is quite literally the perfect name

[@LucasGleason]

Ratio

[@exclamation_markyt2852]

in my speedrunning friend group i have this guy whose dream is to find a skip or strat just to name it "poop skip"

[@Evman2000]

Rain world profile picture, neuron activation.

[@albireo2990]

unexpectancy 2 was so fitting LOL

[@unreal1air477]

"time to use eric in my run!" speedrunner named finger:

[@DrippedReal]

‘boutta eric my way to the endgame’

[@siristhedragon]

"So why is this one called Eric?" "The blue slug-cat." "What?"

[@Vexxter]

My name appears in this video a total of 4 times

[@mildlymarvelous]

Hey, there’s an Eric in Hollow Knight speedrunning too! If you fail one of the fireball skips in Greenpath there’s a backup, you can lure a squit (small flying enemy) up and pogo off it. Its name is Eric. We have some other named mobs too, like leaping husks are Jennifers for some reason, and Soul Warrior is Norman. And I think there’s a Harold, but I forget what he is.

[@DoomerSlice]

the end text paired with the music is absolutely perfect

[@ToxikBox]

You got what you wanted... But now that you got it, do you want it?

[@Spamton123]

at all, at all

[@SnazzySMM]

0:42 therE I AM GARY THERE I AM!!!!!

[@beaksters]

Good old speed running communities.

[@awesomeguy_2323]

Banger video! Btw in deltarune there's some funny strat names like pythagoras, atistotle, fuck you YZA, and lumity.

[@LettuceGayming]

Im sorry, lumity? I assume that has something to do with susie and noelle

[@awesomeguy_2323]

@@LettuceGayming nope, it was simply discovered by a fan of lumity lmao

[@LettuceGayming]

@@awesomeguy_2323 honestly fair enough, that is one of the most wholesome relationships ive ever seen on tv

[@genericyoutubecommenter589]

what's the story behind fuck you YZA

[@Gabonation]

imagine explaining speedrunning pizza tower to someone and casually mentioning eric as a strat

[@gengar_animations]

I had no idea that was how the name originated, that’s funny as hell

[@user-uq9se1nx9q]

YOMI Hustle, a fighting game, has an MBD setup: "Mongolian Ball Detonation"

[@user-AADZ]

I have discovered this concept naming speed running tricks anything goofy and I am in instantly in love with it

[@infamousshadow2]

yes KZbin, this is the game Speedrunners

[@katranian]

rain world profile picture detected

[@Joshy-]

speedrunners will find a frame perfect strat/movement/skip/whatever that is very pivotal for getting a wr and then name it "goobabmajiggletits" or some shit

[@smugdodofart27]

I love that they talk about eric as a tech and a person

[@Chocolate_Beans]

Comical to think there’s some speedrun analysist out there narrating these. Like “so here he pulled an eric, and then there he pulled off a stinky fart, but I kid you not the highlight of this run is when he managed to pull off a cowabunginator 9000, effectively saving 5 minutes. This is revolutionary, the first of its kind to ever be produced, and will be framed as a milestone in the history of speedrunning forever.” In the most monotone (or amazed) tone you can conceive of.

[@snackythecoolguy2363]

inside of you are two speedrunners one discovered reverse bottle adventure the other discovered eric

[@kaderen8461]

i was like "of course theres a homestuck pfp in this video" but then i realised... you were the homestuck pfp

[@bitnn4703]

With just 4 letters, this man created something larger then we could ever imagine.

[@JudeEaley]

Rivulet made Eric canon

[@Imm_o]

I think what's funny is that of all the names in the world, the name for an instaturn being "Eric" is oddly fitting, like the sound a turntable makes when you pull it back real fast, E-RIC

[@funnifunnifunni]

imagine Bismuth covering this and goin over "he erics right there then pulls off a strategy nobody has seen before, the waluigi super mega sonic teenage warhead"

[@spikerthedragonbear]

Eric seems like a good friend that helps you in the runs

[@dyskord]

homestuck follows me everywhere I go. from pizza tower speedrun to roblox, from call of duty to school

[@anthonyslaptheknee9344]

Its kinda like fgc terms. Like safejump make sense, its a safe way to jump in on your opponent off of a knockdown without getting wake up DP'd. But i know some people get caught off guard by "HE SO PRINGLES WHERE YOUR CURLY MUSTACHE AT!" In mvc2

[@lrgogo1517]

I love how the vocals come in along the introduction of the name

[@therandomsomeone.]

ultrakill: ultraboost, slam storage, super slide jump pizza tower: E R I C

[@trigger7ff6]

hi from the yomi community where an old version of a niche tech is called "sao bernardo do campo" and another very relevant tech is called among other things "fart" and another one is called "mongolian ball detonation" there's another one that i can't write

[@flleaf]

my favorite name that i saw is actually a tetris opener called "insurance cannon" (you can find it in opener database by swng)

[@clover_omega]

Lol why i just heard in lyrics "We love Eric" 0:26

[@qwerpiez]

I don't play pizza tower, nor have I seen speedruns for it, but if they name a strat "glungus" I'll start playing it

[@UAreMad1234]

now we need name one called "cartman"

[@YeeeetusYoinkus]

Speedrunner doing an eric: The class looking at him:

[@randomfoxboi]

I swear everytime I see something speedrun related, it's either a scandal or the funniest shit ever

[@somethinginventive153]

I love how after a while, everyone genuinely accepted the fact that that strat was called Eric.

[@The_Deep_Blue]

rolls worst speedrun tech name; asked to stay permanently

[@agamerintheworld]

i love how the song sounds like its saying "E R Eric"

[@T0HK_Boi]

this is exactly why you should let speedrunners name their tech because you end up with great names like eric stinky fart and updog

[@rakesiar]

Minecraft speedrun strategy called “Pick and block torture”.

[@channelwithnotopic]

portal 2 speedrunners on their way to name everything after food

[@budgiegd]

I watched the whole thing. Eric is no longer a word to me

[@EveTanooki]

If I ever get to name a speedrun strat I'm gonna call it the "Don't use this it's really slow" strat.

[@RealGoober7865]

WTFFFFFDGSGA AAJAJASJAKASJAJSJSJSJJASSJSJSJ THIS POPPED UP ON MY RECOMENDED RIGHT BESIDE A TRIBUTE TO ERIK CASSEL AAAAAAAAA

[@lambchu6459]

Melee's "Koopabackdashwaveslide Hoverwalkmoonland" has entered the chat.

[@animalking183]

this is literally parkour reborn

[@cultofmel]

A new speedrun tech for Undertale was discovered a few months back and it was named "Toriel Ass Skip."

[@Zerokarmawastaken]

The nepeta pfp peaks

[@mrman2557]

can’t wait to Eric into a Bob the swerve into a Nathen

[@Maxler5795]

Coming from the FGC, holy shit this is a mood

[@dumbvillage9253]

Of course it was the drug addicted cat pfp

[@zName1]

They're naming them like hurricanes.

[@DamageMaximo]

I love humanity's sillyness sometimes

[@razzon226]

wonderful that KZbin thinks this video is about the video game specifically called SpeedRunners

[@danchoidoco]

Eric is the canon name for the strat

[@Erick-uz8ui]

Kind of funny that my favorite game of all time has a speedrun strat with my name

[@TSUNAMI_0707]

I love how half of the results are just people being like “why is it called eric”

[@seankeriby1147]

“Woah, that’s a cool speedrun strat! say… how do you name this… “Strat”?” “Oh. It’s called “Sean”.”

[@epicmangaming3841]

I’m planning on speedrunning pizza tower, cant to do Eric in my run! Oh wait-

[@JerkInci]

there's also a maneuver called the "backshot", meaning that the following sentence: "YOO, I'VE HIT THE NASTIEST BACKSHOT JUST NOW!" is 100% possible speedrunning-wise

[@dunethewanderer8944]

This game is gonna have the *funniest* GDQ commentaries...

[@spookini5521]

Reminds me how the first major BRC strat is just called gooning because it was a joke in the discord before the game came out and we were like "Oh you hit the edge of the billboard and you go really fast? Youre edging? Gooning? Its gooning, we're calling it gooning"

[@julianbello8376]

Thank you Nepeta very cool

[@TheRedCap]

this confirms to me that the Pizza Tower speedrunning community is exactly as unserious as I thougut it'd be.

[@peanut3978]

Ah, how simple humanity is.

[@labbit35]

Speedrunners try not to give their tech the most absurdly weird name possible challenge (impossible)