Why I Fought King Boo for 18 Months in Mario Sunshine

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[@beyondobscure]

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[@thisismyus]

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[@minions2997]

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[@360EGO]

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[@Mister2463]

this is so true

[@ugoboom]

this was so deliciously anti-climactic you started the grind with a 2nd place and inspired people enough to go for it that you ended it on a 3rd place score lmaooo actually fucking unreal that Samura1man got a 1/6000 in 5 tries what the fuck i'll be using the term Gambler's Prophecy from now on lmao thats great

[@Antislycer]

I actually witnessed this man go insane over 86 hours but these streams were hella fun gonna miss them

[@nate3468]

I did too. I just finished the video😃👍🏼

[@karlkidd1]

👍 good times!

[@AstralSpiff]

Awesome vid, I’m amazed you both put in 80+ hours AND relived it during the editing process. Congrats on third :)

[@tylern6420]

Hi freddy fazbear dimenson warp man

[@dustin202]

Nice to see you

[@cookiecreeperplayz]

Bruh, Kosmic and DarkViperAU both comment, and you are here too. The odds are in my favor, time to spend my spiff balls (:

[@Lilly_the_Snek]

Hey it's Spiff. How's it going

[@nutmegdoesstuff1339]

You know what, of all the non-fnaf videos to randomly find you on, this one makes sense lol. Very similar energy to spending all that time trying to get lids to go to the right spot to get up a foot tall box.

[@noelle1940]

Gambler’s Fallacy Gambler’s Philosophy Gambler’s Prophecy *Gambler’s Phallus*

[@Acetyl53]

The Golden Rod of Gambling. Or GRoG for short.

[@Manucrack2010.]

@@noelle1940 gambler's depresion

[@wildfire9280]

⁠@@Manucrack2010. no one has used it since he started gambling

[@Manucrack2010.]

@@wildfire9280 i know, thats the point

[@GunSpyEnthusiast]

Gambler's mental illness.

[@broder3294]

i laughed my ass off in 48:23 when the fruit that is thrown into the camera shows the day counter, the editing in this is god tier

[@S4NSE]

you're easily entertained xD

[@JadenMKW]

I am the TurboWario who was in the chat during the successful attempt. I believe it was only my second time catching one of Trey’s streams, and literally my first time predicting on King Boo, so I had no idea how unlikely it was and how lucky I was to catch it live!

[@Shendapy]

No ones looking for people in chat, let alone remembering names lol. Get your priorities straight dweeb

[@Narble_is_unavailable]

Nice! I saw you in chat!

[@Shendapy]

@@Narble_is_unavailable 🤓

[@Narble_is_unavailable]

@@Shendapy what the…

[@Narble_is_unavailable]

@@Shendapy oh. A troll battle. I see.

[@mariopikaman1]

The cartoony pepper flying away from King Boo is the funniest thing, the sound effect, the way the pepper moves, the confusion of it all, brilliant

[@DarkViperAU]

Man this video was impressively edited, great watch all the way through. Samur1man getting it on his 7th attempt tho…oof, pain.

[@Booskop.]

Unexpected encounter.

[@CachoCachondo]

Pokemon music enters the chat

[@ramon1906]

Matto

[@Samuel_Kabel]

Here cause of the shoutout on stream. Worth my time for sure. 👍 Am in pain thinking about the editing.

[@whatsfordinner62]

Millions to one

[@ThaRixer]

I love how half the video is just random tangents lmao, happens when you grind for hours. Great video trey, what a journey

[@Cybershell13]

Hahaha stories like this always crack me up. Gotta respect the grind.

[@leavestrace5493]

uh oh. I smell new vid material.

[@AverageTreyVG]

yoooo didn't expect to see you here, keep up the bashing of sonic 4 ty

[@ClassicBentobox]

Hey it’s the guy who made the video on the guy who made it to level 99 in the first area of Final Fantasy 7

[@bigmanburg7160]

Insane

[@alexyo3927]

I read this in your voice

[@SpeedrunningSimplified]

The ONLY thing I would change about your channel is I wish there was MORE of this. Your in-depth edited videos are always a top tier hit. Well done once again!

[@StephanBoyyy]

Holy shit the editing is on point. Seriously, I appreciate your videos so much! You have no idea how much fun they are for me to watch!

[@StephanBoyyy]

btw, what's the name of the song starting at 55:00? :)

[@AverageTreyVG]

@@StephanBoyyy Fire Emblem Fates - Daily Life. Also thank you!

[@MW2XSNip3s]

Officially immortalized as Frederick "Electronic" Dishwasher. What a legacy to leave behind

[@pecksup]

I'm astounded by how much entertainment value was in this video. Big props to the editting. Good job making essentially the same 2 minutes of content entertaining for 50 minutes.

[@souleaterevans4589]

> "Day 8" > 520+ attempts > 40+ minutes left in the video > Title is "My *18-Month* Shiny King Boo Hunt in Mario Sunshine" I commend this level of dedication for such a small portion of this game. Trey's putting in the work no one else wants to. His luck's so bad the SMS IL gods just gave it to Samura1man to balance it out.

[@kintsugikame]

IL?

[@souleaterevans4589]

@@kintsugikame Individual level. Meaning, this is a speedrun of just 1 level, not the whole game

[@greenguyd]

@@kintsugikame THE?

[@AverageTreyVG]

**Thumbnail and title have been changed. Didn't intend the original thumbnail to be so clickbaity, but a shocking number of people REALLY believed there was a blue king boo discovered in a Mario game that's 20 years old. Go figure.

[@thoopsy]

Stranger things have happened!! Like the shiny costumes in Pokemon Battle Revolution. (I uh... Was one of the people who thought there was a shiny king boo)

[@BigRed3000]

You know I actually really appreciate that

[@NBDbingo5]

Gonna miss the aesthetic blue king boo

[@MegidolErin]

I believed it but only because I know nothing about Sunshine, so a lot of others might have been in the same boat 😅 The actual video topic is much more interesting anyway

[@skeletonhearts1837]

Sunshine is my favorite Mario game so I should of known better, but i thought you were referring to some sort of glitch that had a super low chance to occur which would make king boo's texture blue or something. So i can see why people would get confused, they wouldnt think it was 'official' but some sort of cool rng dependent glitch you were trying to show off.

[@snipersEND]

As someone who mainly speedruns ILs and has spent 50+ hours on a single IL, I loved this video. Gambler's fallacy is real, you will inevitably try to find new strats and fail at some point in your journey, and you get so bored at some points you do stuff like name the different cycles. The entire video was exceptionally edited too. You got a new sub from me!

[@LnR_Animation]

Watching this video was bittersweet. It caused me to reminisce about the many months I spent watching you grind King Boo. Despite the pain you experienced, you always brought a smile to my face. I'm going to miss the consistency of the grind, but I look forward to whatever you decide to stream next. Excellent video!

[@emmbeesea]

I love how this video perfectly balances and switches between the super nitty gritty technical details of SMS phenomenon like the sideways fruit throw in-between two wheel rings and the tangential montages of long drought bad luck. Also, can't forget Versus. Congratulations, it's a grandma! Fantastic video, Trey!

[@GurdevSeepersaud]

Just rewatched this video again. The editing is so good, and there are so many gags that actually had me laughing out loud. Combine that with the grind and your commentary and this is easily the coziest and most fun speedrunning vid on youtube. Definitely going into my favorite YT vids of all time

[@CaptiveTester]

It's honestly a miracle how you managed to make an hour long video about a two minute IL so entertaining the whole way through. Might be one of the most enjoyable speedrun related videos ever. Editing is on point.

[@GingerFish1290]

Did anybody else think this meant there was actually a 0.017% chance of King Boo being blue or shiny in the game 😅

[@AnarchoTak]

yes...😭.

[@fangier0]

Of course, I thought it was an easier variant or something

[@AverageTreyVG]

tbh I'm shocked anyone would believe this lmao, but I guess my clickbait was better than expected

[@hampterss]

@@AverageTreyVG it just was that believable

[@redstealth5106]

There was a snowballs chance lol. Hey Yoshis a pokemon you never quite know

[@12DAMDO]

i like how you're at a couple hundred attempts and someone just swoops in and beats the record in like 5 or 7

[@LegoMovieFanatic]

This takes "I'd rather be lucky than good" to another level.

[@nathanpark]

This was my first AverageTrey video. When I saw the timestamp, I cynically thought: "Why would I sit through 50 minutes just to wait for him to get the double cycle skip?" But oh man, am I gladly eating my words. The editing and comedic timing and music selection... everything about this video is so engaging and keeps you entertained all the way through. I admire your perseverance and persistence even though the odds were stacked against you. Bravo 👏🏻

[@spookkay8401]

So much pain at two people getting it before you 😭 this was such a fun video to watch, love the editing. 10/10 content, so it WAS worth it taking long as hell 🤣

[@SpinyPufferfish]

The *CONTENT* is back. Your editing style got a lot livelier and funnier, too. I'm not on Twitch so this doubled as a good compilation. Looking forward to the 120 Shines Redux vid.

[@radishpineapple74]

Although the subject-matter is obviously very grindy, you did great editing work and kept it entertaining throughout. Your positivity and good personality shone through, and made it a nice video to watch all the way through. I was surprised, honestly.

[@NokiDoki]

We've been waiting for the Year of Europe for so long, but really our specialty is double cycle skips :o

[@ameliajohnson1726]

This is easily some of the content of all time

[@bashura_0019]

I watched the whole video and it didn't make me bored nor want to skip through most of the segments because of how the editing made it very entertaining to watch

[@Kosmicd12]

How did you do that. And I don't mean the King Boo grind. The video you put together is way more insane lol

[@cookiecreeperplayz]

Bruh, I see three speedrunners I watch (AstralSpiff and DarkViperAU) then I see the king himself. The chances of that happening on a video about a very low chance of something happening is very low.

[@adamjones7891]

9:47 that fire effect as king boe slams down looks pretty neat.

[@Manucrack2010.]

This is the most neutral coment that i have ever readed, its not for the youtuber and its not for the pepole that read it, its just comenting how good the in-game efects look, i seriouslly question myself why do pepole coment things like this but it is still pretty funny 😂

[@adamjones7891]

​@@Manucrack2010. The people need to know about the fire.

[@Jelster64]

that was super enjoyable and well edited. also funny how almost all the odds were calculated wrong and no one in chat questioned it lol

[@RabbitEarsCh]

I just got back from a long trip, and seeing the notification for a new Trey video really lit up my night. The editing on this is incredible. You pulled out all the stops for every day, and the roulette sequence of the 80~ days was incredible. The DVD effect for Mega Drought 2 blew me away, too. Just absolutely amazing stuff all around. In the end, it *did* make for excellent content!

[@thisbox]

4:28 "It's double the chances of getting a shiny Pokemon in generation one." Of course, it's more common for something to happen than a event that doesn't exist to happen.

[@sonnytapman]

Well, technically, cause shinies were based on a Pokemon’s DVs in gen 2, a pokemon caught in gen 1 could become a shiny in gen 2.

[@JorgetePanete]

an*

[@concept8192]

​@@sonnytapmanI wonder if that ever actually happened to someone

[@KamaraiYT]

@@concept8192 Yes, absolutely. Its why we know about it. Enough people had link cables and both games it's bound to happen to a decent number of people.

[@pngCOATS]

23:29 i greatly appreciate the ssx tricky trey. also amazing video eith top notch editing, you clearly had more fun editing this then actually recording lmao

[@the__L]

I love the naming of the patterns at 36:39, I was cracking up. I'd love to hear them all

[@0MrFantasticFace]

Literally just stumbled onto this video on my feed and was genuinely hooked. Love the editing and your personality is awesome!

[@SamOnKBD]

Very entertaining video to watch. Glad that you chose some clips with cycle skips, some when bad things happened, and some when nothing happened. Really encapsulates the vibe of an IL stream if you have never seen one before. Mostly inane conversations/references with chat and then from nowhere suddenly "the run" happens. RTA runs last longer than ILs and since you typically have splits even someone who has never even played the game before can tell if "this is the run," meanwhile in ILs, especially if the game doesn't have an IGT you can't even tell what is happening unless you have enough knowledge to obtain the time yourself and you are paying full attention to the gameplay. The way I summarize this is: Chat during RTA WR pace: "this is the run!" "hi youtube!" Chat during IL WR pace: "do yall put parmesan on your spaghetti? ... oh gg"

[@hanthonyc]

It's rare that I can say a youtube video is rewatch-able with the same amount of entertainment value as the first time, but this is one of those. I can't get over how funny the editing is

[@ShiningSeraph]

20:21 By the way what the JP Hotel Manager in Sirena 6 says: Text box 1: "We've got trouble, Mario-san!" Text box 2: "As you can see, it's the electric graffiti (=goop)." Text box 3: "So, please help us, Mario-san." Text box 4: "Because you're the only one with the pump (=F.L.U.D.D.)" Text box 5: "You've got 3 minutes. Ready~? Go!" Sadly, not that exciting haha.

[@ShiningSeraph]

Oh oops lol I posted this and then saw literally the next section where someone provided a rough translation lol.

[@Manucrack2010.]

This one seems more acurate or atleast makes more sense, the other one is... Well. Rough

[@coolman2805]

Dude this might be your best video yet, I laughed out loud at so many parts - your ability to shift between being funny and being informative is really amazing

[@coolman2805]

also i know this isn’t an easily replicable thing for videos but man the concept of showing us parts of how the SMS speed running community developed over the course of you trying to complete this one task is some genius stuff lol

[@SNC_Zora]

49:10 "When I'm going down to hell, I'll just watch my Y-position go down" actually made me lol Great video and fantastic editing as always Trey :)

[@KAYYY.14]

Dude when he said "congratulations, It's a grandma!" I legit screamed

[@RebeccaMarkelvGaming]

God is that Josh keeps on and attackingtucans?

[@KAYYY.14]

@@RebeccaMarkelvGaming YES! 🙏🙏

[@misak481]

The editing is actually stellar here. Great work!

[@MarioSMG64]

This is one of the best videos I've watched on KZbin. I have no idea how you managed to make 1 hour of the same boss fight entertaining, but you did. The editing, the voiceover, all of it is on-point.

[@raaaaaaayden]

This video was absolutely hilarious and SO entertaining. I saw an hour long video and thought “I’m gonna watch this to sleep” and expected to fall asleep in 5 mins but was super engaged and watched basically the whole thing and laughed my ass off. Great vid and great editing!

[@finalsurvivor1]

This is one of my favorite Mario boss fights of all time and I would play it over and over in my childhood. In addition, I've fought a set of seven superbosses in another game that each only have 1/256 odds of showing up, and have done the whole set three times. Needless to say, when I saw this video in my recommended, I dropped everything to watch it and my expectations were utterly shattered. Absolute top tier video.

[@Livingroomset799Dep]

It’s hysterical that during 49:23, when Trey got the Coin/Question Mark/Fruit slot roll twice in a row, that’s technically the same odds as double cycle skip - it’s the odds of one specific slot consecutively (1/64^2). And who says Trey isn’t lucky lol

[@RickRaptor105]

The editing of this video is incredibly entertaining, can't believe I watched an hour of a guy repeatedly doing the same thing

[@milesd0texe385]

Loved the Bird and Beans music throughout, especially when you edited The Mega Drought 2 to be the later phase in Bird and Beans with the floating dots and everything. Very nice touch.

[@avasam06]

Glad you got some use out of AutoSplit! There's a massive update in the works btw :)

[@zoomoozooboo]

Dude I did the math. If you had the PAL version at ESA, the hometurf advantage would have given you 1/1 odds on stream.

[@AverageTreyVG]

true, I was nerfing myself with JP afterall

[@brycenbaggins7655]

Really good video! It must’ve sucked seeing everyone else be super lucky and get it so fast then you having to sit there and grind gg tho

[@funnelkaek]

this is the first bit of content i am seeing from you and i thoroughly enjoyed myself the entire time!! i am not a speedrunner nor do i regularly enjoy speedrunning content- but your editing style, your commentary, and your commitment to the bit are something really really special!! i was laughing the whole way through and just adored so many of your transitions. for a video to be this long and to go through what i assume were hundreds of hours of VODS and come out with this final product is insane. amazing work!

[@GarFierield]

man I would love to see more IL grinds edited together like this. I have been mostly unable to watch streams in the last couple years but this video perfectly encapsulated all the best moments

[@justindtt]

An admirable amount of editing done, good job! Always fun to see a long grind be turned into a story including the thought process and intricacies to why/how it was done. As usual, looking forward to whatever next video project you decide to commit to, the quality definitely makes the wait a non issue.

[@AveleenValenia]

Very good editing, and hilarious dialogue. Like a movie honestly

[@GamerOverThere]

Wow the editing was incredible here. I had my eyes glued to the screen for the whole hour despite it being about a 2 minute IL on repeat

[@GamerOverThere]

3 months later and I'm rewatching again! Sunshine content is my version of crack

[@L1fe0nM4rs]

I dearly appreciate all of the WarioWare and Paper Mario OSTs and SFX, Trey

[@Wildlander]

Holy shit the editing. Thank you for sharing this glorious journey Trey

[@sajanramanathan]

This was awesome. Cannot believe how fun this was to watch, editing was on point!

[@stonedboglin]

youre fun as heck to watch, good vid, thanks

[@ColeAlexanderSoftware]

The release of a new AverageTrey Is certainly no average day.

[@ssteg1]

Subscribed because of the editing, not a huge Mario speed run fan but you have a new sub either way bc you’re a hilarious story teller and editor

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

Thoroughly insane production value. HOW did you willingly sit through all of those streams to revisit what must have been one of the most traumatic periods of your life. And keep it entertaining!! Massive props, immediately scavenging your channel for more

[@Stardust_42]

I must have watched this entire video almost 10 times and I just wanted to let you know. So much respect for your editing

[@DisasterBreakdown]

PogChamp Love watching this in the livestream. This video was hilarious

[@Nabnut_in_Thumbnail]

The editing and just EVERYTHING about this video is so perfect and I love it XD

[@SaskDuder]

I really appreciate all of the by-the-by advice on what software you use for auto splits and what you're thinking is in general behind your various streaming choices. Thanks, great stuff!!

[@N0THANKY0U]

i think you should give this video a better clickable title, something like "why i played the same mario sunshine level for 18 months", more eyes need to see this masterpiece

[@namiflowers00]

The names you came up with for the slot patterns had me dying

[@oceanlmao]

I love how the days representing the DVD logo passing in the 2nd mega drought has it hit the corner on day 69.

[@WalterWatch2077]

King Boo is actually the ghost from an ancient european king, that's the reason that playing in pal grants better luck

[@kachelstacktus]

One hour of some of the most fun editing I've ever seen in a youtube video! Keep it up man I got this video recommended during a darkviper stream and I gotta say, this was the best video recommendation I've gotten in months.

[@ThePokemonChampionRe]

It's been over 18 months since this video came out and I still use "Gambler's Prophecy" all the time

[@Brando2301]

I love the slow but sure mental deterioration going on. the editing really communicates how mind melting this was to perform. You runners have my complete respect

[@hustlebones]

The length of this video really drives home just how much time it took you. In fact, since I watched the whole video it's like I spent that time too. Let's share the record. Add me to the leaderboard.

[@JakeRileyDavies]

Your videos keep getting better, this was a fun ride, I enjoyed watching a few of these streams too! :D

[@HoneySonya]

I spent way too many channel points on this ridiculous grind lol. Great vid!

[@Maceyoshiman]

This is a shockingly good video for how long it is. Totally figure this would be a VOD.

[@colinmcnamaramd6248]

Starts out with the 2nd place score, grinds for over 80 days, finally gets the perfect setup for a 3rd place score... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

[@FinagleBagel]

I haven’t watched the grind recently, so you have no idea how happy I was to see that thumbnail :0 GGs Trey

[@emanresu2425]

50:38 funny that you mentioned ChainChompBraden here since he just beat his level the other day

[@Derpin8r]

This is edited fantastically. Thank you so much for your efforts lmao

[@rosymuscovy7967]

The age of “dream luck” is over. Everyone now calls it “samurai man luck”

[@Lukeishness]

Wild this gets recommended to me exactly a year later. You have more patience than I ever could, kudos to you friend.

[@adef]

"it's double the chances of getting a shiny in gen 1" 🤔 average treyvor showing off his infallible pokemon knowledge (great vid as always, king)

[@AverageTreyVG]

bro I legit forgot there's no shinies in gen 1 til today LOL

[@adef]

@@AverageTreyVG attaboy

[@NintendoCollecting]

The fact that Samuraiman got it in like 5 attempts (and he was one of 2 people doing attempts at the time) is crazy

[@typhoonthunder]

love that people are still playing and grinding this game down to this day

[@Djarnor]

holy shit that streets agent 1:12 clip hit me so hard, great editing in this one

[@JomasterTheSecond]

"It's double the chances of getting a Shiny Pokemon in Gen 1" You know that zero times two is still zero right?

[@pubjubz]

This is probably my favorite of your videos so far! The editing and perseverance are both amazing

[@RasmusSW]

The notches were, in fact, Canadian

[@og_dith3865]

Always love the content dude. Even a video made for the meme of all sms ILs was very well crafted! Good stuff!

[@SheaUndisclosed]

Gambler's European Travel Itinerary

[@fandomguy8025]

FUCK I love how he can turn tedious grinding into something entertaining with his editing skills.

[@cyberdragonzekrom6790]

waiting for a 50 page commissioned paper from a statistics professor explaining how samu didn't cheat