Quake speedrun record broken after 17 years

Posted by weare138 on Saturday September 21, 2019 @06:10PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43d8fICz6gM

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Re:Quake speedrun record broken after 17 years by sharx on Saturday September 21, 2019 @09:33PM (#21039071)

I didn't expect to watch the whole thing but wow was that entertaining.

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Re:Quake speedrun record broken after 17 years by codezero on Sunday September 22, 2019 @01:11AM (#21039787)

Ditto. I was skeptical and it took a while to pick up but was worth the wait.

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Re:Quake speedrun record broken after 17 years by bscphil on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:32AM (#21040121)

If you're into more of this kind of thing, check out SummoningSalt (on Youtube). Very entertaining history of speedrunning videos, with solid production value and the creator has good connections with the community.

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Re:Quake speedrun record broken after 17 years by FullyFunctional on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:59PM (#21043563)

A relentless optimization process executed over decades is always fascinating! Of course my 7-yrs quipped "Is that Fortnite?" to which followed a mini lecture in the history of FPSes.

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