Reader Comments (75)
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:07AM Giovanni117 said
No fair, s/he's cheating!
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 7:47AM SnorlaxTheSerialKiller said
@koehler83
Watch the commentary videos, this wasn't modded.
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Watch the commentary videos, this wasn't modded.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 11:53AM Manifest37 said
@SnorlaxTheSerialKiller
I don't know man, I thought some of those shots were a little TOO precise.
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I don't know man, I thought some of those shots were a little TOO precise.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 12:35PM Drakkenfyre said
You guys aren't seeing what he was trying to do.
He wasn't trying to go for a world record, he was trying to see how fast he could complete it.
When doing speedruns, you have the people who aim for the world records, and you have people who aim to complete it as fast as possible using glitches. The latter is what he was doing. The game was not modified except for the skin on the Portal gun.
Now, if you have the guys who use tool-assisted runs, where they make jumps perfectly because the computer is doing it for them, then they claim world record, yes, that's bullshit.
And remember, it took him two years to do this video. That's plenty of time to learn and perfect the glitches.
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He wasn't trying to go for a world record, he was trying to see how fast he could complete it.
When doing speedruns, you have the people who aim for the world records, and you have people who aim to complete it as fast as possible using glitches. The latter is what he was doing. The game was not modified except for the skin on the Portal gun.
Now, if you have the guys who use tool-assisted runs, where they make jumps perfectly because the computer is doing it for them, then they claim world record, yes, that's bullshit.
And remember, it took him two years to do this video. That's plenty of time to learn and perfect the glitches.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:08AM Raffi256 said
Gonna try for the slowest playthrough.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:10AM Epoque said
Feels very cheep ... taking advantage of glitches, and what with the 'DemonStrate: Portal Master' on the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, and then all of that super annoying backwards hopping.
Congrats I guess :S
Congrats I guess :S
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 4:35PM Jimjamyaha said
@Solar Jetman
For the people who are still alive...
...still alive
...still alive
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For the people who are still alive...
...still alive
...still alive
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:14AM Peril said
THE CAKE IS A LIE
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 8:34AM FuriousMailman said
Portal memes are still funny
WAIT NO THEY AREN'T
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WAIT NO THEY AREN'T
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:22AM Zacmanman said
Speed Runs are awkward things, and this one isn't any less awkward than the 4 hour speed runs of OoC
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:26AM nighttime said
I thought my 30 minutes was quick :( it really isn't !
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:31AM WiredKnight said
Say whaaaaaaaaaat!
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:32AM Decanus said
hmm didn't think it would count for a world record with glitching but what do i know
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:33AM geniuswithagun said
OMGWTFBBQ
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:35AM Dirge said
This...was annoying. :/
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:39AM US 447 said
I thought kotaku had dropped to a all new low by posting this story, now joystiq. Just watch this trash and you can see the cheating going on. My god, its like watching people support Billy Mitchel.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:40AM ouenwoof said
That last minute was amazing, it's basically Chell going "screw you GLaDOS, I'm outta here".
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:41AM US 447 said
Did you watch the vid? Yeah i understand speed running, its getting into the clipping space, bringing turrets into the elevator, and other random portal bs that show this guy is using mods beyond belief.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 10:14AM Optimaximal said
@US 447 He's not using any mods. He's just heavily bending the rules of the game and finding microscopic gaps in the maps that allows him to skip very large chunks.
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Posted: Dec 10th 2010 6:46AM This Little Man Says His Name Is said
The best speed run for a game is still Morrowind in 7 minutes.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 7:32AM Poifection said
I was going to be angry that he did the speedrun almost entirely using exploits but... he saved the Weighted Companion Cube's life by bypassing the incinerator. I can't be angry at him.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 7:38AM AnimaOnline said
It looks like he's cut this video at numerous points in the elevators. I may be wrong but it certainly looks that way.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 7:43AM Putts said
So, he clearly altered game files in order to alter the skin for his Portal gun...what's to say he didn't alter other game files in order to make some of these "glitches" possible? That alone should disqualify him.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 8:04AM logicbus said
Some people shouldn't sing.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 8:20AM kinghd818 said
this was stupid... -.-
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 8:25AM BaroqueW said
Most of the glitches make it look like he just edited together videos of him walking into a wall and a video of him later in the game.
If it's not the case, it's still boring / irritating depending on how you see it.
If it's not the case, it's still boring / irritating depending on how you see it.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 8:30AM theenglishman said
I strongly recommned that the Joystiq users yelling HAX watch DemonStrate's extremely extensive commentary on the glitches and tricks he used in this run. Speaking as someone involved in Speed Demos Archive and TASvideos for quite a few years now, I guess I kind of underestimated the usual public reaction to speedrunning :/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziuj8KW_XQ0&feature=&p=359B764A0A3B8188&index=0&playnext=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziuj8KW_XQ0&feature=&p=359B764A0A3B8188&index=0&playnext=1
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 8:30AM theenglishman said
@theenglishman *recommend. Jesus Christ I can't spell :(
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Posted: Dec 10th 2010 10:58AM wcarnation said
@Chazzr I miss when Cheats and Glitches were a fun part of gaming, now they're horribly demonized or something. I don't know what the deal is.
I blame all those online FPS games.
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I blame all those online FPS games.
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 9:14AM Rizraz said
*clap* *clap* *clap*
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 9:15AM Hohlraum said
Who is the guy singing completely out of tune through the entire credits. Good lord. :/
Posted: Dec 10th 2010 9:23AM Skornogr4phy said
That's what I call thinking with Portals.
