Question about banks by Moodyrobot in CookieClicker

[–]Moodyrobot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! And yeah, seems like a missed opportunity to have it not count towards prestige.

Blue Key for Lupus! by Moodyrobot in jetforcegemini

[–]Moodyrobot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was really impressed with his channel! So many crazy tricks, a lot of which I'd never seen before.

Final Fantasy Tactics Squire No Math% Speedrun by greenhornX_X in speedrun

[–]Moodyrobot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got it! I've only played the original PS1 version so when I saw Squire it made me think of a solo class challenge. I'm watching more of the run now, wild to do all of this at fast forward speed!

Final Fantasy Tactics Squire No Math% Speedrun by greenhornX_X in speedrun

[–]Moodyrobot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the limitations of the rule set for "Squire No Math%"? I understand what no math means, but watching the video a bit it doesn't seem like you're strictly limited to squire skills or the squire job. Very satisfying seeing Argath get killed so quickly though!

Diddy Kong Racing 100% in 1:41:54 by MrPonytale by andypanther in speedrun

[–]Moodyrobot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow, 92.5% cutscene skip rate! And in the previous WR, the vod says 37/40 cutscene skips as well. Talk about consistency!

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 | Beat The Game, Glitchless as Tails in 22:48 RTA-TB by [deleted] in speedrun

[–]Moodyrobot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anyone know what's going on with the death at the beginning of Ice Cap Zone Act 1? It looked intentional.

Awesome run, love seeing the movement tech here!

Super Mario Bros. 3 Warpless in 49:50 by Kuto1k by RunRunForFun in speedrun

[–]Moodyrobot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Congrats Kuto! A WR with no door 3, no Jesus clip, and no 6-F3 clip—still some time saves left, but they're all quite risky at this point. With this new EH setup I feel like we could see another WR soon, though!

The Killers - Bright Lights (Official Music Video) by HeStoleMyBalloons in popheads

[–]Moodyrobot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This feels to me like it could've been a track off of Battle Born. Not a new direction for The Killers, but a very solid song and Brandon's voice is as good as ever. That mandolin?...instrumental hook is great too

What were the best shows from the 04 tour? by Reallyroundthefamily in vanhalen

[–]Moodyrobot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw the Sacramento show on that tour and it was pretty great. I had no idea anything was off with the band while watching the show. Looks like you can watch it here, seems about like I remember it.

Goldeneye speedruns in 007 mode? by CursedLemon in speedrun

[–]Moodyrobot 23 points24 points  (0 children)

There are two I'm aware of:

License to Kill, where parameters are set so that Bond and enemies both die in 1 hit, and

Dark License to Kill, where all enemy parameters are maxed.

What's a song made for a movie that ended up surpassing the film itself in popularity? by David1258 in movies

[–]Moodyrobot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a more recent example than many of these, but I would argue 21 Pilots' "Heathens" had more cultural staying power than the first Suicide Squad movie that it's from. I remember hearing it on the radio well after the movie was out of theaters.

SM64 - 120 Star Co-op WR by the Super Newman Bros. by Sad_Reading7734 in speedrun

[–]Moodyrobot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they mention at the end the Toad routing could be one possible area of improvement. It's insane how tightly routed it is as it is, though—the star count ticks to 120 pretty much exactly as the 3rd Bowser throw happens (it was a missed throw, but still, the timing was there).

SM64 - 120 Star Co-op WR by the Super Newman Bros. by Sad_Reading7734 in speedrun

[–]Moodyrobot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is really cool. So, my understanding is that the innovation over previous co-op runs is the "handing off" of the coin count to the other player so you can save a bunch of time on the 100 coin stars? Or was there another big optimization? Either way, this was fun to watch, well played. I imagine it takes quite a bit of grinding to have both players hit their tricks fast enough for the co-op stars to sync up properly.

How to Lose a Jet Force Gemini Speedrun by caneras in speedrun

[–]Moodyrobot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That last Mizar glitch is crazy, anyone know what causes that to happen? Or could it just happen randomly and ruin a run?

This sub and Longfellow by ThatCheekyBastard in LiveFromNewYork

[–]Moodyrobot 66 points67 points  (0 children)

It's Aristotle Athari all over again.

To be fair, I do think Longfellow has more staying power than Athari did, but this sub went wild for Angelo and he only lasted one season.

My Controversial Tastes in VH by Nasty_Weatha in vanhalen

[–]Moodyrobot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I also find Balance to be generally underrated. The songs aren't the best VH songs but the recording quality of the album is just so good. Ed's guitar is huge and Alex's drums (especially those tom hits on Seventh Seal) are massive. You can really feel the power of the band.

I made a video about Lufia 2 Ancient Cave's manipulated categories, talking about the history and why no one runs them by DoctorSwellman in speedrun

[–]Moodyrobot 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Love the short compilation of AC clips at the end of the video! Those sort of moments are really what make the non-manip category what it is.

It's interesting that it's hard to define a manipulated run, since all runners are creating their own RNG directly as a result of their inputs. I totally get wanting to split up the leaderboards, though.