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@DonutBoys2 i bet crow can do that

FINNALY

Why unicorn blindfold though

@KoabraFang really? what about if you tried breath of the wild in VR but EVERYTHING is on fire

@shadowslash shewolf already been done

This is also how being blind works in real life

ow to play a game while blind

Hey you might offend blind people that see that

@Garrett Carr text to speech

@David L 🤔

As a blind person, can confirm.

Fun fact: The whole "tying a color/shape to an idea" memorization strategy is also how people are able to do things like memorize and recall the order of a shuffled deck of cards. The human brain remembers ideas like this a lot better than just raw data

I once learned a song by putting pieces of tape with colored shapes on the keys so my doofus left hand knew where to jump to

Association is huge for cognition and memorization!! That’s the best study skill I have ever learned. If you form a bunch of pathways to one concept in your brain, you’re able to recall that concept much easier

You should look into Synesthesia, cause this type of remembering symboles with color is carachteristic of a synesthesic memory

That’s freaking amazing jeez

Missed opportunity to take off the blindfold and say: 'wait, is that king Rhoam Bosphramus Hyrule!?" Still, incredibly impressive run my guy! Seriously well done!

Yes 😂

Thanks for the shout out! Glad to see the majority of my route being replicated by another person (and snickering at all the hidden "gotcha" moments). Super happy to see you finally pull it off after many weeks of training! Absolutely love how you explained each strat during the route, speeding up repetitive sections and retries, while focusing on the unique parts of progress. Is there any chance to get a separate VOD of the full run to post on the blindfolded website?

huh

I’ll make a point to post it on the PointCrow VOD channel this week! phenomenal stuff youre doing blindfolded, can’t wait to see what you’re working on next

Wait you memorized all those steps?? That's insane dude I can't remember what I did an hour ago

It’s probably not memorized literally by number. I bet it’s like if you were driving in your home town blind

What did you do an hour ago that you forgot what it was huh Mr bitish

SAME BRO

I think he’s listening to the steps

Its same for me man jesus hes just a god.

“Your resourcefulness in overcoming this trial speaks to the promise of a hero…”

Omg i was thinking the same when this sentence came up lmao

Crow's way of memorizing directions and # of hops as well as his chart of the days and weeks sounds an awful lot like Spatial Sequence Synesthesia. While I don't have it myself, my aunt and cousin both share this and it's crazy to see someone online who shares the experience!

Whats Spatial Sequence Synesthsis?

Sameee I have synesthesia also and I was thinking this while he was talking about it, I can especially relate to his concept of time.

Is that why I see math as red?

He also has grapheme color synesthesia! I have it too

I was thinking that too (I have it) esp when he said he couldn’t describe the colors but they just have them

the fact that you MEMORIZED all of that monstrosity just for the fun of doing this is absolutely insane

I love how he casually describes his experience of synesthesia (a fairly rare condition) and doesn't seem to realise lol this is so cool!

When you have it, you don't realize that it's weird until you say something real casual and no one knows what you mean.

Pointcrow blindfolded: descends the Sheikah Tower like a boss, with all the great timings Pointcrow normally: fails to survive this exact sequence in almost every video.

Not true. It’s a different more visual strategy in normal runs

@ZA WARDO yeah, Pointcrow is usually more content/fun , than skill focused, so this (what feels like) new tryhard mode from him is interesting to see. :)

😭

@Kath VG hah yes that one episode where he drove with a blindfold XD

He's actually trying in this, in most of his videos he just looks at spaghettis link and "goes haha funny"

I'm pretty sure this is the ONLY MAN that can beat this game with his eyes closed

@lettuce mad skill issues

@lettuce how though botw is the easiest zelda game imo

I cant beat it with my eyes open

Whole community (they have a discord!) around doing games blindfolded for those interested in other games or doing it themselves!! Its wicked fun

There are a few people who've done this run. I recommend LouLouCore's run. He's a super chill dude.

There is something SO rewarding about listening to this video while cooking. Listening to the sounds of the game without actually seeing it (like you) made me appreciate your effort so much more. The sound cues are SO small all around. Big shoutouts Crow - what a run my man!

Actually, associating colors and shapes with specific things, often abstract concepts is a form of Synesthesia. I have that as well, as soon as he said "I'm not sure what the shade of the ideas are and I couldn't reproduce them if I tried" I was like, yup that checks. A lot of mine are colors that don't exist and are hard to describe

For everyone who doesn't know: This is also how being blind works in real life.

Wow very funny and original. Definitely not a copy-paste of a comment higher up. (I am actually serious this person is the first one

God is blind confirmed

Thanks God

As soon as he starts describing memorization as shades of color, I got so confused. That's such a unique way of doing it. Memorizing sequences is always sound for me. I used to be able to go for a crazy long tong on simon based on the sounds alone.

I also memorize the same way he does. I use shades of colors to relate to things i’ve last saw

I also memorize the same way he does. I use shades of colors to relate to things i’ve last saw

Yeah I can speedrun some Just Dance routines blindfolded lol

I got so crazy excited that I paused the video when he started describing this. I have synesthesia too and I swear tg this sounds exactly like a form of it. I hope he sees this thread and looks it up, because it’s really interesting to learn about!

@Starbit Observatory Yeah, for me it's almost like a slot machine, but with colors. If the colors are all right, then the memory and the numbers/letters are right. I didn't know people didn't do this.

Nice work!! For everyone interested, this has been done through the master sword and all main quests by me and Saver. There is an entire blindfolded speedrunning community that i encourage anyone to join if they find running games blindfolded interesting. Its wicked fun!!!

you know this is genuine because even if he was able to see through the blindfold he didn't have his glasses on so he couldn't see anyways - this is insane !!

The way I would’ve cheated is had a text to speech bot read me the movements so I wouldn’t have to memorize it.

@Kai Baker There are tons of times where it's clear he didn't do that

@ytrewqfdsacxz It does not, that's ridiculous

@PFC,Hawk I'm curious does that actually exist?

A way to get around that is prerecording the game play or reaction. Not saying he cheated just that thats a way around that that people have used.

Dude it sounds like you have synesthesia! It’s a neurological thing where senses overlap and people perceive numbers/letters as being associated with sounds/colours etc. For example I hear different musical notes as different colours. My memory is nowhere near as OP as yours though haha, amazing job!

it sounds to me that he doesn't have it, but he like, induces it i guess? and he sort of has it.

that's exactly what I though aswell. I doubt his explanation made any sense to anyone except him lol.

I'm an actor and am constantly memorizing things every day. I have to say this memorization technique is like nothing I've ever heard of before. Amazing work and amazing video!

I feel that the sheer post commentary is severely underrated. As a normal viewer of this channel, much of this stuff (at least with the mechanics part) I understand, but he makes sure that anyone can understand, even if they live under a rock and haven't heard of this game. GREAT JOB DOODLE MASTER!!!

“Without taking any damage” The thee and a half missing hearts: Am I a joke to you?

Absolutely insane talent you have, Eric. This is so amazing to watch. Your voice over quality is unmatched. Your getting the Paraglider blindfolded is the most amazing thing in BOTW I've ever seen. Although I will say that the title is misleading. I was expecting you to face off against the blights and Ganon!

As a vod phrog I can say that even though Eric is able to memorize parts of this giant list of movements only after a handful of tries this was something that took many hours. Great job Eric, you make us proud, keep at it.

Mom: "stop looking at your screens, its bad for you!" Pointcrow: "Sure"

@TheCheesen ok

@Gogi Poggers ok sorry

@TheCheesen sus

@seth gratz Just edit it

Lol

This was one of the coolest things to watch. The memorisation and the dedication to the run was so epic

Crow casually explaining what to me sounds like synesthesia is so fascinating. What a great video

Love how he struggles to really explain what's going through his mind, and the best way to describe how he thinks of his days, weeks, etc. Is with literal pictures that I 100% understand.

I'm so confused with how he visualizes days, weeks, etc.

"For those of you wondering how I memorized all of these steps, I did it by making it even more complicated than it already was!"

Not really, it seems that for Pointcrow it's easier to visualise numbers, for others it's easier just to remember numbers. Everyone has a different learning stategy, for me it's the easiest to remember things that create a logical sequence and (in best context) encloses for example it's very easy for me to remember the cycle of a red blood cell since it repeats and operates in an enclosed environment (single organism) and it influences other processes and it all works together (the reason why I study biology and maths lol) My mind works on sequences, Pointcrow's may work more on established ideas, someone else may memorise based on sentences and so on It's also fascinating how my main hobby is creative work (mostly digital art) even though it may seem as my brain is more analitical than creative, brains are crazy

Crow mentioning the beauty of the game: Also crow not even looking at the game the whole time:

Jimmy Sus

Yeah I hate it when streamers just read chat and ignore what's going on in the game smh

Jimmyhere vine boom pfp

It’s cuz he’s playing the plateau duh

@Eric VandenAvond ye i know

30:14 This safe is insane! No clue how you memorize all those steps, respect though. Figureing out the route sounds like a nightmare to be honest.

As someone who does marching and pep band for my high school, i can say without a doubt that THIS is much harder to memorize than music, Wonderfully done Eric, and to everyone else who does blindfolded runs of any game.

Oh god he was blindfolded so he didn't saw that the old man is king Rhoam Bosphoromus Hyrule!

That is by far the most frustrating part of a blindfolded run.

Oh my gosh, this was incredible!!! It’s always fun to see the different ways you can beat botw, but I’ve gotta say, this ranks right up there with the dancepad! I can’t even begin to imagine all the prep work that went into this—Kudos to Pointcrow and CrystalSaver, it was absolutely amazing. :D

Imagine Zelda seeing Link hopping all over the place and think “Did the Resurrection Shrine turn his brain into one of a frog?”

@Jericho Oblivion lmao

Lol

"Can you beat BoTW as Captain Ginyu?"

This is what happens when you give a frog the triforce of courage

nah it just made him blind lol-

0:58 That second window telling you how to switch weapons can also indicate that it was the axe, the butterfly doesn’t make that pop up appear

I love how the beauty and attention to detail of this game can make this possible. That's why this is my favorite game.

This is amazing! I also love this kind of edited content where you walk us through a run, great job Eric!

This is literally the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen in my life what a mad man

It's so insane Crow is able to memorize all these specific movements to complete this, it's incredibly impressive! Pro gamer moment🙌

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I love this walk-through and the challenge. It is very unique how you thought through it all and actually made it work. I was fascinated the whole time!

These style of videos with voice overs are really good content. It’s awesome to see how you’ve been growing and I’m looking forward to each video you put out. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for explaining how you memorized this route in your head, it adds a lot of depth to this run

This is so damn impressive, my god. It took me more than a day to even complete the Great Plateau (I don't play games often, you see :')). Wonderfully done, PointCrow! ✨

I remember months ago on stream you starting to learn this- so fun to see the progress!

it's so interesting to hear how he memorizes stuff because this is a loooooot great job pointcrow!

it was so cool seeing that someone else uses synesthesia to memorize stuff, as well as their personal shapes/colors! like for me, right is red and left is blue, so when you said left is yellow i had to double take haha

Haha same actually! Left is just blue, and it will be till I die 😂

“Crow! How’d you memorize all those movements?” “Oh thanks for asking! You see, what I did was take plain old numbers, and convert them into the fuckiest thing you’ve ever seen in your god damn life!”

This is so interesting, I love all the creative and different ways you've found to play this game!!

This is so impressive not only memorizing it but executing it so well!

You did this blind folded?! That’s amazing how you memorized all of that! I can’t even remember why I walked into a room sometimes. Congrats!!

I think this is my favourite PointCrow video. Amazing job and seeing how you remember stuff was cool.

No jokes this is incredibly impressive and was a joy to watch - loved the post commentary

Insane. Absolutely insane. I caught one of the streams near the beginning of the journey but didn’t keep up with it, but I knew he would figure out how to do it by the end, and I was not disappointed. Phenomenal job Eric!

You're an absolute legend for doing this! What an amazing run!!

Yoooo This is insane!!! I cannot even comprehend the work and time this took

The way you memorise things/visualise things is really interesting! I’ve heard of similar things where some people hear a musical note and they sorta see/feel a certain colour associated with it, so I presume it’s to some degree similar to that.

Yeah for me it’s mainly music (im a pianist) and whenever I play a piece, let’s say a minuet, I see a light violet swirling around, and that’s the “color” of the piece for me. Doesn’t really happen with directions (except left, which is red, and left, blue) anything else though 😂

@Kate Dp People with that form of synesthesia physically see the sounds as colours.

I think everyone uses colors but not much more. Sometimes it has a meaning but not always. Synesthesia goes further. Or so I think

@Kate Dp I mean I think that might just be you associating things with colors because I do the but peaople with synesthesia usually (not all the time don’t quote me on this) visually see the colors and or stuff like that and not just association

@Noa Binnendijk I feel like I kinda have that but with music notes on a staff since I can't play by ear or have perfect pitch. Because I think of D as green, E as blue F# and F as yellow and so on. But I don't know if I've seen them colored as that in a piece of media or just made it up myself. But seeing G as purple definitely came from music class and playing with boomwhackers. But the A and C notes are definitely red in my mind.

Damn! That's so impressive. Thanks for the content and extra thanks for showing us your memorization technique

The way he uses synesthesia to help him do this is so cool

These are the kind of gaming videos I live for. You are phenomenal. 😍

You’re incredible PointCrow. I love your content! 😊

such a fun stream! the importance of audio is insane with this run

Really makes you apprectiate the sound design more

The blindfold is super cute! And great job on the run, that was definitely a lot of hard work and effort to get to this point!

I cant believe the work you put on your videos my man xD You are awesome! And this game is a masterpiece :)

11:30 I've always wondered how other people memorize time. I don't do it this way, but it is very interesting seeing someone else's pov of time

Crow, the mnemonics of memorizing all that is awesome! I love seeing how people use mnemonics to memorize huge amounts of information. I kinda found it interesting how the months and times of day ended up being a sort of cubic function. Any idea why that might be, and why they might be similar?

I didn't think I'd like this run, but I love the way you did it. It's so hype!

This video caught me total surprise. The skill involved, the memorisation, the off handed comments of perseverance, knowing there was a TREE wtfff. Man the amount of invisible work, determination, obsession and commitment to making this video happen including all the incredible work from those who carved the path, made me so damn proud of the efforts you put into it.

I am just absolutely baffled by how you were able to do this. You keep continuing to amaze us, Crow!!

very impressive and you absolutely need more views :-) super amazed by your system and you executing it practically flawlessly. even when making mistakes, you corrected them so cleverly. i’ve never seen anyone play breath of the wild quite the way you do. Nice work!

Challenges like these highlight how much time and effort Eric puts into making his content and it's truly amazing and entertaining to watch

It's so insane Crow is able to memorize all these specific movements to complete this, it's incredibly impressive! Pro gamer moment

Man, I miss this game… I wish I could erase it from my mind and play it again from zero. And I know a lot of us feel this.

Dude this is great content! Love it! Amazing work.

I think you have spatial and numerical synesthesia and probably a couple other kinds, would be interesting to hear more about how you perceive time, colours, and numbers

Just wanna say that in my first playtrough I defeated the bokos and climbed up that little space, barely making it instead of chopping down the tree

The intro had a "collectors anxiety" flavour to it. Love it!

The way you used shapes and colours to remember all of these steps, really reminds me the way if how synaesthesia works. It's basically an association of sense like smell, taste, sight... with other sense which allows people to have taste when they hear a certain sound or to associate colours or shapes to certain numbers, days of the week or months. Maybe Eric has synesthesia and it would be pretty cool

I feel like people underappreciate how incredibly hard this is. Many people can't beat parts of the game as is, and doing it completely blindfolded is an extraordinary feat. Sure, you have a memorization technique, but even remembering this as of itself is already incredible. Kudos!

this blindfolded run has better times than my normal plateau runs :(

@GMDrandom 628 dude wth is wrong with you

@GMDrandom 628 bruh imagine being so bad you tell others not to be like you

*unbads myself* oh I fixed it easy

@GMDrandom 628 🗿

Stop being bad then

As impressive as this is, my take away is just how good the audio design is. Otherwise a lot of this would not be possible. Fantastic

GG’s PointCrow, that is SO impressive. I think you beat the great plateau with a faster time blindfolded then i did when i first played through BOTW years ago 😂😅

The way you memorize and process information is so interesting to me. I’ve never thought about it like that before!

I love how in magnesis, someone in chat goes “ok… this seems a bit fake” only for crow to then genuinely screw up and restart the shrine

this video deserves to be trending, so much effort and time went into it!

The whole consept of how he memorized and kept track of where he was is so cool 10:30

Yeah kind of. But people actually have beat the whole game like this. Now thats impressive.

Yeah my memory is so shot I could never do this well done that’s just impressive and a true testament of how much you love the game

That was honestly incredible PC! Well done!

This is absolutely unreal! The fact that it only took you three times as long as your any% run is ridiculous! Well done Eric I don’t know how you did it.

Absolutely amazing! Best challenge yet!

This video had me so emotionally invested this is the best shit I've seen in a while :)

This is a really good example of how good audio design in games is so important and can make a world of difference for blind and low vision gamers when it comes to accessibility and being able to enjoy the same games as everyone else.

Zelda: Put him in the shrine of resurrection Sheikah soldier: Wait, but how would that affect his mind? Zelda: He'll be fine, I'm sure of it. Link, the first minute he gets out of the shrine: 0:50

Hi PointCrow i just wanted to let you know i love your Zelda BoTW videos they made me start play BoTW again this year cuz i stopped like half a year after i defeated ganon so i really appreciate your videos they are the best and lighten the day from the darkness thanks for continuing doing youtube videos have an amazing day 😊😁💙

This is probably the single most impressive feat in video games I've ever seen.

The way u memorize things is wild and I’m so amazed how well it works! Bravo dot bird

Love how your mind works!! Amazing how you memorize things 😃 Would've personally cooked that spicy meal for the old man so you can get the doublet early

This man has memorized all the steps screwed up so many times and he did it all for us he deserves a prize for his time and pain ,i will give him a hug. (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

Watching you play the intended way (even though you were blindfolded) really brought me back to when I first played the game

I can just imagine Zelda looking at Link and thinking “that is the guy who will save Hyrule?”