This is a reupload - I’m sorry for any confusion. It is the same as my last Mega Man 2 video, but with all profanity censored. In case you haven’t heard what happened, my last video was age-restricted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs_7crdHpbo. I cannot disagree more with YouTube’s ruling on this. Original pinned comment: Thanks to the following people for help with research! Be sure to check their channels out: cyghfer: https://www.twitch.tv/cyghfer Shinryuu: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrSHNRYUU shoka: https://www.twitch.tv/shokashoka warmCabin: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqph5T9ZBmtdXCTvg-kgEzg sinister1: https://www.twitch.tv/sinister1 coolkid: https://www.twitch.tv/coolkid And check out the Mega Man 2 leaderboards to keep up with other top runners - https://megamanleaderboards.net/index.php?game=2

Hello

Legend

YouTube policy sucks

No worries!

it’s okay

Lets get this back to Trending #1. IT DESERVES IT

Lets get this bread gamers and stick it to the man!

just saw you driving backwards!

Hello speed driver boi

Hoping you two do a collaboration video in the future!!

WIRUTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i cannot overstate how amazing this storytelling is. the chase for the record bit with cypher felt like a legit documentary, it felt like the most important moment in history, and it was all about one person playing a game 15 seconds faster. well done. this is a masterpiece

Allright allright, relax buddy

@@AndiNeverSlice bruh

@@theperfecteraser5988 what is the meaning of this, sir

cyghfer reobtained his world record back this November 2022. He never gave up this grind and I don't think he ever will. Congrats.

Nope never, he will always either have the record or be chasing the record. He's not giving up on that. Glad to see he took it back just shortly after this video.

did he get a job tho?

@@pierreluc5382 yep!

He's chasing the retirement run, never say never. But other runners will come, this video inspired many to start speedrunning the game.

nice, i was rooting for him the whole video

"You cant keep Cyghfer from Rock Man 2." And on this very day... Cyghfer achieves the top spot. 26:32.4, a new world record!! CONGRATS CYGHFER!!!

YOOOOOO ODKJQDMJA I was so sad he wasnt able to keep wr, you made my day sir

@@ArseAllowance same dude watchimg that run die was so heartbreaking, glad to have watched the wr live

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I don't personally know cyghper, but, watching him work so hard to get beaten in such a short time almost made me cry. Despite that, he didn't give up, he tried again and again. Everytime we thought he was gone, he came back. When we thought the record couldn't be beaten, he proved us wrong. I'm sure his determination has and will continue to inspire many people. What a legend.

So many of Summoning Salt's vids have moments moving me nearly to tears. Maybe that's why this one was age restricted. The YouTube mods, through tears, were like.. we have to protect the children.. 😭 this is too much

Cyghfer got the new wr 4 days ago ! 26:34,4 !!! Lets hope he keeps it or improves it again !

@@ArseAllowancehmm, how can it be a new record if it matches the earlier time from coolkid?

For me, he's the true hero of this story. To clinch out a WR in a live competition at such high level is simply unheard of. Yet, he did it. I wish him all the best for his tech career and his future WR attempts!

@@alex.r.g It's actually a 26:32,4.

Imagine making this video, spending hours writing and editing it, going thru all the BS around the age restriction, and then Cyghfer coming along and beating the record shortly after the video is released.

Happens with a lot of his vids actually. Seen plenty of comments over his vids of people beating record within a week of the related vid dropping. Wouldn't be surprised if it's because summoning salt doing research and talking to runners reignites some fervor to get back to the grind

it's crazy how whenever youtube gets a creator who makes genuinely amazing, high effort, and consistent content with something for everyone they treat them like garbage while allowing actual dangerous and obscene content fly every day

Funnily enough, searching up "ø" brings up gore and cartel execution videos! Seems youtube has some odd priorities...

@@testname4464 DaFuq? The Greek letter Theta is associated with that? I can't even.

Your first name tells me you have Irish connections. Your surname...Greek? That's probably wrong, apologies. In any case I think the issue is that Google is an American company, bowing to American puritanical language standards. In Europe (including Ireland), coarse language isn't such a big deal. Both Ireland and the UK allow most "vulgar" language after 9pm on TV (C U Next Tuesday being an occasional exception for some random reason). You can't even say "shit" on network TV in the US. You can say it on cable but heaven help you if you even think about saying "fuck" if you're not on a premium adult channel.

Every time Summoning Salt posts a video, I tell myself that It's worth paying the internet today. His content is unrivaled and unique with a great storytelling. Keep it up!

Stellar storytelling, I was hooked from beginning to end. And the graphic representation of WRs is a very nice addition !

i stumbled upon your channel while i was in the mental hospital. your videos honestly helped me through some tough times, now i usually listen to them to help me fall asleep. thank you summoning salt, for all your hard work!

Good to hear you’re doing better my friend

I know what that's like, i'm glad to hear that you're doing better

Hope you're staying well. Great to hear you're doing better now!

lol

You're a fantastic content creator man, I'm sorry you have to suffer YouTube's terrible bureaucracy. This video definitely deserves the #1 trending spot.

Beating a record you’ve been attempting for months, on the absolute last run, on a competition stream. Legend.

Your work is valued, even if YouTube doesn't quite realize it. You have a gift in storytelling as a documentarian.

I don't think youtube could possibly have their heads farther up their asses but at least re-uploading is a thing and the interaction (may) help the algorithm pick this one back up. Never do I really care about the "like, comment, subscribe" mentality unless I really like a channel, but this would be a nice way to toss a wrench into the system and support one of the best of the best on YT

He really is the best.

I've watched this episode at least 4 times and still love it like it was my first

Same 😅

Ive really enjoyed seeing speedrunners on camera while getting records when possible and getting comments from the runners themselves on the sacrifices and struggles they had in the process. I found myself rooting for Cyghfer as well as gaining a much larger respect for the amount of dedication involved in the process. I would love to see more of that. Amazing video, as always 10/10

If there's a silver lining to the awful age restriction situation, it's that I, and hopefully more people like me, found your content through hearing about it. I watched because I like speedrunning and wanted to give the video support, but now I'm sticking around because wow, you're an amazing documentary maker! This had me as emotionally invested as a movie. Well done! 👏

Something about cypher's comeback literally brought tears to my eyes. It's a metaphor for the human spirit and how people fight uphill battles and how sometimes we can get unexpected grace

I’ve found this 9 months after upload and to my surprise, cyghfer has once again taken the record! As of 7/10/23 he still holds number one with 26:32.4 and coolkid has number 2 at 26:34.4. Cyghfer has held this record since 11/20/22.

I think Cyghfer's relation of his Chase the Record run is unfathomably insightful. State of mind is ridiculously important. On that day, he was fully at peace with the possibility of failure but also fully believed he had the ability required to succeed. That's the state of mind you need to perform at your fullest potential, and it's all but impossible to call upon it on demand. It's blood-boilingly tragic that this is the video to get fucked by arbitrary profanity rules because this is a masterpiece.

This is inspiring ❤️

TechNickL: It truly represents the way to live life in general: let go of the outcome. It allows you to do your best, be satisfied with your effort/performance whether you win or lose, and if you do win, you can actually just enjoy it instead of – compared to when you are attached to the outcome – just worrying about losing your title or experiencing some setback, which is bound to happen, but your mental state decides how to react to it. Ironically you achieve more when you are more at peace with (not necessarily indifferent to, but accepting of) the potential outcomes. Of course you still have a serious chance of failure, but it is saying something that it improves, not worsens, when you let go of the outcome. Related to this is that it reminds me of how people who do things chiefly for the accolades and trophies and such, are not the ones who usually get them, but rather it's the people who don't care so much about those things who end up getting them because their state of mind allowed them to perform better, and the awards flow naturally, whether they were particularly wanted or not. I would argue that the point of awards is more about the community _wanting_ to honor people, rather than satisfying people's wants to be honored. The distinction is clear when oftentimes, the person the community is dying to honor, often seems indifferent to the honor, or even doesn't want the credit sometimes, and that is a sign that the person very much internally understands what they achieved, and no missing of a title can take that away from them. They appreciate the essence of what they achieved, not the recognition of it. This contrasts with other players who might also play at a very high level, but may still be attached to the outcome too much, and so they haven't fully let loose on their potential to become the very best. The very best are exceptional to the rest of the great players, by definition, and it usually reflects not only exceptional technical traits, but also mental and emotional ones. I don't intend to speak in absolutes of course, but I think the trend is that the people who deserve the honor tend to be the ones who don't particularly want/need the credit. Of course this mindset needs to come up organically (by being mentally healthy, etc.), and not merely be fabricated in order to virtue-signal or something. The people with this genuine mindset are not only not in need of credit for their technical achievement, but not in need of credit even for having the mindset itself by those such as myself who notice it in them. The reason I honor it is not because these people need it but because I want to do it, and because they might like to know the people they have inspired by it, and be happy for those people, rather than be validated by those people (as great achievers already found ways to find their own internal validation to get where they are today, and it rubs off on people when they see the fruits of that mindset). It's sort of like laughing: genuine laughter is when we are trying to hold in our laughter but just can't, because the situation takes control of us (in a positive way). We laugh at these people whether they want us to laugh or not. I feel like true admiration can ooze out in this same kind of way as laughter. Where it's not that we honor out of some perceived duty, but when the "honor" feels like genuine enjoyment, to the point where, if someone told us not to honor them, we wouldn't feel relief, but instead would actually have trouble containing the honor we wanted to give them :)

Reminds me of when I was younger and I had come close but never broke the 5:00 mark for a mile. I still remember I had two bran muffins and some regular ass yogurt for breakfast. By game time it was just there. No jitters, just calm. I didn't just do it, I crushed it. I ran down that mile in 4:38 I remember my teacher just kept saying "not fast enough" every lap. I was coughing up blood by the time I was done. It was like a crazy unlock moment for "what the mind wills the body does." I did wild shit for the next two decades, swimming in freezing rivers, crawling through hundreds of meters of drainage pipe under stadium parking lots that was barely wider than my shoulders, shit at one point I got into an argument with my psychotic mother and promptly hiked off to live in the Appalachians for almost 2 years. Working from 0330 to 2230, getting 3 hours of sleep every night. Taking that opportunity to attempt an iron man schedule (sleep 15 minutes every 6 hours). It was wild. But I had no semblance of sanity and now I'm just over 40 and my body is ruined. Sometimes I can't convince myself to sit down and play some video games for an hour.

I like that you talk about the state of mind thing. And I suddenly wonder, if there is something to why someone breaking a long standing record is often then beaten themselves soon after. The longer a record stands, the more legendary it is, the more likely someone is to be tense about it. Even though beating the time that beat that time is logically harder, there is that element of "he just did it, so I think I can too"

@@derekg5563 take my like

Why do all these video seem so epic. I don't even play video games yet I find myself going on these journey into these world record battles. The music...the editing...so good! Keep them coming

Q look

It's crazy to think how little time was reduced from when Ureta's run was submitted to where it is now.

Cyghfer set a new Mega Man 2 World Record of 26:32.4 in November 2022, which still stands. 26:2X is certainly possible, as you can see where that run could’ve been polished a bit more. However, keep an eye on Ellonija - It appears he’s back on the scene, after posting a 26:39.8 on Normal Mode earlier today, which makes him the third sub-26:40 MM2 speedrunner and is his new PB, IIRC.

I was really hoping cygpher would get his record. He had such a struggle and it would've been an amazing end

He has the current world record with a 26:32 achieved in November !

@@Kaygu_ thanks 👍

@@Kaygu_ I just found that out right now when I looked at the current records randomly. Cygpher is a beast, and I was rooting for him since watching this, so I'm glad he took the record back. I think he will either have the record or be trying to get it back. He's a machine at this game.

I've been putting this video on loop every night on multiple devices when I go to sleep each night. It caps out after so many but it resets by the next night. I know it doesn't help relevance but it'll get that view count up. I really love this channel. I'd like to support your Patreon (never done that for anyone) but I'm broke ((probably why I've never done that for anyone)) I'll contribute as soon as I can. Keep it up bro.

What happened is a shame, but let's not let it distract us from how amazing of a video this is. Thank you for your work Summoning Salt!

Engagement +1

He really is the best

Here here!

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What's insane to me is you got 600k+ views on a re-upload. You've grown so much as a channel since I first started watching you. Keep it up, you're one of Youtube's secret golden pillars. The entire reason why speedrunning has any popularity on the platform.

Ello's first world record reaction had me in tears

Watching this again in solidarity with SS. It doesn't get more wholesome than him, he personifies edutainment at its best.

Absolutely amazing video, this and Castlevania are absolute masterpieces

I just finished this game.. I used save states. It was still absolutely nails so I have huge respect for people who finished this legitimately. Punishingly difficult.

If anything these videos have incredible rewatch value because you see how much work goes into foreshadowing and setting up of these incredible storylines. 11/10

I’ve watched several of my favorites a few times over the years. I forget so much it’s close enough to watching a new video. 😂

I've rewatched the mario kart wii ultra shortcuts video like 10 times and I've never played mario kart wii.

To be a bro leave this video playing somewhere in the background at 0.25x speed. It counts as watching it four times.

lets gooooooooo (im just commenting to help out the algorithm)

Summoning Salt remains posting some of the highest quality content I’ve seen on YouTube and only improves

I heard about your channel from the 'Sad Boyz' podcast, where they talked about this video being age-restricted, and I was eager to check it out and give you a supportive view. Now I've binged a good portion of your videos in the last day and a half despite no real prior interest in the speedrunning community. Keep it going, king! You've earned yourself a content new subscriber :)

Sorry you had to reupload man. Don't let it get you down, you're easily one of the best documentary producers on the planet and we're always happy to see your work 😊

cyghfer getting a world record in a game that competitive during a goddamn live 3 hour event might be one of the absolute most legendary speedrunning events I've heard of (though, not that I'm that knowledgeable about it- something similar might have happened in another event i don't know of)

Get this trending again, it deserves it

This is such a shame that this documentary got age restricted so i will watch this without skipping any parts of this master piece. Summoning Salt is a legend keep it up man!

After discovering summoning salt nearly 2 years ago, the world record progressions have always left my jaw dropped every single time. Cyghfer, cool kid, ellonija and the rest of the holders are legends. I can't wait for a Spyro the dragon wr progression that talks about touval, chrisLBC, saboom and dayoman.

I just want to thank you for the warning over flashing lights, you don’t understand how much this helps. You could seriously have saved a life or stop a seizure from happening, thank you!

My wife and I absolutely love these videos that you do. Thank you so much for all of your hard work.

Ellonija also returned this year and set a new PB of 26:40.2, which leaves him in P3 for now. And as many others already commented, cyghfer did take the record back by two seconds in November of 2022.

Ellonija got an even better time of 26:36 during his last grind

I’m rewatching this in full, and upvoting everyone that is doing the same. SS provides great content, truly my favorite channel.

I heard it happened, so I didn't watch yet, so I could watch now. Though I was expecting him just to go in and edit the original video with YouTube's editor, blanking out the audio when the profanity struck. I guess that wasn't an option for some reason. (Maybe a limited number of edits, maybe because YouTube wouldn't reverse their decision anyway.)

Schutz Staffel

If you really like this channel you’ll probably like SB nation’s dork town series as well.

"Thank you but please refrain from using that acronym"

@@ZipplyZane The thing is, even in the time, the age restricton was lifted for a short period, the video got nearly zero views via recommendations. Regarding the algorithm, the video was dead. So even if it would been possible to edit the part out through the editor and YouTube lifts the restriction once again, it wouldn't really fix the problem of way too few impressions.

Sometimes I can't help but wonder if this is actually the lamest stuff on Earth but Salt is just such an amazing story architect that it then becomes a magical, mesmerizing, emotional rollercoaster of a tale that rivals some of the greats. Nah, this stuff is awesome.

Cyghfer is like old bands that do farewell tours only to say, "see you next year!" at the end I Hope he gets the time he wants

I seriously love the way he makes the advertisment in his own special way, its unique

The work you put into these is just insane. Summoning Salt videos are so high quality. The narrative is great. You tell these stories so well.

I don't know if you speedrun yourself, but the skill you exhibit in putting these videos together is comparable. I thoroughly enjoy your technical insight and clearly detailed knowledge of your subject. You could probably work just about anywhere and figure out how to do the job. Great content and I still need to watch all your videos.

He currently holds the world records in most of the Mike Tyson's Punch Out categories and has high leader board placement in some other games.

I can't imagine how exhausting this whole age-restriction ordeal has been for you. To pour your heart & soul into a project for so long, hoping that all of your hard work is properly rewarded, only to be taken for a massive emotional (and financial) roller-coaster ride...it's so unfair. I hope you're doing okay, SS. 💙 Thank you for all the hard work you put in.

^ not the time

Maybe just say the full name

I agree, this is his job now, he must have been devastated.

Man, the narration and storytelling in those world record history videos is amongst the best I have ever heard! Well done !

I love your channel so much, you are so talented at what you do, the narration, music and editing are all fantastic, like you are so good at narration you should give lessons on elocution, emphasis and annunciation! I suffer from depression and anxiety and your videos are a go to to cheer me up and ground me. Today I am really happy and watching one of your videos with a big smile. Please carry on with your work, you are appreciated ❤️

Amazing documentation, I love this video a lot. It shows the hours and dedication that the ROCKMAN2 speedrunning community truly has. I wish I could pull off what they do myself...

Do it! Just do it! It's a cool hobby.

@@sourandbitter3062 It is a very cool thing! I am too much occupied by real life and other liberties to be able to dedicate myself solely to speedrunning, but I would definitely start trying to run if I had the time.

I'm finally caught up, I have to wait for more of your amazing documentaries to release just like everyone else now... I'm honestly speechless. The story telling is so perfect and gut wrenching throughout all the highs and lows. Thank you for your hard work, this video deserved to have more views than any other.

So I went on the leaderboard and sorted by "All Runs" instead of just Rockman 2. According to this combined leaderboard, Ellonija currently holds the Normal WR at 26m 33s, putting him at 2nd Overall, while cyghfer took back the Difficult WR at 26m 32.4s So we're still at a low 26:3X as of now

This is a great documentary that doesn't deserve an age restriction. Let's get it trending again.

Gbay!!!! :O

My other favorite documentarian!

Agree 👍💯

Gbay99? Damn good to see you here!

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Isso foi tão lindo, nunca pensei que speedruns fossem tão comoventes

Dude I have rewatched this a couple times, and every fucking time it's so sad seeing Cyghfer lose that perfect run, man. Fuck. I can not imagine.

bro, i'm not into this kind of game competition or videos, but man this is a master peace of video, i really love it, a lot of emotions ty man!

I love these videos so much. It's crazy how just so emotional they are. The music in this one almost made me tear up. It's truly incredible how talented and dedicated speedrunners are. Even when I know nothing about a game, I get put on the edge of my seat. This was amazing as always!

For anyone curious watching this later, as of about June 2023, cygpher took his record back by two seconds flat, 26:32.4 in December 22, but could not pull out a 26:2x. Biggie has not improved his PB past his 26:34.4 Ello improved his PB to a 26:36 flat in April 2023, and may be on a hunt for a 26:2x or a WR.

It’s incredibly upsetting it had to come to this. With all the recent events, YouTube needs to be more clear with their rules. Absolutely ridiculous. Keep up the good work Summoning Salt, we will always support you!

YouTube's unclear rules are entirely intentional. If the rules are a mystery, they have plausible deniability to do whatever they want whenever they want for whatever reason they want with no accountability.

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@@toby2581 And it shouldn’t be that way. YouTube only succeeds when it’s creators succeed so why make it difficult for creators to succeed with vague rules and absurd reasons to age restrict videos. It isn’t that difficult to set and enforce specific rules, instead of going back and forth when deciding if a video should be age restricted. I completely understand that videos need to be “advertiser friendly” but the grounds on which to classify a video as “advertiser friendly” shouldn’t vary on every video.

Cyghfer's AGDQ 2012 runs of SMRPG and Gimmick are two of the runs that got me into speedrunning many years ago. Awesome to see him featured so much and happy for his successes.

Your videos are so damn captivating. I'm not in the speed record world but I certainly feel it watching videos like this one. Excellent work putting this together and to all the speed runners out there - I salute you.

thanks for your attention to detail and the love you show for these communities, im so glad you're gonna be making more long videos like this i can't wait for more of it keep up the good work my dude❤️❤️

This was a beautiful documentary styled video, which I imagine contained much MUCH time to get out the door. Thank you for sharing this story, and I'm sorry that YouTube tagged your original one. This video deserves the original views and many more.

This is such an incredible video, SS. I think MM2's story is one of the most interesting of all your videos yet. Seeing cyghfer get WR on a live event like that can't be topped in my mind (I'm aware that others have topped the time, of course). Great video!

Shoutout to Summoning Salt for ensuring there's a flash warning during videos. I'm mildly photosensitive, so coming in prepared is always needed. This has so much flashing but it's still my favorite video. Thanks for the consideration and warnings every time, man.

So many old games have crazy flashing because it was such a cheap effect ROM wise. :(

Same here! Even though I usually just listen to long videos in the background while doing something else, I was incredibly grateful for the warning.

What an amazing arc for cyghfer, and it's amazing that even after this video, Rockman 2 kept pulling him back in. Kind of amazing to see that he has been at the top for 10 months to this day. It's insane that the players of this game are this good.

I’m on my fourth watch of the reupload. Again what a fantastic video. The level of research and care that goes into these videos is unreal. I learn something new every time I rewatch.

If I can keep finding my comment I’m gonna reply after every rewatch, thanks for helping me sleep!

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@@timshay9503 Absolute Legend

@@wookie6103 thanks! I’m going for the world record- *adds another view*

I keep coming back for that heart wrenching story about PotatoSock500 losing their world record

You are an excellent storyteller. It is great to see this tale spin out from beginning to end, with a look at all the highlights and low points of the journey, and it is especially satisfying to see where the main players are today for a look at a possible future. Everything from your careful wording to your music choices is pitch perfect for keeping up suspense and engagement. I only have a casual interest in speedrunning, but I'm always impressed by these videos in particular and have watched every single one so far. All this to say that you're doing a great job with these documentaries, and I am definitely looking forward to seeing more from you!

You have an uncanny ability to make even the most pointless achievements seem awesome with your videos 👍👍

This is better than most of what’s on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Disney in my honest opinion

Salt you set the standard for high quality video game content, and this is your best documentary yet. It needs to get on trending again so more people can see it!

Great video. Glitch runs on MM2 both fascinate and horrify me as someone who loved the game for its atmosphere and sense of adventure. All in all, anything that perpetuates the memory of it is good.

Absolutely. I love that we're still playing this great game about 40 years later.

Thank you for taking the time to make and share. An amazing story telling journey.

I absolutely love your story telling. I want to learn from you and make such high-quality videos one day:)

Thank you for your amazing videos. The original Dark Souls all bosses speedrun just broke the 1 hour barrier, really hope you can do your magic with this achievement.

I'm sure you've heard it so many times, but your videos are truly some of if not the best on the site. To make someone infinitely interested and invested in a videogame that they've never even touched is truly an accomplishment not a lot of others can claim. You got me hooked on Punch-Out, a game I had never played before, and here this video goes making me uncontrollably smile and laugh at the amazing presentation of a games speedrunning history. Thank you.

Let’s try and get this video promoted as much as possible, I feel bad for summoning salt and he deserves to get recognition, especially for how much work he put into this video, and how good it turned out.

im just leaving it running on a loop on mute in the background. doesnt do much but it's what i can do.

@@masonw9971 Comment for the algorithm

Yeah the more discussion we generate the more likely it'll get promoted right?

@@spk_eze it failed to get into the ranking even when it has 300k views. seems like algorithm isn't pushing this.

@@fasddfadfgasdgs Ah well, maybe in a years' time it'll pop up in a bunch of people's recommended 😊

Already watched the video, but I'm watching it again to give you more watch-time after the whole age restriction thing. You really deserve it man.

your videos just keep getting better and better :)

For a one man team I’m just blown away by the quality of these videos, this one in particular. Hats off, this is studio quality and the story was fun to follow. Love these videos, they are the reason I’m interested in speedrunning

I love your videos! You can really tell all of the time and care you put into making these, thank you

The sheer dedication to beating these records is insane and kinda admirable. I know I dont have the patience for that. I also think if these guys have the correct motivation, they could take over the world. They're basically one tradgedy from becoming comic book super villians. :P

Re-watching this video because it deserves it. Your determination is respectable for everything that happened to the original video.

This deserves a rewatch.

Excellent work, Salt. Liked hearing the runners recap the runs too, fantastic addition.

Displaced Gamers recently did a video explaining the zipping in MM2, digging into the code to figure out exactly how and why it happens. It's super technical, but still kinda fascinating. There's also a video on Quick Man's somewhat broken jumping AI. Definitely worth a look.

Absolutely insane the amount of works and research that goes into these videos. Really enjoyed that.

You make the best speedrun breakdown videos. It's not often I can sit through 1 hour+ videos, I didn't want this to end. thanks for what you do!

Watching a summoning salt video twice should be the bare minimum

Gotta do it three times now to get it even

@@rosehirstius three is even?

Rookie numbers

Couldn’t agree more!

I saw this coming back to watch the video for the 2nd time. Guess you're right. Haha

Never stop doing this content my man, just a incredible job keep going much love.

Dude, you are a legend. The amount of knowledge-base and precision required is epic.

your channel is a piece of pure art. You'll be im history man

thank you for always making wholesome, family-friendly content, Mr. Salt :)

I’m definitely going to give this video a re-watch just so I can support you, man! Once again, I’m so sorry that you had to go through this whole situation but hopefully this video will get even more attention and support than the original upload. Thank you for all that you do!

And I will read comments and engage the whole time while rewatching.

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I first learned that speedrunning was a thing when I ran across some AGDQ videos, but never knew anything about the history of the runs and just how much effort was put into finding new ways to save time. I hope you understand your channel and AGDQ have probably inspired thousands to start speedrunning and that your contribution has not only ensured that the speedrunning community will remain vibrant for years to come, but also will lead to many new breakthroughs and discoveries by people who would have never known about the speedrunnning community but for your efforts. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos!

Update: on 11/20/2022 (literally a month and two weeks after this video released), cyghfer obtained the run he was looking for, and now as of September 3rd, 2023, nearly a year later, his longest standing world record still stands today

I’ve never even attempted a speed run or even thought about it, but you make these videos so interesting that I watch every one of the videos in this series. Keep it up man, very entertaining!

Another masterpiece! Thank you for making this!

I hope Cypgpher is healthy despite his ambition tho. I don't see a lot of people wishing him a good life. Hope he got that job, is financially stable and has a wonderful social life, maybe with a girlfriend that appreciates his status in his hobby.

wut

Haha why would his girlfriend have to “appreciate his status” 😂😂?

@@thatguymatt5816 Maybe the comment was charged

@@thatguymatt5816 It would kinda suck if the girl you loved demeaned the thing you're the best at.

@@jackbishop8610 yes that would suck. But I think there’s a place in the middle that’s more reasonable.