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Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 is starting
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Kaachan
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Just turned the stream on and this is what I’m greeted with in the chat…
So this is event is about video games or just a bunch of mentally ill people? #selfcare
Closer
Member
It's a charity event.
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RagnarokIV
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I speedran the fuck away from that show.
SaiyanRaoh
Member
Okay, I need to know, why are there so many "confused" people on this show. It's jarring seeing a dude with a deeper voice than I or putting on his best baby voice being described as a SHE. Man, who do you think you're fooling? I'm pretty close to no-ping the fuck out of this. No matter how much nerd you think you have in you, watch a show like this.
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SaiyanRaoh
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MrTroubleMaker
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ESA is better and do charities as well.
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Kaachan
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Yikes. That’s too bad because it’s unbearable to watch
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FunkMiller
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It's actually quite worrying how many young men in America are so unable to cope with being young men in America, that they develop such strong mental health issues around gender and identity.
The direct correlation between social awkward young men who speed run video games, and transgenderism, is made extremely stark when you look at just how many of the people who take part in GDQ are trans.
In the future, there's going to be a lot of examination over how poorly mental health has been handled in America that this is the outcome. I know there's a temptation to laugh at dudes dressed in skirts, pretending to be female (and how that is supported by all those around them) but I actually feel a great deal of sympathy for them, and don't particularly find any of it all that funny. It's disturbing and sad, and something needs to be done about it.
The direct correlation between social awkward young men who speed run video games, and transgenderism, is made extremely stark when you look at just how many of the people who take part in GDQ are trans.
In the future, there's going to be a lot of examination over how poorly mental health has been handled in America that this is the outcome. I know there's a temptation to laugh at dudes dressed in skirts, pretending to be female (and how that is supported by all those around them) but I actually feel a great deal of sympathy for them, and don't particularly find any of it all that funny. It's disturbing and sad, and something needs to be done about it.
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SJRB
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Glitch run, probably.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
SJRB
Gold Member
You tell me
I'm more puzzled by the "they/he" on the couch. How does that even work?
mitch1971
Member
Lets play 'spot Andre the giant'That's these folks right?
ssringo
Member
Depends on the game and the runner. Some, like my favorite speedrunner Oatsngoats (primarily runs Super Metroid and is absent from this event), can absolutely talk about whatever and still beat the game faster than 99.9% of the people watching. Others need to focus more and won't talk as much. Regardless, a lot of runs will have a person or three sitting on the "couch" to provide additional commentary and/or entertainment during the run since it can be daunting to perform well at an event and be entertaining to everyone watching. The runs themselves are more about doing the game fast and showing off tricks to entertain people but not necessarily trying to set records.
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There's some interesting looking runs coming down the line like Elden Ring vs Sekiro, Resident Evil 4 and Baldur's Gate 3 but I'll have to catch them on the VoD.
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LordCBH
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NeoIkaruGAF
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The Mega Man 3 run was very sloppy. I imagine Cyghfer watching it and facepalming all the way through.
McGILLAZ
Member
Yep - I remember when they first were starting out in tiny classroom environments and it was fun as hell to watch the runs. I have basically tuned it out for the last couple years because of how progressive it's become. Bummer.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
Whatever happened to Caveman?
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
I’m going to MAGFest this week and I’ll be wearing a mask the whole time, not because I’m afraid of getting sick, but because I’m getting over RSV and I’m not an asshole.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
And that's totally fine.
MacReady13
Member
Completely disinterested in watching this crap just to find out what pronouns these sensitive fuckers have. Plenty of other shit I can waste my time doing other than watching these overly sensitive muppets laugh at shit “jokes” being as woke as fuck.
DarkStream
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zenspider
Member
The pronouns was like… I don’t know how much is opt-in and how much is peer pressure so I just ignored it.. they do that shit at the Apple Store ffs. I quit on these “folx” when they moved their event because Florida was “literally” killing trans people.
It’s a shame because I think speedrunning is really cool and innovative. #savetheanimals
It’s a shame because I think speedrunning is really cool and innovative. #savetheanimals
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gaming_again
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Happosai
Hold onto your panties
So AGDQ 2024...no moustache? But seriously, did he stop speed running? At minimum, he chose interesting games which no one else much careful for on PS1 (this goes beyond his infamous 2014 Tomba 2 run).
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