Games Done Quick

[Moonface]

Split from the "Speedrunning" thread as there's enough discussion on just GDQ to just make it its own thread.

For anyone interested GDQ put up their preliminary schedule recently for AGDQ 2023: https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule
Anyone looking to try and catch anything on this one? These are the ones I'd like to try and catch:

• Splatoon 3 (pending if I finish the campaign before this airs)
  
• Frogun
  
• Burnout Paradise Remastered
  
• Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
  
• Dead Space 3 - Co-Op
  
• Stardew Valley - Race
  
• Stray (pending if I even play this game before this airs let alone finish it lol)
  
• Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage - 2v2 Lockout Bingo
  
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  
• Worms Armageddon
  
• Metroid Dread - Race
  
• Terraria
  
• Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Race
  

The ones in bold are those I know I absolutely want to see, even if I catch them on YouTube instead of live. Spyro 2 is probably the one I'm most intrigued to see because I've never seen a lockout bingo race before on any game and I love Spyro 2, so it'll be a neat way to experience a run of that game in a new way for me.

[Mr EliteL]

I probably will most likely miss almost all the ones I have some interest in catching, but anyway:

Crash N Sane Trilogy (Crash 3)
Sonic Heroes (Team Dark) - huh, that was on Wii?
TMNT Shredder's Revenge
Worms Armageddon - Aww I'll be at work, but could watch later by scrolling back
Super Mario Land
Super Mario All-Stars Shuffler - never head of this game before too early in the morning plus work that day
Pokémon Legends Arceus
Super Mario Bros. 3 - both of these too early again

[Moonface]

For anyone interested in watching it, Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 has just begun! Right now Splatoon 3 Any% is being run, although I'm not watching it too closely since I'm currently playing Phasmophobia with EL and DL plus I've not finished the campaign of that game so don't want to get spoiled too heavily.

[ShiraNoMai]

ADGQ was really good! Missed it being in person, but it still turned out pretty solid to watch. The Worms run was actually pretty nuts


Aight, SGDQ 2023 schedule is live! I'm once again attending in person and I can't wait to meet my online buddies and see Minneapolis proper

My pal Shoujo got two of her runs in: Sure Shot (SMW romhack made in part by Celeste creator Maddy) and the Super Mario Maker 2 relay race. GrandPooBear's Baron of Shell (another SMW hack) got in as well, and it's one of the last runs that'll close out the show!
Friday and Saturday easily have the best line-ups. Like, I can't imagine leaving the hotel often those days honestly. I'm really interested in the Blind Breath of the Wild any% run on Friday. Seems wild to conceive such level of memorization in a game so open (blindfolded games usually rely on walls/boundaries to right the player)

[Moonface]

Looking at the list, here's what grabbed my interest for SGDQ this year:

• Luigi's Mansion (Wii) - 100% Race
  
• Phogs! (PC) - Solo Any%
  
• Returnal (PC) - Fresh File Glitched
  
• Choo-Choo Charles (PC) -  Any%
  
• Resident Evil 6 (PC) - Ada vs Jake, Coop, Amateur, NG+
  
• Hitman 3 (PC) - Any% Freelancer Campaign
  
• Darkest Dungeon (PC) - Defeat Hag/Necromancer/Swine Prince Bidwar
  
• Titanfall 2 (PC) - Any%
  
• Pokémon Colosseum (GC) - Any% Race
  
• Super Mario Maker 2 (NS) - Relay Race
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NS) - Any% Blindfolded
  

Not a lot of interesting races at face value this time around, with only 3/7 really grabbing my attention just through the game being run. Maybe the others will be good but knowing nothing about those games and also not caring for them makes it hard to care much overall.

I didn't know Grandpoobear actually made his own SMW hack. I always got the impression he was rather green at SMW hacks in general so never expected to see he'd made one.

[ShiraNoMai]

Oh sorry, I mislead by how I wrote it: I meant GrandPooBear's run of Baron of Shell got in. He has never made a hack lol except Grand Poo World <_<

Yeah all those runs generally interest me as well. I neglected to mention that DanTheVP (one of Barb's mods) and TheBlacktastic (he's a great dude; he got his run axed last SGDQ because of schedule mishaps) got the back to back Bloodstained runs (1 & 2) on Monday evening. That'll be cool to witness.

[Moonface]

Oh sorry, I mislead by how I wrote it: I meant GrandPooBear's run of Baron of Shell got in. He has never made a hack lol except Grand Poo World <_<

Ah, that makes more sense. He hasn't been doing SMW hacks for a long time though right? Like in comparison to other highly skilled players like Barb and Shoujo, etc.

[ShiraNoMai]

Quite the opposite; folks like Barb would watch runs from Poo of old kaizo hacks like Kaizo 3 or Dram World and be inspired to make their own.

[Mr EliteL]

As I didn't really watch the last GDQ event, I'll probably won't watch much of SGDQ...well since Shira's and take Moony will too are attending might catch a run to see if I can spot them. Anyway some events I could be interested in, although some are past midnight my time...

-ENDER LILIES: QUIETUS OF THE KNIGHTS ; All Spirits...(my lazy ass needs to get on that and finish it)
-SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG ; Glitchless Bidwar...(also want to find out why that has a 30 minute setup time)
-PAPER MARIO ; Any% no ace...(boo 4AM, even if it's pushed back by time, still an early morning work day for me)
-CRASH BANDICOOT N SANE TRILOGY ; Full Trilogy Any%
-FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE ; Any%

[ShiraNoMai]

Sometimes it's best to catch runs after they've gone live. GDQ's YouTube archive has been really quick with uploads during events so you won't need to wait a ridiculous amount of time to see them around marathon time.

[Mr EliteL]

Ah, cool they have a team that uploads that quick, nice. I know gaming events like tournaments or whatever upload matches and such similarly or up to a day more recently and GDQ would be similar. I'll look out for them then when it's happening.

[Dragon Lord]

-ENDER LILIES: QUIETUS OF THE KNIGHTS ; All Spirits...(my lazy ass needs to get on that and finish it)

I don't have anything to say about GDQ since they became absolute dogshit years ago, but I just had to hop in to say YES, YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND FINISH ENDER LILLIES. It's such an amazing game! You're doing yourself a huge disservice by not finishing it! I myself can't wait until I'm ready to go play through it again to 100% it on Steam.

[Moonface]

I don't have anything to say about GDQ since they became absolute dogshit years ago...

Do you check out any other speedrunning stuff instead DL or not really since checking out of GDQ stuff?

[ShiraNoMai]

Yeah they've got plenty of other shows and events that are really cool if the main event isn't your thing. The GDQ Hotfix showcases a bunch of speedrunning content like races, tournaments, weird speedrun categories, and more.

[Dragon Lord]

I don't have anything to say about GDQ since they became absolute dogshit years ago...

Do you check out any other speedrunning stuff instead DL or not really since checking out of GDQ stuff?

Nothing GDQ related because all of their stuff is garbo. I sometimes check out RPG Limit Break's marathons when I can, since they are strictly RPGs (heavily JRPG too, for an added bonus), though I haven't been keeping up with them a whole lot either. I might just be over the whole speedrunning fad, it was so 2015~