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When you played Goldeneye N64 multiplayer for uncounted hours in so many different locations in the 90s and yet never knew that you could lean around corners.

Karl, the R-lean trick to get up Aztec trench (as well as to get back into bathroom vents in Facility) originated on game hacking forums in the late 90's and was submitted to Electronic Gaming Monthly who printed an article on it if I recall correctly. R-Lean was known pretty quickly after GoldenEye 007 was released, that is probably where you learned it from.

"This is totally unrelated" " I don't know why I'm talking about it" ...well, if you insist Karl.

“Many of you watching weren’t even born...and the rest of you are old” Thanks Karl 👍

Goes to show that if you’re thinking of speedrunning a game but you’re intimidated by the years and years of work the community has already done on the game, don’t be. You just might contribute something significant just by having fresh eyes.

Oh man when it comes to anything Golden Eye related, Karl's expertise is even more appreciated

Wow when 'Karl Jobst 2001' came up I realised how we are TWENTY YEARS down the line. So crazy to think games like this have defined our lives.

"for almost a quarter of a century" As someone who remembers buying this game let me just say I don't like being made to feel old like that Karl.

“There is no way the community never thought of this extremely obvious technique for over 2 decades….. S O N O F A B I T C H” 🤣🤣🤣 dammit Karl you absolute legend!

Karl casually showing his clips from 2001 is an unimaginable humble brag. Awesome stuff

11:18: The collective thoughts of the entire Goldeneye speedrunning community.

It's kinda amazing this was done by someone not even associated with the speedrunning community. Sometimes all it really takes is an outside perspective to see something others didn't.

If I had a nickel for every time, this year alone, people found a cut in a 10+ year old game that in hindsight was considered incredibly obvious, but still took at minimum a decade to find, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

"Hello you absolute legends" is an intro that will never get old.

I love it when things like this happen in speedrunning where everyone goes "WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS BEFORE?" lol

Karl: It causes lag, which affects the way bond's position is calculated in the game Me: Kinda like mario 64 wall speed building.... Karl: Similarly to how speedrunners in mario 64- Me: Alright, i know too much.

The comedic timing at 11:18 fucking killed

“Many of you watching weren’t even born” Me: *weeps in old*

It's kind of mindblowing to realize that Karl was around 20 years ago speedrunning Goldeneye.

Todd todgers could do it by starting in second gear.

sm64 glitches: cloning, negative speed, A L T E R N A T E U N I V E R S E. goldeneye glitches: L e a n

Fun tidbit for python programmers/analyst types - Wes McKinney, seen at 2:57 doing an early warp recording, is actually the originator of the python pandas library. Yup!

“Son of a bitch” Another banger of a vid Karl. Fascinating how you ended up finding footage of yourself using the glitch in a similar way 20 years ago. But nobody thought about using it on Bunker 2 until it was discovered by some guy just playing goldeneye by himself. Beautifully simple

"There is no way the community never thought of this extremely obvious technique for over two decades" The community: Well yes, but actually no

I remember using the lean to get up ladders quickly back in the 90s, never thought you could apply it to cliffs or anything beyond that.

As obvious as the twist was when you first introduced R Throws, the drawn out, yet perfectly timed delivery was phenomenal. Keep up the great work.

One thing I really love about Golden Eye is the soundtrack. So much nostalgia.

This kind of stuff is possibly my favorite part of speed running. The fact that new techniques and glitches are still being found even in games as old and popular as GoldenEye is amazing!

11:20 This is my favorite part of the video, it's just pure Gold. The whole segment preceding it is also Gold, but that line is simply the cherry on top.

I barely play any of the games Karl talks about, but I always click on his videos as soon as I see them. He is simply the best on RU-vid.

This reminds me of a glitch I found playing The Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. When you lean to the right your head can clip through walls allowing you to see through walls. That by itself is not that useful, but at least allows you to see enemies more than just around corners. Now, near the end of the game you're also in a cell, trapped and stripped of all your weapons, you're supposed to crouch and squeeze through a gap then go around a bunch of places until you reach the place where your weapons are stored, because even while they're next to your cell the door is locked from the other side... So, you lean to the side clipping your head through the door and interact with the lock, opening that door much faster.

Ah yes, the good old "Too experienced to figure out something new"-syndrome. Or old "not used routes/tricks because people back then were not as good at the game and then everyone simply copied the fastest run". I've seen it time and time again in so many speedruns ^^ This is a large reason why when I'm learning a new game to run, I'm not just interested in the current techniques and tricks that are used, but all the tricks and techniques, and how they work on a fundamental level

If it was discovered 20 years ago, the story wouldn't be as interesting. It's so cool to see, even though I know nothing about the game

Note: in SM64, Mario wall checks are done 4 times per frame. So each frame has 4 quarter steps, and mario needs 4 times more speed to clip a wall in a q-step. Walls are 100 to 141.4 units wide so 400 to 565.6 spd is needed. (More may be needed depending on circumstances.)

Length: 1337, just on point

These videos that avoid controversy or cheating etc. in the community, and focus instead on clever discoveries and impressive achievements are a pleasure to watch. Thanks Karl!

I'm not even into speedrunning at all, but something about the way you present it Karl is just legendary.

So happy that a game that’s over 20 years old is still relevant in today’s time. I still have my original copy of GE64 from way back when

I feel like things like this tend to happen to older and more optimized speed run communities. Because almost every trick has been found, there’s no reason to be one of the people who looks for new tricks. Whereas when a game just released, like Mario odyssey when it came out, almost half of the speed run community are looking for any minor optimization they can find.

Always good to see a video which is 13:37 long, thank you Karl Jobst.

"Hello you absolute legends." But in reality, the absolute legend was Karl Jobst all along.

GOD when he says "son of a bitch" to that person warping through the cell... it just reminds me of that one vine where someone had built an enclosure for a baby rhino and it just walked through the bars

Love seeing a notification for a video from you, everything is so well researched, detailed, and respected. Massive props to you

Thank you so much for sharing this Karl! GoldenEye is one of my most cherished games of all time and will always hold a special place in my heart. It always delights me when you share any new information or strategies pertaining to this incredible game, and the quality of your videos makes it all the more exciting to watch!

I like seeing both you and RWhiteGoose covering this new strat as I can see both of your approaches to sharing this to everyone. Keep it up!

I enjoy all of your content Karl, but for me, your Goldeneye coverage will always be the best.

Enjoying the video as usual. Keep up the good work, you absolute legend!

These kind of video's are so fun to watch man, and i dont even watch speedrun's, the technical aspects of them are so fun to see video's about.

wow just lean into the wall the most obvious thing ever... biggest BRUH moment ever for golden eye

HAHAHA! I LOVE this video! The whole part about something being so simple and missed was and amazing, and hilarious and shows that even with such extensive knowledge that little things such as this can be missed, especially with something is found by a regular player just having fun and not a speedrunner.

It just keeps happening - you absolute Legends

I absolutely love that. I love that there remains people so dedicated to this. Great video.

The funnniest thing for me is that I never played this game, i will never play it, but i have wached every clip from Karl for it. EVERY. Sorry, Karl We are NOT the legends - YOU are. The man who inspired us to interest, watch, discuss, and follow every one of your videos for this game or any other games .... Thank you!

The swearing with Karl's normal inflection absolutely SENT ME

Best ad placements of any video maker. Just amazing work, bravo

Might as well say this here. I only recently found your channel and I can not get enough of your content. You have an incredible channel here, dude.

wait a second... I knew this trick, a friend showed me this like 20 years ago... I am not following GoldenEye speedrunning much so I just assumed this was probably used all along... lol wtf 🤣 he claimed he found this trick all on his own because he tried to "look through the bars by sticking his head through" and apparently glitched through after trying this a bunch of times

Just started playing perfect dark because of you Karl. This game must have been mind blowing when it released. The main menu going straight to gameplay is cool as

A quarter of a million views in 1 day. Congrats man! I love that your channel (a speed running channel) is succeeding! You've given a voice into a whole community. keep up the great work!

I was 22 in 2000; you've always been a legend Karl.

This why I love speedrunning so much. Huge props to the community.

“Hello you absolute legends” is the highlight of the day.

Oh my god the line at 11:19 had me cackling. You could feel the "pain".

Another great one Karl, keep it up! Super hyped for your upcoming Boba skip video

Whenever I'm playing Goldeneye. I actually do the lean to warp up the Ladder and the wall from the pit. I am actually shocked others didn't do it too.

Huh, it's been a while since I've checked in on The Elite. This passed me by. I'll have to have a gander at the current runs for PD & GE and see if there's anything else I've missed. Last thing I was made aware of was the OOB in Infiltration.

Yoooo congrats on 600K bro I love your videos!!

Thank you for the update brother !

The buildup really emphasizes on how on the nose this should have been.

karl is such an absolute legend, when he calls you an absolute legend you feel like an absolute legend

Really smooth job explaining the glitches here. Movement based glitches can be pretty technical but you handled it like a... legend.

I love the videos man thanks for all the entertainment karl.

Its like the Barrier Skip in Wind Waker. A new look at something fundamental like treating the barrier like a clippable corner was the break that people were waiting for. Back to the basics

This is why I always take "Trust the experts!" with a grain of salt. Even the most dedicated individuals can miss the obvious for an absurdly long time!

When you said you re-visited your old 2000 video (10:20), I was expecting an "and then I discovered the new method", but it was someone else. Amazing video as always!

finally… always nice to see a new video pop up in my feed

Karl Jobst is the only person that makes me feel like an absolute legend

My jaw is on the floor at that reveal. Also laughing my butt off.

Bro your videos are legit amazing

I never in my life played GoldenEye, but goddamnit do I love it when you upload anything about the game. Already watched all the previous comment you put out throughout the years, keep it up Karl. Amazing work as always documenting the game, if even complete strangers to the community like me can follow everything, means you're doing something special. Have a good one love, and nice 13:37 video length :D

karl jobst warps into your house with a gun " hello you obsolete legend"

Any day we get called legends is a good day

Love your videos Karl! Keep it up!

I never did a speed run or have played this game, but i love your enthusiasm and so I watch all of your Videos.

the presentation of the history of this glitch made me burst out loud

I almost forgot i was an absolute legend, but i was kindly reminded in less than a second

Leaning reminds me of bastions. Bastions were “not a fortress” during classic, then Couri used the bridge gold with some nearby piglins. Then they got routed and are the meta. Innovations in speed running are so cool

You never disappoint. Love this channel.

I really enjoy the fact that each time Karl is talking about a discovery, he is mentionning the one behind finding out the trick. I mean, it should be all the time like this, I know.. But it's still quite rare nowadays. Thanks you Karl and thanks you Acadie.

Just when you think the game can't be speed ran faster than it all ready has then we find this. Speed Runners continue to amaze me

i tried playing this for the first time not too long ago after watching a bunch of speedlore videos and it really opened my eyes on how incredibly difficult this game is, mad props to these runners that mastered this game

KJ, I'm happy for you to get the attention you deserve. Comprehension and choice of topics have finally got people to take notice to what dedication and integrity looks like.

This video is basically Karl descending into madness for 13 minutes because an entire speedrunning community missed a supposedly obvious trick for 20+ yeara

I love how this game's framerate being comically inconsistent is the basis of one too many tricks in speedrunning.

Karl you absolute legend. Thanks for that amazing video. It's really crazy that this warp was too obvious and not found earlier. Thanks for this great video again.

Great vid like always, wouldn't mind trying to learn this myself.

1 dislike already after 1 minute of uploading. Must be Flowbee's revenge 😄

Fun fact: these videos makes our days better

😂 i always enjoy your videos, Karl! Keep it up you absolute legend

Great video. I love learning about goldeneye from Karl