The commentators didn't explain this, so if anyone hasn't seen this category before and was wondering why they bothered grabbing the Varia suit after the Kraid fight when they already had the Gravity suit: It's because it halves the damage you take. Without it, they would actually die to the motherbrain beam at the end of phase 2 unless they collected several more energy tanks, which would obviously be slower than grabbing the Varia suit.
Notably, it's only for the Mother Brain laser beam that it matters, for everything else in the game the Gravity suit already reduces damage more than the Varia suit but for some reason not on the laser beam.
I agree that, yes, Varia suit reduces all damage (including Baby Metroid energy drain and Mother Brain 2's rainbow beam) by 50%, while the Gravity suit reduces all damage by 75% _except_ those cases above. Collecting 6 tanks would indeed be much slower than picking up Varia -- good catch, we'll point it out next time :)
IIRC Mother Brain's rainbow beam attack is the only form of damage in the game that isn't affected by the gravity Suit's 75% damage reduction. Therefore, only the Varia suit's 50% damage reduction works on it.
Might be the best Super Metroid run we could have asked for. There was a ton of back and forths. 4 highly skilled players taking advantage of every screw up, taking risks and chances to get ahead. WE had 4 different styles of player, we had different Phantoom rotations, we had 4 different approaches to Baby Skip. 4 completes and Zero deaths. So many variations and kept it tight the whole wqya though. Eddie and Hockey's commentary was perfect, great chemistry between you both, a ton of knowledge being shared quickly and concisely. Kept it HYPE. It couldn't have been clearer that we watched some great friends and leaders of the community having a blast and executing one of the best speed run races any of us could have asked for. Thank all of you for this showcase, I've been looking forward to it for months watching many of you practice and prep for it on your channels. This 45 minute race got us the troll mario level and about $100K in donations. Nothing short of an absolute success. My only sadness is no one gave Char_Bunny any sick rhymes in Donations.
That was like an endurance race where no one crashed out, all pit stops were smooth and seamless, the only thing separating the lead racer from the others was not having to make as many last minute saves from risky maneuvers. If a race like this happened with cars or motorcycles at a race track it would be considered legendary and indeed this was. Great job runners! (I'm going to go be mediocre at video games and track riding motorcycles now in your honor hahaha)
Honestly this was a beautiful race and all four played spectacularly. A couple of people had a close calls on Phantoon and one Draygon fight was super clutch, but it's a treat to see all four racers finishing the game.
great runs from everyone. full display of the Any% tech from each runner. Also, A+ commentary from Eddie and Hockey. What a fun run. SM always gets my blood pumping!
Oats casually watching end credits as his competitors battle over scraps he left behind. All kidding aside what an amazing race, and shout out to the commentators for amplifying the HYPE, they have the energy and knowledge to keep things extra exciting! Mad respect!
What a great race! GG to all four amazing runners. Can I say that when I saw the couch commentary team included HockeyTowner, I literally cheered out loud!
My hairs were on end for this entire race, truly captivating. Fantastic runners, fantastic commentators, so many tight moments and close calls but no deaths! Love this community so much
8 years since SM was ran at GDQ? really?! thats insane SM and save /kill is always the peak GDQ hype, what a race. Feel bad for Cutie with that Draygon was making such great moves up till then.
They meant "since an Any% race." It wasn't usually considered very marathon-safe because stopping to save isn't really viable. If you search for "Super Metroid SGDQ 2016" you can find the race - 3 out of 4 of the runners die. it ended up super dramatic, but it'd have been insanely anticlimactic if all 4 died!
I believe it's specifically 8 years since any% was ran at a GDQ, they've showcased other categories like 100% and Reverse Boss Order at events since then. 2022 was the only year without *any* Super Metroid presence from what I can find online.
YOOOOO, I got hyped to see TheHockeyTowner was on the mic. I've watched some of the community races. He became my favorite SM caster during a Finals that I cant remember who was racing to save my life right now. I can't remember the runners but I sure remembered him. So I was extra hyped to hear him there casting at a GDQ. This was Quality all the way around.
EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING :')))))))))))))))))))))))) I remember when I was just a boy, playing Super Metroid (im 86), and not only being in love with this genius game, but being in a trance whilst in Meridia. The music & trying to explore every single wall and area. Was really something special WOW AMAZING PERFORMANCE!!
This was so close. All of these runners are so good they finish within seconds of eachother. Thanks boys, you raised over 70k. Imyt made a ton of progress to close the gap and finished strong. This is always my favorite part of gdq.
I agree with all comments. Such a great run. Almost challenging the last big one with Behemoth. Gotta shout out Eddie and especially Hockey Towner for legendary commentary 👌 👏 🙌 👍
GDQ should let me compete in one of these races as a normie who can beat the game, but is not at all a speedrunner, just to show how insane these folks are.
3:52 Oh good she DID say my name right. I couldn't hear her cause everyone started cheering when she said it lol. Shoutouts to these announcers who really know what they're doing and how to hype up the events. Good race too, sucks that save the animals won lol
Mistakes that were caused by input lag - oats explain issues with on stage setup compare to those they use at home (oats have old tech tv to reduce lag for example, not modern tv). Still very exciting to see race as it add some extra to the run :) now question, Oats goes back to 100% like he was doing it before race was accepted? Btw. Amazing to see two new faces on stage for that race :) some shift on scene over past year.
Hi! Runner here! (ARC) In the moment mistakes can be frustrating, but really I think we were just all super concentrating! The run rests on an knife's edge, so when in a race environment instead of a more laid back solo run environment there's a lot of incentive to be very focused! I would say that I was for the most part ecstatic for most of the run. While Draygon was frustrating, the fact that I survived made it all worth it. By the time it was all over I wanted to be upset with how poorly I played, but all I could do was smile because this was the experience of a life time and I had so much fun to be a part of it! I hope it was at least entertaining to watch :D
