Top 10 Line Rider Tracks of 2016 

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Yup but 2 years later

Tyler's Video Dumpster Fire I just watched a one hour line rider track and somehow got here. I am amazed

Me too! But I'm not surprised, there is a name for everything.

Bosh is named after the creator of Line Rider, Bostjan Cadez, if you were wondering :)

Cool, thanks!

He has a name

Haha, pretty much :)

Speechless.

me too man

Me too, and I'm not even hating it!

I wouldnt say 'pretentious' myself . . . . .Me, just chilling on the interwebnet and up comes Beethovens 5th and its . . . . . . . a skiing Russian . . . .i think . . . . . im not sure but its engrossing and i end up watching an entire for a . . . . .game? Stuff knows, im over 50 so whatevs man. . . .bit ive just spent 20 minutes watching some other . . . . clips? Films? Episodes . . .whatevs and then im here and after two minutes im thinking " i know INDIVIDUALLY what each word means but as to the meaning of the sentence . . . . . DFK . . . . . interesting journey though.

Yeah I agree. He acts like Line rider has an actual artistic community like music or film... when im pretty sure its just 6 youtubers living in their moms basements.

Excuse you I have an apartment and my mother lives 162 miles away

Apologies, I didn't mean to use the word stuffy, I removed it.

Haha no worries! OTDE and I are just having some fun :)

i think you mean this commentary is annoying as fuck and he needs to use a voice changer

Thank you!

Actually, a couple of hours ago, I saw a line rider track by Doodle Chaos, who was my favorite youtuber about 4 years ago, when he left. It was a double dose of nostaglia for me.

I'm in the same boat. It's really impressive.

Same here! I first stumbled upon Line Rider back in college when it was released on albinoblacksheep. I had actually started to learn some advanced techniques before my PC basically died and I lost all my work. I just never picked LR back up. Nice to see that it's going stronger than ever before! :D

Same, I remember playing this game on my crappy computer when I was younger. And holy shit, who knew how much this game would grow??

Thanks haha

holy shit this rine lider one is blowing my mind

Thank you!

Watching this for the first time at the end of 2021 so I feel you on this comment :)

Hey thanks! OTDE and I (rabid) use this channel mostly for unscripted livestream video critique of Line Rider tracks. You can find other channels and links for lots more stuff in the description of this video and on this channel page. There's a LR subreddit and WeRideTheLines.com and that's where most of the community is, though I've been estranged from it in recent months.

LR Quick Reviews awesome, thank you sir!

Honestly wasn't expecting this to get any traction outside the Line Rider community so I didn't define all of the jargon. Happy to write up explanations for any jargon that you want though, just ask!

Ha. Thanks for responding. I knew of LR long ago, but had no idea there has been a scene of folks doing this with it. Anyway, I realize some of these can be inferred, but it would be nice if there's a dictionary somewhere: Quirk, Stacks, Gravity wells, Flings, Manuals, Frame baselines, Cramuel(?) stops (5:24), Cannons, Blue manuals, Manual recycles.

Manual Balancing Bosh on a line on the front of the sled (nose manual) or back of the sled (tail manual). E.g. 1:25 is a nose manual Manual Recycle Using the same line for more than one manual. A difficult thing to do because if you affect the first pass-through it screws up the second pass-through. E.g. 7:57-8:17 is a very impressive trick. Blue Manuals Typically, manuals utilize acceleration lines (red lines) to correct the balance of Bosh. Blue manuals achieve this using only the angle of the curve, thus they are more difficult than typical “bled” (blue and red) manuals. All the manuals in Miniature in Blue (#5) are blue. Gravity Well A glitch in the Line Rider physics engine, where a one-sided line drawn with the collision side facing "away" from Bosh causes part of Bosh to be "pulled" towards the line. The term was coined by anomaly76 in 2007. Nearly all of these tracks contain gravity wells. Here's a tutorial made by a quirker: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5X0Q6iWBbWo.html Quirk A genre of track (popular among players, not very popular among casual viewers) with a focus on violent movement and intricate tricks exploiting glitches in the Line Rider physics engine, often utilizing the gravity well glitch. Typically prioritizes difficulty and/or movement over accessibility and/or aesthetic. I wrote about this on Twitter the other day: twitter.com/baharv89/status/920768861116313600 Frame-Based Lines Line Rider tracks run at 40fps. In newer versions you can pause on specific frames or even make a track one frame at a time. Frame-based lines are, broadly, lines that affect Bosh (or appear in the same place on screen) every frame (or ever x number of frames) Rigamorits (#9) has these in spades. Fling/Chain A string of gravity wells that affect a specific part of Bosh every frame (usually a chain) or every other frame (usually a fling) that causes Bosh to speed up (usually a fling) or change direction quickly (usually a chain). For example, a hand fling pulls his hand every other frame and causes Bosh to gain speed, "flinging" him. Also coined by anomaly76 in 2007. Light Fantastic (#10) has these in spades. Kramual It is possible to ram Bosh into one or more perfectly horizontal or vertical lines in such a way that the physics engine gives every part of him and his sled the same X (vertical lines) or Y (horizontal lines) coordinate value. This causes a “kramual lock” where it looks like Bosh’s face is flattened into his sled, and in which he will not rotate. Bosh is still on his sled though - affecting one part of him can pop him out of the kramual and he can continue on with the track. A good simple example is at 11:25. Kramual Stop While Bosh is in this position, perfectly horizontal and perfectly vertical lines can affect him in any way without him falling off the sled, making it it possible to bring him to a stop him virtually instantly from virtually any speed. A good example is at 5:15. Kramual Cannon Not only can he be instantaneously stopped, but he can also be accelerated from a virtual standstill to an extremely high speed using an extreme variation on the gravity well glitch. A good example is at 5:17 You know what, now I REALLY want to make another video where I explain this terminology stuff to everyone haha. Maybe I can do that this weekend.

Wow, this is awesome. Thanks so much. I'm an engineer, so I appreciate jargon, and I love how there's almost an entire language for this. Such a great mix of creativity and technical knowledge. I feel like there is a much larger audience for this, even though it's been around for a long time. I never knew! Thanks again.

Yeah, this video blew me away with the language that you use to describe the tracks. I had no idea that the community was so deep. Thank you for being so helpful and welcoming!

Thank you! We'll see about making some more of these sometime.

Hey, thanks :)

Thank you! :)

Thank you so much! We actually have a video coming out tomorrow about Line Rider terminology inspired by a ton of people discovering this video all of a sudden. Which is to say, we definitely plan on continuing!

Alright I'll definitely check it out! Keep up the good work man

Thank you! Definitely planning on talking some more now that this blew up a bit haha. Dismissive people won't stop us :)

I think this is about how the critic's voice is used. The critic in this video puts a lot of focus on personal opinion, which I think feels uncomfortable because it is delivered so blandly and emotionlessly while much of the language is strongly worded and provocative. Rather than using more of their voice to contextualize the art and give space to it, the critic puts more emphasis on the relative import of pieces, which is subjective and fleeting pursuit. Meanwhile the art is not extensively contextualized or showcased. This is a common thing for intellectuals to do and it can take away space in a community which would otherwise be devoted to celebrating and exploring art in a more nuanced fashion.

That's actually a good piece of feedback. This was my first time doing a scripted video review and I honestly wasn't expecting it to get any traction outside the Line Rider community so the editing was pretty slapdash. I'll totally keep this in mind next time. On the other hand, go watch the videos! you average lazy viewer! that's the whole point of this video! :P (half of them are under 2 minutes long!) Here's the playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLajc0ezIvCam-9AMM1gDSk_N1aYz0CTa8

i watched a video on flash game and saw a short clip of linerider. nostalgia hit me since i played around with it when i was like 10 so i looked up line rider on youtube. saw your video and really enjoyed it, and as a creative person, i think it's a good thing that the music isn't heard as clearly, because if people wanna see what you talk about they gotta look up the actual video from the original creator. that way the creator gets the views and support.

@LR Quick Reviews I just have to say, that you did a very good job with the video. I don't normally watch line rider things. However, I found the video to be engaging and entertaining the whole way through. You have a great voice for videos, and you definitely did a great job with the script.

Thanks! I have a bit of a dilemma for making a top tracks of 2017 because, well, This Will Destroy You should probably be #1 but I, uh, well I made it, so that would make it awkward :) For the moment we're planning on making video essays on Line Rider philosophy and history (one is currently in the process of being made), as well as more scripted reviews, but I don't know if we'll do a top 10 tracks of 2017 video or not.

LR Quick Reviews i am excited for everything you guys do! Cant wait to see you guys make more

There's totally still a Line Rider community, check out our other recent videos on this channel! This is one of the oldest ones haha

@@LineRiderReview awesome man thats so cool to hear.. I’ll check it out thanks

Pencil + paper is also a simple game

Thank you! And yes, I did! you can read more about it here: www.patreon.com/posts/7730503

He put it in the video itself in the credits, it's "Freedom Ship"

LR Quick Reviews much appreciated!

We made a Line Rider Terminology video to attempt to answer your second question! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6E5WUcl2spQ.html To answer your first question, Line Rider was created about 11 years ago and was a viral sensation in early 2007. By around 2009 or so it fell out of popularity but a small dedicated community continued creating with it until today. This month Line Rider experienced an unexpected resurgence in popularity.

Thank you.

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We did make a video to attempt to explain some of the terminology if you're curious! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6E5WUcl2spQ.html

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FYI Line Driver is a crappy Line Rider ripoff that has made thousands of dollars through advertising. www.reddit.com/r/linerider/comments/ewjywm/line_rider_videos_are_being_used_as_line_driver/

FYI Line Driver is a crappy Line Rider ripoff that has made thousands of dollars through advertising. www.reddit.com/r/linerider/comments/ewjywm/line_rider_videos_are_being_used_as_line_driver/

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