World Record Progression: Earthbound 

Moment of silence for all the youtube compression at the end of every run

Isn't it strange how archaic 2012 feels from a speedrunning perspective, considering it was only ten years ago? It almost feels like a different time structure.

39:25 OK BUT WHAT THE FUCK THE GUY DROPPED THE MANIP AND JUST ADJUSTED IT ON THE GO??? Actual machine. My man was seeing the code. The runners and route mappers of this game are INSANE.

I love Summoning Salt. It’s obviously you took inspiration, and that’s really cool! Great video!

The way people have learned to manipulate this game is fucking mind-boggling...PS: I freaking love watching speedrunning documentaries like this, they absolutely fascinate me :)

I love how this has it's own flavor and isn't just another Summoning Salt clone.

i especially enjoyed the part about me. Also, didn't realize this till now, this was uploaded on 2/20/2020

Follow up: “World record progression: Most times saying ‘manip’ in one video.”

Amazing watch and totally worth the wait! Thank you so much for doing this!

this video deserves so many more views... amazing watch.

Now we have the record down to 46:43! I wonder who will be the one to go for the 46:3X?

Don’t care that rips off summoning salt. I love these types of videos. Please make more

You need to do more types of these videos, you go really in depth and I really enjoy it, you make it easy to understand, keep this stuff going

I’ve watched a couple of speedrunning channels for 6 yrs now like the late great Apollo legend, summoning salt & Karl Jobst but have never run into your channel before but I’m glad i did. Keep up the good work you’ll be at 500k subs in no time.

It's always a happy time when I see others take inspiration from Summoning Salt and down their own WR progression vids! Great job! I would just give a couple of suggestions: 1.) Maybe up the volume on your own mic a bit. It was much more noticeable at the start, but your own commentary sounded very muted compared to the BGM or in-game sounds you may have had going at the time. 2.) I might turn down your speaking speed a notch. It didn't feel rushed, per se, but you were speaking very quickly and it's hard to follow at times. These are merely suggestions, though. If you're satisfied with your setup, don't worry too much about it. That category sweep sounds super-interesting, and I imagine you might want to do the other games in the EB/Mother series, too.

Thanks for all the hard work you did on the video! Great stuff

This vid was incredible! Also, the way people understand and basically blow the games up is absolutely fascinating...my brain just doesn’t work like that, and barely understand the basic idea....smort guys!

What amazed me is that all the locations in earthbound were just one sprite.

Dang have watched most of your vids since my previous comment...crazy how a channel so good is only at 500 subs. RU-vid algorithm needs to pick this channel up

I sat back and relaxed, thanks

Nice job and great video. Gotta love speedrun history videos.

I always thought the pronunciation of Onett was "Won-ett" as in the number one (1) not "Oh-net". It plays into the numbered theme of the early towns. Onett (1), Twoson (2), Threed (3) :)

I'm just sitting here appreciating how literal the Skip Sandwich is.

This content is so very good. I got pretty tired of the word "manip" by the end of it, but I think that's just Earthbound speedrunning... 😂

this is such a great video man, I would love an update on the current state of EB any% as I think it's gonna down over a minute since, or maybe a video on another Earthbound category

just a tip, add a backtrack from earthbound that fits with the mood of the story you're telling. it'll make this video a million times more engaging. atleast thats what summoning salt does;)

Couple days after this video James brings the WR even lower lol

My only connection to Earthbound is playing as Ness in SSBU but I’m a huge speedrun fan and the amount of RNG manipulation in this run is AWESOME. Great video!

Checking the current scoreboard and seeing these amazing runners push the time into sub 47 after the run has become this optimized is amazing.

I binge watched like all your stuff. I like it a lot, I'm excited to see more from you! I don't know how interesting the speedrun history is but I've never seen anyone cover Banjo Kazooie, just gonna leave that at your feet...

I was wondering if Earthbound speedruns were as crazy as I thought. I was wrong. They're even crazier. Damn...

Video: "RNG" Automatic captions: "Iron Gee"

Earthbound and mother3 are my 2 favorite games, and i never really got into the speed running scene. But this video is defitly a good look into it! Keep up the good work :D

The strategy guide for this game had a scartch and sniff section of the enemies and other items in the game. This was an awesome one.

Runners are really amazing

You need more subs man good work

I just found this channel today and subscribed. I'm gonna share this video because you definitely deserve more subscribers. Thank you for this video and I'm looking forward to your future projects.

Speedrunning is so fascinating. These games are like little universes with laws and physics all their own, and speedrunners are like scientists and inventors figuring out ways to exploit the rules to create new things and do what should be impossible.

This video is amazing... I just subbed. I'm about to binge watch all of your vids right now on my lazy Sunday morning!! I'm looking forward to more great vids in the future!! Keep up the great work :-)

I loved this video! The pacing, video clips and overall narrative cohesion was very strong. The obvious comparison to SummoningSalt videos is inevitable, but your videos are somehow more packed with information yet easier to digest. Very good job, this is a quality project for sure. Subbed, looking forward to more.

Awesome video! Keep up the good work

Great work bud. I enjoy your speedrunning docs

I’ve still never completed earthbound, despite how much I love it, yet here are people who’ve played through the entire game in less time than it takes me to wash my hair.....😭😭😭

Amazing work and info ....don’t really see how anybody could dislike this ..I mean it’s only one but still like why ? 😂..keep it going tho I loved the video

Everyone knows Summoning Salt (one of my favorite RU-vidrs) is an "EZscape clone" soo I don't see an issue with recognizing a new format. It's just a narration of speedrun records with footage.

This video deserves all the credit in the world.

Great video! Thanks for compiling all this & uploading it!

The game isn't officially complete until Ness' friends and he himself returns home. Why does the clock stop while in the final battle?

found this from the vid posted on Reddit, checking out your entire back catalog. Hope your channel grows from here, it deserves it!

Can't wait for you to cover Glitchless, chief!

i may not understand anything you're talking about, but it's still amazing how people make this possible!!

The giygas fight is always hell for compression lol, great video btw.

Thanks for the hard work, man!

Congrats on 100k on this one, holy crap!

My brain is just like wtf. How do people figure out and comprehend this rng stuff. It’s so intimidating to even try and run this game. I envy the runners.

Good video makes the magic frying pan grind a little more manageable

Damn summoning salt really influenced this subgenre of speed running analyses.

You know... I remember when I thought this game wasn't broken. Simpler times.

Seeing the RNG values updating on screen? We're not in Kansas any more.

in other words: DanielPerfect is the godfather of Earthbound glitched runs!!! This was such a cool story and I love how the community seemed to both compete and work together at the same time. We're friendly peaceful people!!!

Still one of my favorite videos. Great job

Take a breath man! I feel like you're speed running this video!

Oh shiiiiit yay

godly vid.. great clips and narration.. you're going to get all of us casuals into speedrunning

Nice video. I played it on .85 speed and the voiceover sounded a lot more normal. Thanks

You people are insane. One day folks like y'all are going to figure out the inner working of the simulation we're in.

your videos are amazing

I really enjoyed this but my god you speak quick! Haha I felt like I was speed running the video 🤣

I’ve never heard of the game but came for the history. I really enjoyed thanks boss

Bitrate left the chat

Talking so fast I had to put the speed on .75 to actually comprehend what was being sad LOL Great video and incredible game though beyond nostalgic

This video is amazing! it motivated me to route out and do a mother 1 GBA any% run!

In speed running, is broken a good thing? I would to have a better understanding of this as I really enjoy these history/story of speedrunning vids.

Good content. Subbed

gives me big summoning salt vibes, i loved it good job

Ceriam is my homeboy love that guy I use to watch his streams and he is a real nice guy and trust to interact with his chat the whole time while he running the game

Holy shit thats baby Caleb Man those were the days

what editing program do you use? super great work btw, love it!

I really enjoyed this. I know this is old work, so my constructive criticism may no longer apply, but I would have loved if you talked a little slower and used a littler clearer diction in your voice. Other than that, it's a really good effort, and I appreciate the vast amount of work this represents. Also, NGL, your segues and narratives feel a bit more natural than SS. I'm completely serious and sincere. Keep working on it. You're doing good.

How do you not have as many subs as Summing Salt??

James sounds a little like Illumina - interesting video

I wondered if I’d show up in a chat with Ceriam, and sure enough, there I am! Lol 29:00

Andy is literally RNG Jesus

This is a great video, though I have to ask (and I don't mean to be rude), why does it sound like it was recorded in Half-Life 1 voice chat? Videos on your channel both before and after sound fine, but this one is extremely compressed commentary-wise. Aside from that, though, excellent video!

It's not like there haven't been perfectly good random number generator algorithms about for use in computers for decades. Seed it with something like the exact number of machine cycles it takes the player to press a certain button, or collect entropy from other movements. But then feed that into an RNG, perhaps calling the function every menu-open or whatever, rather than just simply incrementing it. That way you get "random" numbers that jump all over the place, not just increase within a small range. Japanese game programmers seemed susceptible to this, not having heard of, say, a linear-feedback shift register, that can produce thousands of seemingly random numbers before it cycles back round. Random numbers is basic simple stuff, they should have done much better.

This is a good video, but I think you talk a little too fast. Its hard for me to keep up lol

You Should Make A Mother1 and/or Mother3!

Excellent video! I'd say turn the volume up a bit on your voiceover.

the subtitles in this video are a literal epileptic attack

What does MSG taste like?

classicjames brought me here

29:45 killed me

Algorithm for guts value

I wanna see one of these but with FF7, 4-8productions would probably be a good resource for that

I was just thinking about how someone like summoning salt should start up there own channel because he only makes god tier content for games he enjoys following. You should hit him up to see if he’d let you upload one video on his channel to increase videos that come out.

great video bro just try to get a louder mic or turn ur input volume up

that's so cool!

If you keep making these kinds of videos, the speedrun progressions, speedrun explanations, speedrun news, I'll stay subbed and share your channel. Cause this video and the Sonic 3 video are gold!

I think it would be good to try and space out the segments a little better. I know it's nearly an hour long and you probably didn't want this to be 1.5-2 hours, but some of the pacing is really hard to digest. For instance, from 6:20 to 8:29 you rapid-fire a LOT of stuff that should have been explained. 6:25 - who is this TASr? When was the run done? What was the time (in relation to the current WR)? Was this TAS a big deal to the community at the time? What site was the TAS uploaded / was it hard to find the TAS? Why was Nemi the only one who integrated TAS strats into an RTA setting? Was there an active discussion on boards about incorporating these strats? 6:38 - No, I don't. You talked about the stopwatch glitch for 3 total seconds several minutes earlier and didn't really make it out to be a big deal, that it was just a specific Runner's strat and not the meta strat that everyone used at the time. With you compounding a lot of information into very fast segments, it's hard to know what information is important to the actual progression of the speedrun and what is just random factoids. 7:18 to 7:32 - This is a TON of gameplay that is just glossed over. As this is meant to be a progression video, it would be nice to get a brief understanding of the base game. You mention in this part about a "dupe glitch" despite never having mentioned it before and then continue on with the WR route without mentioning when this glitch was found, how it was performed, if the aforementioned Japanese runners used it (earlier you said they only used Stair Glitch and Twoson Skip), etc. 8:06 to 8:14 - What glitch? There aren't stairs there so it is correctly "another" out of bounds glitch as you stated, but what is the glitch. How is it performed, when was it found, and all that stuff I've mentioned before. 8:20 to 8:24 - Who are these runners? How close did some of the runners get? Were they all Western or was the Japanese scene still active? Were any major glitches found in these 11 months? Maybe these are just nitpicks, but I think a video that is trying to go over the ENTIRE progression of EarthBound's world records should be a deep-dive, not a gloss-over.

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