Hey everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the run! I was incredibly honored to be able to close out the marathon with one of my favorite speedruns of the last year. Thank you all so much for hitting the $2mil mark and getting that DLC incentive met!
¡Muchas gracias, eddaket! La musica es bueño, la ritmico es bene, y los personas incluye es felice; meet my wife, Karla sometime; enjoyed the event, many thanks.
Wait, did the villain just monologue? lol Edit: Initial comment was made before finishing the video. Awesome run, isle of armour was really cool, congrats on your recent wedding.
I am so thankful Shadow won for Arcanine's name. That's the name of my dog, he passed away the night before this run. I donated to get his name up there and a bunch of amazing people came together and donated almost $8000 to keep him at the top. To anyone who helped get his name up there or spread his love in the chat, thank you so much. My boy deserved it all and more.
Shadow was the name of my first dog when I was a kid, Im sorry for your loss but Im so glad to hear that they were honored with this run. Shout out to the community for helping out as well. This truly made my heart feel warm.
I love how informative these pokemon speedruns are, it’s so nice to hear what the strats and mechanics are of the game. Never knew about the catching mechanic until now
Twice a year GDQ is the best week I have. This year SGDQ was needed more than ever and the generosity of everyone is truly mind-blowing. Bless your hearts and see you all next GDQ gdqLamp
The wailord at the end being the first and last time he showed dynamax as he beat the game was the perfect ending for the run imo. Beautiful way to watch this game for the first time
Not for the first time-we had Max Excadrill during the Avery fight! But it's really great that eddakat was as sporting as he was to give us Wailord finale =)
We were all chanting in the chat for him to catch the Wailord and use it (with Dynamax) to beat the Charizard. He was such a champ for doing it. A great ending to a great run haha. Good times, good memories.
I love it showing wailord at the end and I just love in general that it shows the last team you beat the game with on the title screen. Super neat detail
This run makes my heart so full. Over $500,000 raised during my favorite Pokémon release, and its ending was so emotional. Much love to Edda, the couch, hosts, and everyone that makes GDQ what it is.
I just love this run so much. From the run itself to Eddaket to Keizaron and Etchy to the hosts. It was amazing (also Nichole is just so fun with the pokemon cries and puns.)
It's quite sad that these runs were performed this year where they were unable to have an audience. I would have loved to see the audience chant during the arena fights :)
I really love Nichole Goodnight as the host for this run, she awesomely sounds just like one of Pokemon characters in the anime or movies, same vibes with Nurse Joy too
Honestly this run was a great way to end out gdq!! The hype vibes of the gym challenges made it feel like there was an actual crowd cheering and donating! It ended up being super hype :)
I hate watching this post time cuz I want to donate SO BAD Ps. I love everyone at GDQ and all the wonderful runners this year! Keep up the awesome work
I missed the original end of it because of my pain meds putting me to sleep right before the wailord incentive was met, and woke up to catch the very last part with sent (spelling?). Going back and watching it now, yep yay tears cause its such a great event, reminds me a little bit of normal, and just is something important to me and sad its over.
This is a long run but it ended up being such a fun time. Not even just because Kiez is here and it’s expected to be fun when he’s here but everyone involved elevated the experience.
one of the few times that GDQ didnt have a full KH series speed run. they only had a boss run and it ended on this run that i hope will be as much a cluster as Keizaron's usual stuff
I will never understand why developers don't add the option to skip cinematics/dialogue in games. They're afraid first time players may miss something important? They want to make sure players see the extra effort they put into cinematics? So many games do this and it has literally been the reason I've not finished some games.
In shield, it's ridiculous how many opponent counter physical attackers but melt to special attackers. This is a big factor to why Intelleon is so powerful in a playthrough. Also, if you choose Inteleon, Leon's entire team except aegislash will be weak to water or ice.
Man, when these first came out, I hated that they were virtual without the crowd. A few years into the pandemic, I'm so used to it that I prefer it now. Funny how our perceptions change
The first time I played the game, I noticed that there were wild Growlithes and the Fire Stone and knew instantly that it was going to be the strat for the speedrun.
So both gen 5 and 8 need an Excadrill that’s hard to catch and needs to have the game turned off to retry, while being incredibly overpowered using earthquake. Huh.
I didn't get my first cell phone until Junior year. Hated texting haha. I'll never forget the feeling I had when I got my first job and bought my Sidekick with the slide out keyboard. Being able to type a letter with one button push was amazing hahaha! Nowadays I don't even type, I just talk-text! Whats next? Think text? I won't even need to waste breath! 42:10 for reference to what I'm commenting on.
even in my first and only casual playthrough the cutscenes became too much for me :D gameplay was just interrupted a few too many times. i understand that they are playing with the tried and true formula and trying to add new things and actually more story each generation but i felt it was just too much. still loved the game but yeah.
Hey everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the run! I was incredibly honored to be able to close out the marathon with one of my favorite speedruns of the last year. Thank you all so much for hitting the $2mil mark and getting that DLC incentive met!
Enjoyed it so much I wanna try running this gen :) thanks
¡Muchas gracias, eddaket! La musica es bueño, la ritmico es bene, y los personas incluye es felice; meet my wife, Karla sometime; enjoyed the event, many thanks.
You rocked it! That Wailord finish was spectacular!
Can I ask your third party controller you use?
Wait, did the villain just monologue? lol
Edit: Initial comment was made before finishing the video. Awesome run, isle of armour was really cool, congrats on your recent wedding.
I am so thankful Shadow won for Arcanine's name. That's the name of my dog, he passed away the night before this run. I donated to get his name up there and a bunch of amazing people came together and donated almost $8000 to keep him at the top. To anyone who helped get his name up there or spread his love in the chat, thank you so much. My boy deserved it all and more.
GDQ Chat did its best as usual, and the message your girlfriend gave really touched us. Glad we could help you, and share a teeny bit of your pain.
My dog's name is shadow too! And I'm really sorry for your loss, at least he gets to live on as an Arcanine.
These onions...
Shadow was the name of my first dog when I was a kid, Im sorry for your loss but Im so glad to hear that they were honored with this run. Shout out to the community for helping out as well. This truly made my heart feel warm.
That’s incredible. Shadow helped raise a lot of money for a good cause. What a good boy.
A year later and I sleep to this pretty much every other night. Eddaket and "couch" are legit so calming to listen to.
I love how informative these pokemon speedruns are, it’s so nice to hear what the strats and mechanics are of the game. Never knew about the catching mechanic until now
Twice a year GDQ is the best week I have. This year SGDQ was needed more than ever and the generosity of everyone is truly mind-blowing. Bless your hearts and see you all next GDQ gdqLamp
Best part was the wailord win at the end, who needs eternatus destroyer of regions, when you have Dynamax Wailord destroyer of worlds
yeah that was epic. What a great ending to a great run.
I was in the chat screaming with everyone for them to use Dynamax Wailord to end it lol Good times
The wailord at the end being the first and last time he showed dynamax as he beat the game was the perfect ending for the run imo. Beautiful way to watch this game for the first time
Not for the first time-we had Max Excadrill during the Avery fight! But it's really great that eddakat was as sporting as he was to give us Wailord finale =)
We were all chanting in the chat for him to catch the Wailord and use it (with Dynamax) to beat the Charizard. He was such a champ for doing it. A great ending to a great run haha. Good times, good memories.
The fact that they actually paused the timer to let the donation counter reach the intended goal was sweet.
i fell asleep during the run but now i can rewatch it! :D
Brian Tegenbosch same
Me with an 18hr Pokemon Gale of Darkness run I was watching the other day.
I was in and out during the run haha
Same.
Hey! 151 likes! That’s that Pokémon number!
I love it showing wailord at the end and I just love in general that it shows the last team you beat the game with on the title screen. Super neat detail
This run makes my heart so full. Over $500,000 raised during my favorite Pokémon release, and its ending was so emotional. Much love to Edda, the couch, hosts, and everyone that makes GDQ what it is.
Kiezaron with a mic. Thats the kind of joy i need right now
This was such an entertaining run! Even for a 5+ hour run. Eddaket nailed this and high energy the entire run was impressive!
"Estimate: 4:25:00" and "...by eddaket in 5:24:33" made me think Kiez cursed this run
It was estimate 5h25 at first, but that included DLC, so then got reduced to 4h25 and then changed it back to 5h25 when they got to the incentive! :)
The 4:25:00 estimate was just incase the DLC incentive failed to get met, as soon as the incentive got met it got updated to 5:25:00.
I just love this run so much. From the run itself to Eddaket to Keizaron and Etchy to the hosts. It was amazing (also Nichole is just so fun with the pokemon cries and puns.)
"My uncle, Mr. Pokemon. You may have heard of him, he lives in Johto."
This run was incredibly fun and had great commentary -- the perfect way to end GDQ!
Alternate title : All of these fights suck for Sobble, but he's the best for speed running.
I didn’t know the new pokemon so I thought he was miss saying sableye
Shoutouts to Caterknees and petition for a Caterknees percent.
It must be such an honor to have the finale! Congrats dude
It's quite sad that these runs were performed this year where they were unable to have an audience. I would have loved to see the audience chant during the arena fights :)
AnotherChosenOne i would be terrified if caterknees came out at a full event.
WhoaaaaaaaOOOOOOOOOooooOOOOOOOOO ooooOOOooOOOOOoOOO
Congrats to you, eddaket! Props on the finale.
Incredible end to this run and this SGDQ, I had a good chuckle. The VODs went up so quickly!
I really love Nichole Goodnight as the host for this run, she awesomely sounds just like one of Pokemon characters in the anime or movies, same vibes with Nurse Joy too
This was one of the best runs I’ve ever seen, top notch entertainment
A 5+ hour game and he finishes within seconds of the estimate. thats impressive
Especially with all of the memeing and stalling that happened near the end.
Is...is somebody going to tell him?
@@minasion1475 The base game estimate was 4:25:00 but with dlc it's 5:25:00
This was such an amazing ending to the week!
Props to everyone for an amazing event, even thou it's been online!
Honestly this run was a great way to end out gdq!! The hype vibes of the gym challenges made it feel like there was an actual crowd cheering and donating! It ended up being super hype :)
HGSS is one of my favorite gens cause the follow mechanic was amazing
$2.3 million. In this economy. You guys are going to be remembered for a long time for the work you are doing. Stay safe
As soon as i saw it on the schedule i was excited for it and you guys delivered. Amazing run
I can't believe you already knew about type matchups!
This is a meme, right?
What a beautifully chaotic run. Playing fetch with the goodboye, curry, catching wailord & blasting charizard with it. So good
I hate watching this post time cuz I want to donate SO BAD
Ps. I love everyone at GDQ and all the wonderful runners this year! Keep up the awesome work
Say what you want about Hop as a rival, his song slaps.
I wasn't sure whether to watch this but the comments convinced me and I'm so glad because... wow super entertaining run!
“Sword dog dark souls” don’t you mean... bark souls
Woof....
*b a r k s o u l s*
Game Freak: NOOOOOOOO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FULL TEAM WITH BALANCED COMPOSITION!!!!1!
Speedrunners: haha earthquake go brrrrrrrrrrr
"Scorbunny and Inteleon have very similar stats" - friggin' OP fire type starter as usual lol
It brings me untold levels of joy to see my Arcanine as a part of the speed run.
Super Kami Guru??
And totally love Arcanine getting a spot light in a Pokémon speed run.
that final was so great!
I love the explanation of Nissa 1
it makes me feel better about my own difficulties with that fight to know that the pros also think it is a nightmare
Tbh that Kubfu battle really is some yugioh shit and I really love it (Also I love that the run changed to Wailord% while trying to hit the 2.3 mil)
3:43:20 for the birth of caterknees for those who, like me, spent the LONGEST time looking for it.
I can't believe I just saw will o wisp miss, drill run crit, then drilbur use rock slide, THEN drilbur outspeed arcanine to use dig x 3.
RevoWoolootion
-Also that $40,000 donation brought me to tears-
Didn't realize Keiz was that sentimental about Eddaket good on him though and good on the run and the amount raised
Etchy saying Heartgold/Soulsilver are bad hurt me on a spiritual level. They are probably my favourite games ever. Awesome run btw!
that incentive tho lmao
Wow over $500k raised during this run. Great run and great work everyone!
I missed the original end of it because of my pain meds putting me to sleep right before the wailord incentive was met, and woke up to catch the very last part with sent (spelling?). Going back and watching it now, yep yay tears cause its such a great event, reminds me a little bit of normal, and just is something important to me and sad its over.
This is a long run but it ended up being such a fun time. Not even just because Kiez is here and it’s expected to be fun when he’s here but everyone involved elevated the experience.
I love that rollercoaster of emotion at the end 🤣
one of the few times that GDQ didnt have a full KH series speed run. they only had a boss run and it ended on this run that i hope will be as much a cluster as Keizaron's usual stuff
I will never understand why developers don't add the option to skip cinematics/dialogue in games. They're afraid first time players may miss something important? They want to make sure players see the extra effort they put into cinematics? So many games do this and it has literally been the reason I've not finished some games.
Figured keiz would be on the couch when I saw it was edaket running
Congrats on the run Eddaket! :D
GDQ rocking the post-credits scene!
What an amazing run to end the marathon!
5:17:13 I just realized they changed it to Wailord% That is so funny
In shield, it's ridiculous how many opponent counter physical attackers but melt to special attackers. This is a big factor to why Intelleon is so powerful in a playthrough. Also, if you choose Inteleon, Leon's entire team except aegislash will be weak to water or ice.
05:02:58
"Your favorite pokemon sound" I'd just make Regi- noises **DON-DON-DON-DON** *Computer noises*
5:27:36 Here's the cursor over rillaboom they mentioned earlier
“Water is great type, especially for galar”
-every single other generation for speedruns:
My donation! 3:39:15
this is for myself 1:25:00
CAVE OF WONDERS~
Pet the Eevee?
Keizeron: See that thing there, remember that thing 3 hours from now :)
I never noticed that I skipped the catching tutorial during my playthrough :O huh.
Just started a new playthrough of Sword, my Sobble crit and ohko’d Hop’s Scorbunny in the first battle and I’ve never been happier.
4:13:10 I think the implication is that Leon's on his last ball
1:45:23 - "Our Arcanine is slower than, I dunno... Kiez in a GDQ run." XD
X items are busted.
I gotta start using them more.
Man, when these first came out, I hated that they were virtual without the crowd. A few years into the pandemic, I'm so used to it that I prefer it now. Funny how our perceptions change
Does anyone know what the end credits song is that’s played when the marathon is over? Its sooo good but I can’t find the name
It takes 5 hours to finish this game. How much of that is just, mashing A through the dialogue?
caterknees for the win! Pokemon runs are always a ton of fun, this was certainly no different.
The first time I played the game, I noticed that there were wild Growlithes and the Fire Stone and knew instantly that it was going to be the strat for the speedrun.
Marnie's theme is so good
9:37 He's like ''Y no pick me ? T^T''
I haven't had the chance to play this game yet but it looks really hype
Also Nessa best girl
that Kubfu fight strat was awesome...
Caterknees is now my favorite thing
I'm basically doing the opposite of a Shield speedrun... trying to beat it without ever using a direct-damage move [Physical/Special]
HappyF333tz is such a good name for a Scorbunny, with the way it's always hopping around just like the man himself :)
So both gen 5 and 8 need an Excadrill that’s hard to catch and needs to have the game turned off to retry, while being incredibly overpowered using earthquake. Huh.
Ah I see they use the same 50% for Growlithe abilities that they use for confusion rolls
Hau is way better than Hop. At least he knows not to blab constantly in a battle.
was drilbur's name almost toph and the announcer called her toe-ff?
I gave in and googled Carerpie with knees.. I was not disappointed 😂😂 10/10
Great run
Odd when he went to the box to use the Vulpix after Kabu and didn’t do the item swap in the box as well. Seems suboptimal
What nature was the growlithe he caught?
Imagine if butterflies in our world were as big as Butterfrees
you should google atlas moths :D not quite that huge but already bigger than youd think
3:13:17 a building weak to an earthquake LOL
This got so incredibly weird at the 3 hour mark wtf 🤣 I’m so sleepy watching but that made me laugh
Yeah we kinda hit the limit of our professionalism and just sorta made a sharp turn
what's he sayin, we are full fysical? Flamethrower and burn up are special moves, right... or did I miss something?
I didn't get my first cell phone until Junior year. Hated texting haha. I'll never forget the feeling I had when I got my first job and bought my Sidekick with the slide out keyboard. Being able to type a letter with one button push was amazing hahaha! Nowadays I don't even type, I just talk-text! Whats next? Think text? I won't even need to waste breath!
42:10 for reference to what I'm commenting on.
even in my first and only casual playthrough the cutscenes became too much for me :D gameplay was just interrupted a few too many times. i understand that they are playing with the tried and true formula and trying to add new things and actually more story each generation but i felt it was just too much. still loved the game but yeah.