The History of Castlevania World Records

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  • @falcn8865
    @falcn8865 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7946

    Speedrunning be like:
    "He discovered a trick that was immensely hard to pull off. It required ten angle perfect inputs, thirteen pixel perfect inputs, and alternating buttons every 60th of a second without pausing. It took place in the last minute of the run, and he had to be there on the perfect frame, which meant completely perfect play up to that point. Additionally, not only was his position required to be right, but his subpixel position, which takes too long to manipulate and is essentially RNG (7/3000 chance) had to be right as well. The trick involves unplugging your console from the controller, the monitor and the battery strategically to get a certain power flow, which if failed could electricute you; those inputs also had to be done within 1/60 of a second as well. In all, the trick saved around three tenths of a second. Obviously, it was worth going for it."

    • @Tyranastrasza
      @Tyranastrasza 5 ปีที่แล้ว +523

      3/10th of a second could mean WR, so yeah, totally worth it ^^

    • @Sl-by1ss
      @Sl-by1ss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +428

      Lmao, and don’t forget the chance of an overheat of the hands which could kill the whole run

    • @falcn8865
      @falcn8865 5 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      Of course, everyone goes for this if the viewers hit the bit goal. The money from that easily pays for medical bills.

    • @SemanticV0id
      @SemanticV0id 5 ปีที่แล้ว +443

      And then the record gets beaten two hours later.

    • @Shadow_Witch
      @Shadow_Witch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      @@Sl-by1ss Kill the whole run... and the whole runner.

  • @paperluigis2m371
    @paperluigis2m371 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12582

    *"He didn't have enough hearts, which are currency for the Holy Water, to optimally beat the Cookie Monster."* - Summoning Salt, 2019.

    • @bear5016
      @bear5016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +636

      this comment needs more bone boosts

    • @luucvinky2194
      @luucvinky2194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +285

      Sounds like a quote from some crazy crackhead down the street who thinks the government is run by aliens and lizards

    • @honeybee9455
      @honeybee9455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      700th like :)

    • @AndyLifeInVideo
      @AndyLifeInVideo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      This is the alternate lore I come for!

    • @KaeYoss
      @KaeYoss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Also "Machine gun Cookie Monster strats"

  • @topthog
    @topthog 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3563

    I came into this knowing nothing and halfway though I’m on the edge of my seat like “woah he got the world record with sub optimal stair positioning!? It really shows how much time you save by getting the fast cycle...’

    • @Shiningforceking
      @Shiningforceking 5 ปีที่แล้ว +301

      this, totally this.

    • @bardw.1542
      @bardw.1542 5 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      This probably is his best-explained video, describing the stakes and exactly what happened to slowly push the record down each time a new WR was set.

    • @emblemblade9245
      @emblemblade9245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      With so much frame perfect stuff in this run, just what is a TAS like? How much time can actually be saved beyond what they’re already doing?

    • @HaHaHaHolowence
      @HaHaHaHolowence 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      @@4f52 Someone cannot shut up while typing on the Internet, since they are already in silence while commenting.

    • @23impact47
      @23impact47 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@HaHaHaHolowence why start fights in a seemingly peaceful comment section. Say sorry to the guy and delete your account.

  • @plasmakitten4261
    @plasmakitten4261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4764

    Rules of speedrunning:
    1. Never stop going towards the end, jump to avoid dying
    2. Nothing is ever actually random, ever
    3. Imagine you're waiting for the bus

    • @juxoq
      @juxoq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +300

      Imagine that bus is determined by frame rules

    • @giantclaw138
      @giantclaw138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      And every 21 frames...

    • @purplepyro8950
      @purplepyro8950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      the other 2 idiots that replied to this comment aint very smart lol

    • @StarkMaximum
      @StarkMaximum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      That first rule is how I try to live my life. Never stop going towards the end. Jump to avoid dying.

    • @kkmac7247
      @kkmac7247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Those are good ways to live your life in general lol

  • @QienjaLudus
    @QienjaLudus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1632

    "The thing is... these drops aren't actually random"
    KNEW IT

    • @acidraindrops6657
      @acidraindrops6657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      DEW IT!

    • @pauljb64
      @pauljb64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This!

    • @morthostalisint1720
      @morthostalisint1720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@acidraindrops6657 THREW IT!

    • @daysofthunder6110
      @daysofthunder6110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Pcs aren't capable of randomness

    • @caritahearts2405
      @caritahearts2405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thats the best thing about speedrunning, manipulating the hell out of everything “random”.

  • @Oatsngoats
    @Oatsngoats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2147

    "Boosting wasn't allowed under Twin Galaxies rules" Twin Galaxies is on a different plain of existence I swear

    • @tonycrazy88
      @tonycrazy88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +277

      I became distrustful of Twin Galaxies since the cheating controversies (Billy Mitchell).

    • @Oatsngoats
      @Oatsngoats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      @@tonycrazy88 Todd Fraudgers

    • @joshuasalem5022
      @joshuasalem5022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +301

      tonycrazy88 They were always corrupt. They once gave Mitchell the DK record after showing a vhs tape of gameplay, it could have been anyone’s gameplay, could have been cheated, but they didn’t care, they gave the record to him
      Meanwhile Webie broke the high score 3 times and TG didn’t give him the record because “it wasn’t on the exact arcade cabinet they wanted” such BS

    • @carmacksanderson3937
      @carmacksanderson3937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@joshuasalem5022 Yeah, I remember seeing a documentary about that (King Kong was its name, I believe). Hated Bitchell's and TG's guts after that

    • @Alamyst2011
      @Alamyst2011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@tonycrazy88 Crazy. I became distrustful of of Twin Galaxies in 90 when they hired a known pedophile

  • @CadJuice
    @CadJuice 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2488

    Summoning Salt: "It's Known as a 'Frame Rule' "
    Me: *Spits Drink* "OH LAWD THE BUS IS BACK"

    • @JavveRinne
      @JavveRinne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Thank you darbian for teaching me the big bus theory. How do you bold text? It looks cool.

    • @thesterndragoon9159
      @thesterndragoon9159 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@JavveRinne Enclose the text you want to change to bold in single asterisks. (*)

    • @RetroPillowcase
      @RetroPillowcase 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      *bus schedule*

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      also to _italicize_ text put an underscore on both sides of the word

    • @aszhara2900
      @aszhara2900 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Sandy Jones you mean that Neo Nazi that thinks whites are inherently superior to blacks?

  • @ShengYu1995
    @ShengYu1995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +948

    For anyone wondering as of 2021-01-01, the WR is back to kmac at 11m 21s 684ms. He accomplished this on the first day of 2021.

    • @TheFredster32
      @TheFredster32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      My favorite Castlevania runner!

    • @sabbathjackal
      @sabbathjackal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Sbd wolf just uploaded an 11:19

    • @mikoni709
      @mikoni709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      SBD now has a 11:05

    • @sjhsoccer
      @sjhsoccer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Fucking how!? I can't even conceive that time

    • @sabbathjackal
      @sabbathjackal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@sjhsoccer found a new glitch

  • @mari-chan9799
    @mari-chan9799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3264

    "You can only gain or lose time in increments of _ frames"
    Me brain, without hesitation: "IMAGINE A BUS"

    • @double0mat
      @double0mat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      can be a summoning salt video without a buss

    • @double0mat
      @double0mat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      cant*

    • @jameswhite7859
      @jameswhite7859 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Matthew Xavier I wish I could give you reddit gold just died of laughter

    • @FiMvisibl3
      @FiMvisibl3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Darbian's bus is the speedrunning equivalent of Schrödinger's cat for quantum mechanics.

    • @BreakthroughGD
      @BreakthroughGD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Matthew Xavier Bismuth is my dad

  • @Alicia_Highwind
    @Alicia_Highwind 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2844

    "Imagine you're a speedrunner."
    Okay.
    "Named Tom Votava."
    Unrealistic, immersion broken.

    • @Ender41948
      @Ender41948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      He had you in the first half, then lost you immediately. Luckily, I can totally imagine my name is Tom Votava. I'm pretty sure my birth certificate has *Could be Tom Votava as a PS.

    • @kingd8232
      @kingd8232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      I've wanted to be a speedrunner named Tom Votava since I was a toddler.

    • @Bokmoh
      @Bokmoh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I'm confused in the best way. 😂

    • @mikeharris6429
      @mikeharris6429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@kingd8232 I used to be a Tom Votava but then I took a arrow to the knee.

    • @BradsGonnaPlay
      @BradsGonnaPlay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mikeharris6429 bro???

  • @jacobwaller8711
    @jacobwaller8711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +772

    You know, one thing that I love about this channel is that I have no idea who this guy is on really any level, but that doesn't matter. This is my favorite channel on TH-cam. But there's almost no personality to it, and there doesn't need to be. Like genuine unmatched levels of high quality content, without inserting his life or opinion into any of it. I think that just goes to show how amazing this channel is. Realistically, I don't care to, and I will probably never speedrun anything, but I don't need to. Everytime I see an upload from this channel, I get genuinely excited, and that hasn't happened in a very long time.

    • @instinctivelychelsea2905
      @instinctivelychelsea2905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      If you watch other speedrunning channels you will actually start to see his personality but the lack there of in other speedrunning channel. His personality is completely here, editing the music that's all personal preference which is personality. Hes also a speedrune himself and broadcast on twitch where you get more personal but there's def personality here.

    • @peter.g6
      @peter.g6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      @Instinctively Chelsea You don't have to defend Salt, I don't think OP meant he has no personality, but rather that his work is such high quality that it can live on it's own. That's probably the highest accolade a nerdy stuff can earn :)
      Oh, and apparently a New Year has passed while I was writing this comment. I don't care, stayed home this year to enjoy some peace and this video was the perfect companion. Happy 2020 everyone :)

    • @overdosed5317
      @overdosed5317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@peter.g6 i agree, i knew absolutely nothing about speedrunning but since i started watching this channel, not only do i respect and enjoy speedruns, i freakin love this channel, the way he talks, he edits the music and clips, even if it is 55mins i will fucking watch that, and i will definetely enjoy it :)
      Have a good day :)

    • @LouisianaGirlypop
      @LouisianaGirlypop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This channel is one of my favorite.

    • @shadowpod13
      @shadowpod13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Watch the Mike Tyson vids.

  • @happymonkeyfish
    @happymonkeyfish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    I love how James Rolfe coined the final boss as the cookie monster, and now that's just what it's called

    • @joshshrum2764
      @joshshrum2764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I know right, and mr salt just says it straightfaced, he probably cracks up in outtakes.

    • @henotic.essence
      @henotic.essence 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Thanks for reminding me to watch old AVGN videos🙏

    • @mikemurphy5898
      @mikemurphy5898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Did he coin it the cookie monster boss? Or did he coin it the "wtf is this giant, glitchy f#@×ing pile of poodle sh!t, cheap piece of - why tf doesn't my controller work....AAAHGGH! Cookie monster looking bucket of zombie vomit?"

    • @ismaelsantos5378
      @ismaelsantos5378 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikemurphy5898 Here:
      th-cam.com/video/Hfo6hoN0PUw/w-d-xo.html

    • @Spectrik
      @Spectrik ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@mikemurphy5898 For some reason, I felt the need to check cuz I didn't remember the cookie monster joke in the original Castlevania avgn video, but it's there. 6:50, "but then... oh my god. What in the unholy name of ass is this fuckness? oh wait, that's not a word? well, it should be. So you fight the evil cookie monster."

  • @ShoovShoovMan
    @ShoovShoovMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3821

    i love how Salt explained the frame-rule system with a train instead of a bus so SMB speedrunners won't get PTSD

    • @Gorm70
      @Gorm70 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      LMAO

    • @danianix
      @danianix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Still, SMB-Speedrunners references on the Schedule at 45:02

    • @Glenno1982
      @Glenno1982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      The frame-rule system is also in The Legend of Zelda, but at 4 frames: th-cam.com/video/ACuk2TXoNhc/w-d-xo.html

    • @thunder7433
      @thunder7433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      wHAt FOuR wHELLed vehiCLE

    • @N54MyBeloved
      @N54MyBeloved 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Why did he censor the graphic of the train...?

  • @vladamariutei9960
    @vladamariutei9960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1193

    You know shit's getting serious when you start saying framerules instead of seconds

    • @choiyatlam2552
      @choiyatlam2552 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      And you know the run is getting ridiculous when it is talking about frames instead of frame rules!

    • @GooBanana
      @GooBanana 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      That's also when you realize that you no longer enjoy actually playing the game.

    • @narobii9815
      @narobii9815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      sub frame pixel locations. #mariokart64

    • @godricalberto5028
      @godricalberto5028 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      my mind is like: Ahh shit here we go again

    • @MrSpeedyAce
      @MrSpeedyAce 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Choi Yat Lam You know know know the run is getting serious when it is talking about pixel-perfect jumps.

  • @ciandoyle1620
    @ciandoyle1620 5 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    This dude be out here consistently making fantastic hour long documentaries

    • @I_like_turtles_67
      @I_like_turtles_67 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      These could be on netflix.

    • @NineEyeRon
      @NineEyeRon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      These SHOULD be on Netflix

    • @isaiah5794
      @isaiah5794 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This should be a netflix series with new episodes every week

  • @el_spicerbeasto
    @el_spicerbeasto ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I'm 37 and I just discovered what speed running is. Castlevania was the first and only game I ever beat when I was a kid. At least a few dozen times. This video got me back into gaming. Thank you!

  • @pathagas
    @pathagas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2706

    i would totally buy a “so imagine you’re at a bus stop” shirt.

    • @mimszanadunstedt441
      @mimszanadunstedt441 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      then wear it at a bus stop

    • @cwmd7651
      @cwmd7651 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes please!

    • @HYDEinallcaps
      @HYDEinallcaps 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Better idea; a bus stop with Mario and Simon waiting at it, and "Summoning Salt" being somewhere. Maybe the name of the street, or it's on an incoming bus.

    • @curtisholsinger6023
      @curtisholsinger6023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ... damn it. I want this too.

    • @Mars-pw4iw
      @Mars-pw4iw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bro he needs to make merch and sell that shirt

  • @Nick-rx9gw
    @Nick-rx9gw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2381

    And once every 3 months
    The salt is summoned
    And the people rejoice

    • @PittsburghSonido
      @PittsburghSonido 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sandy Jones
      Why are people spamming this?

    • @dougandrews3741
      @dougandrews3741 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Sandy Jones cookie check?

    • @sup3rbpk3r53
      @sup3rbpk3r53 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I love this comment. it's so real.

    • @warj.3577
      @warj.3577 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sandy Jones What does Nick Fuentes have to do with Castlevania?

    • @izaiahwaters213
      @izaiahwaters213 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your still my favourite youtuber

  • @shrimpwithagun5702
    @shrimpwithagun5702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2011

    Update for anyone who wants it: 2Snek took the record by milliseconds literally yesterday, finishing with 11:24.000

    • @ExplosionsCentral
      @ExplosionsCentral 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      1snek 2snek RedSnek BlueSnek

    • @rogehmarbi
      @rogehmarbi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      That time, you can't really make that up

    • @shellnut8224
      @shellnut8224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      Update: 2Snek further lowered the record down to 11:22.533 - linked here th-cam.com/video/L_WgMl74cyU/w-d-xo.html - utilizing recently discovered critical hit setups for Medusa and Frankenstein's Monster, the latter of which makes the window for a critical hit as wide as 3 frames.
      For those who want to see the new setups, this link - th-cam.com/video/Uz3uAVhavTA/w-d-xo.html - shows the new critical hit setup for the Medusa boss and this link - th-cam.com/video/ZaAwoKappQQ/w-d-xo.html - shows the new 3 frame critical hit setup for Frankenstein's Monster.

    • @thohangst
      @thohangst 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      We're just building better humans these days.

    • @jc.1191
      @jc.1191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Must of got the fast bone...

  • @YogSoth
    @YogSoth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    Is there anything better, in our modern age, than to fall down a TH-cam rabbit hole and land on an esoteric masterpiece that you never would have sought out in a million years? So glad I stumbled across this. Subbed instantly and look forward to binging this channel in the next few days. What a world.

    • @ryanred1525
      @ryanred1525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      My TH-cam recommendations feel like they’re drunk but they also have a IQ of 202

    • @Oli.V
      @Oli.V 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      The best example of this I ever got was when the algorithm recommended a nearly 2 hour long video about the fast pass system at Disney World that ended up being the most interesting TH-cam video I have ever seen. I’ve watched it like 4 times, which is a lot given it’s length. Could not recommend more.

    • @hellokittygaming42069
      @hellokittygaming42069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Oli.V i know exactly what video you are talking about and i too have found it the same way. This is why i love youtube so much

    • @TheJacklikesvideos
      @TheJacklikesvideos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      reminds me of when i discovered the channel Technology Connections

    • @theninjamaster67
      @theninjamaster67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Oli.V Good ol Defunctland lol.

  • @bobbobinson11
    @bobbobinson11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4761

    I cannot emphasize how much I enjoy modern internet history.

    • @thenightjackal
      @thenightjackal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      watch Internet Historian's videos, they are so re-watchable.

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 4 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      It's crazy that shitposters on 4chan in the early interweb days are in their 30's now.
      There is nostalgia for those wild west days before social media blurred the lines between internet and reality...

    • @kimgkomg
      @kimgkomg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@planescaped you're just salty because you're 30 and I'm H

    • @Rhannmah
      @Rhannmah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@planescaped Pushing 40 now. We're still around, completely removed from social media, using the internet like we did in the 90's. Anonymously. Normal people flocked to social media to flaunt their lives for everyone to see, but not everyone feels the need for it.

    • @morthostalisint1720
      @morthostalisint1720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I've always felt lucky to not care enough about social media to even know the difference between Face Book and Tweeter.

  • @buamp8186
    @buamp8186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3263

    "He got a crit on the bat."
    "And the bat takes double damage"
    "And he was on the stairs, which does more damage"
    Ok now you're just making shit up.

    • @ryanred1525
      @ryanred1525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +608

      The programmers were drunk OK this was the 90s

    • @thespclflash456
      @thespclflash456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +315

      @@ryanred1525 80s

    • @ryanred1525
      @ryanred1525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      @@thespclflash456 ok But steel this only reinforces my point

    • @fredk4745
      @fredk4745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      @@ryanred1525 but steel though.

    • @ryanred1525
      @ryanred1525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +221

      @@fredk4745 Sorry I meant diamond

  • @Jake-zk6qo
    @Jake-zk6qo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2297

    Salt: mentions framerules
    Me: aw shit, here we go again

    • @wrenpyle7098
      @wrenpyle7098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Jake bus time!

    • @meezo9980
      @meezo9980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      goddamnit

    • @mr.eeggbert1340
      @mr.eeggbert1340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I love the bus

    • @FloppyDiisk
      @FloppyDiisk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      He pulled a sneaky one on us by talking about trains.

    • @Kyle_Schaff
      @Kyle_Schaff 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Crabst*
      Wise Old M8

  • @Kropek13
    @Kropek13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    I have never done speedrunning or even played most of the games featured on the channel.
    I don't watch any speedrunning streams either.
    I'm not even interested in speedrunning.
    But I'm incredibly into the story anyway because you are so good at telling it.
    Keep up the good work my man.

  • @BonnibelGrime
    @BonnibelGrime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +530

    Me who's never beaten Castlevania: Cmon bro, how do you get hit by that fire?

    • @PaperCrane78
      @PaperCrane78 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol

    • @bowieaz5
      @bowieaz5 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I never beat this one either did all the others

    • @Bokmoh
      @Bokmoh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣

  • @herohalv4543
    @herohalv4543 5 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    When speed runs start getting down to individual framerules, you *know* things are about to get ridiculous

    • @zoropks3465
      @zoropks3465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lolol

    • @ethanmilne7917
      @ethanmilne7917 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Super Mario bros runners know that feeling all too well

  • @averysadcat4512
    @averysadcat4512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1450

    I've only been watching this guy for a year but his intro sounds so nostalgic

    • @alejandropinedarojas48
      @alejandropinedarojas48 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      You can thank HOME for that.

    • @LordFartamor
      @LordFartamor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's been about 2 for me, but same

    • @adityavenkat9087
      @adityavenkat9087 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I love how we watch this without playing the game and it is still interesting

    • @PittsburghSonido
      @PittsburghSonido 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Probably the best intro in all of youtube. No competition either.

    • @YouGot2BeKitten
      @YouGot2BeKitten 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I know this is gonna sound like some hipster shit but I found Salt looking for Punch Out videos before he ever started doing this series. It's still surreal to me that a guy I randomly found while going through Punch Out videos ended up making one of my favorite series on TH-cam for the past few years.

  • @edicspaz
    @edicspaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +373

    Jaycee is a god among men, 10:45 today. How he knocks off TEN SECONDS off his PB is unbelievable. Near flawless run, hope he doesn’t stop, he’s pushed this game so far.

    • @kristiansou3763
      @kristiansou3763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      There is no fucking way

    • @eugeneevergreen3850
      @eugeneevergreen3850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2nd place isn't even close

    • @DarthBane-zf8wv
      @DarthBane-zf8wv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What tricks were found in the past year?

    • @nesmandan1037
      @nesmandan1037 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@DarthBane-zf8wv There is a staircase trick right after the crushers. It’s pretty game breaking

    • @evansusmc
      @evansusmc ปีที่แล้ว

      No video of this posted yet?

  • @Azure30
    @Azure30 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    52:49 you've made this music so synonymous with absolute victory I end up tearing up the second it plays, knowing I'm about to witness triumph

  • @griffinblade
    @griffinblade 5 ปีที่แล้ว +823

    "the knights infamously take nine hits to kill"
    AVGN hyperventilating somewhere

    • @vooshoos
      @vooshoos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      thank you for commenting that.

    • @HeyyItsDaleVODS
      @HeyyItsDaleVODS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Gold. Pure gold.

    • @scribble71891
      @scribble71891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      AVGN raging about the knight was the first thing that came to mind when SS mentioned it. XD

    • @banyarling
      @banyarling 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Matei likely played and wrote those. R/Cinemassacretruth

    • @Sillimant_
      @Sillimant_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@banyarling you don't say! It's almost like it's a team project!

  • @yvendous
    @yvendous 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3036

    He's back to season our tasteless lives with speed running history

    • @tylercorliss5052
      @tylercorliss5052 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yvendous boutta salt our tasteless lives when we needed him the most

    • @Sandux930
      @Sandux930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hear ya hear ye

    • @mikea5205
      @mikea5205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Brilliant comment

    • @julianmusanteyafar9565
      @julianmusanteyafar9565 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      E

    • @RSFoxGalassi
      @RSFoxGalassi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      My favorite part was when he did the being back

  • @alyxlynch1981
    @alyxlynch1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +979

    ah, so Mario takes a bus while Simon takes the train. glad to hear they're lowering their emissions

    • @Mae-Muki
      @Mae-Muki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @Is me ? Funky Kong

    • @dpm2937
      @dpm2937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@Mae-Muki Nah Funky Kong takes the Flamerunner

    • @RezaQin
      @RezaQin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And they can go nowhere unless built by state or local government.

    • @joshshrum2764
      @joshshrum2764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He takes it to trainsuvania, hahahahaha.

    • @thepizzagod420
      @thepizzagod420 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@dpm2937 🤦

  • @bradystafford7654
    @bradystafford7654 5 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    Everybody’s gansta til Summoning Salt starts mentioning Framerules

  • @picklenik9658
    @picklenik9658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +545

    Does anybody else find it kinda crazy coincidental that like 80% of the events listed in the video happened in just October?! Like does the spooky Halloween season just make runners better at the spooky monster filled Castlevenia games???

    • @spark1400
      @spark1400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      It’s actually a well known fact that playing Castlevania during S P O O K Y season gives you a 50% better chance of getting all the frame perfect tricks. Common speedrunning knowledge really.

    • @PhiAce_0
      @PhiAce_0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Double A speedrunner, can confirm, ton of speedrunners returning rn in spooktober

    • @mozarteanchaos
      @mozarteanchaos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      spooky season puts you in the mood to go faster in spooky game

    • @michaelgiovinco8892
      @michaelgiovinco8892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I actually replay Castlevania, Symphony of the Night every October (best Castlevania game! play the Japanese version).

    • @outtaideas849
      @outtaideas849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@michaelgiovinco8892 I prefer AoS. SotN gets really easy lategame, while later games solve that issue

  • @Noraaxu
    @Noraaxu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I literally never knew i could be so interested in a topic i care so little about. Like I cant stand watching people speedrun games, yet somehow someone explaining how certain games are ran is the most entertainment i can find on this god forsaken website. Thank you for your amazing content. This was the best one yet.

  • @66Roses
    @66Roses 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    "Tom Votava took the game down in 14 and a half minutes." *2 MINUTES IN*
    Me: Oh I'm in for a treat.

  • @broran_
    @broran_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2877

    Me: **has never played castlevania**
    Me, 55 minutes later: What a masterpiece of a game, and a video.

    • @dontmindme5879
      @dontmindme5879 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      About to be me now

    • @ophi7016
      @ophi7016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That’s basically me, except I played Castlevania like once years ago

    • @cypher237
      @cypher237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I loved this game as a kid... It's hard, but fun to play...
      You should give it a try! 👍

    • @sergio_jose
      @sergio_jose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Dude definitely check it out! All the nes and snes ones are incredible.

    • @dan2562
      @dan2562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I was thinking I was going to think this before watching the video, and yes, now I believe Castlevania is a masterpiece, and I almost cried watching the video.

  • @selensewar
    @selensewar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1150

    "I cant dodge the medusa head because I'm too busy dodging the axe, I cant dodge the axe because I'm too busy attacking the knight, I cant attack the knight because I'm too busy dodging the medusa head!"

    • @sidgar1
      @sidgar1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      FUUUUCCCCKKK!

    • @kymion
      @kymion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      EEEEEEEHHHHHAAAAAAASSSSSSSS

    • @dept-7443
      @dept-7443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      AAASSSSSSSSSS

    • @shadowlucario7125
      @shadowlucario7125 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      RRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

    • @Caz122
      @Caz122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      FUUUUUUUUUUCCCK

  • @AliceWithTheRainbow
    @AliceWithTheRainbow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    29:58 "Castlevania was getting to the point now where improvements were going to be extremely tough to come by"
    *Sees that there's still half the video*
    Ohhh boy. This'll be good.

  • @jasonviande5053
    @jasonviande5053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Man I love how technical the old NES speedruns got over the years. Human ingenuity is truly an amazing thing.

  • @BloodDripss
    @BloodDripss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +546

    never before has a channel been so wholesome, so entertaining, memorable, and generally well made. i cant get enough of your videos man. please keep up the great work, it really gives me something to look forward to when i see a new upload from you!

    • @KCzz15
      @KCzz15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I highly recommend you check out Jon Bois, since you apparently have never watched anything he's ever made. In recent years he has moved the videos he does over to the SBnation channel, but he still has a bunch of stuff on his original channel too.
      Go watch "PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE 3: LONNIE SMITH.
      " and "The Bob Emergency: a study of athletes named Bob, Part I | Chart Party
      " to get a good taste of what I mean. Salt watches Jon Bois and it shows in his videos.

    • @fractal_mind562
      @fractal_mind562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope you look forward to the next vid, maybe in 2020 ?

    • @gabrote42
      @gabrote42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also the rewatchability rivals AVGN's. He is marvellous

    • @Charlie-hv3dh
      @Charlie-hv3dh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Couldn't of put it better!! I love his channel!!!

  • @TheSektorz
    @TheSektorz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1332

    Everyone: *viagra*
    Me, an intellectual: _bone boost_ 45:37

    • @sky4ce09
      @sky4ce09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      boner booooooost

    • @theboxcaradventurer1874
      @theboxcaradventurer1874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      'Alternative Bone'

    • @FilmsYouHate
      @FilmsYouHate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@theboxcaradventurer1874 'Tas Bone'

    • @Slevana5
      @Slevana5 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FilmsYouHate Ken Bone

    • @Serani.
      @Serani. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This comment made me realize the video is 55 minutes long

  • @JPTQJR
    @JPTQJR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    You just know shit gets real when Frame Rule is being considered at running the game faster

  • @jackhumphries4692
    @jackhumphries4692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    "the only thing worse would be if he tied it three times in a week"
    Huh, I wonder what's about to happen

  • @werewolves779
    @werewolves779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Me: so what's going to be the first record for today's episode? Like 2 hours?
    First record: 14.5 minutes
    Me: There's another 50 minutes left. This is going to get crazy.

    • @nate-rs8090
      @nate-rs8090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Record progression tends to have kind of an exponential curve to them unless there’s a new trick found from what I’ve seen.

  • @parappathenoscoper5832
    @parappathenoscoper5832 5 ปีที่แล้ว +753

    Ah yes, my three special moves: fast bone, alternative bone and bone boost.

    • @Val.Kyrie.
      @Val.Kyrie. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Parappa the Noscoper sounds like a party.

    • @dramawind
      @dramawind 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I have a few different interpretations for what alternative bone might be

    • @dadeleemurphy85
      @dadeleemurphy85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      what about the Clone Bone?

    • @DavidMoSian
      @DavidMoSian 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sans be like

    • @Lovuschka
      @Lovuschka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My girlfriend's special move are similar, only with an "r" more at each, and only the first and third one.

  • @underthepale
    @underthepale 4 ปีที่แล้ว +419

    18:05 "Boosting wasn't allowed under Twin Galaxies rules..."
    Here ya go. Even before frauds like Billy Mitchell and Todd Rodgers made TG into an utter laughingstock, they were already a complete joke prior to that. I cannot even imagine how much damage they did to speedruns and superplays with their arbitrary and laughable rulings.

    • @machineofadream
      @machineofadream 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      So many games had weird rules like this early on, often courtesy of Twin Galaxies. I remember they didn't accept using the warp pipes at all for SMB1 100%, so you couldn't go into the pipe in 1-1 for example. So silly.

    • @aidyplays1013
      @aidyplays1013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      it was actually 8:07. Nice comment though!

    • @zoropks3465
      @zoropks3465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      olol

    • @Mushtaco
      @Mushtaco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was literally thinking the same thing.. Twin Galaxies :^)

    • @SmoothJK
      @SmoothJK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Imagine being on an immaculate run, then you accidentally boost, saving time...but your run is now invalidated. So stupid.

  • @RalFingerLP
    @RalFingerLP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1026

    After watching this video, checking leaderboards:
    kmac 11m 21s 684ms NES 1 week ago
    Holy shi°t!!

    • @piotr004
      @piotr004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      The return of the King!

    • @darthwisetheplagueis5869
      @darthwisetheplagueis5869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Damn! I knew he wouldn’t really retire, he just too good. Truly the king of Castlevania, unreal
      Anyone know his YT btw?

    • @senshi01
      @senshi01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@darthwisetheplagueis5869 Twitch kissmyafrocard

    • @erentsen
      @erentsen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@TheLiosoul No no no. Matt Turk is revealed to have had a sub 11 minute run back in the early 2000's through found video footage Matt Turk had in his garage. He casually brings it up and sends it to Summoning Salt to make a new video on.

    • @krishonk7754
      @krishonk7754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      remake of this video may have to happen soon, looks like

  • @Kazmahu
    @Kazmahu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I love how collaborative speedrunning is. Everyone is basically putting all their tech out in the open so that they can completely for execution on a level playing field. At most someone gets Behemothed now and then (see the Super Metroid video for context) but even then a surprise record from a strategy change is usually accompanied by a big form post inviting everyone else to try to new trick and push it to the limit. It's really such a wholesome competition.

  • @TerriblyToldTales
    @TerriblyToldTales 5 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    wow. Never have I been so hooked for nearly a whole hour on something I’ve had no previous interest in. These are incredibly high quality - not too dissimilar of that of a documentary. Thank you, Salt - keep up the great content!

    • @renanmarcilio4677
      @renanmarcilio4677 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know, right? I was watching one of his older videos and my mom asked "are you watching a documentary?"
      My response was "...it's kinda a documentary, actually..."

    • @travistasharski8137
      @travistasharski8137 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For real, all of his videos are top quality and interesting.

  • @Big_BossFOX
    @Big_BossFOX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +582

    *Someone gets World record*
    kmac: “Die Monster You Don’t Belong In This World!”

    • @gigicestone4902
      @gigicestone4902 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      "What is a speedrunner?!...A miserable little pile of exploits! but enough talk, have at you!!!"

    • @emblemblade9245
      @emblemblade9245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      “I was brought here by streamers who wish to pay ME tribute!”

    • @Soulraven2735
      @Soulraven2735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "Maybe the same could be said of all World Records!"

    • @ZanathKariashi
      @ZanathKariashi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@emblemblade9245 Your Sub-count is as empty as your SOUL!

    • @alisona.4166
      @alisona.4166 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      CASTLEVANIA IV GRUNT

  • @Hartful13
    @Hartful13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    2021 Update:
    kmac came back out of retirement, and got a WR 11:20 6 months ago, only to have that beaten in the same month by shockra_tease at 11:13 and then 2 months later by SBDWolf at a time of 11:05. Could we get Sub 11? Anything is possible.

  • @coldDrive
    @coldDrive 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2334

    Broke: Frame rule bus analogy.
    Woke: Frame rule train analogy.
    Can't wait for the 2020 Frame rule ferry analogy.

    • @cypher237
      @cypher237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      🚢 toot toot, lol ...

    • @melee9183
      @melee9183 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Planes

    • @jpetras16
      @jpetras16 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      automobiles

    • @justinhanna9152
      @justinhanna9152 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This will not happen as trains are the best form of transport 🚂

    • @mahbluebird
      @mahbluebird 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Imagine you're waiting for a P L A N E

  • @brxyann
    @brxyann 5 ปีที่แล้ว +722

    The fact that summoning salt still doesn’t have 1M subs should be a crime

    • @millbrick
      @millbrick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nice

    • @3264-m3b
      @3264-m3b 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He'll get there, don't worry.

    • @23impact47
      @23impact47 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Takes a special low percentage of fucking nerd losers that likes this kind of shit. So I doubt it.

    • @Takimeko
      @Takimeko 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@23impact47 rip

    • @23impact47
      @23impact47 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ I like you

  • @novatare
    @novatare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    I've never played this game in my life, but I watched the entire thing and was thoroughly entertained all throughout. That's the mark of a good-ass TH-camr.

    • @fibbed7131
      @fibbed7131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Indeed, the pure fact that over half of the games the great salt man has talked about I have never played. Yet im attached to my screen wondering what happened shows how underated this man really is.

    • @zoropks3465
      @zoropks3465 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      lolo

    • @paulk6399
      @paulk6399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I prefer good ass-youtubers

    • @koolaidmanextra2840
      @koolaidmanextra2840 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please play it

    • @novatare
      @novatare 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@koolaidmanextra2840 lol if I can find out how, I will.

  • @mrincodi
    @mrincodi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    7:56 “Boosting” shown in sync with the music. That’s why I love this channel.

  • @squeegie
    @squeegie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    45:00 You know it's getting serious when Summoning Salt mentions frame rule.

  • @rede4348
    @rede4348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    Someone: I hold Castlevania record
    Kmac: No.

    • @foxao
      @foxao 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yes if he doesn't back.

    • @emblemblade9245
      @emblemblade9245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      “You made this WR?
      I made this WR.”

    • @ryanbishop7506
      @ryanbishop7506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kmac: * Buggs Bunny meme * _My_ record

    • @8834pogi
      @8834pogi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kmac: you fool, i have 70 alternative world records!!! You'll never know my fastest time!

  • @Its__Good
    @Its__Good 5 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    "Being on the stairs causes more damage."
    Well - you do have the high ground!

  • @totowhoa2011
    @totowhoa2011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    The world record is now at 10:55 by jay_cee, and he has a ten second lead on second place (SBDWolf). Wild! Hope we get a follow up to this video one day

    • @TurkeyFry11
      @TurkeyFry11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How in the heck did he break the 11 minute barrier?!

    • @ProjectRedfoot
      @ProjectRedfoot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TurkeyFry11 apparently he's at 10:45 now

    • @YEETUSDAFEETUS
      @YEETUSDAFEETUS ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ProjectRedfoot now imma have to see if anybody or Jay himself has pushed it further

  • @Human-gu2cx
    @Human-gu2cx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1079

    Someone 3 years from now gonna be like “lol they don’t even have the mummy skip”

    • @JazzyWaffles
      @JazzyWaffles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Probably not since beating the bosses is hard-coded, but a 1 cycle Drac? I could see it happening.

    • @rocksy7156
      @rocksy7156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@JazzyWaffles Almost like it was a joke o: crazy

    • @dylanmoore6747
      @dylanmoore6747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      This better be on r/agedlikewine

    • @aiGeis
      @aiGeis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@rocksy7156 Not a witty, funny or original joke at that.

    • @rocksy7156
      @rocksy7156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@aiGeis A joke is a joke doesnt matter if it's good or not

  • @Its__Good
    @Its__Good 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    "Congrats on beating Kmac's WR!"
    "I fear that all I have done is awaken a sleeping giant."

  • @wpk914
    @wpk914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    when the record STARTS at 14 and a half minutes in 2003, you know it's about to be a wild ride

    • @blueyandicy
      @blueyandicy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wpk914 _ Especially when the video is 55 minutes and not 30!

    • @ets0o0
      @ets0o0 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      wpk914 _ they just be like yeah new wr 5 seconds

  • @guyinaroom7771
    @guyinaroom7771 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Current WR is 10m 41s 733ms by trisk 29 days ago as of 17.05.2024
    below is his description:
    "He made it! He made it!" - Engywook
    " "Believe" - Ted Lasso" - Trisk
    I finally got it :). Thanks everyone who joined and helped along the way.
    I'm really really happy with the run. It was incredibly tough to get, but it is also beatable. The biggest gap is the missed bat crit (3.5 seconds lost). We got the slower 7-1 boost. We also had an unlucky bone in level 5. The cookie fight can also be improved. There are more scroll glitches....

    • @MrRyamEros
      @MrRyamEros 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This should get more notice! Bump this comment to the top!!!

    • @alexquittner3466
      @alexquittner3466 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      SBDWolf currently holds WR now, at 10:38.950

  • @Gloria_YuYu
    @Gloria_YuYu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    We want the ICarly 2 world record progression.

    • @Norweeg
      @Norweeg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I’m torn between that and Bookworm Adventures Deluxe.

    • @destinyvoltaire
      @destinyvoltaire 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Norweeg I unironically love bookworm adventures deluxe and would love to see that.

    • @thatoneguy9582
      @thatoneguy9582 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      American Dad

  • @HonkeyKongLive
    @HonkeyKongLive 5 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    That opening music sting just puts me in a great mood every time.

    • @firegodmc1080
      @firegodmc1080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Home hits different when it's in a SummoningSalt video

    • @GizerPlay
      @GizerPlay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The way he connects his intro speach with that particular song is just awesome

    • @bradystafford7654
      @bradystafford7654 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      firegodmc10 On God

    • @Blueflag04
      @Blueflag04 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Relaxing tune

    • @srv524
      @srv524 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@firegodmc1080what's the name of the song again? We're finally landing?

  • @Katiedid2040
    @Katiedid2040 5 ปีที่แล้ว +954

    Drop everything, it’s Summoning Salts time

    • @greenmaillink
      @greenmaillink 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Aramaru 1837 I had a paper to write!

    • @danwatts9537
      @danwatts9537 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      55 minutes too!!

    • @darkfleetawaysonic
      @darkfleetawaysonic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You know it my dude.

    • @emerald3616
      @emerald3616 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Let’s go!

    • @able.
      @able. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Finally let’s go bois

  • @LorianandLothric
    @LorianandLothric 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Speedrunners have a 6 word vocabulary
    "Fuck"
    "Holy shit"
    "Oh my God"

    • @bizichyld
      @bizichyld ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You forgot “‘bout fuckin’ time!”

    • @malegirlboss
      @malegirlboss ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'Insane'

    • @artemiskearney8019
      @artemiskearney8019 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      and the rarest but most important, "wait, what?"

    • @ThePageofCups
      @ThePageofCups 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "Hello?"

  • @zyrocomet
    @zyrocomet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    Can somebody tell me why I just watched something that I had no interest in. the game, not even speed running. but I enjoyed it 110%

    • @modernwarhero8447
      @modernwarhero8447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Thats the magic of summoning salt

    • @SJNaka101
      @SJNaka101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yeah it's just a good video bro. Like and subscribe

    • @Violetcas97
      @Violetcas97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Wonderful production and writing. Documentaries have this funny ability to make anything engaging if they’re well made

    • @metaliq
      @metaliq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I envy the back catalog of wonderful videos you have awaiting you.

    • @jons42
      @jons42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is impressive to see the very rouge to the amazing refinement. There is a doom one about running on ledges, and i got sucked in.

  • @fubu72
    @fubu72 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    [In the most serious sounding, documentary-like voice] "Then, to fight the Cookie Monster."

  • @justh1nkin194
    @justh1nkin194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    3:31 “it’s pretty well known how overpowered the holy water is”
    Me: *immediately thinks of how many times I died to simons holy water to f smash*

    • @N12015
      @N12015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I can say that Holy Water in Ultimate is much like the one from Castlevania: When hit an enemy, this one is stunned while receiving damage, unable to do any damage to you, making them easy to kill or run away from. He even said that indirectly in 3:45. On a side note, their down-air is much like boosting in those games, in the sense of boucing if you hit an enemy.

    • @jeremybrink3058
      @jeremybrink3058 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@N12015
      I know this is late, but I've been labbing an optimal speedrun for a three time zero to death in smash. I'm using richter though, so hopefully the run is allowed.

    • @couldntthinkofaname2403
      @couldntthinkofaname2403 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      JusTh1nkin pk fire but better, less used, and without some annoying kid squealing the name of the attack while doing it

  • @buckmeat
    @buckmeat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you AGAIN, Salt. Can't get enough of these

  • @azulcrescent715
    @azulcrescent715 5 ปีที่แล้ว +754

    The salt summons and I arrive.
    Also, the bus is now a train.

    • @renanmarcilio4677
      @renanmarcilio4677 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Soon it will be a plane

    • @mr.eeggbert1340
      @mr.eeggbert1340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@renanmarcilio4677 soon it will be a space ship

    • @donutboi6187
      @donutboi6187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Soon it will be a Intergalactic Chicken Nugget

    • @arbetor12
      @arbetor12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@donutboi6187 soon it'll be an intergalactic rodent

    • @Cam_J
      @Cam_J 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Soon it will be a cybertruck

  • @bryal7811
    @bryal7811 5 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    "Thank you for watching"
    Thank YOU for making these!

    • @HiAdrian
      @HiAdrian 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for defeating Skeletor!

  • @nmcdermott63
    @nmcdermott63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Hey summoning salt I don’t know if you will see this but I just wanted to say thank you each one of your videos are the definition of quality over quantity and each video is almost an hour long I know you must put in a lot of work for each video so I just wanted you to know we the fans appreciate it can’t wait on the next video ! :)

  • @ryanmcgee9246
    @ryanmcgee9246 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ve been watching your videos for a few weeks and I think it’s insane the amount of time and effort you have put into these. I don’t usually subscribe to channels but I had to drop one for this.

  • @jordanfry5138
    @jordanfry5138 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I can't help but love JC. He's just so expressive and happy, he seems like a super cool dude.

    • @Happysnookerball
      @Happysnookerball 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He totally is, and his community is great. You should check out his channel =)

  • @koopakape
    @koopakape 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I love that you're showcasing and focusing in on the fact that even on these major record-breaking runs, there's all these mistakes and room for obvious further optimizations that make it plain as day the record could drop even further and that someone's going to eventually come and do that, or the record-breaker themselves will refine the run further. It really makes you think about so many current standing records for so many games that have those same things and are waiting to be refined further by passionate players.

  • @Laughability
    @Laughability 5 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Someone: *wants record*
    Kmac: *im about to ruin this mans whole career*

  • @ZERARCHIVE2023
    @ZERARCHIVE2023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love watching your videos when i need to rest a bit...
    They heal me. They make me believe in something

  • @QuiteDan
    @QuiteDan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    When I found a pork chop hidden in a wall of my house, it was not beneficial to my health.

    • @juxoq
      @juxoq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      relatable

    • @marqimoth6987
      @marqimoth6987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@juxoq wait so the pork in the wall isnt good?

    • @K4499-p4h
      @K4499-p4h 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

  • @Salamence778
    @Salamence778 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    The intro is such a feeling of ecstasy to me now. The same feeling nostalgia gives me but.. a tad different.

    • @oxybrightdark8765
      @oxybrightdark8765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Salamence778 excited nostalgia?

    • @pappaOfswe
      @pappaOfswe 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      too me it's like finaly seeing a secual to my favorite movie. And the secual is always as magical and amazing as the first one! Hype too the max, and true satifaction at the end. Every fucking video this chanel does brings the same amazing feeling to me. I love this channel more than masturbation!

    • @SuperstarSnivkins
      @SuperstarSnivkins 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i was with you until the last sentence

    • @Steelo832
      @Steelo832 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best way to describe it

  • @StamperOSRS
    @StamperOSRS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    Me: hasn’t played or thought about this game since I was a child
    Summoningsalt: This, is the 2 cycle Dracula fight
    Me: I CANT BELIEVE IT THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @tonik2558
    @tonik2558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    TH-cam REEALLY wants me to watch this video. For the fourth time apparently. I went through my google account history, and I've somehow watched this video 3 times already. Never searched for it. It just keeps getting recommended because it's such an epic video. I've given this video a like 9 months ago.

    • @iwouldprefernotto4381
      @iwouldprefernotto4381 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey TH-cam here, it’s time for your fifth watch of this video, please comply by the end of this month. Thank you!

  • @Neltharak
    @Neltharak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    "Thanks in part to a mechanic used by many NES games : The framerule system"
    Ah shit, here we go again

    • @CominUpMillhouse
      @CominUpMillhouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      All we had to do was wait for the damn train, CJ

    • @quadpad_music
      @quadpad_music 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So imagine there's a bus...

  • @SBDWolf
    @SBDWolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Dude, incredible documentary as always! You never fail to impress me with how consistently good these are. I didn't know you were working on this world record progression either, the other runners kept their mouths shut on it lol. So imagine my surprise, waking up to see this. It has definitely become one of my personal favorites of yours. Keep it up, you're doing a terrific job and a huge service to the speedrunning scene.

  • @g4lovesyou
    @g4lovesyou 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Never stop using Home as an intro song it always gets me stuck watching your amazing videos

  • @xDanKaix
    @xDanKaix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've watched most of your videos multiple times but just noticed the names of the stops when you explained the frame rule system and I got a good chuckle. It's tiny details like those that often go overlooked that really make your videos special.

  • @helloofthebeach
    @helloofthebeach 5 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    It's so adorable that Twin Galaxies banned damage boosting.

    • @floivanus
      @floivanus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      But CP, MAME, lying about even doing runs and entering your own records was perfectly fine

    • @rachael5300
      @rachael5300 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Good thing cheating and lying wasn't banned!

    • @edwinharbauer2260
      @edwinharbauer2260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      You’re not allowed to let the opponent hit you at certain times lol

    • @modest1989
      @modest1989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@edwinharbauer2260 that is rather insane when you call it what it actually is hah

  • @TheRadicalOneNG
    @TheRadicalOneNG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Those first chords hit and I'm already home.

  • @RamatiKat
    @RamatiKat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    Someone: *takes WR*
    Jmak: I see you have chosen death.

    • @big_egg953
      @big_egg953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Ah yes my favourite Castlevania speedrunner, Jmak

    • @brianbethea3069
      @brianbethea3069 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@big_egg953 I really wish Kmac would get into castlevania, it'd be crazy to have a runner whose name rhymes with the legendary Jmak.

    • @Bung-ms9jc
      @Bung-ms9jc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      But we all know kmac has nothing on jmak

    • @jacksoniansonex9235
      @jacksoniansonex9235 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh heck I just commented this. I'm sorry I promise I didn't steal.

  • @narhwallord6985
    @narhwallord6985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The record is now at a 10m45s. With the second place record being a 11m05s. Damn, they must have found some HUGE saves

    • @dex-6712
      @dex-6712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      scroll glitch coming in clutch

  • @BroadwayBrittany
    @BroadwayBrittany 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1953

    Summoning Salt: “And then...he did this.”
    Me: *munching on snacks* “Tell me what he did, boo.”

    • @leon-zt7wu
      @leon-zt7wu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      He gamed

    • @dramawind
      @dramawind 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@leon-zt7wu and shidded

    • @majedz5407
      @majedz5407 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he doesn't even need to talk about it
      THE SPEEDRUNNERS DO ALL THE RUNS GODF&&&&INGDAMMIT

    • @bread_dawg
      @bread_dawg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@dramawind and fard

    • @thepurplemudkip9998
      @thepurplemudkip9998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bread_dawg and peeded

  • @natalielastname1022
    @natalielastname1022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    *summoning salt uploads*
    Me: Oh hell yeah
    *its an hour long*
    Me: Oh HELL yeah

    • @AndrewJW
      @AndrewJW 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jenna Marbles has entered the chat

  • @ghah5701
    @ghah5701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1330

    "Boosting wasn't allowed under Twin Galaxies Rules..."
    no-fun-allowed.jpg

    • @bryceschug486
      @bryceschug486 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      TG has always been a little full of themselves. They banned a glitch in Zelda OOT even though it didn't actually work the way they thought it did.

    • @SvendleBerries
      @SvendleBerries 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Ah Twin Galaxies, the epitome of honesty and fairness :D
      At least thats what Billy Mitchell and Todd Rogers would say.

    • @redrix1787
      @redrix1787 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yeah TG is just... Bad, they're hypocritical and overall barely even do their job right.

    • @troymacdonald6197
      @troymacdonald6197 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      They literally just want to have runs titled with (Twin Galaxy Ruleset) for their own ego

    • @diodamke1007
      @diodamke1007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      It's not even a glitch. Were they so anal about having people play the iNteNDeD wAY they wouldn't even let runners use normally harmful mechanics to their advantage?

  • @TurnTheIron
    @TurnTheIron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    For anyone wondering, Kmac just got the world record again today!

    • @MannaiaOscura
      @MannaiaOscura 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are you serious?

    • @Bokmoh
      @Bokmoh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MannaiaOscura yup

    • @MannaiaOscura
      @MannaiaOscura 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bokmoh but i can't find footage D:

    • @lunalovespie
      @lunalovespie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Update: Kmac is in 2nd after SBDWolf got an 11:19. These guys are insane

    • @MannaiaOscura
      @MannaiaOscura 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lunalovespie thats actually crazy

  • @ReverendTed
    @ReverendTed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    It disappoints me to no end that it's called the Frame Rule and not "The Frame Train".

    • @VVheeli
      @VVheeli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Petition to now change the term.

    • @refraggedbean
      @refraggedbean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just use it and it may catch on eventually

  • @auswamis
    @auswamis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Whenever that intro music plays I feel like the boundaries of a mysterious new frontier is being pushed.

  • @whatisthis6480
    @whatisthis6480 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Sees “Summoning Salt Presents”
    What a time to be alive tbh

  • @koningflorian2346
    @koningflorian2346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    truly epic video, worth all the time spent making it.