The Insanity of King's Quest Speedruns

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  • @OneShortEye
    @OneShortEye  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

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    • @neolynxer
      @neolynxer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Congrats with scoring an ad!

    • @brianm4393
      @brianm4393 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      1:02 When screens are laid out like that it's called toroidal, not spherical.

    • @neolynxer
      @neolynxer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@brianm4393 i think that Shorty remembers how 3D modelling application actually apply "Spherical mapping" by default and said spherical because of that. This mistake is not a big deal.

    • @OneShortEye
      @OneShortEye  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@brianm4393 Thanks for the correction!

    • @TheViolentLolita
      @TheViolentLolita 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Your sponsor segment was really funny i couldn't stop laughing at your *pew pews*

  • @Zorothegallade-rpg
    @Zorothegallade-rpg 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +173

    No wonder the King has a heart attack at the end, he just watched his vassal rocket off and ping-pong himself all over the kingdom finishing his epic quest in less than two minutes. Poor guy never saw that coming.

  • @XANDOAndy
    @XANDOAndy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +217

    People like Robb are some of my favorites in speedrun communities. Doesn't do a lot of grinding (but can get great times when they want to) and instead mostly spends time breaking down the game to show everyone how to look at it in a new way. People like that do so much for this hobby.

    • @polygon586
      @polygon586 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Maybe one day OneShortEye will tell the story of how one discovery by Robb allowed runners to find skips and timesaves in a whole bunch of other games he never personally ran!

    • @Cr3zant
      @Cr3zant 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Tbf you don't really need to grind when you can have a program do the grinding for you. Epitome of work smarter, not harder.

    • @zunaidparker
      @zunaidparker 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The TASer of text parser adventure games.

  • @kylemacdougall8355
    @kylemacdougall8355 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    Imagine being the king of Daventry and assigning a quest to Graham, not knowing that you've just sealed your own fate, and you now have less than one minute to live.

    • @sheddjake
      @sheddjake 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂 best comment I've ever read.

  • @Jurarigo
    @Jurarigo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +138

    Q: What skills do you need to speedrun KQ1?
    A: A professional typing course and an unhealthy hate for your own fingers

    • @SageOwl
      @SageOwl 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Accurate.

  • @Mr_Top_Hat_Jones
    @Mr_Top_Hat_Jones 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +133

    No way. First the Space Quest Historian, and now OneShortEye? Two King’s Quest videos on my day off? Best day ever!

    • @OneShortEye
      @OneShortEye  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      The SQH AI vid was hilarious.

  • @IanWatson
    @IanWatson 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +466

    Fine I'll watch a OneShortEye Sierra speedrun video at 12:30am

    • @DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth
      @DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      same

    • @AkumaAPN
      @AkumaAPN 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Came to this comment to say "Same."

    • @sm40oztofreedom
      @sm40oztofreedom 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      130 here. 😂

    • @SECONDQUEST
      @SECONDQUEST 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      "why are you up honey?" I've lost control of my life. Oneshorteye uploaded

    • @jontee4free
      @jontee4free 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ok fine I guess I will too then 🙎

  • @fireflocs
    @fireflocs 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +555

    In all fairness, NOBODY should be surprised that Santa Claus is a speedrun god.
    I mean, he delivers presents to EVERY CHILD ON THE PLANET in one night. And he presumably spends the entire rest of the year routing.

    • @joca3885
      @joca3885 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      The faster he delivers presents, the more time he has to speed run games.

    • @chrishart4034
      @chrishart4034 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      The greatest speed runner of all time! He speed runs EARTH, once a year… 😄

    • @charlottecorday8494
      @charlottecorday8494 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I bet Germany is the hardest route. Have you SEEN those streets?

    • @ConFlow247
      @ConFlow247 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@charlottecorday8494nah he has fly hacks

    • @dawnbreaker2912
      @dawnbreaker2912 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's how Santa does it. Zips.

  • @novelezra
    @novelezra 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    I don't watch videos like this because I like to see how fast someone can beat a game. That's frankly kind of boring to me. I watch them for the ingenuity that goes into achieving that goal.
    And wow, the ingenuity shown by Robb in this video is pretty inspiring.

  • @ob2kenobi388
    @ob2kenobi388 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    4:06
    I love how the troll is just dancing so quickly that he's shattering into a mess of pixels lol

    • @vaderwalks
      @vaderwalks 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      IT WAS ME, GRAHAM

    • @trigger7ff6
      @trigger7ff6 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      this is unrelated, but nice pfp!

    • @ob2kenobi388
      @ob2kenobi388 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@trigger7ff6
      Thank you so much!!

    • @trigger7ff6
      @trigger7ff6 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ob2kenobi388 o777777

    • @yarnoboelens2386
      @yarnoboelens2386 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ob2kenobi388 i recognize the MAP flag but what is the other one? the zoo flag?

  • @bellduke6417
    @bellduke6417 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    It’s speed like this that allows santa to go around the whole world delivering presents in one day.

  • @FlynnFromTaiga
    @FlynnFromTaiga 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +143

    7 page scientific research paper on speedrunning old game. I love humanity.

    • @MarquisDeSang
      @MarquisDeSang 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The super power of autism.

    • @l-l
      @l-l 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I live off of content like this

    • @deathcon6261
      @deathcon6261 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      11 pages*

    • @ConFlow247
      @ConFlow247 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's honestly surprising there aren't more speedruns that do that. Considering the nature of the runners you'd think it'd be common practice

  • @SayakaMaizonoo
    @SayakaMaizonoo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    No Santa Claus voice acting budget for this video? 😭

    • @Spiderplant1185
      @Spiderplant1185 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      They spent it all on the guy who voiced Robin Hood in Longbow

  • @Cellfix
    @Cellfix 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    We need more Space Quest Speed Runs episodes, or some about Leisure Suit Larry Laffer, Police Quest or some Lucas Art's game!!!!
    LOVED THE VIDEO!!!!!

  • @ravenvalentine9823
    @ravenvalentine9823 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    16:54 This is how I type normally! Not the exact same hand placement, but when I was learning to type in school I was very competitive so I used that typing a whole word in a single smooth motion to get faster typing times. I still rest on homerow because the teacher would walk around to observe students and I couldn't get away with alternative hand placements.

  • @technoman9000
    @technoman9000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That was a good observation. These games really do reduce down to learning to type something really quickly and precisely. In some ways it's like practising a piece of music on the piano.

  • @LemmingRuns
    @LemmingRuns 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Instructions unclear gave my nut to War Thunder. Graham is softlocked but at least I have a premium M1A1.

  • @RBDSTN
    @RBDSTN 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I haven't started watching it yet but I hope to god the King's Quest 4 speedrun is featured because it's one of those things that needs to be seen at least once in a lifetime.

    • @OneShortEye
      @OneShortEye  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      Not in this one, but you may be pleased to know I'm working on KQ4 mega-video to (hopefully) come out in July.

    • @RBDSTN
      @RBDSTN 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Infinitely better. Can't wait to see what you cook up 🙏

    • @AkumaAPN
      @AkumaAPN 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Nice!!!!!!

    • @koganusan
      @koganusan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hell yeah! Looking forward to that!​@@OneShortEye

  • @hogey989
    @hogey989 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I don't know who OneShortEye is, but after seeing this video I'm about to watch every video on the channel tonight.

    • @therwfer
      @therwfer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I don't know your definition of "tonight", but I'm still sure that won't be enough. Have fun!

  • @nahspinit
    @nahspinit 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    That's the first ad that's ever made me wanna play War Thunder

  • @Lunchpacked180
    @Lunchpacked180 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I always wondered what Santa Claus did outside christmas, though I'll admit i didn't expect it to be speed running Kings Quest 😅

  • @kylewhitt587
    @kylewhitt587 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    Stop, what are you doing! You can't have a War Thunder ad that isn't annoying! THAT'S NOT HOW TH-cam WORKS! IT MUST BE OBTRUSIVE AND ANNOYING!!
    Making War Thunder a relaxing break from the high-octane intensity of King's Quest was already perfect... then the sound effects started. Good job.

    • @SeppelSquirrel
      @SeppelSquirrel 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Gymnopedie No.1 my beloved

  • @stllr_
    @stllr_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    it's rare you get to see the whole wr in the wr compilation at the end of the record progression

  • @-sk8-437
    @-sk8-437 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Somehow has scarier keyboard cams than Mario Bros.

  • @charliebeareuwu
    @charliebeareuwu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    My favorite part of this subject is how humble and nice the speedrunners behind this are. Instead of being arrogant tryhard assholes, they're helping one another out and sharing information to make the whole community a better place

    • @polygon586
      @polygon586 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Chuck was a big help when I was starting out. My DOSBox lacked oomph and couldn't run at high enough cycles, and he told me how to fix it by optimizing the DOSBox configuration :) Which of course came handy for many other games as well.

  • @lordspaz88
    @lordspaz88 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This reminds me of Pajama Sam speedruns. 14 seconds of cutscenes *trying* to start

  • @Pinkstarclan
    @Pinkstarclan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    mad respect for the folks who dedicate so much of their time, put so much love & passion into this hobby. it's always heartening to see such dedication to forwarding communities of a shared hobby.

  • @lego_minifig
    @lego_minifig 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    As someone watching this at 2am, I appreciate the tone and music of the ad read

  • @c3cris2
    @c3cris2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I am literally falling asleep to your video. But it’s the biggest complement, a video that is lovely, calming to watch and entertaining.

  • @LaukkuPaukku
    @LaukkuPaukku 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Of course Santa Claus is a master at speedrunning, he's got experience from delivering presents to countless children within a time limit.

  • @soos206
    @soos206 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My good man, this is legitimately my favorite TH-cam channel and I implore you to continue being so

  • @YukoValis
    @YukoValis 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    To me Robb and Santa don't play kings quest like a game. They play it like a piano. The question now is what song does it make?

    • @KnickKnackBarbie
      @KnickKnackBarbie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Rush E

    • @YukoValis
      @YukoValis 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KnickKnackBarbie I hate you.. take your damn "like" lol

    • @thenoseguy
      @thenoseguy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The death song

    • @pikapower_kirby
      @pikapower_kirby 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@KnickKnackBarbie Wheeze-laughed at this sir. Well played

  • @mkwilson1394
    @mkwilson1394 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Watching them play this game is so surreal, it's not like any other gameplay that I've seen. It's more like watching someone who is REALLY good at using vim. Combinations of keystrokes that just work - and to the lay person, it's like watching a magic act. Great video!

  • @Sam_on_YouTube
    @Sam_on_YouTube 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    On a run under 2 minutes, I'm surprised anyone bothered with safety saves.

    • @zergu-yf3gd
      @zergu-yf3gd 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      sometimes wisdom is passed down thru generations and not questioned -- safety save would have been logical at one point in time and it took someone asking the questions again of whether it's a good idea, to discover that it's not.. a lot of speedrunners just do what they are told, meaning, follow a set of instructions precisely and don't think deeply about what they are doing. this is the normal speedrunner approach. if x person with authority says do it, you do it, until such time as it's demonstrated to be bad by someone with authority (wr holder generally) - would be better if more people were creative and thoughtful but, it is what it is. most people are followers.

  • @upsyndrome
    @upsyndrome 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your niche speedrunning videos. Appreciate the Summoningsalt inspiration in some of the format as well.

  • @AdriftForWeeks
    @AdriftForWeeks 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Yesss. Another OneShortEye vid is insta-click. My very own KQ "speedrun" according to GOG Galaxy is 1h 1m in KQ5, it was a normal run just from memory after not having played it for over 10 years lol. I thought "hey, that's pretty fast!" until I saw the actual records, haha. That got me off trying to run this series real quick.

    • @OneShortEye
      @OneShortEye  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you feel like it, there is a ScummVM category where you play at a more reasonable speed. Although the slowest run on the boards is 4 minutes, so... www.speedrun.com/kings_quest_quest_for_the_crown?h=ScummVM-Any&x=9kvoezo2-yn2w2g2n.gq7m44pq

    • @AdriftForWeeks
      @AdriftForWeeks 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@OneShortEye KQ1 is short enough, I can always give it a shot and shoot for that 3m 59s at least, haha!

  • @d74g0n
    @d74g0n 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    After a long night and early morning copying old meme folders; I laid down and put this video on. Wife asked "what is this!?' and I replied 'It was the most boring thing I could possibly find so I can sleep'. Plays video and drifts off to sleep until you start talking about how people put your vids on to sleep and shit got to meta for me and I laughed myself awake and gave up on sleeping today. Well played.

  • @Vidar93
    @Vidar93 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have never had interest in speed running myself but man... I absolutely love videos explaining runs, their history and the tech that goes into them. Its always a treat getting videos from you, summoning salt, tomatoanus, shoester and others.. You absolutely deserve more subscribers with the quality of the videos you create. Keep up the great work man..

  • @LanceThumping
    @LanceThumping 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    19:00, I'm so glad he did this. I was thinking basically from the start how easy it seemed like it'd be to have a computer search through all the possible zips at any point and find new optimal paths.

  • @LatinxGoyslop1994
    @LatinxGoyslop1994 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That guide pdf he made is one absolute giga-chad move

  • @decafjedi
    @decafjedi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video got me curious about speedruns for the Sega Master System version of King's Quest 1, and it looks like they're around the 4-minute mark. Without Blast Processing™, the SMS just couldn't handle the zips. 😁

  • @xnopyt-aaajjj
    @xnopyt-aaajjj 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Complex sequences of directions and inputs... precise timing... spending most of your time in the lab optimizing... hey guys, I think King's Quest might be a fighting game.

  • @DavidKraftIshihama
    @DavidKraftIshihama 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's fascinating learning about AGI's poll rate and how it can be used. SCI has a much slower poll rate for keyboard input - every 0.1 seconds. As well as a poll rate for mouse of every 0.01 seconds.

    • @SuLokify
      @SuLokify 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow max 10 keystrokes per second would drive me insane

  • @deltavictor8369
    @deltavictor8369 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The repositioning on the keyboard, away from a traditional touch typing positioning, is interesting. Has there been any thought given to more efficient keyboard layouts? DVORAK, QWERTZ, AZERTY, or maybe a fully custom layout? I don't know the commands well enough to know for certain, but I would guess that not every letter gets used, so you could design a custom layout around that... Or it might have potential for other games, I don't know. Just a quirk to speedrunning I had never thought about before this video.

    • @polygon586
      @polygon586 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Robb experimented with some completely customized layouts, though in his WRs he used a normal one or mostly normal one with a couple of slight modifications.
      I took a very purist approach to layouts, to the point of sticking to Finnish QWERTY even though just switching to American QWERTY would have saved 1 keystroke. Mostly because I didn't feel like starting a layout optimization race. (But if I ran KQ1 again I'd probably at least use American QWERTY...)
      Macros are not allowed in case somebody wonders.

    • @goomygaming980
      @goomygaming980 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@polygon586 I wonder if a stenography keyboard is allowed or if it counts as a macro. 🤔

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@goomygaming980 My hunch is that it isn't against the rules, but that it would be if anyone tried. UrQuan made a whole new emulator to iron out inconsistencies caused by slightly different hardware, I don't think adventure game speedrunners are eager to introduce new hardware requirements.

  • @Dorelaxen
    @Dorelaxen 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    To be fair, speed running in general is kind of insanity. You basically have to unlearn all of the things you've learned about gaming. Things like intentionally taking damage or dying on purpose. It's fun to watch, but damn if I could ever do it.

  • @SirJordzy
    @SirJordzy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That transition at like 45 seconds was fire, good shit

  • @retrotks
    @retrotks 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This makes me want to try speedrunning King’s Quest games.

  • @nick0man
    @nick0man 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi OneShortEye! Have you ever considered covering "Peasant's Quest"? Is an 'affectionate parody' from the 2000/10's (i forget). It was from the games section on that old homestarrunner website. I sunk a lot of time getting lost in it as a kid lol.

  • @LunaticEdit
    @LunaticEdit 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    For the record, yes some of us use videos like yours to fall asleep. It's not because it's boring, it's because it's very interesting. I can close my eyes and just listen to it and stay entertained -- keeps my mind off everything else and helps me fall asleep faster. But I also watch during the day too :)

  • @fashion-baller3399
    @fashion-baller3399 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    7:06 lmaooooo thank you it knocked me right out. Being completely serious rn you should do an audiobook! I find your voice very warm and sincere.

  • @2x4noah
    @2x4noah 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Just in time to drift to sleep listening to my favorite genre on TH-cam

  • @juancontrerasalvarado1788
    @juancontrerasalvarado1788 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Bro I gotta get to work and I'm sitting fresh outta the shower nothing on just watching this. I would say that's an achievement for a content creator

  • @ShunyValdez
    @ShunyValdez 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    10:00. Maybe that one pixel might be a dev shortcut so they can test the game while the design is being finalised. Maybe.

  • @lostsanityreturned
    @lostsanityreturned 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    That was legitimately a grear warthunder advert

  • @GergoErdi
    @GergoErdi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That's not the topology of a globe, rather, a torus (donut surface). To wit, think about starting at the equator of a globe, turning south, and moving in a straight line. That will have you going south for a while, but then as you loop over the south pole, you're now going north.

    • @OneShortEye
      @OneShortEye  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the correction!

  • @LanceThumping
    @LanceThumping 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is along the lines of something that I've wanted to see for a long time.
    I think it'd be interesting if there was a segment of speedruns that allowed for running games at higher than normal speeds for better times.
    We'd see some interesting effects where we might have easy to pull of tricks becoming frame perfect or extremely tactical speed ups.

  • @themechanic6117
    @themechanic6117 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I fell asleep last night watching this 😂 I enjoy these videos but they are great for randomly falling asleep lol

  • @AKheon
    @AKheon หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always cool to see this level of dedication for optimization and routing a game.

  • @SeanNH94
    @SeanNH94 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    so, there's a completely dry cave at the bottom of a well full of water?? 🤔

    • @OneShortEye
      @OneShortEye  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I think the implication is that there's some kind of tunnel between the screens (that we don't see) that Graham climbs up. But I agree, it doesn't really make sense. The SCI remake tries to remedy this a little bit, but I'm not entirely sure this makes sense either: www.sierrawallpaper.com/games/kq1sci/73/

  • @In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock.
    @In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    We've come full circle lmao
    More KQ is always welcome!

  • @LyricNear
    @LyricNear 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seeing the Adventure Game Hotspot logo at the end reminded me I'll hopefully be at AG Fan Fair this year helping demo a new game. I wonder if I'll meet anyone I recognize from your videos!

  • @WanArk86
    @WanArk86 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've binge a quite a lot of video compilation to fall asleep to as of late, so I might save this one for my rotation.

  • @graduator14
    @graduator14 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    More like King's Sprint to get back home and relax, am I right?

  • @SjefDriscoll
    @SjefDriscoll 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    So *this* is what Santa does the rest of the year.

  • @Nemo2342
    @Nemo2342 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another great OneShortEye video! I love watching these speedrun progression documentaries.

  • @onceuponatimeonearth
    @onceuponatimeonearth 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you keep on making these I will keep on watching 'em. Love these video's.

  • @joseignaciofarias2617
    @joseignaciofarias2617 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Cool, been missing this channel

  • @psyhodelik
    @psyhodelik 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I use your video to fall a sleep… you made me laught at 6:40 xD

  • @sketchbookauthor
    @sketchbookauthor 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My day always get better when you drop an upload:)

  • @while_coyote
    @while_coyote 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love these videos. It's just so crazy king's quest is a speed run.

  • @OzPearsall
    @OzPearsall 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Literally the best War Thunder ad read I've ever seen. "Storytime with War Thunder" made me laugh out loud.

  • @conzmoleman
    @conzmoleman 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The focus on optimal rng in a sub 50 second run is hilarious to me. How many thousands of attempts are these guys making??

    • @polygon586
      @polygon586 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      My LiveSplit shows an attempt count around 11000 or 12000 IIRC, but that's a massive undercount since I frequently mash the keyboard so fast that LiveSplit misinterprets it and fails to start properly. Real attempt count is probably something like 18000 (of which *none* had perfect RNG).

    • @conzmoleman
      @conzmoleman 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@polygon586 Holy smokes!!! I am in awe.

  • @milkbone8245
    @milkbone8245 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My days are always better with your videos. Thank you!

  • @Cosmignon
    @Cosmignon 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love how this speedrun is so fast you can literally show several full runs of it in this video 😂 amazing technical know how on display here

  • @MagusMarquillin
    @MagusMarquillin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It is insanity, playing King's Quest in under 3/4ths of a minute. But how many hours/weeks planning, optimizing, coding (in some cases), and training for these short marathons?
    SMH! I wonder if Roberta or Ken have noticed this is a thing? I bet it would tickle them. I can't remember; I know you had Ron Gilbert, but you had some Sierra employees on your show also, didn't you?
    Thanks for another of these gems OneShortEye.

  • @nooseolsen8642
    @nooseolsen8642 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always fall asleep to speedruns or speedrun history I feel called out but I'm passing out here soon. These videos can help me fall asleep for 3 nights depending on length I always restart the next night where I last remember

  • @tdfitzsimons
    @tdfitzsimons 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Look I haven’t finished watching the video yet but I just need to comment right now that this might be the greatest ad read I’ve ever seen.

  • @vulpinitemplar5036
    @vulpinitemplar5036 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don't think I've ever seen a speedrunner make an actual strategy guide, it's very cool :)

  • @TheFoolArts
    @TheFoolArts 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is, without irony, one of the most inspiring videos I have seen in a long time.

  • @beavinator
    @beavinator 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Speedrunners are superhuman. I'll never understand why people who can throw or kick a ball make millions while these true legends remain in obscurity.

    • @calemr
      @calemr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It'd probably be much less enjoyable for most people to watch the Exact Same game of football each time.
      Personally I think they're all basically the same anyway, but I'm sure for sports fans it matters.

    • @beavinator
      @beavinator 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@calemr I don't watch all speedrunners' attempts at world records, I just watch the world records. I suppose I could see the appeal of people watching the most optimized football game of all time...but that doesn't exist. Real games of football are commonplace events, and I don't understand the appeal of watching them.

  • @johngleeman8347
    @johngleeman8347 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Holy smokes. Robb made such a nice-looking document of his routing plan. XD

  • @ScottE-2
    @ScottE-2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ah sweet a new OneShortEye video!

  • @vanillajombi
    @vanillajombi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Top stuff, commercial gave me a sensible chuckle

  • @TheViolentLolita
    @TheViolentLolita 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Santa Claus is my favorite reoccurring oneshorteye personality. (retrotks is a close runnerup tho)

  • @raksori
    @raksori 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The content creator I wait new videos most from is you, these are always so entertaining and well made!

  • @Alleroc
    @Alleroc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's funny that you bring up the touch typing. I spent several years as a 911 dispatcher, and how he types is extremely similar to how I type as a result of having to reprogram my brain for dispatch typing. Shame I have 0 talent for speed running!

  • @MartinKuek
    @MartinKuek 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That WarThunder promo with your sound effects was just the best.

  • @kaw8473
    @kaw8473 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't speedrun but I watch videos about the strategy, accolades and drama because the community is just that good at taking something relatively mundane and making it interesting to be involved in.

  • @PikachaoArt
    @PikachaoArt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I literally just rewatched the first kings quest video and though man they should update this with all the crazy new runs I’m seeing soeedrunning sites

  • @FirActionHotdog
    @FirActionHotdog 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In no world would I have ever expected someone who is at the top of the speed run game of any kind, certainly not King's Quest, look like like Robb. That's a good looking older gent.

  • @Pezmage1
    @Pezmage1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video! Also that was the best ad read I've seen in a long time. Bravo.

  • @thomaspfeifer6337
    @thomaspfeifer6337 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Like a little treat every time a oneshorteye video drops.

  • @Cowa321
    @Cowa321 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I feel very self aware now in that I totally listen to these videos to fall asleep at night. They are just so relaxing and knock me out in less than 5 minutes haha

  • @Tyletoful
    @Tyletoful 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That is genuinely a great war thunder ad. Good take

  • @brittislove
    @brittislove 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Geez I love your videos. Incredible!!!

  • @CommandThrow
    @CommandThrow 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The War Thunder ad was great LOL (the rest of the video also good but man you crushed that ad LOL)

  • @dglynch222
    @dglynch222 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You say Daventry is a sphere, but isn't it actually a torus?

    • @OneShortEye
      @OneShortEye  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, that would technically be more accurate. Thanks for the correction!

  • @CelticGuardian7
    @CelticGuardian7 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely insane! I can't even imagine how you'd be able to do that with your brain keeping up. So much of it must be instinctual by that point!

  • @Mythraen
    @Mythraen 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:13 I know falling to your death is technically running into something, but I still feel like it deserves its own mention.

  • @angstqueen9360
    @angstqueen9360 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I usually skip ads, but this one... This one was so soothing. I'm here for more of that.