The Unseen Side of Speedrunning -
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2021
- Over 1 year to create - this video combines my first 5162 attempts to speedrun Super Mario Bros. I recorded 193 hours of attempts (and practice) on an original 1985 nintendo entertainment system - then I wrote a custom computer program to process those videos and combine them via machine learning and conventional image processing techniques.
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*HERE IS A LINK TO THE 'How it's made / Director's commentary': • The Unseen Side of Spe...
My final time was 4:58.941 That puts me in the top 150 on the leaderboard: www.speedrun.com/smb1 but hey maybe a sequel once I learn how to do 8-4 better and pull off the ol' bullet bill glitch :-).
I originally thought this wouldn't be that bad of a project: cool idea, couple months, done. But this challenged me in tremendous ways. It's done now, and it's cool to watch 193 hours of struggling (plus many, many times that developing, debugging, editing, and processing the videos) in just 5 minutes.
But this was not easy to do. For instance; when you have 41 million frames - even if something takes only one second - you're looking at well over a year of computer time alone. Most frames were processed in much less than a second, but some had to be done by hand to train the system and oh man I could go on forever on how it was made.
I've also have the idea to make this system work LIVE to combine multiple runners into a real race. Stick around if you're interested in that ;) - เกม
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This video was a stepping stone towards making this technology work for LIVE competitions! And it works now! Check it out: th-cam.com/video/3WRWz7XG3Os/w-d-xo.html
How the frick no replies???
@@SheckoVex even better question, how the fuck did nobody notice that that one sprite of Mario at 6:17 right next to the Lakitu cloud has enough cake to end world hunger.
This is not "all attempts" for sure. Many times we see only 1 or 2 deaths on a very difficult obstacle even though you show plenty of deaths/imprecisions on easy parts.
Also, especially at the beginning, you show many runs that are several seconds late which you continued without resetting. I've never seen any speedrunner continue a run when they're already 3 seconds late after 10 seconds of gameplay.
It's understandable that removing (and adding) some runs will save processing time (make a nicer final video to watch), but then you should mention it somewhere.
Anyway, great work and nice result ! :)
@@MDLuffy1234YT haha
@@EvilCherry3 I believe at the start it is all attempts. The ones that die stay dead, so there will be less by the end.
"How many futures did you see?
- 5 162.
- In how many do we win?
- Twelve.
Hahahh excellent
@@spdutahraptor777 thx
This is underrated as s--t. Nice Dr. Strange reference XD
Yee
What did it cost?
“General we sent more than 5,000 men out to save the princess, only 12 made it back.”
The other 4988 gave up because they were too slow, the princess was already saved when they arrived
@@laytonjr6601 was more than that.
only 2 gave up the rest died to a goomba on average.
@@laytonjr6601 he said more than 5000 Not 5000
Sounds just like how Excelblem plays Fire Emblem to me.
I love how there's just that one Mario constantly trying to keep up
He thinks he still has a chance to make the speed run!
Noticed that too. Big ♥for the straggler!
He dies on the Bowser axe throw 😢
Love how during all the underground segments you can’t hear the music over the sheer amount of death.
the dying earrape always gets me
I am traumatized by this, and I am scared shitless at the idea that my brain will replace silence with that sound.
The hell's YOUR problem, creepy?
I was not expecting 1-2 to be such a massacre. Press F to pay respects.
There's a real "Hundreds of Sea Turtle hatchlings trying to survive their walk to the ocean" vibe to this video.
Another one made it to the water?
LOL
XD
Repent to Jesus Christ!!
“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,”
James 1:19 NIV
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"There are over 5 Thousand baby Marios here, and they all must go on a perulous quest to their home, world 8-8, but less than even 1 hundred of them are likely to survive such a journey, with dangers ranging from as simple as a mere goomba, to dangers such as hammer Brothers, and their final obstacle, Bowser. This footage that we've recorded shows their journey, and the success and failure of many baby Marios."
"The master has failed more times than a beginner has ever tried" visualized
Where is that quote from?
Good quote
Where is the quote from
Qoute has been said by Stephen McCranie.
@@snivyservine6361 Not even a Chinese proverb, I'm surprised.
I love how the Marios walking out of the castle at 0:42 and really everything onwards visually demonstrates the concept of frame rules!
Yeah, didn't notice it at first but you are right. Great visualization . Should send this to Bismuth or Summoning Salt, but I also like that the bus-analogy already is kind of a running joke.
@@JustsomeSteve supposedly the framerules have something to do with when you press start on the start screen which could determine where enemies appear in a frame because enemies are on a timer that restarts every frame cycle. I.E. if you press start at the beginning of a frame cycle, then enemies will probably appear slightly sooner when you enter a frame than they would if you press start a or near the end of a frame cycle.
I assume you think that is happening here because enemies are showing at different points on the screen, but that is probably just because the Marios themselves are at different points on the screen, so the enemies are not showing until whenever the Marios show.
@@wrestlerx8494 The "Framerule is just, that the game refreshes every 21 frames; that window is considered a frame rule. This means that when Mario reaches the end of a level, how quickly the next level loads will depend on where he is in the frame rule; a player who reaches the end on frame 3 and a player who reaches the end on frame 19 will both be on the same frame rule. Thus Mario's will walk together, at the end of the level, on every Framerule (every 21 frames) into the next level.
I just think it's a great visualization of that Framerule. :)
@@JustsomeSteve ok. Because there is a glitch in this game with a Bullet Bill that I think appears in level 8-2 and for that players supposedly wait on the start screen at the beginning of the game until a certain point to press start which is apparently needed to set up that glitch later in the game.
My guess was due to the enemies being on a timer based on the frame it's on when you press start, you have to press start on a certain frame to allow the Bullet Bill to appear underneath Mario at exactly the right time to do the glitch AND do it in the least amount of time.
The concept of buses, you mean.
This was awesome, thanks for putting it together. The battle of 1-2 is a blood bath. Lost so many good Mario's out there.
Looks like he lost 1000x by missing the pipe on 1-1 and resetting, then gave up another 700 times before the flag (-1800).
But going from 3300 lives to under 1000 (-2300) on 1-2 shows how dangerous that level is for a speed run!
Next level brought him down to 137 survivors (-800). So after that 55 lives (-82) doesn't seem so bad.
Finally we got 32 (-50) going into Bowser's Castle for a finale of 12 (-20).
Naturally, he might have practiced these later levels so he'd be more successful when doing a speed run from the beginning.
Sorry Mario, your princess is dimensionally transposed in five thousand other castles simultaneously.
LMAO
But first let's talk about alternate dimensions
Mario Multiverse of Spaghetti
@@ElCapitanJones Heeey, Luigi! Let’s be some spaghetti!
Oh no!
"Dad, where the babies come from?"
"You see, son, when the single quickest Mario out of 5000 reach the Princess..."
I have to use this some day man
lol
**explains the entirety of smb speedruns**
Ty
S'permario and Princegg Peach
It’s amazing how clearly you can see every frame rule at the beginning of each level
I love how almost 2000 runs were given up in the first level. Really makes me feel better about myself
Then again in the second…
Either that or 2000 quit.
@@thanhtamnguyenthi70732000 quit is accurate. Level 1s easy as shit. Most likely they fucked up something basic so they suicided themselves
There's something comically dark about seeing all the Mario's that just stop moving or intentionally kill themselves because they made a mistake
Super Lemming Bros.
Just imagine this in real life all of your parallel Universal selves all doing the different and similar things and imagine a 4th dimensional being looking at all the infinite you and every possible decision you have made are making or will ever make.
@@Ultimusvivi Which one's the original?
The framerule bus has never been easier to visualize
@@cobalqt and one that conments a lot too
Literally went down to comment this
@@cobalqt fellow? Where is your check?
feel like this footage would be perfect in a Salt video where he explains framerules
I need a video to explain how to visualize a bus
This is inspiring. Every death, a sigh and a reset; every Mario, the decision to go again. Even though this video is only 7 minutes long you can _feel_ the 200 hours of focus, effort and determination that went in to this PB.
Imagine doing 5162 runs, only finishing 12 and 11 are slower. That is the definition of torture
Bowser: "I wonder how is Mario doing..."
*sees 5k Marios rampaging through kingdom*
"I heard Green Hills zone is beautiful this time of year"
Hears the noise of 5k sonics running his direction
“Hmm... been a while since Ive been to Hyrule...”
*5000 Links rushing through eastbound*
@@sebastianaponte7312 Hya Hya Hiiya Hyeeeh kyaah haa x5000
Corneria, he'll never find me in Corneria...
*HIIIIIIIIIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
*HAIHAIHAIHAIHAIHAIHAI*
*COME ON*
*shine and gamecube controller ASMR intensifies*
@@cristhianmunoz7025 he’ll never find me in Kanto!
Wait…..
Bowser should have not messed with the Italian mafia.
Underrated coment LMAO
this deserves more likes
Man these comment make me feel special.
Now im just imagining mario breaking someones kneecaps
LMFOAKOJFND IM FUCKING ORBITING RN-
The dedication to the grind is cool but the really impressive thing is how you managed to combine all the videos! I can't even begin to think how you would approach something like that. Great idea and well executed!
True
This brought tears to my eyes man. People only see the success, never the hard work and dedication it took you to get there.
lol wut
If put in a timeless room a monkey will eventually do this too
"I'm sorry Mario, but your Mario is in another castle"
- Mario
Yor Mario is in another Mario
@@roninlviaquez deviantart moment
Im mario mario, but mario mario is mario another mario
Mario Mario Mario, Mario Mario Mario Mario Mario Mario Mario
-Mario
@@bromomento5913 ???
"Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice, i am willing to make."
- Lord F***kwad
I wrote the same line, then I saw this comment.
“Yes but only some of you... I’m sure most will make it back “
*5050 Marios cry in the distance*
SOMebOdY ONcE ~
*5,162 plumbers enter!*
*12 plumbers leave!*
I loved watching this! It was like seeing into multiple parallel universes at once. I especially liked that Bold Outline Mario wasn't always in the lead; kept things exciting.
I don't know what amazes me more: the speedrunning or the video editing. Amazing work!
Over five thousand Marios entered.
Only twelve left alive.
A moment of silence for those who were massacred.
mostly to goombas
Even worse. There's only 1 Princess Peach and 12 Mario's. She's gonna need to make a lot of cakes.
Just like squid game
@@MrDalek2150 Hope she made lotsa spaghetti
@@UltimaDoombotMK1 xd
I imagine this is what Doctor Strange saw in Infinity War when he was searching for a way to beat Thanos.
Lmao me too
So, there’s a universe where tony stark killed himself in the first 3 seconds of the movie
@@paulaldo9413 to goomba thanos
This is the speedrunning I want to see more of, not just the WR
The sheer amount of information you kept track of and showed at the end is amazing. I've never seen someone keep track of literally EVERY single thing that happened. That is insane! I was blown away by the editing and time it took, but that floored me at the end. That was well worth watching all the way to the very end. Simply amazing speedrun and video. ❤
I identify with the Marios that stop running and stand next to a pipe.
My favorite are the ones that get stuck on a block on the flag stairs and then vanish.
@@kabobawsome Happens to me all the time smh
I identify with the ones that died to the first goomba.
"Luigi, I have seen 5162 different possible futures."
"And in how many do we save the princess?"
"..Twelve.."
Mamma-mia!
Woooooow! If there is one video in all of TH-cam that deserves a like, it is this one. Not only because of the many hours of gameplay, but for the incredible editing and sincronizaron of all those thousands of videos and sound tracks. This is just insane! This is a masterpiece!
I'm reminded of a quote I once read:
"Speedrunners are people who spend all of their time in games, trying to play as little as possible of it."
Well, its kinda true
like golf
@@DiamondSG I'd say more like racing. Golf the total time doesn't typically matter, just the strokes. Racing you want to spend as little time running/driving/etc the track as you can.
Like drag racing or anything like that. The less time you spend enjoying going fast the better
when you think about it that way its kinda worth a laugh
I'm glad to know that even the greatest Mario players who can beat the game in less than 5 minutes will still die to the first goomba on occasion
The amount of time this took to make, the editing, and all the data took a very very long time to make. A lot of dedication, this video is underrated to say the least.
I can’t imagine what the editing timeline must’ve looked like for this video haha
Forget Mario 35, this is the true masterpiece
we need more of these videos
There used to be a Mario 100 fan game, way better than Mario 35, but Nintendo took it down a while ago and who knows if the creator was sued.
Mario 35 is forgotten
@@Rosielx he was and lost
Mario 5000
Peach - "So few, so few of you have returned?"
Mario - "Our princess is safe, we have paid for it with many lives"
For each one we took down, we lost four score of our own...
@@meyes5671 that would be Kim Possible 2 Drakken's Demise. GBA
Legend
Thanks for the vid! This is very well edited
I love that when the new level starts, you can see the frame rule in how they're staggered.
'Imagine a bus that comes every x frames...'
Was cool
@@DoABarrelRol1l 🤣 same!
The hell is a frame rule? Kinda sounds like some bus that arrives every 12 frames or something idk…
@@cashm5455 21
@@cashm5455 a bus that arrives every 21 frames, or an Uber
Me: "Why are the different attempts clumped together so much?"
My brain: "well, imagine a bus..."
I even hear it in summoning salt’s voice
Imagine a bus
🚌
🤔
@@tysonholmstead1666 I have never seen anyone on the internet who actually remember that it was Bismuth and not Summoning Salt
It’s so cool. It’s like a trial run for all players compressed into one moment.
This may be the best illustration of framerules I've ever seen.
Also, nearly 100 deaths to the first Goomba...
If Super Mario 35 taught me anything, it's that 1-1 Goomba is the most deadly enemy in the game.
You gotta respect the first goomba. It's the deadliest goomba in any of the Mario games. We all died to it at least once, don't lie.
1000+ deaths on the third goomba of 1-2, the first goomba ain't got nothin' on him
It's 49 deaths to the first Goombah, but then over a thousand in the first pipe, with no enemies?
@@soconoha8495 they got lost
This sounds weird, but I think the best parts are the deaths when you hear the death jingle played a bunch of times in quick succession.
I especially feel for that one runner who died to bowser at the very end
Especially 1-2.
@@Kwauhn. All these runs were done by the same person
Hey that was very very cool. Thanks for putting this together!
The noises are wonderful. Love the idea behind that.
Shoutout to the one Mario that was lagging multiple seconds behind everybody else and made it all the way up to Bowser
@Helva he didn’t
There's something cute about the last Mario that was lagging behind like a little kid trying to keep up with his older brothers.
I think that guy didn’t even make it, died at bowser
@@Ryan-jv8bw Noo, Johnson! He was just a boy...
This video really helps me emphasize with your pain as I watch the Marios of entire runs dying in various ways.
This is impressive as hell. The amount of editing this must have taken is unreal.
As someone’s who’s studied fluids, I now feel an immense urge to calculate the “Marios per minute” flow rate through a given cross sectional area
The masculine urge to calculate the flow rate of mario
1:17 audio spectrum visualizer
nerd :P
@@heatheryoung1951 I hate it when people say ‘nerd’ just because the person is doing what he is supposed to do
@@eee_eee I hate it when people take what is clearly a playful comment too seriously.
Jokes aside, lighten up man. It's not all bleak.
I like the fact that you can clearly see sperated "discrete packages" of Marios in later levels. That's a great demonstration of the frame rule!
That's a perfect way to phrase it to explain the flagpole glitch.
@@idlemindedmage6925 The flagpole glitch is not the same as discrete packages. Discrete packages is that only every few frames a level can be exited. Because of that ayt the beginning of levels we see groups of marios with gaps inbeween.
The flagpole glitch is just making the flag faster. It occurs between touching the flag and jumping off. The frame rule matters after you jumped off of the flag.
@@myotiswii oh, my bad. Since they both relate to the end of the level I conflated them. Thanks for letting me know! I love how weird old games like this are governed by strange rules that we only find during stress tests like speedrunning.
Think of a bus...
0:44 shows it best
Came back after the new WR dropped. This video is just amazing and fascinating to watch.
That's an awesome visualization technique! Amazing. So much you can read from there.
I like how, due to the 21 frame rule, they start each level in groups.
It's like the reverse of that that bit in the book version of Jurassic Park, where Ian Malcom asks for a graph of dinosaur sizes and when he sees a single normal bell curve knows something is up, because with the dinosaurs being made in batches, you'd expect to see an increasing slope of multiple bell curves overlaid on each other.
When overlaying footage of several thousand runs, you'd expect a constant stream of Marios, but you can clearly see them arriving by the busload.
I was about to comment the same thing. It's fascinating.
These are the plumber squadrons sent to rescue the princess
It's almost as if it were a bus dropping them off....
that's why lots of speed runs are similar since they all hit the same frame rules.
"We started with an army. There were thousands of us. By the time we even reached the enemy stronghold, our numbers had been reduced to a mere handful of veteran Marios. All I could hear were their screams as we madly dashed to save the princess. I couldn't even look back to see their final moments. When we finally found Princess Peach, there were only twelve of us. We have saved our Princess, but at what cost?"
Game genie: Can i be at help? Only for a cost.
Game moniker: thank you marios but your princess is in another castle.
Ok this is legitimately amazingly cool
I love how for 8-2, he's very consistent at it mostly throughout most of the level over the span of slightly over 5k+ attempts, which means that the framerules make consistent .35 second gaps for every cluster of marios, then slowly as the level goes on the clusters at the back slowly get closer and closer to becoming just one somewhat constant stream of marios with the clusters upfront staying distanced, as the failed 8-2 death&reset-cluster have been filtered out and they slowly go onto the flagpole to begin 8-3.
Yeah, beautiful observations.
"Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice i'm willing to make"
This reminds me of how Super Meat Boy shows you all your attempts at once when you beat a level.
super meat boy mention!!!
that game is so so good, the speedruns especially! i felt like i was watching a movie haha
@@ARCHIVED9610 God i wanna give it a rub. What platform is it on
@@DonnaChambersonmost
Love that game
@BohemianLake Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, iOS and Android
Respect bro.
Not only for speedrunning but for making this arround the speedrun. The side that nobody thinks about.
MADLAD!
Amazing. Its actually really beautiful to watch
5000+ attempts with just 12 ending in a completion is really what speedrunning this game is about to me. I've spent so long trying to get good at this game, and so very few runs where I actually complete it! Love your work as always Flibidy. Congrats on the top 150!
And wow, under 1000 of the 5000+ attempts remaining after the first minute.
@@levelengineSR 1-2 is a very tight stage lol
I giv sub
"Is this run spliced?"
"Yes, but actually no"
@Adnan Yusuf a “spliced” run just means that there are segments from multiple runs combined into one video and passed off as being continues. For example, a spliced Mario fun might have a perfect first 2 stages but then mess up, it could then be spliced with a perfect next stage and so on giving the appearance of a perfect run
@@leecrumpler77 ehh I think you missed the point. It technically meets the dictionary definition of splicing,so…..
Man, this video is amazing. Couldn't blink for straight 7 minutes.
Best video that I enjoyed watching fully for a long time.
PEACH: You won't get away with this, Bowser! Mario will save me!
BOWSER: Hah! Mario and what army?
THE ARMY:
But almost all died lol
All in unison: "It's a me! Mario!"
@@yasminemobley7858 Shit
@@yasminemobley7858 Army of Marios: Heeeere we go!
*Thousands of Marios rush Bowser's castle*
@@superwhatevergamin9634 Bowser: And now, Princess Peach! You're m... Wait... Why do I hear boss music?
This really shows how brutally hard speedrunning is. 99% failed attempts, 1% chance at finishing a run and less then 1% for a PB/WR
Hey Bandy. Didn't expect to see you here.
On wow! Was not expecting Nathaniel Bandy here!
Hey Bandy! I love your vids!
Wise words from a true legend himself. Sheeeesh
Skill
This is an amazing statistics and user experience visualization!
One of the best videos on youtube. Period.
Funny that you can see the frame rules difference on 4-1
I was going to say the same thing, you can see how free 4-1 is up until the end and the difference that one frame rule makes getting there.
Was also gonna say the same thing
Hey could you explain this in more detail? What exactly (and when exactly) am I looking at?
@@gamer966 SMB1 end levels based off of a system called frame rules. Basically the game only checks to see if you’ve completed the level every X amount of frames (I think it’s every 24 frames but I don’t exactly remember). Former world record holder Darbian has a good analogy of catching a bus. The bus arrives to take Mario to the next level every X amount of frames. Mario can make it to the bus stop at any point but he can only catch the bus every X frames. The frame rule difference is apparent around 2:23.
You can see it in 1-2
0:50 Interesting to see something like two thousand Marios lost in just like 10-15 seconds.
it's a tricky bit at the beginning of the game, that's probably why so many were lost
They should erect a memorial wall for all those dead Marios. R.i.p. lil' buddies. You'll find your princess in the hereafter.
This is fascinating! I love watching the herd thin out over time. So much visual drama!
This video is very educational. Thanks a lot. It's very hard to imagine all the struggles of speed runners
Now I need the layered webcam footage of you eating pizza and drinking coke.
Badabun
Visually seeing the framerule differences between attempts is neat. Also holy crap my brain hurts thinking about the amount of effort this took. Very cool stuff.
Totally. I'm not that into speedruns, but I caught the framerule thing.
Especially with the firebars, it's cool to see spaced out marios but the firebar clocks look amazing haha
It's great to see the discrete clusters of Marios at the start of each level, each separated by framerule; it's a great visual representation of how the game works.
Nothing scarier than a whole army of Marios feverishly advancing on your position.
When I said "That is a lot of Marios" in a previous video, I'm guessing that's an understatment now. THIS, is a lot of Marios.
Amazing video. Loved it.
using math we can expect........ like.... a hell of a lot of marios.
pb around 25000ish
ok
Stop commenting on EVERY DAMN VIDEO!
remember everyone, report, spam, done
@@otesunki it says 5162 and u can always see how many marios are there are left at the bottom left
This is...honestly amazing. Not just your attempts or the way you combined all the clips. This is incredibly interesting to see where the majority of runs end and how hard speedrunning really is. This is what I would show to someone who doesn't think speed running is all that hard. This is freaking art man.
How did they combine all this, anyway?
@@kelvinnkat well since speedrunners inputs are tracked, they can all be put into one hacked client of the game and run collectively.
Atleast that’s how I assume he did it.
@@misspurdy27288 They are tracked?
@@kelvinnkat Yeah. To prevent cheating, speedrunners (of pretty much any highly competitive game) have to show their button presses and record inputs on external hardware.
I think speedrunning is TOO hard. Seeing all the crazy tricks doesn't help either.
This is amazing dude, incredible job well done
Thanks!
I am truly impressed by this. You should be proud of this phenomenal project!
Hats off to you dude. That's frigging insane! out 5162 only 12 was succesful! damn, mad respect dude!
The other 5150 Mario’s are in Heaven, and God cannot BELIEVE the line.
I've seen countless videos discussing the flagpole framerule, but none have helped me see how truly important it is like this one.
So imagine a bus comes every few frames...
It was weird seeing the physical framerules lmao
seeing the chain of marios walk into the pipe one after another brings me an unholy amount of joy
Lemmings
I love how you can see the frame rules at the start of each level
Fantastic work good sir. You speed runners are built different.
3:42 That last Mario sure is taking his time on the flag there!
Lol I noticed that too. 😅
WORK THAT POLE
the flag must've gotten jammed after all the other marios lowered it 54 times simultaneously
@@theultimateman4703 cringe
@@theultimateman4703 cringe
F to pay respect to those Marios that died on the first goomba
it was like 50 of them
@@toddscamera double that
i fell bad for the 1851 marios that died on the first level
@꧁Sarah Davis UTTP THDTC꧂ f to those marios they really were trying her hardest lmao
F to pay respect to those Marios who played perfectly and then died to Bowser.
This video is amazing, congratulations FlibidyDibidy!!
Absolutly amazing ! I never heard of that idea
I feel bad for those 5 runs that died to Bowser
They are like: *immediately depression*
What about the one that immediately fell into the first gap at the start of 8-4? That must feel dumb.
I feel bad for the bowser that is expected to defeat 5000 cloned Mario’s. He’s only one turtle.
@@Wertsir There were only 20 Marios that even made it to Bowser, and he killed off 8 of them, so the odds weren't really against him that heavily.
"I have forseen 5162 possible outcomes of this speedrun."
"How many do we succeed in?"
"12."
That’s actually pretty cool. Well done!
I love how you can immediately see the cycles the game runs on in the clumps of Mario entering the level
1:50
"Sir the production of our newest model of mario has increased tenfold!"
I love how clearly this illustrates the framerule thing, since as runs get thinned out, you get a clump of perfect runs on each framerule
Imagine a bus...
I was wondering what caused the quantized positioning
This is such a cool way of visualizing this.
Wow, I was thinking that was awesome the entire time while I thought this was done recording movies on an emulator. I don't even have words to describe how amazing this is using video capturing instead of emulation.
Real magnificent!
Haha, thanks! It would have been easier on an emulator >_
idea: if you are able to pinpoint on each level map the point where a run dies you could create a quantitative heatmap of the most difficult points in the game. In other words, we could go from saying "1-1 is so difficult to do fast enough that only X% of runs go through" to be able to say that for specific points in the game. See the infamous Koopa jump in 1-2. That was a slaughter!
I totally get your point but I don't think a speed run would be a good indicator of how hard the game is. Because he's sacrificing basically all strategy to win in exchange for speed. Like skipping all power ups and attempting jumps with a very low chance of success because in speed runs that's what you have to do.
@@The_Bad_Guy. The point is to find the difficult points in a speedrun, not for other types of gameplay. Of course, if you are playing with a different objective you would obtain different results.
@@CristianConsonni that's works in the case of nobody reset. But most of speedrunner reset if the very beggining dont be good, instead of the end or middle of the speedrun.
@@The_Bad_Guy. I think he is talking about difficult parts in speed runs
@@ikari38460 Though if you can exclude the resets from the data then that wouldn't be a problem.