When he didn't see the bear trap on his way in to the moon challenge, I got worried. When he ran towards it on the way out, I grew despondent. When he said "bear trap", I became hopeful. When he walked into it anyways, I turned hollow.
I feel that way about most of NL's series. Slay the Spire got me pogged ever since he actually took a suggestion I gave him on Twitter to play the daily that day. Fall Guys got me pogged ever since I saw NL go full Jokaire. Remember Paranautical Activity?
"I remember NL and Yang, sure. They were inseperrable. They would ride turkeys, trade in treasures and tales - they were best friends. No one could have seen it coming when NL lost it all and came at Yang with Yang's own arrow.
Some good things about vulcana -no witch doctors -no bear traps -no spike traps -no maneaters -vlads crown gives 50% discount on shops -vlads cape ofc -rock dogs are dangerous but usefull tbh the lava is the biggest issue which is why i tend to go black market aswell
Regardless of how much pogress is made in whatever number of runs in an episode, every NL Spelunky video is enjoyment% for me. Truly one of my favourite series in a long time.
I LITERALLY recoiled in physical AGONY when he walked into that bear trap. It was as if a million gamers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. /s
Every time when he has an incredible amount of money for the black market, so much that there is a chance that he can buy everything in it, he dies. Derek really is a cruel god.
I've been watching our guy for 7 years, and this is truly one of the best videos he's put out. We've been in Pogcity for years, but now we're partying in the capital building.
I've been recording your deaths over the last month (30 days) too see which levels you die most on. Resets were counted as deaths which explains the amount of deaths on the dwellings. The resuslts are: Dwelling: 53 Jungle: 19 Vulcana: 14 Olmec: 7 Tidepool: 5 Temple: 1 Ice caves: 6 Babylon: 3 Tiamat: 2 Sunken city: 5 I want to be clear and say that this does not mean that vulcana is safer for you. The reason the jungle deaths are higher are because you go there more frequently. How often you go jungle/ vulcana was not recorded. Also victories through Tiamat weren't recorded either, the estimate on that is 2±1. The conclusions I drew on the statistics were the following: tot deaths: 115 avg death/ day: 3,8333... amount runs past jungle/ vulcana: 29 % runs past jungle/vulcana: ~25% % runs to sunken city: ~4% Again, the runs past jungle/ vulcana stat isn't exact because of the Tiamat wins. Sorry for any poor spelling I am not a native english speaker C:
When he talked about naming the episode "Most money we've ever had on the black market" and the last episode named something along those lines was the last time he missed the black market, I knew that he had cursed the run never to make it that far.
Awesome video as always! Gives me so many laughs, definitely some top tier stuff. A tip for the idol trap! Just get inside it and whip the skeleton pile facing outwards, rather than whipping it forward. That way the skull chucks itself outside of the trap so it can't hit the idol. :)
That rockdog death was unfair, at least a little. If you go slowmo, the character is like 50% into the dog. I think the tail makes it look wider than it is.
"Guys, it's because I'm too smart. I loaded 8 pre-actions into my hands, that's why I did a swan dive into the bear trap. Also, bear trap is one word, right? Yeah." Never change NL. You're amazing. Edit: The moment he gets cocky. Amazing.
NL: leads the bats back over to the mattock he left on a higher floor Me: oh good play, going back up NL: bounces twice on the bats then heads back down
Wow a 51 minute episode, de must have made some real progress in the cosmic ocean! Wow this run is really strong, early kapala, and a LOT of money! BEARTRAP...
how... how did he reference pengest munch? how is he aware of it, it's so outside of his ballpark. this man has heard of EVERYTHING, and no afraid to reference it!
NL there’s a trick to skipping ice caves without mobility items. You just grab the ledge below the door and drop straight down, there will always be a ledge to grab onto and not take any fall damage.
NL grabbing ghost pots and idols in volcana on a speedrun makes me think that the speedruns are just “tilted and trying to get an ounce of success as fast as possible” runs
That's the way they always seem to start but he honestly does extremely well under the added pressure when not tilted/mindflooded. I could never be even half that good.
NL at the idol if you throw a skull from ontop of the left skull column onto the top of the right skull column than any skulls that drop will fall away and won't cause the idol to go off.
NL. I'm enjoying those runs where you get some stuff going despite the unfortunate ends they come to. I know you're trying to mentally reset after stuff like that. Maybe a good strategy for that would be to distract yourself with a small floor based goal. As an example collect an exact amount of gold (8000 first floor) or kill 3 enemies with a rock. Even if it doesn't end up being an optimal first floor it will at least mentally refresh you.
day 99 of wishing NL would learn to rob from shopkeepers in more than concept. I mean, seriously, you can just hit 'em with a rope, run from them, you have to deal with a shopkeeper on the next floor, then you're totally free. Things like jetpack + bomb box just to deal with that is suuuuper worth. If you just get above the shopkeeper at the exit with jetpack you can hover til he moves a tiny bit to the left or right and drop, the window between shots is long enough to be 100% safe.
So the difference between the two pronunciations of the word 'escort' that you were discussing is primarily one of stress (not number of syllables; both pronunciations have two). This word falls into a pattern of many words wherein when they are used as verbs, the stress falls on the second syllable, while when they are used as nouns/modifiers, the stress falls on the first. For example, a male ES-cort, but I will e-SCORT him to the end of the level. Some other words that share this pattern are 'reject' (a Harvard RE-ject vs. The admissions officer will re-JECT him from Harvard) and 'convict' (The CON-vict was con-VICT-ed of a crime).
“Im just worried that this is gonna join up and form a fistula with the B-hole. And for once I mean the hole that has bees in it, not the one on your body.” 😂
When he didn't see the bear trap on his way in to the moon challenge, I got worried. When he ran towards it on the way out, I grew despondent. When he said "bear trap", I became hopeful. When he walked into it anyways, I turned hollow.
Had a similar experience...
LOL
I knew this comment was going to spoil the video for me but I couldn't stop reading
@@ZlyLudekPL on the edge of my seat
lol
Anybody else realize they're gonna be really sad when this series ends? Truly one of the best I've seen on any channel of any game.
I feel that way about most of NL's series. Slay the Spire got me pogged ever since he actually took a suggestion I gave him on Twitter to play the daily that day. Fall Guys got me pogged ever since I saw NL go full Jokaire. Remember Paranautical Activity?
That I the nature of things. We love them when they are here, and are glad when they move on, happy for the time we spent together. It is the way.
i see more and more comments like this, i feel like people sense that NL’s tilt and lack of success will drive him away soon
This series is the only NL i watch these days
Agreed
"Bear trap." - NL with 15 health, the bow, and a dream
That Yang series of events was absolutely hilarious, just perfect.
All that was missing was the Benny Hill music. I cried.
@@boynamedlen Bro I rewatched that section with the music and it is hilarious
" let me decompress " so funny
The "this is important" sent me
This was the most impressive downward spirals into madness in gaming history. Can't wait for the 10 hour documentary.
"I remember NL and Yang, sure. They were inseperrable. They would ride turkeys, trade in treasures and tales - they were best friends. No one could have seen it coming when NL lost it all and came at Yang with Yang's own arrow.
I swear to god, stepping on a bear trap in this game brings forth the same raw emotion as reaching for your pocket and not feeling your phone
Patting every pocket in increasing amounts of anxiety as each pat doesn't reveal the phone
More like dropping your phone into a toilet. Make that off a cliff
I'm calling it, this is the best episode of Spelunky 2.
"A paste in the hand is worth two in the bush." - Could not stop laughing.
Me: How does that even work... Oh
“The Pengest Mensch” - the German/London crossover with the hottest fried-chicken-shop/currywurst-stand reviews this side of the algorithm
Some good things about vulcana
-no witch doctors
-no bear traps
-no spike traps
-no maneaters
-vlads crown gives 50% discount on shops
-vlads cape ofc
-rock dogs are dangerous but usefull
tbh the lava is the biggest issue which is why i tend to go black market aswell
Also no annoying spike walls/floors
Cons about Vulcana
-Lava
-Lava
-Lava
-Lava
-Vlads cape being overrated
@@G33KST4R lava is just spikes with extra steps
@@G33KST4R except it’s not overrated
how to counter lava and fireball people:
-don't explode lava pits
-be patient
-don't jump into lava
Guys, I'm afraid he's gonna step on a bear trap :(
Who’s gonna tell him
Best run of all time ruined by a bear trap :(
@@GreySectoid more like ruined by NL
"Derrrrrrek????! Derek, this is getting a little crazy, dood. Your friends are worried about you, Derek."
More like your friends are worried about YU huehuehue
@@silverkade63 oh ho ho them's good eats, brother.
Regardless of how much pogress is made in whatever number of runs in an episode, every NL Spelunky video is enjoyment% for me. Truly one of my favourite series in a long time.
I LITERALLY recoiled in physical AGONY when he walked into that bear trap. It was as if a million gamers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. /s
"fistula with the bee hole" made my brain do the equivalent of a record skip
Going Volcana Temple guarantees no bear trap death
* taps temple *
Your speed runs are starting to look like legit runs and way less like tilt!
The Yang non-sac was pretty funny too 🤭
Every time when he has an incredible amount of money for the black market, so much that there is a chance that he can buy everything in it, he dies. Derek really is a cruel god.
I've been watching our guy for 7 years, and this is truly one of the best videos he's put out. We've been in Pogcity for years, but now we're partying in the capital building.
41:52 Regardless of how the rest of this eppie went, the backwards arrow whip was poggy.
I've been recording your deaths over the last month (30 days) too see which levels you die most on. Resets were counted as deaths which explains the amount of deaths on the dwellings. The resuslts are:
Dwelling: 53
Jungle: 19
Vulcana: 14
Olmec: 7
Tidepool: 5
Temple: 1
Ice caves: 6
Babylon: 3
Tiamat: 2
Sunken city: 5
I want to be clear and say that this does not mean that vulcana is safer for you. The reason the jungle deaths are higher are because you go there more frequently. How often you go jungle/ vulcana was not recorded. Also victories through Tiamat weren't recorded either, the estimate on that is 2±1.
The conclusions I drew on the statistics were the following:
tot deaths: 115
avg death/ day: 3,8333...
amount runs past jungle/ vulcana: 29
% runs past jungle/vulcana: ~25%
% runs to sunken city: ~4%
Again, the runs past jungle/ vulcana stat isn't exact because of the Tiamat wins.
Sorry for any poor spelling I am not a native english speaker C:
Nice stats, my fellow non-native english speaker. Interesting stuff.
1 death on the temple? Are u sure these are correct?
When he talked about naming the episode "Most money we've ever had on the black market" and the last episode named something along those lines was the last time he missed the black market, I knew that he had cursed the run never to make it that far.
Malf needs to show NL how to rob the shopkeepers for speedruns.
Plus don't be afraid of the falling platforms in Volcana
Awesome video as always! Gives me so many laughs, definitely some top tier stuff. A tip for the idol trap! Just get inside it and whip the skeleton pile facing outwards, rather than whipping it forward. That way the skull chucks itself outside of the trap so it can't hit the idol. :)
There were two moments I gasped in this. I gasped out loud. I hope you're proud.
Loving how the episodes are getting longer as you get better NL it’s POG city!
That rockdog death was unfair, at least a little. If you go slowmo, the character is like 50% into the dog. I think the tail makes it look wider than it is.
i love watching ur gameplay, i love ur commentary, thank u for making this year feel a bit more fun
13:20 ryan has said a lot of strange things over the years... but that sounds horrible. XD
This is one of the best episodes ever put out in any series on your channel.
Greatest episode !
"Guys, it's because I'm too smart. I loaded 8 pre-actions into my hands, that's why I did a swan dive into the bear trap. Also, bear trap is one word, right? Yeah."
Never change NL. You're amazing.
Edit: The moment he gets cocky. Amazing.
The dying swan got a new meaning from that.
NL back whipping the skeleton block at the idol reduces the likelihood that the skull drops onto the idol
I am so so sorry past-NL, but the video title is unfortunately not related to having much money on the black market...
The deadly premonition I saw when he entered that moon challenge was vivid.
Isn't that right, Zack?
In cave idol, you should whip the skull blocks from inside the trap, it's minkus but works
The speedrun was pretty good! For Tiamat i would say you could rob a shopkeeper, if they have like, i don't know, a jetpack?
Thanks for the company
I mean, that beartrap kill brought us the amazing Yang fight xD
NL: leads the bats back over to the mattock he left on a higher floor
Me: oh good play, going back up
NL: bounces twice on the bats then heads back down
NL: I don't like it when people say words inelegantly
Also NL: DA OODJATT AYY
This run drove me absolutely bonkers. Seeing NL trying to do so many things at once and not get anywhere had me yelling at my screen.
The yang fight was legendary. It shall echo through the caves for a millenia
51 minutes of Pog!? Ya love to see it.
Wow a 51 minute episode, de must have made some real progress in the cosmic ocean! Wow this run is really strong, early kapala, and a LOT of money! BEARTRAP...
That legendary bomb throw on 1-2 got me pogged up dude.
just wanna say i love the series, and the coop streams of it are killer!!
The speedruns are pog incarnate
how... how did he reference pengest munch? how is he aware of it, it's so outside of his ballpark. this man has heard of EVERYTHING, and no afraid to reference it!
I can't wait for the 3 hour Spelunky 2 video in a few months.
I watched this video on auto generated captions and not a single word was wrong. we stan an articulate egg
ohh noooo it thought quillback was quebec
@@p0migranate I live in quebec city and I find that understandable.
30:05 We should grab the turkey and then ride with monty on top of us
That kali alter play was so cursed. I actually got chest pain.
I like how he talks to Derek. Reminds me of EDMUND THERES TOO MANY GHOSTS. Dang that speed run was almost the one
NL there’s a trick to skipping ice caves without mobility items. You just grab the ledge below the door and drop straight down, there will always be a ledge to grab onto and not take any fall damage.
NL grabbing ghost pots and idols in volcana on a speedrun makes me think that the speedruns are just “tilted and trying to get an ounce of success as fast as possible” runs
That's the way they always seem to start but he honestly does extremely well under the added pressure when not tilted/mindflooded. I could never be even half that good.
I’ve only just finished this game through a standard run about 10 min ago. Don’t feel bad Egg, most of us are living through you.
NL at the idol if you throw a skull from ontop of the left skull column onto the top of the right skull column than any skulls that drop will fall away and won't cause the idol to go off.
39:52 Rest in piece Torkey
Torkey snuff film 🎥
Really sucks that I gotta wait till tmmrw to see that super satisfying episode 100. I can hardly wait! GottA love three digit numbers.
when I find myself in times of trouble, mother mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, "pog"
I like how he talks to Derek. Reminds me of EDMUND THERES TOO MANY GHOSTS
1:32 rip free shotgun in the ground.
The most unhinged egg gameplay I have ever seen.
I love it
He's gonna step on that bear trap outside the moon challenge, isn't he
Edit: pain
the moment i saw that bear trap i already knew that he will step in it.
The second parachute in the moon challenge was hilarious
20:03 Incredible play
NL. I'm enjoying those runs where you get some stuff going despite the unfortunate ends they come to. I know you're trying to mentally reset after stuff like that. Maybe a good strategy for that would be to distract yourself with a small floor based goal. As an example collect an exact amount of gold (8000 first floor) or kill 3 enemies with a rock. Even if it doesn't end up being an optimal first floor it will at least mentally refresh you.
If NL keeps up with this new zone mode we may have to start calling him Monk Lion, ML
Bro the fact you mention Pengest Munch is hilarious, I would not have thought anyone outside UK culture would have any idea of what it is😅
Steal the jetpack from that alien spawn once! Live a little hehehe
Stealing is so worth it aswell
In this episode he fails over and over again, I can't bear myself to watch this.
It's the best episode though!
45:10 "Sometimes a man's gotta recover his pride."
Check video length, 6 minutes left- not looking good for the pride, brother.
Its like his brain is working simultaneously for and against him
someones gotta teach NL the yeti cave skip, it'll get some incredibly pog moves
He does it when he has the cape
its called pengest munch, but close enough
Ooh, my insides hurt...
missed shotgun in wall @ first udjat eye room lol
that yang battle was mad spicy
day 99 of wishing NL would learn to rob from shopkeepers in more than concept.
I mean, seriously, you can just hit 'em with a rope, run from them, you have to deal with a shopkeeper on the next floor, then you're totally free. Things like jetpack + bomb box just to deal with that is suuuuper worth. If you just get above the shopkeeper at the exit with jetpack you can hover til he moves a tiny bit to the left or right and drop, the window between shots is long enough to be 100% safe.
i have a theory how this get depogged.
When the war between AI and Humanity starts, i want you to lead us NL.
Most enjoyable so far
So the difference between the two pronunciations of the word 'escort' that you were discussing is primarily one of stress (not number of syllables; both pronunciations have two). This word falls into a pattern of many words wherein when they are used as verbs, the stress falls on the second syllable, while when they are used as nouns/modifiers, the stress falls on the first. For example, a male ES-cort, but I will e-SCORT him to the end of the level. Some other words that share this pattern are 'reject' (a Harvard RE-ject vs. The admissions officer will re-JECT him from Harvard) and 'convict' (The CON-vict was con-VICT-ed of a crime).
Dude, I 100% back this comment. Wanted to say something similar but I think you said it better than I ever could've.
I mean you got to the ice caves and went through almost all wet furr, its actually impressive as a speedrun
50 minute episode? Must be a good run!
Mans has walked into bear traps more than anyone else I reckon
“Im just worried that this is gonna join up and form a fistula with the B-hole. And for once I mean the hole that has bees in it, not the one on your body.” 😂
31:42 when you open the oven to check on the food
3:54 the egg ass court
(@16:12) "Bear trap." Yes. Yes it was.
NL, there is no time pressure on any boss level ! No ghost will spawn
Now this is content!
The title is very promising, I have high hopes for this run!
Glossary cont'd: Turns out Locust="grasshopper". No objection! That's true!
That was absolutely tragic
Bear trap goes crunch.
Bear trap is two words, just like full tilt is.
Never has he ever.
For the idol stand where the ifol is and it hit the skeleton blocks from the inside