This Famous "Hitless Player" Actually Just Used Invincibility

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    A renowned player in the Hollow Knight community, Snowleaf, or Cotton, was recently accused of using invincibility cheats in their hitless runs. They were one of the most respected players in the community, known for incredible hitless boss and Pantheon videos. But it turns out that even great players are sometimes cheaters.
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  • @fireb0rn
    @fireb0rn  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14049

    *Do NOT accuse players of cheating without real proof.* Watching this video does *NOT* qualify you to accuse anyone of cheating.
    *Do NOT harass or send negative messages to Cotton or anyone else regarding this incident.*
    Thanks to homie and Whisky for their translation work.

    • @moresothanyou
      @moresothanyou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Did horheristo cheat? I didn't know this.

    • @rayanekamdem1909
      @rayanekamdem1909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      can you do impossible mode ? (of Hollow Knight)

    • @blufu8727
      @blufu8727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      geeezus guys. thanks for the hardwork translating that 33 page to shed light in this. im not a long time subscriber but cheaters for a masterpiece we all love is unacceptable. i hope that person learn from using cheats, learns their repercussions of their bad decision and stay off from it in the future.

    • @fireb0rn
      @fireb0rn  3 ปีที่แล้ว +428

      @@moresothanyou Yep. He's been banned from an achievement leaderboard community (I don't recall which one) for cheating. His Jamestown videos were definitely cheated. I've heard of others, but haven't confirmed them.

    • @moresothanyou
      @moresothanyou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@fireb0rn nvm i found your video on him

  • @jackcostello4046
    @jackcostello4046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25289

    It's kinda funny because if you don't get caught using invincibility in a hitless run, you probably didn't need invincibility in the first place.

    • @gmonkman
      @gmonkman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3310

      As Karl Jobst says, they cheat to reduce time invested.

    • @AParticularlyConcernedCitizen
      @AParticularlyConcernedCitizen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2102

      @@gmonkman He's right, but that doesn't change the fact that the logic of taking the time necessary to learn the ins and outs of a game only to cheat to not have to spend as much time playing it is severely flawed.

    • @bruh1704
      @bruh1704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1672

      Really activating invincibility makes you play worse because you subconsciously know that there is no backlash to not playing at your peak.

    • @xann2681
      @xann2681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      You can still make it pass as truth if the run is convincing enough, since we cant really see at first glance the exact hitbox of everything, so being hit because of a extremely small error might still pass as truth since you cant tell wether he hitted the hitbox or not

    • @Spamhard
      @Spamhard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +619

      @@bruh1704 Yeah, but playing convincingly enough to make it look like you're not getting hit takes nearly as much work as just not getting hit.

  • @ya_papug
    @ya_papug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6163

    I never thought that in Hollow Knight community someone would cheat. You know, because we're bunch of masochists who repeat words "No cost too great" or "No voice to cry suffering"

    • @hornetisvoider
      @hornetisvoider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Ye

    • @Damascene_
      @Damascene_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +513

      Ikr? I was like “Christ but we love torturing ourselves what”

    • @justadude8297
      @justadude8297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Were kinkyer then the white lady we love the pain

    • @BreadEarthSociety
      @BreadEarthSociety 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      I’m pretty sure 80% of everyone that have gotten the “embrace the void” achievement have done it through the exploitable invincibility glitch on both pc and console.

    • @Damascene_
      @Damascene_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      @@BreadEarthSociety Im not even sure how to do that, still unwilling to do so anyways

  • @e2b265
    @e2b265 ปีที่แล้ว +4299

    I feel bad for the bosses. They put in so much work and weren’t even able to damage him. Cheating is not a victimless crime.

    • @jojogacha974
      @jojogacha974 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the “victims” are just lines of code.

    • @hyjinx2889
      @hyjinx2889 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

      I hope they get reimbursed for all the time they wasted fighting this cheater.

    • @hyjinx2889
      @hyjinx2889 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@maxenc no they are real people because I said so

    • @michaelhodge3093
      @michaelhodge3093 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      True

    • @aliarsal2099
      @aliarsal2099 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      😂

  • @ThatOneGuy88444
    @ThatOneGuy88444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13179

    Calling it “hitless” while using invincibility is *TECHNICALLY* right

    • @selena3467
      @selena3467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      Prosafiagaming liked that

    • @violetaxdxd6294
      @violetaxdxd6294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +432

      Can't argue with that golden tier argument lmao

    • @eriday69fdb9
      @eriday69fdb9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      To be fair if you dont get caught while using invincibility you probably dont need it

    • @dergecko92
      @dergecko92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      Its not hitless then, its damageless

    • @violetaxdxd6294
      @violetaxdxd6294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@dergecko92 Getting hit involves taking damage... They didn't took damage which means they didn't got hit- r i g h t? ._.

  • @superdark336
    @superdark336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4150

    "Now all of china knows youre a cheater!"

  • @deltawarrior2323
    @deltawarrior2323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8994

    “This famous hit less player has actually been using invincibility this whole time”
    Me who knows nothing about hollowknight and has never even looked it up:
    *”damn that’s crazy”*

    • @ARCHIVED9610
      @ARCHIVED9610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      its a great game, only issue is markoth

    • @lunasagaming5801
      @lunasagaming5801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +322

      @@ARCHIVED9610 "only issue is markoth"
      lol

    • @riatsila144
      @riatsila144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Played a little Hollow Knight, but same!
      Definitely wasnt looking for Hollow Knight cheating scandals tonight

    • @morph841
      @morph841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      youtube magic

    • @aignemonge2781
      @aignemonge2781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Get ready to be spammed with comments about how you should play it. I'll go first, play Hollow Knight it's a lovely game

  • @hildaibuyan4161
    @hildaibuyan4161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6307

    As one of the best "all-hit" runners, these cheaters are a disgrace.

    • @Nova-tl4yc
      @Nova-tl4yc ปีที่แล้ว +1486

      I'm no. 1 global record "catch all projectiles any%"

    • @hildaibuyan4161
      @hildaibuyan4161 ปีที่แล้ว +390

      @@Nova-tl4yc Godlike.

    • @charlesthewendigo2494
      @charlesthewendigo2494 ปีที่แล้ว +498

      Don't wanna boast, but I AM number 1 get hit by every single primal aspid in game any% runner.

    • @avragidootisdumb
      @avragidootisdumb ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Impressive y'all. I might as well flex about my 1st place in get hit by every vengefly including the ones that are not even in the game%.

    • @riverquest3239
      @riverquest3239 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      As one of the best longrunners, i agree

  • @memoowo
    @memoowo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3059

    Off topic, but I (bilingual but only involved in western gaming community) find the nicknames Chinese players give to HK bosses really interesting lol they call Pure Vessel "senpai" and call Broken Vessel "cousin" Lmao

    • @madflam3192
      @madflam3192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      are there other nickname like that ?

    • @memoowo
      @memoowo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +699

      @@madflam3192 Hornet is "big sister" (technically "little big sister" but Chinese people like to add the term "little" in front of things to seem endearing, so it really means big sister)

    • @Forest_Pilot
      @Forest_Pilot ปีที่แล้ว +212

      Actually thats kind of wholesome and funny

    • @arigatiu
      @arigatiu ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Omg i love that

    • @lkm630y79
      @lkm630y79 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      That's actually so cute! and it kinda makes sense haha

  • @brageok
    @brageok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6665

    "Babe, wake up, there's drama in the Chinese Hollow knight speedrunning community"

    • @LE_Arasaka
      @LE_Arasaka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      Lmao, ain’t that the truth. i dont even play HK

    • @Garem1K
      @Garem1K 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Same here lol

    • @Blurro
      @Blurro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@LE_Arasaka I just came to watch about some random dude cheating on a random game

    • @StormNimbus101
      @StormNimbus101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@Blurro isn't that all of us watching the stuff about dream?

    • @Blurro
      @Blurro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@StormNimbus101 eh I watched a lot of his vids before and played a good bit of minecraft so

  • @designerwookiee
    @designerwookiee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4002

    "We are not entitled to success every time."
    Me playing a bunch of roguelike games: Failure? I was born in it. Molded by it. I didn't see success until the RNG gods took mercy upon me.

    • @lordhellstrande7188
      @lordhellstrande7188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +299

      Truer words have never been spoken. We have been rng'd to hell and back

    • @niuskay2nd590
      @niuskay2nd590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Funny
      did laugh

    • @ReverendInsanityPromoter
      @ReverendInsanityPromoter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Ha ha hawwh

    • @fireb0rn
      @fireb0rn  3 ปีที่แล้ว +563

      Exactly. I love roguelike games. From TOME to Isaac.

    • @preferablygeneric
      @preferablygeneric 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Noita and Spelunky changes you. you could have the best gear in the entire game but it won't save you from instantly dying to literally anything, or in Noita, literally anything.

  • @notworriedatall
    @notworriedatall 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3525

    Honestly, the Chinese community is insanely talented. Like have you heard of their top player "TAS"? That guy is nuts.

    • @jamespotter1436
      @jamespotter1436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Lmao

    • @shirshobanerjee7751
      @shirshobanerjee7751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +648

      He’s like a machine

    • @Leonardo_H.
      @Leonardo_H. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +370

      and they seem like a jack of all trades player, i mean I've seen them play almost any game and they show perfect gamesense and gameplay, they are the biggest god gamer

    • @fauIkner
      @fauIkner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      I haven't seen his videos personally but I heard he does perfect frame inputs!

    • @rod99ttett90
      @rod99ttett90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It may be a coincidence but I know that in the game called trackmania TAS stands for "tool assisted speedrun"
      Edit: thinking about this, that person may really using tas. Normally the people do that kind of runs do it to show or reach the theoretical perfect performance.

  • @Xdgvy
    @Xdgvy ปีที่แล้ว +643

    As Karl Jobst said:
    "Good players don't cheat to get a good time, they cheat to get a good time *faster* ."

    • @PhantomEye11
      @PhantomEye11 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Is it just me or does this intro sound like it’s read from a karl jobst script?

    • @dexnacorn7807
      @dexnacorn7807 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@PhantomEye11 bro i am not the only one???

    • @pacifistichuman82649
      @pacifistichuman82649 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Cheating is like practice mode. You can't get a good time by cheating, but you can sur eas damn practice with it.

    • @lotus_flower2001
      @lotus_flower2001 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@dexnacorn7807 he says a lot of karl Jobs like things. It's clear fire watches his videos.

    • @dexnacorn7807
      @dexnacorn7807 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@lotus_flower2001 damn fire has taste

  • @crazebear
    @crazebear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3469

    That’s unfortunate man, can’t have shit in Hallownest

    • @danielwan2410
      @danielwan2410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      like silksong!

    • @OriginalSuper
      @OriginalSuper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yup

    • @limonlx7182
      @limonlx7182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@_pear6026 was about to say that

    • @limonlx7182
      @limonlx7182 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danielwan2410 are you saying that Silksong is shit? If not, I don't understand what you're trying to say.

    • @darklusare7582
      @darklusare7582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      theres a lot of shit in the sewers which in the city which is in hallownest

  • @borby4584
    @borby4584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3538

    Cotton should’ve hired an astrophysicist to prove his innocence

    • @longlostwraith5106
      @longlostwraith5106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol wut?

    • @odomobo
      @odomobo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

      @@longlostwraith5106 See the dream cheating scandal

    • @enderwiggins8248
      @enderwiggins8248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Haha facts

    • @sjsyhm646
      @sjsyhm646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      Yes, an nameless astrophysicist with a PhD who graduated from Harvard and that in fact, the data were off by 7.49 trillion therefore he did not cheat.

    • @subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234
      @subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@jadenawesomeguy2187 "admitted"

  • @shaeceph6346
    @shaeceph6346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    so he was...cotton the act
    i'll see myself out

    • @Captain_Kobalt
      @Captain_Kobalt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      nah that was a good one lol

  • @ZeraAxon
    @ZeraAxon ปีที่แล้ว +50

    3:14 3rd place had Wayward Compass equipped. What a chad.

    • @DragonLord555
      @DragonLord555 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Fr

    • @MintyHeart_
      @MintyHeart_ หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That's one of the people in this video!

    • @doodlebrain6594
      @doodlebrain6594 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hell yeah

  • @PhuNguyen-ph6lx
    @PhuNguyen-ph6lx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5665

    Imagine cheating and then the whole community create a mod just to find out if you cheated or not

    • @OmegaChip
      @OmegaChip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +300

      What an honour

    • @saltcruise
      @saltcruise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      i guess he was pretty popular

    • @alastor8091
      @alastor8091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      That's generally forensics.

    • @Voskos
      @Voskos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      imagine cheating and then the whole internet starts debunking you with math oh wait

    • @kampikun6194
      @kampikun6194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Big Brain

  • @sphereoffice7789
    @sphereoffice7789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17824

    Fun fact: 90% of the dislikes are not because of the video exposing Cotton. It's because of people hearing Dream Cheated in this video.

    • @ghaniKSW2
      @ghaniKSW2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1129

      Why am i not surprised

    • @miauxy_
      @miauxy_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +551

      the fact that I'm not surprised.

    • @jims4658
      @jims4658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Wit dream cheated?

    • @XenobladeXSupremacy
      @XenobladeXSupremacy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1468

      @@jims4658 Yes, this has been proven multiple times over by many different people

    • @sniksnak559
      @sniksnak559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      Funny thing but dream stands would be watching dream content

  • @StarsideNews
    @StarsideNews 2 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    Dream: I did not know i was cheating
    Cotton: I did not know i was cheating

    • @juanin200
      @juanin200 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@Jmathington Cotton: Well I didn't actually left it on by accident
      Dream: I defo left it on by accident y'all just want clout

    • @poisonedmaple6874
      @poisonedmaple6874 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@juanin200 "by accident"
      hires an 'astrophysicist' before checking his mod folder 💀

    • @DexterDrubo-ch4fi
      @DexterDrubo-ch4fi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@poisonedmaple6874ngl i trust dream lol. He didnt do it intentionally

  • @cyndrift
    @cyndrift 2 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    he's clearly very talented to even be able to convincingly fake a hitless pantheon 5 run, or beat any radiance; its a shame he had to resort to cheating, attacking his own community when they asked him about it and destroying his credibility.
    fireborn's right, tho: typically when that frustration of getting stuck or hitting your limit comes, the best thing to do is not touch it for a while and focus on other things you enjoy. but when your entire social media presence, social circle and likely your source of income is based around doing something you feel like you just cant achieve, and maybe you feel like you need to be the best at this game since you've devoted years of your life to it, or keep escalating your content's difficulty to keep fan engaged, it's very tempting to just download a single file that makes all your problems go away.

    • @earnem4175
      @earnem4175 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm not sure being called talented, when you aren't. Is quite the opposite

    • @couch_philosoph3325
      @couch_philosoph3325 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​​@@earnem4175 think it's still talent; i only did pantheon 5 succesfully 2 times even though I was able to beat radiance and pure vessel hitless in the area where you train. The p5 just stresses me out so much, so while it's terrible that this guy cheated, no doubt has he good skill at hollow knight.

    • @earnem4175
      @earnem4175 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@couch_philosoph3325 Skill as in above average, cause you can see in the clips, he gets hit a lot. But with his cheats, he appears skilled

    • @couch_philosoph3325
      @couch_philosoph3325 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@earnem4175 i mean the flukemarm one wsd embarassing, I'll give you that xD

  • @rubycrystals3422
    @rubycrystals3422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9816

    As someone who has seen Celeste speed-runs and modded levels, never underestimate that community... they know hitboxes better then I know my family.

    • @Lh0000
      @Lh0000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1261

      They could probably pick out a hitbox being a pixel out of place at a single glance.

    • @clairelili873
      @clairelili873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +784

      any platform community for the matter. Some of their tricks even require to be precise to the point of escaping death because of one pixel on a hitbox.

    • @Sorrelhas
      @Sorrelhas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +245

      Things like this is why I think "Maker" style games should be more common
      Let the monsters fight, if you will

    • @MegaDardery
      @MegaDardery 3 ปีที่แล้ว +221

      @@Lh0000 iirc there is a skip in Hollow Knight White palace that is literally one pixel.. so yes you are most definitely correct

    • @J0yceJ0star
      @J0yceJ0star 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And grammar

  • @leeash_
    @leeash_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2312

    I don't know why TH-cam decided I needed to see this as someone who has never played hollow knight. I feel like someone who has wandered into the wrong classroom by accident but found the subject of the lecture interesting enough to stay anyway

    • @Sircreepington9th
      @Sircreepington9th 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      You should play it. It’s a great (if sometimes frustrating) game.

    • @leeash_
      @leeash_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@Sircreepington9th oh, I definitely plan to at some point.

    • @PilloTheStar
      @PilloTheStar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Bruh, the art alone is worth the 20 dollar price tag.

    • @panmelnyk
      @panmelnyk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I highly recommend you not to do this often. I have watched more than 7k hours this way

    • @2bluedragons492
      @2bluedragons492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same.

  • @pearline4684
    @pearline4684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I think the saddest and most disappointing part is not just the cheating but then getting caught with proof and becoming defensive and rude towards others. If he had just owned up immediately I think people would‘ve been able to overlook the „it was for practice and I forgot“ excuse better.

    • @set1237
      @set1237 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The guy's ego couldn't take it.

  • @Cracks094
    @Cracks094 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I love hollow knight, the atmosphere, the lore, the artstyle and world - everything is simply marvelous. I simply can not play it myself tho because holding the button to jump down to go higher messes my brain up in ways that i simply can not comprehend. Massive respect to anyone finishing this game, speedrunning it and doing challenges - you will always have my gratitude for letting me enjoy a game i'll never be able to play myself!
    This is also the reason that drama like this and someone faking their way into the hall of fame of hollow knight players hits much harder and is incredibly disappointing. Cheating is okay if it's for fun, it absolutely isn't okay when it's within a competetive setting.

    • @mildlymarvelous
      @mildlymarvelous ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I would suggest continuing to try and play it! The jumping messed with my brain when I first started too, but after a while I stopped noticing it, and now I have 350 hours, 112%, and have beaten all but four bosses hitless.

    • @btchiaintkidding7837
      @btchiaintkidding7837 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i know i am late but u should definitely shouldnt give up on this gem of a game just cuz of that.
      iam pretty sure you are not the only one with the issue probably everyone had it, i also had this same weirdly specific issue but trust me it is nothing seroius and not that handicapping and something u definitely can get used to eventually

    • @Cracks094
      @Cracks094 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@btchiaintkidding7837 Thank you for your kind and encouraging words, it's reassuring to know that it's not something weirdly specific with myself. Considering this i will definitely give it another try at some point :)

    • @ABizzareJoe
      @ABizzareJoe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Frankly this is something that would only take a minute or of gameplay to get used to or are u mouse+kb?
      platformers are just hard without a controller

    • @aamoesong1774
      @aamoesong1774 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If this helps, …four five years ago I quit the game just before beating hornet precisely because of my issues with that, but for some reason I picked it up earlier this year and it stopped being annoying, much to my surprise… I think I can appreciate the design more as it gives the player more control over the precise movements. Don’t know if bearing the notion would make adapting to the jump more intuitive :o

  • @SpidemParodies
    @SpidemParodies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6958

    That "forgot to turn off cheats" thing sounds oddly familiar as of late...

    • @lilkirbyhasadream5846
      @lilkirbyhasadream5846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Well true

    • @h2o848
      @h2o848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@lilkirbyhasadream5846 lilkirby has a what?

    • @lilkirbyhasadream5846
      @lilkirbyhasadream5846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +339

      @@h2o848 Dream

    • @grubygrzib6308
      @grubygrzib6308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Not trying to defend anyone there, but just gonna say that Dream made that story way after all that drama with Cotton

    • @SpidemParodies
      @SpidemParodies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +321

      @@grubygrzib6308 never said cotton did it after dream, I'm just pointing out the similarity in what they said and that I find it funny

  • @PinkGoldBeans6197
    @PinkGoldBeans6197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2194

    As a wise man once said
    "speedrunners don't cheat to get a faster time, they cheat to get that time faster"

  • @whirl3690
    @whirl3690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +590

    I think more people need to hear the message about harassment about 20 minutes in here. "There is a person behind the username" is an excellent summary. Any person who acts immorally is a human with complex emotions and motivations which led up to their actions; it shouldn't be excusable, but it should be understandable.

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I just don't know why people don't KNOW that. Like, inherently so. Why do people need to be reminded of that?

    • @B3an01
      @B3an01 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@BJGvideos every username has an ai behind the screen until proven otherwise seen to many 18+ bots recently

    • @whirl3690
      @whirl3690 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Scott's Precious Little Account Hah, no.

    • @B3an01
      @B3an01 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@whirl3690 to many 18+ bots unless they show human verification and do a test to see if they can think for themselves they are an AI

    • @aquatiger8
      @aquatiger8 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I watch a lot of commentary videos. mostly cuz I hate the news and commentary channels make the world at least bearable to watch burn. in situations where they talk about an online personality getting involved in trouble, I like to engage with the video but not give engagement back to the person involved. because that's the best thing you can give someone you don't respect: your disinterest. dislike them as you please, but leave that dislike in your heart and in your viewership. commentary channels and critical channels are the best cuz they keep me informed but disengaged

  • @tommasocesarato3831
    @tommasocesarato3831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Fire: "Cotton is known for being the only player that has beaten Any Radiance"
    Future Fire: *Press X to doubt*

    • @xxGreenRoblox
      @xxGreenRoblox 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      hello past person here i can confirm they did not find any evidence of cheating on any radiance

  • @drummerofawe
    @drummerofawe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7335

    Cotton: *the cheats were used for something else and got left on*
    Dream: *write that down WRITE THAT DOWN*

    • @paul2958
      @paul2958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +418

      HoW dARe yOu SAy dREaM cHeaTeD!!!
      (Sarcasm if you couldn’t tell)

    • @sool4769
      @sool4769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Lol

    • @i-am-a_person8598
      @i-am-a_person8598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      @@paul2958 yeah they be like:
      DwEem IbS WhO I StAn FoUr

    • @lukelaser5397
      @lukelaser5397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      A Chinese player cheating? You don't say? Better keep a microscope on them.

    • @sgusapling8770
      @sgusapling8770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Yea that’s weird but I makes more sense for dream since most of what he does revolves around modding the game a lot

  • @mythosinfinite6736
    @mythosinfinite6736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6271

    Wow, sure are a lot of speedrunners forgetting to turn off cheats before their big runs.

    • @chaoseq69
      @chaoseq69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      Who would have guessed right?

    • @bashfulbreloom9294
      @bashfulbreloom9294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      It's crazy right. Must be something in the water.

    • @Cat-ki3hy
      @Cat-ki3hy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@bashfulbreloom9294 it's like the teufort lead water but for speedrunners

    • @enbyjamie3300
      @enbyjamie3300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I'm 100% sure if I ever cared about modding and speed running I'd forget to turn off mods and not even realise it. Such as a mod that only ups a drop rate. A very small upgrade to a game I probably wouldnt even notice if I was doing multi-day playthroughs as I'm sure any normal MC speed runners do.

    • @geraltrivia9565
      @geraltrivia9565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@enbyjamie3300 more people are mad at the response of utter indignation from both Dream and Cotten, and inability to listen to the reports without getting upset and considering all alternatives

  • @Soren59
    @Soren59 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    If there's one thing I've learned in the past couple of years, it's that you NEVER try to slip something past the speedrun/challenge community.

    • @ADeadlierSnake
      @ADeadlierSnake 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually the fact that you people constantly seem to have cheaters existing under your very noses for months or years at a time shows that it's actually a great idea to try to sneak one by you rubes...It'll probably work! Even if some get caught those are inevitably the tip of the iceberg. Can't wait to see which person you all swore was legitimate will get outed as a cheater next! 🍿

    • @grthjryrd7552
      @grthjryrd7552 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Their autism is too powerful

    • @xxGreenRoblox
      @xxGreenRoblox 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "hmmm based on our looking the game seems to have been slowed down by 0.00000000001% speed and brought back 100% alright we have complete evidence this is cheated it is now off the leaderboards"

  • @ellyelly7235
    @ellyelly7235 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I don't think he felt bad about cheating I think he felt bad about getting caught.

  • @homie5087
    @homie5087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1526

    ok but shouldn't you investigate methyl for using wayward compass on p5
    ... all jokes aside, thank you so much for the shout-out! Super glad to see the support for the Chinese HK community. For anyone interested, I've put a URL to my + Whisky's translation of Methyl's document and Cotton's responses below. Happy to answer any questions in the replies.

    • @homie5087
      @homie5087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      bitly dot ws slash show slash bNEf

    • @JamesonMcLeod
      @JamesonMcLeod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Obviously wayward compass is the best charm in the game

    • @danielwan2410
      @danielwan2410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      a meme?

    • @auh4806
      @auh4806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Patheon of God gamer, nice

    • @aardvarkthe1st850
      @aardvarkthe1st850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i think it was for fun

  • @majickman
    @majickman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +901

    I can understand why he had to use invincibility for Flukemarm. The alluring goddess of motherhood is just too distracting.

  • @JetstreamSam343
    @JetstreamSam343 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Damn it Clara, always putting cheats on other's computers

  • @camillafromnohr
    @camillafromnohr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    12:22 i had this happen two times in path of pain and screwed up. I was so mad thinking my switch just laged. Thank you I didnt know something like this can happen. And also thank you for this nice and interesting video.

  • @isaiahsudlow3680
    @isaiahsudlow3680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2018

    Hey he did do it hitless. So no lies there.

  • @KittyKatty999
    @KittyKatty999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1182

    All these big name cheaters always end up raging and showing their true selves, when evidence becomes overwhelming against them. Like an ace attorney character having a breakdown.

    • @jonathasfgoncalves1572
      @jonathasfgoncalves1572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      For real, I cringed when I read what was basically "Welp, they dont even like me, thats why"... Geez.

    • @INeedTherapy0
      @INeedTherapy0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Or, like a shithead revealing that they are even more of a shithead than other people think.

    • @HuneeBruh
      @HuneeBruh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Ace attorney was a warning

    • @AnonymousGentooman
      @AnonymousGentooman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      There are only two situations where someone will show their true self, if they know they'll face no repercussions, and if they are already facing repercussions

    • @zaishijunior9455
      @zaishijunior9455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@AnonymousGentooman Like Kira Yoshikage

  • @ninolloydbandiola5581
    @ninolloydbandiola5581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I like how everyone's fighting over who made the fastest P5 hitless run while I'm here suffering with Radiant Enraged Guardian

    • @darkmonger6244
      @darkmonger6244 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure if you're still stuck on it, but I like to use Sharp Shadow + Dashmaster to dash through him whenever he tries shooting you
      As long as he's not up against a wall, you'll both avoid the attack and deal 1.5x your nail damage to him, and get a chance to deal even more damage with nail strikes or spells

    • @megacharizard1356
      @megacharizard1356 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darkmonger6244 okay

  • @kevincbradley
    @kevincbradley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved the vid. Great reporting! I’m a very casual HK enthusiast and recently just got into vids and I keep coming back to yours for the superior research and concise explanations.

  • @festry_
    @festry_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5570

    -One of the first people to get an impressive achievement
    -Turned out he's a cheater
    -Responded with anger once called out
    -Declines it at first, admitted later
    this reminds me of something...

    • @Zoukos23
      @Zoukos23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1881

      Doesn't sound familiar. It must have been a *dream*

    • @HaLoFreQ2000
      @HaLoFreQ2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +309

      Ahhh yes the Billy Mitchell defense

    • @ng42.
      @ng42. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Let's talk about that pfp

    • @festry_
      @festry_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@ng42. uhhh watermbelob

    • @ng42.
      @ng42. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Watermbelob Bagel

  • @thewolfofthestars1847
    @thewolfofthestars1847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1606

    Just noticed that one P5 hitless player on the list that had wayward compass equipped lmaoooo. The meme shall never die

    • @HammySisko
      @HammySisko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      What a legend lmaooo

    • @cherrydeli4525
      @cherrydeli4525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Holy shit I checked and you’re right😂 that’s awesome

    • @spaghettboy2173
      @spaghettboy2173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Please do forgive me for my heresy. But what is wayward compass

    • @dustoo
      @dustoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +314

      @@spaghettboy2173 it’s a charm that is useless in combat (but very useful elsewhere) that everybody keeps equipped as a joke. What it does is that it shows where the player is on the map

    • @spaghettboy2173
      @spaghettboy2173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@dustoo. Yeah that sounds kinda useful but only if you’re new

  • @erikbrendonbalogh7453
    @erikbrendonbalogh7453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Very good sentence:
    "Failure is a necessary part of the process of improving"
    N O T E D

  • @spiritedaway0tutu
    @spiritedaway0tutu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I appreciate you covering this, and wouldn’t mind other videos on this subject or the community as a whole in the future

  • @brytonduropan6741
    @brytonduropan6741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1827

    3:15 I love how someone used long nail instead of mark of pride specifically to use wayward compass

  • @georgebaker5672
    @georgebaker5672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5119

    "other respectable speedrunners such as dream" this aged like fine milk

    • @akesan2374
      @akesan2374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +750

      Dream's ability to be taken seriously just went adios

    • @fordconnors4326
      @fordconnors4326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +341

      pretty sure that was sarcastic but it sure aged bad

    • @thermophile1695
      @thermophile1695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +789

      @@fordconnors4326
      What are you talking about? It aged great once Dream admitted to it.
      Ironically, Dream is still worse than Cotton. He took 7 months instead of 1 to admit, and he still maintains that it was all an accident. Cotton deserved to be reprimanded, but he deserves more forgiveness than Dream.

    • @perrybb2
      @perrybb2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +296

      @@thermophile1695 the Chinese have a huge emphasis on honor, respect and integrity in their culture (for the most part), so of course he would come clean and admit his faults. Otherwise the CCP would arrest him

    • @thermophile1695
      @thermophile1695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +253

      @@perrybb2
      Right, I forgot China was China.

  • @SpremeCalami
    @SpremeCalami 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I can never understand how someone can be proud of themselves after successfully cheating on something very difficult anyway. There is an amazing feeling from doing something difficult (especially on hk for me lol) that means the reason I push myself isn’t to impress others, it’s to simply become a better player, legitimately. Insert shameless channel plug here

    • @RammerHammer
      @RammerHammer ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It reminds me of how I felt after I finally beat Nightmare King Grimm. I had beenputting in about 10-15 attempts at it on and off for about 6 months. I would go at it for a few days, lose hop, give up for a while, and then come back ina few weeks and try again. Rinse and repeat. It was extremely disheartening at some points because I would get to phase 2 of the fight and then immediately die, and then be stuck on phase 1 for weeks.
      One day last month, I sat down and said to myself "you don't get to play any other games until that vampire-ass motherfucker is dead." So I started grinding out attempts. To make it more fun, I decided everytime I died I would take a sip of my drink and see how fast I could get drunk (the answer is FAST.) It was a brutal process. I would do several attempts and not even make it past phase one, and then after dozens of attempts I was able to make it to phase 2 with some consistency. I had started to get ared on his moves; kniowing which ones would give me an opportunity to heal, which ones would best fto use Shriek of Fireball on, which ones would be good for getting a lot of slashes in, and knowing there were some moves where attacking was forbidden and that I had to use my dash at the exact right moments.
      I only ever made it to phase 3 twice. The first time I was so excited I immediately got distracted and died lol. The 2nd time well, that, as they say, is history. I remember waves of ecstacy and joy and relief washed over my body at the realization that I didn't need to fight this guy ever again and, subsequently, that I would never have to equip Grimmchild ever again.
      And then I remembered P5.

  • @artysalt
    @artysalt ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "No matter how others perceive it, what matters is that you know how hard you pushed yourself to achieve your success. No amount of external recognition can replace that."
    Seriously awesome life advice from my boy Fire.

  • @TheQuilavaQueen
    @TheQuilavaQueen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +869

    shout out to the guy who beat the pantheon with the wayward compass

    • @davidlee1770
      @davidlee1770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      What a chad gamer

    • @QuintaFeira12
      @QuintaFeira12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      He was just afraid of getting lost.

    • @Peavesey
      @Peavesey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      He mustn't be that good at the game if he needs wayward compass to win smh

    • @r35ct12
      @r35ct12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Nickolas Quickenton please, the person wouldnt be able to even complete true ending without wayward compass in their build

    • @landonadams9935
      @landonadams9935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Of course he did. Wayward compass is basically a win button. Wayward compass op.

  • @chewyihe3411
    @chewyihe3411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1008

    There’s actually an error in the translation part about his apologies. When the translation says it isn’t a big deal because the majority doesn’t mind, he was actually talking about the majority doesn’t care how it happened, the reason behind the invincibility. Not the majority not minding about the cheat.
    Just pointing that out cause I learn both language.

    • @homie5087
      @homie5087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      谢谢你的意见! I did consider this while translating. In this case, Cotton is being deliberately vague about the sentence's subject in a moment when the incident of cheating and his methods are tied very closely together. Rather than losing the dismissive, ambiguous, and carefree tone with a paraphrase, I decided to translate this ambiguity directly in a phrase-by-phrase fashion- the "it" in English may similarly be read both ways. Thank you again for your feedback :) I will be more careful in the future.

    • @kayeyeo9656
      @kayeyeo9656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@homie5087 That apology was so vague in general I didn’t even get what he was talking about, he probably had it in his mind to avoid even inputting a subject into his sentences. 说了也等于没说一样,像某个郑某个爽的英译中回应 (doge)

    • @mistressofdreams6031
      @mistressofdreams6031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@homie5087 so in other words he downplayed it even then? Wow

  • @elizabethcabbage9817
    @elizabethcabbage9817 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I very much appreciate how you handled this video. I've seen many a video covering a topic like this with a tiny disclaimer at the end that you shouldn't harass the accused individual, but it is important also to recognize the effects media can have on an entire portion of the world's perception on a single community based off of a single person's missteps, and addressing that there are many folks out there who have legitimate runs in the Chinese HK community.
    I just wanted to pop on and say I appreciate your care to the impact this video does and can have, where it's rare to see so much thought put into these kinds of things. Keep up the good work

  • @HajpeQ123
    @HajpeQ123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    11:24 That's a dream moment

  • @rice11037
    @rice11037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1516

    God gamer Fire exposing fake god gamer to assert dominance

    • @kanekyrocryptic7853
      @kanekyrocryptic7853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      What a chad move

    • @givemeyourphone2707
      @givemeyourphone2707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      There can be no gods but him

    • @dominicbartlett6711
      @dominicbartlett6711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Only one god gamer can stand up

    • @voyagerwitch
      @voyagerwitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      this isn't fair to fire, honestly. clearly it's not dominance that fire is asserting, but is urging everyone to respect their fellow community members and the game itself. if it were just dominance, i would hate this video.

    • @crimsonstrykr
      @crimsonstrykr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Imagine if fire was one day exposed holy fucl that would be the worst

  • @olinolivia
    @olinolivia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    Guess you could say he got Cotton 4K

    • @camilomayo3855
      @camilomayo3855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Why was this actually funny...

    • @amcbray844
      @amcbray844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is the best thing I have heard today

    • @thermophile1695
      @thermophile1695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      EYYYYYY

    • @lick28
      @lick28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't like you

    • @tired_artist69
      @tired_artist69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      this was terrible but i loved it

  • @fallenhuman2081
    @fallenhuman2081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Excellently done video. Very thorough analysis.
    I personally am perfectly satisfied with beating p5 without dying. But I can understand how cheating in a "hitless run" would be very frustrating to see for people who work hard to do it honestly.
    It's important these people are exposed to keep gaming alive for all of us.

  • @Cezar_Salad
    @Cezar_Salad 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    3:14 I love how 3rd place used wayward compass

  • @gold_hev_suit
    @gold_hev_suit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2048

    "Shitty game shitty people" is the only time I've ever heard someone say anything bad about Hollow Knight

    • @-ShiraZen-
      @-ShiraZen- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      I can add to the pile if you'd like. I don't like Hollow Knight, or any game that requires you to buy a wedding ring in order to have fun (anymore). In the past when I had all the time in the world, sure, but now it's very annoying to find a game that you love the soundtrack/art/gameplay of, but you realize that it's "hard" 3 hours in and can't refund. It's hard to find time to sit down and play even the most casual of games, let alone dedicate time to playing a metroidvania with such a high skill floor.
      But that's basically a non complaint, tbh.

    • @neptardus6970
      @neptardus6970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +347

      @@-ShiraZen- um are you talking about the price ? Because i'm pretty it's very cheap compared to what it's really worth.and if not could you explain me what you're talking about ?

    • @Error0101
      @Error0101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +324

      @@neptardus6970
      He's talking about the time you need to invest in it to get good enough to have fun. Not reasonable for people with jobs and families.

    • @TheMikirog
      @TheMikirog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      @@Error0101 I have a job and I love playing hard games, but it's pretty clear that working for your entertainment isn't exactly universal for all kinds of players and that's ok. For some people, the thought of spending hours trying to give your game value until it eventually becomes enjoyable is unacceptable. Likewise I can't stand easy or relaxing games like Stardew Valley or Minecraft, but I wouldn't want to nuke every single game like that simply, because taste exists and everyone has it. More varied games is always better for everyone.

    • @johnromero6315
      @johnromero6315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      @@-ShiraZen- I'd say that's perfectly reasonable. Not every game is for everyone, and that's fine.

  • @eclecticspaghetti
    @eclecticspaghetti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +859

    geez, creating an entire hitbox scanning mod just to solve a speedrunning case? the chinese HK community are madlads.

    • @Stryfe52
      @Stryfe52 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      It could help for other stuff too

    • @del3740
      @del3740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      i swear the HK community is becoming more like the touhou community with bad apple with all the mad lad shit their doing

    • @cjs4247
      @cjs4247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@del3740 Is “Touhou” the shortened version of “Touhou: Luna Nights?” Because I just got the game during the recent lunar new year sale and even though I haven’t played it yet I would be happy to hear about an active speed run community for it.

    • @del3740
      @del3740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@cjs4247 i'm not sure if there is a speedrun community but their community love to make the bad apple music video onto literally everything.

    • @baoq.b2287
      @baoq.b2287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@cjs4247 "Touhou: Luna Nights" is actually one of many fangames of the original ongoing Touhou series. So yea, the Touhou fans are crazy amazing lol

  • @crossoverworlds2678
    @crossoverworlds2678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I can relate. I died to Hornet 1 several times while playing through Hollow Knight (Haven't played in a long while and have not finished the game), about 30 times if i count right. It was satisfying to finally beat Hornet.

  • @victormiguelmaprelian7286
    @victormiguelmaprelian7286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great video man. Allways good to remember that he is a person after all... We sometimes tend to condemn others, and this don't usually ends good... God bless you a lot and give you peace that exceeds everything!!

  • @RelyeaGaming
    @RelyeaGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10197

    14:40 "The reality is that we are not entitled to success every time. That isn't how the world works and that isn't how games work either.
    Failure is a necessary part of the process of improving."
    Very well said.

  • @bread_3393
    @bread_3393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    The fact he went through all stages of grief

    • @Grgrqr
      @Grgrqr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Double u

    • @Stormimi
      @Stormimi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh my glad he did

    • @yotengo2807
      @yotengo2807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      l

  • @Rokii522
    @Rokii522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    13:55 THIS GUY HAS NO FEAR! Calling out 2 blatant cheaters one of which has Sued many for similar claims, and the other who has a fan base who tries to destroy people for saying such. Ballsy

    • @darkmonger6244
      @darkmonger6244 ปีที่แล้ว

      No reason to fear some immature kids. What are they gonna do, cry you to sleep?

    • @aeircrown7994
      @aeircrown7994 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darkmonger6244 idk Mitchell is infamous to cause one youtuber to commit the sudden end to one's journey and gloating about it on his official TH-cam video.

    • @darkmonger6244
      @darkmonger6244 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aeircrown7994 You misspelled Bitchell

  • @mr.temtem4884
    @mr.temtem4884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cotton literally just said: Hey guys, wanna see me pull a Dream?

  • @toavs3977
    @toavs3977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    "Runners don't cheat to get a faster time. They cheat to get a time faster."
    -Karl Jobst

    • @Hithere-uz6wd
      @Hithere-uz6wd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just change the word time to ”run”

    • @currypenguin
      @currypenguin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Hithere-uz6wd Essentially the same thing

    • @moonlord9294
      @moonlord9294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Hithere-uz6wd karl was talking about speedruns

    • @Hithere-uz6wd
      @Hithere-uz6wd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@moonlord9294 I know i watched that video, i just meant that the person who cheated didnt want a fast time, they wanted a perfect run but couldnt get it so they resorted to cheating to get the perfect run faster

  • @SonicHaXD
    @SonicHaXD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13866

    From Manhunt to cheating scandal. This is all starting to sound familiar XD

    • @userpersonwhoisahuman
      @userpersonwhoisahuman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      lol

    • @fireb0rn
      @fireb0rn  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1930

      Hahah. Busted!

    • @stopsign1663
      @stopsign1663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      @@fireb0rn cool video but the title lowkey makes me wanna throw up

    • @calasay2688
      @calasay2688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +358

      @@stopsign1663 rude

    • @girosvaldodeskate2214
      @girosvaldodeskate2214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@genesisanima manipulation of item drops

  • @lantern3015
    @lantern3015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    我是一年後才接觸hollow knight這款好遊戲,當然對中國及台灣地區打遊戲開掛已經見怪不怪了,也感謝影片中的所有人幫忙揪出這個連打單機遊戲都要開外掛的小可憐。

  • @tposingjesus5491
    @tposingjesus5491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cotton got a whole hero corruption arc and villain redemption arc all in one video

  • @emeraldmann1329
    @emeraldmann1329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +807

    ...okay I'll admit having a bongo cat synched to your button presses is pretty good.

    • @mothgothrotlover
      @mothgothrotlover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      true true

    • @Stryfe52
      @Stryfe52 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      fair enough

    • @comicallybadpun
      @comicallybadpun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      true.. true..

    • @terrariangolden6985
      @terrariangolden6985 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sam?

    • @Trigger0x10c
      @Trigger0x10c 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      As a certain someone would say: "The bongo cat gives you no tactical advantage whatsoever, but that was some fancy gameplay, you're pretty good"

  • @so0meone
    @so0meone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +658

    I feel like he isn't actually sorry he cheated, he's sorry he got caught

    • @Kool-AidEnthusiast
      @Kool-AidEnthusiast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I'm pretty sure that's with all cheaters tho.

    • @commenterforfun5154
      @commenterforfun5154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      not only that he insulted the game and the community saying "shitty game and shitty people". then was like "sorry guys it was a just a joke that i got from my fav streamer" like tf man? what kind of streamer said "my fans are shitty people" is a joke.

    • @chiangedison8080
      @chiangedison8080 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Asian motto

    • @GeraltofRivia22
      @GeraltofRivia22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If he was sorry, he wouldn't have cheated in the first place.

    • @leonro
      @leonro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Some people feel bad after realising how much they hurt others by lying, but in this case he clearly didn't.

  • @starwhale3070
    @starwhale3070 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:15 wayward compass being the only thing bolded gets a good chuckle out of me

  • @sleepy_wendigo
    @sleepy_wendigo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The most bizarre part of the Flukemarm clip is how someone manages to get hit by Flukemarm

  • @UnkindledTheUndying
    @UnkindledTheUndying 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1291

    There's something poetic about one of the creatures that hit him literally being named "fluke". Great video, idk why but cheaters are such an interesting topic.

    • @smallblackcoffee7340
      @smallblackcoffee7340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lmao

    • @JHWaWa
      @JHWaWa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He also got hit by a ball of compacted poop

    • @HumanoidDerpling
      @HumanoidDerpling ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It's seeing them get caught that's interesting. It's like reading Sherlock Holmes.

    • @eleanorcooke7136
      @eleanorcooke7136 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And also being hit by a dungball.

    • @michaelhodge3093
      @michaelhodge3093 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They are interesting

  • @MavHawk2
    @MavHawk2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1070

    That number 5 player seems like a criminal

    • @fireb0rn
      @fireb0rn  3 ปีที่แล้ว +348

      I completely agree.

    • @methylpalladium388
      @methylpalladium388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Indeed

    • @justsomewritingfan2202
      @justsomewritingfan2202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      I'd rather openly admit that I quitted the Path of Pain on the last segment, than cheating and claiming that I did it legitamatly.
      Wheres the point in a challenge, when it is done without effort ?
      This doesnt make me mad, just disappointed that we reached a point where online reputation is more valued than the experiences we have.

    • @OriginalSuper
      @OriginalSuper 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup

    • @silksongreactions
      @silksongreactions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don’t get it

  • @derspinner6832
    @derspinner6832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    -17.000.000 social credit

  • @Sentinel_of_the_GFI
    @Sentinel_of_the_GFI ปีที่แล้ว +8

    8:57 hmmmm... reminds me of dream.

  • @DaVeganZombie
    @DaVeganZombie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +733

    “Most speedrunners who cheat don’t cheat to get faster times. They cheat to get times, faster.”
    -Karl Jobst
    (In relation to 14:00)

    • @hyutea
      @hyutea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      ima just leave this reply here just in case someone doesnt get the difference between both sentences:
      "most speedrunners dont cheat to get faster times", indicating that they dont cheat to get a faster time than anyone else.
      "they cheat to get times. faster." indicates that they cheat to get a bunch of more times very fast.
      if i made a mistake, please point it out. id love to fix the mistake.

    • @peregrinus524
      @peregrinus524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@hyutea I don't know if this is what you meant or not but I believe that the last part (they cheat to get times, faster) meant that the speedrunners cheat so that they don't have to waste time repeatedly trying to do something they know they can do due to bad RNG.

    • @hyutea
      @hyutea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peregrinus524 oh ok

    • @vraolet
      @vraolet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@peregrinus524 It's also a matter of thinking that you are already able to do it, even with no RNG.
      It applies to every speedrun games but Hollow Knight P5 makes a great exemple, when you are attempting/training for Hitless P5, you can already reliably kill every boss hitless, you just never did all of them in one go.
      Therefore you know that theoratically you can do it, so it becomes even more frustrating every time you try and fail due to a careless mistake or because you lost your focus.

    • @jking4219
      @jking4219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@vraolet I can kinda get why he and Dream cheated though with that. Knowing that you can do something , but then you try and fail over and over again is frustrating.

  • @simonio6655
    @simonio6655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +765

    It looks like he wasn't upset about cheating, he was upset about getting caught

    • @THEGRUMPTRUCK
      @THEGRUMPTRUCK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Cheaters usually act that way. DREAM fucking hired lawyers to defend him when he tried to prove he didn't cheat. Ultimately, most of the community now knows he did. Cheaters ALWAYS 100% mess up when called out.

    • @KayoFazBlooper
      @KayoFazBlooper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@THEGRUMPTRUCK did dream actually did it?
      Omg that's something a 5 year would do

    • @Lelmao33
      @Lelmao33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@THEGRUMPTRUCK
      I think you mean his Astrophysicist with no sort of credibility and getting dunk by an actual statistic mathethician.
      It is obvious Dream is just covering his ass since his stans would believe him jn everything

    • @TV-cv1eb
      @TV-cv1eb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You say that like anyone would act differently

    • @Unknownz000
      @Unknownz000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@KayoFazBlooper yes lmao even at the end the guy he hired said dream most likely cheated at the end. Because the best possible odds for him and I mean the best best of odds with all bias towards dream is still in the 6 figures. No one would be mad if he said yeah guys I cheated I'm sorry I just got frustrated but cheaters never come clean

  • @FunnyFlink
    @FunnyFlink 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That one guy using wayward compass in his p5 hitless run 💀

    • @olivercharles2930
      @olivercharles2930 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, everyone knows wayward compass gives you extra damage. Even more if you have an RGB controller.

  • @thatoneguy4463
    @thatoneguy4463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    13:55 "many high profile cheaters such as Billy Nichel, Dream, and others dont cheat to perform feats their incapable of."
    did Dream cheat? i havent caught up with this drama yet and only figured out now

    • @user-vi3bm2mx2h
      @user-vi3bm2mx2h 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If I remember correctly, he got ridiculous high blaze rod and ender pearl spawn rates in a Speedrun that were so unlikely, the chance of him cheating was actually higher than the chance of him just getting lucky

    • @tokiyou
      @tokiyou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He used a plugin/addon that made rare piglin drop rates more common
      He often uses that for normal or manhunt videos, because it would take too long to grind
      He apologized by saying that he forgot to turn it off before recording the run, but still defended his position in that run
      which
      sus

    • @shmity2950
      @shmity2950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah he did

  • @natebrown2805
    @natebrown2805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    he just used Wayward Compass, don’t get mad

  • @kiiboisbestboi4821
    @kiiboisbestboi4821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1321

    "the sh*tty game has a lot of bugs"
    yeah it has bugs have you even seen ghost lmao literal beetle so many bugs
    *ok the sarcasm was bad but yall get it*

    • @gamingmoyai3950
      @gamingmoyai3950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I mean you ARE. A. LITERAL. VOID. BUG. How is it so hard for that man to understand the game’s about BUGS. (Had to do it man)

    • @deanxile
      @deanxile 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      it's not a sh*tty game
      but yeah a lot bugs like A LOT OF LOT A BUGS even Literal Demon Bug

    • @certifiedfurry
      @certifiedfurry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@deanxile *dung defender intensifies*

    • @higaiwokeru
      @higaiwokeru 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The game is really punishing
      I fucking dropped it because my save file got corrupted and the dodge mechanic makes me want to not play the game again

    • @Act1991
      @Act1991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@higaiwokeru Dodge mechanic?

  • @banjo4986
    @banjo4986 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The only reason I could even think of using invincibility to test something would be to test combos but even then you’d want them off so you could see if you could do them without getting hit

  • @theshadeow5103
    @theshadeow5103 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “Good players don’t cheat to get good times, good players cheat to get good times faster”
    -that one quote from the trackmania video on the cheating on Riolu

  • @burninggarbage7178
    @burninggarbage7178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    Bro, that isn’t cheating. He used dreams tactic of gaining 5 years of luck by liking a morgz mum video

    • @MatiazAnimates
      @MatiazAnimates 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      He liked the video in 10 seconds, true, fireb0rn is a normie that didn't smash the subscribe button 🙄

    • @pika3207
      @pika3207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MatiazAnimates ok

    • @shadeabout
      @shadeabout 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no no no no you are all wrong he just used way word compass

    • @archie._mac3691
      @archie._mac3691 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He went o every vid and did it he now has 999999999%more luck for 9999999years

    • @davidsplooge14
      @davidsplooge14 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MatiazAnimates
      He's behind the hype

  • @moonlightcrew7145
    @moonlightcrew7145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +632

    “This famous hitless player had actually been using invincibility”
    Me who always keeps dying or getting hit: Wait that exists?

    • @astra3766
      @astra3766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yep, there's also an invincibility glitch. I forget how you do it exactly but I know it's related to water in some way, meaning you can do it in the godhome

    • @boyinblue.
      @boyinblue. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I guessed that would be a thing in the first day of playing just because of how many times I got whacked

    • @grubmonarch7227
      @grubmonarch7227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Get gud

    • @dedo9990
      @dedo9990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@astra3766 He was using debug mod tho

    • @ILiekFishes
      @ILiekFishes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      considering how many people complain about pantheon 5 and that the achievement has a 2.7% completion rate reeks of bullshit

  • @patriarchofthebugsnaxfamily
    @patriarchofthebugsnaxfamily 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shoutout to the absolute fucking chad who beat P5 hitless with Wayward Compass

  • @jttnc
    @jttnc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Me, who knows nothing about this game, it’s characters, or mechanics: “Interesting…”

  • @MrBee-iy5ed
    @MrBee-iy5ed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    "The first and only player to complete any radiance"
    Seems like a job for Cranky

    • @juniperrodley9843
      @juniperrodley9843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      *DON'T GIVE HIM IDEAS*

    • @fireb0rn
      @fireb0rn  3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      TeraChrome is a player working on it and has come pretty close!

    • @ReverendInsanityPromoter
      @ReverendInsanityPromoter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      :()

    • @jkstcibg
      @jkstcibg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@fireb0rn :0

    • @shinybreloom4027
      @shinybreloom4027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      cranky will then claim that he's not that good at Hollow Knight

  • @calumbarry1829
    @calumbarry1829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    I'm sorry, bro took damage in FLUKEMARM!?

    • @SethB420
      @SethB420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Hot take, on my first playthrough of it that was one of the hardest bosses for me. Something about the swervy pathing fucked me up bad.

    • @calumbarry1829
      @calumbarry1829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@SethB420 the swervy patching of what? The little flying mouths? I mean all you gotta do is this get them in the up spell too and you're chillin

    • @SethB420
      @SethB420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@calumbarry1829 yeah, that was the issue. I went fully blind into my first playthrough, spells included, and i ended up almost never using that one. Still regret the amount of time i coulda saved if i knew how good it was.
      I pretty much hid under the bottom left platform and smacked it in between spawns

    • @legrandliseurtri7495
      @legrandliseurtri7495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Yeah, it's embarassing. This dude did hitless absolute radiance, but FLUKEMARM is one of the reason why he had to use to this mod lol.

    • @sediew
      @sediew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, I just couldn’t defeat it the first time I tried, so I left and returned when I was better

  • @fredriddles1763
    @fredriddles1763 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Person A: Shoots and kills someone.
    Person B: "You murdered him!"
    Person A: "It was an accident, I forgot I was holding a gun!"

  • @berrybeecakes2102
    @berrybeecakes2102 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Something that I don’t think it’s appreciated enough about speed running and the speed running community is that they do investigations like this instead of jumping to conclusions you speak with each other you gather a team and you issue full reports on whether or not you think somebody is cheating

  • @thedeadwookie25
    @thedeadwookie25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    They had "a talk" with cotton
    my mind went straight to "they executed him didn't they"

    • @PartnershipsForYou
      @PartnershipsForYou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      CHEATING IN HOLLOW KNIGHT=
      MINUS 100000 SOCIAL CREDITS!

    • @InnovativeSparks
      @InnovativeSparks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@PartnershipsForYou
      (DETECTED HOLLOW KNIGHT CHEATING)
      PUNISHMENT REQUIRED: EXECUTION

    • @DoctorBones1
      @DoctorBones1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it makes it even more cursed that cotton is chinese

    • @onvawynog4696
      @onvawynog4696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@smeggiamagarwine r/yourjokebutworse

  • @matthewaiken9624
    @matthewaiken9624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +663

    Funny how he used the exact same excuse as dream. Lmfao

    • @ca0to285
      @ca0to285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      History sure does repeat itself, huh?

    • @Name-qk5qr
      @Name-qk5qr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      actually, cotton "accidentally" used cheats before dream

    • @destheoren
      @destheoren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@Name-qk5qr maybe that's where dream gets the idea lol

    • @sool4769
      @sool4769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@destheoren maybe

    • @snazzyjovialwyrm3314
      @snazzyjovialwyrm3314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@destheoren It's a text-book excuse. Neither of them came up with it first. People have been claiming "accidentally" doing using something that led to them getting an extremely unfair advantage over everyone else in competitions for as long as competitions have existed for.

  • @rafdegus4180
    @rafdegus4180 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not gonna lie, as a (wannabe) Celeste speedrunner this video legitimately inspiredes me!
    I still come back to it sometimes!
    So thanks for being amazing

  • @marek9741
    @marek9741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I've never played hollow knight, but wow it looks like a beautiful game, being a Binding of Isaac player, looks right up my alley

    • @erierierierierie
      @erierierierierie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      its very different to binding of isaac but i play both games and enjoy them quite a lot, so id encourage you to try it when you can

    • @marek9741
      @marek9741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@erierierierierie heh funny enough im 106% through first time playing hollow knight :D ty

    • @erierierierierie
      @erierierierierie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@marek9741 oh wow. good luck on the rest and p5 if you ever go for it!

    • @marek9741
      @marek9741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@erierierierierie Thanks bro :D i got pantheons, nkg, and trial of fools left so should be a real fun time !

    • @erierierierierie
      @erierierierierie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@marek9741 those are some of the best parts of the game. and it sounds like you're about to spend a couple hundred hours in godhome

  • @WaywardVector
    @WaywardVector 3 ปีที่แล้ว +547

    Damn he apologized and admitted his faults and stated his regrets, letting all his fans know what he did. Instead of hiring an anonymous astrophysicist from fiverr to legitimize his “work.”

    • @high9170
      @high9170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      @@Arkansym are u ok

    • @_Bjornfot
      @_Bjornfot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@Arkansym Does Dream pay you to try to trick people into believing falsehoods about statistical improbabilities, or are you just that much of an obsessed white knight fanboy?
      Getting struck by lightning 3 times during your lifetime is 50 million times more likely to happen than getting the odds Dream had during his speedruns, it's practically impossible.

    • @_Bjornfot
      @_Bjornfot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@Arkansym There is plenty to prove him wrong. No proof is ever 100.00% undeniably correct, 99.99% (or in Dream's case 99.99999999%) is enough. Even with Dream's own numbers, he is more likely to be struck by lightning than anyone in the entire world is to ever achieve the luck he got in those speedruns (not to mention how lucky he would have to be to have that person be him and not someone else). That's called proof.
      As for the garbled garbage of paragraphs about math not being developed enough etc, please take your psuedo-intellectual nonsense elsewhere. You're not being deep, or clever. There is hard evidence but it requires an understanding of how math works, which you seem to lack.
      I am sorry for my slanderous comment though, I will retract it and apologize. I see now that you are not trying to be deceptive or fool anyone in any way, but rather that you somehow genuinely believe in your own psuedo-scientific garbage.

    • @TheSpiritsLease
      @TheSpiritsLease 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@Arkansym You can infer very strongly that Dream cheated. Even though it's nearly impossible to prove he altered the chances RNG provides, it's more than reasonable to assume the six stream lucky streak was impossible and therefore manipulated.
      He got higher drop rates for items that were at a fixed rate, then got more lucky rates on items that can barely be farmed reliably over time. That's the proof. It has nothing to do with weather phenomenon, the lottery, or anything of that sort when reaching for a conclusion that isn't supported by clear circumstantial evidence.

    • @Waphurus
      @Waphurus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@Arkansym dream stan lmao, shut up

  • @4cjfamily
    @4cjfamily 2 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    3:18 It’s funny how most people used mark of pride, quickslash, shaman stone and strength but one guy uses *wayward compass*

    • @illstealyoureyes4082
      @illstealyoureyes4082 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      And he got the third spot on top of that, what a chad😂

    • @Doomguyhunter1
      @Doomguyhunter1 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Ofcourse he uses it! It's literally the best charm.

    • @aamoesong1774
      @aamoesong1774 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It’s a she and she’s crazy good!!!

    • @archaicfalcon4898
      @archaicfalcon4898 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love how Wayward Compass is bolded too

  • @djohnsveress6616
    @djohnsveress6616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Game lags" ye, totally.. A indie Offline single player side scroller video game, just lags

    • @erierierierierie
      @erierierierierie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      idk what youve experienced but the game can lag at times, ive experienced it quite a lot by just not playing on a good pc