How Starfruit Changed Speedrunning...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2024
- This is the story of how Starfruit changed speedrunning for the better!
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My boyfriend yelled at me when I brought the upgraded watering can because he liked watering the plants individually
Based boyfriend.
You can just buy the glove and separate the plants so that they are watered indiviually
@@naturelulI …what?
@@deleetiusproductions3497it’s a joke snowflake
Understandable
It's funny how speedrunners use stuff that seem useless for the average player and they manage to do amazing things. Starfruit is so underrated lmao
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Not a speedrunner, but Snow Pea combines with Starfruit so well. Even so 20 Starfruit from Column 6 to 9 in Roof level kill a Football Zombie less than 5 Seconds.
I used it through pretty much all of fog because every level just became easy after that, I stopped using it cause I wanted to test the new plants tho
2 forward side projectiles at the cost of barely 125 while you had to pay 200 for a repeater for 2 projectiles or 100 for a pea shooter to get a projectile. Starfruit is OP for its cost when not placed on the first or last row. Even then you get a backwards and a side ways projectile. No wonder it costs 175 sun in PvP mode while repeater costs 150 (console version).
Star fruit isn't trash to a normal player like me
take a shot every time sasquatch says "revolutionary" or "awkward"
instructions unclear, died of alcohol poisoning
Wait, it was supposed to be alcohol shots??
Good because I'm under the age to drink
@@MrWerd.someone call an ambulance for bro, or maybe not depending on his financial situation
Will do
@@nini303kis bro a mortis main
It seems so weird to me to think that people speedran the game for many years before thinking "hey, what if we used starfruit?", because every time i played through the game I'd just use starfruits as soon as i got them because of how good they were when spammed. Of course, since all of them were casual playthroughs i never thought of how fast they could be and played safe using pumpkins and chompers, but it's nice to see that they are being used in speedruns now
Like Stan Lee used to say, don't let others talk you out of something that you thought were good (something similar like that😅)
@@zackzoom8779that was just a way for him to defend his cannibalism
Hey man, dont knock it til you try it
I learned about how good Starfruit actually was from watching challenge runs like shyguymask! But since they were challenge runs (as opposed to speedruns) I also didn't think much of it. I'm glad the lil boi is getting the recognition he deserves now!!
SAME! Throughout the whole video I was confused as to how no one even attempted to use it when it's such a comfortable plant to use, at least for me.
3:10 Cactus in the roof level!? Thats what I call hopelessness
I did actually propose a strategy for any% once which included cactus. Don't ask how, but part of the strategy (not the cactus part, but the general idea of it) did actually make its way to 5-1 in the form of peashooter + repeater
@@BulbasaurRepresent what was the cactus supposed to do
@@kozolith2121 Basically the idea was that instead of cabbage + repeater, you took cabbage + peashooter + cactus, all plants that have basically the same dps and cost, and effectively you would be able to juggle all three at once and be able to constantly plant firepower.
The idea came from 1-7, where we're forced to use snow pea which is usually useless in speedruns, but it does occasionally get used to avoid peashooter cooldown.
I do think that if we had cactus on a 2 flag, daytime, non-roof level then the strategy would have actually been good (although there's no reason not to use split pea instead, cactus was just funnier) but alas we do not live in that timeline.
It did make me realise that peashooter + repeater was a really good strategy on 5-1 though.
Cactus should be able to work on roof levels. Still useless compared to cabbage pult but still better than it is right now
@@BulbasaurRepresent yoooo the guy mentioned in the video
Wow the stars really aligned for this strat
Oh my god
ba dum *tss*
HAHAHAHAHAHA…
Huh, I remember learning the power of starfruit when playing the AltVerz mod, I can't believe this wasn't found earlier for speedrunning- a cool feature about starfruit is that, since its projectiles span all the lanes, projectiles tend to target the zombies most ahead and push the zombies back- kind of acting like Cattail in that manner. I guess that also this front-zombie-targeting aspect kind of like a pseudo-instant, dealing with the zombie most ahead instead of even spread out damage across all lanes- making instas doing more overall damage to zombies in the backend
Wasn't there an entire mini-game used to demonstrate how busted Starfruit spam is?
Bonus starfruit footage - this is a really cool strategy used in pogo party shopless!
th-cam.com/video/heMa1NexUlY/w-d-xo.html
Starfruit strats also have one very important thing over repeater: THEY'RE SO MUCH FUN
No way this is him
Goated
The starfruit guy
I like how the title implies that star fruit changed all of speed running as a whole instead of just PvZ speed running
Oddly fitting how someone who's username contains the name of a Grass Type Pokemon helped shave off speedrunning time for Plants VS Zombies (as well as being the current record holder)
He name grass
One thing that is intriguing for me is that this strategy is not found until 03/2023? (If I undertsand it right), after over 15 years and the there are still something new in PvZ. Truly an epic and classic game of all time.
This game never dies
Starfruit is way too underappreciated
Im glad we have people who understood it
3:40 that moment when you have to explain to your spouse that they've made a cameo in a TH-cam video about... starfruit. 🤣
"Sometimes I have ideas.
Then I do those ideas and I realise why I shouldn't have ideas."
Same here buddy, same here.
1:59 "Young fly on the track"
I've been using starfruit strat ever since I saw it on one of the challenges to just build starfruit on every lawn, it was totally shocking that time and I kept using it by the time, didn't know this was a thing now! LMAO
Why do pvz speedrunners like chibi pokemon pfps lol
they're cute
@@BulbasaurRepresent can't argue with that
@@BulbasaurRepresentBULBASAUR OMG YOU MADE STARFRUIT STRAT OKMGJF8DMWQK
9:05 the funny thing is that on one of the mobile versions the star projectile hitbox is set behind for some reason, so the shotgun effect works on any zombie a tile behind rather than needing to be directly on starfruit
hi why are u everywhere i go :3
@@thesoftone if you ever feel safe, remember I’m here
@@firytwig i never feel safe because my country hates me, but thanks anyway!! >w
I always liked that plant only because it would fill my screen with projectiles, and it was satisfacotry having multiple rows of starfruits filling the entire screen
in speedrunning, people use the least expected thing and they end up doing better than other people
Starfruit is a somewhat awkward plant to use, but honestly, after using it on said roof levels (and Vegezombies thinking it could dodge its attacks, then not reseting when the game defied logic) it kinda felt like a 125 nerfed Gloom shroom, unintuitive to use but very rewarding once you understand the angles it is shooting at, like using a 125 sun repeater in terms of DPS, who doesn't rely on Garlic/Pumpkin or torchwood but on instas in the early game because, just like the reed in PvZ2, it works best on groups to fill the screen with attacks.
Excellent watch, the time flew by and i now have a hunger for even pvz history from you in the future!! Starfruits are the startfruits of something amazing..,,
More PvZ history you say…?
Wow. Starfruit still continues to surprise people, all these years later.
man i love these pvz video essays. keep it up man
The Starfruit shotgun *surprised* me
Weird choice to have a "before starfruit" section, but not mention what the records were. The discord screenshot at 4:56 was clearly supposed to be a "NANI?!" moment, but without any frame of reference for the previous times it just kinda falls flat.
really agree. i was really uninterested by the video because i felt like i had no scale for what speedrunning was for pvz?
wait this revolution was as late as 2023? no wonder why shyguymask always said the plant is heavily underrated.
like come on it's 5 projectiles with the cost efficency of scaredy shroom. work around the gimmick and it's amazing value for money.
I kove that this game still get videos on it. Keep up the good work man i enjoy the content
Well. Since the first time i played pvz, i think in the minigame where you must plant starfruit. And that's where i realized, how powerful starfruit is.
25% cost more from peashooter and you get?
- double diagonal front attack
- one backward
- double up and down
So much fire coverage for +25% cost. Good for early and mid game i guess.
Ive never watched anything about pvz speedrunning, but this was fun lmao subbed
STAR FRUIT IS MY 3RD FAVORITE PLANT!!!!
“Starfruit is top tier in shop less speedrunning”
Danerade: Visible confusion
This is such a specific topic, appreciate you making the video about it! :D Starfruit's shooting pattern always reminded me of shmup games.
Starfruit is finally getting recognition it deserves. It became one of my favorite plants after doing the Seeing Stars level.
I always find it funny how stuff like this is discovered after years and years of a game being played at a high level.
this is definitely gonna blow up.
Weirdly, I frequently use starfruit not because of those speedrunner.
It's because someguy on youtube "shyguymask" said this starfruit are S+ tier plant.
shy guy mask is the best pvz youtuber
shyguy deserves to be called more than "someguy"
time to eat while watching a random video about pvz speedrunning
I knew it when I was playing that Starfruit minigame and was surprised how it was destroying everything when I got 1/2 of the needed Starfruit I had to put down
When I was a kid, I was happy having that Tree grow up to 1000ft
I exclusively always used starfruit because they always seemed to tear up the stages. Wish I knew there was a whole speed running community I could have shared my discovery with lol
Starfruit my beloved
I think the reason why Starfruit is so underrated is because he was unlocked too late into the game, and generally the base game is already super easy to begin with. That's why when you decided to put your own restrictions or speedruns, his full potential is unlocked. For example, if he was unlocked during Night or early Pool levels, he would have been solid since he can be used more often in pool which is a massive advantage. But since he was unlocked at the end of Fog levels and the world after that is Roof, he doesn't get much usage. The only time you would actually use Starfruit is probably in mini games and some survivals, the former only had few stages while for the latter you would ended up saving for Gatling setups or Winter Melon setups.
This is exactly what happened.
He's unlocked so late that you also have a pretty good idea of what you want your strategy to be in roof, and when you get to roof he's not even super new so you're not testing him out there either.
he so adorable! I even got a plushy of him!
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Am glad that peeps are seeing the true potential of star fruit. Can never forget that my dad was the one who introduced its potential to me and was always his key plant in every mode and why he has a high streak on Zombie Endless Pool edition.
I raise my hand after this video for a strategy tier list 🙋♀️
revolutionary
I Always Play With 2 Backrow Of Sunflowers And Then Pushed My Lanes Forward Early Game By Only Planting Sun And Potato Mines/Mimic PM. Farmed A Good Amount Of Sun To Start Placing 2 3-Shooters On Both The Top And Bottom Lane To Have Firepower Going Down Each Lane Before 1st Wave. This Would Get Me Through Pretty Quick To Then Just Upgrade My Backrow Of Sunflower To The Double Flowers And Remove My Second Flower Row For More 3Shooters As I Spam Them. Then I Found Out About Starfruit And Started Spamming Them Because It Was Way More Cost Efficient.
Bro this boof is so good I thought this was a Stardew Valley guide 2+ mins in
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I can't believe this was found in late 2023 I was using star fruit on roof for years
I've used them since I was a kid because I liked how they worked and it seemed to work, didn't think it was this op lol
I knew my love of starfruit was justified!
Oh hell yeah I've loved the original pvz since 2011, glad I found this
0:50
shoulda had the summon sult music =)
even though i hsvent played the base PVZ game in like 5 years, i love these videos
Shyguymask would be proud.
finally my beloved starfruit recieved the recognition it deserves
i feel that shyguymask likes this video
an ingenious solution to a problem that should have never existed in the first place
Great job editing
Thanks! I am learning a lot of new things
@@Sasquash19 good for you.
I love gaining obscure knowledge that only people deep within a niche community would normally ever appreciate.
How the fuck are new strategies still found for a 2009 game? Gotta love the speedrun community
I can't believe no one ever found this out until 2023. This is a relatively simple game and has been around for more than a decade. Very interesting.
Shyguymask would be grateful
I never did speedrunning in PvZ, but I've always loved Starfruit. One of my favorites to use in both PvZ and PvZ2
Glad they added in PVZ2! Amazing plant!
Take a shot every time the narrator does vocal fry.
This video should be 10 hours long. Day is ruined.
Young fly on the track
oh no a new niche speedrunning game for me to hyperfixate over
How starfruit changed sspeedrunning:
People started using starfruit
It saved some time I guess it deals a bit more damage and it's cheaper
Here you have it folks, the 10 minute video condensed
Huh. I just found this video. Did not know starfruit is highly regarded in the pvz community..
I mean.. this cute thing always becoming my staple since i play this game..
Why? The last fog stages when they gave you a ton of starfruit.
I gave it a thought.. "this plant is neat" and just use it
Now this is content
That's so hype, good for Starfruit I hope this discovery allows Starfruit to finally afford a dentist for his tooth
Not gonna lie, if it weren't for this video popping up in my feed I would never have even thought about the concept of speedrunning pvz, this is wild to me lol
Funny that took them so long to discover the starfruit strat, starfruit on flat surface then a row or 2 of marigold is my gold farming hack without using purple plant
I can't wait to watch someone try to speed run pong.
Revolutionary
Pvz speedrunners also use scaredy shroom in night and fog levels.
Ive played pvz just casually in my life but i remember starfruit being always my favorite damage plant specially on roof levels and seeing this video actually surprises me how people didnt realise this all before and even weirdly seems most of casual players dont like starfruit wich I dont understand how lol
My mom is genuinely the greatest pvz player of all time. I remember as a kid she would be on our computer grinding plants versus zombies and we would watch in awe as she beat the game for the 100th time. I remember watching her kill yetis, type in "mustache" to summon michael Jackson and fight off horses of the big ones.
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ive played this game over and over since i was a little kid, to keep it interesting id always experiment with wildly different set ups even till this day. starfruit went from one of my least favourite to probably my 2nd favourite
I want to see a speedrun where they just ditch repeater after unlocking starfruit
Speedrunners just started to realize that last year? Not so fast are we
so you have been chosen as my background video
How did I get to PvZ speedrun internet
FINALLY MY BABY GOT SOME LOVE!!
fantastinaiting.
Starfruit was hilarious to pick for me, especially in those minigames where they give you a bunch of suns I just spammed Starfruits all the time and it almost killed my phone lmfao kinda surprised speedrunners only recently discovered this though Speedrunners can find the most obscure starts just to save seconds on a run
how do you speedrun autoscroller which is so slow it feels like incremental game????
The game isn't an autoscroller, that's actually one of the biggest misconceptions! If you want to learn about how the speedrun works I have a short video about it! th-cam.com/users/shortssuumvDARWEQ
9:29 voice crack
I’ve always just used sun flower and star fruit lmao
I’m gonna need a pvz speed run progression
"Starfruit is a completely better plant than split pea" --Isaac Newton
as a casual, I always picked peashooters, now after this video starfruits really are underrated in the game
Crabfruit
me watching random ass video essays and agreeing and nodding with everything he says: