Random online marathons can be good, but honestly the community is pretty Reddit-tier and so are a lot of the marathons. There is hope for a marathon to reach 2013 level of comfy, but not without abandoning the level of exposure that GDQ has garnered - even back in 2012. I'm planning on attending NASA 2 if it happens, I think it will be great. I love NASA and Naegleria is a great guy, if not a sperg. Mercy killed over-estimate, it wasn't really the runner's fault and he got FUCKED for it. No one is really banned, but they are warned for bad behavior and too many no-no words. No one is banned for a slight to the GDQ establishment as slight as "having fun". There is a ratio of 50 sausages : 1 sausage casing. Speedrunners, despite the autism, can be a riot.
Playing old PC games on LAN, drinking and Everdriving, generally having a good time. Off-camera GDQ, even if you're surrounded by stream monsters or literal children, is fun as fuck if you're with friends. You are "very unlikely" to return to another GDQ on the schedule if you fuck up seriously though, like the Ty runner or Gamepro (Crash)įuck yeah. No one is outright banned unless they, say, start walking around drunk, smashing people's NES consoles, get the police called on them. He was reprimanded during AGDQ 2013 for laughing too loudly, though.ĭespite everyone's fondness for BANNED, it isn't the reality. Some people try with live marathons like NASA (which was fun), but they don't receive the same attendance or attention. There's a lot of new runners and stream monsters, and it's difficult to recapture the same atmosphere.
It's an opportunity for them to get together with their old friends. The oldbois stick to GDQ because it became a meetup for them. Mike Uyama, who disappeared from the speedrunning community but still collects a check for AGDQ, announced being contracted by PCF in early 2014.Īs sad as it is, GDQ and the speedrunning community will never return to what it was before the end of 2013. Just so everyone knows the facts, GDQ became a business around 2014. If you guys have any questions about the event, ask.
It's a completely different atmosphere and it's easy to be intimidated into losing control over your own run because of the direct pressure of GDQ and their rules, or the indirect pressure of constantly being reminded you're representing a charity. What they ask of you is within reason, but believe it or not, there was a time when GDQ was a community event - not a charity event. It's a tense atmosphere, and unless you're comfortable performing with confidence in front of an audience (of 100,000 people, and 10-15 tech. You're advised not to curse, make off-color or potentially controversial statements, although you won't be seriously, seriously reprimanded unless you fuck up seriously (think AGDQ 2014 Fire Emblem), curse excessively, et cetera. Basically, the second you're on the stage, you are representing the charity first and foremost: PCF or MSF. Simultaneously, they try to include runs like Tetris, Trials Fusion, TASbot, and Super Mario Maker to make it a "fun" event, while quashing runner's freedom of expression. Games Done Quick LLC is a business, their interest is in presenting GDQ as a professional, charity-oriented community event and ensuring that they continue to exist.
>It's like they want it to be some shitty, formal, professional event while at the same time being some entertaining meme fest for hyper kids. However, you're essentially right when you say: I'm a former runner so I can answer with some accuracy.