The last THREE games have been fucking unbearably boring
Dylan Thomas
4fklhebrfoi208urh09uhnewofkjinwoi
Nicholas Martin
Looking forward to the FF race since I never finished X-2. The beginning was very off putting with that forced girl power shit.
Jacob Jenkins
namco was godlike in 90s and early 00s
Evan Hill
at this point it feels like the people who still don't know the details are trolls, but i still want to give them the benefit of the doubt
James Nguyen
People have been asking what the nugget incident is every thread every fucking ESA since it happened so if that still doesn't have context in OPs then no.
Andrew King
did that retard actually get banned
Joshua Scott
Whats going on in the background thats so interesting?
>don't read donation comments that might hurt feelings when in years past they read everything and just laughed at the offensive stuff >no longer in a comfy gymnasium >banning runners who aren't PC
ESA is just GDQ without trannies and with much, much worse runs
he is a soft, sensitive bitch who literally can't go a single event without constant bitching or attempting to get someone banned
Josiah Baker
Is Punchy gay? I thought he just acted like a fag.
William Foster
Can't have that anymore since someone might donate $20 for something that makes twitch chat cringe and then they'd have to ban the runners.
Juan Ward
They're making a pretty gud comeback lately. Hope it continues. Compared to other Japanese devs / publishers they didn't fuck up too much. They still need to bring back Ridge Racer though.
Bend over and I'll fill you if you know what I mean
Leo Hughes
no, he had his dick sucked as an apology and his bullies got banned
Landon Morgan
Not the runner, just Ben and Rye
Anthony Garcia
Punchy is still mad about the nugget incident when brought up and Yea Forums doesn't like his complaining about it.
James Scott
Imagine zoomers watching this run and wondering why they used a big ass tv.
Jose Gutierrez
they are charity events, what the fuck do you expect. They are making the right decision as seen by the success of GDQ in raising money and this ESA raising the most of any so far.
Eli Ortiz
>"female only" event >90% trannies as disgusting as it is predictable
Adrian Bell
Is that one Japanese speedrunning event still a thing?
Justin Hill
Samefagin nigger stop it
Christian Rodriguez
confirmed bisexual
Hunter Rogers
It's a giant misinformation campaign, the camera fucked up during the RE4 run and revealed that the entire event is fake and on a set so they're saying they scrubbed the recording because the runner said some memes
Brandon Ramirez
>no cam to make fun of trannies Boring!
Daniel Perez
The ban? No, ESA is being vague as shit with that and'll probably never give an exact reason.
Tyler King
how did they stream Point Blank from a CRT? I thought it was impossible
Lincoln Stewart
I really wonder what SE were smoking when they came up with the idea to turn FFX into Charlie's Angels. There's some good themes in it but fucking hell.
Hunter Reed
the entire appeal of ESA is them not taking that seriously. if they go "no fun allowed" then it just becomes GDQ but with terrible accents and terrible runners
Samuel Myers
reminded me to order a guncon from ebay to play Elemental Gearbolt/10
Xavier Green
I guess you're right. I was thinking of something like: >what happened during re4? >why is rye and ben banned? No context given. Watch and decide for yourself: twitch.tv/videos/455394943?t=40h05m24s
I guess I should just learn to ignore them
Jayden Green
Did I just hear an unofficial $20%? I was only half paying attention.
Liam Phillips
But the purpose is to raise money not entertain Yea Forums, in that respect they are doing just fine
Same honestly.. I remember I played the hell out of ffx Then I rented x2 and brought it home, my parents were watching me play it and fucking hell I was so embarrassed...... I shut it off and took the game back.
Josiah Lewis
>the MVPs from last ESA event about to do another FF run Nice.
Carson James
$25 version during GTA Vice City.
Matthew Allen
The day he stops being triggered by it and laughs about it is the day it dies.
Gabriel Price
HERE WE GO LADS!
Connor Wilson
How is anything supposed to top the current best run of the marathon (Resident Evil 4) performed by our literal guy (confirmed by the legend himself on stream) Call_me_Zeroo?
I remember I ordered this thing online and was so hyped. I bought a bunch of timecrisis like shooter games to play with it and I never got it to work right.. Was so bummed.
>a couple people playing a video game >only 5 or 6 people in the audience if that >only one of them is actually paying attention This is what speedrunning is all about
At least Metako and Leonis are here now finally bringing some fun after all the shit.
They gave the best most legendary run with FF3 last winter so it only makes sense to give them main spotlight at least once with a silly race like this with FF game.
The r/Yea Forums faggot didn't get any ban user. Just Ben and Rye from the couch.. Also suicide joke, making fun of the country where ESA is hosted at, making fun of the company providing tech isn't Yea Forums related at all. They never specified what the actual problem was and that's what's most confusing.
>that cinematography during the battle PS2 FF was so kino.
Joseph Allen
Nobody gives a fuck, best run coming through. If they don't praise Yevon, we send them to heaven
Henry Nguyen
sadly we have to wait until all the american children get tucked into bed by their mommies
Gabriel Anderson
FFX-2 was an incredible final fantasy game if you could get over the really silly story. Easily top 5
Jacob Young
Fuckin nugget man, he can't keep getting away with this
Adam Johnson
I'm thankful for that. grew up playing the namco museum series on ps2. their games are just maximum comfy beting the future of ridge racer being an free to play online only vita game was maximum retardation tho I just want to race against Reiko while listening to Disco Ball again youtube.com/watch?v=X3GLPLsjD24
Christian Bennett
I used to fap to Riku pics that were in games mags back then
hope you like the amazing speed strats of menuing, bitching about getting the worst rng 'wow it's never this bad!' during monster encounters, and dying to bosses without a safety save
David Peterson
I'm #TeamFun
Justin Ortiz
>i dont know who anyone is or whats going on but im going to give my opinion anyway
Well at least you're honest. Now we know where all the Re4 run haters are coming from. If you don't go back I'm gonna dab on you then floss on your grave. (^:
I forget , was supposed to work with ps2/3 xbox and PC but I could never figure it out. Sad cause it was pretty cool, had a laser thing on the bottom and the slide blew back when you shot it.
Camden Allen
>people bitching about a JRPG run being too long Every single time. I'm willing to bet it's the same people just doing it for replies.
Jeremiah Sullivan
Whats the point of speed running without sexy trans girls?
Yeah, still have the lot on a shelf. There was no way I was missing an FF back then. Didn't skip any until XIII like any self-respecting person should've.
Gavin Campbell
I rented it at blockbuster and never finished it once I learned Paine wasn't Lulu.
It's still a speedrun because the time is relative to how long it takes to complete the game normally.
David Butler
>tfw dad walks in during that minigame
Jaxson White
Akshually, he was telling him he should have shaved his neck to look less presentable, not kill himself. And the Sweden joke was him saying he's glad he doesn't live in Sweden cause he's so short and everyone there is tall. Not sure about the monitor comment. Hate on the run all you want but at least get your facts straight.
Josiah Wilson
Yes I did. I told my mom to pick it up from the store for me. I didn't know that the cover for the NA version was so fucking girly though. She gave me a weird look when she gave it to me when I got home.Why do the Japs always get the better covers?
It's just NA, EU got left too. We always get those ones.
Parker Hughes
>I proudly whine in every speedrunning marathon thread Damn, you definitely aren't pathetic.
Jose Torres
Same here. I really felt that XIII was going to be shit for some reason. I don't remember why. When I eventually played it (didn't pay for it) it was definitely one of the most boring games I had played at the time.
Jose Carter
They're both really good JRPGs if you can get past the kinda slow pacing at the beginning. FFX-2 is the better of the two
Wyatt Lopez
that has nothing to do with anything
Brandon Turner
Coincidentally all the r3ddit esq shitposts stopped abruptly when punchyfaggot was on screen. Now he disappeared and thread turns to shit. Wonder what that means.
Jacob Lewis
fuck off wog
Xavier Ward
>he's not playing FFX-2 together (as with all FFs) with his dad watching to begin with
Ryder Peterson
FFX was the first real killer app for the PS2. Of course I was going to get it's sequel!
Brayden Richardson
thread doesnt get any better you fucking poofter i b
Lincoln Cox
>Of all the JRPGs on PS2 they decide to run X-2 Why
"Look i posted it again" I'm gonna give you the (you) this time you bastard
Jacob Rodriguez
Something different is nice for a change.
Grayson Murphy
because it's a good run
Brody King
I remember when I was like 11 on the internet I stumbled upon this website that had all kinds of weird final fantasy porn and it was shocking. One of them was Yuna's tuna getting railed by a giant. It scarred me
Lincoln Hughes
Ok you daft bellend
Logan Thompson
It's one of the shorter FF games, FFX is 10 hours for example.
Ayden Clark
I used to play them with my dad actually, he bought 6 when I was a kid and we played through them all together through 9. For whatever reason he really disliked 10 and stopped following the series since.
Matthew Thomas
>Those dirty Al-Bhed NIGGERS
Welp, I guess we know who's getting banned next!
Carter James
FFX and X2 had fantastic soundtracks. How did the same composer fuck it up with 13?
Luke Phillips
Couldn't tell you, between the early anouncement and long dev time, Versus XIII on the table and a bunch of other nonsense I just lost interest in it entirely.
It became a bit of a laughing stock before ever hitting shelves.
Jason Cruz
Won't happen. Everyone agrees.
Carter Green
>It's one of the shorter FF games not really 8, 9, and 10 are the only ones that are long and most of them are under 3 hours
Asher Williams
nigga, XIII's music is one of its only redeeming parts. Not top tier or anything but tons of amazing tracks
Chase Thomas
What. The 13 trilogy has an amazing soundtrack, both vocal and instrumental.
i love that you've been in every marathon thread for the past few years
William Parker
Currently have €250 to donate for this. Normally do more during GDQ but I'll set some aside for now. Taking suggestions for comments
Ethan Davis
Everyone knows Wakka did nothing wrong. Don't worry.
Jason Taylor
because you're either deaf or trying too hard to hate 13 or both
Kayden Cruz
Ha. We played all of them from 7 through 13, but 13 was so shit we kind of gave up on the series. We still play the older ones every once in a while though.
Julian Young
Favorite dress sphere?
Daniel Gomez
They could run Digital Devil Saga. Its pretty much the same length.
Aiden King
Onions onions onions onions onions wife's son onions wife's onions
Joseph Cook
I may be autistic, but I got legitimately angry at the prospect of Yuna marrying Seymour when I played through this on release.
Liam Phillips
Don't donate to this garbage. They banned our nigga Ben.
James Scott
Gambler, pretty sure that was the name at least.
Aiden Price
I normally don't because I hate Swedes but I appreciate the charity this time.
Brandon Lopez
>All these unlockable dress spheres >they forgot to include a blitzballer sphere You had ONE job Square.
I was thinking about making the donations reader say something like "What an impressive speedrun, Mr. Potter. 10 points for Griffyndor!", but it might not get read.
Noah Williams
>Digital Devil Saga My fellow Atma user. Remove Al-Bhed.
Is it true Tidus died cause he kicked a bomb or something? All I know is there was something incredibly stupid about this game that caused me not to play it.
David Wilson
Either Gunner or Lady Luck.
Joshua Diaz
One of the big things about it was that battles would be "like Advent Children". I remember thinking "well that's not really what I'm into FF for". It's not that the footage around the time looked especially bad, but it didn't look very inspired. The gameplay too.
I also didn't like XII back then (I love it now) so maybe I was still feeling a bit down about FF in general.
Colton Diaz
>"Better dead than Al-Bhed, ya? Praise be to Yevon"
Liam Powell
"This donation is to support a charity that is very close to my heart. I just wish I could remember what it was called."
Carter Rodriguez
Trainer was fun, albeit pretty useless
Eli Carter
Thanks buddy ...upboated (:
Joseph Anderson
>Is it true Tidus died cause he kicked a bomb or something? All I know is there was something incredibly stupid about this game that caused me not to play it. That's from some stupid audio drama, not X-2.
Landon Murphy
>RE4 runner crashed ESA with no survivors I knew that zero lad was no good, and Maral knew it too
Probably not since ultimately since stuff like novels and audio dramas are considered second tier canon, but we won't know for sure until they make FFX-3 in 2030.
William Gomez
>gets filled with hatred watching your teenage crush kissing someone else besides you for the first time >get older >every female you talk to has sucked multiple pp's Wish I could go back in time
Jacob Jones
Missed the beginning of this. Are they racing? Are they running different routes?
Skipping around and watching a few minutes here and there I didn't really see much. Is there a timestamp of note or is it really that vague of a ban?
Matthew Williams
of course
Matthew Bell
>when I played through this on release Nha, you were a dumb teenager, that's all. I honestly felt it was the second dumbest plot device of the game because it was just a glorified "Yuna has been kidnapped again!". At least Yuna looks actually cute on her bride dress.
Alexander Wood
people on twitter got upset
Levi Murphy
the couch guys made fun of his shortness and baldness in a joking way a couple times after he brought it up.
Ian King
imo zero was fine during his run the others really did deserve to get banned how do you make short and bald jokes and nothing else for a full hour and a half?
He really wasnt. What kind of spaz yells "is an ESA staffer telling me to kill myself" on a charity stream? Also that god awful OH NO NO NO he kept doing.
Liam Powell
>look mom I'm being a contrarian Don't you ever get tired?
Nicholas Hughes
Three fairy onaholes?
Eli Allen
It really is just that vauge. Snowflakes starting crying foul and crying about bullying, and since there were volunteers on the couch ESA had to distance themselves from the incident. That's why the only people in trouble are staff, and not zero himself. Remember, this is a post truth world where context doesn't matter so while zero might say he wasn't upset and it was all friendly bantz ESA has to throw someone to the wolves.
Jason Butler
He was terrible
>"Does no one know this meme? no ones laughing"
Jace Smith
furfags are making up stories about gay jokes but there qwren't any gay jokes so is furfags (and punchy being a closet furfag) pushing this narrative
Jaxson Hernandez
>is it really that vague of a ban? It really is. No official statement on the why. The internet seem torn between: >twitter outrage over mentions of Yea Forums, perceived racism and/or perceived jokes about suicide >banter being misunderstood as bullying >mentioning Yea Forums over and over >susan being butthurt
I mean, the guy was a bit aggressive, but it all seemed in good nature and everyone was largely riffing off of one another. God speed running is spineless.
Jacob Peterson
Alright Yea Forums Marry, Fuck, Kill
Kayden Cooper
Twice is two times too many. He even yelled DONT YOU GUYS KNOW THIS MEME?
Isaiah Powell
*unzips dick*
Jace Watson
I was curious to see what kind of party setup they would use and turns out they're just stun locking everything with 3 thieves..
>expecting interesting builds and not just cheesy as fuck builds in speed runs
Michael Ortiz
>Paine's Warrior stance isn't an alt stance for any job in FFXIV
What a shame
Sebastian Gonzalez
imo it wasn't because it was offensive but it was incredibly low quality. They must have called him short and bald over thirty times. That shit is just so low effort. Just flat out awful content. Instead of trying to help save the run they just regurgitate another short and bald joke whenever the runner makes a mistake.
Samuel James
>Thief is the fastest dress sphere >turns out a speed run relies heavily on it
>Remember, this is a post truth world where context doesn't matter Sadly this explains a lot about the current state of modern society. Somehow we've managed to devolve as a civilization.
Lincoln Nelson
>Put $50 of this towards naming Tifa MOMMY in Final Fantasy VII!
Sup guys, I'm the user from the SGDQ threads that was arguing for cargo shorts being useful as said I wore those pants that unzipped into shorts and used to wear them with one leg zipped off to look like tidus when I was little. Forgive me for the run on sentence. ask me anything. Also good to be back with you cunts.
Lucas Rogers
ffxiv was my first FF game. I never guessed that the aesthetic in the other games could be even worse than ffxiv
Lucas Reyes
if i bought you a noose would you hang yourself?
Austin Hughes
I don't care. Go back to where you came from please.
Levi Collins
it depends on the game
William Miller
>MMO >first FF Wow, what a faggot.
Anthony Cruz
Maral was such a princess turned queen... We didn't deserve her
Holy fuck my dick wasn't prepared then and remains unprepared now
Adam Turner
Not that I really give a shit about the dumb drama, but he should be banned solely because he made them lose money. I guarantee you there would have been a bunch of nugget related donations which would have helped the charity. Instead they missed out on it because he was a butthurt faggot. I he really cared he could've used the nugget thin as in incentive to make more money for the cause and even hyped it up.
Adam Sullivan
The image looks crisp. What are they using to stream from the PS2? Component cables?
Kevin Nguyen
Yeah, anything after 9 has sucked cock
Connor Bailey
To name a couple. Etika INcontrol and others. Do you feel happy, indifferent, sad or mad that people are dying either by self-inflicted suicide, diseases, health complications, and shootings? I am making a Google Survey regarding this. Tell me your thoughts Yea Forums forms.gle/v1mJaKWbatHs1u7t6 I am genuinely curious
His hatred for nuggets is wringing money out of retards on Yea Forums that want to shout NUGGET though. You have fags donating just to get nugget on the stream overlay, not even being read.
>having succ in his username >friends with a furfag he's gay, isn't it?
Aiden Reed
If I was him, I'd just embrace it at marathons until it died if it racks in so much money for the charity.
Jose Miller
I tell her her massage ismind-blowing.
Dominic Flores
>half twitter laent the lost of etika >nobody talks about INcontrol weird
Austin Baker
Never played this and I loved X cause I was one of those "its all girls, its gay" kids.
It looks interesting, but is it good?
Luis Perry
don't worry he'll find a way to embarrass himself like always
Andrew Evans
Profile says >must be over 7'6" no short guys >must have 2 jobs >must have a gold chocobo and 2 airships >sorry, no white guys >I like to travel
Hudson Hill
i hope user has more luck with sub this time
Eli Bennett
>Name is literally "succinct and punchy" >It's neither
Joseph Miller
Ignore the veneer, game's great.
Lincoln Bailey
The plot is immensely stupid but if you can get over that the gameplay is decent
Hunter Nelson
The gameplay is excellent.
Jackson Gomez
>no bro massage ESA just keeps on disappointing further and further.
Adam Ramirez
Holy shit. If I slightly unplug my headphone jack just a little bit I get full game audio and no runner/commentator/announcer audio. I feel like I have achieved satori.
it's about as good as gdq. stream 2 was lots of fun during the winter event because it was in another room and much less moderated.
Kayden King
yes
Matthew James
>much less moderated. it was moderated?
Daniel Gutierrez
how do I get a thunderstorm outside my door bros?
Kayden Torres
I forgot what happened to Auron.
Did he die or something?
Josiah Watson
They checked up on it every now and then.
Adam Moore
they had staff coming in to check on things now and then
Brayden Brown
He was dead all along in FFX and got sent at the end of the game
Zachary Rogers
He was already dead, killed by Yunalesca. His sheer badassery allowed him to go to Zanarkand, then return to Spira as an undead until Sin defeat,
Brandon Sanders
>jungle-esque african music racist
Joshua Hughes
i'm pretty pissed they put stream 2 in the same room as stream 1. yesterday you could even hear the stream 1 people screeching from stream 2
i do like that they had a text-to-speech robo voice reading donations, but it's just not as comfy when its not in the tiny side-room. lots of kino runs happened on stream 2 at previous marathons, like that paper mario run with swede who was stuck on one trick for like an hour, the famous nuggets run, the sm64 70 star relay. now it's just like stream 1 but with a different game. just another way that ESA has gotten shittier
Charles Campbell
>tfw maral will never talk about how good your cum tastes
He died trying to kill tunalesca after the dude he was guarding was sacrificed to kill sin, when up play with him in the game he's actually dead but hasn't been sent yet. Then after you kill sin he returns to the afterlife. Basically, unless he shows up in this game idk. But tldr he's dead.
Sebastian Rivera
>maral and her troupe of brown girls gone >ryedawg and english ben banned
Really dumb how they made its normal attack from FFX its idle animation in X-2.
Charles Bennett
First Stream 2 event and the incredibly over estimate Yu-Gi-Oh run. It was all downhill from there and it was glorious. Doubt they'll separate them again.
I stil remember the main stream calling stream 2 shit or some such and not realising in just 2 runs (coincidentally the Tako and Leo runs) they'd made like 15% of their total.
Those who accept their fate can go to the farplane without needing to be sent (like TEEDUS'S mom), but if refuse to accept your death, like if you were murdered, then your pyreflies will linger in the living world. Eventually these can turn into fiends. In Auron's case he made a promise to Jecht and Braska to look after their children so by sheer force of will he holds his body together in order to fulfill his promise.
It actually is, but the cutscenes might make you question your manliness. Especially the first and mid-game unskippable concerts.
Dominic Taylor
what did ben do?
Eli Cruz
Said the gamer word
Camden Gomez
Spit chewing tobbacco into a runner's face and mooned the camera.
Anthony Myers
>that item that lets you do 9999 damage per hit when in critical condition I remember the FFX-2 guide recommended using that and the trigger happy move. Man those guides were pretty shit, looking back. FFX' didn't even give you real hints for a lot of stuff, like the superbosses. It was just like "yeah you're probably gonna get fucked by X move followed up by Y move".
That's why I said it might make him question his manliness. Because not every man is a true man. Those who are true men do the massage minigame in front of their family and friends and remark how hot LeBlanc's moans are.