How Speed Runners look to NPC's

Ever wonder how Speed Runners look to NPC's?

[thestabbybrit]

For anyone who is confused, shoving Greg normally doesn't do anything when he's a vendor. However, because of an oversight it's possible to trick the game into thinking Greg is a companion for a two frame window by what we call "double-dialog-skip", where you use mouse and keyboard shortcuts simultaneously to skip dialog.

Once Greg has been pushed, you need to enter the space he was stood in. This is technically out of bounds so the game will then try to push the player into a valid space, and here we take advantage of Bucket Launch.

The bucket in Honeywood is coded to only have collision on the inside, so by placing a bucket on your head you create unintended collision and the game can't put you back into play. It will keep trying until you eventually build up a crazy speed value that eventually hurls you a considerable distance.

Being hurled into the sky wouldn't normally be useful so this exploit went ignored for years, but in September 2022 we discovered Comet Skip, and that changed everything...

[Vallamaria]

I love how even though Baradun is just as confused as Greg is he never skips any chance he can get to give him the middle finger.

[ShiddySushi]

Rowan saying that's his fastest time makes me realize the characters live through an endless loop. A loop that continuously explodes their minds each time it is done.

[christianperry]

Could you imagine being a self aware NPC. The whole purpose of your creation is to deliver one line. You practice it to yourself over and over. You wait hours, days, maybe even months if the player takes their time. Finally you see the player coming. This is the moment you practiced for. This is the whole reason for your existence. You are about to fulfill your purpose in life. Then they skip your conversation and loot your house.

[cool-aquarian]

Still can’t skip the end credits.
Totally relatable.

[umayyah]

From taking 18 hours to solve the honeywood murders and missing a core mechanic, into finishing the entire frickin’ game in 16 minutes and mastering forbidden top secret techniques. Rowan has gone a long way with ben’s tutoring… Truly a legend that one, but the credit also goes to his master!

[Mulakulu]

This is legendary. I've never seen anyone execute the bucket thrust exploit so flawlessly.

[craz]

I like how greg is a garlic farmer yet he has the most powerfull everything in the game

[wildbean]

This man finished 16 minutes in little over 2 minutes. legend status

[rusticgiraffe]

That man was so fast he was able to pass 16 minutes in just a minute and a half. Legend.

[tickytickytango]

The fact that his programming makes him do stuff without having any clue why is genius.

[tsipher]

Lol imagine being an NPC in ocarina of time, watching Link back flipping through the entire village

[jmwall]

The hardest part of the speed run is avoiding Greg pulling a knife on you for too many skips.

[nutshot_brawler]

I like how you can tell how far he's progressing by seeing how his equipment gets better

[ADHDIIncarnate]

This is incredibly well made, both the script and the editing.

Edit: I also just realized that all the dialogue and mission scenes we see here actually have correlation to things we have seen in other videos.

[Pokedude-]

0:07 Speedrun Begin 0:10 Accept First Story Quest 0:17 Acquire the Sealing Stone 0:23 Exchange Sealing Stone for Dark Knight armor (required for buckrocket exploit) 0:28 Buy Horseshoe for duplication glitch 0:32 Buckrocket 0:35 Defeat Deephell Flame Beast, Activate Armageddon 0:41 Use Icecurse Sigil, activate Hel on Earth 0:43 Defeat Cerberus, deactivate Hel on Earth 0:46 Duplicate Bloodhound Fang 0:49 Acquire Ring of Heaven and Earth 0:59 Accept Brotherhood quest 1:00 Use Celestial Hellkey, activate End of the Universe 1:06 Travel to Darklands for 0.78 sec timesave (new tech, impressive 👍) 1:15 Defeat Lord of the Realms, deactivate End of the Universe 1:17 Bond with Greg for faster ending 1:22 Defeat Zeus 1:24 Rescue Baradun 1:28 Run complete

[comradekarlvonschnitzelste]

I would 100% buy a game based on this series

[anubis]

The look on Greg's face when he's holding the ring that Roan takes is like "wtf am I holding a ring right now and why am I giving it to this adventurer..." Hilarious! great work guys.

[thndercat]

Greg always kills me with some unexpected funny reaction! The credits flying by "Who are all these people!?!"

[Ares]

I can't believe you didn't mention voluntary deaths to respawn in a specific checkpoint, that would have been cool!