The History of Halo 2 World Records

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Congrats to the winners:
1st Place

2nd Place

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Thanks to the following people for help with research! Be sure to check their channels out:

Video Credits:

[SummoningSalt]

Thanks to the following people for help with research! Be sure to check their channels out:

Cryphon: twitch.tv/cryphon
Synyster: twitch.tv/synysterhr

[plebisMaximus]

Everyone needs a friend like Cryphon. Helps Zoo get good and then not only celebrates when he's overtaken by his friend, but encourages him to keep going until the sub 1:20. What a lad.

[HawksJHawks]

The developers recognizing and even validating the speedrunning community of their game is just incredible.

[Taikamuna]

My brain explodes when I think about how many hours of gameplay footage SummoningSalt has to go through when making these videos

[anthonygillette]

24:10 my cousin learned to do this when we were kids. He destroyed us in LAN games (and we never updated the game, we didn’t know it was a glitch) So whenever he got a sword we were either dead or we’d have to all focus on killing him. None of us knew how he was doing it, either. Thank you for solving a childhood mystery for us

[TofuRabbit]

Listening to Cryphon talk about his friend surpassing him and encouraging him to keep going is so sweet. You can tell he wants him to succeed just as much. What a great friend.

[raviospagetio]

Did not expect halo to be covered by the legend

[StephenXLII]

God I don't know what I love more: the fact that 343 recognized/honored the speedrun community and even made the changes to Anniversary to bring the speedrunners back into the game or the way that Cryphon supported Zoo throughout his runs. It just all warms my heart, you love to see it so much.

[ClarkPotter]

Big fan of Cryphon's empathy/sympathy and cheering for and coaching of his speedrunner adversaries to keep at it for the glory. We should all aspire to this attitude.

[frozenover_exe]

Is it just me or have all the small improvements you’ve been adding over the years come together so perfectly here? The timeline showing all the records at once, the interviews with runners, not even with just the main record holder, but also with his mentor… smaller improvements in editing, and even stuff people nowadays take for granted nowadays like showing failed runs along with successful ones. All of that has come together perfectly in this to make what might just be the best video you’ve made thus far. Keep it up, this one is an absolute masterclass in your catalogue!

[JoeSmith-xpll]

Friendly reminder that JerValiN is also the absolute legend that pulled off Deathless Halo 2 LASO No Envy Skull, one of the most legendary achievements in the game's history.

[Emma-rwyo]

Seeing Cryphon be so supportive toward Zoo was really really sweet. You could tell how much he wanted him to succeed

[dustyyshellz]

Johnson cloning is the funniest trick name ever. “And before you know it you have 4 Johnson’s attacking the boss.” been there man, been there

[anonmeatcheesebun]

Seeing Cryphon talking up Zoo is honestly heartwarming. Good for everyone involved.

[brandonhughes]

It's a testament to how brutal H2 is that speedruns aren't decided by having no deaths, but by trying to minimise the amount of deaths you have, because a no-death speedrun just feasibly cannot keep pace

[buttelf]

This channel is hugely important in the documentation and memory of old media. In a world where everything is moving forward at such fast speeds that it's impossible to keep up, channels like Summoning Salt shed light on groups of dedicated and talented individuals who continue to run decade(s)-old games for nothing but the love of it, getting that dream time. Every video has a storyline that is emotionally engaging and so personal, and having the interviews with those runners only heightens that. It's presented in such a way where you cant help but grin and cheer them on. ❤

[WiseSam]

That mentorship between Cryphon and Zoo is beautiful. Sometimes seeing someone else achieve their goals, achieve their dreams, can be even sweeter than achieving your own.

[Patterrz]

Massive shame that a lot of the earlier runs weren't recorded. It really sucks that Twitch doesn't automatically save past broadcasts forever like YouTube does. Deleting them after a couple months means we've lost so much good content

[GuillermoBarron]

Breaking the boundaries in Halo 2 was magical as a kid. Seeing this video as an adult is amazing

[AndrewJ]

Only 34 deaths on Gravemind? That's a smooth Legendary run if I've ever seen one.