Portal Softlock% in 0:00.00 (kinda)

This would be a 0:00 second softlock if it were timed using conventional timing methods (i.e. waiting for wakeup to finish). However the player actually never gets their crosshair so technically this is all a pre-run setup and would not really count as a valid speedrun.

This video was made in multiple segments to demonstrate this method of softlocking and is not on any leaderboards.

0:00 Speedrun
0:25 Explanation

[ItsYee]

Bizarre design choice to not have the trigger just stretch over the entire room.

[maxresdefault_]

I wasn't expecting any voiceover, but that was a good explanation

[SnufflySpy]

I like how once the timer ""starts"" your keyboard lights up

[CompanionCube]

waiting for the tas that skips chamber 00 and chamber 01 and "starts" the run in chamber 02

[hikariwuff]

His keyboard looks so happy. Just vibing to the radio

[XeZrunner]

Is it really a softlock? I mean, couldn't we wait for a cosmic ray to flip a bit and move Chell's position into the trigger? /s

[Mitsunee_]

damn now we're gonna have to add "no inputs before IGT starts" to the rules :'3

[TDGalea]

Why on earth they bound this to a trigger and not just a delayed relay fire is far beyond me.

[Collinwillwearagreenhat]

Portal, but the player was woken up too late

[Pinsplash]

i beat HL2 TNC% in 0 seconds but then they rejected it because they wanted me to use an obscure version of sourcesplit with a different end condition

[_GhostMiner]

Why isn't the trigger over the entire box?
I guess there was a very specific reason for such strange decision

[Lunarcreeper]

you made Meat camera, what about meat turret

[bush]

I won't even try to understand this

[ОннокорОктябрь]

But... how do you _move_ from _move_ trigger

[adamsmall]

is there a softlock% speedrun category?

[QwertyG]

Nobody asking why the mug just jumped off the table

[makeshiftsavant]

"you can move chell out of this trigger that gives the player movement"... Explain?

[Queue]

Is this really a softlock? cant you use the same save load trick to move chell back into the trigger?

[AlekEagle]

do you have a discord server by chance? I'd love to join it if you do

[ElKorgus]

I don't understand, you just play the game to lose? I didn't lose when I first played. (This is you) Ever considered getting skill?