I'm pretty sure the user "Glob" was on a blind playthrough and decided to time it. Therefore it was somehow allowed according to the rules although, it isn't really a "speedrun". That said, the handling of submissions on Any% is such a mess. I could claim to have got a 1:41:23 without a video or proof, and the mods on the Odyssey speedrun site would allow the submission. Lol. I'm not sure if they examine whether or not the player who submitted the run did it legitimately unless it's like a top 20 time or something.
Therefore, it's kinda questionable if the game actually has 1000 runners. At least 25% of that board has no video-proof of the time that they got. Hell, someone got a 1:20:01, and that got through without a video, because you need a video if you want to submit a 1:20:00 time or under...
Anyway, point is that the game seems to be a great start for speedrunning. Looks flashy yet the tricks aren't exactly difficult. I guess you could say the game has a low skill floor but a high skill ceiling. That's why it's kind of blown up in the world of speedrunning. Also, it has been a way to increase replayability out of Odyssey. On youtube I always see popular youtubers gushing over this game and how it introduced them/encouraged them to speedrun it. I think Alpharad was the latest case.
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Re: Speedrunners Just Can't Get Enough Of Super Mario Odyssey
I'm pretty sure the user "Glob" was on a blind playthrough and decided to time it. Therefore it was somehow allowed according to the rules although, it isn't really a "speedrun". That said, the handling of submissions on Any% is such a mess. I could claim to have got a 1:41:23 without a video or proof, and the mods on the Odyssey speedrun site would allow the submission. Lol. I'm not sure if they examine whether or not the player who submitted the run did it legitimately unless it's like a top 20 time or something.
Therefore, it's kinda questionable if the game actually has 1000 runners. At least 25% of that board has no video-proof of the time that they got. Hell, someone got a 1:20:01, and that got through without a video, because you need a video if you want to submit a 1:20:00 time or under...
Anyway, point is that the game seems to be a great start for speedrunning. Looks flashy yet the tricks aren't exactly difficult. I guess you could say the game has a low skill floor but a high skill ceiling. That's why it's kind of blown up in the world of speedrunning. Also, it has been a way to increase replayability out of Odyssey. On youtube I always see popular youtubers gushing over this game and how it introduced them/encouraged them to speedrun it. I think Alpharad was the latest case.