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Why Majora's Mask's Blue Dog Took 25 Years to Win the Race
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- Published on May 12, 2025
- Blue dog appears to be unable to win the race, but it's not as impossible as most claim.
None of this would've been possible without the work of Falkush. Please subscribe to his channel: / @falkush
Clips of the glitch happening:
TrevPerson: / sparklingarborealgullk...
cassie: / frozendifficultbobakap...
marco: / calmknottyjackalunclen...
TonyBigBlind: • Majora Mask Randomizer...
Video editing assistance from: / @jasonartis
Script peer-review and editing: / bagbot_
Thumbnail: / gallerhi
Additional Sources:
Majora's Mask at SGDQ 2019: • The Legend of Zelda: M...
Dog race code: github.com/zel...
The work to figure out the dog race glitch, including the images indicating the shaded regions, was done by Zoey Zolotova: github.com/zoe...
Shiny hunting clip from TheSupremeRk9s: • LIVE!! Finding EVERY S...
pannenkoek's RNG video: • RNG
My old video on blue dog, which, while outdated, has some details about the dog race that I glossed over in this one: • [OUTDATED] The Hardest...
Additionally, there's a video about how dog race works by Deathbasket, including a few finer details I didn't talk about: • Majora's Mask Doggy Ra...
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Amazing video!! Thank you again for bringing attention to the challenge with your initial video. I had a blast working on this project and I've learned many things. It took about a week of work.
At first, I thought this would be an extremely rare event. So my initial ambitious idea was to keep only the bare-bone logic of the dog race and run simulations in parallel on my GPU. I experimented with the recompilation project that came out around the same time, but I got overwhelmed quickly. So I went with the other, much slower idea that I had (Bizhawk simulations). I was happy and surprised that it only took three days to get a result. Sometimes, it's better to keep things simple.
If anyone is interested, all the code that I wrote for this project is available on my github. Blue dog is an inspiration for us all.
🫡 thank you for your service bringing blue dog his deserved medal!!!!!!
Give this man a sub for his dedication to blue dog
NO fucking way !!!! as a kid i just loved the blue dog even before i knew it was crap racer this is a dream come true !!!
@@Kaizuki2140he deserves wayyy more subs than what he currently have, that dedication is crazy.
Thanks for the dedication!
Now I want someone to make this bare bones simulation lol. It sounds fun!
"it's ok, blue dog. we found a glitch so you can finally win"
"no... I wanna do it legit"
Blue dog saw the source code of the matrix on that race
Good boi broke the game
I have had blue win
But never when I bet on it
Blue dog: Nah I'd win
Blue Dog: "I looked into 1,083,414,090,350,592 possible universes."
"And in how many of them did you win?"
Blue Dog: "Two."
And he's a good boy in everyone of them
"Plus that one time that fat lady was drunk and I won while in last place."
I am curious whether there are differences between PAL and NTSC's handling of the race and whether it affects the number of possible outcomes of blue dog victories or the race ending glitch.
4.... You didn't even make it halfway through the video did you😂
@@TheinternetArchaeologist what an unpleasant person..
"Why don't you give up?"
Me having flashes of Blue Dog: Because he never did.
I felt that 😩
@@TheRealN3S woaaahh chill bro.
@ for??
Girl A intensifies
I felt that
"Every dog has it's day. Today's the day, and I'm the dog."
-Blue Dog
Bro why is that unironically a hard-ass line tho.
this comment goes hard as hell holy shit
Isn't that line from red dwarf? A vending machine says that right before shooting a can at Rimmer, knocking him on his face.
BRO SAID I AM HIM AND HE WAS
@@Mega1UpManTHEY MUST HAVE AMNESIA, THEY FORGOT THAT HE'S HIM
I had no idea that blue dog even existed before clicking this video but I was so pumped to see him lock in at the end
I literally cried
Same here. I was shocked at how quickly I got emotionally invested
lock in would be an incorrect term, rather lock on. As seen by demonstrated dog stats, blue dog has the highest speed in the first few seconds (or if frames, then may as well last the whole race if using framedrop which I don't think workably exists in this game without skewing timeflow), while the rest of the race is it leeching off of some other dog's speed in it's rear, that it managed to lock on with itself.
I never heard of blue dog my entire life... But that last race in the end got me audibly cheering for blue dog like a madman
@@avmlaa6639 you've never heard the term "lock in"??? What?? Don't correct people before first trying to consider they know a phrase you don't.
Now to find the race where the blue dog should have won but lost due to the glitch.
You monster lmao
And to add onto that: Blue Dog wins with the glitch AND gets first place regardless.
@@serge263thats what op said
@@Tsuki_the_canadian_otaku no it isn't
@@Tsuki_the_canadian_otaku Not quite; like the video shows at 8:55, it's possible for a dog to both trigger the glitch (coming in 1st and making the jingle play) and then also cross the finish line first, meaning there are races where the glitch occurs, but doesn't alter the overall outcome of the race. Ace is referring to Blue Dog coming first, but another dog triggering the glitch (meaning it comes in second), while Serge is referring to Blue Dog both triggering the glitch and then also winning the race (meaning it comes in first).
Love to see another blue speedster! Congrats, Blue Dog!
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG???
Oh my god its sonic
Oh hi Sonic! Didn't expect to see you here xD
omg sonic
why are you here sonic
That ending with the Blue Dog getting the 1st place ribbon...it's enough to make a grown man cry!
AND THAT'S OKAY
it did lol and i never even played the game XD
I did cry, I have never played the game. Just like how it took Ash 25 years to become the very best, blue dog finally wins. Maybe we can all be blue dog.
it happened to me too
And that's okay!
The possibility of a kid randomly winning the race with the blue dog and not thinking much about it is infinite.
I remember I picked blue dog a lot because it was my favorite color, I wish I had proof of one time I didn't pick the dog and it WON?! I just loved seeing the dogs race it's fun to watch, I was crying because I always wanted that dog to win for me but he just hated me lol.
@@ZakEmeraldYou just now decided to talk about it?
@@parkerellis746 Where's your collection of childhood gaming anecdotes published?
@ I forgor them
I think once as a kid I won with blue dog but never thought it was rare or special just hard to win that mini game
Every dog has his day!
For the blue dog it's once every 30,000 attempts with perfect conditions
I like those odds.
@@shadowstep1375 time to gamble on making it happen in normal gameplay
I think it was 1/30,000 with optimal conditions for the dog though, cause he was only running races past the first frame with that.
@@TheLegless101 isn't that what he said?
It’s like rolling 8 of a kind with 8 dice first, then trying to roll 7 of a kind with 7 dice after getting that.
Blue Dog: 'Was I a good dog?'
Falkush: 'No. You were the best.'
"Actually you were consistently the worst. But for one, brief, shining moment, you were the best. And sometimes that's all it takes. Unless you're a brain surgeon. Luckily for you, you're just a small blue dog, and not a brain surgeon. Please don't attempt brain surgery. In fact, don't attempt any kind of surgery. Knowing your luck, you could make a person explode just trying to freeze off a small wart. Just stick to racing."
ngl this "u were the best" made me make happyness noises
Dunno why but that made me misty eyed. Never even played this game, but the whole time watching this vid I was like 'go lil guy, go!'.
No he wasn't lmao
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
2024: rawdogging life
2025: bluedogging life
This needs to become a thing.
Ill use it from now on
From now on I’m calling the biggest underdogs in gaming “Blue Dogs”!
blue dog after seeing he has a 1 in quadrillion chance of winning ''so youre telling me theres a chance?"
That's how many races there are, not how many of them end in a blue dog win. There are probably quite a few that result in a blue dog win.
1 quadrillion seconds is over 30 million years.
@@cptnoremac Given how long it took, and given the number of runs tried per day, its safe to say its a very low chance. We don't know if blue dog got any other glitch finishes in that long chunk, but the odds are probably 1 in 10+ million. At 1 quadrillion possible races, that adds up to around 100 million races blue dog wins. Not using exact math, because a sample size of effectively 1 is way too small (for either glitched wins or normal, for both its a sample size of 2, and still too small)
@Gamerboi99 Whatever the number, it's much higher than one in a quadrillion.
"I like those odds"
me when a literal group of numbers in the shape of a blue dog wins
"I knew you could do it *Cries*"
I’m feeling emotional about it too.
Good boi has his day.
NO, he’s more than just numbers, he’s the best boy😊
well those numbers are made of energy.
And what are you made of?
Energy! we all the same deepest down! :D
I actually cried a little too. It was just so beautiful to see
from now on "blue dog" will be a speedrunning term for overcoming impossible odds, i can feel it
"Oh man! They really blue dogged it there!" Yeah that works. Im gunna start using it.
Oh my god, yes, I love that idea. Blue dog going from the mascot for never being able to win to being the mascot for beating impossible odds would be incredibly cool
*Raw Blue Dogging:* Blue Dog but with pure luck or pure skill instead of with repetition, glitch, or any assistance.
*Gold Dog:* The opposite of Blue Dog; losing despite overwhelming odds.
yeahhh dont uhm dont refer to it like that please thanks@@ultimaxkom8728
Youre gonna be pissed when you findout sumbody takes your term, and dont give you credit.
You could say it happens, once in a blue moon
😎 YEEEEAAAHHHHH!!!!
YOU SAW ME STANDING, A-LOOOONE
"And then, on the evening of August 25th 2024... Blue Dog got this run."
Yo, blue dog got a win on my birthday!
We're Finally Landing intensifies
Absolute Legend.
wirtual containment protocols have failed, chief. initiate emergency countermeasures!
Then, just when you thought he couldn't get any lower, our favorite video game champion Billy Mitchell sued blue dog because Billy actually won.
I had a friend in high school who insisted that he had the blue dog win. I'm sorry I didn't believe you, Matthew.
To be fair, he probably was still lying, lol
HAD?!
Matthew is probably watching this and thinking, "Wow! It's actually possible! I actually don't feel so bad about lying to Jimbo now..."
Never its to late to make the things right, give him a call 🤜🏻🤛🏻, its gonna be good ☺️👍🏻
I don't know. It doesn't seem impossible to me that with every single time someone picked the blue dog over the entire time the game has been out, he has won at least once. Consider that not everyone will know the mechanics behind the race/will use the mask and the vast majority of players won't know something special has happened if the blue dog wins. And of course only an absolutely miniscule portion of those races are recorded. I can see it having happened before.
Me halfway through this video: "Man, people have way too much free time."
Me at the end of the video: "GO BLUE DOG GO! YOU GOT THIS MY SON."
I've never heard of blue dog my entire life, but that last race got me audibly cheering for blue dog like a madman.
Made my mom watch this. She hates math and was hating the video. Then that final race started, and we were both cheering like lifelong fans.
but you know, people could be doing a lot worse things with their free time than finding out if blue dog can win, so...
why am I crying over a fictional blue dog winning a race
make art about blue dog ❤
Probably autism
Go boy! GO!
We all are.
Because you should
Blue Dog was always my childhood favorite. I didn't even know the odds were so stacked against him because I always believed in him and just liked to see him run.
your faith paid off
True blue dog believer here
specifically your faith caused blue dog to finally win so thank you
Blue dog will remember you as he claims his first place prize
In a sense, Blue Dog and Sonic the Hedgehog have more in common than one thinks. There was a point in the franchise's history that another blue runner had the odds so stacked against him, that he became a laughing stock and many thought he couldn't recover. That, is the story of dedication.
"blue dog" should be used to describe an underdog with the odds so worse making it almost or absolutely impossible to win.
It actually sounds like it would be an old saying.
"Don't bet on a blue dog" = "Don't be hasty or careless about what you put faith into", or "Look carefully for flaws in what you invest in."
And
"A blue dog victory " = "An extremely unexpected outcome ", or "The underdog triumphed!"
@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her
Yeah kinda like that...
Similar but not quite the same as a "dark horse"
@@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her We already had "dark horse" for that, although I don't think it implied odds that were quite so extreme.
@@halcyonacoustic7366 i am going to use blue dog from now on...
As it turned out...
He may have always had that dog in him...
Does yoshi taste like turkey?
the one and only tj-henry-yoshi????
something something half a press
This is why blue dogs been holding the A button this entire time
I always enjoy finding your comment in these sorts of videos.
Do you ever click a video about gaming commentary cause you like the documentary type, and suddenly you find yourself caring about something twenty minutes ago you didn't even knew it existed? I can't imagine a life without the knowledge of a blue dog waiting for an observer to run thousands of simulations until he gets the win that was promised. Such a good boy.
Excatly what just happened to me
Can't wait for this to be integrated into the 100% TAS as a way to avoid having to wait for blue dog to finish.
would the time saved actually be worth it though?
@@user-sq5mr8ut1o If you can choreograph the rest of the run to visit the minigame at exactly the right time or otherwise manipulate RNG where the seed produces the winning result, then potentially yes.
@@user-sq5mr8ut1o depends on the time needed to setup,
but yes, the winners time is actually irrelevant as you allways need to wait for the last dog to finish the race.
@@realwolfingen8896 Then the fastest would just be whatever gets you the most congested pack of dogs, basically? In other words, even if there's clear separation at the front (1st-4th), there aren't any stragglers in the back.
@@JonathanScarletand that's probably close enough to the combination where the blue dog wins. After all, you need to slow down faster dogs and since you will get set amount of good rolls, they will go to other slow dogs
Given the context of Majora’s Mask’s time loop, if Link took long enough then it’s not impossible that Blue Dog could canonically win.
I'm now changing my headcanon to adopt this. After a millennium of resets, zero physical aging, but mentally breaking for what seemed like eons, Link finally gets the ultimate prize: seeing Blue....become Blur. At this moment he snaps back to reality, picks up his sack of masks, and heads off to fix things. He only reset this many times to help make the world a perfect place. One where Blue Dog gets a win. Truly the Hero of Time.
@@SphendranaBro, that’s Majoras Mask. You literally keep restarting till you win.
I played this game on launch. It blew my brains out. So, take my 20+ year head canon and enjoy.
the blue blur
@@Sphendrana The true timeline ending, completing every single sidequest and seeing blue dog win in a single cycle
Of course an N64 game would be like, "the dog finishes if it's in the intersection of three regions of different size and shape each enveloping half of the map and also it has a 1 pixel wide offshoot that produces strange behavior but not often enough for casual players to notice."
Mario64.png
Tbf, it was all because of one character in the code- the developers didn’t notice either
The ammount of creativity devs Had to have back then due to the lack of tools is honestly astounding
If they could define the 3 regions, why couldn't they define a single smaller region at the finish line in the first place?
They probably re used an area that was used elsewhere@tadferd4340
Why am I crying?? There's nothing like a good underdog story! Good work Vidya James and Falkush!
Thinking about how entire decade long wars started and ended in the time it took for this lil dog to win a race.
It goes to show, the only thing we need for world peace...
Is for a silly little blue dog to win a rigged race.
1st goob
Wow! It’s the Goober!
Woah! It’s that silly man that I can’t watch around my parents!!1!
he only used 0.00000000000000001% of his power so thats why he is slow
I'm not sure what's makes me happier:
Blue Dog finally getting his win or the fact over 2 million people have watched him finally succeed and cheer him on, even if they don't know him.
Or that the official Sonic the Hedgehog RUclips channel commented on this video.
Or even that this story motivates people to not give up.
I didn't know him till now but I'm so proud of bim
3 now!!
Quoting AVGN "It's almost like they planned it that way, obviosly you gonna pick the blue dog but they make it slow as fuck"
Peak dev team antics
Its the only dog that's blue so it stands out and makes you think it's the most unique one. Well it's the slowest lmao that's a good trick by the devs.
Well you're also likely to pick the sole gold dog who is the most likely to win.
Honestly I noticed the gold dog WAY more
@@Anoonymous420tbf, the gold dog is also unique and he is the faster one
I really really loved this video. Pure joy on RUclips. Thanks for making it.
yeah it was really cool, plus i had no hope blue dog could actually get a true win and was HYPE AF when he did. He really is a different animal, and the same beast
cant wait for blue dog segment on Marketing Monday
glizzy
How will this affect the markets?
These efforts have realized a silly little childhood dream of mine.
As a kid, Blue Dog was an instant favorite; blue was my favorite color, and the dogs in this game looked just like the ones I lived with. Of _course_ I'd get attached, and BD's been my favorite since, even knowing what I do. So seeing that pup eke out fourth place, second, first? _Finally_ winning after so long of everyone being dead certain it couldn't be done? It made me misty-eyed.
Thank you all for believing. Thank you all for giving that little doggie a chance.
@@kyler247 youre weird af for doubting a super mundane story. Touch grass.
This is sweet!! I'm glad you got to see your lil guy win :)
Blue dog on top
@@kyler247 Well aren't you a peach. How is someone saying they liked a random dog npc as a kid impossible to believe lol. Kids (and adults) like the most random places and things when they play video games
@@magurohagi-P ikr its so mundane like who goes around lying about stuff that doesnt matter??? Who accuses people of such behaviour???
I REMEMBER THE RACE MUSIC ENDING EARLY ONE TIME. I love the internet, that was a lost memory. Never thought anything of it and just laughed to myself in the silence of the race.
It also happened to me one time. Like you lost memory. I remember no music and the dogs steps.
right?? going "that was weird, what the heck happened?" and going on with your day.
SAME!! It’s a weirdly validating feeling having that memory brought up again like this, even if mine was from the 3DS remake and not the original N64
SAME. Don't remember if the dog I chose won or not, but definitely had this glitch happen to me.
Same! This video brought back a really specific memory lol @@EverlastGX
Everyone always said blue dog was weak and slow, but did he ever give up? No, he did not. He kept pushing and eventually he managed to win the race
Some real hare and the tortoise shit right there
He doesn't care what he did, he won the race and now he's happy.
By cheating
@@WilliamBurns-ip9bn
No? Just by never giving up and finding someone who didn't give up on him either
@@WilliamBurns-ip9bn Did you even watch til the end?
Now imagine a race, where blue dog comes in first but looses to another one triggering the glitch :D
Shouldn't it be like 35.000 × 1000?
@20:30 There is a chance that some guy/girl did win with the blue dog at some point and is fuming every time people say it's impossible to for blue dog to win. The game did sell 3.3 million copies after all.
True and it's not even counting the total number of plays, many of those 3.3 million played the game more than once as well
I used to get mad at my brother when he told me blue dog was bad cause he's the first one I ever bet on and he actually won. I was always sad I couldn't get it to happen again though. But I didn't know until now that blue dog was this famously bad lmao I just thought I had bad luck
@@KriskocomicsYou had such GOOD luck, oh my gosh! Congrats!
Crazy how I was literally thinking this same thing but early in the video. Or someone who did not realize the significance or even having the means to record and/or prove it. It’s not completely unlikely. I’ve watched videos on games I played as a youngin concerning rare or “never seen” events just to find out I experienced these things in said game without realizing the rarity😂
@jellycore1316 ha thanks! I had no idea it was an achievement until now, it's too bad it was back in the early 2000's and I was like 8 years old
20:20 the blue dog sure totally owned those lamers
@@DolphinTillTheEnd kh reference?
About time he got his win he ever so deserved!
We should take a ------!
we even got _________ of it!
Undeniable proof
15:30 is absolutely hilarious and ironic that finding a blue dog race happened in approximately the same odds as a shiny pokemon.
The former odds of getting one at least...
how is that ironic?
@@sithlordmikeypone could say that the other colors are fairly normal fur colors whereas blue fur would be somewhat of a shiny equivalent in dogs.
" yay! the blue dog won! "
" wait a minute... THAT'S A SHINY WHITE DOG! "
" the jig's up boys! "
* all of the dogs scramble towards the exist *
@@sithlordmikeypshiny pokemon are sought after and valued. They have normal stats. This is like if instead of having a low chance of getting a cool looking Pokémon that can be as good as regular ones you had a low chance of finding an extra rubbish one
World at large: "Videogames make people violent!"
Speedrunning community: "We love blue doggo and we'll do whatever it takes to make him win the funny yeehaw ranch race"
I mean most of the "video games make you violent" crowd are so old they are dead or in nursing homes at this point. Only weirdo boomers make this argument anymore.
Oh my god my lungs are collapsing from laughint send an amublance
We have witnessed a mathematical miracle. This video legitimately put a massive grin on my face seeing the literal underdog of Majora's Mask finally get a win. And not just with the glitch, but GLITCHLESS no less.
Cheesed for the whole last half
@@cornyFisher7 not really cheesed, the game is just manually sped up and reloaded over and over again, the conditions for blue dog winning ARE possible, this just helps speed up the process so it doesn't take literal months.
They should use videos like these in math classes, it might actually inspire students to study statistics, calculus and other applications of math.
I've always wanted to get into coding idk if making scripts is apart of that. But damm this makes me inspired to actually learn coding
also in software development . this showcase the importance of code testing and brute force attacks
@@MythicAce218do it bro. I started no experience with basic Mac scripts made alot of mistakes 6 months later 12 hours a day every day i’ve built 5 apps and published them. You can def do it
@@MythicAce218 Who cares if it's just scripts, at the end of the day you're fulfilling a part of you that always wanted to get into programming which is a huge step closer reaching fulfillment :)
@SkegAudio i was asking a question. I was asking if scripts is apart of coding or it's own separate thing
1 quadrillion parallel universe races but Blue only skidoos in one
Inspiring. If blue skidoo, we can too.
I'm still wondering how mixing salt with pepper makes paprika...
@chrislevack405 that's because Pepper's been shaking behind Salt's back.
23 skidoo
@@ChaoPlaymateAh, the wise words of Raceman John
"Assume a point-like dog..."
I cried when blue dog finally crossed the finish line for a legitimate win (I'm pregnant, and everything makes me cry, lol). I'm so happy for him, thank you for all your hard work.
I am on the verge of tears too, as someone who has literally never won or at least performed acceptably, it makes me so happy to see that doggie finally winning after so much effort
I love this comment
I'm not pregnant... I'm just going to use my old age as an excuse for 😭
Nah it’s not just abt Ben pregnant!
congratulations! good luck and best wishes with the pregnancy and baby
I clicked on this video with virtually no back ground context for this and got extremely emotionally committed to seeing Blue Dog triumph. What a journey.
I never even played Majoras Mask nor have i ever heard of blue dog yet still at the end of video i was just filled with joy watching him win
I LOVE this game and watching that lil guy win filled me with pride and hope
I like to imagine that somewhere out there, a kid who's favourite dog was blue dog playing years ago saw them win but no one ever believed it
I almost got teary eyed at the little guy winning his 1st race ever and then I remembered the other dogs were RNG manip-ed into just not quite putting their all which is hilarious. Wonderful video
Blue Dog took 'roids, drugged his competition, and bended reality. But he won.
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” -Tim Notke
@@thejest69W
Not manipped as much as accessing the right universe
Don't give up just because something seems impossible. Even if you can't improve yourself, you can always undermine everyone else instead.
thats exactly what i say to incel
wholesome
Instructions unclear, bet all my money on 0 in roulette and got arrested mining into casino vault
@ Kino
Why do you cowards never say what you mean in plain English?
LET IT BE KNOWN I’VE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN BLUE DOG!!
This is such a wonderful story! I love the dedication to such a small and seemingly insignificant and overlooked thing, but also the fact that you finally saw the desired outcome come to fruition and the story has a happy ending, is just 😙👌
Blue dog is like Minardi to draw the comparison with Formula 1; They were always at the back but everyone were still rooting for them.
The fact that even the victory jingle even came through at a proper tempo is just a godsend from the universe
Congrats on surpassing every single one of your mario paint videos in literally a day! Great video.
As a kid I hated how the blue dog was the most interesting colour but also the slowest. Assumed it could never win, and it's so funny 24 years later finding out it could.
hello hardtop splimby
Bro the official sonic account now you how😭😭😭
@@kathykang1123Hareton*
SELL THE HOUSES TO WHO, BEN?!
FUCKING BLUE DOG?!!
Loss
This is literally the best type of RUclips video. An ultra obscure topic explored in great detail with a fun inspirational message. Absolute banger content. Congrats Blue Dog!
Unfortunately this specific video treats its viewers as idiots and takes minutes to explain what could be explained in seconds.
@@Asb92aCan’t expect everyone to have played this game.
@@Asb92a You need to keep in mind most people actually need that kind of explanation.
@@Asb92ait's called being a good storyteller.....if he just laid out the final result at the beginning of the video with no build up, you wouldn't have dozens and dozens of comments of people who have literally never heard of this Blue Dog suddenly getting emotionally invested in it winning a race that again, they've never heard of. You could've just skipped to end of the video if you thought it was such a waste of time - you don't have to stomp on everybody else's sandcastles on your way out.
@@HarryTenders Please. Being a good storyteller entails just the right amount of brevity. Not too much, not too little. Unfortunately, this video has too little.
6:45 I love that confusion at games transcends cultures and languages, and invariably devolves into "game what?..." and "Eeeeh??' no matter who it is.
This is what inspired the horse race test
HORSE RACE TESTS MENTIONED 💥💥💥
As a 24 year old who just recently found himself at rock bottom with the start of the new year , I know if it took blue dog 25 years to win then I just have to keep trying.
Can’t believe this little video game dog has given me a new fighting spirit. Keep running, Blue Dog 💙🐶
It was my 24 birthday blue dog won, it was just two months after my birth this game released... crazy to think that almost my whole life that blue dog been running and it finally won🎉
Hey, same! I just got dumped via text message, but Blue Dog has cheered me up
You can do it
God bless you, Jesus loves you
Exact same. 24 and not doing the best. If the blue dude could do it, so can we.
The fact that this guy's last upload only has 800 views on it is absolutely crazy to me. This man CRUSHED the algorithm with this one
It’s true what they say. *Puts on shades.*
“Every dog… has his day.”
YEEAAAHHHHH
*WOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
And it finally arrived for this seemingly ill fated soul.
Nearly 100% positive I once experience this glitch as a kid/teenager. At the time it had happened, I didn't notice that the music cut short, but was annoyed that my dog didn't win and I just reloaded my save as not to reset the clock... I had thought it was something screwy with my game. Back then, information about this stuff was so much harder to find out about or even recognize at times. Word of mouth from friends. Nintendopower sometimes. Gamesharks and stuff. It's so insane that so much of this stuff is being discovered to this day.
So, under completely optimal conditions, where blue dog has a good condition and everyone else has bad/neutral conditions, blue dog has a 1/30,000 chance to win the race. Amazing
You need a much bigger sample size than this to actually know the odds.
If the odds are actually 1/5,000, then they could have still gotten unlucky. You'd need to see how many attempts succeed over a few hundred thousand at least
I do not give a shit how statistics work, I already know this is incorrect and I don't care
No the others always have 3 good 5 bad and 5 neutral, you need blue to be good, and then in order of speed to have the fastest dogs have the worst conditions
It was 30,000 attempts where blue dog has the best chance he could possibly have. So in real life the odds are way way lower than 1/30K
Never tell me the odds!
Hell yeah, the old saying, "every dog has his day", finally came true for Blue Dog. Love to see it.
how lovely! zamazenta from Pkmn SwSh and blue dog from LoZ MM got their day.
now where's the 3rd bluey to become good?
"Blue Dog", that will be the name of my resistance movement when the machines takes over.
Love it
better pass that to next generation if it takes too long
why not now?
Every dog has his day.
Keep fighting, Blue Dog!
How dare you make my cry over a virtual dog winning a virtual race
You and me both, friend.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that cried lmfaooo
Me three! Just so proud of it!
Same 😭🤣
Virtual *BLUE* dog.
HUGE difference
Born too early to explore the stars, Born too late to explore the earth
Born just in time to watch the Blue Dog win in Majora's Mask.
I was half expecting the Summoning Salt music to start playing on that last dog race. This is a great video, hope the algorithm blesses it!
This is one of the best videos on youtube, instant classic
BLUE RIBBON BLUE DOG!!
What a champion. Beautiful story and presentation!
ohhh my god i VIVIDLY remember being a kid and encountering this glitch. i didn't know about the mask of truth that would have made it easier and had essentially been trying to brute force the minigame for a long time. it should have been the very first time i'd won but my dog did not win, even though i literally saw it cross the finish line first, so little kid me decided the minigame was rigged and simply never finished mm. i thought i must have been remembering this wrong and just finally got fed up - you're telling me that bullcrap actually happened??
dear 8 year old me i am so sorry, you were right all along, you were *robbed*
LMAO 😂😂😂
"I've moved forward in time .. to view alternate futures... to see all the possible outcomes of the coming race..."
"How many did you see?"
"1,083,414,090,350,592."
"How many do we win?"
"...One."
Link talking to the Blue Dog with the Mask of Truth
Two if you count the bending of space-time. 😉
We're in the endgame now!
The Blue dog might be able to win in every rng where the golden dog is in bad condition and the blue dog is in good condition. It just depends on how it randomizes the blue dogs speed. The blue dog needs to essentially maximize it's speed the entire race and it usually is winning in the very beginning every time. It just slows way the hell down.
I love how Marco got so confused he switched to German with that „Hallo?“
Fun fact: Ironically enough in multiple ways, the world’s oldest dog in history is named “Bluey”. It was an Australian cattle dog who lived for 29 years and 5 months from the years 1910 to 1939.
What’s ironic about it is that there’s not just cartoons about blue dogs, but given how much dedication this blue dog took and how long it was before he finally won is similar in year length compared to that aforementioned dog’s lifespan!
I’m so emotionally proud of the blue dog for his long awaited win! 🤧
Of course, it has to be in Australia.
@@BaoKimshi Australian cattle dog is a breed of dog.
So you’re telling me the Bluey cartoon was named after this dog
@@MariOmor1 Not exactly from what I can tell.
*Insert Bluey pilot theme*
We got blue dog win before GTA 6 😭 (peak video)
Why do I randomly see you everywhere Carthu.. go back to dragon ball stop lurking in everything I watch
bro we need more ssj3 vegeta glaze NOW go back to your channel 😭
THE GOAT IS HERE???
You are the last person I expected to see here Carthu
We got that Super Saiyan Blue (Dog)
Not gonna lie. When I saw the only way he could win was with a glitch I was pretty disappointed. But words can’t describe how hype I was when blue dog won legitimately at the end. GREAT VIDEO!!
"""legitimately""". They did have to make sure the actual good dogs were having a terrible day.
@@bundasarts that's still legitimate lmao. The literal intended way to win the minigame is to find a dog having a good day and pick that one
I will never stop loving in depth analysis videos on niche videogame/speedrunning discoveries.
Your comment at approx 5:55 is perfect, and I find many, many instances of speedrun documentaries too quickly gloss over this point. The “first known” or perhaps even “earliest known recorded instance” more succinctly gives credit where it is due, while acknowledging that such a glitch very likely did occur in the past but was either lost to time or was not recorded in some form
I swear to god, the early finish has happened to me before, I've played this game over a dozen times and tried that race many many times (without the mask) I've had that early victory happen a decade ago.
I've thought this for years. I wonder how many run-altering glitches have been accidentally discovered by casual players who never shared them with the speedrun community because they either didn't realize what they discovered or didn't care. It's one of those thoughts that can keep you up at night if you think about them too hard.
You got to imagine the we were all playing these games but most were isolated seeing as the internet and video capture capabilities were a fraction of what theyre today
Agreed. Someone in early 2000 could've gotten a glitchless blue dog win on their first attempt, but never recorded it or even recalled it because how were they supposed to realize that it was stupidly rare?
This is exactly the type of youtube content I've been missing. This is such a breath of fresh air.
*Insert the scent from Megamind*
"I did it?"
"He did it."
"I did it?"
"He did it..."
Fitting since him and Megamind are both blue
cyan from horse race testing before cyan from horse race testing
Falkush better have waltzed up and slain Majora after all that so this timeline is the one that sticks without getting reset.
He probably has the save state. If you ask him, he may even give it to you
I play a lot of randomizers and I do recall the doggy race music cutting halfway and hearing only running dogs at least once, never knew what it was until now
Yeah same, though since the race continued i didn't think much of it.
Something about your PFP really makes this comment funnier to me tbh
This video might now be one of my favourite on this platform. Literally had it all. Fantastic! Well done.
Hey It's DarkViperAU! Nice.
Millions to one!
Hey it’s the Australian gta man, gooday you beautiful original gta cheat with an extra letter
its that one guy!
THERE ARENT BLUE DOGS IN MISSIONS
This is a fantastic video. Even though I’ve never played Majora’s Mask and had no idea about this dog race before this video I still understood pretty much everything. I also got a good lesson in code and a beautiful underdog story. Keep up the good work!
Bot?
Unironically I actually cried seeing blue dog cross the finish line first, idk why but all these years of trashing on the dog only to see him win just brought the light back into my soul.
I love you dad
You spent every day of your life for nearly 2 decades trashing a video game dog because they didn't win a race? And cried when they finally one?
Jfc, get some help.
@@wiredoge6778bros a negative nancy
@@tandemmusic1tbf i actually agree with him,guy cried because a game character won a race? People really need to focus on life than some game character,im not hating on the guy though.
@wiredoge6778 notice how they didnt exactly say every waking day lolllll
I'm unreasonably happy over that low poly dog winning a race. Blue is a good boy.
Never have i been invested for a dog, in a race, in a game, i never played.
Not knowing or caring is most of my viewing experience
11:30 Even more simply put: true random number generation DOES exist (and is even common today), but was not common at the time of the release of Majora's Mask. Because of this, all consumer (and most non-consumer) hardware/software actually uses a PSEUDO random number generators. The "flaw" with this is the same seed will always produce the some numbers.
How exactly is *true* random number generation achieved?
@@INOTEEE There are multiple methods, but all of them use what's called an entropy source.
The4y essentially use the inherent randomness of the universe, like measuring cosmic background radiation, Johnson-Nyquist noise or using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer
True randomness is only ever needed for some security though. for things like this, pseudo random is totally fine
@@ThePizzabrothersGaming Indeed
@@occamsrazor1285 ah, that. I believe it made headlines when Cloudflare, if i remember well, were using lava lamp photos as their randomness source. Thank you for reminding me of that, and cheers.
It was so funny learning years after the fact what had happened and how lucky it was. Nice vid Vid!
Funny thing, I saw you in the video, looked up your username, subbed to your channel, and then when I came back to the video, realized I was hovering directly over your comment already.
By the way, do you know where your profile picture came from? I tried reverse image searching but couldn’t find the original anywhere.
@@harmonicaman4782 At this point I no longer know. I've been using the same profile pic for 10+ years and cannot find it myself anymore. I just keep copies on multiple drives in case I need it for anything at this point. Sorry D:
@@Trevperson it’s alright! Just curious. I really liked the style but all I could find was Pinterest pins, with no mention of where it came from.
This is a great video. You're clear and concise. You bring up information as it's relevant to the audience, like when you saved talking about framerate until it mattered. Your explanation of the glitch was simple and effective, and you wisely chose not to explain how RNG works. You didn't bog the plot down in unnecessary details about LoZ or MM. You did a great job building up the challenge, and you shared the hard work that went into solving it in a dramatic way. We need more videos like this on youtube. You're genuinely really good at this.
I immediately noticed I was in for a good video when I saw they were going straight into the topic without so much as a greeting. Not a single second was wasted. The topic and information were discussed in precisely the amount of time they required. You can't find this precision and quality even in academic papers.
my headcanon was the bugged victory gave blue dog the will to put his all
I can only imagine Link doing a time traveling training montage for Blue Dog, and finally being happy they could get a win
He might even write it on the bombers notebook!
This is so embarrassing but when blue dog got the true win I legitimately teared up. I’ve been having a really rough year, I’ve been lethargic and slow due to a lot of traumatic things resurfacing. I’ve been trying to get better and get help, but just like the blue dog I’ve felt like I’ve kept losing. He is made fun of by the community but he keeps trying. He’s looked down upon, and people expect him to fail. But he KEEPS trying. Pushing himself. Running as fast as he can with his little legs. And to everyone’s disbelief he won. No glitches. Just pure determination. I love you blue dog. Never let anyone look down upon you again. It’s genuinely been hard to live recently, but I promise I will keep trying because of you.
I wouldn’t exactly push your luck since the odds are literally stacked heavily against it. But if you want to, OK by me!
@herbieleafcookie, I legitimately teared up reading your comment and I'm not embarrassed at all. Keep racing that track buddy. I hope better times find you soon! 🤠🐾🎲
He's a spirit animal, that's for sure.
Hope you're taking care of yourself as best as you can.
I cried too!!
Blue Dog: 34 million years to win? SO THERE’S A CHANCE!
@20:10 I genuinely cheered 😂
BLUE DOG
BLUE DOG
BLUE DOG
BLUE DOG
Seeing Blue Dog finally win the race fills you with determination
Maybe a bit too much though. I’d rather shiny hunt for something.
unexpected undertale
* Its INTEGRITY inspires you to continue.
* You are filled with DETERMINATION.
This probably inspired the Undertale snail race
@ random racing mini games are a common trope in video games
I remeber as a kid, i always rooted for the underdog, i always connected with these characters. In games, movies abd even in real life sports, as a kid... i ALWAYS picked blue dog, only to watch him lose, over, and over, and over again... Over the years, life came and went, but the hope and dream of blue dog winning has been kept in my heart.
I love you blue dog, you are, and will always be, my winner 💙
I never knew he had all the odds against him but I cannot explain how emotional this video made me… I'm literally crying because I witnessed Blue Dog's resilience! This is without a doubt one of my favorite videos I've ever seen!!
Same here, I think that no matter how people have a condition, illness, disability, or etc. there’s always a chance to reach your goal . For me personally, I thought in the future I wouldn’t reach my goal because of my mental health, but seeing this made me realize I’ll get there because there’s never a 0 possibility.
@@VinellAngel_111 The odds can be low, but they are NEVER zero, and I hope you can find the strength to fight for that chance.
@@krourou2 omg that’s the line I was looking for, and thank you for telling me this, I needed to hear that. And I hope you have a wonderful day