Wild Old Man appears! And yeah, it's amazingly interesting to watch my main childhood game being finished in 6 months less time then when I first did it.
Most evil thing ever happened to Hyrule, brought down by a little kid, armed with a stick, bottle of bugs, and nuts. . . . . in less than 20 minutes. GG Ganon
I got OOT 3D and I beat it then I saw master quest. I got too water temple and beat it in about a month, then I lost the game and I found it 4 years later! 👍🏽
I LOVE the fact that you mention all the people who contributed to making this run possible while the cutscene shows all the sages combining their powers, lol.
thanks for 1M views, sorry the commentary didn't come out better, but I hope you enjoyed it anyway! if you're curious as to updates since this video, Jodenstone from Sweden managed to first tie the 18:10 (to the second), and then later beat it by 3 seconds with an 18:07 after some ~2600 total attempts. however, since then, a new route was discovered with an insane glitch to acquire a bottle from inside the Deku Tree, instead of traveling to Kakariko. that makes the Japanese Wii VC version the fastest one, no longer requiring the importing of the iQue Player from China, lol. unfortunately that route requires good luck as you need Deku Nuts to drop from two Gohma Larva, which is a 15/64 chance iirc skater82297 and Jodenstone were battling for the new record, which skater82297 currently holds at 17:45. follow Jodenstone here: twitter.com/Jodenstone www.twitch.tv/jodenstone follow skater82297 here: twitter.com/skater82297 www.twitch.tv/skater82297 I currently have no plans to run OoT any% again, busy with Smash Wii U, Super Mario Maker, and interested still in running Castlevania for Nintendo 64, and some GoldenEye 007 individual level runs on the side. -Cosmo
+Cosmo I just found this Speedrun and i think it's great, your commentary was perfect. I rather listen to some "science" (if you'd like to call it that) and learn about everything you are doing and why, than just random and unfocused commentary. Very well done :)
While I widely prefer speedruns that don't use glitches, the amount of skill required to manipulate the glitches the way Cosmo did is staggering. It's something to be appreciated, regardless of how you feel about the validity of using glitches in speedruns. Well done.
XenoMorphic E He was at 18:26 beforehand... This just shows his hardwork and dedication to the game. I don't think any speedrunner has ever gotten something this difficult so optimized.
As someone who doesn't really know anything about speed running, I found this video really fascinating and informative. I just came here out of curiosity when I saw the article on Polygon. But this was so much fun to watch that I want to check out other speed runs now.
He has a video on 'Castlevania 64' which while it's a bad game also has a commentary like this, and is really informative about how games work, although not quick AS crazy as this one. Edit: I meant to say 'Not quite AS crazy', I guess this speedrun got to me!
This is a masterpiece. Holy crap guys, this is brilliant work. You must really love the task too, given the work you've put into it. I never really had much respect for using glitches and exploits in speedruns until seeing this video (I used to think it was cheating anyone who didn't use glitches in their speedruns). Now I get why it's awesome. Your commentary on the research and testing that went into this helped me get it.
RUclips Hell I'm assuming you're referring to the deleted comment? I'm impressed at how fast it was removed; I didn't even see it before it was called out. ^_^
Well for all speedruns there is usually a glitchless category so the people who don't glitch aren't affected by those that do glitch runs, so glitch runs don't 'cheat' the glitchless out of anything. Just thought you would like to know that :)
this was my early teen years. This video got my obsessed with speedruning. I eventually fell out of the hobby but I will always remember thoes years of my life and the fun I had. Speedruning holds a special place in my heart
It's astounding how many people think speed running with glitches is cheating. Everyone who runs THIS category is using the same set of rules. He has no advantage over other people from glitching because the rules allow it, SO ITS NOT CHEATING!!! GOD DAMN PEOPLE! If you wanna see a less glitched run, watch 100%, this is any%. Well done Cosmo, amazing job!
***** yeah 100% is pretty glitch heavy for a fast time. Runnerguy did it in 5:30 (hours and minutes) I think. The routing was such that the area was visited only once.
As cool as this is and all the effort that is put in it. I still don't think it should be fair to call this legit. I get it, this takes mounds of effort but you are using exploits to win as fast as possible. This wouldn't fly in most anything else so why should it here? Just cause it takes work to do the cheating? Its cool and fun to watch I will give you that, but its cheating none the less. I don't care who made the "rules" they can be changed and I don't agree with them. The effort is cool but using exploits to win just seems stupid.
Thanks for the shout-out Cosmo, and a huge congrats on achieving this time. Being a part of the Ocarina of Time speedrunning community has been an amazing journey and following your runs over the years in particular has been a major highlight. Speedrunning is such a natural fit for you, I don't know of any other runner with such a positive attitude and professional work ethic. Wishing you the best in all future endeavors bud.
August Emerald Don't forget that afterward all that time was undone by Zelda and the Ocarina, after which he spent an unknown amount of time reliving the same 3 days. So actually no time has passed at all...O_O
It's just funny how I rarely would watch Cosmo's live-streams, but I just so happened to randomly show up that night as he gave Ganon the final blow. I had to screenshot a lot of that shit. 18 : 10 . 36
Using glitches is not considered "cheating" because they're not using some external device to break the game, like a Game Genie, they're playing the game as it was released by the developers. And using glitches is where the thrills come from in speedrunning! It's the best bit! Glitch wizardry is what makes speedrunning so ingenious and mind-blowing. Saying you can't use them in a speedrun is the equivalent of walking up to some people having a pillowfight and being like "um excuse me that's not the intended use". Yeah okay, whatever grandma. Congrats Cosmo, you legend!
+josiah parham Cosmo transitioned from a male to a female and stopped speedrunning because the community was extremely toxic to her. I think she plays SSB now.
The history of the OoT speedrun route was very informative to new runners and viewers. And the run commentary itself was very informative, well done on this amazing run.
It really annoys me all of the people like "You use glitches. You couldn't play the game legit if you tried. Go play the game real." I've been watching your livestreams for a long time. I really enjoy watching you playing OoT. When you got that 18:29 not that long ago, I thought that would be pretty hard to beat. But this. I think it is impossible to further improve this, unless someone got the most insane RNG in the history of OoT. I tip my nonexistent pixelated hat to you, Cosmo. This run will go down in the history books I hope. :) Now if only I can find where the fuck they sell N64's and GameCubes nowadays.
Damn, i just watched skater82297's run, and he obliterates this time with a route that even includes the kokiri sword. I love how innovative the OoT speedrun community continues to be. In another few years there will probably be an insane 15 min run
This video brought tears to my eyes. Though he may have done the commentary in as calm a voice as possible; his passion and love for this game shines through. This video is the fruit of a man's career, and by publishing this video he bares his heart to us. I'm only writing this on the hope that perhaps Cosmo sees this, and knows that we hold the same love for our childhood games. Thank you to all speed runners and video game fanatics, and thank you Cosmo.
Every comment here: 30% "Do a legit speed run." 25% "*Aggressive response to the above statement." 45% "Good job!" 5% "Other." The internet is a wonderful place.
+David Holmes Maybe she's depressed because people like you and 99% of the people on these fucking videos now are constantly ripping into her and insukting her and acting as if all the shit she's done for this community is null and invalid because of who she fucking is. Somehow I don't think it's her that's the problem here.
Over a decade of research poured into a single game, just to beat it as fast as possible. People looking through memory addresses, messing around with the little quirks in the game, and using every tiny flaw available at their disposal to pull something like this off. This goes to show how much hard work and dedication people put into these kinds of things. I am glad something like this could be pulled off and fully explained. Thanks for the awesome video Cosmo.
I spent two years getting my MS of Electrical Engineering. This guy spent two years speeding running a video game. My god, I feel like I'm part of a small percentage of young folks in our 20s that's actually doing something productive with our lives.
He's entertained hundreds of thousands of people. Does that not count for something? On top of that, he managed to make doing what he loved his job, and I'm assuming you also got your degree for the benefit of your career and not for its own sake.
and yet this man may have still found more insight and absolute happiness in his life. gee, I guess a degree doesn't really secure you much if you can't be happier than "this guy".
he can easily got your ms of electric engineering, he can easily got job as a programmer, he did a world record you only got a tittle that millions have, do something in the name of science and lets talk
GamerSynapse Cosmo got perfect skulltula rng perfect gohma rng in his run and really good cuccos he had a run more mistakes than Joden, and sure Cosmo found some strats and optimizations but the majority of all the strats was found by skater. Cosmo is definitely not the "strat provider"
GamerSynapse You are forgetting that Jodenstone does escape 1.04 sec faster then cosmo. then was +0.26 sec of cosmo's run into kakariko. the bottle is hella good indeed. puts him at -2.59 of cosmos run. Jodenstone then successfully does mido skip without buffering it an extra pause. so now he is at -7.57 of comsos run. Then ghoma trolled a bit and took away 0.7 and scrubs 1.01. You also gotta remember. Jodenstone gets more concistent runs (can do runs at 18:15 - 18:20 often). While cosmo's WR (this run) he got -16 sec from his previous pb. So COSMO was the lucky one in general. I do LOVE me some Cosmo, but he was hella lucky + didn't choke. Jodenstone bopped it, and he is overall better at any% case closed.
+Nison545 The whole transgender thing is a huge cry for attention. Which is why people are upset that someone like Cosmo (who seems to be a person that fights day in and out to be successful) would just give up on who is to be someone else because it easier that way.
So beautiful. I agree it's way too scripted, but I guess he also felt like he needed to explain a lot of tricks that people have issues explaining properly, and he did it without stuttering. Probably not the most understandable for people who don't know anything about the glitches, but 80% of the people watching this are probably familiar with these things already.
When he finished the run live, he felt this would be the world record for a LONG time, so he wanted "a final product" for OOT any%. Most people watching this now are probably familiar with these glitches, but I think Cosmo meant this as a way to eventually inspire completely new people to join the speedrunning community. He spent months of non-stop work on this run, those months of non-stop work definitely deserved a few more weeks of work on the commentary.
In fact, I'm really thankful he did. I played this game back in the day and when I saw the run on twitch I was curious about how all this worked. It didn't seem to be the same game I played at all. Now I can understand better what he accomplished and all the work it took
Been doing a lot of soul searching lately and in the time I spend on RUclips I continually come back to watching Cosmo's Zelda speedruns. It took me a few years of "all the time I could spare" playing the step by step process from a "Walkthrough" to finish this game I at one point had given up on. The passing of a friend inspired me to forge ahead and finally "finish" this game. I felt that day, that moment, that I had proudly, dutifully, humbly and positively finish an epic of my own life. I don't care how fast or how many glitches anyone finds to finish this game faster, Cosmo is correct when he says this is a special game. I felt it then and I feel it now. Thank You Cosmo for sharing your passion with the rest of us. I am honored.
The fact that it's constantly commentated just makes it all the more awesome, as much as i LOVE watching speedruns and TAS-es, after a while you just tire of only hearing the game audio with no runner input (Hence why i love the GDQ's so much)
I don't care if this route and run is slower than the current ones. This is the best any% run of OoT and best runner OoT has had. Peace be with you Narci.
Hey Narci, I really applaud you for what you are doing right now. It takes immense courage. I can't afford to subscribe to your Twitch right now, so I wanted to say it here so I could get the message across. Keep being you! My only request is that you never take this video down. It is the single greatest video on RUclips, and quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen. Lots of love to you buddy.
+Patty Pea Don't engage the hateful trolls, just report their comments. Go a step further and report their accounts if you want. Responding just fuels the bigotry. People like this don't deserve views or attention on the internet. :)
This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing how you actually perform the various glitches, and all of the background info. It really added to the speed run, and makes me want to learn about speed running glitches in Ocarina of Time! - Also, congrats on the time!
This is a testament to the unending infallibility, determination, and creativity of the human heart. I love video games so much, and I will continue to play them until the day I die.
This video brings back so many memory’s. I don’t speederun anymore but 13 year old me took so much inspiration form this. This video is the reson i stared speedruning
I am halfway through, and I gotta say you did a fantastic job with the commentary. Even though this type of commentary is very formal and not very reflective of your personality, it shows a huge amount of professionalism and shows that you take this stuff seriously. This type of commentary also lends itself to new viewers, and perhaps, people who haven't heard of, read about, or seen speed-runs earlier; Even people who want to run this game themselves. I imagine there was a level of stress putting this video out and you probably contemplated wether or not to do the video in this style, and for my money, you did the right choice. 10/10 would Cosmo again. Kappa
Cosmo, this game was my childhood and I just got it back to play for fun. I love this game so much and to think it can be beat in this time is crazy. You the man.
No Buude... Wind waker is way later.. maybe even in 2016 :P As i would guess that cosmo wanna get close to WR or WR in atleast ganonless.. As it is the newest run in oot.
zer00rdie You would win, because nintendo thinks that "worldwide" means america and i live in europe. Anyway YES, he did terrible, even during the mario kart plays. Also the splatoon plays weren't in general all that good.
I'm surprised that people still think speedrunning isn't legitimate if you glitch. I've been watching runs on SRL and twitch for nearly 4 years now; I thought that I had seen the last of that mentality just as I was getting into the speedrunning community. I was pretty sure that it was coming to an end when speedrunning became a really popular thing a year later, yet people in these comments in 2014 are still criticizing this. This isn't challenging? You could practice for months with an already established route and barely get sub 25 minutes. Do it without glitches? Yeah, OoT is well known as one of the most difficult games of all time. Playing it normally is a real challenge. I'm aware a portion of the people typing that are "trolling for the lulz", but I'd wager that most of them actually believe an OoT "Let's Play" would be more difficult. The only run I prefer to watch glitchless is Luigi's Mansion, and that's mainly because the game is fantastic in its entirety.
Congratulations on this amazing achievement. Ocarina of time is probably my favorite video game of all times and I considered myself to be an addicted guy - until I saw this video. This speedrun is mind-boggling. I never thought that such a run would be possible. Pretty crazy to see all those shortcuts and glitches. Thank you very much for your passion and for posting this video!
It's sad to see such a cool person fade away so quickly. It's like my hero has died. You're dead to me, Cosmo. It's better than seeing you become what you are now.
I have always loved this game. My brother showed it to me when I was about 8 years old. Maybe 9. Im 23 years old now. Still, to this day. Ocarina of time is my favorite game. Iv'e played plenty of games, but this game has stuck with me all these years, better than any other game I have played. I still play it to this day just for fun. I own it on the 64 and I'm happy as hell to have it :D Seeing this is just nuts. I have watched others do speedruns with glitches before, but they were always longer. Like 40 minutes, 20 minutes. This is literally nuts dude. Seriously. Congratulations on this achievement dude.
This was really cool to watch Cosmo.
BRUCE WATCHES COSMO EMERGERD Kappa
BRUUUUUUUCE WILLLAAAAKERRRRSSSSS
Wild Old Man appears!
And yeah, it's amazingly interesting to watch my main childhood game being finished in 6 months less time then when I first did it.
ME LORD! DOWN WITH THE REBELLION!
Lord willakers appears!
GG Cosmo.
Hey sarkey!! :)
sark you should play any call of duty and upload it for my birthday plz btw ur awesome
Cool nicely done
Didn't know you watched Cosmo, Sark.
Sark, by far one of the funniest of people i subscribed to, nice to see you watch Cosmo too.
Most evil thing ever happened to Hyrule, brought down by a little kid, armed with a stick, bottle of bugs, and nuts. . . . . in less than 20 minutes.
GG Ganon
+VolksKrieger8907 G FUCKIN' G!!
for real XD
inside job
+VolksKrieger8907 So Link is Macgyver?
+Damon Day yes XD
I prefer his casual commentary this seems too monotone and scripted. but oh well still he put in a lot of work and I appreciate it
The master sword gets so much praise, when really the deku stick is deadliest force in the Zelda universe.
+Locutus Borg But with Crouch Stabbing, the Master Sword can absorb and imitate the full force of a Deku Stick Jump Attack, so there's that. :)
+Locutus Borg and yet the biggoron sword is the best with the crouch non target dps
the Deku Stick is a weapon of mass destruction.
My personal record is 13 years. Played it in year 1999, but my Nintendo 64 broke and I finished it 13 years later on an emulator.
nice! cosmo was so close to beating you!
I played it since it came out, but didn't beat it until it came out on the 3DS. 😆
+Uniblue Media mine is 9 and a half
I got OOT 3D and I beat it then I saw master quest. I got too water temple and beat it in about a month, then I lost the game and I found it 4 years later! 👍🏽
My PB is about 25 months
I LOVE the fact that you mention all the people who contributed to making this run possible while the cutscene shows all the sages combining their powers, lol.
Accidental symbolism? I think so
thanks for 1M views, sorry the commentary didn't come out better, but I hope you enjoyed it anyway!
if you're curious as to updates since this video, Jodenstone from Sweden managed to first tie the 18:10 (to the second), and then later beat it by 3 seconds with an 18:07 after some ~2600 total attempts.
however, since then, a new route was discovered with an insane glitch to acquire a bottle from inside the Deku Tree, instead of traveling to Kakariko. that makes the Japanese Wii VC version the fastest one, no longer requiring the importing of the iQue Player from China, lol. unfortunately that route requires good luck as you need Deku Nuts to drop from two Gohma Larva, which is a 15/64 chance iirc
skater82297 and Jodenstone were battling for the new record, which skater82297 currently holds at 17:45.
follow Jodenstone here:
twitter.com/Jodenstone
www.twitch.tv/jodenstone
follow skater82297 here:
twitter.com/skater82297
www.twitch.tv/skater82297
I currently have no plans to run OoT any% again, busy with Smash Wii U, Super Mario Maker, and interested still in running Castlevania for Nintendo 64, and some GoldenEye 007 individual level runs on the side.
-Cosmo
+Cosmo Glad to see some input from you! Hope you're doing well, and look forward to watching your Streams in the future!
Great job hitting 1M views... And good luck I'm further running endeavours!
+Cosmo You are a GOD!
+Cosmo Don't worry, the commentation was great! Much more insight in how people speedrun games! I don't see that often during streamed runs.
+Cosmo I just found this Speedrun and i think it's great, your commentary was perfect. I rather listen to some "science" (if you'd like to call it that) and learn about everything you are doing and why, than just random and unfocused commentary. Very well done :)
Ganon: Ha! Link I captured Zelda!
Link: K, see you in 18 minutes
Ganon: Wait what?
I really do wonder how he would react..
LMAO made my day
That's why link is the Hero of Time
+Bap Triest He truly does save a lot of time.
LMFO!! XD
While I widely prefer speedruns that don't use glitches, the amount of skill required to manipulate the glitches the way Cosmo did is staggering. It's something to be appreciated, regardless of how you feel about the validity of using glitches in speedruns. Well done.
CrystalJadeOrb
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Bentonic Pine Cone
This guy beat my entire childhood in 20 minutes. I ain't even mad.
18 minutes and 10 seconds to be precise
keepfightingful Well I was close enough... Wasn't I :(
keepfightingful
If you round it then it's 20 :P
LODBredCat You never round up in a speed run. It's always exact because 18:10 and 18:11 is the difference between world record and not.
XenoMorphic E He was at 18:26 beforehand... This just shows his hardwork and dedication to the game. I don't think any speedrunner has ever gotten something this difficult so optimized.
People think the Master Sword is the best Legend of Zelda item?
No way, the deku stick is the ultimate weapon.
Henry, are okay with marrying Tharja?
XThePanda I ship it
Dude, have you ever had a stick broken over your head? That shit hurts!
maybe the deku stick is the illuminati... think about it for a sec...
I still prefer a broken Longsword
"This would burn the shield, but it would also crash the game"
Well. I mean it would burn the shield,
but it would also
CRASH
THE
GAME
This is beautiful.
It really is.
I click baited thanks to game theory. You win!
same XD
And another
And another.
+Matty Mecca yup
Another, but it was cool to watch
He posted the live version in the description, so woo!
Since when were you into speedrunning...
He began speedrunning a couple of weeks ago and even donated to cosmo $18.20 which was cosmo's goal
JayKaysian Do you usually just watch the stream and have the chat hidden?
didnt you get the wr for fastest diamond find in minecraft
TheManiac592 after the 18:10 run he even donated like 181.03 dollars
As someone who doesn't really know anything about speed running, I found this video really fascinating and informative. I just came here out of curiosity when I saw the article on Polygon. But this was so much fun to watch that I want to check out other speed runs now.
He has a video on 'Castlevania 64' which while it's a bad game also has a commentary like this, and is really informative about how games work, although not quick AS crazy as this one.
Edit: I meant to say 'Not quite AS crazy', I guess this speedrun got to me!
Catch a bug, for a "bug"
Fuckin' puns yo
Physics Anthony man.. i love your profile picture
lmfao thanks
Insecption.
+Physics Anthony I just wanna say rip cosmo, thank you for all your entertainment. Good luck narcissa Wright.
This is a masterpiece. Holy crap guys, this is brilliant work. You must really love the task too, given the work you've put into it.
I never really had much respect for using glitches and exploits in speedruns until seeing this video (I used to think it was cheating anyone who didn't use glitches in their speedruns). Now I get why it's awesome. Your commentary on the research and testing that went into this helped me get it.
There is hope for RUclips after all.
RUclips Hell I'm assuming you're referring to the deleted comment? I'm impressed at how fast it was removed; I didn't even see it before it was called out. ^_^
Well for all speedruns there is usually a glitchless category so the people who don't glitch aren't affected by those that do glitch runs, so glitch runs don't 'cheat' the glitchless out of anything. Just thought you would like to know that :)
Speed running is dumb, get a life
A bug will be useful for a bug later on. Dang it Cosmo! I shouldn't have laughed at that!
I thought that was humorous as well.
I broke down in an unadulterated fit of laughter. Glad I wasn't the only one. :D
this was my early teen years. This video got my obsessed with speedruning. I eventually fell out of the hobby but I will always remember thoes years of my life and the fun I had. Speedruning holds a special place in my heart
It's astounding how many people think speed running with glitches is cheating. Everyone who runs THIS category is using the same set of rules. He has no advantage over other people from glitching because the rules allow it, SO ITS NOT CHEATING!!! GOD DAMN PEOPLE! If you wanna see a less glitched run, watch 100%, this is any%. Well done Cosmo, amazing job!
***** yeah 100% is pretty glitch heavy for a fast time. Runnerguy did it in 5:30 (hours and minutes) I think. The routing was such that the area was visited only once.
Kennedy Renn Uh, ZFG holds the record for 100 % and it's 4 hours and 28 minutes.
Bloorane I....I didn't say anything about a record. It was just an example o.o
As cool as this is and all the effort that is put in it. I still don't think it should be fair to call this legit. I get it, this takes mounds of effort but you are using exploits to win as fast as possible. This wouldn't fly in most anything else so why should it here? Just cause it takes work to do the cheating? Its cool and fun to watch I will give you that, but its cheating none the less. I don't care who made the "rules" they can be changed and I don't agree with them. The effort is cool but using exploits to win just seems stupid.
LordTails66 "using exploits to win as fast as possible" in an any% speedrun? Never!
This was the peak of OOT Speedrunning.
Was here 9 years ago. One of the best videos
Thanks for the shout-out Cosmo, and a huge congrats on achieving this time. Being a part of the Ocarina of Time speedrunning community has been an amazing journey and following your runs over the years in particular has been a major highlight. Speedrunning is such a natural fit for you, I don't know of any other runner with such a positive attitude and professional work ethic. Wishing you the best in all future endeavors bud.
I am so fucking high right now
Oh my
Jahova! I love you and the Crew!
He gafort my gaforma
hovaaa
So that's why Link is the hero of time.
Lol
HAHAHAHA
Nice one x
hahah!
Haha
When you think about it, Link didn't really mature a lot. I mean, he started his journey for like a week, then took a nap for seven years.
But it also depends how many times you use the Suns song if you want to get technical, but it still would have felt very short.
twoinabush100 Ah, how dumb of me XD
August Emerald Don't forget that afterward all that time was undone by Zelda and the Ocarina, after which he spent an unknown amount of time reliving the same 3 days. So actually no time has passed at all...O_O
ARUCARDFTEPES Link has the OOT Best Speedrun, Beaten in 0:00
Man, Tina from Bobs Burgers is a badass speedrunner.
Nice. This just became a million times funnier. Thanks man
Wait is this the same guy?
Gom Crowther Please tell me that your joking
Andrew Toon >_< now that's ALL my mind's eye can see haha that was great!
Yes I was joking...Domboy ✪
I teared up seeing this live when cosmo cried ;(
He cried? LOL, that is awesome! :D
Me too :'(
dude the feels were just to overwhelming. Countless years and playtime through this game just so this moment could happen.
so did i, speedrunning means the world to me
That was so motivational I can't even believe it,
12:21
Doesn't even pause buffer 0.0
14:40
Doesn't even pause buffer 0.0
Cosmo just won OOT
Because fuck it, right?
I wonder if he would had even done the pause on mido skip if he didn't need to pause to equip the shield
pauses spend time, can't time must fast ALWAYS FAST
Now if only he didn't pause buffer Mido skip... Kappa
Bridagierz
Now if only you didn't rephrase cris931609 's observation into a generic meme...Crappa :D
Im glad you realized how valuable and enjoyable your videos are to the community and put them all back up.
That and they were being uploaded by other people anyways. She might as well get the ad revenue herself (if there is any).
Congratulations on this run, Cosmo, and great job on this fantastic commentary video! :)
based jimmy pls
Your picture looked familiar, you did a video with the completionist.
luffy11234 he does
Sunder, your vids and your hair are fucking great!
It's just funny how I rarely would watch Cosmo's live-streams, but I just so happened to randomly show up that night as he gave Ganon the final blow. I had to screenshot a lot of that shit.
18 : 10 . 36
Nice.
Nice.
+Merphy Jones
South Park reference aside, that little 18 year old kid turned Cosmo into a grill.
+Bo Jack Skater?
prove it
"The bugs will be useful for a bug later on"
KEK
Lawl "KEK"
TheShady380 "Lawl" KEK
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Examining memory values, frame perfect timing, precise positioning to ensure said timing...
Fucking insane. This is pure art.
Using glitches is not considered "cheating" because they're not using some external device to break the game, like a Game Genie, they're playing the game as it was released by the developers.
And using glitches is where the thrills come from in speedrunning! It's the best bit! Glitch wizardry is what makes speedrunning so ingenious and mind-blowing. Saying you can't use them in a speedrun is the equivalent of walking up to some people having a pillowfight and being like "um excuse me that's not the intended use". Yeah okay, whatever grandma.
Congrats Cosmo, you legend!
It’s funny how this record has been crushed many times over and yet I still prefer watching this run over any ACE glitched out mess.
agreed
I cant watch this without crying.. Thanks for all the fun cosmo. But i guess all good things come to an end....
+Foziel The stream used to be so fun back then... the chat was awesome...
I know.... its hard to see one of my favorite streamers turn dark
+Foziel What happened? Did he die or change the way he acts?
+josiah parham Cosmo transitioned from a male to a female and stopped speedrunning because the community was extremely toxic to her. I think she plays SSB now.
Oh. That's wierd but ok
THis commentary breakdown is EXACTLY what i wanted to helpe understand the stuffs that happen. Diamond work mate, cheers.
So beautiful. I do hope that someday she will come back to run this...
+UltraJordanGaming
"she"
+Mike Tejo yes, you arent blind
+Samuel Beavers Wtf
+Samuel Beavers still a he
+panfriedd you don't crossdress and change your name???
The history of the OoT speedrun route was very informative to new runners and viewers. And the run commentary itself was very informative, well done on this amazing run.
It really annoys me all of the people like "You use glitches. You couldn't play the game legit if you tried. Go play the game real." I've been watching your livestreams for a long time. I really enjoy watching you playing OoT. When you got that 18:29 not that long ago, I thought that would be pretty hard to beat. But this. I think it is impossible to further improve this, unless someone got the most insane RNG in the history of OoT. I tip my nonexistent pixelated hat to you, Cosmo. This run will go down in the history books I hope. :)
Now if only I can find where the fuck they sell N64's and GameCubes nowadays.
He most likely play the game normally like 20 times
Damn, i just watched skater82297's run, and he obliterates this time with a route that even includes the kokiri sword. I love how innovative the OoT speedrun community continues to be. In another few years there will probably be an insane 15 min run
Simply WOW.
The most epic speedrun in history!
I love how your avatar matches your comment
This video brought tears to my eyes. Though he may have done the commentary in as calm a voice as possible; his passion and love for this game shines through. This video is the fruit of a man's career, and by publishing this video he bares his heart to us. I'm only writing this on the hope that perhaps Cosmo sees this, and knows that we hold the same love for our childhood games. Thank you to all speed runners and video game fanatics, and thank you Cosmo.
This is just insanity. The man knows no boundaries. He is a master. Truly.
I saw this on Porn Hub..... im not even kidding
noice
I literally just checked to see, and yes, this video really is on pornhub 😂😂
+The Gamma Bros. yeah right... just to check :p
+Star Verix You just admitted to the internet that you watch Porn.
you win the internet
+Astronautical And that he was searching for zelda porn!!!
I'm glad this is public again, its speedrunning history. even if the time was beat later, this was the day OoT was completed as a speed game.
Every comment here:
30% "Do a legit speed run."
25% "*Aggressive response to the above statement."
45% "Good job!"
5% "Other."
The internet is a wonderful place.
Other should be "childhood related comments" lol
105% of the comments perfectly explained.
Most of my comments are telling all the "do a legit speedrun" trolls that they are fucking retarded.
It would be awesome if every video's comment section had your comment % breakdown like this. Thank you
you should do a real speedrun!
damn you Lewtable!
good job Jackrabbit!
am i sandwich?
rip cosmo
+Chris Servos rip in peace
yes
***** he is as we know him
+David Holmes so this guy had sex change?
+David Holmes Maybe she's depressed because people like you and 99% of the people on these fucking videos now are constantly ripping into her and insukting her and acting as if all the shit she's done for this community is null and invalid because of who she fucking is. Somehow I don't think it's her that's the problem here.
You made this video public again??
Bless you, Wright.
This is not only your greatest speedrun, but also your greatest video. An outstanding achievement and I'm **truly** amazed.
"At this point I shouted expletives" This articulate and dead pan narration is beautiful
true
i’m happy that these old videos are here. it’s so nostalgic
Over a decade of research poured into a single game, just to beat it as fast as possible. People looking through memory addresses, messing around with the little quirks in the game, and using every tiny flaw available at their disposal to pull something like this off. This goes to show how much hard work and dedication people put into these kinds of things. I am glad something like this could be pulled off and fully explained. Thanks for the awesome video Cosmo.
Jodenstone beat this by 5 seconds three days ago. I will always love the speedrunning community.
And Skater beat Jodens record by 2 more seconds today
And now Joden took it back by another 8 seconds haha.
MoreFlesh and I beat that by 2 seconds yday
Titius Bode I went to play it and beat it before I could start the game.
Jason Mathis before the game came out I had beat it
I spent two years getting my MS of Electrical Engineering. This guy spent two years speeding running a video game.
My god, I feel like I'm part of a small percentage of young folks in our 20s that's actually doing something productive with our lives.
He's entertained hundreds of thousands of people. Does that not count for something? On top of that, he managed to make doing what he loved his job, and I'm assuming you also got your degree for the benefit of your career and not for its own sake.
and yet this man may have still found more insight and absolute happiness in his life. gee, I guess a degree doesn't really secure you much if you can't be happier than "this guy".
lol try harder, you did what thowsands of people have done before, this guy has a world record.
Nice try
This is a troll. No one goes for anything past bachelor's with engineering.
$300k starting, etc.
he can easily got your ms of electric engineering, he can easily got job as a programmer, he did a world record you only got a tittle that millions have, do something in the name of science and lets talk
Have you ever been a gender so much that you feel like you run out of replay value?
Good one
Yes
+forties and bluntz Too soon
lol
+forties and bluntz This is the funniest thing i have read all day i love you
The end of an era
of every era*
I come back to this video every couple of years to witness greatness all over again. What a run! What a run.
RIP Cosmo. I hope you do well with your new life.
Stfu
?
Anything happened to him?
He got a gender change. He has a new RUclips channel now. Personally I don't really like it.
someone just beat you cosmo, with 18:07 Good luck beating that one.
He said the category's dead. Please understand.
GamerSynapse Cosmo got perfect skulltula rng perfect gohma rng in his run and really good cuccos he had a run more mistakes than Joden, and sure Cosmo found some strats and optimizations but the majority of all the strats was found by skater. Cosmo is definitely not the "strat provider"
GamerSynapse You are forgetting that Jodenstone does escape 1.04 sec faster then cosmo.
then was +0.26 sec of cosmo's run into kakariko.
the bottle is hella good indeed. puts him at -2.59 of cosmos run.
Jodenstone then successfully does mido skip without buffering it an extra pause.
so now he is at -7.57 of comsos run.
Then ghoma trolled a bit and took away 0.7 and scrubs 1.01.
You also gotta remember.
Jodenstone gets more concistent runs (can do runs at 18:15 - 18:20 often).
While cosmo's WR (this run) he got -16 sec from his previous pb.
So COSMO was the lucky one in general. I do LOVE me some Cosmo, but he was hella lucky + didn't choke.
Jodenstone bopped it, and he is overall better at any% case closed.
***** They may not necessarily be "owned" but they are definitely found by people.
19:47 he doesnt care
"My name is Cosmo Wright"
:(
I wish he would come back to his senses.... I lost my hero...
+Tyboshopi That's pretty fucked up that you think him becoming transgender is an example of "losing one's senses"...
+Nison545 Him? "becoming" transgender? Actually, never mind. Others, if you want to fight this, go ahead.
Holly Boreham Yes, the terms I used could could have been better, but out of the two comments above yours, which do you think had more mal intentions?
+Nison545 The whole transgender thing is a huge cry for attention. Which is why people are upset that someone like Cosmo (who seems to be a person that fights day in and out to be successful) would just give up on who is to be someone else because it easier that way.
That was magnificent! Congratz x3
Btw, I love your thumbnail
Amazing.
I hope that MrGrunz watches this and realized that he has not been forgotten :)
Still waiting for new speed run competitions from him :(
lel
These was the legendary time on twitch.
The greatest speedrun of all time
hell no lol
So beautiful. I agree it's way too scripted, but I guess he also felt like he needed to explain a lot of tricks that people have issues explaining properly, and he did it without stuttering. Probably not the most understandable for people who don't know anything about the glitches, but 80% of the people watching this are probably familiar with these things already.
When he finished the run live, he felt this would be the world record for a LONG time, so he wanted "a final product" for OOT any%. Most people watching this now are probably familiar with these glitches, but I think Cosmo meant this as a way to eventually inspire completely new people to join the speedrunning community. He spent months of non-stop work on this run, those months of non-stop work definitely deserved a few more weeks of work on the commentary.
In fact, I'm really thankful he did. I played this game back in the day and when I saw the run on twitch I was curious about how all this worked. It didn't seem to be the same game I played at all. Now I can understand better what he accomplished and all the work it took
Been doing a lot of soul searching lately and in the time I spend on RUclips I continually come back to watching Cosmo's Zelda speedruns. It took me a few years of "all the time I could spare" playing the step by step process from a "Walkthrough" to finish this game I at one point had given up on. The passing of a friend inspired me to forge ahead and finally "finish" this game. I felt that day, that moment, that I had proudly, dutifully, humbly and positively finish an epic of my own life. I don't care how fast or how many glitches anyone finds to finish this game faster, Cosmo is correct when he says this is a special game. I felt it then and I feel it now. Thank You Cosmo for sharing your passion with the rest of us. I am honored.
Congrats on the run!
Well done, Cosmo c:
The fact that it's constantly commentated just makes it all the more awesome, as much as i LOVE watching speedruns and TAS-es, after a while you just tire of only hearing the game audio with no runner input (Hence why i love the GDQ's so much)
People in comments still falling for "glitch isn't a real speedrun" bait.
Not always bait. But I don't care if I "fall" for it or not. Doesn't matter if it's a troll comment, I like to reply to stuff =).
Nigga you upside down!
"The bugs will be useful for a BUG later on." Kappa
bugception
Oh good, I am not the only one thought that hahahah
I don't care if this route and run is slower than the current ones. This is the best any% run of OoT and best runner OoT has had. Peace be with you Narci.
Hey Narci, I really applaud you for what you are doing right now. It takes immense courage. I can't afford to subscribe to your Twitch right now, so I wanted to say it here so I could get the message across. Keep being you! My only request is that you never take this video down. It is the single greatest video on RUclips, and quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen. Lots of love to you buddy.
+Patty Pea you're insane
+NoobKiller Roof God, you fucking baby. You're the one being unnecessarily hateful and transphobic
yikes
Patty Pea there is no such thing as 'transphobia', you marxist freak
+Patty Pea Don't engage the hateful trolls, just report their comments. Go a step further and report their accounts if you want. Responding just fuels the bigotry. People like this don't deserve views or attention on the internet. :)
This is fantastic!
Thank you for sharing how you actually perform the various glitches, and all of the background info. It really added to the speed run, and makes me want to learn about speed running glitches in Ocarina of Time!
- Also, congrats on the time!
I'm so happy I can see this video again.
Congratulations, Cosmo. You definitely deserve it. :D
forsenSmug SmugTime 18:10
This is a testament to the unending infallibility, determination, and creativity of the human heart. I love video games so much, and I will continue to play them until the day I die.
Splendid work, Cosmo - you did fantasticly. :-)
The commentary is great. I wish it had been my commencement speech at graduation
Your dedication is truly impressive, and I really enjoyed your commentary. Phenomenal video.
This video brings back so many memory’s. I don’t speederun anymore but 13 year old me took so much inspiration form this. This video is the reson i stared speedruning
you people are mad fucking geniuses, jesus christ
I am halfway through, and I gotta say you did a fantastic job with the commentary.
Even though this type of commentary is very formal and not very reflective of your personality, it shows a huge amount of professionalism and shows that you take this stuff seriously.
This type of commentary also lends itself to new viewers, and perhaps, people who haven't heard of, read about, or seen speed-runs earlier; Even people who want to run this game themselves.
I imagine there was a level of stress putting this video out and you probably contemplated wether or not to do the video in this style, and for my money, you did the right choice. 10/10 would Cosmo again. Kappa
This is beautiful. Watched this thing dozens of times, gonna watch it hundreds more before I die, I hope.
This man got talent.
"We need a bug for a bug."
Um...Ok?
(It just sounds funny.)
Cosmo, this game was my childhood and I just got it back to play for fun. I love this game so much and to think it can be beat in this time is crazy. You the man.
Thanks Cosmo for the awesome any% OoT speed runs. its been a fun ride. now... WHATS NEXT??!!
Gannonless
Yup. Ganonless.
Then All dungeons.
OOT aint going anywhere! :D
Wind waker
No Buude... Wind waker is way later.. maybe even in 2016 :P
As i would guess that cosmo wanna get close to WR or WR in atleast ganonless..
As it is the newest run in oot.
Meh he said he might do non HD
2nd place in Nintendo World Champion, congrats man!
Slevin Reviews YEAH! Congratulation!
Slevin Reviews congrats cosmo!!! :3
Slevin Reviews Yeah, but let him play Zelda because on Mario he sucks a lot lol... I hoped for his victory, but he did terrible ç_ç
Dracogame Second place is terrible? Bet you wouldn't even pass the on site qualifiers. . . .
zer00rdie You would win, because nintendo thinks that "worldwide" means america and i live in europe. Anyway YES, he did terrible, even during the mario kart plays. Also the splatoon plays weren't in general all that good.
I'm surprised that people still think speedrunning isn't legitimate if you glitch. I've been watching runs on SRL and twitch for nearly 4 years now; I thought that I had seen the last of that mentality just as I was getting into the speedrunning community. I was pretty sure that it was coming to an end when speedrunning became a really popular thing a year later, yet people in these comments in 2014 are still criticizing this.
This isn't challenging? You could practice for months with an already established route and barely get sub 25 minutes. Do it without glitches? Yeah, OoT is well known as one of the most difficult games of all time. Playing it normally is a real challenge. I'm aware a portion of the people typing that are "trolling for the lulz", but I'd wager that most of them actually believe an OoT "Let's Play" would be more difficult.
The only run I prefer to watch glitchless is Luigi's Mansion, and that's mainly because the game is fantastic in its entirety.
As long as Kotaku still exists, there will always be people like the ones you mentioned.
Taterifix We're working on it.
forsenSmug 18:10
There's so many coding mysteries in these games
Congratulations on this amazing achievement. Ocarina of time is probably my favorite video game of all times and I considered myself to be an addicted guy - until I saw this video. This speedrun is mind-boggling. I never thought that such a run would be possible. Pretty crazy to see all those shortcuts and glitches. Thank you very much for your passion and for posting this video!
It's sad to see such a cool person fade away so quickly. It's like my hero has died. You're dead to me, Cosmo. It's better than seeing you become what you are now.
I honestly understood about 15% of what was said, but thoroughly enjoyed watching this
I have always loved this game. My brother showed it to me when I was about 8 years old. Maybe 9. Im 23 years old now. Still, to this day. Ocarina of time is my favorite game. Iv'e played plenty of games, but this game has stuck with me all these years, better than any other game I have played. I still play it to this day just for fun. I own it on the 64 and I'm happy as hell to have it :D Seeing this is just nuts. I have watched others do speedruns with glitches before, but they were always longer. Like 40 minutes, 20 minutes. This is literally nuts dude. Seriously. Congratulations on this achievement dude.