For those interested, the anime girl isn't the only stolen asset. The part where you jump up the swords that are stuck into a wall, a few of those swords are direct copies of elden ring swords, the one with the gold metal stretching past the handguard, i think its a lordsworn's greatsword specifically.
@@springroll4421 It wouldn't have been fine even if it wasn't, there just wouldn't have been a spotlight on it. Stolen asset games should never be endorsed. With the attention atm I hope the creator goes through and removes every single instance of stolen assets not just the ones they get cease and desists for, otherwise they deserve to be sued honestly.
Is it confirmed that the assets was stolen. Because the assets they used. Could have been Freelancer assets where they bought the rights to use the assets for the game. It’s something that is a thing within the industry where people makes assets post it online and get money off it.
Just an FYI: The 30 FPS at the cork is mandatory because it is easier to pull at 120 FPS but not everybody has the setup to run the game at that frame rate and some people would be at an advantage because of money, so they leveled the competition with that rule.
It's not hard when people have already combined their efforts to find the most optimal routes. He said it himself, it's literally such a short speedrun that anyone could do it. Not to take away the fact he got top 100 with the amount of people running, just not that amazing of a feat when a hardcore gamer picks it up and nails it. As far as speedrunning games go, this game is NOT hard mechanically.
@ToyKeeper Right! My dad is genuinely one of the smartest people I know. No one ever told him why the moon changes in appearance throughout the lunar cycle. Probably could have figured it out if I had let him think about it, but those are the things I learned from cartoons and his education never covered it
Woke up early on a Sunday sit down with a cup of coffee and watch 20 minutes of SmallAnt just casually explaining a game I didn’t know existed. Living life
the any% unrestricted is like under a minute. It's just not default category people like playing because it relies on a crazy launch glitch that flies you through most of the map
@@NerdyStarProductionsIt's always so funny when this happens in speedrunning. A skip that passes so much of the game that it effectively makes it feel pointless to play the game at all lol.
I love these chill-types of videos we're you can just relax and listen, it's like a break from all the loud fast videos where if you blink you miss something. Love Smant in general, great guy.
This is the exact reason why I started following you, you just enjoy talking and it shows. Most streamers and RUclipsrs have these insane scripts for their videos but you’re just here talking to us like if we were your friends sitting next to you
i really appreciate these types of speedrun commentary videos. Im not really in the speed running space so being able to watch someone explain what's interesting about a speedrun and why it's interesting let's me enjoy the content without feeling left out or confused
I wasn't expecting a post-commentary speedrun video. Nice, dude! If that race is coming up I'm definitely interested in watching. 👀 It's been a while since I've seen a large group of people race in a speedrun. Well, maybe since the last GDQ, but still!
I do really enjoy these explanation videos! Both of your own run and when you covered Nin-Tanner’s Bowser’s Fury run, it was fun to see how hyped you were on that one. You bring a different energy and approach to speed run explanation videos that a lot of dedicated channels do.
I think that this is a really good extra type of video for you to do my man. Like hearing someone explain this and its a bit less tasking on you so maybe it would be a fun thing to do! Loved the video man, keep it going!
It's pretty fun to see how this game got popular among Chinese streamers first (as a troll game) and they started speedrunning it, which were not even from the speedrun community. The early steam comments were just our players shitting, and the developer without knowing the context just commented desperately 'my game is good please be positive'. Then it went viral worldwide.
I really cannot wait for the new content, I’ve been keeping up with the streams and waiting for them to become videos because there is a LOT of fun stuff
Huge fan of post commentary explanations of speedruns!!! The other golden standard (which was actually live) was imo CosmoSpeedruns orcarina of time run (18:40 iirc)
Really appreciate "speedrun explained" content, especially from someone who is so used to being "on" in videos. Whether it's your speedrun or not, just the expertise and perspective makes the commentary worthwhile.
this is my favorite "commentary" type video cause like smallant still lets his full like charisma and personality instead of just like keeping it formal and stuff which i fully appreciate like im not even tryna speedrun this game and to be frank im not even that interested but im just here for smallant man
really enjoyed this speedrun commentary, would love to see more! there's a lot of runs but not a lot of youtube vids of run commentaries from what I can see would be awesome to eventually see a only up speedrun progression as well down the line, you did an awesome one for odyssey
I like this kind of content because it is easier to understand what you are doing while doing it. I think this also pulls the pressure off you as the Speedrunner of explaining while actively doing the run.
absolute GENIUS (probably unintentional) move releasing this RIGHT before a bunch of other CCers upload their coverage of this game. I understand what they're talking about way better for having watched this first
I love seeing this small videos that you can just sit there and enjoy for 20 minute and just relax, thank you so much (edit) thank you for the 70 likes most I have ever gotte
This was cool to watch. I liked the commentary on tricks and such, it helped someone who'd never even heard about this game understand exactly what was going on, while being entertaining. I'd definitely be down for more videos like this if you want to try more like this.
Never played this game, but I really enjoyed the commentary on this one. It just came off as really relaxed and I liked it. Congrats on 16th place, dude!
I liked this. Please post more speedrunning commentary explained videos. It’s really interesting to hear your thought process behind why you do some things that you do
For those who are curious, the anime girl isn't the only thing that was taken. Some of the swords in the section where you jump up on them are exact replicas of elden ring swords; in particular, the one with the gold metal extending past the handguard appears to be a lordsworn's greatsword.
Speculation on why specific frame rates require different setups: every frame a calculation happens, meaning depending on the frame rate, you will be at different locations along the same curve at time t, which can lead to lots of different things happening depending on the physics of the game.
I always love it when devs actively cheer speedrunners and implement skips specifically for speedrunning. A big example is Celeste, as a lot of the chapters has skips specifically implemented for speedrunning. I do wish more gave devs did that though instead of patching out skips and glitches (unless the glitch causes the game to softlock or completely break) *cough cough* Nintendo *cough cough*
this looks like someone grabbed a generic character controller and several dollars worth of assets (and some stolen ones) and just stacked them into a pile
half the game is stolen assets so its no wonder the game is constantly being changed and removed from steam. I mean the half way point literally had the final fantasy victory music. The dev probably didn't expect the game to blow up to this extent so didn't really care about the assets he used. I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of the game is different in some way to its original release, or if the dev just decides to say fuck it and keep it off steam.
I hope this game comes back with not stolen assets, it looks really fun. I would've got it if it wasn't for the "there's no save feature" thing - before I found out about the art anyway
Just dropping a comment to say I definitely like this kind of content, your usuals are good too but this is a nice change of pace. You definitely pull it off pretty well! (Alao grats on getting such a good run so quickly, dude do be gaming)
I know this was a year ago but I really liked this, I would happily listen to more speedruns explained. Also you apologising for repeating yourself in the video, I think you did great.
Thank you so much for posting this - I've been watching you play it on Twitch recently and it was so nice to see the entire course with commentary on why you take the routes you do.
AT LEAST I DIDNT CALL IT A THUMB
tbh i didnt notice until i looked in the comments
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For those interested, the anime girl isn't the only stolen asset. The part where you jump up the swords that are stuck into a wall, a few of those swords are direct copies of elden ring swords, the one with the gold metal stretching past the handguard, i think its a lordsworn's greatsword specifically.
Seems like everything is stolen even music 😅
@@Regnier191 inb4 a lawsuit takes it off steam permanently lmao. It’s funny that it would have been fine if the game wasn’t successful
@@springroll4421 It wouldn't have been fine even if it wasn't, there just wouldn't have been a spotlight on it.
Stolen asset games should never be endorsed. With the attention atm I hope the creator goes through and removes every single instance of stolen assets not just the ones they get cease and desists for, otherwise they deserve to be sued honestly.
Is it confirmed that the assets was stolen.
Because the assets they used. Could have been Freelancer assets where they bought the rights to use the assets for the game.
It’s something that is a thing within the industry where people makes assets post it online and get money off it.
@@lukestarford7608 I HIGHLY doubt fromsoft sold its elden ring assets, that would blow my fucking mind if true.
Just an FYI: The 30 FPS at the cork is mandatory because it is easier to pull at 120 FPS but not everybody has the setup to run the game at that frame rate and some people would be at an advantage because of money, so they leveled the competition with that rule.
smallant said in the video that waifu skip required 60 fps@PasziGames
I watched this man speedrun the game like 4 days ago, in 4 days he went from first time playing the game to getting a 20 minute run
Don’t you know, smallant can speed run anything. He is a speedrunning god, I pray to him every night
@@MR420xx me and u both
Same lmao
@lilchef8333 this is why im not successful . I gotta start praying to him
It's not hard when people have already combined their efforts to find the most optimal routes. He said it himself, it's literally such a short speedrun that anyone could do it. Not to take away the fact he got top 100 with the amount of people running, just not that amazing of a feat when a hardcore gamer picks it up and nails it.
As far as speedrunning games go, this game is NOT hard mechanically.
It is wild how fast you got this run.
it is godd man, many thanks!!
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Today I learned that SmallAnt doesn't know what a ring finger is.
I didn't even notice he said index finger 😂
lmao i was like wdym index finger
😂😂😂
I saw that too i thought "wait i minute isn't that the ring finger".
@ToyKeeper Right! My dad is genuinely one of the smartest people I know. No one ever told him why the moon changes in appearance throughout the lunar cycle. Probably could have figured it out if I had let him think about it, but those are the things I learned from cartoons and his education never covered it
Woke up early on a Sunday sit down with a cup of coffee and watch 20 minutes of SmallAnt just casually explaining a game I didn’t know existed. Living life
@@ezsaad6358 you are having a bad Sunday huh
right there with ya man.
The type of wholesome comment that makes it worth checking the section, have a good Sunday!
reddit moment
same here to @jortand lmao
Man, 20 minutes for a speedrun must feel like an eternity compared to the other climbing-type games.
45 seconds us the wr
the any% unrestricted is like under a minute. It's just not default category people like playing because it relies on a crazy launch glitch that flies you through most of the map
@@Terrible.Animations.Studio in a category most runners arent playing
@@NerdyStarProductionsIt's always so funny when this happens in speedrunning. A skip that passes so much of the game that it effectively makes it feel pointless to play the game at all lol.
@@TheBoss4711to the grinding community its useless, soon it will be perfected and everyone could get wr
I love these chill-types of videos we're you can just relax and listen, it's like a break from all the loud fast videos where if you blink you miss something. Love Smant in general, great guy.
I'm a big fan of these speed run commentary videos. You really do a great job at keeping things casual yet informative.
It is wild how fast you got this run. Good job man!
Way to late
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This is the exact reason why I started following you, you just enjoy talking and it shows. Most streamers and RUclipsrs have these insane scripts for their videos but you’re just here talking to us like if we were your friends sitting next to you
69th like!
i really appreciate these types of speedrun commentary videos. Im not really in the speed running space so being able to watch someone explain what's interesting about a speedrun and why it's interesting let's me enjoy the content without feeling left out or confused
I wasn't expecting a post-commentary speedrun video. Nice, dude! If that race is coming up I'm definitely interested in watching. 👀 It's been a while since I've seen a large group of people race in a speedrun. Well, maybe since the last GDQ, but still!
I like that smallant warned potential subscribers who might've wanted only up content that this is the only only up content he'd post
I do really enjoy these explanation videos! Both of your own run and when you covered Nin-Tanner’s Bowser’s Fury run, it was fun to see how hyped you were on that one.
You bring a different energy and approach to speed run explanation videos that a lot of dedicated channels do.
Congrats on the speed run and this must be hard from the time you must have dedicated to the game keep up the great content
I think that this is a really good extra type of video for you to do my man. Like hearing someone explain this and its a bit less tasking on you so maybe it would be a fun thing to do! Loved the video man, keep it going!
can't fool me at 10:44 i heard that door knock. you were silent cause talking to someone.
Sneaky sneaky boi
It's pretty fun to see how this game got popular among Chinese streamers first (as a troll game) and they started speedrunning it, which were not even from the speedrun community. The early steam comments were just our players shitting, and the developer without knowing the context just commented desperately 'my game is good please be positive'. Then it went viral worldwide.
I really cannot wait for the new content, I’ve been keeping up with the streams and waiting for them to become videos because there is a LOT of fun stuff
Huge fan of post commentary explanations of speedruns!!!
The other golden standard (which was actually live) was imo CosmoSpeedruns orcarina of time run (18:40 iirc)
Really appreciate "speedrun explained" content, especially from someone who is so used to being "on" in videos. Whether it's your speedrun or not, just the expertise and perspective makes the commentary worthwhile.
this is my favorite "commentary" type video cause like smallant still lets his full like charisma and personality instead of just like keeping it formal and stuff which i fully appreciate
like im not even tryna speedrun this game and to be frank im not even that interested but im just here for smallant man
This was a really enjoyable video format. I forget how good Smant’s voice is for just standard descriptive commentary videos.
11:57 just to "point it out", that's the ring finger.
Great Video, thanks Smant.
I was about to say this lol
Very fitting that Ant's Speedrun of Only Up was done in 20 minutes
smol20
really enjoyed this speedrun commentary, would love to see more! there's a lot of runs but not a lot of youtube vids of run commentaries from what I can see
would be awesome to eventually see a only up speedrun progression as well down the line, you did an awesome one for odyssey
Amazing run! Somehow smallant manages to achieve a perfect energy of casually professional gameplay amd voiceover XD
Commentary with almost no edits, and 20th on trending, smallant just makes videos so entertaining somehow
"I've literally never fallen off this in a run"
*oh shit, I better not fall off [30 seconds of silent concentration]*
love the commentated speedruns! it's why i used to love AGDQ and stuff. love when strats are being explained
Poor Only. He doesnt deserve getting beaten up.
Kid named Only
I'm so glad you showed the rail skip as I didn't see it when I was trying the patch. That wing skip line up is also great, thank you!
Didn’t even give the game long enough to shill NFTs, thank god
Tbh I love your speed run breakdown videos (that’s actually why I started playing botw) so please keep them up they’re are always fun to watch
How is Sammy so inhumanly good at video games. Man literally picks up speedruns less than a week into a game.
Him saying "index finger" about the ring finger and then the in game voice saying "education breeds confidence" was just perfect
I am amazed with the dedication of every runner of this game! Nice run!
Nothing like a video at 4:20 am
Something about this game just makes it feel like a cheap asset flip, but with a little more time than usual spent on it
Thanks for doing what you do, Smant!
I like this kind of content because it is easier to understand what you are doing while doing it. I think this also pulls the pressure off you as the Speedrunner of explaining while actively doing the run.
i cant believe how much you guys sweat at these games... keep it up!
absolute GENIUS (probably unintentional) move releasing this RIGHT before a bunch of other CCers upload their coverage of this game. I understand what they're talking about way better for having watched this first
I love seeing this small videos that you can just sit there and enjoy for 20 minute and just relax, thank you so much
(edit) thank you for the 70 likes most I have ever gotte
This was cool to watch. I liked the commentary on tricks and such, it helped someone who'd never even heard about this game understand exactly what was going on, while being entertaining. I'd definitely be down for more videos like this if you want to try more like this.
Smant- your recent appearance on MagicTheNoah was great! I love his board games, and you were a fun player to watch!!!
Never played this game, but I really enjoyed the commentary on this one. It just came off as really relaxed and I liked it. Congrats on 16th place, dude!
I watch your channel a lot and I loved seeing a video of the full speed run
Your regular content is great but its even better when you do random stuff you find interesting. Great video dude
I don't understand HOW Distortion does this. He almost got 2 or 3 different world records last night, it was insane.
mostly have been watching distortion2's runs and the precision and speed he has is insane, it's nice to see you speedrunning it as well
12:03 - TIL the ring finger has actually been called the index finger all this time.
Who knew?
speedrun + commentary is great, I'd totally watch more of these in the future
ah yes the "index" finger which is conventionally next to the pinky
I liked this. Please post more speedrunning commentary explained videos. It’s really interesting to hear your thought process behind why you do some things that you do
It bugs me that he calls it an index finger when’s he’s standing in the ring finger. Amazing video though
only up speedruns make me want yters to genuinely try speedrunning difficulty chart obbies or like any good and difficult roblox obby
For those who are curious, the anime girl isn't the only thing that was taken. Some of the swords in the section where you jump up on them are exact replicas of elden ring swords; in particular, the one with the gold metal extending past the handguard appears to be a lordsworn's greatsword.
big fan of the post-commentary style. it’s a nice switch up from your usual content while maintaining that nice smant charm
Speculation on why specific frame rates require different setups: every frame a calculation happens, meaning depending on the frame rate, you will be at different locations along the same curve at time t, which can lead to lots of different things happening depending on the physics of the game.
Seriously love the commentary and insight. PLEASE keep doing these kinds of videos!
The only time he can truthfully say that the run is 20 minutes.
I always love it when devs actively cheer speedrunners and implement skips specifically for speedrunning. A big example is Celeste, as a lot of the chapters has skips specifically implemented for speedrunning. I do wish more gave devs did that though instead of patching out skips and glitches (unless the glitch causes the game to softlock or completely break) *cough cough* Nintendo *cough cough*
Too bad the devs stole assests, art, and code to make this game only for it to be an ad for a nft.
This was super interesting and fun to watch. Your commentary is always really good.
Smant is the only speedrunner who could use suboptimal strategies and still be one of the best in the world.
this looks like someone grabbed a generic character controller and several dollars worth of assets (and some stolen ones) and just stacked them into a pile
half the game is stolen assets so its no wonder the game is constantly being changed and removed from steam. I mean the half way point literally had the final fantasy victory music.
The dev probably didn't expect the game to blow up to this extent so didn't really care about the assets he used. I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of the game is different in some way to its original release, or if the dev just decides to say fuck it and keep it off steam.
20:27 The game ITSELF tells you the run is 20 minutes, so you didn't clickbait lol
You haven't done this kind of video since your SMO min caps explained, and I absolutely loved it.
These games always look so simple and then you actually try it and it's the most aggravating thing in the world!!
I hope this game comes back with not stolen assets, it looks really fun. I would've got it if it wasn't for the "there's no save feature" thing - before I found out about the art anyway
NFT game by the way
No
Nfts are bad
@@CursedSFMSthis game is apperantly promoting nfts
who cares
I didn't even know this game existed and now I want to try it
Looks like an amazing run man, good job! - and thanks! I'm stoked to play this tonight.
uwu
Shut up
Never seen this game before but I loved the whole vibe of the video with you explaining the run. Would 100% warch more of these
This is one of the few times I actually liked and subscribed idek why you just seem like you put good care and effort into your content
the biggest issue that caused the game to get taken off steam was a soundbite from FFVII at a certain point which is, obviously, not okay.
> dragon skip
Man I got PTSD from disguised toast and his dragon joke
This video and your shorts have actually been my first introduction to this game so this video was very interesting and informative for me!
Loved the commentary. Very chill ((: also! Super excited about the vids to come ((: gl on the competition Monday!
I love this kind of video!
And I’m very excited to be eating good soon!
its honestly rlly nice to listen to smant commentate. he has a very nice voice
I mean your explained speedrun of mincaps is what got me into your videos so this is really cool
Just dropping a comment to say I definitely like this kind of content, your usuals are good too but this is a nice change of pace. You definitely pull it off pretty well!
(Alao grats on getting such a good run so quickly, dude do be gaming)
Does anyone else fall asleep easier while watching Smant videos? Dudes voice is relaxing as hell, no homo tho
small ant i love all the vids you make you got me back to mario odyssey
Nice Run I’ve been wanting to play this game for awhile good luck on Monday
I know this was a year ago but I really liked this, I would happily listen to more speedruns explained. Also you apologising for repeating yourself in the video, I think you did great.
Like your speedrun commentaries, pretty sure one of the first videos of yours that I saw was a breath of the wild speedrun with commentary
this format was cool! nice to hear an explanation from the inside perspective
Thank you so much for posting this - I've been watching you play it on Twitch recently and it was so nice to see the entire course with commentary on why you take the routes you do.
Enjoyed the vid. Looking forward to seeing all of the content you've been working on in the nest month
This is the first time I’ve seen you do a commentary on your own vids. Would not mind getting more in the future super fun.
i reccommend the community rename "waifu skip skip" to "i miss my waifu skip" thank you and goodnight
"you gonna be eating good in the next month" ty smant
I would love to see more breakdowns of your speedruns, whether PBs or just interesting runs!
This is my favorite type of video of yours! Thank you so much for making it. Hope to see more later!
I like that he specified that he wouldn't be doing more Only Up! when he asked for subscribers. I wish more RUclipsrs did stuff like that