Damn that's almost like how your supposed to highlight how certain runs were t perfect and could be improved in the future, and also shows how far the records come over time
Even though i already know everything that happened this script is so entertaining!! This has been my favorite category for a long time now and so many great runners (and great friends!) have worked on it with me over the last decade. Truly something I'm thankful for
Incredible trip down memory lane. Really surreal seeing me being featured in one of these so much. 24:26 I immediately knew what the clip was but the transition after absolutely killed me. Extremely well done video as always
generally speaking, it takes the motivation from being part of the community to make a record history video, and the research side of things usually comes from someone with experience IN that history, aka, a runner. Yes, it isnt always true, but it is very much the norm. XD
I'm not gonna lie... I'm a huge Donkey Kong fan, so the any% TAS Speedrun Explained video is my most-watched Bismuth video. Seeing a new Bismuth Donkey Kong video makes me very happy. I'm hoping for more Bismuth Kong in the future.
1:23 lmaoo I immediately guessed that Bismuth is from Québec from the way he said "Gros perdu" and I was right 😂 His twitter bio says he is in Montréal
Yeah he mentioned in a 'behind the scenes' video that his least favorite thing to produce was the voice over cause it takes him lot of time and takes to feel satisfied. I think quebecers tend to be too self conscious about their accent de Gros Perdu though.
0.26s is 1\4 the time light travels in 1 second. about 47,000mi away. voyager 1 is 15,000,000,000 miles away. needless to say his analogy was completely accurate.
@@frankjohnson8006 You forgot the distance goes both ways (the signal has to go there and back again), so it would be closer to 23,500 miles. Kinda similar to the distance to the moon.
@@btf_flotsam478 Not even close, the moon is ~1.3 light seconds each way, 10x further. 0.125 ls each way is about the distance to geostationary orbit, i.e. playing via satellite internet
32:06 You just solved a mystery of my childhood: why on Earth was this mini-game so hard whereas speedrunners clear it in a blink? I used to leave it for the end because it was hard, but it actually was hard only because I used to leave it for the end, i.e. after I get the sniper scope.
This was by far the best introduction to the 101% speedrun by far. I still love RingRushes tas from 2020. And his incredible LOTAD 101%. RingRush is someone you can’t sleep on.
i always get an Extra-chilly shiver down my spine, whenever i hear 'I/Me/My' words in these Speedrun Explained videos...i compare it to the old martial arts master, facing a mutinous pupil, "You Fool, I've taught you Everything that You Know...what you're about to find out is, I've yet to teach you Everything that _I_ Know..."
@misuvittupaa8068 that’s a fair point I haven’t even considered, didn’t mean for it to be an all encompassing comment, it’s just what I was feeling at the moment lol
DK64 101% was my first ever speedrun lol. I remember seeing someone running it casually and making me realize that speedruns weren't all just sweaty frame perfect sub-1 hr runs, and DK64 was my favorite game of all time. Being such a niche community also meant that Connor and a lot of the other community members came into my stream and kept me company once I was already like 6 hours in lol. Only ever ended up running it 3 times (all like a year apart, so I never had much memorized and was just following Connor's old guide doc) and I think my best run was still over 10 hours lol. But that was what got me into running other games too (with much shorter runs), and I still hang around and tune in to the tournaments whenever I see them. Shoutout to the DK64 speedrunning community, but especially the 101% folks who are willing to sit through 6+ hours of a complete noob crawling through the run lol
I appreciate your fair but forthright framing of the N64/WiiU divide. It's honest, straight to the point, and you still give respect to the folks doing work in that field. That's the sort of constructive, supportive sportsmanship I love about the speedrunning community!
Loved the video and your piano covers! You always have a great way of keeping it interesting and entertaining regardless of the level of knowledge and investment the viewer has going into it, and I had no clue about the pre-SDA stuff. Fun to see that my ancient time made it into the video too (as "PMIT" during the leaderboard shots)!
DK64 is a beautiful game and the history of this category is so rich! Thank you for highlighting it Bismuth, your contributions to this community are one of a kind! 🎉
I love this, you really clearly explain all of glutches in a way that almost anyone can understand. Good luck with try to get a sub 6 hours if you haven't already.
Oh, this is just a fun video. I kinda expected you to be a speedrunner at this point, but never cared to check which game(s) you competed in. With this wonderful reveal and cliffhanger. Now I'm just waiting with bated breath for Part 2. Also I just realised what "music by Bismuth" means. You absolute madman, well done!
20:06 Speedrunners when the history of their game's world records has 35 minutes left: "This game is destroyed, completely. There's no hard tricks left!"
This is the most "On that fateful day Oingosploingo edged out the competition by using the simian slam clip in polka-dot palace thus ending the reign of jamietheegg99."
aw hell yeah. i watched the dk 64 tas explained video for months to help me sleep. the sequel i didn't know i needed. now to just get tired, but awake enough to watch it the first time.
My son's going to be a month old in a week or so. What's the best game to start speedrunning if you can't walk, talk, nor understand language? I wanna ease him in to becoming the subject of a Bismuth or Summoning Salt video. He's really good at making funny faces before he farts. That anything? Obviously he's smarter than a tiktokker already but I know he's not ready for Dark Souls. Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.
was very pleasantly surprised to see hand-written captions on this video! i almost never see proper captions on channels this size. it's really appreciated!
Love videos like this. As a 1990's born, I was more than old enough to experience all of the advent of speed running, and probably would have tried it at the time, but unfortunately/fortunately, I was beginning a family in 2012/ill from crohns disease, so at least I can get a run down from creators like yourself and summoningsalt
Really enjoyed this video. This video had me thinking about how cool a tas would be for this game that is a glitchathon instead of a speedrun. Getting to where you are getting cooler, is sometimes more important than saving time :)
That part you talk about stuff from 2013 is really nostalgic for me since 2013 is really when i started speedrunning and hanging around dk64 speedrunning streams back in the day. I tried my hand at doing dk64 but i moved onto other things
Try Old School RuneScape's newest League, Raging Echoes: osrs.game/Bismuth
finally, a sponsorship that we can use!
Ok
I was legitimately considering getting back into osrs for the league and seeing the promotion has probably pushed me over the edge!
at least it's not shilling for loanshark spyware chromium or a compromised VPN
LFG!!
It must be incredibly fun to say "it was me" during a speedrun explained youtube video
It was me, Barry!
It is I, Dio!
Mojo Jojo: "It was me... It was me... It was me... It was me..."
Spoilers bro
NOOOO WHY DID I READ THE COMMENTS 😭
SummoningSalt (The salt in question being Bismuth Subsalicylate)
How enlightened! I wish I am as good at chem...
hey I made this joke once too, great minds
That pink stuff is tasty
I like this
Yummy pepto
I like how you found the least flattering moments of every speedrun and aggressively highlighted them
I'll admit I had a lot of fun sneakily bullying cfox
Ulrich Schnauss profile pic. legendary
@@Nihilore That's what I call A Strangely Isolated Post... :P
Banan
Damn that's almost like how your supposed to highlight how certain runs were t perfect and could be improved in the future, and also shows how far the records come over time
26:43 _"Some new runner by the name of Bismuth-"_
Oh, you.
"Some random dude, who I’ve never heard of, who showed up out of *nowhere* .
Of course I know him. He's me.
Even though i already know everything that happened this script is so entertaining!! This has been my favorite category for a long time now and so many great runners (and great friends!) have worked on it with me over the last decade. Truly something I'm thankful for
"I give up this category. This is my last run."
"Next week, he got a 6:45:02"
"I lied to trick the speedrun gods"
Incredible trip down memory lane. Really surreal seeing me being featured in one of these so much. 24:26 I immediately knew what the clip was but the transition after absolutely killed me. Extremely well done video as always
26:45 i love that he just casually references his arrival to the category
I was about to comment that too
He "references" it about a minute earlier with a thumbs-upping DK next to his name in the leaderboard screenshot
Piano-only DK64 soundtrack goes absolutely crazy
And he makes it himself! Wildly talented guy.
Is there a video for that song? Really like it
@@Zorgosto It will probably show up here in a couple weeks: www.youtube.com/@Bismuth-Music
He’s so good it’s distracting
35:45 Hey man if I'd gotten a Beaver Bother Barrel THAT clean I'd sound like a DK impersonation too.
No sound more questionable than DK
25:57 I don't know why I didn't expect you to be a speedrunner in this category, but in hindsight it makes too much sense
Yea
Who knew the banana man played the banana game
generally speaking, it takes the motivation from being part of the community to make a record history video, and the research side of things usually comes from someone with experience IN that history, aka, a runner. Yes, it isnt always true, but it is very much the norm. XD
It was always fun to see how even the most innocent glitches led to speedrun usage.
Props to you for the excellent piano arrangements holy shit
I'm not gonna lie... I'm a huge Donkey Kong fan, so the any% TAS Speedrun Explained video is my most-watched Bismuth video.
Seeing a new Bismuth Donkey Kong video makes me very happy. I'm hoping for more Bismuth Kong in the future.
LITERALLYYYY youtube said i was in the top 2% of bismuth fans and i was like. is this from watching the dk tas over and over hdkskhs
Same. He even kept the same thumbnail!
@Tomix4k that thumbnail is too iconic to abandon now
Ah yes, Bismuth, the thinking man’s speedrun documentarian.
Lol
I don’t think ever and I’m not a man but I also like him
@@Numbabui think they meant "man" in terms of classy human, not gender specific
@@Joshy- i think they knew that and just thought it would be funny to say it anyway
@@NumbabuWell, the conditions given are sufficient, but not necessary.
1:23 lmaoo I immediately guessed that Bismuth is from Québec from the way he said "Gros perdu" and I was right 😂 His twitter bio says he is in Montréal
Gros perdu sounds like home to me
I had guessed it from his earlier videos. He has an accent that I was 90% sure waa from Quebec. It seems mostly gone now though
Yeah he mentioned in a 'behind the scenes' video that his least favorite thing to produce was the voice over cause it takes him lot of time and takes to feel satisfied. I think quebecers tend to be too self conscious about their accent de Gros Perdu though.
He also started a channel in french 2 months ago that also makes it quite obvious
Have you seen his french channel?
"The input lag was like hosting the game on Voyager 1"
0.26s is 1\4 the time light travels in 1 second. about 47,000mi away. voyager 1 is 15,000,000,000 miles away. needless to say his analogy was completely accurate.
@@frankjohnson8006 You forgot the distance goes both ways (the signal has to go there and back again), so it would be closer to 23,500 miles.
Kinda similar to the distance to the moon.
I'm old enough to remember when Voyager 1 and 2 were launched. Thanks for the great analogy!
@@btf_flotsam478 Not even close, the moon is ~1.3 light seconds each way, 10x further. 0.125 ls each way is about the distance to geostationary orbit, i.e. playing via satellite internet
Outro honestly gave me a newfound appreciation for a song I have long since tuned out. Great video as always.
Very happy that manocheese was introduced with cucco jump
"Some new runner by the name of Bismuth..."
I wonder who this mysterious Bismuth could be...
I wonder if it's the same Bismuth who was "distracting" Marbler during his any% RTA 0 A presses run of SM64.
32:06 You just solved a mystery of my childhood: why on Earth was this mini-game so hard whereas speedrunners clear it in a blink?
I used to leave it for the end because it was hard, but it actually was hard only because I used to leave it for the end, i.e. after I get the sniper scope.
check out the video "The Worst Golden Banana in DK64" by Cybershell for more nonsense on that one minigame
14:09 WHAT? FREE DIDDY?!?!
Not _that_ Diddy
@@SushiElementalSo you’re saying there’s a multiverse?
@eldiglett Just one?
This was by far the best introduction to the 101% speedrun by far. I still love RingRushes tas from 2020. And his incredible LOTAD 101%. RingRush is someone you can’t sleep on.
WAKE UP A NEW BISMUTH VID DROPPED
The fact you didn't add babe to that got the like.
No bae 😢
the duality of man
Perfect watch for 1am when i have a major test coming tomorrow
Perfect watch at 1 AM when I have a 12 hour shift coming up for Black Friday
53:20 there's a lot of power in that reveal alone.
+ "We all know what to do. I knew what to do."
i always get an Extra-chilly shiver down my spine, whenever i hear 'I/Me/My' words in these Speedrun Explained videos...i compare it to the old martial arts master, facing a mutinous pupil, "You Fool, I've taught you Everything that You Know...what you're about to find out is, I've yet to teach you Everything that _I_ Know..."
I think it's even stranger when they start referring to themselves in 3rd person
To be continued? Really? How are you gonna blue ball us like that on thanksgiving of all days? I’ll see you on Christmas for part 2 I guess…
Because we don't know when thanksgiving is. There is some holiday almost everyday somewhere in the world
@misuvittupaa8068 that’s a fair point I haven’t even considered, didn’t mean for it to be an all encompassing comment, it’s just what I was feeling at the moment lol
@stockphotokoalabear all good
53:17 Oh so that's why your pfp is bananas
50:34 Classic speedrunner brain moment. Most casual video games don't have mechanics that require you to take damage.
Oh my gosh! That cliffhanger at the end with the piano! This is a peak speedrun documentary! Excited to see the next part!
The piano in this one is really good man!
This game is so old school that Diddy Kong was called Puff Daddy Kong.
Diddy Kong is his stage name. His real name is Brother Love Kong. Though I still call him Sean Kongbs.
14:09 "Free Diddy"
My partner still has a shirt that says "How do you beat Beaver Bother?" from hbomberguy's charity stream a handful of years back.
10:48 Yooo that's me!
DK64 101% was my first ever speedrun lol. I remember seeing someone running it casually and making me realize that speedruns weren't all just sweaty frame perfect sub-1 hr runs, and DK64 was my favorite game of all time. Being such a niche community also meant that Connor and a lot of the other community members came into my stream and kept me company once I was already like 6 hours in lol. Only ever ended up running it 3 times (all like a year apart, so I never had much memorized and was just following Connor's old guide doc) and I think my best run was still over 10 hours lol. But that was what got me into running other games too (with much shorter runs), and I still hang around and tune in to the tournaments whenever I see them. Shoutout to the DK64 speedrunning community, but especially the 101% folks who are willing to sit through 6+ hours of a complete noob crawling through the run lol
14:09 "Free Diddy" -Bismuth 2024
I appreciate your fair but forthright framing of the N64/WiiU divide. It's honest, straight to the point, and you still give respect to the folks doing work in that field. That's the sort of constructive, supportive sportsmanship I love about the speedrunning community!
Loved the video and your piano covers! You always have a great way of keeping it interesting and entertaining regardless of the level of knowledge and investment the viewer has going into it, and I had no clue about the pre-SDA stuff. Fun to see that my ancient time made it into the video too (as "PMIT" during the leaderboard shots)!
Your run was actually imported and is on SRC! www.speedrun.com/dk64/runs/0y6755pm
4:36 @DavidWonn mentioned
DK64 is a beautiful game and the history of this category is so rich! Thank you for highlighting it Bismuth, your contributions to this community are one of a kind! 🎉
As someone who has only 101%'d this game 3 times in my life, casually, I can confirm
This game is insane for the time.
And I love this game for that.
At least we still have you, Salt, and Karl Jobst to talk about speedruns. RIP Speed Docs.
Wait, what happened with them?
@@I0NE007 he died
@@cfs_pr F
Connor01 is currently making a new video btw
There’s also Abyssoft. He’s pretty entertaining and informative as well
It's so funny when he mentions one of the slower parts of some of the earlier runs is when the runner kept dying in the Donkey Kong arcade game
I love this, you really clearly explain all of glutches in a way that almost anyone can understand. Good luck with try to get a sub 6 hours if you haven't already.
Sees new Bismuth video:
Me: Oooh
Sees new Bismuth video is about a game that is famously super glitchy:
Me: OOOOH
I like the piano versions of the stage themes...Will you upload these too? 🎉
They will be going up on my Patreon tomorrow (unless something happens) and they will be on my channel Bismuth Music sometime in December.
Once again, I would love to see you cover the Banjo-Kazooie speedrun. There are a lot of wild clips and shenanigans in the WR progression.
your piano trills are amazing, i just wanted to tell you that 💛
I love how well done every aspect of these videos are, from research to presentation to music!
Oh, this is just a fun video. I kinda expected you to be a speedrunner at this point, but never cared to check which game(s) you competed in. With this wonderful reveal and cliffhanger. Now I'm just waiting with bated breath for Part 2. Also I just realised what "music by Bismuth" means. You absolute madman, well done!
20:06 Speedrunners when the history of their game's world records has 35 minutes left:
"This game is destroyed, completely. There's no hard tricks left!"
Znernicus is also one of the Portal 2 GOATS
25:29 foreshadowing is a literary device
Wonderful docvid. Huge work you have put into it. Thanks a lot man, can't wait for a second part!
Spectacular as always, man. It's always a joy to hear your piano renditions of the game's tracks. Looking forward to part 2!
This is the most "On that fateful day Oingosploingo edged out the competition by using the simian slam clip in polka-dot palace thus ending the reign of jamietheegg99."
thank you so much for fully captioning these videos its so helpful
aw hell yeah. i watched the dk 64 tas explained video for months to help me sleep. the sequel i didn't know i needed.
now to just get tired, but awake enough to watch it the first time.
The mental institution near my home town has a whole wing dedicated entirely to housing DK64 speedrunners. Its really sad.
My son's going to be a month old in a week or so. What's the best game to start speedrunning if you can't walk, talk, nor understand language? I wanna ease him in to becoming the subject of a Bismuth or Summoning Salt video.
He's really good at making funny faces before he farts. That anything? Obviously he's smarter than a tiktokker already but I know he's not ready for Dark Souls.
Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.
was very pleasantly surprised to see hand-written captions on this video! i almost never see proper captions on channels this size. it's really appreciated!
14:09 Well, it’s a canon mission for us now. FREE DIDDY
Oh wow, I’m thankful for you dropping this video on thanksgiving
YOU NEED TO WARN US WHEN YOU DO THIS
I did though
The piano soundtrack adds so much to these videos, fantastic work on that!!
Mom look bismuth is back and he got us a Video
I have to add, as a German, your pronunciation of Deutsch and Über are very clean. Good job
HAPPY THANKSGIVING BISMUTH!
THANK YOU FOR THIS! 💖✨
Great work on the music! Makes for a very enjoyable watch.
that bismuth fellow looks very motivated, I hope he achieves the record on the next video
Can't wait for part 2, I don't even play or have ever played this game, but learning the glitches and the competition history was quite fun.
Your music always BLOWS me away-love that you do it yourself :)
5:30 hey, Karl jobst
Not what I expected to come out on Thanksgiving, but a welcome surprise
The piano renditions are absolutely stellar as always!
I still love the piano covers of the music from the game, great video Bismuth!
Love videos like this. As a 1990's born, I was more than old enough to experience all of the advent of speed running, and probably would have tried it at the time, but unfortunately/fortunately, I was beginning a family in 2012/ill from crohns disease, so at least I can get a run down from creators like yourself and summoningsalt
Really enjoyed this video. This video had me thinking about how cool a tas would be for this game that is a glitchathon instead of a speedrun. Getting to where you are getting cooler, is sometimes more important than saving time :)
I remember being on gamefaqs when the Uberchallenge got made. Can't believe it got a mention here
I think I still have a printed copy of the challenge somewhere
@@garagedoor0pener if its of the OoT uberchallenge, then that print copy would be older than me
"Huh, why am I being recommended Bismuth's DK64 any% TAS vid again?"
"..."
"Oh, this is a different video."
I love how this turns from documentary to villain-esque monologue. "It was me. I would be the one to break six hours!"
Wow really gonna hit me with a to be continued like that.
Lol of course it all starts with Alex Penev.
Its brilliant that you use your own music for these. Love your videos.
Excellent piano covers throughout!
Oh my god. Amazing history video here! Can not wait to see part 2!!
Manual subtitles are still incredibly appreciated as always!
Wait this is part 1 ?? We got bamboozled !
Will happily tune in for part 2. Love your content.
101% was my introduction to speedrunning, I am glad that the category exists and that so many people care about the game
52:55 "depending on how long splicing takes" I love it
That part you talk about stuff from 2013 is really nostalgic for me since 2013 is really when i started speedrunning and hanging around dk64 speedrunning streams back in the day. I tried my hand at doing dk64 but i moved onto other things
My favorite part of Bismuth videos is that all the music is self-made🎶
I love these multiple part series don’t stop making them please
no way i just rewatched ur other dk64 video last night!
Incredible job as always. Can't wait for part 2!
This is like when Summoning Salt did the Mike Tyson’s Punch Out record history, we finally got a Bismuth video about Bismuth
Something about hearing the person making one of these WR History videos mention themself being a part of the history fills me with joy
14:08 bros on demon time
Banger video to watch on thanksgiving