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- Published on Jul 14, 2025
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Thanks to PracticalTAS for the inspiration of this video. Check out his video about the sub 3:00 here: • The Bounty To Break Me...
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Halo 2 VHS Tape: summoningsalt.com/products/halo_vhs - Only available for the next 14 days!
First off, a big thanks to PracticalTAS for inspiring this video with his own Sub 3:00 video. Check it out here: ruclips.net/video/5j5WDDSXGyI/video.html
Thanks to the following people for help with research! Check out their channels:
PracticalTAS: ruclips.net/user/practicaltas
Mario 64 Master: ruclips.net/user/mario64master
LinksDarkArrows: ruclips.net/user/LinksDarkArrows
megaqwertification: www.youtube.com/@MegaQwertification
chaos6: x.com/chaos6_
samthedigital: ruclips.net/user/samthedigital
sockdude1: ruclips.net/user/sockdude1
Nintendude: www.youtube.com/@NintendudeSSB
First
hi
we love u summoningsalt!!
Rest in peace Hax$
You honestly look like the coolest dude in school that everyone would hang out with
Well, my top secret picture with Summoning Salt just went way down in value
no more summoning stonks
@Valentinesdayghostwell done sir. 😂
Well with this economy it wasn’t gonna be worth anything anyways
rip...
I’ll still buy.
Bro made a face reveal for the first time after a decade of content creation just to promote VHS tapes in the year 2025 . . . and I'm all for it.
hello there Mr. Slapshoes
Bro his face looks exactly like I imagined
The Richard Petty of documentaries
NASCAR goat.
Gotta say, a VHS tape of your videos has gotta be one of the coolest ideas for RUclipsr merch ever
Man is completely dripped out for his face reveal like he's meeting the inlaws. Masterfully executed
You only get one first introduction, make it count
All the father in laws drooling over this mf like that weirdo in the top left of the Mauville City PC Center
We sure its him?
That really caught me off guard haha
look like he gonna try to convince me to accept Jehovah as my lord and savior
30:00 Love the note of resigned disappointment when a speedrunner goes to college, gets a job, moves on with his life and doesn't grind Break the Targets 6 hours a day
It's a testament to SS's storytelling that the world of speedrunning can seem so vivid and captivating that touching grass, getting a job, or starting a family can get an "aw, man" moment
😂😂 😂
Let’s be real they do that for about 20-30 years before they retire and go back to Break the Target.
Our retirement community wide LAN party and strain on the cables will happen soon enough.
Why do you think they’re building global wide optic cable networks?
It’s so we can shit talk each other in different retirement homes global wide babbyyy
I’ll see you ***kers there
Imagine moving on!!
Got a life? Loser!
P.s. ok, he got back to the grind, fair
i was not expecting the most casual face reveal ever
Right? It was almost like a jumpscare
Casual? He's in a *suit*
Never needed it, but I also don't mind.
Far more interested in this video at 2 am, though
It contests with Theodd1out
Hydra blephin
My man gets the award for the hardest yet most casual face reveal ever.
Now he can be on garbage gastronomy, I mean trash taste
Hi Joey!
Now he can go on the fresh & fit podcast, wait I mean The Yard podcast
Second only to The Odd ones Out
The SovietWomble reveal at the end of his "The Forest" video essay was pretty top tier as well
35:49 When Summoning Salt says "Lots of people saw these attempts", it means that it has more than 13 views and 1 comment.
My favorite thing was the person commenting thinking a sword pull was ~3.3% and not closer to 0.013%
Good guy Summoning Salt throwing an epylepsy warning not only at the start of the video, but right before every time it might be a problem 🙏
Yeah, I often think of how crippling it must be to have that, and it's heartwarming to see someone make such a dedicated attempt to accommodate this disability.
Happy to provide inspiration and help out, Summoning Salt! Your videos have inspired me for years so it's an honor to pay it back. From myself, the whole group who helped with the video, and the rest of the Smash Stadium community, thank you for shining your spotlight on us!
i just watched your video yesterday so i was so confused but turns out its 3 years old
I was in the middle of watching your video when this one dropped! Both so informative! Thank you for sharing so much info and explaining it so well!
I was just reaching your video earlier today lmao
@@noThankyou-g5c Same, what the algorithm hell?
I've been watching a bunch of your stuff recently, love to see yall work together
The casual Summoning Salt face drop to release a VHS reminds me of the casual Mike Tyson World Record drop by the man himself. Stay an absolute madlad Salt
Does he look anything like you imagined he would? to me he looks entirely different from what I pictured in my head lol not in a bad way though
I misread that comment as meaning Mike Tyson broke the Mike Tyson world record.
@@jonbourgoin182 He is not like I pictured but I don't think I could have pictured any human to be him lmao
@@jonbourgoin182 he somehow looks exactly like i expected and nothing like i expected
He looked exactly how I expected, but I didn’t expect he’d be so well-dressed, even as part of doing a bit.
One of the most renowned and beloved docu-tubers ever casually doing a face reveal to show off perhaps the greatest piece of merch ever created, in a 47 minute video about an obscure mode of a 2001 fighting game, is so insane.
Yeah and then releases VHS tapes of videos that have been zoomed in to fully fill a 4:3 screen which makes them actively lose Information for 35$. You literally get a better version of the Video (albeit with a bit less content) for free on his channel.
@@marlonmobile9974It's obviously meant for novelty. I'm sorry fun embarasses you.
@@marlonmobile9974did you not hear of the exclusive extra content of the records that happened AFTER the video... silly little man
@@marlonmobile9974 just cuz you dont like VHS doesnt mean that other people dont lol. you arnt the center of the universe. just dont buy it if you dont want it lol.
@@marlonmobile9974that's the same thing as with new music releasing on vinyl. Of course the quality is gonna be less good but it's fun! It's a novelty product, meant to mostly sit in a ahdelf and look pretty and a way to support the channel while getting something out of it.
My meticulous analysis confirms this video is perfectly framed and precisely on target - an optimal new record of Melee speedrunning history!
The man himself!
You, sir, are a legend
It's HIM 👀
Legend
my goat
Mudi putting money into the bounty just to get most of the frames feels like that one obama meme
😂 omg your so right
The real meme was the friends who joined on the way
Saving money is good motivation I guess
A penny saved is a penny earned
It's called investing
Saying "that was nothing compared to what happened in late february 2020" is actually hilarious, not sure if it was intended but it made me laugh
Yes, speedrunning BTT was definitely the most important event of February/March 2020. Nothing else happened, except for a little bit of sportsball here and there.
What even happened
@@plastname-s7fCovid???????
@@plastname-s7fMillions of people died and society will never be the same.
@@BroTheBro2012 what is that
My favorite thing about this story is that it's proof that in speedrunning there is ALWAYS time to be saved, and the biggest obstacle is number of active runners trying to find it and then execute
GREAT VID MR SALT
(honored to be the first clip in the video)
Ohai hbox
Ur that guy! (I don’t even play this game and I know you’re that top jigglypuff player!)
Juan I wanna give you the benefit of the doubt, but this just screams
"Thanks other content creator! Now then, everyone, make sure to notice and remember me, okay? And this is totally not a shameless self-promotion. I just wanted to thank the video maker by...calling attention to myself in a completely harmless and arbitrary way. Something like...being FIRST or something else catchy, although in reality completely worthless."
Homie just freaking say thanks and be done with it. Have some class. I wanna look up to you as an inspiration, not see you sell yourself out like another Salt Bae or some other pitiful loser. So. Lame.
@@johnm6495please tell me this is copy pasta
@@johnm6495 Damn, you're sad. 😆
I remember following this when it was first announced, and it was seriously amazing seeing the BtT community come together to achieve it
Thank you for covering melee, loved the video.
You're a legend
🫶grsmash my king🫶
Holy shit. GRsmash was actually watching...
You're alive?!
GRSmash, the goat.
YOOO GRsmash! Loved your videos back in the day, hope your doing well
What I love about this one in particular is that it was the whole COMMUNITY'S record that was achieved. This could have easily been a race to see which individual could get his total below 3 with a clashing competition, but instead they set a bounty to encourage everyone to make a push for a community-wide goal and celebrated everyone who participated. Fantastic story
I knew this was going to be covered eventually, I couldn’t be happier. A melee x summoning salt mashup has been on my wishlist for years
I think the one decision to make a bounty for each individual frame is what really got the community going
Brother, your storytelling has been an insane boon on like 20+ different gaming communities and I am so pumped for them. You are remarkable at what you do and worthy of all the praise, keep up the good work good sir.
The "mood music" plays a big part in this. I recently had a random other RUclipsr use the "big reveal" song always used here, it broke my brain a little 😅
if you guys think this video is crazy, let him know you want a part 2. The best is yet to come and it will make what's discussed in this video look tame.
Personally I'd like to see him cover a game that is not Nintendo. The Halo video was years ago now
I love you LDA, big fan.
PLEASEEE
Zzzz
@@silvesta5027 SIX SECONDS?!
The zoom in on “Summing salt” really killed me. I guess you do sum up people’s time and their journeys
that shit was hilarious lmao
Time stamp?
I didn’t even notice it spelled wrong lol
@@ip7801pls be quiet
@@ip7801 3:14
It's really heartwarming to hear that someone took a break from the game for 10 years, did a bunch of normal IRL stuff, and still found time to keep playing at that level.
The video also had a 15 year one.
Bro releasing a VHS is fucking sick honestly.
SUMMONING SALT MELEE VIDEO LETS GOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I remember this being so exciting to follow along live as it was happening, and it was most hype I've seen BTT since around when I started playing in 2007. This was amazing for the community and shoutouts to the people who can grind this so much!
The melee gods smile upon you, Summoning Salt
We got PPMD and mew2 king in this comment section already, would be pretty funny if all 5 gods were in this comment section.
@@SolarSillySolace Armada is saving his comments for the Summoning Salt video that will someday be made about his future SM64 WR 😉
Legend 🙌🙌🙌
The Doctah!!
Gotta love how some guy charted a route to lower the record a single frame, and tried for a month to do it, and then some dude it's like _"ok but what if we jump on the cloud at the start"_ and downs it 97 frames
I live for moments like these, true cinema Mister Salt
It's funny because my first instinct was to go after the scores with the highest times. but i know nothing about this game and assumed i was wrong.
@@IgniriumIt seems logical since the longer a run is the more room there is for changes and mistakes. Some longer runs, like 120 star in mario 64 for example, aren't any easier than the shorter ones per se, but there's more potential for big time cuts (like carpetless), so when you're looking to lower the total number of frames across all runs, it really does make sense to attack the long ones first
TBF, that player was more likely trying to lower a particular record for just one character, not necessarily caring about the overall bounty.
Not a sponsored video, instead making your own unique merch. An old-time nostalgia merch. This guy is a legend, and other RUclipsrs should be taking point. No annoying/awkward mech plug either, that was a legit good display of the merch. Hats off to you, mate. I'm gonna favorite this video, and if I get a job soon, I'll buy whichever one is available at the time.
Just fyi “taking point” means to lead the way. Perhaps you meant to use “taking note” instead.
@@0651sgt I did. It was like, 4 AM, to be fair. This is why sleep is important
The lego star wars video had a sponsor
@@rundas2141"If I get a job soon" - 4am watching RUclips videos. Get your shit together dude!
Hope you get a job in time to get a VHS you like buddy! Good luck
So glad I was a little part back then in BtT and HRC ❤ I just love this game and this community. - BT2
OMG SSBM content! Definitely watching this soon! I used to compete in this a bit the first year and its crazy how it always evolves. Love your content btw
edit - just watched it, great video!
hello mew2
Hello my goat
The legend Mr. Zimmerman himself
lol m2k
Yeah and it’s not running max ads at the max frequency and responding to people who say hello by offering (lol, this is absolutely ridiculous) coaching for street fighter 6, lol. Seriously? I can get free advice for SF6 from people who actually show up to top 8’s in majors and aren’t as shamelessly greedy as you are.
Stay in your lane, maybe offer coaching for melee. You know a game where you actually make top 8 in majors.
At 4:07 is the first time we truly see the legend that is summoning salt. The man who has dominated the Mike Tyson’s Punch Out speeding running game for nearly a decade, the man who captured the imagination of so many people, just by talking about speedrunning. One of the greatest RUclipsrs I have ever seen. Also those VHS tapes look AWESOME
What domination ? Is it a joke? Or was he really a record holder?
@captainphoton1693 you clearly are new but he held a world record for Mike Tysons punch out I recommend summoning salts video the history of Mike Tysons punch out speed runs and this video the quest to beat Matt turk
@@captainphoton1693he is undoubtedly the greatest tyson player ever, and one of the mtpo goats
@@captainphoton1693he holds multiple records on Mike Tyson’s Punch-out and has been a consistent top player of the game for years.
He actually still holds most of the records for punch out even now
3:14 ah yes, my favorite gaming documentary youtuber, summing salt
A close friend of sumthin salt
He really adds to the community.
Also known as "x+y=z sodium"
@@The_King_Basi +2
He made this entire video because of that one comment confirmed
Thanks for making me feel old. Haven't heard the names LinksDarkArrows, zampa, mudi, sockdude and marth1 in over 15years and yet here we are.
The VHS tapes are probably the single coolest pieces of youtuber merch ive ever seen. id by a mariokart wii ultra shrotucut vhs in four seconds flat if you announced it. Sending love from canada.
YES THAT VIDEO
I'm 100% buying the Mario kart 64 Mattias Rustemeyer Video, that's my favorite one by far
I would get the rainbow road one
I picked up the Halo one, but I really want the 'Quest to Beat Matt Turk' video on VHS.
I really want the Lego Star Wars video on vhs ngl
I love how Matt Turk is the gold standard of dominant speed runners
I still expect him to show up in every single video.
You know a person is notable when their name becomes a noun
Don't sleep pn Scott Kessler!
Hotarubi in shambles
@@RadikaRulesWait…what part of speech do you think names are?
dude the way he worded this line at 46:50 "if the bounty never existed, there's no telling where we'd be.. what's the point of this story? well in speedrunning, it's not really about the records", i thought for sure he was gonna say "it's about the money" lmao
Clearly, it's about the Mets, baby
It's about sending a message...
Alternate universe Kingpin: It's not always about the Mets, Spider-Man
I think money is great!
Lmao I thought the exact same thing 😂
I love how everyone came together from different eras of BTT speedrunning to collaborate and achieve their goal. It felt like in the movies where the current group is stuck until someone prolific from the past joins the group and helps them out. The speedrunners were The Avengers and 3:00 was Thanos.
BtT will forever hold a strange, special place in my heart. Spending hours as a preteen/teen grinding on silly 5 second stages during an era with no easy way to record videos or to share them online, plus not having usable translation to communicate with Japanese players. I loved it.
These players are nuts… especially M64M. Can’t believe he has been so successful this many years later. My hands don’t work that way anymore, ha.
Glad to see my random name appear for a split second in a summoning salt video again. My 13 year old self feels validated
Hey gob! "My hands don't work that way anymore" is exactly what I was saying in 2019 before I gave myself another shot. It took maybe 10 or 20 hours of warm-up to feel likey hands were one with the GameCube controller again.
@@Mario64Master actual chills when you returned.
@Mario64Master so cool to see you here! Your return is one of the greatest comeback stories in speedrun history 🤍
“Beat Matt Turk” is my favorite video you’ve put out. Seeing a spiritual sequel to that video with how this story is told is a dream come true
46:25 Melee community thriving because nobody was playing ice climbers. Where have we seen this before haha
Looking at the list at the beginning of the video, I was like "Surely someone took that 13 second record and got it to 12 at least, right?"
Crazy to see Mario 64 Master, an old retired runner, come back out of nowhere to get a record. I guess you're never too old to speedrun.
36:04 For those unaware, Hanky Panky is more than just a competitive Peach Main; Hanky Panky is a very highly skilled player who wins pretty much every tournament he enters. The thing is, he *only* enters tournaments that he knows he can win, purely for the money. Unlike most other top players, who travel to majors and supermajors to compete with the very best, Hanky Panky pretty much exclusively plays tournaments near where he lives, so he almost never has any real competition. Even more interestingly, the very few times he has competed against some of the best players in the world, he’s actually done very well, beating a decent number of well known pros. His unconventional competitive history is strong enough to have many player ranking systems rank Hanky Panky extremely highly, like, top 10 player high, despite very rarely actually playing against other top 10 players, or top 50 for that matter.
Basically, he’s not interesting just because he always wins tournaments; it’s how he wins tournaments.
Gotta make that extra money for more raising canes
No shot top 10, respectively
Are you Hanky Panky?
@@KarmaKomet It's not that he's actually top 10, it's that ranking systems which assume you can't pick your opponents will, when applied to a game like Melee where you do have that control, incorrectly rank him in the top 5-10 because they don't know how to handle a player who doesn't play the best players but also doesn't lose against the people he faces.
@@PracticalTASgreat info, also thanks for all the work you do
Props to SummoningSalt for creating the entire genre of videos talking about speedrunning and making speedrunning itself a hobby known by the mainstream.
Dont know if he was the first one BUT everybody copy his editing style and format even the genre of music he plays on his videos
Imagine how much farther he could go if he, you know, maybe covered a few non-Nintendo games once in a while?
@@jonbourgoin182He has 2.02 million subscribers and he's covered non-Nintendo games.
@@jonbourgoin182 bruh he advertised a VHS for a video for a microsoft game in THIS video
@@VGHistory1Sure he has, a Halo video and a few Sonic ones. I really wish he would expand beyond Nintendo games, so much untapped potential.
"Times were un-optimized"
Brother, you are measuring time save in FRAMES. 💀💀
You need speedrun brain, particularly a competitive one, to be able to understand the thought process. Speaking as a speedrunner myself
@@Supersonic6427 Agreed
It's always funny how things utterly distort at this level. You see WR runs posted with comments like "the beginning of the run was TRASH" and find out they lost 1-2 frames
I’m not even a gamer, but I love this channel. The VHS idea is gold.
huge thank you for providing the photosensitive warning!! as someone with epilepsy this is one of the most frustrating things about watching videos, and it is very nice to have a youtuber who consistently and explicitly labels potential issues. thank you!!
Honestly, i'm so surprised RUclips doesn't have automated warnings when processing videos. It feels like such a simple thing for them to implement.
Except this wasn't anywhere near epilepsy triggering. You'd know but you skipped it and now just wildly believe it saved you, when in reality there were no danger.
I know it doesn’t mean a lot to 99% of people, but thank you for specifying “sensitive for viewers with photosensitive epilepsy” vs epilepsy in general. Not everyone with epilepsy is sensitive to flashing lights and I appreciate the distinction.
If you'd actually watch it, there is nothing that can trigger anything photosensitive related. Stop praising lazy warnings that only give people unnecessary anxiety.
@@jaei6680i think its because the character flashing black
@@chromosoze still would not trigger an epileptic episode
Thanks for the coverage Summoning Salt! I was so happy to be part of the journey to sub 3, especially as an unknown at the time. Your storytelling is unmatched.
Great video
This brings back so many memories. As a casual player I had looked up many of these records just to mimic some of the movement for fun, and to comprehend what world class skill is like. The RNG on the peach route had me so mad i threw my controller down because I missed the throw when I actually got a beam sword, meanwhile this guy made a theater of such attempts.
“The master has failed more than the amateur has ever even tried” and such. Definitely speaks to the mentality and discipline these incredibly talented people have.
This was such a wholesome story 🥺 it wasn't just about individual runners challenging each other but about everyone coming together to achieve a shared goal. Even with mudi carrying so many of the saved frames, it was still a collective effort between all the runners trying different levels and strategies. And everyone's excitement at the end was so lovely to see!
I watched when our boy hit 50k subs, I watched when he hit 1M subs, and I'll be watching when he hits 5M subs.
Never stop doing what you do salt!
When Vman speedrun history
LavaFlame W?
Nobody cares how long you've been subbed 🎉
@@luckyman627real
fellow game dev
Already watched PTAS’s video on this speedrun history. Will I watch it all again for no real reason? Absolutely.
this is infact the correct mindset to have
Samee
This is the way.
I watched it yesterday lol
@@PracticalTAS incredibly common PTAS W
I love how Pikachu’s record was the one that ended the bounty. Seeing the optimization of the record due to one move was amazing!
Kudos to the runners, you all changed melee for the best!
I love that I get to see one of my favorite speedrun categories represented only twenty seconds after release.
36:06 - HankyPanky mentioned. I just love how casually he is mentioned like passing by someone who had a lot of history to them.
Anybody reading the comments should queue "Hanky Panky - The Greatest Melee Player Nobody Knows", if you aren't yet familiar with the name
@@DesmondSSBMand heck might as well throw smash summit 11 grand finals on there as well
Thank you Mr. Salt for bringing a whole community together like you always do
the VHS is SICK AF! I don't own a player but I if more creators start doing this I'll start buying VHS, DVD, CD, ETC. I think physical media needs a comeback.
I love Mario 64 master’s return, an old master coming back to reclaim what he once had is straight out of a movie
I do really enjoy the world records which have records or people from the past figure into the modern attempts. Gonna grab a VHS - great video man.
VHS not available for Germany :/ anyone know a workaround?
Dark web?
demon9 being the one to finally surpass his own record from exactly 10 years ago was just poetic
Hey Justin! A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
"Wonder if it'll ever be toppled" "Perfect run" Love to see these phrases in a SummoningSalt video, they never last.
As a melee player I knew of break the target but I'd never realized how popular of a category it was for speedruns, let alone the proficiency of the players performing them. This brings a whole new world to the game I love and a new challenge to take on. All these players are extremely impressive and I'd be keen to see them run the ones.
Isn’t t it funny how in our small community there is even another one?!
@@Tor2Guh- Just wait until we realize there is a sub sub community that is just about breaking one specific target in each stage. (Or maybe finishing on one specific target - hey that could be a real challenge )
@@Simchenwhen I was in the stadium discord I was only really active in the mismatch section, where you can play any character on any target test. There were so many combinations that times were relatively unoptimized which actually gave a novice like me chances to compete. I think I ended up with like 10 or so world records out of the 700 or so, but all of them were eventually beaten.
@@jakefromstatefarm6969 That sounds fun
People joke about how you can never really quit Melee and it’s fun to see that’s true for speedrunning too. Doesn’t feel like there’s many speedruns were someone just casually comes back a decade later but here multiple people do
man, i love to hear that even as far back as 6 years ago, 'ol Summing Salt was already a legend for speedrunners
30:05 - Emplemon once said in his Hungrybox video _"That's just the difference between a good player and a God - Even when you're good, you're a looong way from the best"_ Yeah, Mario 64 Master had been long dormant but muscle memory and dedication of a master are amazing to behold.
Summoning Salt looks like he'd have an on-screen career of incredible side characters in film and 2 iconic main-cast TV roles, and I mean this as complimentary as possible
Every piece of Meele is just amazing.
Bro I’m hammered at 1am and this is EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED to fall asleep to I love you summoning salt
I watched this man speak on camera and I still don't believe that's actually him. I'm pretty sure Salt is just a disembodied voice.
His face reveal was on Reddit a couple days ago and the top comment there was…
“I dont know what I expected but a Wall Street stock person wasn't it”
😂😂😂
Dude I almost NEVER get RUclipsr merch, but as soon as I saw the VHS and how absolutely perfect your videos are for the format I legit had to. Unironically I might buy every single one you make
Your vids are like the best comfort food videos I love them so much
They did you dirty with that "Summing Salt" 😂 3:11
5:01 This is so god damned cool!
33:10 OMG DUDE, IT'S A SUMMONING SALT VIDEO WITHIN A SUMMONING SALT VIDEO! *fanatic screaching*
Years from now, when all is said and done and the dust has settled, SummoningSalt will be heralded as one of the greatest entertainers the Internet has ever seen
It's funny, because speedrunning doesn't necessarily have a HUGE community, but his videos cater to all people, whether they like speedrunning or even video games in general or not. His storytelling is elite and everything flows so well. Truly one of the goats of RUclips.
@@NakidoriHY summoning salt is the kind of guy who could talk about bricks for 1 hour and people still being hooked because he's just that good at making videos
@@theunknowman12 “But that’s when the journey of bricks would take a huge turn. Some new tech was discovered that would fundamentally change the way people laid bricks forever. Its name, was *cement* .”
Love seeing the original top-tier players involved! At 38 and still deep into gaming, I'm often struck by how much faster new players can evolve today. We were definitely held back by technology in the past. Imagine trying to confirm a Star Fox 64 shortcut in '98 - it could take weeks of phone calls and coordinating visits, or hoping for a Nintendo Power issue. We had to grind in isolation, without instant VODs or chat, bottling up those breakthroughs until we could prove them in person. It's a different world now, and it's built on those early struggles.
EVERYTHING this guy just said. We crawled so you all could sprint.
the VHS gives me a new answer to the "if i had a time machine, what would i bring back in time to blow people's minds" question
He really said its the friends we made along the way and it was still peak😭
I think he meant it in a comedic sense. The true meaning is that if early cloud was discovered, the bounty would e been over in a month and the community would have never been revived.
Divine intervention. God is real.
I was not expecting a summoning salt, summoning salt REVEAL!
Doing a run over and over again for a 1 and 738 chance of getting an item is diabolical.
after being faceless for 8+ years, glad he was finally able to find one
31:13 Somehow, Mario 64 Master returned.
I love the way you incorporate story progression into your videos. Your videos have plot development and character development and the "x frames to go" is a great way to keep the audience invested throughout the video and feel like they too are part of the journey you mentioned at the end. Great video! 🔥 😊
- "Colonel, I told you, I put that life behind me. I'm out of the game."
- "Dammit, Mario 64 Master, your country needs you!"
- "It's been over 10 years since I played melee. Maybe I can't cut it anymore!"
- "You shut up, you sonnovabitch. You and I both know you're the best god damn Samus player alive. We need you to get this record! You're the only man for the job."
- "Is this an order, sir?"
- "I stopped being your Commanding Officer ages ago. No, this is a... a humble request from an old friend."
- *Mario 64 Master quietly considers*
- "So, Mario 64 Master. Will you offer your skills one last time?"
- "Alright... *Mario 64 Master cracks his knuckles and opens up Excel* Time to show these kids how it's really done..."
🫡
“Excellent, Mario64Master. Age hasn’t slowed you down one bit.”
UNC STILL GOT IT
IT HAS TO BE THIS WAYYYYYY.
@@TTouristYES YES CUT THAT TIME IN HALF.
Your ability to find the drama in what is essentially a line graph is astounding.
This is the best description of his channel and it could be said by either a fan or a hater
@@jmc042 for the record, I'm a fan
@@Max_CasualI know I just thought it was funny
Mudi is from my region. I only met him twice since we have basically have no tournaments here and he doesn’t attend anything outside of my region.
He is a very humble and nice guy.
Great to see the goat of btt get some more attention and love
I’ve never bought YT merch before but immediately had to get that VHS tape, you are the only RUclipsr I look forward to at all and every single one of your videos encapsulates me on another level. I appreciate all the work you do and hope you the best so I can continue to enjoy your art :) - Valentino B
Didn't expect a Summoning Salt face reveal in 2025. Crazy ass year
This before GTA6
SALT JUST DROPPED, EVERYONE STAY CALM
THATS WHAT I SAID GUYS JUST CHILL!!
You know you're having a good day when Summoning Salt uploads a new documentary video
One of my favourite video essays on RUclips is the old Peach BTT video by PTAS, I’m so glad to see the goat visit it
Honestly inspiring seeing people come together like this and watching this video was a treat. Thank you for another banger Mr. Salt.
okay, making vhs versions of your videos as merch is an insanely cool idea, plus i always love media preservation.
This is the exact opposite of media preservation. Considering the bits of new content are only found on these limited VHS tapes, it's only a matter of time before this material becomes lost media. That's the consequence of only making it available through physical VHS tapes.
Hoping someone records the VHS tape and uploads it online so there's actual media preservation to speak of, but I doubt it.
@@ScyrousFXSummoning Salt himself has the updated versions, I wouldn't be surprised if after some time he uploads it himself.
@Giantcrabz Subs? What are you talking about?
38:28 “Go big or go home baby!” Second favorite line behind tyler getting a capture card
real
Sir? Excuse me? A face reveal in a suit? And a VHS store? I’m sorry?
I love these ads with the occasional video in between
Oh wow, a Melee video! I can't believe it lol
HEY, BACK TO THE LAB WITH YOU
SUMMONING SALT MELEE CONTENT
SOUND THE ALARMS
The alarm should not be sounded until he covers a game that is not Nintendo
Like Tetris, Simpsons, halo etc?
@@jonbourgoin182 What about his Lego Star Wars TCS video?
**alarm bell sound**
@@jonbourgoin182 He's covered Halo 2, Sonic 2, SA2, Portal 2, and Half-life 2
(I'm seeing a trend here Mr.Salt) he has definitely covered non-Nintendo games
Bro is so smart. Face reveal to promote a dope product equals marketing genius. People are gonna talk, which gives more exposure, and he does it on a popular ass game like Melee. What a legend.
The visual aid for the Pikachu up-b is so incredibly cool. A ton of effort for such a short section of the video but it was so helpful
Humans are a funny species, they see a number like 3:00.87 and are like "Absolutely not!"
I know right
Imagine if we finally switched to a base 12 system and all the arbitrary numbers would suddenly be meaningless
@@EVPointMaster No, we will have new arbitrary numbers to obsess over.
One of your very best videos. Lends itself so well to your type of content.
Melee man. Casually, competitively, speed running - even now its just so special.
I still unironically have several VHS movies on my shelf that I bought back during the rad 90's. This retro aesthetic VHS product offering really emphasized the grey in my bush for me. Cool, cool..
Maaaann... how am I not surprised you dropped a VHS!? I ordered it. Shipping to Europe was about as much as the tape itself, but I'm sure it'll be worth it! Keeping my eyes open for the next drops!
My guy just casually revealing his face and somehow looking very similar to my last therapist wasn't on my 2025 bingo card but yet here we are