Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
I said I'd stop doing Goime 500 V1 speedruns, but two days ago, Stranger replicated and rendered my run almost as good as my 04:54.1 one, resulting in a scary time of 05:07. He seemed to have some better strategies as well.
05:07 is pretty close to 04:54.1, so I didn't want it to be beaten so soon. I saw his 05:07 run and learned some new strategies that were definitely faster. After a painful amount of tries, my time shortened significantly to the point where I wondered if sub 4:30 could be done by a human.
Now, this is a HUGE deal because just a week ago, sub 5 was a huge deal. SUB 4:30 is a whole THIRTY seconds faster. I couldn't believe myself when I had actually done it, and it wasn't even as hard as I thought.
If Stranger SOMEHOW manages to get close to this time again, I will TRY MY HARDEST to get sub 4, which I'M NOT EVEN SURE IS POSSIBLE. (At least not for a human, I have my limits!) I think 4:15 is possible, but that will require a LOAD of practice and perseverance.
If sub 4 IS possible, even by TAS and not real time, the speedrun committee will AGAIN have to change the rules and make it a 99.4% speedrun because there is another achievement that requires the player to stay for four minutes.
But, heads up to Stranger for almost getting the second sub 5 run! He is a fantastic speedrunner and deserves a lot of attention! Here is his 5:07 run: youtube.com/watch?v=1FKFe1h17H8
I said I'd stop doing Goime 500 V1 speedruns, but two days ago, Stranger replicated and rendered my run almost as good as my 04:54.1 one, resulting in a scary time of 05:07. He seemed to have some better strategies as well.
05:07 is pretty close to 04:54.1, so I didn't want it to be beaten so soon. I saw his 05:07 run and learned some new strategies that were definitely faster. After a painful amount of tries, my time shortened significantly to the point where I wondered if sub 4:30 could be done by a human.
Now, this is a HUGE deal because just a week ago, sub 5 was a huge deal. SUB 4:30 is a whole THIRTY seconds faster. I couldn't believe myself when I had actually done it, and it wasn't even as hard as I thought.
If Stranger SOMEHOW manages to get close to this time again, I will TRY MY HARDEST to get sub 4, which I'M NOT EVEN SURE IS POSSIBLE. (At least not for a human, I have my limits!) I think 4:15 is possible, but that will require a LOAD of practice and perseverance.
If sub 4 IS possible, even by TAS and not real time, the speedrun committee will AGAIN have to change the rules and make it a 99.4% speedrun because there is another achievement that requires the player to stay for four minutes.
But, heads up to Stranger for almost getting the second sub 5 run! He is a fantastic speedrunner and deserves a lot of attention! Here is his 5:07 run: youtube.com/watch?v=1FKFe1h17H8
