Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
It's been a long time, but I'm back... temporarily. I've really wanted to stream for a while now but the way my life is shaped has made that very difficult. Still, I made this stream happen and I'm proud of it even if it was a bumpy ride.
Did I get past Chilly Waters? No. But, as always, the whole point of this Sisyphean challenge is to struggle and ultimately fail, grasping desperately at the smallest straw of hope. That said, Easy difficulty is going a lot better than Super Hard, so I'm sticking with it.
NO MINIGAME WINS CHALLENGE RULES
- I can't get 1st place or be declared a winner in standard 4P/1v3/2v2 minigames, Duel minigames, Game Guy minigames, or Battle* minigames. I also can't be "one of multiple winners" (such as if multiple people score in Chip Shot Challenge), but draws are OK because by definition they are not wins (and they don't award coins).
*I AM allowed to get 2nd place in Battle minigames, because 2nd place is merely placing as opposed to winning. (This makes this challenge much more interesting- it's sometimes tricky to get 2nd without accidentally getting 1st instead.)
-I am allowed to get items form Item minigames, because Item minigames are not competitive and result in success (Got Item!) or failure (Miss!) rather than a win or loss. (Disallowing items from Item minigames would be cruel and probably make the challenge too difficult.)
-I am allowed to make full use of Chance Time because Chance Time is not a minigame.
- In the event of a coin minigame (yellow text on the standard minigame roulette), I must let the game play out without making any inputs. Whatever coins I get, I get, but I'm not allowed to influence the outcome. This rule is in place as a compromise between the spirit of the challenge and a potential way to exploit it.
-I may not quit out of the match and load back in to restart the turn. (Allowing this would make the challenge trivial and uninteresting.)
- If I win a minigame despite my best efforts, I must reset the board from the beginning and start over from Turn 1. *No reloading*. (These are the "deaths" referred to in the count in the upper left corner; losses refer to me conceding the board intentionally or losing at the end.)
Watch me play live at twitch.tv/yourgenderhere :) -- Watch live at twitch.tv/yourgenderhere
It's been a long time, but I'm back... temporarily. I've really wanted to stream for a while now but the way my life is shaped has made that very difficult. Still, I made this stream happen and I'm proud of it even if it was a bumpy ride.
Did I get past Chilly Waters? No. But, as always, the whole point of this Sisyphean challenge is to struggle and ultimately fail, grasping desperately at the smallest straw of hope. That said, Easy difficulty is going a lot better than Super Hard, so I'm sticking with it.
NO MINIGAME WINS CHALLENGE RULES
- I can't get 1st place or be declared a winner in standard 4P/1v3/2v2 minigames, Duel minigames, Game Guy minigames, or Battle* minigames. I also can't be "one of multiple winners" (such as if multiple people score in Chip Shot Challenge), but draws are OK because by definition they are not wins (and they don't award coins).
*I AM allowed to get 2nd place in Battle minigames, because 2nd place is merely placing as opposed to winning. (This makes this challenge much more interesting- it's sometimes tricky to get 2nd without accidentally getting 1st instead.)
-I am allowed to get items form Item minigames, because Item minigames are not competitive and result in success (Got Item!) or failure (Miss!) rather than a win or loss. (Disallowing items from Item minigames would be cruel and probably make the challenge too difficult.)
-I am allowed to make full use of Chance Time because Chance Time is not a minigame.
- In the event of a coin minigame (yellow text on the standard minigame roulette), I must let the game play out without making any inputs. Whatever coins I get, I get, but I'm not allowed to influence the outcome. This rule is in place as a compromise between the spirit of the challenge and a potential way to exploit it.
-I may not quit out of the match and load back in to restart the turn. (Allowing this would make the challenge trivial and uninteresting.)
- If I win a minigame despite my best efforts, I must reset the board from the beginning and start over from Turn 1. *No reloading*. (These are the "deaths" referred to in the count in the upper left corner; losses refer to me conceding the board intentionally or losing at the end.)
Watch me play live at twitch.tv/yourgenderhere :) -- Watch live at twitch.tv/yourgenderhere
![Mario Superstar Baseball - Superstar% Toadette in 5:11.100 (World Record) [1 Match!]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6cTckDBo8so/mqdefault.jpg "Mario Superstar Baseball - Superstar% Toadette in 5:11.100 (World Record) [1 Match!]
Hell yes hell yes hell YES! Now this is what Im talking about!
It took me several days of effort (cumulatively) theorycrafting, testing, and practicing to make one match Toadette viable, but after learning that it was possible to set the CPU up for a third-inning bunt without endangering Toadettes shutout, MVP, and other goals, I knew I would eventually make it happen. Today, I have. It was of course made difficult by the fact that the CPU is only 20% or so likely to choose to bunt even when the requisite circumstances are met, but low odds havent stopped me before and they didnt stop me this time. :)
Im extremely proud of how it all turned out. Not literally perfect but Im not seeing too much to complain about - five minutes is very, very fast for a match that goes a full three innings. My defense in particular was swift and efficient, consisting only of one-pitch fly outs, three-pitch strikeouts, and of course the Big Play. The only truly regrettable moment was the Heart Ball that enemy-Peach threw against me-Toadette in the top of the 3rd - I might have still been able to get the squeeze bunt with better positioning, but at least the outcome was about ten seconds of time lost rather than the death of the run.
I can imagine this run being beaten someday but I dont envy whoevers going to make it happen - its definitely not going to be me, because as far as Im concerned this a Toadette run that I am comfortable with resting on indefinitely.
My second split was obviously late, because I was so focused on getting the Toadette is a Superstar! text box to pop up as quickly as I could that I forgot about pressing the split hotkey until a few seconds later. 5:11.100 is my manual retime using the Youtube frame timer available here: https://slashinfty.github.io/yt-frame-timer/ . Im confident that thats the accurate final time.
Goodness, just a little over five minutes... who would have thought? yourgeNote")
