Random little story time. I've wanted to change my profile picture for over a year now, but haven't let myself until today. I really disliked how I looked around SGDQ 2019 and AGDQ 2020. I was the heaviest I've ever been (265lbs) and, more importantly, I just didn't feel like me.
I ran in my first 5K today!! I didn't quite make it all without walking (4.2r-.3w-.5r), but the course was SUPER rough--dirt trail through the woods with lots of roots, hills, and a creek! Already signed up for more so I can get it in one shot soon! Have a before & after pic :)
I hope everyone enjoyed the pre-show! We worked really hard on it and I'm so proud of the results. Gigantic props to my entire team for making the magic happen. ♥
#AGDQ2022
Unfortunately I've had my last interview for
#AGDQ2024
😭. This event has been fantastic, thank you for the kind words on some of our newer segments like The Checkpoint! It means so much to me to know you all enjoy the content. Shoutouts to my amazing team for all the hard work!
That race was AWESOME! I am so happy with how it went. Big GGs to my teammate and best content partner
@spikevegeta
on a fantastic performance, to
@ViolinGamer
for being awesome, and for
@RoseCurel
FOR BEING AN ABSOLUTE GAMER ON FINAL XEMNAS OH MY GOD.
#AGDQ2022
Speedrunner things I wish would go away:
- "this game sucks"/"this game is bad"/"this game is trash"
- joke split names
- meme trick names that have nothing to do with the trick
- "trick is free, just get good"
- spending $2500 on obscure hardware to get a competitive advantage
I am gonna miss doing Speedrunning Underground so damn much. Having a weekly place to showcase speedrunning commentary and competition has meant so much to me over the years. Thank you to all the fans of the show; it wouldn't be half of what it is today without your support. ♥
Ok so now that I'm finally done working...
WOO WE GOT KH2 RANDO INTO AGDQ!!
@spikevegeta
,
@ViolinGamer
,
@RoseCurel
, and I are gonna have a blast showing off a 2v2 co-op race!
That may have been the most people ever awake for the finale. Definitely a top contender, at least. The energy was fantastic and I'm already looking forward to the next one. Thank you all for an amazing
#AGDQ2020
.
If you didn't watch SM64 Blindfolded... do. Like, just go do it. Watch it now. Right now. Don't wait for YouTube. Go load up the twitch page, go to Videos, click on the VoD, and watch it now. Trust me.
#AGDQ2021
Thank you everyone for the kind words about the
#SGDQ2023
pre-show! It took a lot of hours & sweat from a great team of people to make that happen and I couldn't be prouder of the end result!
HERE IT IS! I'm officially sponsored by
@MSE
, the owners of the Washington Capitals, Wizards, Mystics, and more! I'm so excited to help launch the new arena
@DistrictEDC
and for all the opportunities being a part of this team brings!
This is severely fucked up. If you live in Texas (or another state currently driving actions like these), please please please contact your political representatives (local, state, national) and tell them this doesn't represent your values. And if it does then fuck off.
Greg Abbot has officially directed Family and Protective Services to begin investigating all trans children in Texas and prosecuting their parents as child abusers.
He has also instructed all teachers, doctors, and caregivers to begin reporting any trans students they see.
Forgot to post about it over the weekend, but on Saturday I ran my first 5K without stopping the entire way! Had someone to chat with this time, which helped a ton. Excited to keep improving! Glad to have some friends who started running first so I got FOMO lol
Getting pretty sick of everyone "dunking" on shitty opinions instead of just muting them, ignoring them, and moving on. Why spread that shit to the rest of us?
Just got confirmation that I could talk about this...
@spikevegeta
and I will be the ones commentating the next
#TwitchRivals
speedrun event! Hope we do y'all proud!
It's time to climb with
#TwitchRivals
Celeste Speedrun Challenge!
20 streamers will race for $10,000 on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 3PM EST at
Get the details:
In case you missed it during my and
@Keizaron
's stream today, unfortunately The First Step will be going on an indefinite hiatus after this Thursday's episode. If you'd like to show your support, the best thing you can do is tune in this Thursday at 7 PM ET!
Starting Feb. 5th, GDQ Hotfix will be undergoing significant change to align with GDQ's financial plans for 2024.
We will be scaling back our live programming temporarily, while we restructure Hotfix.
So glad everyone enjoyed the pre-show! I'm still really proud we were able to pull off the remote call fake-out in the intro. When we first saw it in person it was way better than we thought it would look even while writing it.
Enjoy
#SGDQ2021
everyone!
Also, screw Irithyll 😉
So really all I want to say is this: share your breakthroughs. Share your triumphs. Share your struggles.
You never know who's listening.
And thanks,
@usedpizza
.
Hmm... I wonder where all the riot gear and rubber bullets went? Must have just gotten misplaced or something... Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that this video has about 10 non-white people in it total.
Remember to vote in more than just the presidential elections.
These were the hardest interviews I've ever done, full stop. Not because of the language barrier, but because of the stories, of which we only get a fraction of from this video. Please take a few minutes to watch if you can.
#AGDQ2022
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#AGDQ2022
climbs in donations, we'd like to show how your money benefits
@preventcancer
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Phrases I can no longer hear without my brain bursting into song:
- It's been...
- Where are you?
- There goes...
- Here I am... (this one plays 2 songs)
- just the word "waterfall" ever
I know you were all worried, but I just wanted to let everyone know that the bowl of pretzels from the
#AGDQ2024
pre-show did not go to waste. It came back with me and has been getting slowly devoured ever since
Honestly, I don't even know if we're in the best financial place to do this right now, but fuck me if they don't need it way more. I usually tend to stray away from politics to remain a form of escapism for people.
Human rights are not politics.
#BlackLivesMatter
This is 100% accurate. In fact, most of the production crew didn't know either. That's why I've got this big dumb grin on my face for the entire thing even though I was trying to be angry. I just couldn't hide it knowing that they were all gonna freak out lol
FUN FACT ABOUT THE
#SGDQ2021
PRE-SHOW
Hobz and I had his bleeped rant about Dark Souls III secretly planned out so there would be genuine reactions from spike and Fu; they did NOT know he was going to do that. So they have genuine looks of confusion and I was dying of laughter.
Pokemon Arceus is one of the few games where the "this game's graphics are bad" complaint I think is *actually* a pretty valid one. They're *distractingly* bad. Thankfully, the game is fun regardless, but it legitimately makes me feel bad about spending a full $60 on it.
Catching up on the news since I was streaming. I don't know what to say anymore, man. If you're not AT THE ABSOLUTE, VERY LEAST willing to vote for strong background checks, let alone much stronger (better) measures of gun control at this point, go reconsider your value systems.
Reminder that behavior like what you see in these screenshots has no place in a "community server" (or anywhere). You're not fostering a community, you're splintering it. It's worse for everyone when it happens and it's shit like this that causes people not to join.
It's finally time!! 🎉
#SGDQ2022
will be taking place IN PERSON June 26th through July 3rd
Game submissions will be open from March 21st to March 30th
*Vaccination & masks will be required, COVID-19 safety details can be found on our website
For anyone who didn't know yet, I'm at PAX East this weekend with
@GamesDoneQuick
! Come by the speedrun stage to play retro games and say hi if you're attending!
Alright, imma throw this out there, even though I KNOW everyone's gonna make me take heat for it.
I never liked the translucent console trend. I think it looked like shit, even as a kid.
THERE, I SAID IT.
For the record, putting yourself out there and sharing shit isn't easy, either, and I hope I didn't imply that it is. I barely shared anything in this thread and I'm still here like 2 hours later occasionally shaking and feeling weird.
Still glad I did though.
For anyone wondering why I've been down and having trouble sleeping lately, well, now you know. I'll talk more about things on my next stream, I'm sure. Just... gonna be sad for a while 😔
Today marks
@spikevegeta
’s last day with Possibly Bad Entertainment. I wish him the best of luck with his future endeavors. I’ll miss working with you every day, and I love you bud. -Hobz
Pro tip: don't get your booster and flu shot the day before you move. Especially if you still have to pack everything.
This tweet brought to you by "oh god I'm so cold and also hot somehow and everything hurts"
Hope you all enjoyed the pre-show this year! It was a lot of work to put together, but always a fun process. Fun fact: that webcam at the beginning is the ACTUAL webcam from CGDQ!
*YouTube recommends video of mundane thing with 12M views*
"Ok YouTube, I'll bite, it's only 8 minutes"
*4 hours later*
"Why the fuck is watching someone unclog storm drains SO INTERESTING"
I go through this cycle about once a month or so.
Finally have a moment to take a breather! Thanks for all the love for the pre-show this year, folks. It was a much *different* large amount of work, but still a lot of work nonetheless! Stay tuned and keep donating!
#SGDQ2024
That Kingdom Hearts 2 Data Org run was unbelievable. Crispy did such a good job and the viewership was unbelievably high for how early in the day it was! Really glad I got to be a part of it; data org is my favorite spectator category of the series.
I remain adamant in my stance that spending one's time engaging with right-wing idiots on Twitter benefits them more than it hurts them.
Just stop, y'all. It's so easy.
Sorry for no stream today folks. I planned to, but then I ended up spending my birthday with some friends and family instead. Gotta celebrate the little things sometimes!
Hey all, I've got some exciting news! This Wednesday I'll be talkin' bout video games in front of a camera for the upcoming Steam Next Fest!
@sumichu
and I are hosting a two hour show full of awesome panelists, trailers, and game footage.
Will post more info soon!
Took a few days offline to hang out with family now that we're all vax'd. I finally got to meet my nephew (!!) and I've been enjoying the break. I have sooo much work to do but I think I'm gonna take just one more day to chill out and relax!
Please ignore my super windy hair 😂
Sorry for no streams recently folks. Just been having some bad mental lately. Probably because I've had a really hard time sleeping ever since I got sick. Hopefully I can turn it around soon and get back to providing some good ol' entertainment for y'all 🤙
Looking to update my contacts for future projects. If you know (or are) a graphic designer who does any of the following, pls tag them! Can be one or more of the list, don't need to do all (pls mention which):
- Logos
- Stream layouts
- Emotes
- Motion graphics
RTs appreciated!
SO happy to get this PB! Still a ton of mistakes, but I FINALLY feel like I have a PB more representative of the skill level at which I've thought myself to be for a while now. So relieving to finally see some breakthrough progress. Not done, gonna keep improving!
It was my birthday yesterday and none of y'all remembered so you're now legally obligated to watch Frost Fatales today as a late birthday present to me
Keiz put it better than I could have imagined to. Thanks for letting us do this silly show weekly for 4 years by watching. It's time for the show to enter a new chapter.
Tonight's episode of The First Step on
@GamesDoneQuick
Hotfix marks the last time we appear weekly, as we move to a bi-weekly format starting February 1st. To say I'm honored and privileged to have done this show with
@J_Hobz
for *over four years* is an incredible understatement.
Anyone else wake up today with a sense of dread and start scrolling twitter expecting to see some shit went down in D.C.?
No? Just me?
Jan 6 has me super paranoid today...
Sexual abusers and emotional manipulators have no place in our communities. Listen to the victims, make believing them your baseline, and evict the rot from your corner of the internet.
In other words, fuck Jumpyluff.
I really want to buy the Kingdom Hearts series on PC, but I just can't justify it until
@SquareEnix
@SquareEnixUSA
fixes the severe crashing problems in Kingdom Hearts 2. Like, I'm willing to drop $200 on this, but not for a crash fest.
I think there's been a little misconception about how ads work on
#Twitch
from what I see circulating on Twitter today. Here is my understanding of it all after pouring over the official pages, the dashboard, and my own stream. 🧵
I attacked the problem aggressively at first and lost 30 lbs. I've relaxed a bit, but I've still been able to maintain what I gained in the first few months. I eat less, I order less delivery, I run 3 times a week, I go on walks every day. Most importantly, I feel like me.