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Speedrunning

Speedrunning is the act of playing a video game, or section of a video game, with the goal of completing it as fast as possible. Speedrunning often involves following planned routes, which may incorporate sequence breaking and exploit glitches that allow sections to be skipped or completed more quickly than intended. Tool-assisted speedrunning (TAS) is a…

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Speedrunning

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Edges77
Triples138
Avg. degree1.97
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Speedrunning

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related to 1993–2003: Doom and Quake demos, early Internet communities · 36
Speedrunning → Christina Norman, COMPET-N, Counter-Strike, Demos, Doom, Doom Honorific Titles, Doom's, Fame, File Transfer Protocol, Frank Stajano, In, In April, In June, Internally, Internet, January, Like, LMP Hall, Nightmare Speed Demos, Nolan
related to 2003–present: Speed Demos Archive and video sharing · 24
Speedrunning → Bisqwit, For, In, In December, It, Japanese, Metroid Prime, Morimoto, Morimoto's TAS, NESVideos, Pflug, Quake, SDA, Sites, Six, Speed Demos Archive, Super Mario Bros, TAS, TASVideos, The
related to Marathons · 20
Speedrunning → Alex Miller, As, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Both, COVID-19, Europe, France, Games Done Quick, January, LGBTQ, Many, Médecins Sans Frontières, Peter Marsh, Speedons, Speedruns, The, Twitch, United States, While, Wired
related to Community · 14
Speedrunning → According, Discord, Erica Lenti, Games Done Quick, Many, Matt Merkle, Milan Jacevic, Speedrun, Speedrunners, The, These, Twitch, Wired, YouTube
related to Gameplay strategies · 10
Speedrunning → In, Metroid Prime, Routing, Several, Skipping, Some, The, Twin Galaxies, Video, When
related to Early examples · 9
Speedrunning → His, John Romero's, Metroid, Persia, Prince, Romero's, Software, Some, Wolfenstein
related to External links · 5
Speedrunning → Karl Jobst, Speedrun, The Evolution Of Speedrunning, Video, YouTube
is a · 1
Speedrunning → act of playing a video game

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game games speedruns speedrun video time speedrunners community done leaderboards often inputs many quake used possible may sequence speed tool-assisted

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Speedrunningis aact of playing a video game0.90text
YouTubeinstance ofVideos and livestreams of speedruns are shared via the internet on sites0.80text
Twitchinstance ofVideos and livestreams of speedruns are shared via the internet on sites0.80text
Metroidinstance ofalthough prior games0.80text
skipping cutscenesinstance ofor may be used for other purposes0.80text
increasing the player's speed or damage outputinstance ofor may be used for other purposes0.80text
a GameShark to increase character speedinstance ofPlaying in slow motion is often effective for games that require very precise movements.Modifying in-game filesWhile it is often possible to use traditional cheats0.80text
strengthinstance ofPlaying in slow motion is often effective for games that require very precise movements.Modifying in-game filesWhile it is often possible to use traditional cheats0.80text
healthinstance ofPlaying in slow motion is often effective for games that require very precise movements.Modifying in-game filesWhile it is often possible to use traditional cheats0.80text
etc.instance ofPlaying in slow motion is often effective for games that require very precise movements.Modifying in-game filesWhile it is often possible to use traditional cheats0.80text
such cheats are generally quite easy for an experienced moderator to detectinstance ofPlaying in slow motion is often effective for games that require very precise movements.Modifying in-game filesWhile it is often possible to use traditional cheats0.80text
even when applied subtlyinstance ofPlaying in slow motion is often effective for games that require very precise movements.Modifying in-game filesWhile it is often possible to use traditional cheats0.80text

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