The moment of tension that feels when they realize that they are closing during the record is noticeable. Double, if a competitor is a sprayer with eyes covered, which does not see a chat that tells him that his webcam is turned off.
Last week, as noted GamesradarSpeedrunner Bubzia worked on overcoming the world record in the 70-star 70-star run in Super Mario 64. This is a record that he himself set in June at 25 minutes and 11 seconds. He spent the days – 72, during this incident – trying to overthrow his own album. And February 10, during a good pace to break your record, Bubzia’s webcam turned off.
It finally happened yesterday. My webcam died at the beginning of the 70 -star run and I didn’t know until I finished an hour later. Fortunately, there were a few seconds behind the world record 😅😅 pic.twitter.com/7bjzfwyhvh
– bubzia (@bubzia1) February 11, 2025
Bubzia had difficulty with a webcam before starting. “It’s new, old,” he said on the run before Wielki, where his webcam turned off about a minute and 34 seconds.
The groove in question will happen, after 23 minutes and 59 seconds in a really solid gear. You can check YouTube VOD His run to see the chat in real time, react. “It can be the funniest WR,” said one person in the chat.
Facecam is crucial because it is required that the run is valid. ON Regulations and regulations Speedrun.comIn particular, he states: “The player must be clearly devoid of vision during the game, i.e. something must cover his eyes.” Ergo, if you couldn’t verify Bubzia that his eyes had covered his eyes all the time, the run would not qualify.
Having a backup, like a notification, can be a thought. But the second specific rule for the category says that runners cannot have any assist from other people. This includes tips on the combination of disagreement or voting text chat. After the first failure of the webcam, Bubzia confirmed that “everything exclusively” to inform him in case of failure, and received many DMS DMS trying to draw his attention during the run.
For some viewers, it may be painful watching how someone launches the game for over an hour, unaware of their attempt was invalid from the 24-minute sign. Bubzia’s chat even leaned in irony, hoping the runner NO Set the world record to avoid a broken heart when the band disappeared.
In this way there could be a relief that Bubzia’s time came in a few seconds behind the world record. The tempo clock ended at 1:26:09, almost a full minute behind the standing record of Bubzia.
“If it were a world record, I would cry,” said Bubzia, after removing the band and realizing that facecam was turned off. “Old, I would throw SM64, old.”
You can follow the next Bubzia attempts, which the facecam currently works at the time of writing this text, In his vibration here. For more information about speedrunning, check our video series Speedrun video reacting to speedrun from your own games.
Image loan: @Bubzia1.
Eric is an independent IGN writer.
