Made this entire video in 5 days, hope you enjoy! Also sorry about the text at 1:16... the people who helped me with music are- Chris Doerksen soundcloud.com/chris-doerksen-1 HOME soundcloud.com/home-2001 Luminist soundcloud.com/luministmusic Nicholas Webber Simoneaux archive.org/details/myfreedownloads.info/05+jellies+%26+creams.aif Patricia Taxxon patriciataxxon.bandcamp.com/ Switched On SNES switchedonsnes.bandcamp.com/ And those that helped me with research are abney317 www.twitch.tv/abney317 Daniel Burbank www.twitch.tv/dansgame89 Matthias Rustemeyer www.twitch.tv/mk64mr micro500 kzfaq.info Weatherton kzfaq.info

In case you’re wondering how the original shortcut was discovered, I initially found a way to lose a lap by starting in front of the finish line as usual, but I was experimenting with shroom boosts around the bridge area in reverse. As soon as I realized I lost a lap, I experimented further to reverse the process, and the rest is history.

I love how after so many world record videos, familiar speedrunners feel like returning characters

Imagine this happening in real life Like, a racer does a u-turn and darts backwards then circles off road and the ref just counts that as being an actual lap

It’s such a speedrunner thing to do to just get a world record while recording a tutorial on how to do a trick.

"He then did the impossible, he broke the WR after 3 years of grinding, something no one has ever done before or even came close." "A week later a runner by the name of Poopyface beat the record by 13 seconds"

Imagine going on to the leader boards and seeing the world record going straight from 40 seconds to 5 seconds lmao

12:58 "He accidentally beat the world record by a 100th of a second" Now THAT is a phrase I never thought I'd hear.

I just spent half an hour learning about a map I’ve never heard of on a game I’ve never played. Worth it

"Some of these videos [from 2002] aren't recorded in 4K" thanks Salt

Imagine "accidentally" breaking a world record

I love it that everytime VAJ is presented, it's followed by a audioclip

To think, we were already learning of the legend of Mattias and we didn't even know it.

I feel like the biggest record broken here is fastest time between Summoning Salt uploads

"This is how you tie a world record:" - breaks wr - "DID YOU SEE THAT"

Me: "woa matthias got the WR on both category, impressive" Summoning salt: "yeah, impressive..."

Damn, this vid looks now totally different after the Quest for 32/32 vid

The use of the phrase "By the turn of the century" in reference to Mario Kart speedruns just filled me with an odd dread

Two videos in a week. What. My dreams. They came true.

I’ve been feeling really stressed recently, but whenever I hear that familiar tune fade in at the start of your video, it makes me feel just a little better :)

20:21 is the dirtiest drop in summoning salt history. Your editing skills are incredible.

“mom get out of my room i’m flaping”

Prior to Myles hitting 5"40, there were about a dozen of us tied at 5"47 for quite a while in the early days. It was the most tied record ever in the game.

Imagine playing the same track for over 20 years, getting that final time must make you feel like you defeated your arch-nemesis, leaving you feel empty and without purpose lol Thats depressing and impressive at the same time, I love it

The most memorable quote on this production: "Some of these videos weren't recorded on 4k quality" (4:45) I rewatched it more than necessary

The history of summoning salt uploads Eventually the time went down to just five days, and that's where the world record stands

"He accidentally beat the world record"

UPDATE: a new route for a jump over one of the hills has led to a swathe of new records in quick succession on non-shortcut lap. It's a bit more precise but cuts the corner tighter and saves a little time.

The stuff with Dan and Matthias makes so much more sense now

Abney: When you're so good you can accidentally a world record.

This channel is the definition of “Quality Over Quantity”.

>Hears "Home - We're Finally Landing"< *Ahhh, I'm home, and ready for my history lesson.*

Mathias is my favourite speedrunner since I saw his 32/32 WR quest in your last video. Such an inspiring guy. Best Mario Kart player ever.

That moment when you click a Summoning Salt vid Synth: Pwoooooowww

0:00 As soon as this music starts playing, I know I'm in for a heck of a ride.

When he finally broke sub-2 minutes, I actually teared up a little bit. Between that and the Olympic record comparison, it astounds me just how much effort these people put into breaking impossible records for relatively little recognition. These guys should be in a public hall of fame and paraded through the streets!

“I BEAT THE TAS YAAALL” Man VAJ is something

12:57 that is one actually legendary reaction 😂 dude just broke a world record by accident and that's his reaction! I'm in tears.

I love this channel it always sounds like he is talking about the most important thing in the world and somehow it lets me forget about all the stress in the real world for 30 minutes so thank you

Everybody sitting around playing Mario kart. "Dude, you are ruining my birthday party."

12:55 “Did you see that?” Killed me

It's a beautiful day when you hear the theme song of speedrunning

beginning of video: I'm gonna be using PAL times 5 mins later: is using just NTSC times

I need all of these videos as Spotify podcasts.

Just watched the 32/32 video and hearing Abney's name here gave me a heart attack

“F R A P S N O W L A N D”

Speedrunner : I will teach you how to get close to WR *actually Breaks it* * Surprised Speedrunner face *

I was actually getting very anxious and hopeful for Matthias at the end, even though I'm still somewhat of a rookie when it comes to speedrunning history and the big figures of speedrunning. I'm very glad he got his sub 2 minute run, and I wonder when or if it will ever be beaten. Keep up the great content, Salt!

You know you're addicted to videos like these when you're actually excited to see a person you never heard of push a milestone in a game

Nice to be part of this video, that's a great one! I discovered the Frappe Snowland flap bounce strat in 2014 in emu while i was doing some tas tests, and managed to hit it on console a few months after that. This bounce strat is around 0.15 seconds faster than the previous method.

Two summoning salt videos so close together is a Christmas present

Dan and Matthias where battling a lot, because Matthias was trying to get 32/32 WRs on NC 1 lap and 3 lap at the same time, and Dan was in an organization called Anti 1.000 Alliance, which was created to stop Matthias from getting a 1.000 record/track ratio

I think I found out why I love these videos: 1. it’s a blissful way to get lost in something that is completely inconsequential in real life. 2. There’s (usually) such a competitive comradery amidst speed running communities, it’s so wholesome. 3. It’s always great watching people do something really really well. 4. Summoning Salt is excellent at presenting this material. 5. Much more.

Man when I heard "because the game runs at 25/30 fps you'd only gain time in increments of .04" that you were gonna bring in the bus

"By the turn of the century..." I'm sad now

You should do a vid on ocarina of time speedruns because the wr just got lowered to sub 10 min

Imagine *accidentally* setting a world record.

The last 3 minutes had me in more suspense than most action movies now days

"We're Finally Landing" starts playing. Me: Oh boy, here comes 30 minutes of things slowly escalating to utter ridiculousness and peak shenanigans.

Update: Abney just tied the SC flap TAS, with a 4.33

When he screamed “yes!” at the end, I really felt that.

me: *just about to go to bed* summoning salt: *posts Mario kart vid* Ah shit here we go again

6:30 _This is what Im talking about muchachooooo_ - VAJ

your choice of music is absolutely perfect, that ending, tears in my eyes!

14:13 Rip that one guy who missed it

At this point, making it into a Summoning Salt video is a rite of passage: proof that you've made it as a speedrunner.

the humor, story, everything perfect in this video absolute banger

On rewatch. This video hits different now with the release of his new video.

You should do documentaries on the speedrun history of the other MK64 tracks, because this and the Choco Mountain vid are really great. The 90’s aesthetic fits really well.

Everyone thought it to be TAS-only, but in December of 2019 Summoning Salt did the impossible and beat his own WR in upload% by an insane margin.

Summoning Salt: releases vid after 3 months also Summoning Salt: *another one*

Song at the beginning: Home- We’re finally Landing

Your intro song puts me in such a state of nostalgia I almost cry

Player: *Goes out of bounds* Lakitu: Okay, back on the track. Player: *Immediately goes back out of bounds* Lakitu: I just turned my back for one second!

HES POSTING MORE CONSISTENTLY, AND I LOVE IT

Hearing Mattias in the video now hits different

You really know when to let the video do the talking. That was a spectacular ending

This channel has the most wholesome feeling gaming content

Summoning salt: Gets on trending *Everyone liked that*

That’s how you know your wr strat tutorial is legit: the guy recording it accidentally gets the wr himself 😂

This is by far your best video. Multiple moments where I got chills, from the music selection to the perfectly timed moments where you let us witness greatness, man superb video.

Your videos are not just extremely well documented and explained. Everytime, you completely NAIL the emotional aspect of these stories. The speedrunning community is just amazing ! These people are truely inspirational to me, the amount of dedication and patience they put into such a niche passion (this isn't as much the case nowadays but it has been for a while) is really worth the respect. I already said it somewhere else today, but i'm so glad channels like Salt's are growing more and more popular ! ^^ It's also clear that the speedrunning community makes an effort at breaking the clichés and welcoming everyone :) Long live speedrunning !

Nothing is more confusing then Summoning Salts upload schedule.

Hearing the opening music gives me goosebumps every time...

Dude, I've literally watched all your youtube videos in 2 days and you are so good at making these documentaries... Please keep making them! Absolutely fascinating

Even this "Rushed" video has more Quality than 90% of the content on yt.

Dan: wants just 1 WR Matthias: Ich werde die gesamte Karriere dieses Mannes zerstören.

Thanks for always posting your music and giving credit whenever it is due. I respect this channel a lot, keep it up and go fast.

God I miss those days. I still remember getting my N64 for Christmas and buying the magazines etc. Much simpler times before the rise of the internet.

I love how serious this channel takes this relatively non-serious issue. It’s kind of the best thing ever. The background music is so perfect.

the snow here is actually cocaine and that’s why they can all do these things

For anyone wanting an update, Dan currently has the 3lap wr with a 1'58"36* (NTSC: 1'38"44)

It is currently 1:07AM and I am watching the history of a mario kart 64 stage. I couldn’t be happier right now

These videos make me wanna cry from happiness and wholesomeness. Literally my new favorite channel on KZfaq. I wish nothing but the best from you.

Whenever abney is mentioned, we all know it's gonna be a twitch stream and thousands of attempts lmao

I have no idea why but I can just keep coming back to these videos and watch them again and again. You're one of the best content creators on KZfaq.

After knowing what Dan ended up doing with the 32/32 situation, I really wish Matthias would’ve held the title at least for a sec. He worked so hard and posted his scores fairly and in good spirit…

"Mum, can we get Choco mountain?" "we have Choco mountain at home." Choco Mountain at home :

I love the way Summoning Salt sometimes drops the narration and lets the record speak for itself. The ending of this video is the perfect example of that. Thank you for another wonderful recap!

0:01 [Happiness noises]