Portal 2's Toughest Speedrun was Finally Solved - World Record History of Ceiling Catapult

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Жыл бұрын

Portal 2's Ceiling Catapult chamber has always been one of the toughest speedrun levels. Through 11 years of speedrunning, how have world record speedrunners "solved" the speedrun for Ceiling Catapult?
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If you want to keep up-to-date with the happenings of Ceiling Catapult, here's the leaderboard page: board.portal2.sr/chamber/47748
Music used (in order):
Super Mario Galaxy 2 OST - Sky Station Galaxy
Baba Is You OST - Water Is Sink
Fez OST - Beacon
VA-11 HALL-A OST - Neon District
Dustforce OST (@Lifeformed) - Baryogenesis
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai OST - Options
OMORI OST - I Think My Dad Shops Here
Celeste OST (@LenaRaine) - Reach for the Summit
Plok! (SNES) - Beach Theme
Ducktales (NES) - The Moon Theme
Thanks to BaileyP2SR for helping with the video creation process.
This video is not an actual speedrun world record, nor a speedrun tutorial. This video is a showcase of a speedrun strategy that goes in-depth to the various tricks, glitches and bugs that make the strategy possible.

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@theswagatron Жыл бұрын

i still remember all these years later how much it stung finding out zypeh beat my time without the route improvement that i had to come up with just to beat him in the first place haha. didn't even bother touching the map after knew i couldn't compete with the goat. great video as always man perfect map to do this for

@ImplodingChicken Жыл бұрын

Dude you are a legend. Watching the video I was like "who is this dude, the wizened old wizard who appears in your time of need only to vanish again right after". Mad respect.

@TeePeeWee Жыл бұрын

I mostly remember you from the old Turmoil videos in aperture tag when you did some really cool and swaggy stuff. You are a legend!

@hellothere2808 Жыл бұрын

I like how you seem to get a world record just to push the community to try harder

@realcreative3334 Жыл бұрын

yeah you just cant compete. Trash player go back to sleep old man

@miweneia Жыл бұрын

I swear I thought you just did it for the swag and didn’t care about the WR 😂

@attmayMB Жыл бұрын

I think that's it. The perfect speedrun showcase video. Then again, you never know when a problem is truly solved.

@CadeCraze Жыл бұрын

How did you post this 5 hours before the video went live?

@themannofsex5558 Жыл бұрын

WHAT THE FUCK

@NoNameAtAll2 Жыл бұрын

@@CadeCraze upload skip did you really think that speedwatchers would be stomped by a single upload time?

@RyanC391 Жыл бұрын

Stuff

@campbellthesmug6590 Жыл бұрын

what's 2+2 then

@ghost_ship_supreme Жыл бұрын

Imagine being the guy that discovered the debris trick and having it called useless… until years later when it’s found to be the ultimate solution to the speedrun

@Ramej Жыл бұрын

real

@MichaelRodriguez-zr2ht Жыл бұрын

That blew me away!

@tehjamerz 11 ай бұрын

Villain arc underway

@bloodsausage6635 3 ай бұрын

To be fair, it was ultimately useless until the meta had completely shifted for the stage. It was a maxed out run where the time would not get any lower, which when the debris trick was talked about initially, it was not.

@ao1778 2 ай бұрын

@@bloodsausage6635 that's literally the opposite of what "ultimately" means.....

@horizonwireless Жыл бұрын

Imagine being GLaDOS just watching chell speed through the chambers in seconds shooting portals wildly

@Grimm_ytb Жыл бұрын

[robotic voice] Fascinating

@MichaelRodriguez-zr2ht Жыл бұрын

GladOs: What? Oh.... Oh God! How is someone so massive moving so fast!?

@horizonwireless Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelRodriguez-zr2ht F=ma

@alexcat6 8 ай бұрын

@@horizonwirelessfat= mass*acceleration

@marcasdebarun6879 2 ай бұрын

0:05

@obsoleete6028 Жыл бұрын

It's insane that runners manage to finish the whole chamber in like half the time the full dialogue takes

@Anhonime Жыл бұрын

Chel catapulted herself to the end of the chamber before Glados had a chance to insult her weight 💀

@whoisanarnb Жыл бұрын

@@Anhonime proof that chell wasn't fat and glados was salty for being owned by a mute person using a gun

@cubicinfinity2 Жыл бұрын

Glados is messed up.

@Pinkchup Жыл бұрын

the way the debris circled back around after all those years.... truly beautiful

@killer1gamer1 Жыл бұрын

when I first played portal 2, I was very stupid on this level, instead of using the faith plate I tried building momentum by going out of the diagonal platforms and placing portals below me when I nearly hit the ground, somehow I overlooked the go-high-quick plates and thought of an infinitely harder solution 💀

@orestisgeorgatos6725 Жыл бұрын

trying out something technically possible but incredibly stupid is a rite of passage for puzzle game players

@br0kenPixel Жыл бұрын

that's what I did lol

@victorrealm7698 Жыл бұрын

Same man

@sunderkeenin Жыл бұрын

@@orestisgeorgatos6725 cheese is an art form and even if it is so much harder that you solve intended along the way the cheese is sacred still

@philipou12 Жыл бұрын

Same lmao

@Znernicus Жыл бұрын

I always enjoyed this chamber & the amount of route possibilities. I didn't even know the stairs were timed to rise at 35 seconds back in the day because it wasn't relevant until after ceiling skip was done. Great video!

@konfoy Жыл бұрын

I remember watching you back then until you started running DK64. Good times.

@resurgam_b7 Жыл бұрын

I love that speed runners are all competing for that one elusive world record spot, but will then still share their strategies and routes with each other in the hope that said record will eventually be shattered, even if someone else is the one to do it. It feels like a community effort to lower the time as low as it can go, rather than a competition between the runners to set the best time.

@staticradio724 Жыл бұрын

I agree. That was one of the things that surprised me the most about the speedrunning community. Sadly, though, I feel like if money were involved somehow, all that goodwill and cooperation would go out the window.

@Soken50 Жыл бұрын

@@staticradio724 I don't think money would change that, it's similar to a patent system, to certify that you are the fastest you need to show the run, thus revealing your secret but granting you a spot in the hall of fame but allowing anyone to try and beat your time. To certify you are the inventor you need to share the blueprint/recipe/process, revealing your secret but granting you a 20 years period where you can be the only manufacturer of or sell the right to reproduce your invention but it's fair game afterwards.

@personstanevil7471 Жыл бұрын

When Msushi uploads, I instantly have a good day.

@dossd520 Жыл бұрын

me too

@elijahrock3914 Жыл бұрын

it is indeed a good day to be an msushi fan

@JudahhMG Жыл бұрын

same

@WangleLine Жыл бұрын

Same here!!

@zero-pointgamer Жыл бұрын

Fax

@Stalast. Жыл бұрын

Holy shit I had no idea this chamber developed to such an insane extent. The 1000 hours I spent running this game back in 2012 feels so insignificant lol. Does Zypeh still play, is he still the movement GOAT or has the next generation of runners surpassed him? Also thank you Msushi for these beautiful videos. I get so nostalgic watching them.

@EarthAmbassador Жыл бұрын

1000 hours well spent

@realcreative3334 Жыл бұрын

Zypeh has pretty much stopped playing, tho he does occasionally do some random sp or coop stuff and is still considered a top player. He is currently sitting at rank 7 single player, rank 5 coop and rank 4 overall with 3 coop world records remaining.

@Stalast. Жыл бұрын

@@realcreative3334 awesome thank u

@MnMGaming69 7 ай бұрын

@@Stalast.I thought 💭

@T3sl4 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how, after 11 years, and living the meme, I'm only now realizing the "ceiling cat" meme pun. smh

@MichaelRodriguez-zr2ht Жыл бұрын

Omg i just got it!

@astro_18 Жыл бұрын

Another banger from Msushi, by far my favourite speedrun commentator channel

@PossumOnAVacuum Жыл бұрын

Ceiling catapult? I don’t know, it looks like it’s on the floor to me

@DarkViperAU Жыл бұрын

Great video mate.

@packitboi4795 Жыл бұрын

Tf are you doing here? Thought you do gtaV speed runs not portal

@Pinkchup Жыл бұрын

@@packitboi4795 do you do portal speedruns? no? does everyone who watches this video do speedruns? also no

@05digit Жыл бұрын

Ayy love your videos, matt

@packitboi4795 Жыл бұрын

@@Pinkchup I just didn’t know he watches portal speedruns

@versusVSversus. Жыл бұрын

Portal playthrough soon 😜? @DarkViperAU

@FixTheWi-Fi Жыл бұрын

As sson as you started going on about how "you still have to wait for the stairs" I was already waiting for you to say "so here's how they got up without the stairs"

@Burningiced Жыл бұрын

Msushi is one of the best portal KZfaqrs and you can't change my mind 🥰

@yosh8994 Жыл бұрын

Yeah he even completes with Harry10uk

@AssJagger Жыл бұрын

Take out portal from that sentence and it’s still true

@Burningiced Жыл бұрын

@@AssJagger So true

@user-ns6fi9un9i Жыл бұрын

@@Burningiced why a copycat of wirtual is one of the best youtubers?

@bluelemon243 Жыл бұрын

@@user-ns6fi9un9i you sound angry for absolutely no reason man

@joshuarowe4237 Жыл бұрын

The use of genre-appropriate background music to support the narrative of these videos is masterful

@kisaragi-hiu Жыл бұрын

What an amazing development of a route! I feel like I'm seeing a bunch of Wirtual influences. My brain kind of expected to hear something like "…the story of C01 race" when you said "this is the story of Ceiling Catapult" lol 17:19 that's an amazing meme

@Dgrif12 Жыл бұрын

The start of the video evoked Wirtual vibes.

@pr0hobo Жыл бұрын

And then hefast used stair skip and got this run.

@Phoenix-0455 Жыл бұрын

You know it’s a good day when msushi posts

@Jesuscatface Жыл бұрын

this was a nice surprise, put a smile on my face :3 almost makes me wanna take a shot at this chamber again :p great video!

@hamburgerbroz6439 Жыл бұрын

i love your icon :)

@jevonp 11 ай бұрын

So cool to see all these runners in the comments

@Rye9uy Жыл бұрын

Woo! First video of 2023, what a great start. 😎

@Source28 Жыл бұрын

Really cool video as always man, that final fling to skip the stairs was sick, "never underestimate speedrunners" always feels cliche but almost always holds true lol, keep up the great work =)

@starkid256 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video! I love your videos and it's so interesting seeing how the speedruns progress! I've been a long time viewer (albeit not signed in) and I'm very thankful for you uploading this!

@TheAdvertisement Жыл бұрын

I love these videos because I know nothing about the Portal speedrunning community, but these allow me to peek into it and see how excited everyone gets over new discoveries.

@cyzx8255 Жыл бұрын

I like how speedrun community have great engineer and executor at the same time. And a great storyteller.

@tylern6420 Жыл бұрын

The thing is that most speedruns like these look like seizures, but they are very elaborate

@eliteal2188 Жыл бұрын

You have excellent music taste! Plok Beach theme and Reach for the Summit? Perfection :)

@hoxorious Жыл бұрын

Another awesome speed run history video. Loved it so much👌

@Jachelo0112 4 ай бұрын

Amazing video, it's really refreshing seeing an actual research on a topic giving credit to every person involved in the timeline instead of just mentioning the current WR.

@davidci Жыл бұрын

"It seemed like Zypeh's run would stay on top for a long long time" -Msushi, not yet 2/3 into the video

@stoneplayzminecraft Жыл бұрын

damn im early for a portal speedrun video, somehow im speedrunning watching portal speedrun videos.

@Jozeevis Жыл бұрын

You always tell these stories so well, but the editing around your reveal of stair skip had me audibly pop. Excellent work as always!

@noobtube1323 Жыл бұрын

These videos are so entertaining to watch. Editing, cinematic shots and the script are just amazing. Kudos to you, man.

@sodawater5316 Жыл бұрын

what i love about this channel is how msushi digs up old runs routes and topics. lets you really take a look at history. what an awesome time to be an msushi fan!

@ForeverToaster 11 ай бұрын

18:49 this is my favorite clip. Msushi explains how it’s impossible, seemingly done talking. Then, a couple screenshots show up, then “CEILING SKIP.”

@UberDragon Жыл бұрын

You gotta love it when you play baba is you for hours and then looking to take a break click a random video that was recommended to you about portal 2 speedrunning only to be greeted by the same music again. Truly can't escape the baba.

@visagedelenny. Жыл бұрын

I love that type of content so much... It's just so nice to see people unite and work on something together year by year. And everyone tries to put their effort into.

@TheBros721 Жыл бұрын

Your narration made this very fun to watch!

@ygvytvhbuuy2812 Жыл бұрын

i've always wanted to speedrun portal but ive never had a pc and i finally got one i love seeing what the community can do the dedication the humor and the game it self. oh, and your incredibly high quality well made vids

@draykosanbar Жыл бұрын

These videos are always so engaging - great work.

@moontravellerjul Жыл бұрын

fantastic video! you also have a great taste in videogame osts!

@HighlyHylian Жыл бұрын

Haven't even watched yet. Always so excited to see you post. Love your content so much. Thoroughly enjoyable to watch.

@Sard_Onyx Жыл бұрын

Really great video. I love these deep dives into the history of speed runs. But whenever I hear you say 'Final Solution' my brain twitches. Lol

@Amber_Magee Жыл бұрын

For real, though, I flinch every time

@davidblauyoutube Жыл бұрын

Insane. Great video! This is the quality content we all need.

@ErikBrabantsPianist Жыл бұрын

This was super interesting and really well made, you just gained yourself another sub!

@jacobhearn6761 Жыл бұрын

such a good video man keep up the good work

@EarthAmbassador Жыл бұрын

4:55 oh hey there I am 🥹 Bananasaurus' runs always seemed so crazy back in the day!

@ForkGenesis 12 күн бұрын

you're the og :0

@FanatShtefanova Жыл бұрын

thanks for super interesting video bro, i've never was into speedrunning (anything but minecraft i guess) but that was super fun to watch!

@Crazymanbos Жыл бұрын

Interesting video. Keep it up!

@blacklistnr1 Жыл бұрын

Such an insane journey, I thought the first run(1:17) was a really good one and pretty much as fast as possible.

@Shizzal Жыл бұрын

Pretty banger video to start my day, Mr. Sushi. Well played: However, the subtle flexes of your skill that were mixed into this piece of media forced me to dock a few bonus points. Regardless, this gets the Shizzal seal of approval.

@master_oogway_v2911 Жыл бұрын

Everyone wake your ass up msushi posted

@planetsistemihmm Жыл бұрын

omg this is literally the best speedrun analysis I've yet seen. Well done Msushi, well done.

@_KingRaz Жыл бұрын

Great video, you explained each step perfectly without talking too much time and dragging on. Well done!

@djsnowpdx Жыл бұрын

Thoroughly satisfying video. I watched a couple of speedruns of the Portal games, and beat Rexaura for myself in 35 minutes, but watching speedruns without context is surely less satisfying than watching Msushi relay speedrun odysseys!

@cassiemoyles4177 Жыл бұрын

God i fucking love speedrunners. They are the human equivalent of computers and it's terrifying and amazing to behold lol

@daaaaaaanny Жыл бұрын

The skill ceiling for speedrunning is so high that even the "computer" tier players are far from perfect in pretty much every single game. Most skill-based games have reached their limits now, so speedrunning is a good way to keep things fresh

@Braiba Жыл бұрын

Only just noticed with this video what a crazy-small number of Patreon backers this channel has for such consistently high quality content! Definitely adding myself to that list right now.

@doxypony 2 ай бұрын

msushi I've only been watching your videos for a couple of weeks but WOW I've never been so addicted... I've been finding it harder to watch longer KZfaq videos because TikTok corrupting my attention span and allat, but I swear I love binging your videos, you Portal speedrunners are cracked hahah

@ForkGenesis 12 күн бұрын

OMG I love your videos, didn't expect you at this fine corner of KZfaq :D

@doxypony 12 күн бұрын

@@ForkGenesis … me ?

@ForkGenesis 12 күн бұрын

@@doxypony yeah! I even have your "Pinkie's Lie" remix downloaded (I think your music is very cool)

@doxypony 12 күн бұрын

@@ForkGenesis oh! Well thanks lots! Sorry i havent done much lately, my minds gone blank since 2022 lmao

@ForkGenesis 12 күн бұрын

@@doxypony no worries, I understand how it's not so fun to continuously do quality stuff, I'll be there if you ever decide to do something, hehe /)

@roxttv Жыл бұрын

Glad to see other people hopping on the trend of adding Plok - Beach to every video. Great vid sush

@legythechedar Жыл бұрын

You videos are always so entertaining, and educative at the same time, always makes me want to try it for myself

@KamisenKoguma Жыл бұрын

I love this kind of Speedrun History videos, big fan, great content.

@Fluffey Жыл бұрын

Your videos have impeccable music choices. Great taste.

@Kirby-vd7hw Жыл бұрын

These are genuinely some of the most interesting videos I've ever had the pleasure of watching.

@DMKRAP Жыл бұрын

Insanely well-made video! I love it :)

@fjded Жыл бұрын

This video changed my life. Thank you, Msushi!

@aledirksen01 Жыл бұрын

I love watching these speedrun history videos. This is Art. People solving problems over and over. This is what I live for. Keep it up and thanks for sharing.

@plushdragonteddy Жыл бұрын

this is !! so good !! portal seems like SUCH a fun franchise to speedrun, and this video definitely showcased that (gotta love the glitchy hitboxes saving the day lol)

@komunard2chromov572 Жыл бұрын

thank you for this video. Really captures the essence of what I find inspiring in speedrunning

@Holyballsinhell Жыл бұрын

Watching Portal 2 strats while listening to Baba is You music just hits different :D Good choice Msushi

@ekopalm Жыл бұрын

Dude, your videos are so excellent.

@PanicAtTheBen Жыл бұрын

You’re videos solve the speedrun to making my day brighter!

@WangleLine Жыл бұрын

It's always so nice to see a new Msushi video

@ShockingRotom Жыл бұрын

This was an incredible video wtf keep up the good work

@Koasyy Жыл бұрын

perfect video ❤ this just great and well, enjoyed every second of it

@andrewgivens5070 Жыл бұрын

Amazing I love your videos man I love portal but I don't have the patience or time to do this. I appreciate you displaying the history of such a cool sport!

@soup9242 Жыл бұрын

People: Okay, we’ve reached the limit to how fast this chamber can be solved. Speedrunners: *challenge accepted*

@MichaelRodriguez-zr2ht Жыл бұрын

Typical speedrunner: All possibilities exhausted...What if i yeet myself for valuable seconds?

@ethanchaotic Жыл бұрын

man i love your videos so much

@Rockyers Жыл бұрын

Another banger from msushi

@1hugpls Жыл бұрын

wooow the celeste soundtrack hits different in those kind of videos. this is the first video of you I watched and I really love it.

@hakanaltintas1 Жыл бұрын

great storytelling my dude

@TheHumbleInBlueHathCometh Жыл бұрын

Great as always

@rainbowsheep5059 Жыл бұрын

Soo good video thank you again for such a Master Piece

@gainsaver5972 Жыл бұрын

I love your content and its crazy how "small" your and the portal communaty is

@St-Va1 Жыл бұрын

I was screaming when i saw the Stair Skip first time here. I remember playing this game but never tried a speedrun. Was cool when i heard the reach for the summit part.

@RaindropEyewash 4 ай бұрын

This is a really high quality video! The physics behavior in this game is so bizarre

@Quadnick Жыл бұрын

I'm not a speedrunner, but I love these types of videos. The tenacity, ingenuity, and persistence of the speedrunning community is really inspiring, and the usernames and pfp are the cherry on top. Hearing names like Bananasaurus Rex said in a serious tone never fails to make me laugh.

@MyDogIsConfused2 Жыл бұрын

Great vid! Keep it up :)

@ILikeActions Жыл бұрын

great video, as usual!

@cubicSimulation Жыл бұрын

you know a speedrun strat is insane when msushi starts playing Reach for the Summit in the bg

@cairnsaiden Жыл бұрын

The developer intended route explination at the start was really awesome. Thanks heaps, your content is goat'd

@azureal 10 ай бұрын

This game has always been super impressive to me when it comes to speedrunning, and seeing your videos like this showcasing how a chamber can be truly torn apart over and over and pushed past multiple barriers previously thought to be the human limit. Years and even a decade after this games release, it just continues to become cooler and cooler to see and I love it.

@eobet Жыл бұрын

Amazing video and the things people do with games!

@fifthwit1318 Жыл бұрын

such a pog vid! I do find it funny that I recommeneded this vid like 1 month ago and u were prob working on it then lol

@wellinthatcasethatsucks Жыл бұрын

unity : I have done nothing but painstackingly farm this chamber for 3 days.

@stills2359 Жыл бұрын

I love your portal videos so much

@SocialLoners Жыл бұрын

Great video :D

@MrT3a Ай бұрын

I never speedrun this game, yet as soon as you said the stairs were on a timer my first thought was "fly to the door". It is such an amazing improvement.