Anyway, he just needs to ignore the H, like us, and he can nail your last name's pronunciation

How does it feel to do something esoteric like speed running a game that was old back than already, and than see 1000s of people watching a guy who makes semi documentaries about this thing 20 years later?

Thanks! I love your maps / videos :)

I find the nailgun glitch rather iffy, as well, but personally, I found the technique of waiting for the map traps to finish off enemies to be a lot worse offender. I mean, come on, waiting for like 20 minutes for some grunts to get themselves squished to death during the intermission screen doesn't scream speedrun to me. I don't have a problem with using the technique, as long as the extra time spent at the intermission screen is added to the "official" run time of the level.

That would be a big discovery!

In theory I believe you can "predict" next rng call in Quake just as in doom. It is dependent on "random" call of c library. I wonder if the "random" code is statically linked in all id software quake binaries (dosquake, winquake, etc.) or is it dependent on OS.

There's one very rare trick where you can discharge the thunderbolt upon exiting if the exit trigger is also inside a water brush. See e.g. here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odVkodWdmqfKcpc.html. AIFIK though no other weapon can fire bullets/projectiles except for the nailguns

@@quakespeedrunsexplained Right, because at least in level editor data, the static (as in signal static, not unanimated) black-and-white teleporter texture is treated as a liquid, so makes sense that you could dip your toes falling into an exit like that and get a discharge effect.

Yep, only the end-screen time is counted :)

that's crazy

I don't think you can linger too long, after a few seconds, any click will take you to the next mission.

The in-game clock is used for the finishing time, which stops at the intermission screen. That's why you can "cheat out" the extra kills.

@@quakespeedrunsexplained Personally, I don't have a huge issue with that "cheat", but if a speedrun involves waiting for like 20 minutes in the intermission screen to kill all the enemies, that's where I draw the line. Sure, Terra's first map is an extreme case, but in my opinion, the time spent waiting for the last kill during the intermission screen should be included in the total time.

@@E5rael It's an odd one, for sure, but the in-game/in-demo timer is the standard.

Cheers! It's nice to see some people are interested. More videos coming up soon :)

@@quakespeedrunsexplained i will love to watch more :)

6:30 is "end_pre": speeddemosarchive.com/quake/mkt.pl?level:end_pre 6:34 is "Bubbah's Slate": speeddemosarchive.com/quake/mkt.pl?level:bub2