Summer Games Done Quick 2016

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Summer Games Done Quick 2016 (sometimes abbreviated as SGDQ 2016) was a speedrun charity marathon hosted by the Speedruns Live community on 3–9 July, 2016. Held at the Hilton Minneapolis Downtown in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the event consisted of 177 consecutive speedruns, spread over seven days. Participants played through a large variation of video games, including games in the Super Mario and The Elder Scrolls series. The event included multiple races, blindfolded play-throughs, and two Tetris competitions. Summer games Done Quick 2016 raised $1,297,924.44 USD for Doctors Without Borders, a slight improvement over the 2015's Summer marathon.

Background

The bi-annual Games Done Quick events have been raising money through donations for the Prevent Cancer Foundation and Doctors Without Borders since 2010.[1] The date and venue for Summer Games Done Quick 2016 was announced on April 19th. The event was held at the Hilton Minneapolis Downtown, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from July 3 to July 9.[2][3]

Stephen Colbert hosted a Super Mario Bros. 3 speedrun presentation on The Late Show shortly before the start of Summer Games Done Quick. Besides speaking a bit of the event and its mission, Colbert challenged guest speedrunner Mitch Flower to see whether he could prepare and eat a hot pocket before Flower could beat Super Mario Bros. 3.[4][5]

Summary

The event consisted of a total of 177 consecutive speedruns, spread over seven days.[6] The Twitch.tv livestream of the event spanned 160 hours.[7]

Sunday, July 3rd

Summer Games Done Quick opened at 5.30pm BST with a pre-show before the event's first game, Super Mario Sunshine played by Bounceyboy. This run was followed by runs of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Demon's Souls, and Bastion.[8] Speedrunner Ghoul02 played through two-player puzzle-platformer Catherine alone, using two controllers simultaneously.[9][10] The first day also featured a one-on-one race of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and a run of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.[10]

During a run of New Super Mario Bros. 2 on the Nintendo 3DS handheld system, speedrunner EeveeSpirit was getting close to the end of her run at 24 minutes when her 3DS suddenly shut off. The device turned out to have run out of battery, though after someone lent EeveeSpirit a charger, she managed to finish their run in 31 minutes.[11][12]

Monday, July 4th

There was a Mega Man block on July 4th, as well as two The Legend of Zelda games played back-to-back: Four Swords Adventures and Link's Awakening DX.[13] The latter was a "100%" speedrun by world record holder ZorlaxSeven, taking 85 minutes and 18 seconds.[14] A speedrun of Bioshock was seemingly interrupted by a Windows 10 update, though the game turned to normal a few seconds later. The incident was later revealed to be a prank, as a cutscene was edited to look like an unexpected update.[15][16]

Tuesday, July 5th

As a bonus run bid incentive for $15,000 USD, speedrunner romscout attempted to beat Castlevania: Symphony of the Night while blindfolded, something the runner first accomplished in January the same year. T-shirt retailer The Yetee donated $20,000 USD to Games Done Quick, a large portion of which was earmarked specifically for the Castlevania run, while another portion was dedicated to get Grimelios to beat Guacamelee!'s final boss blindfolded.[17] The blindfolded Castlevania speedrun was successfully completed in just over an hour, though a button on romscout's controller died during the run, throwing off his muscle memory.[18][19]

Wednesday, July 6th

Wednesday featured a race between four players in Tetris Attack's highest difficulty setting.[10][20] Disabled speedrunner Clint "Halfcoordinated" Lexa gave an inspirational speech after finishing a Momodora run, which was followed by a standing ovation.[21][22]

Thurday, July 7th

Thursday featured a speedrun of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, as well as an Elder Scrolls series block, where the games Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, and Skyrim were played back-to-back. Oblivion was beaten in less than eight minutes by capitalizing a set of glitches. An exhibition of the Tetris: The Grand Master series showed five top-Tetris players match up against one another in various game modes.[20][9]

Friday, July 8th

The second-to-last day of Summer Games Done Quick featured a Super Mario block, where Super Mario Land, Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World were played consecutively. During the night, a glitchless speedrun of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was performed, which was estimated to take three hours and forty minutes.[20] The day also featured a team relay race of Super Mario Maker, where a player passes on their controller to a teammate each time their player character dies. Team "Streambig.net" and Team "Hot Pockets" played through 11 stages in this manner, one of which was secretly selected by a judge.[23][24]

Saturday, July 9th

The final day of Summer Games Done Quick featured TASBot, an automated script, play through Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, and 3.[20][9] The last of which took the bot merely two seconds, by means of a glitch that requires a player to rapidly pressing buttons in order while on the game's opening screen. Speedrunner ais523 discovered that the Nintendo Entertainment System hardware contains a minor glitch that could essentially allow a player to enter machine code instructions using careful combinations of inputs.[25][26] The "subframe input" necessary for such glitches was met with some controversy among the speedrunning community.[27]

The final day featured a "Glitch Exhibition" of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, where Piticarus offers insight into the many glitches that have been discovered in the game since its release in 1998.[23][24] A four-player race of Super Metroid is a tradition for the last day of Games Done Quick.[9][23] The event finished with a speedrun of Super Mario 64.[7]

Donations

As every with every Summer event since 2013, the proceeds of Summer Games Done Quick 2016 went to international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders. The marathon ended on July 9th with $1,297,924.44 USD raised from 22,840 donors; a slight improvement of the $1,233,135 USD raised at Summer Games Done Quick 2015.[6][28] The speedrunning marathon partnered up with Humble Bundle in order to release a special Games Done Quick Bundle, which contained many of the games played at the event. The bundle was available for $15 USD and 100% of its sales would be donated to Doctors Without Borders.[29]

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, Adam (2016-07-03). "Video game masters give back in Summer Games Done Quick". Mashable.
  2. ↑ Good, Owen S. (2016-04-19). "Summer Games Done Quick announces dates and speedrun lineup". Polygon.
  3. ↑ Ishikawa, Chelsea (2016-04-19). "Summer Games Done Quick 2016 Schedule and Lineup Announced". Twinfinite.
  4. ↑ Basile, Sal (2016-07-04). "Stephen Colbert introduces Late Night crowd to Summer Games Done Quick". Geek.com.
  5. ↑ Makuch, Eddie (2016-07-05). "This Crazy Super Mario Bros. 3 Speedrun Involves Hot Pockets and a Relay Race". GameSpot.
  6. 1 2 Good, Owen S. (2016-07-10). "Summer Games Done Quick sets another record for charity". Polygon.
  7. 1 2 Makuch, Eddie (2016-07-10). "Video Game Speedrunning Event Raises $1.29 Million for Charity, Re-Watch the Incredible Streams". GameSpot.
  8. ↑ Skipper, Ben (2016-07-03). "Summer Games Done Quick 2016: How to watch this year's charity speed-run event". International Business Times.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Biery, Thomas (2016-07-09). "Summer Games Done Quick 2016 roundup: The biggest surprises of the week". Polygon.
  10. 1 2 3 Craddock, David (2016-07-09). "SGDQ Done Quick: Highlights from this summer's speed-running spectacle - Part 1". Shacknews.
  11. ↑ Alexander, Julia (2016-07-04). "Watch this speedrunner's 3DS die during a run of New Super Mario Bros. 2". Polygon.
  12. ↑ Fahey, Mike (2016-07-04). "Is There A 3DS Charger In The House?". Kotaku.
  13. ↑ Whitehead, Thomas (2016-07-04). "Check Out Summer Games Done Quick Day 2 As Its Fundraising Total Passes $100,000 - Live!". Nintendo Life.
  14. ↑ 2016-07-06. "Watch Zelda: Link's Awakening DX completed 100 per cent in 85 minutes". Eurogamer.
  15. ↑ Reynolds, Matthew (2016-07-05). "Live speedrun attempt interrupted by fake Windows 10 update". Eurogamer.
  16. ↑ 2016-07-06. "Windows 10 Update Makes For A Good Speedrun Prank". Kotaku Australia.
  17. ↑ Biery, Thomas (2016-07-05). "Watch a speedrunner complete Castlevania: Symphony of the Night blindfolded". Polygon.
  18. ↑ Devore, Jordan (2016-07-07). "This blindfolded Castlevania: Symphony of the Night speedrun is nerve-wracking". Destructoid.
  19. ↑ Klepek, Patrick (2016-07-07). "Witness A Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night Speedrunner Beat The Game Blindfolded". Kotaku Australia.
  20. 1 2 3 4 Beck, Kellen (2016-07-06). "What to watch at Summer Games Done Quick 2016". Mashable.
  21. ↑ Tamburro, Paul (2016-07-06). "SGDQ 2016: Disabled Speedrunner Receives Standing Ovation After Tear-Jerking Speech". Crave Online.
  22. ↑ Perez, Shai Anne (2016-07-08). "Speedrunner Gives Inspirational Speech About Gamers With Disabilities at SGDQ". Twinfinite.
  23. 1 2 3 Craddock, David (2016-07-13). "SGDQ Done Quick: Highlights from this summer's speed-running spectacle, Part 2". Shacknews.
  24. 1 2 Matulef, Jeffrey (2016-07-12). "Watch highlights from Summer Games Done Quick". Eurogamer.
  25. ↑ Davidson, Joey (2016-07-14). "Super Mario Bros. 3 beaten in 2 seconds by speedrunner". Techno Buffalo.
  26. ↑ Fahey, Mike (2016-07-10). "Robot Finishes Super Mario Bros. 3 In Two Seconds". Kotaku.
  27. ↑ Orland, Kyle (2016-07-12). "How to beat Super Mario Bros. 3 in less than a second". Ars Technica.
  28. ↑ Kahn, Imad (2016-07-11). "Summer Games Done Quick raises nearly $1.3 million for charity". iDigitalTimes.
  29. ↑ Sims, Darius (2016-07-06). "Games Done Quick Partners With Humble Bundle for a Good Cause". Gamepresso.
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