Ocarina Of Time Has A New Speedrunning Champion

4 responses to “Ocarina Of Time Has A New Speedrunning Champion”

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   whitepointer

   January 3, 2015 at 12:10 pm

   But considering that Cosmo bested himself several times over the course of the past year, who know if he’ll find a way to shave off even another second or two.

   He said he was done with the game after setting that time, so it’s unlikely.

   Watching the VOD he saved pretty much all of his time in getting the bottle – this is a known area of the game where the time can be variable (Cosmo explains why in that embedded video above), and he was lucky that this segment worked so well in comparison to Cosmo’s run. He lost time in pretty much every other segment but he gained so much in that bottle segment that he still came in under Cosmo’s time.

   Not taking anything away from him, it’s a phenomenal achievement, but there was some luck involved in it.

   VOD: http://www.twitch.tv/jodenstone/c/5793313

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      flitty

      January 3, 2015 at 2:53 pm

      does VOD have a specific meaning? i feel like a missed the memo where videos became VODs

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         whitepointer

         January 3, 2015 at 3:55 pm

         Video on Demand. When you’re talking about streaming videos (which are not on demand) and archived videos, it’s an important difference. “VOD” is generally used to describe an archived video of something that was streamed live.

         The article only linked to the twitch channel where the streaming was taking place and since the stream ended, I thought it appropriate to link to the VOD so those who didn’t see it live can watch it.

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            flitty

            January 4, 2015 at 1:18 pm

            thanks for that