PlayStation’s State of Play for 2024 was today, and while general feelings seem lukewarm - there was some good news for a few speedrunning communities out there!

# Astro Bot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQpZM1fVSBg

Astro Bot speedrunners @noamsk and @CommanderFoxQ told me they are excited about the new Speedrun Levels. They look great and come with an in-game timer as well as a global leaderboard! The only downside? There are just 5 Speedrun Levels for now. But hey, free content is an absolute win for games these days.

# Alan Wake 2: The Lake House DLC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRFBVBoSdQo

I spoke with Alan Wake 2 moderator and speedrunner @TaintedTali about the reveal trailer for AW2’s latest DLC, “The Lake House” and while the trailer left much to the imagination, Tali shared her excitement for what appears to be more horror-focused content.

She’s also hoping the shorter DLC speedruns will appeal to new runners, especially compared to the main game, which averages around 3 hours even for speedrunners. With any luck, these shorter runs could spark interest in the full-length speedruns!

# Ghost of Yōtei

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z7kqwuf0a8

Ghost of Tsushima runners are curious to see how the newly added musket plays in Ghost of Yōtei. @Aeshmah pointed out that while it may seem like adding a gun to a game about sword fighting might be overpowered, muskets traditionally were powerful but *very* slow to reload - so the working theory is that the musket will be powerful to start an encounter, but not so helpful mid-combat

Perhaps the more exciting part of Ghost of Yōtei is all the new various weapons - for a brief moment we even see Atsu (the new protagonist) wielding a kusarigama. So weapon/combat routing should certainly be more interesting in Yōtei compared to Tsushima.

As far as wishlists go, Tsushima speedrunners are **really** hoping for skippable cutscenes on a fresh save file this time around!

# Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMN-x9goE7M

Horizon speedrunners might be the most optimistic of all. @Bdud5 is excited that save files used for speedrunning will automatically transfer to the remaster from the original meanwhile @huntks can’t wait for the faster load times and quality-of-life features from Forbidden West such as Quick Swap and no pickup animations. Quick swap is especially interesting (at least in Forbidden West) [since it allows you to cancel the animation on reloads!](https://youtu.be/v_kgT2b-u0Y?si=aYu0Sl4VxBjtzxD5&t=50)

User “Dan Pop” (not a speedrunner, as far as I know) asked Guerilla Games Studio Director [@janbartvanbeek](https://twitter.com/janbartvanbeek?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) on Twitter about the engine behind HZDR, to which Jan-Bart responded

“*We call it the Franken-engine. It’s built from parts of the old engine that ran the game code, and combined with a ton of elements from the upgraded DECIMA rendering engine.*”

Speedrunners are already debating what these engine changes could mean for the speedrun - but only time will tell!

[https://x.com/danutz_plusplus/status/1838835929181474876](https://x.com/danutz_plusplus/status/1838835929181474876)

So in the end, while we may not have Silksong or Bloodborne Remastered to look forward to - at least State of Play wasn’t a total bust!

Astro Bot DLC, Alan Wake 2 DLC, Ghost of Yōtei, and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered!

State of Play Sept 2024 Speedrunning Recap

Introducing our next challenge in collaboration with Soup With Friends and Egg Nut - the carkour driving platformer, Tails Noir: Rebel Rush!

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** September 19th, 2024

**Duration:** 4 days, until 11:59PM UTC September 22nd, 2024

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $1000 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the Initiate category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $500

**2nd place** - $300

**3rd place** - $200

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

Any runner who submits any runs to the Rebel Rush speedrun challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it [here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Each participant will **also** receive 1 copy each of both **Tails Noir** and **Tails Noir: Preludes** courtesy of Soup With Friends and Eggnut, who will be reaching out to you after the challenge!

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 3.

## **Category:**

The category of choice for the challenge this time around will be New Game+!Here’s how it’s going to work:

- You must have completed at least 17 of the 18 levels to start a New Game+ run (the 18th level is all 17 levels combined into one track)

- Start the speedrun by selecting the “Drive” option in the main menu which will **run you through each of the levels in order without any of the dialog**

- Play through all 17 levels, ending time on the results screen at the end of level 17

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via [our Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/1r3x8pj0-Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush-rebel-rush-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that a new requirement has been added to this challenge, requiring that prize eligible runs must have been live streamed.

## **Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/1r3x8pj0-Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush-rebel-rush-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/1r3x8pj0-Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush-rebel-rush-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/1r3x8pj0-Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush-rebel-rush-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/1r3x8pj0-Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush-rebel-rush-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge)

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit [the Rebel Rush leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/Tails_Noir_Rebel_Rush) where you can find runs for the first few levels of the game already! You can also follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity! You can also join [The Tails Noir Discord Server](https://discord.com/invite/tailsnoir) and chat in #speedrunning to keep up with the community!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**

Attention, speedrunners! Forget the racing circuits and get ready for something completely different - because this is NOT your everyday racing game.

Rebel Rush $1000 Speedrun Challenge!

If you don’t know, the SRC Series is a lineup of challenges we're rolling out on a semi-regular basis, funded entirely by Speedrun.com. SRC Series challenges are designed to be fun and engaging, with a focus on community involvement. The prize bounties are smaller compared to sponsored challenges, providing a break from the stress of high-stakes competition! We hope SRC Series challenges will continue to bring speedrunners together from all kinds of communities to discover new games and meet new people.

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** August 24th, 2024

**Duration:** 8 days, until 11:59PM UTC September 1st, 2024

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $500 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for the fastest completion time in the Initiate category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $250

**2nd place** - $150

**3rd place** - $100

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

As usual with our SRC Series Challenges, we are bringing back participation prizes!

First of all, any runner who submits any runs to the Peggle Nights Initiate Speedrun Challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it [here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Secondly, any challenge participants will be awarded with the title “Peggler”. If you’re unfamiliar with Titles, they are a unique descriptor that goes alongside your username on your profile (as well as profile popovers) which can (as of right now) only be acquired by participating in Challenges right here on SRC. To find out more, check out our last article about Titles! [https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles)

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 3.

## **Category:**

The category of choice for the challenge this time around is a unique creation created specifically for this challenge by the Peggle mod team - Initiate! Here’s the breakdown:

- Create a new file

- Play the first 15 levels of Adventure Mode (1-1 through 3-5)

- Navigate to the challenges menu in the main menu

- Complete the 5 challenges in the “Initiate Challenges” page in any order

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via [our Challenge Leaderboard here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/0z310pvk-pegglen-src-series-peggle-initiate-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that a new requirement has been added to this challenge, requiring that prize eligible runs must have been live streamed.

## **Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/0z310pvk-pegglen-src-series-peggle-initiate-speedrun-challenge/contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/0z310pvk-pegglen-src-series-peggle-initiate-speedrun-challenge/contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/0z310pvk-pegglen-src-series-peggle-initiate-speedrun-challenge/rules](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/0z310pvk-pegglen-src-series-peggle-initiate-speedrun-challenge/rules)

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit[ the Peggle Nights leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/pegglen) Follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity! You can also join [The Peggle Project Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/68Abdw42Yv) and chat in #src-challenge to keep up with the community!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**

Do you ever reminisce about the days of playing Peggle? Or are you a true Peggler, playing Peggle in 2024? We've got some exciting news to share – the next challenge as part of our SRC Series will be… Peggle Nights!

SRC Series: Peggle Nights Initiate Speedrun Challenge!

Howdy y'all! We're here to announce a new rootin and tootin marathon called Wild West Marathon. Our first event WWM2024 will be running from November 1st-3rd, 2024. This event will **not** be for a charity, at least this time 'round.

With submissions opening up on September 1st. You can find our Oengus link with submission info here: [https://oengus.io/marathon/WW2024](https://oengus.io/marathon/WW2024)

Volunteer submissions open on September 1st as well! Find those here: [https://forms.gle/X8AVfMXzDp6GBGgn8](https://forms.gle/X8AVfMXzDp6GBGgn8)

As for games submissions, submit anything*. We'll take randomizers, bingos, races, multiworlds, TAS (commentated live), glitched runs, glitchless runs, showcases, and more.

**as long as the game abides by Twitch TOS [https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/terms-of-service/](https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/terms-of-service/).*

Join the Discord server here!

[https://discord.gg/jVw8aSmUsc](https://discord.gg/jVw8aSmUsc)

Wild West Marathons is a brand new anything goes* marathon dedicated to bringing you a variety of games and categories.

Wild West Marathons 2024 - Games

Going Fast For the Kids has opened submissions for its second marathon, The Retro Masquerade! This marathon will be taking place from 9th-11th November.

It's looking for runs that are retro (at least 10 years old) and spooky. It can fit one or the other, but if you can fit both, even better! Runners will be encouraged to dress-up, either themselves or their VTube models, to really get into the vibe of the masquerade!

## Charity

FTK2 will be raising money for Extra Life, a fundraising program of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®. The Extra Life community fundraises year-round to Change Kids’ Health to Change the Future. Donations go to local member hospitals to fund critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services, along with innovative research, vital paediatric medical equipment, and child life services.

## Run Submissions

Run submissions and full submission requirements can be found on the [Oengus page](https://oengus.io/marathon/FTK2). Run submissions close on August 31st.

Races of up to four players are welcome, and relays or relay races with up to four players on each team can be supported. Bingo runs or other unusual submissions are also welcome!

## Volunteers

Volunteer submissions are also open through the [online form](https://bit.ly/FFTK2). If you're interested in being a host, director, tech support, chat mod or part of the games committee, sign up now! Volunteer submissions close on August 31st.

## Links

[Twitch](https://twitch.tv/fastforthekids) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Forthekids) | [Discord](https://discord.gg/UyrdT8ShKm)

Going Fast for the Kids is looking for retro or spooky runs for its second marathon in November. It'll be raising money to support Extra Life, a charity that funds critical life-saving treatment in children's hospitals.

For the Kids 2: The Retro Masquerade marathon submissions are open!

With the release of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC for ELDEN RING, developer FromSoftware really managed to up the difficulty of the game once more. Introducing new, [hard-hitting bosses](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Promised+Consort+Radahn) that really love to throw punches like Mike Tyson, a new [NPC 'gank' fight](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Leda+and+Allies+Boss) for players to despise (hehe), the elegantly brutal fight with [Bayle](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Bayle+The+Dread), likely the hardest fight with a dragon FromSoftware has created so far, a wide variety of new weapons, spells and items, a whole new map to explore and more!

But.. what if all of that wasn't even enough? What if the speedrun community just has to push things even further once again? Well Souls veteran and speedrunner @Distortion2 just had that exact idea...

# **Defeat All Remembrance Bosses at Rune Level 1 (aka RL1 DLC%)**

Announcing the **RL1 (Rune Level 1) DLC%** competition, which requires runners to beat **all the major bosses of the DLC**, also known as **Remembrance bosses** as quickly as possible at **Rune Level 1** which means **no leveling up is allowed at all**.

![](/static/blob/1n57klme.jpg)

As if this wasn't big enough of a feat already, Distortion2 announced there **would be even more restrictions** added to make things even more interesting. To name a few (but not exclusive to):

## **ONE Scadutree Fragment upgrade PER defeated boss**

Debuting in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC: **Scadutree Fragments** are optional consumables that can be used to enhance simultaneously offensive and defensive capabilities at any Sites of Grace, acting like a permanent boost to your DLC damage dealt and damage negation.

![](/static/blob/1n73w70e.png)

Quite a few of these can be collected pretty early in the DLC through some clever routing, making some boss fights (a lot) easier because of the signifcant damage and defense increases that these Scadutree Fragments offer.

So to spice things up further for the competition, **participants are only allowed to use one single Scadutree Fragment upgrade per defeated DLC boss** which further increases this challenge's difficulty, forcing participants to really think about their equipment and routing.

## **DLC equipment and items ONLY**

Apart from that, **participants may only use equipment found in the DLC along with what is provided on the character through a pre-made savefile** meaning no base game equipment that can be used to quickly become overpowered with. Wow!

.. and there are even more restrictions though you can look these up in the Discord server for the event below!

Such a huge challenge doesn't come easy at all.. and thus offers a huge reward for participants.
The total prize pool for the competition is a whopping **$10,000** divided between 1st to 10th places, plus **a bonus prize pool from donations** that Distortion2 graciously offers on top of this already huge prize pool, as per Distortion2's last message:

![](/static/blob/rnq1kgre.png)

This is surely going to be one hell of a competition!

Interested in participating in the competition?
Or to hunt for boss strategies or glitches?
Or even simply to specatate the event?
We would love to see you!

Join the ELDEN RING RL1 DLC% [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/DYT4rDatk5) to learn about the complete ruleset for the competition, prizepool information, boss strategies, routing, other participants and more!

Good luck to all the participants!

Its been barely one month after the popular DLC "Shadow of the Erdtree" released for ELDEN RING but already a huge new speedrun competition involving this new DLC just got announced..

HUGE $10,000 ELDEN RING Competition by Distortion2

If you don’t know, the SRC Series is a lineup of challenges we're rolling out semi-regularly, funded entirely by Speedrun.com. SRC Series challenges are designed to be fun and engaging, focusing on community involvement. The prize bounties are smaller compared to sponsored challenges, providing a break from the stress of high-stakes competition! We hope SRC Series challenges will continue to bring speedrunners from all kinds of communities together to discover new games and meet new people.

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** July 19th, 2024

**Duration:** 10 days, until 11:59 PM UTC July 29th, 2024

## **Prizes!**

We’ve got a whole LOAD of prizes this time around! Have a look at the list below:

**First Place:**- Mad Jack Figure

![](/static/blob/3nv1x78n.png)

**Top 3:**

- $500 Prize Pool

**Top 5:**- Your name in the credits

- Artbook & Soundtrack Steam Key

**All Participants:**- 1 Month of SRC Supporter

- “Mullet Mad” Title

Big thanks to Mullet Mad Jack developer HAMMER95 for providing the figurine, credits spots, as well as the artbook and soundtrack keys!

**Prize Pool Distribution:**

The $500 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the Any% category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $250

**2nd place** - $150

**3rd place** - $100

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

As usual with all of our SRC Series Challenges, we are bringing back participation prizes!

First of all, any runner who submits any runs to the Mullet Mad Jack challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it [here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Secondly, any challenge participants will be awarded with the title “Mullet Mad”. If you’re unfamiliar with Titles, they are a unique descriptor that goes alongside your username on your profile (as well as profile popovers) which can (as of right now) only be acquired by participating in Challenges right here on SRC. To find out more, check out our last article about Titles! [https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles)

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 3.

## **Category:**

The category of choice for the challenge this time around is Any%! Go as fast as you can on any difficulty you’d like (except for “NO TIMER”) and complete the game!

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via[ our Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/lwp40yez-Mullet_Mad_Jack-mullet-mad-jack-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that a new requirement has been added to this challenge, requiring that prize eligible runs must have been live streamed.

## **Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules:[https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/lwp40yez-Mullet_Mad_Jack-mullet-mad-jack-speedrun-challenge/contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/lwp40yez-Mullet_Mad_Jack-mullet-mad-jack-speedrun-challenge/contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/lwp40yez-Mullet_Mad_Jack-mullet-mad-jack-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/lwp40yez-Mullet_Mad_Jack-mullet-mad-jack-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge)

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit[ the Mullet Mad Jack leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/Mullet_Mad_Jack) Follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity! You can also join[ the Mullet Mad Jack Discord server](https://discord.gg/47S9Ms6zme) and chat in #speedrunning to keep up with the community!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**11:59 PM

Are you an 80’s anime, synthwave, or otherwise a first-person shooter fan? We've got some exciting news to share – the next challenge as part of our SRC Series will be… Mullet Mad Jack!

SRC Series: MULLET MAD JACK Speedrun Challenge!

The Metroid Dread Speedrunning Community is pleased to be able to partner again with [SpeedGaming Live](https://sglive.speedgaming.org/) and our good friend [kekumanshoyu](https://www.speedrun.com/users/kekumanshoyu) to hold another tournament showcasing Metroid Dread, this time in the **[Any% Glitchless](https://www.speedrun.com/mdread?h=Any-glitchless-Rookie&x=9kv83mjd-wle962k8.klr8wp21-ylp6w5rn.jq66533q)** category!

Here are a few things you should know:

**This is an online tournament**. Signups are open to all with no entry fee, but please make sure you are able to follow the scheduling requirements detailed in the tournament rulebook. **You must be flexible enough to potentially schedule matches with international players within 5 days of the matches being made available by the tournament organizers.**

The qualifiers will begin on **July 20th**, and the actual tournament will run from August 5th to the end of September.

Signups will close on **July 27th @ 11:59 EDT**. The earlier you sign up, the more qualifiers you can join!

## Qualifier Heats

Before the tournament begins, there will be eight qualifier matches that determine the bracket positioning.

Qualifier heat schedule (*all times are in US Eastern*)

- Two heats on **Saturday July 20th, 2024: 10:00AM and 6:00PM**
- Two heats on **Sunday, July 21st, 2024: 2:00PM and 10:00PM**
- Two heats on **Saturday July 27th, 2024: 12:00PM and 8:00PM**
- Two heats on **Sunday, July 28th, 2024: 4:00PM and 12:00AM** (technically Monday morning)

**YOU MUST PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST TWO HEATS**. You can participate in more than two if you would like. In fact, we encourage it because your best time from the qualifiers will determine your bracket positioning.

## Rules

Please read the rulebook below in order to familiarize yourself with the rules:

## [Any% Glitchless Tournament Rulebook](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TxVr6bh-vheTs_C4L4u0_QKYBFlWnveruryzM0xvQLc/edit?usp=sharing)

## Other Notes

- You are required to join the SpeedGaming Live Discord server to participate: https://discord.gg/eH4qa3Fnew
- We encourage all runners to show up 10 minutes early for the qualifiers and for the rest of the tournament. This helps the staff and admins out *greatly*.
- During the qualifiers, four people will be chosen at random to be showcased on one of the SpeedGaming channels on Twitch.
- There's a prize pool for this tournament! As of this news post, the prize pool amount is $85.00 USD. If you want to contribute further to the pool, visit this link and follow the instructions: [https://matcherino.com/t/sglive24?contribute=true](https://matcherino.com/t/sglive24?contribute=true)

Take care, and See You Next Mission.

The Metroid Dread Speedrunning Community is pleased to be able to hold another tournament showcasing Metroid Dread, this time in the Any% Glitchless category!

SpeedGaming Live 2024 Metroid Dread Any% Glitchless Tournament

[Binary Breakers](https://www.twitch.tv/binary_breakers) is gearing up for our first ever speedrunning marathon! This event is being held as part of our celebrations for [International Non-Binary People's Day](https://www.hrc.org/news/celebrating-the-diversity-of-the-non-binary-community-for-international-non), and will showcase runs from folks who identify somewhere between, outside, or beyond the gender binary. To learn more about our community, [please visit our website](https://binarybreakersspeedrunning.carrd.co/). 

The Summer BBQ (Binaries Broken Quickly) benefits [LGBTQ Freedom Fund](https://www.lgbtqfund.org/), and will take place on Saturday, July 13th. [Please click here to view the schedule](https://horaro.org/bbsbbq/2024?key=BYOBBQ). 

Binary Breakers has announced the schedule for our first ever speedrunning marathon! This event benefits LGBTQ Freedom Fund, and will take place on Saturday, July 13th. Schedule here: https://horaro.org/bbsbbq/2024?key=BYOBBQ

Binary Breakers Summer BBQ Schedule Release!

# What is the Mario Party Series Relay?

The Mario Party series speedrunners are uniting in July to compete in 3 teams of 9 players under the pressure to complete Mario Party 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and Superstars as fast as possible by playing either the Story mode or all Mini-games of their respective game in a form of a traditional relay constantly fighting the odds of RNG.

This community event of recreative nature has a goal of uniting new and old Mario Party runners together and to attract the wide public to appreciate the fineness of a speedgame that isn't considered one. We are celebrating games we like and hope to perform the best we can, while showing what we can for our pleasure.

![](/static/blob/3ekxrxkn.webp)

*Bowser's Big Blast is the most recognizable Mini-game of pure luck from Mario party 2, also present in Mario party : The Top 100 and Superstars*

# How is the event organized (and who's there?)

The relay is done remotely, from distance on a virtual platform, on Twitch. It will not be face-to-face. After a quick ceremony/introduction that starts at 7 AM Eastern Time, the first players will start of with Mario Party 5 : Story mode. Once a player completes their run, the next player is responsibly invited to start their timer and commence their category. In other words, the baton gets passed to the Mario Party 4 runners in their respective teams and have to be immediately pinged/called in Discord. Since the players live in many countries and encounter multiple time zones, the ordering of games is based on the locations and availability of the runners. We will wait for every player to finish their run, before doing the closing ceremony.

New and old players have been learning and relearning their games, here they are !

![](/static/blob/kzwrlore.png)

*Starting at 7:00 AM on AQ_Noops Twitch stream channel where the event takes place, the public and the runners are introduced with introduction speeches and good wishes. The gameplay starts at 8:00 AM with Mario Party 5 with hahaPHD, DoubleDubbel and Gordo. The event ends up with Mario Party 3 and then the closing ceremony*

# Why is this event interesting?

In Mini-games categories, you are required to win all sorts of mini-games. You need to be good at mashing the face buttons, spinning the stick, timing button presses, choosing the right answers to the riddles, puzzles, labyrinths, quizzes or to precisely move the stick, while sometimes combining multiple inputs and skills. The RNG is sometimes a factor too, unfortunately.

Meanwhile, the hype about watching or playing a Mario Party board in a speedrun is all about immediate decisions on the moment based on calculations of time and the winning factors. There are mini-games that you want to lose to progress quicker, but with the consequence of seeing the CPUs buying an item or even a star - which is a time waste. Then, during the playthrough, you have to track the count of the Bonus Stars progression that are awarded at the end. Thus, you can't lose too many mini-games or spend/trade your coins, since the Coin and the Mini-game Bonus Stars are the two most important stars and factors for your board success in Mario Party 1 through Mario Party 5. Additionally, the Coins are often coming in clutch to secure a victory on a board when more than one player are tied in Stars. For example, you may be required to visit Boo to steal some coins or a star in order to avoid losing the board. Another example, you may be in the need to chose to make a CPU lose their Mini-game in a 2vs2 Mini-game, so they don't obtain a star they are close to.

Finally, it is improbable to have the perfect alignment of odds in All Mini-games especially in luck-based ones on the first try. The same way, it's impossible to 100% secure a board victory in Mario Party's, since the human players won't target obtaining stars, because it's a time waste. Or, sometimes the runner won't even have the chance to reach any star, because the star location and relocation is a big factor that may give a CPU up to 5 stars and you none - to quote a real example.

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*Mario Party 4's Boo's Haunted Bash is a rather disliked board for its multiple unavoidable Bowser and Battle spaces, an inevitable Shop, a lack of Happening Spaces (for securing the Bonus Star for Happenings) and the famous Boo's Haunted Train which costs 23 to 24 seconds to play on the shortest route, although there are ways to avoid it*

# When and how to watch the players:

Again, the event is live on Twitch starting on the 13th of July at 7 AM Eastern Time on AQ_Noops channel here [https://www.twitch.tv/aq_noops](https://www.twitch.tv/aq_noops)

The event lasts close to 24 hours and is a one-day event. This means every player has to be streaming their part, because it is required to be a live event. 30+ people are involved, counting multiple commentators, translators and back-up players. We are from around the world, so the organization of the game ordering is tight and barely interchangeable.

Here's the list of all participants

Noops: [https://www.twitch.tv/aq_noops](https://www.twitch.tv/aq_noops "https://www.twitch.tv/aq_noops")

Akuretaki: [https://www.twitch.tv/akuretaki](https://www.twitch.tv/akuretaki "https://www.twitch.tv/akuretaki")

Dr. Cakenstein: [https://www.twitch.tv/drcakenstein](https://www.twitch.tv/drcakenstein "https://www.twitch.tv/drcakenstein")

KellyKr22: [https://www.twitch.tv/kellykr22](https://www.twitch.tv/kellykr22 "https://www.twitch.tv/kellykr22")

Rixaxun: [https://www.twitch.tv/rixaxun](https://www.twitch.tv/rixaxun "https://www.twitch.tv/rixaxun")

Taco: [https://www.twitch.tv/lctaco](https://www.twitch.tv/lctaco "https://www.twitch.tv/lctaco")

DillPickel: [https://www.twitch.tv/dillpickel__](https://www.twitch.tv/dillpickel__ "https://www.twitch.tv/dillpickel__")

Fernando_X: [https://www.twitch.tv/fernando_xspeedruns](https://www.twitch.tv/fernando_xspeedruns "https://www.twitch.tv/fernando_xspeedruns")

Freezy Pop: [https://www.twitch.tv/freezypopfp](https://www.twitch.tv/freezypopfp "https://www.twitch.tv/freezypopfp")

KitsuneofDreams: [https://www.twitch.tv/kitsuneofdreams](https://www.twitch.tv/kitsuneofdreams "https://www.twitch.tv/kitsuneofdreams")

Axl_SR: [https://www.twitch.tv/axl_sr](https://www.twitch.tv/axl_sr "https://www.twitch.tv/axl_sr")

BleedingBlue11: [https://www.twitch.tv/bleedingblue11](https://www.twitch.tv/bleedingblue11 "https://www.twitch.tv/bleedingblue11")

g0goTBC: [https://www.twitch.tv/g0gotbc](https://www.twitch.tv/g0gotbc "https://www.twitch.tv/g0gotbc")

Gerbiez: [https://www.twitch.tv/gerbiez](https://www.twitch.tv/gerbiez "https://www.twitch.tv/gerbiez")

Gordo: [https://www.twitch.tv/gordo_98](https://www.twitch.tv/gordo_98 "https://www.twitch.tv/gordo_98")

quo: [https://www.twitch.tv/quoooo](https://www.twitch.tv/quoooo "https://www.twitch.tv/quoooo")

DoubleDubbel: [https://www.twitch.tv/doubledubbel](https://www.twitch.tv/doubledubbel "https://www.twitch.tv/doubledubbel")

Frog1x: [https://www.twitch.tv/frog1x](https://www.twitch.tv/frog1x "https://www.twitch.tv/frog1x")

hahaPhD: [https://www.youtube.com/@hahaphdgaming](https://www.youtube.com/@hahaphdgaming "https://www.youtube.com/@hahaphdgaming")

infinigummy: [https://www.twitch.tv/infinigummy](https://www.twitch.tv/infinigummy "https://www.twitch.tv/infinigummy")

Kumanomi: [https://www.twitch.tv/kumanomi_0326](https://www.twitch.tv/kumanomi_0326 "https://www.twitch.tv/kumanomi_0326")

Lazaron: [https://www.twitch.tv/lazaronhol](https://www.twitch.tv/lazaronhol "https://www.twitch.tv/lazaronhol")

SchniDog: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkKYmWq9G3AH8NGBwh8-Yg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkKYmWq9G3AH8NGBwh8-Yg "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkKYmWq9G3AH8NGBwh8-Yg")

holypotato: [https://www.twitch.tv/tatersthegoat](https://www.twitch.tv/tatersthegoat "https://www.twitch.tv/tatersthegoat")

Teddy: [https://www.twitch.tv/Teddytank13](https://www.twitch.tv/Teddytank13 "https://www.twitch.tv/Teddytank13")

ykrin: [https://www.twitch.tv/ykrin](https://www.twitch.tv/ykrin "https://www.twitch.tv/ykrin")

Yoshiphx: [https://www.twitch.tv/yoshiphoenix](https://www.twitch.tv/yoshiphoenix "https://www.twitch.tv/yoshiphoenix")

Apeduden: [https://www.twitch.tv/apeduden](https://www.twitch.tv/apeduden "https://www.twitch.tv/apeduden")

dalerben: [https://www.twitch.tv/dalerben61](https://www.twitch.tv/dalerben61 "https://www.twitch.tv/dalerben61")

![](https://www.speedrun.com/static/blob/7e9jywxn.png)

*AQ_Noops (here in the screenshot, playing Mario Party 8) is the organizer of the event and has put his mind to work for multiple weeks to make sure everyone has the time and the technology to perform their run during their assigned time. He has made decisive schedule adjustments and built the competition as fair as possible, by for example recruiting players of similar skill for the same game and randomly assigning players to teams*

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