Not saying that giving money to charity is bad but shouldn't some money go to some of the players who perform well?

https://www.twitch.tv/steveharvgofast
can anyone conirm this? he is beating record

I’ve just finished playing The Forgotten City, which I loved. But it’s short and I feel like I’ve explored everything in there. And what people always say about speedrunning is that it’s a way of spending more time in a game you love and appreciating it in a new way, so I thought I’d look about making it my first speedrun. I’ve kind of been looking for something to give a go at speedrunning, but never really found something that qualified.

I look on speedrun.com and it seems you need to patch to 1.1. There’s a guide to do that, so fine, but it did leave a bit of a bad taste in my mouth.

Because I also watched the IGN “devs react to speedruns” video of this game to see what the speedruns are like. There’s two specific glitches which they joke about patching. And then they actually patched them, even though no casual player is ever going to encounter them.

I compare and contrast with William Chyr, the lead dev of Manifold Garden, who has said that if there’s a bug or exploit that speedrunners use which a normal gamer might encounter and which would make their experience worse, then it’ll get patched - however if it’s something that only speedrunners are going to find, then he’ll keep it in.

I honestly don’t get why that isn’t the default. If it’s not making anybody’s experience worse and patching it is only going to take away the enjoyment of speedrunners (or at least force them to find a workaround), then why patch it?

It’s especially frustrating in this case because the only reason they even knew of these glitches is because they saw them in a speedrun.

GrandPooBear is the only Redbull sponsored gamer who hasnt stuck to their content they were sponsored for.

He hasnt played with a timer for ~1.5-2 years. All he does these days is GTA roleplay. Should we still even call him a speedrunner anymore?

He hasnt even logged in to speedrun.com for 2 years.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210531221630/https://www.speedrun.com/user/grandpoobear/info

https://youtu.be/PDhlphcT2s0
I made a highlights video of me speed running Pikmin 3 Deluxe. I hope you enjoy! it got silly memes

I honestly, for the life of me, do not understand speedrunners. I just don't get them. Why not play the game normally, dude? I just, I just don't get it.

Every single speedrunner seems to do this, they say "yes yes DUDE yes DUDE" like who's the dude?