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SPEEDRUN I (2019)Stupendous Packets Experimentally Evaluating Degenerate Runners Under NervesBy Paul Lambropoulos and Freya WhitefordPacket 4: A Sense of Pride and Accomplishment(Press F for Freya’s Schedule)1. In one game by this developer, a character claims they are “not yours to abuse, Cheren. We exist for our own reasons”, before proceeding to give electric shocks to humans. In another game by this developer, Pamela Anderson must be rescued from an evil Colonel Sanders by characters named Nugget and Chickette. Team Meat (*) encouraged this group to create a parody of their game, which was titled Super Tofu Boy and contains “inter-level pro-vegetarian messages”. For ten points, name this notorious animal-rights-group turned parody-game developer of browser games like Pokemon Black and Blue.ANSWER: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) <FW>2. A streak of speedrunning events by The Speed Gamers was identified by writer and speedrunner Eric Koziek as one of two precursors to this event. The earliest surviving speedrun with video for the Super Mario Bros 3 Warpless category was performed at this event, and took 1 hour and 3 minutes. This event was originally slated to run during a (*) gaming convention, but internet issues at the venue forced an emergency change of plans. This event ended up raising over $10,500 for CARE. For 10 points, name this speedrunning marathon, named after a 1997 segmented run of Quake.ANSWER: Classic Games Done Quick (prompt on Games Done Quick, do not accept or prompt on “Awesome Games Done Quick” or “Summer Games Done Quick”) <Speedrunning, PL>3. A bug in this timing system in the speedrun mode of a pixelated 2D platformer meant that the decimal point in the result screen was a direct copy of the last digit of the built-in frame counter. The speedrun moderators for a popular 2D platformer where this timing method is used request runners to display the (*) patch version of the game either in the title screen or in the chapter complete screens, where applicable. Early speedruns of Super Metroid were timed using this method and the current World Record clocks in at 27 minutes in this timing method. For 10 points, name this timing method, which denotes that the speedrun timer is built-in to the game.ANSWER: In-game time (accept IGT until mentioned) <Speedrunning, PL>4. During its development, this system switched from use of “the batch” to a last-in-first-out timing method called “the stack”, which is still in use today. In 2012, this system was proven to be Turing-complete when set up using certain combinations of cards. The immense popularity of this game (*) meant that its earliest releases sold out quickly, and as a result some cards now on a “reserved list” can sell for thousands of dollars. Commonly regarded as the first modern example of a trading card game, for ten points, what game published by Wizards of the Coast has not one but two online versions, known as MTGO and MTG: Arena?ANSWER: Magic: The Gathering (prompt on Magic or MTG) <General, but also time-pushed FW>5. In this phase of the Dance Dance Revolution Konami Arcade Championships, rankings are determined by the player’s cumulative score over three songs. In fighting game tournaments and most Double Elimination tournaments, a player that (*) emerges from the loser’s bracket must defeat the winner of the winner’s bracket twice to eliminate them. In quizbowl tournaments, when the best performing team has two wins more than the team in second place, this phase does not happen and the team is said to “clear the field”. For 10 points, name this phase of a tournament, otherwise known as the top 2 and the phase that crowns a tournament champion.ANSWER: Grand Finals of tournaments <Esports, PL>6. According to several sources, this man was personally responsible for the addition of the Kanto region to Pokemon Gold and Silver, as he was able to single-handedly reprogram and compress the game to fit on a Game Boy Color cartridge. (*) Breath of the Wild’s Satori Mountain is thought to have been named as a tribute to this man, who died in 2015 during the game’s development. This man, alongside his American counterpart Reggie Fils-Aimé [FEES-ah-may], was a regular presence on Nintendo Direct presentations. For ten points, name this former Nintendo president who would like you to “please understand”.ANSWER: Satoru Iwata <General, FW>7. The title character of this namesake series responded to a parody game published by PETA called “[title character] Kills Animals” with “I would never put rat in my ratatouille”, indicating that not every option contains meat. (*) This game series primarily for the Nintendo DS has a “Gardening” spinoff, and the main series involves completing touch-based minigames like chopping a cucumber. For ten points, name the 2005 series in which players are instructed by the domestic goddess Mama.ANSWER: Cooking Mama <General, FW>8. An isometric viewpoint in this game allows the player to manipulate apparently impossible structures, inspired by MC Escher, called “sacred geometry”. Although there is no way to fail a level in this game, crow-like beings can walk around and block your progression (*) and the path is uncovered by moving objects such as pillars, towers and bridges. For ten points, name this puzzle game developed by Ustwo Games in which you control Princess Ida through a surreal landscape which shares its name with a desert region in Arizona.ANSWER: Monument Valley <General, FW>9. During preparation for one of these events, the clutch of the truck transporting equipment broke, meaning that a car up ahead had to get a toll gate to open for the truck without it stopping. Ironically, when this event was held in Japan in 2018, its Smash Bros for Wii U discipline was won by (*) Mexican player MKLeo. Melee players Hungrybox and Armada faced off in this event where, after a bracket reset, the former prevailed. For 10 points, name this annual fighting game championship event, whose past iterations have played host to highlights like the Daigo Parry. ANSWER: EVO or Evolution Championship Series (anti-prompt on “EVO Japan”) <Esports, PL>10.The main musical theme of this game, [title object] On The Rocks, involves a chorus chanting “chu chu chu” repeatedly, before a singer states “don’t worry, do your best”. This game’s title translates literally into English (*) as “clump spirit”, and this game received an HD remaster with the subtitle Reroll in 2018. For ten points, what game originally for the PlayStation 2 involves the Prince of All Cosmos gathering as many objects as he can in order to restore stars to the world? ANSWER: Katamari Damacy (do not accept “Katamari Forever” or other non-Damacy Katamari games like “Katamari Amore”, accept Katamari on its own) <General, FW>11. A voxel-based game with this attribute was made available in 2013 by its developer Wollay, and then retracted from sale soon after when it became apparent that the game suffered due to this attribute and would not be corrected soon. Another game with this attribute was controversially banned from Twitch due to its violent themes (*) despite using cartoonish placeholder art, and its developer YandereDev makes regular videos and update posts on its development progress. For ten points, what term, especially when used on Steam, describes games still in alpha or beta versions that are made available to players?ANSWER: early access games (accept descriptions like still in development, and alpha or beta before read, prompt afterwards) <Common Links, FW>12. Critics have noted that this piece of music is “deceptively calm” yet has “a cavalcade of jarring chords” to create “an eerie atmosphere”, featuring a four-note chiptune ostinato. Junichi Masuda composed this piece, (*) which gained notoriety after a creepypasta claimed over a hundred Japanese children harmed themselves after listening to it, calling it the [title place] Syndrome. For ten points, name this piece of music associated with a certain creepy cemetery town in Pokemon Red, Green, Blue and Yellow.ANSWER: the Lavender town theme <General, FW>13. In Rayman 2, performing this action will cause Rayman to whistle, and in Metro 2033 performing this action will eventually cause Artyom to shock himself with a battery charger. In genocide runs of Undertale, (*) Sans’ special attack requires him to perform this action, and any use of the move Splash in Pokemon causes this action. For ten points, name this action which you must perform (or, rather, not perform) in games such as Universal Paperclips in order for things to happen.ANSWER: Idling, waiting or doing nothing <Common Links, FW>14. This person’s first uploaded video was titled “Merry Go-Rilla” and featured gameplay of Skullgirls. Although this person’s content has since shifted to video essays covering such topics as flat-earthers, soybeans, (*) and the alt-right, they are perhaps best known for a livestreamed, decidedly non-speedrun which featured guests such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. For ten points, name this person who completed Donkey Kong 64 101% in 57 hours and 48 minutes, raising over $347,000 for transgender support charity Mermaids in the process. ANSWER: Hbomberguy (accept Harris “Harry” Brewis, hbomb, Harris Bomberguy) <Speedrunning, FW>15. Description acceptable.This moment happened during the 2013 Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event, during the Group stage of the League of Legends tournament. The team that won because of this moment qualified for the knockout bracket, but lost to eventual runner-up, (*) Azubu Blaze. The protagonist of this moment went on to create his own League of Legends team, called Origen [ORIGIN]. For this highlight to exist, the protagonist had to use Kassadin’s special ability to teleport over short distances. For 10 points, name this esports moment, where xPeke upsets a dominant SK Gaming with a tactical and mechanical outplay in League of Legends.ANSWER: xPeke Backdoor (accept any description whereupon a team losing a League of Legends match teleports to the opposing team to the nexus and destroys it) <Esports, PL>16. In a video explaining this action, the narrator asks the audience to “consider Wing Mario Over the Rainbow, not even the whole star” and describes how one must “build up speed for 12 hours” in order to access “parallel universes” (*) where this action can be utilised. The narrator also responds [emphasise, disdainfully] “well, TJ HENRY Yoshi” to the latter’s comment that this action is apparently not a useful distinction. For ten points, describe this action, that is definitely not the same as a full action, and according to Pannenkoek2012, is all you need to collect the star Watch for Rolling Rocks in Super Mario 64.ANSWER: Half-A-button press or 0.5 x A button presses <Speedrunning, FW>17. One player of this nationality achieved a pentakill against SKT T1 during the playoffs of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational. A player of this nationality could be found in the Dota 2 roster of OG, the winner of The International 2018. A Counter Strike: Global Offensive team comprised (*) entirely of players of this nationality won the first season of the Intel Grand Slam, which required them to win 4 S-tier events within a window of 10. Rasmus “Caps” Winther and the roster of Astralis are both, for 10 points, of which Scandinavian nationality, whose flag is red with a white cross.ANSWER: Danish (or Dane) <Esports, PL>18. The first player draft for this event was held at the Playboy Mansion in 2007, with first pick being Vanessa Arteaga. Jason Lake, a founder of one of the teams that competed in this event said during its early days that “if [this event] doesn’t make it, this will be the end of esports”. A Counter Strike: Source player competing in this event was fined (*) $5,000 after playing Counter Strike 1.6 in a LAN party. This event eventually got cancelled in 2008, two years after it had begun. For 10 points, name this esports tournament series, an attempt at bringing esports to TV audiences which nearly led to the collapse of esports.ANSWER: Championship Gaming Series (or CGS) <Esports, PL>19. Using this item in a paint shooter game can unlock exclusive items of clothing for its characters. Using this item in a Bethesda RPG has a chance of providing the player with the attire, shield or the weapon of the protagonist of a (*) Nintendo franchise. In the latest installment of a fighting game, characters that are generated with this item can be leveled up and improved upon by fighting against the player, and the maximum level that character can reach is 50. For 10 points, name this item, a character figurine that can be scanned on various modern Nintendo consoles, like the Wii U and the Switch.ANSWER: Amiibo <Common Links, PL>20. A speedrun category extension for this game, called Dank%, requires the player to light a stick on fire and perform a glitch to make it look like the main character is smoking weed. Formerly, speedrunners ran on a Chinese version (*) of this game due to its faster scrolling text and load times. This would be replaced by the Japanese Virtual Console because the glitch called “Get Item Manipulation” would crash the Chinese iQue. For 10 points, name this game, where a sub-17 minute time in the Any% category was recently achieved by Torje.ANSWER: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (prompt on The Legend of Zelda) <Speedrunning, PL> ................
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