![]() ![]() ![]() To unearth malfeasance, the community has to dig through video and code seeking proof of something that may not exist, while dealing with the fallout of accusing a person of lying. Some speedrunning happens live, some speedrunning records are established in recordings taken in the privacy of a speedrunner’s home with a copy of OBS, and no video game explicitly red flags cheating in a way that is obvious to a viewer. A 10-second difference doesn't sound like a lot, but speedrunning is often measured in milliseconds.Īs I outlined in another story about a speedrunning community dealing with a similar issue, it's hard to prove cheating. The closest was a speedrunner called Groomp, who's managed to hit two minutes and 40 seconds. ![]() There had been suspicions about BarryMode's run for years, because BarryMode wasn't a known speedrunner, let alone one in the dedicated Spelunky speedrunning community, and other speedrunners who'd spent thousands of hours playing the game hadn't come close. Those accomplishments are part of the game's history!" They deserve proper credit for being the first to do something in the game. "Actually, it's the only one I'm really aware of, off the top of my head! As a creator, it definitely means a lot to me that people spend the time learning how to speedrun Spelunky. "This is definitely the most major cheating situation I've heard of in Spelunky speedrunning," said Spelunky designer Derek Yu. ![]()
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