Poise. Skill. Patience. Calm.
Those are simply 4 of the attributes that speedrunner ‘Distortion2’ possess, and I’m sadly missing – a minimum of in terms of ascending a mountain as a person caught in a cauldron utilizing solely a hammer (a sentence by no means stops being enjoyable to write down). Ok, so that you learn the headline, you understand what you’re about to witness: Getting Over It has been accomplished in lower than 2 minutes. If you don’t thoughts seeing the later sections earlier than you’ve reached them your self, then that is one speedrun you gained’t wish to miss.
Firstly: wow. Cripes. Forget nuclear fission, the moon touchdown or that point I managed to peel a tangerine in a single go. Who’d have thought humanity’s single biggest accomplishment would find yourself embedded in a information submit on RPS?
Secondly: There’s rather a lot to be taught right here. I imply that each by way of the particular methods Distortion navigates among the sections, and extra typically in how he alternates his approach between overhead swinging and jackhammer jumps. It seems that sticking your hammer within the floor and pushing downwards can propel you waaaay additional than I assumed.
The numbers on the prime proper present that that is removed from the quickest doable ascent. If Distortion had managed to finish every section within the quickest time he’d ever achieved, then his whole run time would have are available in at 1:33 – shaving off a full 25 seconds. Don’t anticipate that to occur anytime quickly although, seen as that uninstall on the finish most likely wasn’t only for present. According to one of many feedback, he’s at all times stated that he’d give up as soon as he managed a sub 2 minute run.
As a aspect observe, I actually dig that finish recreation display screen that makes you promise you’re not streaming or recording earlier than you get to see what waits atop the mountain. Any ideas I had about wanting up the ending have vanished, changed by a renewed want to hike up myself. I’m certain that can vanish in flip the following time I fall and undo hours of progress, however that mountain isn’t going wherever. Maybe I’ll have climbed it by the tip of the 12 months.
Oh, and should you’re questioning why Distortion has a elaborate gold cauldron, it’s as a result of he’s reached the highest 100 occasions.
Here’s Speedrun.com’s Getting Over It scoreboard, in case you wish to keep watch over it.
