Jokes aside, a lot of devs love watching stuff like speedrunning. It means someone loved their creation enough to minutely analyze it and spend countless hours with it.

eg check out the devs watching a guy beat Psychonauts https://youtu.be/lsDc1YVxHA0?t=517

(I'm pretty sure there was similar version of this where they guy wasn't in the room and they were just watching the earlier recording of the speedrun but I can't find it now)

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

a lot of devs love watching stuff like speedrunning

True, but some of them hate it. But with the growing presence of speedrunning friendly features in new titles (looking at you, Supergiant), I think that's becoming less of a problem.

Either way, these "devs watch" reaction videos are fantastic.

[+] Dagnet@lemmy.world -18 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I would have conflicted feelings about it if I were the devs, often speed runners even forget or don't even know the story of the game they run lol I imagine it's like spending all day cooking something really nice and your serve it to someone who absolutely loves the dish but mainly because of the plate you served it on, they come back every day to order it only to throw the food away and stare at the plate

[–] Almrond@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I haven't ever met a speedrunner that hadn't played the game casually at least a few times. Just because its a running joke that speedrunners don't care about the story because of the effort taken to skip it to save time doesn't mean speedrunners literally don't care about it. Kingdom Hearts speedrunners are the only ones I have met that can hash out the entirety of that convoluted mess.

[+] Dagnet@lemmy.world -7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your experience doesn't invalidate mine. I watch speedrun events very often and and runners will say stuff "Im not really sure why he wants to kill us but skips the entire fight with clever use of game mechanics that was the boss fight!". Many of them did play the entire game without speedrunning at first, but many dont.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're correct. I've watched many live speed runners mention that they only know how to speed run the game because they started playing the game with the intention of speed running it to begin with.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for confirming, I know it's true but it's funny seeing people downvote my comment as if there was an unspoken rule for speedrunners to experience the game in full before speedrunning

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Social media people are petty

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Seems more like someone taking a picture of the food, and then leaving without trying it. They still appreciate the food, just not the part that makes it great.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Maybe for glitchless but in glitch allowed speedruns its basically the plate they see

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

More like someone giving you a lecture about where every ingredient came from, who gathered it and how it found its way into the dish before letting you eat. Just give me the fucking food I don't have time for this nonsense.