I love how even though Baradun is just as confused as Greg is he never skips any chance he can get to give him the middle finger.

@atimidbirb

Жыл бұрын

It´s just tradition now

@Aileil

Жыл бұрын

True dedication to the grudge,

@RavenMatthew

Жыл бұрын

666 likes

@LCF_GT

Жыл бұрын

Skip

@cherrydragon3120

Жыл бұрын

@@----Jay---- is greg not also sentient?

For anyone who is confused, shoving Greg normally doesn't do anything when he's a vendor. However, because of an oversight it's possible to trick the game into thinking Greg is a companion for a two frame window by what we call "double-dialog-skip", where you use mouse and keyboard shortcuts simultaneously to skip dialog. Once Greg has been pushed, you need to enter the space he was stood in. This is technically out of bounds so the game will then try to push the player into a valid space, and here we take advantage of Bucket Launch. The bucket in Honeywood is coded to only have collision on the inside, so by placing a bucket on your head you create unintended collision and the game can't put you back into play. It will keep trying until you eventually build up a crazy speed value that eventually hurls you a considerable distance. Being hurled into the sky wouldn't normally be useful so this exploit went ignored for years, but in September 2022 we discovered Comet Skip, and that changed everything...

@surrrithux

Жыл бұрын

This may be the best comment I have ever read in my life...

@Funkho

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the explanation, I've always wondered how people can cross the map so fast...

@infrasonicrebasses4763

Жыл бұрын

lovely

@Me-vr9ms

Жыл бұрын

Wait.. is this a real game or was that just the most creative comment ever..?

@henningratjen4364

Жыл бұрын

@@Me-vr9ms Its a creative comment, alltough thats the way speedrunners look at games, of course slightly exaggerated

Could you imagine being a self aware NPC. The whole purpose of your creation is to deliver one line. You practice it to yourself over and over. You wait hours, days, maybe even months if the player takes their time. Finally you see the player coming. This is the moment you practiced for. This is the whole reason for your existence. You are about to fulfill your purpose in life. Then they skip your conversation and loot your house.

@2nd-place

Жыл бұрын

My friend, you’ve been a self-aware NPC this whole time. As a matter of fact, all of us are. Nothing is real, everything is meaningless.

@shrekshrek

Жыл бұрын

SKIP

@enlightendbel

Жыл бұрын

I guess that's why they are such assholes in selling you gear at 100x the price they buy it for.

@Commander_Shepard.

Жыл бұрын

@@2nd-place SKIP

@EriesAston

Жыл бұрын

Nothing is real, Everything is permitted

I like how greg is a garlic farmer yet he has the most powerfull everything in the game

@0_Body

Жыл бұрын

They clearly derive their power from garlic

@legendsofmichael4315

Жыл бұрын

They skipped the explanation

@1.1kSubChallengeWithoutAnyVid

Жыл бұрын

@@legendsofmichael4315 i see what you did there

@limiv5272

Жыл бұрын

I love how Greg is a garlic farmer, yet he does no farming

@0_Body

Жыл бұрын

@@limiv5272 Garlic farms itself

Rowan saying that's his fastest time makes me realize the characters live through an endless loop. A loop that continuously explodes their minds each time it is done.

@zwenkwiel816

Жыл бұрын

ehm rowan is the player character speedrunning. so ofcourse he replays the game over and over....

@AustralianGrizzly

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure they consider this game an MMO, so its most likely players that Speedrun those than the singleplayer variety.

@Zack_Zander

Жыл бұрын

Skip

@doublehit9165

Жыл бұрын

it depends if their memory is wiped out at the end of ech playthrough or not

@---jx3ql

Жыл бұрын

Not all npc there is one that knows

Still can’t skip the end credits. Totally relatable.

@relytunder

Жыл бұрын

it only matters when the start/stop timer points are

@claireglory

Жыл бұрын

or skip the fixed longass intro scene

@wolfsokaya

Жыл бұрын

If its a record breaking run,they usually leave the pc. :]

@richardhowells5804

Жыл бұрын

Just like in MGS2 😅

@starfruitified3456

Жыл бұрын

Credits usually aren't part of the run since the last input is where the run ends. That's why you don't see runners skip credits.

Lol imagine being an NPC in ocarina of time, watching Link back flipping through the entire village

@Patralgan

Жыл бұрын

Then doing strange maneuvers and holding an invisible rock and then suddenly disappearing

@Paulunatr

Жыл бұрын

Given that "normal" Link invades homes, smashes things and takes whatever's not nailed down without saying a word, speedrun Link is a step up

@NetMoverSitan

Жыл бұрын

Legend of A**hole is one way of doing that.

@Toshinegawa

Жыл бұрын

@Paulunatr you sir deserve a medal. Take a like, friend

@christopherhall5361

Жыл бұрын

*HYAH*

0:07 Speedrun Begin 0:10 Accept First Story Quest 0:17 Acquire the Sealing Stone 0:23 Exchange Sealing Stone for Dark Knight armor (required for buckrocket exploit) 0:28 Buy Horseshoe for duplication glitch 0:32 Buckrocket 0:35 Defeat Deephell Flame Beast, Activate Armageddon 0:41 Use Icecurse Sigil, activate Hel on Earth 0:43 Defeat Cerberus, deactivate Hel on Earth 0:46 Duplicate Bloodhound Fang 0:49 Acquire Ring of Heaven and Earth 0:59 Accept Brotherhood quest 1:00 Use Celestial Hellkey, activate End of the Universe 1:06 Travel to Darklands for 0.78 sec timesave (new tech, impressive 👍) 1:15 Defeat Lord of the Realms, deactivate End of the Universe 1:17 Bond with Greg for faster ending 1:22 Defeat Zeus 1:24 Rescue Baradun 1:28 Run complete

@riasyx2469

9 ай бұрын

damn really underrated bro

@kamilziemian995

9 ай бұрын

Now I understand story of the game.

@MoltenMetal613

8 ай бұрын

Not to mention how he got a gold split on the Lord of the Realms section. It’s no wonder it was his fastest time.

@DgardsGaming

8 ай бұрын

16 minutes How long was the game in general jeez.

@RobertJ-vo4bk

7 ай бұрын

I was waiting for Niftski to pop out at the end with a faster time.

From taking 18 hours to solve the honeywood murders and missing a core mechanic, into finishing the entire frickin’ game in 16 minutes and mastering forbidden top secret techniques. Rowan has gone a long way with ben’s tutoring… Truly a legend that one, but the credit also goes to his master!

@antenant9294

Жыл бұрын

.. roughly comparable with my own speeds of character developement between vanilla WoW and Classic WoW... Man, I miss the clueless blunderer I used to be.

@marot360

Жыл бұрын

Quite a progress!

@libo2000

Жыл бұрын

The key is compassion for your fellow man. You need to have absolutely none of it.

@Mongo-pw9vh

Жыл бұрын

I guess he figured out the "horse pocket" too

@sworddomo1951

Жыл бұрын

Once you memorized the locations you don't need detective mode.

This is legendary. I've never seen anyone execute the bucket thrust exploit so flawlessly.

@scottrauch1261

Жыл бұрын

I didnt know you could keep the bucket to execute the exploit were ever you want, i keep fast traveling to Riverwood to do do it at the garlic farm. Smh

@TQuong

Жыл бұрын

TIL about the Skyrim Flying Bucket

@EddieMitz

Жыл бұрын

@@scottrauch1261 yeah man, if you manage to keep the bucket at the beginning, it easily shaves off 2-3 minutes on your entire run (depending on whether you can successfully do the mossy-stone-border glitch on the Lost Weary Traveler mission)

I love that Greg is confused because no one has ever finished the game before

@Dewani90

Жыл бұрын

still wondering how the hell do you finish an MMORPG...

@s.a.m7297

Жыл бұрын

finished the story, not the game itself

@warllockmasterasd9142

Жыл бұрын

@@Dewani90 well one guy once. got everything in world of Warcraft, and the devs declared he beat the game.

@GoodBoyGoneDad

Жыл бұрын

Probably how Witcher 3 NPCs feel. 😂

@calebowens693

Жыл бұрын

Well, if it's the player's fastest time, then presumably he's finished it at least once before. Probably Greg's memory is wiped by event triggers (sort of like when he snapped from being skipped too much, threatened to kill the player character, and then forgot right after). Actually, I think when Greg snapped before it was Rowan as the player too. Maybe Greg snapping is why getting a successful speedrun is so hard.

This must be the most important npc for a speedrunner to keep talking to him.

@brandonpetersen5710

Жыл бұрын

He's like. The only quest giver the game has.

@tfywmnftiadp

Жыл бұрын

He's like a brother to him...

@gabrielreed8039

Жыл бұрын

​@@brandonpetersen5710The only major one iirc, every other quest giver has like half a dozen at best..

@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917

10 ай бұрын

​@@tfywmnftiadphe'll never forget him

@concernedviewer2887

10 ай бұрын

he has a majority of the needed story quests and is needed for the fastest ending

The hardest part of the speed run is avoiding Greg pulling a knife on you for too many skips.

@sanzuslacker

Жыл бұрын

It may involve save reloads this time

@stevenjohnson2886

Жыл бұрын

@kerimca98

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, pre-angry-Greg patch, good times

@Zirkalaritz

Жыл бұрын

That's why in this route we sing with him, tell him that we'll never forget him and he's like a brother to us, to build just enough relationship with him to prevent the first level of hostility. It used to be faster not to do it, but it was inconsistent as the loss of reputation is not a fixed value and a bad roll would ruin the run. Consistency was chosen over a negligible time save.

@ashurad_fox5991

Жыл бұрын

Ah, right 10% chance was it? Devs put a rare event if you skipped the dialog too much

This man finished 16 minutes in little over 2 minutes. legend status

@abhimanraj04

Жыл бұрын

Skip

@Epaminaidos

Жыл бұрын

It's timed with the in game timer.

@xxxxSylphxxxx

Жыл бұрын

*absolute* legend status, even.

@tymcfadden8496

Жыл бұрын

@@Epaminaidos skip

@genocyber4842

Жыл бұрын

He speed ran the speed run

I can't believe you didn't mention voluntary deaths to respawn in a specific checkpoint, that would have been cool!

@alaric_

Жыл бұрын

He may have done that seeing how fast Rowan popped next to Greg, but we can't see it as it was all from Gregs point of view.

@drunknpoet

Жыл бұрын

i was going to say that he did at 1:03, maybe

@ahmataevo

9 ай бұрын

No no no, this was the deathless run. The next challenge is the no hit run!

@birbwatcher5515

Ай бұрын

fast travel my suicide? is there any other way??

1:17 THE DRAGONS OF SHMARGENROOOOOOGGGGG

@allenharper2928

Жыл бұрын

Love how he looked confused as to why he was compelled to sing that lol.

That man was so fast he was able to pass 16 minutes in just a minute and a half. Legend.

@ottolehikoinen6193

Жыл бұрын

But he showed how the Greg bucket skip works.

@jypsridic

Жыл бұрын

That was because of time dilation, as you approach infinite speed off if the bucket launch glitch updating your physics takes more and more processing power, also approaching infinite, and the result is that the clock speed in the game is reduced. Since we're watching from the perspective of the npcs we don't notice the clock rate slowing because we get slowed too, as a result the player's real world time and the in universe time become disjointed.

@loudgoat5241

Жыл бұрын

Minute and a half? A real legend would do Honeywood Streets in 1:12

@pokejinwwi

Жыл бұрын

@Jyps Ridic uhh i dont think that applies in game unless the game developers are interested in relativity, though in that case, it isn’t exactly “approaching infinity” more like “approaching speed of light “ because nothing is faster than the speed of light(supposedly). since everything is relative, there will always be a frame of reference for any object where it’s at rest and if you imagine a spacetime diagram, in order for this to be true, both the space axes and the time axis must get closer to the null line/light cone(path that light takes through spacetime) meaning that relative to an object at rest on earth, time will seem to go faster for the object travelling near the speed of light

@totallynotaminecraftchanne1923

Жыл бұрын

The beauties of dialogue skipping

The fact that his programming makes him do stuff without having any clue why is genius.

@ZerotZallander

Жыл бұрын

Somehow I totally missed that :v

@The_Forge_Master

Жыл бұрын

@@ZerotZallander Not sure how you missed _suddenly: singing._

@ZerotZallander

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Forge_Master It would appear I commented on the wrong comment. The thing I didn't notice was that "you can tell how far he's progressing by seeing how his equipment gets better"

@FalconOfStorms

Жыл бұрын

Kind of like all of us.

@rosyidharyadi7871

Жыл бұрын

happens in real life as well.

I love how Greg only has a spare moment to get offended by this player before he's brought into utter confusion. Therefore the run is never ruined by him threatening a rude adventurer.

This video actually has some really good eye tracking work. The way the editor created a believable tracking sight line for Alan is, genuinely, top notch. There are Hollywood level editors who can't pull that off.

I like how you can tell how far he's progressing by seeing how his equipment gets better

@michaelsong5555

Жыл бұрын

Real speedrunners never both with armors, because they never get hit (unless it's gonna save them a few seconds). They're basically naked barbarians.

@FlamingNinjaBoi

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelsong5555 Depends on the game. Some games might have item requirements or whatever - like a gear level to enter a certain place - or some games might have inevitable incoming damage you need to be able to take to continue. But yeah if it's a possibility for the game, a speedrunner will absolutely go full-dodge.

@kenzacharyrodriguez2591

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelsong5555 true, speedrunners dont bother with high end gear because it takes too long to acquire them.

@SleepyStreak

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelsong5555 Depends if there's any armor/gear that the time acquiring it is less than the time it saves. Which is certainly the case for some things.

@michaelsong5555

Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyStreak That's usually the case for weapons, but not armors.

I lost it at Rowan abusing the physics engine and becoming a rocket 🤣.

@fallen4062

Жыл бұрын

Yeah lol

@klaw7050

Жыл бұрын

Yep. I almost spit my coffee when that happened.

@christianstachl

Жыл бұрын

BUT, you have to admit, in many any% runs it is exactly like that 😂

@DivineFalcon

Жыл бұрын

He's probably doing the horse tilt glitch from Skyrim...

@kevin74747

Жыл бұрын

Rowan's speed travel 😄

The bit where he selectively allowed himself 2.4 seconds of non-speed-related fun ("draaagons...") was so real. That's how it be, optimization be damned

@l4w1i3t

9 ай бұрын

Actually, he emoted there so that the game could flush its memory in a way that enables wrong warping into the boss arena at the Altar of Shmargenrog. The strat was only discovered days before Rowan used it here, so it was fairly new at the time.

@herardpique7302

2 ай бұрын

easy WR

i love how they took a tiny bit of time to sing a part of the song

The best part of this is that it actually adheres to the continuity that you yourself have created with your own skits.

@perlundgren7797

Жыл бұрын

Is this just a fancy way of saying "You made another video in a series" or does it actually mean something?

@HiddenWindshield

Жыл бұрын

@@perlundgren7797 It's possible to "make another video in a series" without having continuity with previous videos in the series.

@perlundgren7797

Жыл бұрын

@@HiddenWindshield By all means, but isn't Epic NPC Man pretty much always internally consistent? I realize I probably sounded snarkier than intended, but if it's supposed to be the "best part" I figured there should be somehing more to it.

@pypeapple

Жыл бұрын

He means the entirely fake story and quests within epic npc man that the VLDL team have kept consistent throughout the entire series even tough they don’t have to

@santosic

Жыл бұрын

@@pypeapple yep, the appearance of the bucket, the Dragons of Schamenrog, Baradun, the Dark Lands... all quests from this "game" we've seen before.

I like the two different reactions to the unknown: Greg put aside differences with baradun to find comfort in the shared discomfort, while baradun sought comfort in the familiarity of pattern in their normal dysfunctional relationship.

I love how somebody in the credits is literally called "A Somebody" 🤣🤣🤣

@asomebody6120

Жыл бұрын

Omg mom I'm in the credits

@bingsoy.

Жыл бұрын

@@asomebody6120 lol

@Marcus_405

Жыл бұрын

also saw a jiggle physics tester

@ElectricBlaze164

Жыл бұрын

@@asomebody6120 lol

@ElectricBlaze164

Жыл бұрын

@@Marcus_405 that's hilarious lol

I'm not hard of hearing but I do regularly watch stuff with CC on so I can keep the volume low and I have to say I really appreciate when a KZread channel goes the extra mile and creates subtitles. KZread's subtitles are alright but having written out sentences is nice. You guys are legends.

This is hands down one of your best skits, I absolutely lost it at Rowan turning into a rocket. Very well made.

@hardanheavy

Жыл бұрын

One of your best skips, surely?

@Katharina-rp7iq

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping we would see him wiggle into a wall, too.

@VivaLaDirtLeague

Жыл бұрын

Speed rocket Rowan 😎

I would 100% buy a game based on this series

@isaacgould5974

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@agaxent6200

Жыл бұрын

why not develop their own pc game in like this im gonna buy it also.. and support them.

@DmpstrPirate

Жыл бұрын

I DEMAND THEY MAKE IT

@kaboomsihal1164

Жыл бұрын

@@agaxent6200 yeah because that's a fun weekend activity lmfao. Not like that requires a shitton of money and skills for what would be a 5 minutes parody

@6squall9

Жыл бұрын

@@kaboomsihal1164 they arent big enough for gaming industry to be willing to invest in MMO based on them yet, but they might be eventually. decent MMO takes quite a bit of time and money investment so it's not happening any time soon if ever

I think it would have been even funnier if he was angry at his latest time for being 2 seconds more than his previous record, and just kill the two guys in rage before starting again.

@justmonika6529

Жыл бұрын

this js very real. Speedrunning makes you angry

@Vaquix000

Жыл бұрын

@@justmonika6529 I don't see the upside to speedrunning. You play the game for such an absurd amount of time it becomes boring so that you can finish it quickly to... Impress who exactly? All it shows is they have too much time on their hands and don't know how to spend it.

@soviet_pie_rat

Жыл бұрын

@@Vaquix000 You could say that about anything. Sport, drawing, film making, etc. "All it shows is they have too much time on their hands and don't know how to spend it." And yes, there are fans of the speedrunning (i'm not a fan, but sometimes I watch speedruns)

@iPuls3

Жыл бұрын

@@Vaquix000 To impress the fans and show that you're the best. Permanent legend status.

@willc3697

Жыл бұрын

@@iPuls3 “permanent” until someone else beats your record by 1.021 seconds, then so begins your descent into irrelevance…

With this kind of run, I could imagine there would be an hour long or so historical video about this one villager strat that literally cut hours of time and helped the speedrunning community of this game out there -- just to be discovered by the masses or algorithm.

Greg always kills me with some unexpected funny reaction! The credits flying by "Who are all these people!?!"

@VivaLaDirtLeague

Жыл бұрын

Spoiler - they’re all our patrons 😜

@angeladawn805

Жыл бұрын

@@VivaLaDirtLeague bravo. That was brilliant. 😊

@MyButtsBeenWiped

Жыл бұрын

@@VivaLaDirtLeague Never Cease Epic NPC Man !

@Vares65

Жыл бұрын

@@VivaLaDirtLeague I assumed as much.

@Vares65

Жыл бұрын

Did you read any of it, they had some funny job titles in there.

I love how genuinely confused allan looks

@setsunakoikogeki182

Жыл бұрын

that's how an NPC feels with all these speed runners in games.

@ditto113

Жыл бұрын

they probably didn't give him the script .. and he's like .. "what's going on, isn't anyone going to yell *cut* ?" O.o

Man I love Gregg and Baradun's relationship, can we have more with them. Also so funny how disappointed Baradun was that he got skipped!!

I like how Greg went from “How rude!” to “What the heck is going on here???” 😂😂😂😂

This is incredibly well made, both the script and the editing. Edit: I also just realized that all the dialogue and mission scenes we see here actually have correlation to things we have seen in other videos.

@bobsponge1877

Жыл бұрын

SKIP

@emilyp.4100

Жыл бұрын

So true :D

@Agus-fw7dl

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, look at the comet ☄️

@tolich3

Жыл бұрын

And credits too.

@alexandrenunesdeoliveira9417

Жыл бұрын

Damm right

Best line right there: "MOVE! I need your exploit" and the swap from being upset to genuinely terrified got me XD

Man, when he masters running backwards, his times are going to be *insane*.

@imtheonewhoaskedlol

Жыл бұрын

WA-WA-WA-WA-WA-WA-WA-WA-WA-WA-HOOOOOO

@jerrjohnpresti

Жыл бұрын

WHAT

Hahaha, I think my favorite part of this whole video is when he keeps saying "skip!" over the "like and subscribe" spiel. What a great cherry on top. Lol.

I nearly burst my sides laughing at this. Almost as much as Rowan designing his own character.

@bobsponge1877

Жыл бұрын

SKIP

@denzelsmith9938

11 ай бұрын

Imagine you do this in borderlands and dark souls games that would be crazy

The look on Greg's face when he's holding the ring that Roan takes is like "wtf am I holding a ring right now and why am I giving it to this adventurer..." Hilarious! great work guys.

@Elenrai

Жыл бұрын

To this day I find Two Worlds 1 to be the best example of critical thinking from a RP angle so far, the simple fact you can beat the game by simply rallying the local villagers and beat the crap outta the boss utilizing angry peasant mobs, is by far the most underrated piece of accidental genius in game design and speedrunning!

@delta_glider4362

Жыл бұрын

>Greg's face when he's holding the ring that Roan takes is Greg also start the sentence "It's one of a kind" mean it's a quest reward.

This is the most hilarious thing to date that I've seen from you guys... Brilliant!

@carloshbello

Жыл бұрын

Then you haven’t watched the one about the puppy “infestation” 😂 look it up

@bobosims1848

Жыл бұрын

@@carloshbello Yeah, I did, but only AFTER having seen the one above! That puppies quest was SICK! I'm more of a cat person, but I was still horrified at the thought of smashing those cuties...

All glitches used in this video: 0:07 “Intro clip skip”, To do this: Press esc and equip your sword which should move you slightly closer to Greg, allowing you to skip the into cut-scene. 0:21 “Sword Thrust running”, To do this: Hold sword thrust to build up your sword thrust then release it and at the same time spam the run button and this will make you character sprint at 2x the normal speed for 10 seconds. 0:28 “Comet launching”, To do this glitch you must be very precise: First you need to open the shop to buy a horseshoe; This will allow you to push Greg out of the way, Then put Greg’s bucket on your head and stand in the same spot as him and because the GUI was closed the game will try to move Greg back to his original spot making him collide with you and the bucket at the same time which will launch you whichever direction the bucket is facing. 0:56 “Extended dialogue skip”, To do this: Enter Greg’s dialogue from the side and exit the dialogue by pressing B which will make the game panic and instead of re-doing the dialogue it will completely remove it. 1:00 Unnamed: Using the horseshoe we got from Greg we can simply place it around our head which will collide with us in such a way (similar to a comet launch) that we go fast enough to be in multiple places at the same time so the game fixes that by teleporting you to the nearest spawn point which, if you did it right, would be right next to the boss 1:10 “Fast-Travel launching”, To preform this glitch you need to have the previous comet launch stored and fast-travel to anywhere (In this case the Darklands) and once you travel there you’ll launch at high speeds facing the direction you teleported. 1:20 “Extended comet launching”, To do this: Go to the old lady in the pots shop and preform a comet launch by pushing her out of the way (She isn’t anchored so you don’t have to do anything) and putting the “Short flower pot” on your head which is very similar in shape to the bucket but it has an outer lip causing you to be able to control where you move (In this case we’ll be comet launching to High Sorcerer Baradun)

I laughed maniacally throughout the entire video. The total confusion on Greg's face the entire time as random crap is happening, and then Baradun flying him the bird. That was fantastic!

@lowgrs1

Жыл бұрын

oh man I was too.. soooo funny and so true.

@SMILEY460MS

Жыл бұрын

This is why an npc should never take drugs or in another term "stimulants".

@zaub1

Жыл бұрын

Skip

@bradwoodard8289

Жыл бұрын

Putting the video on slow playback and reading the job titles of the people in the credits is worth it.

@Cipher_8

Жыл бұрын

@@bradwoodard8289😆 'global localisation manager' sounds like a difficult job

Rowan saying Greg's lines and skipping them is next level!

@murray821

Жыл бұрын

When you played the game countless times you know every line 😂

@austinlee5391

Жыл бұрын

Could have saved himself some seconds by skipping sooner.

@a_wild_Kirillian

Жыл бұрын

@@austinlee5391, the game soft locks if you don't wait for the line to finish.

@megaturon1212

Жыл бұрын

Due to a coding oversight, that particular line has no skip promt so you need to finish the line then skipping the rest of the dialouge

So true, this is my favorite skit by you guys yet

We need this speed run with the perspective of the other npcs

@Stratelier

Жыл бұрын

"My friend never listens to me. Whenever I talk, he just --" *SKIP!* "-- oh no, not you too!" - Some NPC somewhere

@calebowens693

Жыл бұрын

Or a normally tough boss who the speedrunner easily kills with a glitch that makes the fight easy.

Rowan is the ultimate gamer. It was only last week when he learned about the detective mode and now when he has this final piece of the puzzle, he can fully use all the game mechanics to do a glorious speedrun. He did try before, but got stuck for hours trying to solve the Honeywood murder.

@nekomarinyan1398

Жыл бұрын

Wait, there's a feature that let's you finish that quest faster?!

@DarthTwilight

Жыл бұрын

You're reading too much into it. He found this on GameFAQs.

@TylerZeta

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget way before that he was able to pet a dog that wasn't coded to be pet.

@DarthTwilight

Жыл бұрын

@@TylerZeta He'zh becoming too powerful.... He musht be shtopped at all coshts.

Oh my god the production value has SKYROCKETED, this is so damn good!

@VivaLaDirtLeague

Жыл бұрын

Get it - skyrocketed 😂

You guys should do a second version of this. I keep watching this its so good lol

Your team are absolutely hilarious. Love your content

Baradun flipping Greg off was so wholesome. I hadn't even realized how much I had missed this. Thank you for making my day! ♥️

@drunkbeaverproduction

Жыл бұрын

Thats how he says hello! LOL

@theq86

Жыл бұрын

I get my regular dose of Greg abuse at the VLDL DnD channel, but its nice seeing it on the main channel again after a long time.

@Diana-whathappenedin97

Жыл бұрын

Wait, when did their beef start?

@Callypso32

Жыл бұрын

fits perfectly as i got my mug yesterday... Did i show you this? XD

You know it's a real speedrun cause he purchases a single horseshoe for a bizarre interaction that completely unmakes the laws of physics

Discovering your channel is one of the best things to happen to me I think I discovered you once before years ago... but rediscovering it all over again as if for the first time... !!

Haven't watched in ages. Production value is damn good now. This one cracked me up.

This is pure genius, literally exactly how speed runners act. "SKIP!"

@artyhedgehog

Жыл бұрын

I think you -

@user-fg9oy3uo3h

Жыл бұрын

They can’t do that with God of War III. Forced to watch all cutscenes.

@blasterdush4998

Жыл бұрын

@@user-fg9oy3uo3h in darksouls they would restart to open doors faster

@exzobree9158

Жыл бұрын

@@artyhedgehog SKIP!

I’m so happy to see Greg and Baradun again… feels like it’s been forever since we’ve seen the OG crew. This episode felt like the old days of NPC man and I absolutely love it EDIT: I’m already aware of the DND channel. Seen it since day one. But it doesn’t have the same feel as the OG NPC man days, like this episode did.

@tannyart6408

Жыл бұрын

Exactly 🥺

@macmcleod1188

Жыл бұрын

Yea. I'm most invested in NPC man. It's my favorite.

@Zakudohn

Жыл бұрын

If you want more azerim can check the DND campaign using all their npcs as pcs (ironically) and batman (bob)

@Loganedward29

Жыл бұрын

They have over 100 episodes of DND with those characters on the other channel.

@Seb_Semos

Жыл бұрын

and the little music in the beggining, just missing the outro 😁😁😁

You guys are awesome. Thanks for these.

That’s one of y’all’s best to date, ending was even better 😂

I never thought we'd get an epic npc man speed run, this was awesome

Whoever does your CGI killed it in this one. Seeing Rowan zooming across the sky like that was amazing. I love that he did the bucket on head as a hack to make that happen.

@songweaver6076

Жыл бұрын

yes!

I love how the developer tried to defeat this method by hiding a flag inside of a random bit of dialogue. If you skipped over the flag, it would purposefully slow you down by adding in a quest stage where you had to maintain a lover's relationship score with Greg for one in-game week. It took the community just five hours to find the flag after "Dragons of Smaugenrog". It might add a few seconds to let that part play, but it beats all the time it takes going through the motions of getting Greg's score that high and then using the time jump function six times in a row.

The most unrealistic part of this was Rowan simply running like normal in the beginning. Don't know if I've ever seen a speedrunner simply run normal like that, usually it's some kind of diagonal strafe bunnyhop or some other ridiculous thing that makes you technically move faster than normal.

@WorlWyrm

Жыл бұрын

That depends on the game, if the game does not have basic movement exploits u can abuse, you quite literally do something else that's ridiculous as hell to travel to each objective in a game. Let me take rain world for example, a game where there's ALOT of movement options (though they aren't exploits or anything, just intended game design) where you can roll, backflip, pounce after a roll, jump, pouncing (without roll) and other stuff. All I'm saying is that it depends on the game, the game has some sort of shit you can exploit to travel god knows where? Do it. Even GTA San Andreas has borderline ridiculously mind boggling strats.

@WorlWyrm

Жыл бұрын

And yes, I know this is a joke, and I'm indeed taking it seriously

@ryo-kai8587

Жыл бұрын

I was totally hoping for this, like the diagonal running in Goldeneye or back-stepping in Symphony of the Night

@metamod1

Жыл бұрын

Imagine he would do the backroll like link in ocarina of time 😁

@user-fb7ln4dw6y

Жыл бұрын

@@WorlWyrm :O rain world mentioned

Really didn't expect Rowan to turn into a human fireball, laughed pretty hard at that one.

@ItIsYouAreNotYour

Жыл бұрын

End game content. You will get there one day.

@dahandsomeguywithcoolglass8949

Жыл бұрын

You mean living ballistic warhead

@murray821

Жыл бұрын

He cheated Radahn abilities

@adam7264

Жыл бұрын

They did it that it looks very professionally.

@Kewlausgirl

Жыл бұрын

Best part of it! Especially that this is only achieved by standing where Greg normally stands lol

Just found you guys yesterday. I am now completely caught up on Epic NPC Man. Great content fellas! You've come along way in a few years.

@CollinGerberding

Жыл бұрын

go back and watch the Guess Who one.

@Preston241

Жыл бұрын

@@CollinGerberding lol damn thanks

This is one of your masterpieces!

The intro music with Greg's "welcome to Honeywood" seriously hit me with big time nostalgia for Epic NPC man skits. I absolutely ADORE literally EVERY piece of content you guy are putting out and I always have - but I've been a fan since the very beginning and so Epic NPC man skits just always makes me feel like I'm coming home, and please never ever stop making them. I think I have a need for a new skit with the epic and legendary Eugene cry and poor Hamish trying to sell something

@MartinFinnerup

Жыл бұрын

This. Never has anyone else expressed my own thoughts so accurately.

@olegvolkov4456

Жыл бұрын

I want my "Epic NPC Man" jingle back.

@simonspacek3670

Жыл бұрын

Epic NPC man is comedy gold. I love the old sketches, they are so real. Well, they realistically show unreal virual world, but you know what I mean.

@skypechess

Жыл бұрын

Same here.

@zaub1

Жыл бұрын

skip

And Baradun remains consistent towards Greg 😂

@bobsponge1877

Жыл бұрын

SKIP

@badstreff

Жыл бұрын

I swear Alan had to look away to avoid laughing!

@richardmahn7589

Жыл бұрын

Rules: Run ends when Baradun flips off Greg

@FaultAndDakranon

Жыл бұрын

Baradun is very boring like that. Calls himself smart, bored and unimaginative.

@stefansneden1957

Жыл бұрын

Love the reference to their dnd campaign

This is like the best vid in the whole series!

I didn't realise this when I first watched it, but according to this Greg is a vital NPC for at least the majority of the main game, and there's gotta be a reason why Baradun keeps showing up right in front of Greg's house with his teleportations. Like, other than Baradun essentially always wanting to compete with Greg. (Which to me is by definition why he will never win: the High Sorcerer picked a fight with a hamlet living garlic farmer.) Also Alan's expressions are really great; the volume matching with the confusion at "The Dragons of Schmargonrog!"

1:41 "-thank you for the sub" a nice little cherry on top

The fact he had enough time to sing a little and still get a new best time just says how good of a speedrunner he is

@Bleihagel

Жыл бұрын

I think it was a part of a quest.

@michaelharder3055

Жыл бұрын

@@Bleihagel Yup. The unskipable part of the cut scene.

@wwjnz9263

Жыл бұрын

The last line of that song is unskippable.

@snacksnake7418

Жыл бұрын

@@wwjnz9263 Ah, I didn't know that. I enjoy the singing cutscene so much that I've never tried to skip it in game

@OmniscientWarrior

Жыл бұрын

game isn't worth playing if you can't have a little fun while playing it

One year after this video. Please make another speed runner video, it's awesome

When they both say the line in tandem & the NPC is like wtf

I like that you ended with everyone still in character.

@sadie9728

Жыл бұрын

Perfect end

@TheGiantRobot

Жыл бұрын

@@FBCGodfather They usually break character at the end, laughing or something.

Rowan blasting into the sky like a rocket absolutely destroyed me. Was NOT expecting that. 🤣

@cherrydragon3120

Жыл бұрын

That was great

@kirank287

Жыл бұрын

Skip

@Soinetwa

Жыл бұрын

to be fair some crazy skips / glitches are used in many speedruns another fun thing i would have liked to see is the player jumping around / walking backwards / sliding around

Oh wow, the effects are amazing xD

I never stopped to think if I was being rude every time I skipped an NPC. He could have been waiting his entire life to tell me of the potions I will need in order to traverse the Badlands.

I'd love to see a skit about Passionate Players who find almost everything and every character endearing that it seems weird to other players who skip the dialogue!

@BreakofDawn

Жыл бұрын

Oh man I feel personally attacked

@nairocamilo

Жыл бұрын

There's one almost like this (Roleplayer vs. Veteran, and I think that should be a continued segment like Ben v. Rowan), but not that exactly. Could even have the other character start jaded by the profound knowledge of lore from the Passionate player, then amazed, then become jaded again by the end (but with space to grow impressed once more)

@KickUpHammyDude

Жыл бұрын

@@BreakofDawn Hey don't be! I'm that kinda of player too who is so enthusiatic about getting to know characters no matter how quirky they are!

@KickUpHammyDude

Жыл бұрын

@@nairocamilo That would be so nice too see!

@vukkulvar9769

Жыл бұрын

They form a party, and you need all players to skip for the skip to happen, but there's that one player who doesn't skip ever. So all the other player breath on his neck waiting for him to skip, which never happen.

Rowan is lucky that Greg didn't snap by the constant skipping or that would have been the end of his speed run.

@Elder_Keithulhu

Жыл бұрын

I think the attitude is important. When Greg snapped, he was clearly being rude and dismissive. This time he was in a hurry. Also, this time he took the quest.

OMG THIS IS THE BEST SKETCH SO FAR

This was the best one yet.

0:56 love that moment... It was such a good presentation of dialogue choices when speed running. Speed Runner just said what needed to be said but didn't bother listening to the responses.

The little absurd details like them singing “The Dragons of Smargenrahg” together are the added spice to these feasts.

That’s brilliant I really love what you do

I feel so sorry for Greg sometimes, he is so confused now, hugs Greg !

I'm so glad it wasn't just Rowan running around and you guys actually included a nod to some of the ridiculous exploits speedrunners use to fly around all over the place

@thenthson

Жыл бұрын

Gotta love a good prop fly or abh

@The_Azure_

Жыл бұрын

My mind is still blown over the fact that Parallel Universes exist in Super Mario 64... and I found that out 6 years ago.

I'm more amazed that Greg, in all his sentience, was still able to keep up with which stage/mission Rowan's in.

The Dragons of Schmargonrog part still cracks me up lol

guys thank you for putting the fun back into funny.

This is exactly what speed runners look like from my perspective.

@evegreen660

Жыл бұрын

coach is here...ah internet is a small place

Almost 7 years of gameplay in the matter of 16 minutes. Congrat Rowan.

Imagine some guy just walks into your village and solves all the worlds problems in 16 minutes

Wow, these effects are top-tier.

One of your best sketches ever! You need to make more speedrunning sketches, because everything just goes bonkers, and it's awesome to watch!

@Hunoa44

Жыл бұрын

So true

As a speedrunner myself, I can say this is pretty accurate lol

@Palinghufter

Жыл бұрын

As an NPC I can confirm this too.

@AstarionWifey

Жыл бұрын

Why??? 😂

@viruszyx

Жыл бұрын

@@hakimdiwan5101 Why do athletes run? It's fun) After all, this is a competitive sport.

@Zen-751

Жыл бұрын

No

@viruszyx

Жыл бұрын

@@hakimdiwan5101 Athletes run to reach the finish line as soon as possible, according to the rules of a specific competition, competing in the championship with others. Speedrunners run to reach the finals as soon as possible, according to the rules depending on the category, while competing with others. It's easy to see the similarities. Well, like I said, it's fun, so a lot of viewers can also watch speedrunners in real time on streams. Just like watching sports on television, only here you are also given the opportunity to see how a person trains.

Their animation budget raised a lot...

This was awesome! thanks!

The vast level of quality in these videos is evident more and more, great stuff guys