Haelian published a video a week or so ago setting out the probabilities for why it was so unlikely that this difficulty configuration would ever be beat: https://youtu.be/S-VUzcJHWF0

Which of course was taken as a challenge, with runner Jade clearing heat 64 yesterday, using an unseeded and unmodded run: https://youtu.be/0mo-kXjasZs

(For context, the seed is the way a particular run is generated, and players can meticulously generate seeded runs to ensure certain things do or don’t spawn by taking very specific sets of actions. Dying and respawning - rather then reloading from the menu, which is quicker - resets the seed. That’s why challenge runs always start with a death and respawn to show that a pre-configured seed isn’t being carried over from previous runs.)

Here’s Haelian’s reaction to the whole situation: https://youtu.be/5L7_3MrG_08

Insanely impressive, and I don’t know if we’ll get to see it again.

  • @worfamerryman@beehaw.org
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    421 year ago

    Website has a link to a Reddit post which is just a link to YouTube. How many jumps did I need to make to watch the video at the source?😂

    • @wahming
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      Aren’t all the videos linked directly from OP’s post?

      • P03 Locke
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        71 year ago

        Yeah, OP’s videos in the posts were the exact ones I would have linked. Go watch those.

        Haelian’s reaction is more informative than just being an average reaction video, because he describes the decision making in the choices Angel1c made.

    • @ogeist@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      And then he never returned as for he was forever trapped in an infinite loop of rogue-like gaming…

      Farewell stranger, may the RNG be good to you…

    • @GeneralRetreat@beehaw.orgOP
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      See you in 200 hours, enjoy!

      Also, if you’re playing for the first time maybe don’t watch those videos until you’ve completed at least one run for spoiler reasons.

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    201 year ago

    It’s important to understand that Angel1c (Jade) and Baj were the only two players with the skill level who could have possibly had a chance to beat unmodded, unseeded 64 heat. They already beat 64 heat runs with mods or seeds, so it was a matter of getting that insanely luck RNG to reach the goal.

      • TheRtRevKaiserM
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        61 year ago

        Yeah I watched it on Haelian’s stream and he was so anxious in the third phase even though he knew how it was gonna turn out. That fight was absolutely wild.

      • P03 Locke
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        41 year ago

        Yeah, with all of his safeties exhausted, he beat it with the lowest amount of health possible. One more hit and the run would have been over.

  • falsem
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    81 year ago

    They got really lucky with that Zeus special boon at the beginning.