mbd39 | 2,026 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 The game does keep getting harder so it's a tough challenge. The previous record was 58 loops in 2012. https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/14g82p8/themexicanrunner_is_currently_50_hours_into_a/ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 815 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 I can't imagine playing a game that many times in a row even with Contra being a quick and dirty play through. That's probably in the ballpark of how many times I've played the game in my life and it's a favourite of mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhead123 | 687 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Dude, I love Contra but playing it for 61 straight hours is just insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,026 Posted June 26, 2023 Author Share Posted June 26, 2023 45 minutes ago, Webhead123 said: Dude, I love Contra but playing it for 61 straight hours is just insanity. To be fair, it wasn't 61 straight hours. He just left the NES on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,424 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 So you're telling me I haven't really beat Contra. Does the game crash after 256 or something? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,026 Posted June 26, 2023 Author Share Posted June 26, 2023 8 minutes ago, DefaultGen said: So you're telling me I haven't really beat Contra. Does the game crash after 256 or something? It apparently loops back to first loop difficulty. There's some crazy stuff that happens in later loops as well, such as some enemies in last stage either being invincible or having like 1 HP so they die in one hit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhead123 | 687 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 29 minutes ago, mbd39 said: To be fair, it wasn't 61 straight hours. He just left the NES on. Ah. Got it. Still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Thats a lot of work for YouTube followers. Damn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirVillain | 490 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Whild. Never knew this (Game difficulty resets after 256 loops). This guy is pretty good at NES games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 815 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 15 hours ago, MrWunderful said: Thats a lot of work for YouTube followers. Damn. Yeah, the stuff some of these streamers/content creators do would make me never want to play games again. This would be an example of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,940 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 I don't think many of these streamers do these things just as gimmicks to get more subs. I think people like TMR do this because they enjoy pushing themselves to gaming limits by their own standards. Kids (and possibly even adults) existed like this 25-35 years ago. We just didn't have the means of mass-comparison like we do with the internet today, which ups the ante for these types of individuals with this type of drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 20 minutes ago, RH said: I don't think many of these streamers do these things just as gimmicks to get more subs. I think people like TMR do this because they enjoy pushing themselves to gaming limits by their own standards. Kids (and possibly even adults) existed like this 25-35 years ago. We just didn't have the means of mass-comparison like we do with the internet today, which ups the ante for these types of individuals with this type of drive. 100% they do if this is their main source of income. It takes effort to set up a stream, and edit videos. If it was just about pushing his own limits, a blog would be the easiest way. Stunts like this are done for clout. Impressive yes, but not possible for those with “real” jobs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,940 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 16 minutes ago, MrWunderful said: 100% they do if this is their main source of income. It takes effort to set up a stream, and edit videos. If it was just about pushing his own limits, a blog would be the easiest way. Stunts like this are done for clout. Impressive yes, but not possible for those with “real” jobs. I'm not saying it's not a money maker or a day job. People that want to do these things often find a way to monetize them, but many also do all of that so they can continue to push themselves. It's symboitic. To put it differently, yes, there are "publicity stunts" but I can't see to many people spending that much time pushing toward a goal unless they had a motivation to do it. They can supplement the motivation with earning money, but if your goal is to make an income, there are easier ways to do it. This is an interest for him he's monetized and it takes extreme determination, foundationally built on a desire to do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,026 Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, RH said: I'm not saying it's not a money maker or a day job. People that want to do these things often find a way to monetize them, but many also do all of that so they can continue to push themselves. It's symboitic. To put it differently, yes, there are "publicity stunts" but I can't see to many people spending that much time pushing toward a goal unless they had a motivation to do it. They can supplement the motivation with earning money, but if your goal is to make an income, there are easier ways to do it. This is an interest for him he's monetized and it takes extreme determination, foundationally built on a desire to do it. TMR monetized this by requiring a $5 donation per loop from Twitch chat soon after he completed his original goal of 58 loops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirVillain | 490 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 If this guy can make money from playing video games in his house then fuck... more power to him! $1,000 to play Contra for the week. Jesus, sign me up! I'm weirdly jealous in a way. It's just not my style to be talking to people and "engaging the subs", but if someone can do it and play video games and make money, then fuck... go for it! Hats off to this fellow. I'm watching him TALK about video games right now. Muhfucka isn't even playing anything and I'm watching, hahaha. I clicked on the Twitch out of curiosity this morning and here we are... There are 152 people watching LIVE. Hahaha, that's incredible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodysGameRoom | 2,008 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 TMR is the real deal. Dude is an excellent gamer. He's got my respect for sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 815 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Yeah no disrespect to TMR's gaming ability or his stream content. He's got major skills and I've even seen him dabble with music covers. I still think there is a difference between pushing your gaming limits and doing it while trying to make a living out of streaming - I feel like beating Contra 256 times falls more on the latter. Hats off to anyone who 'makes it' in streaming though. It would take a ton of effort, persistence and skill with little to no payoff up front with no guarantees/securities unless you're one of the lucky ones that really breakout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT | 98 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 TMR is a legend, nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirVillain | 490 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, Andy_Bogomil said: I still think there is a difference between pushing your gaming limits and doing it while trying to make a living out of streaming - I feel like beating Contra 256 times falls more on the latter. Haha, yeah, but shit... what are we talking about here? The guy is not selling his soul advertising for Uber One or some e-sports betting site. If you're going to take something you love and think is cool like playing Contra and try to do something literally no one has ever done before then you SHOULD try to make money off it. I definitely think it 100% can be BOTH pushing your gaming limit AND trying to make money. This guy SHOULD try to make money from it. The fuck are we talking about here? He's literally creating his own job. No one is going to come and say "Hey, I'm going to sponsor you to play Contra for 60 hours".... He's hustling HIMSELF to get paid. Haha, fuck... I wish I could do it. I have considered doing another Super C marathon, but not near set-up at all for it. If someone PAID me to do it, I'd gladly take the cash. And Contra is a different animal because of the rising difficulty/lack of extra lives... keep up the hustle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 815 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 2 hours ago, AirVillain said: Haha, yeah, but shit... what are we talking about here? The guy is not selling his soul advertising for Uber One or some e-sports betting site. If you're going to take something you love and think is cool like playing Contra and try to do something literally no one has ever done before then you SHOULD try to make money off it. I definitely think it 100% can be BOTH pushing your gaming limit AND trying to make money. This guy SHOULD try to make money from it. The fuck are we talking about here? He's literally creating his own job. No one is going to come and say "Hey, I'm going to sponsor you to play Contra for 60 hours".... He's hustling HIMSELF to get paid. Haha, fuck... I wish I could do it. I have considered doing another Super C marathon, but not near set-up at all for it. If someone PAID me to do it, I'd gladly take the cash. And Contra is a different animal because of the rising difficulty/lack of extra lives... keep up the hustle. We're just talking in circles here. All I am saying is if it wasn't a job I doubt he would play Contra 256 times in a row. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 49 minutes ago, Andy_Bogomil said: We're just talking in circles here. All I am saying is if it wasn't a job I doubt he would play Contra 256 times in a row. That's all. Yeah i agree. Nobody is sitting in their room with no outside world contact running 250+ loops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,026 Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 27 minutes ago, MrWunderful said: Yeah i agree. Nobody is sitting in their room with no outside world contact running 250+ loops I'd like to loop it enough to max the score and that's about it. The best I've done is 7 loops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 815 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 28 minutes ago, mbd39 said: I'd like to loop it enough to max the score and that's about it. The best I've done is 7 loops. How many loops to max score roughly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,026 Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 1 minute ago, Andy_Bogomil said: How many loops to max score roughly? 9 or 10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peg | 372 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Can't you just stand in place and farm points on stage 1 without even moving? Been a long time since I fired up the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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