1/14/2024 0 Comments Speedrunners game cheats![]() For Speedrunners, this stereotype could not be further from the truth. The connotation between Speedrunning and cheating cheating is extremely stigmatizing and puts a negative generalization on Speedrunners, as cheating has been correlated with academic dishonesty and overall ‘cutting corners’ in life (50 Hamlen). Since cheating and Speedrunning are easily confused, but certainly not the same topic, it is a good idea to start with these controversies. The numbers on the right side below the webcam feed are to show how fast the Speedrunner got to different points in the game, impacting their run. Cheating and Speedrunning A video showing the typical set up for a Speedrun. Is it cheating? Glitches (such as this one shown from Ocarina of Time) are flaws in the game that can be exploited to help optimize the perfect run. Additionally, some people find just the nature of speeding through to the last level of a certain game to be a deviation the intended purpose of the game and therefore should not be considered a form of play. These aspects of Speedrunning come off as ‘ruining’ the game for some people, and are compared to cheating. As explained before, the goal of Speedrunning is to optimize and power through the game with the fastest time (“What Is A Speedrun?”), and although Tool Assisted Speedruns are in a category of their own, glitches and other tricks are often utilized to create the fastest run of a game. ![]() The controversial aspect of Speedrunning comes from the very nature of it.
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