Merry Christmas bluesky friends!

I'll be commentating @chessjerk.bsky.social 's GDQ Hotfix run of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles tonight at 7:45 PM Eastern! (ugh the name is way too long SE, cmon!) twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

There's a Holiday Special coming up this weekend on GDQ Hotfix!! 🎄 ☃️ gamesdonequick.com/hotfix/schedule

My first GDQ hosting experience consists of two longer runs! I'm incredibly honored and excited to host a killer Metroid run, and I can't describe how unreal it will be to host the first-ever Final Fantasy Tactics GDQ appearance on the big final day, with good pal @chessjerk.bsky.social. Let's go!

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS IS IN AGDQ!!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!! @chessjerk.bsky.social GOT TACTICS IN!!! SATURDAY MORNING!!

Co-Op Stream w/ @chessjerk.bsky.social !hotfix twitch.tv/yelsraek

First FFT: TIC speedrun complete! Thanks to all who came out and watched last night! www.twitch.tv/videos/25906...

Going live soon for the Zelda 1 Randomizer weekly race, then I will attempt my first Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles easy difficulty speedrun! twitch.tv/chessjerk

I want to stream and finish my casual play of FFT:TIC, but my internet has been out for almost 24 hours and verizon customer service has been less than useless to help me, ugh

Co-Op Stream w/ @chessjerk.bsky.social Marble Madness Co-Op for sub 3 twitch.tv/yelsraek

AGDQ submissions may be in full swing, but there’s ALWAYS time for Marbles. Tonight: a co-op stream with @chessjerk.bsky.social where we push toward sub-3. Monday: completing 38 runs of Marble Madness Any% to celebrate the 4-year anniversary of the 2:38! See you tonight!

Here's the YouTube VOD for the Life Force co-op PB with @chessjerk.bsky.social last night: 24:57! Fun Fact: Our Sum of Best is now 24:57, too! Need to learn quick kills and lag reduction strats to improve from here. Still 25 seconds behind the WR! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dik0...

Co-Op Stream w/ @chessjerk.bsky.social Marbles! Life Force! Shenanigans! twitch.tv/yelsraek

Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato

NES Block will be LIVE streaming the runs recorded at SGDQ 2025 on Saturday 8/2 at 8am ET, running all day. Hope to see y'all there!!!

Shoutouts to my amazing couch from #SGDQ2025. @madmegax381.bsky.social and @chessjerk.bsky.social holding it down while I did 2p1c Strider with @lrock617.bsky.social

I got added as a mod to an NES game on SRC today since I was updating a few Twitch highlights to Youtube videos and the lone mod of the game hadn't logged in for a long time, only to find two runs in the queue that had been sitting there for three years waiting for verification. How sad...

Co-Op Stream w/ @chessjerk.bsky.social twitch.tv/yelsraek

Thanks to everyone for watching my stream last night, including those who witnessed me finally getting a Marble Madness PB with a decent silly skip!

Fun co-op stream with @chessjerk.bsky.social last night! Showed him the ropes of the Silly Skip (long overdue, if I'm honest!) and we even had a run make it through Aerial on pace! But this clip is the highlight of the night. Ice wands are a treat, co-op ones moreso! www.twitch.tv/yelsraek/cli...

Random thought I had this morning: If you feel obligated to tell others you are the best at something, you probably aren't.

Congrats to all the accepted sgdq runners! I'll be there rooting you on.

Marble Madness Co-Op with @chessjerk.bsky.social Twitch.tv/yelsraek

Snake Rattle 'n' Roll - Co-Op Warpless World Record - 12:33. I don't think @chessjerk.bsky.social or I will try to tell you this is a good run. It's just good enough. That's enough Snek for now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4s9...

Co-Op Warpless Snek w/ @chessjerk.bsky.social Twitch.tv/yelsraek

What do old people do on Valentines Day? They play Scrabble of course! Happy Valentines Day to my wife and to everyone else out there. (I won 344-278 but that doesn't matter right now)

After four hours of practice and grinding, @chessjerk.bsky.social and I finished two warpless Snek runs. We weren’t able to keep pace with PJ & Feasel’s rather remarkable warpless GDQ run from ten years ago. Maybe next time! We definitely CAN beat that time! www.twitch.tv/videos/23704...

Co-Op Warpless Snek w/ @chessjerk.bsky.social Twitch.tv/yelsraek

And the obligatory overall stats for the week.

Well, I think this is the appropriate time to call it a week by passing the S3 TGM3 exam on the first try here at #AGDQ2025

Shoutouts to Awful Block, that was the most fun stage tech shift I've ever had. #AGDQ2025

Reflections: The cruelty of the final climb in 10 justified my introduction about how difficult the game is. I was caught out of position on the respawns a couple of times, and recovery isn’t easy on those slopes! @chessjerk.bsky.social was, as ever, cool and collected. youtu.be/1gGFYeX1jU4?...

Roommate block begins! @yelsraek.bsky.social @chessjerk.bsky.social @seireasong.bsky.social Let's go!! #AGDQ2025

Got to meet @brutal-melo.bsky.social and d☑️ while practicing our runs last night! Love the energy! Get hype for retro block this morning! @seireasong.bsky.social @chessjerk.bsky.social @madmegax381.bsky.social #AGDQ2025

I also totally forgot, thanks GDQ for putting my and @yelsraek.bsky.social pictures on the volunteer/ runner badge this year!

"Never PB by too much" - old speedrunning proverb Snek Co-Op WR: a slightly faster 5:04

"PB by as much as possible." - a better speedrunning proverb. Snake Rattle 'n' Roll Co-Op WR - 4:47?!?!?!? Sub-5 achieved! Sub-4:50 achieved!!!!! We have no words. www.twitch.tv/videos/23387...

Co-Op Snek !AGDQ prep stream with @chessjerk.bsky.social twitch.tv/yelsraek

Co-Op Stream w/ @chessjerk.bsky.social Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll attempts and some darts as well! Twitch.tv/yelsraek

Sunday Speedrunner Spotlight Episode 91 Guest: @chessjerk.bsky.social youtu.be/-wGCZbojpUs

I cannot articulate in 300 characters all of the emotions I'm feeling. I will just continue to be an ally to my friends that I love so much to the best of my ability. If anyone needs someone to talk to, to yell to/at/with, anything at all, anyone who can see this: just know that I'm here if needed

Civic duty complete! Z1R race tonight at 10pm!

snek

Super Sprint Co-Op Maxout Glitchless WR w/ @chessjerk.bsky.social 1:16:04.817 >>> 1:16:04.533 😅 You never wanna PB by too much! 76 minute run? 17 frame improvement! www.twitch.tv/videos/22866...

Co-Op Stream w/ @chessjerk.bsky.social Twitch.tv/yelsraek

Sorry I didn’t stream all week. I had jury duty 4/5 days and plenty of work waiting for me when I got home as well. Expect a co-op stream with chessjerk tonight, though!

Casual 3rd sub 13 in TGM1 tonight!

Hello bluesky, I have joined the exodus from "Twitter". I don't post much anyway, shoutouts to all the lurkers out there.