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Allan “dwangoAC” has made it his mission to expose speedrunning phonies. At the Defcon hacker conference, he’ll challenge one record that's stood for 15 years.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I've been so disappointed with just how many cheaters there are in the speedrunning community. We can't have nice things without someone trying to get smart for their fake 15 min of fame. Like, congrats, your biggest achievement is being a fraud.

[–] ttyybb 12 points 3 months ago

Its normally not about getting good times, often it's tweaking RNG or other elements to get good times faster but ya, it's stupid

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

A fraud over a video game record.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You talking about politics, or capitalism?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Oh so real shit. Cool.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

as interesting as this is, I feel like the author just heard the term "Tool Assisted Speedrun" that morning. And is not really sure what they're actually used for.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, headline confused me. I know Dwango as the holder of TasBot, not as a hacker

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah I can't read his name without hearing the "keeper of TASbot" right after it.