![]() ![]() Established in 2014, they were already one of the largest YouTube channels based out of Mexico, with tens of millions of subscribers in 2017, when the speedrun folly we are discussing today took place.Ī screenshot of the Badabun YouTube channel, sorted by popularity. In the case of Mexican YouTube channel “Badabun”, they accomplish both of these prerequisites. YouTube is a place where both honest and dishonest people can make a living… or even a whole fortune, in a matter of months, especially when they have a large team around them, or if they are in a location where the competition isn’t as heavy. PART ONE: A SENSATIONALISTIC, TERRIBLE PLACE… WITH ALMOST 50 MILLION SUBS. Thank you!īefore we get into the video itself, perhaps we should discuss for a bit the company behind it all: Badabun. Advertisement These ads help to cover the costs of running SRHoF. Today, I will share my perspective of the story: my thoughts on the original video (which is still up today), the reaction videos (including the epic parody that former SMB WR holder Kosmic released on April Fools’ Day in 2020), and hopefully we can all laugh together here, in volume 1 of the Speedrun Hall of Fame’s new article series: Speedrun Follies. Many people, even outside of the speedrunning community, have already discussed this video to death, but I remember seeing this unfold in front of my eyes back in 2020, when the video was finally discovered by the Super Mario Bros. I am far from the first person to ever discuss “speedrun cheating” or “cheaters caught splicing” or even the subject of my story today.
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