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submitted 1 month ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/gaming@lemmy.zip

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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[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

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@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month 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

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

A fraud over a video game record.

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

You talking about politics, or capitalism?

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago
[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Oh so real shit. Cool.

this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2024
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