Games / speedrunning-culture
Facts about Speedrunning Culture
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The 100% completion category in speedrunning requires players to achieve all major objectives in a game, making it distinct from glitch-heavy any% runs.
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Any% is one of the most common speedrun categories, requiring players to reach the game's ending as quickly as possible by any means.
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Speedrun.com serves as the primary leaderboard platform for the speedrunning community, hosting verified records across thousands of games.
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Games Done Quick, a charity speedrunning marathon event held twice yearly, has raised tens of millions of dollars for organizations like Doctors Without Borders.
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Speedrunning culture popularized the term 'glitch hunting,' where players deliberately exploit programming errors to complete games as fast as possible.