Yeah ive been watching smallant on and off since... 2022 i think? Bc of zelda/pokemon (and eventually smo), and then when he started playing mcsr ranked i watched the vod he posted and started to do writing sprints per runs... and then feinberg hatewatching ludwig started to show up on my youtube recommendations and i was very hooked on it, but i didnt get REALLY into the scene until i watched couriway's video on the midoffs and thought "holy shit, this community is CRAZY!!!!! I need to watch more!!!" (And now im watching his vods of him coaching jumper bc of that lmao)
Also, i get how you got into speedrunning more as you got older but cant speedrun yourself. I have very bad hand coordination and could neverrrrr do any of that, though im OBSESSED with it. Ive watched many games speedruns through the years (a couple of zeldas, smo, hollow knight and then silksong), but tbh none of them get to be as Interesting as whatever is going on with minecraft... so im glad that the people who do it are also interesting/entertaining to watch. Shout out to couriway's 8k lore.......
EYHAHHHH god yeah pretty much all the same here. my transitioning period was me watching challenge videos w speedrunners (both in hbg and not) but couri n feinberg both (but mostly couri initially) were the reason why i got into primarily hbg also SAME HERE!!! god basically all the content i watch nowadays are just challenge runs w speedrunners. idk its just really fun, and i feel like you learn more compared to an avg playthrough bc they have that technical knowledge... even if they cant tell the difference between andesite, granite n diorite
also couris 8k lore makes me go fucking bonkers insane im losing it here. i dont have friends that are into mcsr so im in my cage walking in circles thinking abt it. i love 8k. i love lore. thats what got me hook line and sinker. guys who play casually but also put lore into it sometimes













