MikeWave

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Gonna be starting soon with some REmake! Let's go folks! www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

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Day 3 of REmake derusting. Starting to get paces that are on par with my PB, so I think we're nearly set for Sunday. Would be sick to get something big, though! www.twitch.tv/mikewave

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Starting a bit late, but we're here. Banging out some more REmake no reset runs in prep for Hotfix, but MAYBE we'll get something here. www.twitch.tv/mikewave

Once again, gonna be kicking off the RE event on Sunday with some REmake Jill action. Gonna be my first marathon presentation for it despite having ran the game since 2018, so I'm psyched!

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We're finally swapping games to something I haven't run in over a year but kept saying I'd go back to...REmake. Gonna be derusting Jill Any% for a Hotfix I got next Sunday, so lot of work to be done, let's get to it. www.twitch.tv/mikewave

Going live in just a moment!

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Hello everyone! Dropping a reminder that I'll be doing an Avowed Any% race w/ Mr. Ericg08 tonight at 7:45pm PST/10:45pm EST for Quest for Quet, which you can watch over at www.twitch.tv/traineranade . It's sure to be a lot of fun, so see you all soon!

MikeWave - Twitch Horror and RPG Speedrunner | Five-time GDQ runner

We got an Avowed race tomorrow, so we're doing one last day of prep w/ ANOTHER new crazy piece of tech: horizontal boosting with 3rd person bhopping. Excited to mess around with this, let's go. www.twitch.tv/mikewave

YouTube video by MikeWave [WR] Avowed Any% Speedrun in 28:40

VOD: youtu.be/pomAiYScGto

While doing some race prep yesterday, I managed to snag another PB! Down to a 28:40, 20s below that threshold I was trying to beat. This is a way better run execution-wise than my the 52, but also had many dumb goofs. Still, GGs. Wouldn't be a bad one to leave it on if that's what it ends up being.

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Back on some more Avowed. Been having fun just doing no resets of this, and almost PBing in the process. If time permits later, gonna swap casual games and finally start Alan Wake 1. www.twitch.tv/mikewave

MikeWave - Twitch Horror and RPG Speedrunner | Five-time GDQ runner

We're back up and running. Hitting Avowed Any% a lil bit more prepping for a race I have against Mr. Ericg08 on Saturday. Might be starting a new casual game afterwards! (Also, finally watched Superman.) www.twitch.tv/mikewave

YouTube video by MikeWave [WR] Avowed Any% Speedrun in 28:52

The new PB is now up. Still feel good about this one. Might try and push this down another 10s due to a marathon I got coming up, but this wouldn't be a bad place to leave it. Final shout-out to everyone in our small community who helped break this game in half since February! ❤️ youtu.be/lSPkYCN8q_M

And, there it is. After a week of some intense grinding we finally got the sub 29 in Avowed. A major event since this is, 1) probably the most optimized run I've done of the game period across every route, and 2) the final minute barrier with the current route. This can still go ~20s lower, but GGs.

MikeWave - Twitch Horror and RPG Speedrunner | Five-time GDQ runner

It's Avowed o' clock, folks! Hit up the lab some last night after Eddington (GREAT movie) and feel ready to get this sub 29 finally with some more new strats. MAYBE finishing Get to Work DLC afterwards. www.twitch.tv/mikewave

MikeWave - Twitch Horror and RPG Speedrunner | Five-time GDQ runner

Short stream today due to plans later, but we still got some time to pump out some sub 29 Avowed attempts. SURELY, we get this today? www.twitch.tv/mikewave

MikeWave - Twitch Horror and RPG Speedrunner | Five-time GDQ runner

And...we're back. More Avowed as keep working on the 29 barrier. Doing runs with a new strat found by Mr. Eric G. that saves around ~10s and is pretty damn hard. Afterwards, the return of casual content! www.twitch.tv/mikewave

YouTube video by MikeWave [WR] Avowed Any% Speedrun in 29:16

VOD: youtu.be/-eZz2I4U10k

Managed to snag my first post-GDQ PB last night after doing a couple of no resets. Getting closer to sub 29, but it's looking likely that it can still go way lower with a super cracked run. Gonna be back on this today w/ a new method for Estate skip that might be the hardest jump in the game now.

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And...we're back. Doing some Avowed derust to try and start work on sub 29 attempts. Also gonna be talking about my SGDQ experiences, and maybe...Oblivion Any% derust later? www.twitch.tv/mikewave

Control crew from left-to-right: Ashley93oBTW, myself, n0va, sweetpeebs.

Me commentating the Oblivion Remastered run Wednesday night at SGDQ 2025.

Bloodborne crew from left-to-right: Mitchriz, myself, star0chris, blanxz.

Back home now and settled in. Just wanna throw one last shout-out to those who let me couch for their runs. I'm used to either being a runner or an attendee solely at GDQs, but I definitely had a way more active go this time around, and had a blast in the process! (Even though my voice is fried.)

Boarding in half an hour, but wanna take to opportunity to thank GDQ once again for having me, and to all the homies who make this such an awesome week every year. Love you all, and safe travels to you.

Also wanna shoutout this awesome dev reaction thread to my run on Sunday. I always love hearing their thoughts on how far the game gets pushed once it enters players’ hands, and how impressed they are by it all managing to hold up to intense sequence breaking. 👇

YouTube video by Games Done Quick Avowed by MikeWave in 39:12 - Summer Games Done Quick 2025

VOD for those who missed it: youtu.be/YKrfDM9dbX0?...

Have been so busy this week that I forgot to post this here, but thanks to everyone who pulled up for the Avowed run on Sunday. The run went so well that it ended up being only ~3 mins off my PB’s RTA! Thanks to both @captainezekiel.bsky.social and Ashley for couching, and GDQ for having us. GGs!

Also my Avowed run is tonight at 6:20 CST, so a lot of practice today!

Just as a heads up, I’m at SGDQ right now. If you see me around, feel free to say hi!

Thanks Ben! Looking forward to chilling very soon!

YouTube video by MikeWave [WR] Avowed Any% Speedrun in 29:29

VOD: youtu.be/XllbT1XD54Q

(Also I was planning on streaming today, but due to IRL plans, looks like that won't be happening, making this (probably) my last stream before SGDQ. Looking forward to putting on a good showcase before then and seeing all the homies in Minneapolis. Until then!)