A new kind of publicity

Great stuff! That was actually a well-written and knowledgeable article, I’m impressed. For anyone too lazy to click the link above, this is what was said about t-e.n:
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Pflug started his current site in 2004 and soon he was attracting the work of gamers like Damiani, the "Zelda" aficionado. He also started linking to other sites in the scene, such as The-Elite.net, whose members burn through the shooters "GoldenEye" and "Perfect Dark" while exploiting a time-saving routine that has their rushing character’s first-person view almost always focused down on the floor.

The Elite site, like Pflug’s, includes bold warnings against cheaters. After all, even in these types of races, some players are looking for artificial enhancements.
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I wish he would have mentioned the emulated Mario 3 run that became such an internet sensation after being hosted on ebaum’s last year, and the fact that it was NOT the kind of "speed run" that either Radix or ourselves are interested in. Because at the moment, that’s probably the first thing people think of when they hear "gaming speed run."

wicked

It wasn’t that he just played it in slow-mo… it was an attempt at a frame for frame perfect run. So not only was it "slow," but he had autosaves every second, so whenever he made the slightest mistake he would go back one second and do it right. If I recall, there were over 10,000 seperate "runs" pasted together off the back of another autosave to create what you see there.