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How the Boba Skip BROKE Metal Gear Solid Speedrunning FOREVER!

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  • description: In this video, you'll learn all about the Boba Skip, a glitch in Metal Gear Solid that was discovered by Boba of Yogscast fame, which completely blew the Metal Gear Solid speedrunning scene wide open! Learn how it was discovered, shared and perfected, and then how the news blew up online! ===================================== Metal Gear Speedrunners: https://www.metalgearspeedrunners.com/ Metal Gear Speedrunners Discord: https://discord.gg/4vrB3Kb Metal Gear Speedrunners YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MGSrunners NickRPStream: https://www.twitch.tv/nickrpgreen NickRPStream Discord: https://discord.gg/dhpdcch My original Very Easy World Record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h9DJyL2S8M To learn more about Very Easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVoALSu8FXU ===================================== A big thank you to Hau5test (https://twitter.com/hau5test) and ApacheSmash (https://twitter.com/ApacheSmash) for reviewing the script for this video. A big thank you of course to Boba for the discovery! Check her out on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/boba ===================================== LINKS FROM THE VIDEO: The Original Boba Skip Video: https://twitter.com/boba_witch/status/1426896049730465793 Yogscast's Parsec Pals Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1119293639 Veictas' first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0qZ27bYBjs Solid Tony's first video: https://youtu.be/TtnF73m2hwQ Hau5Test's Tweets: https://twitter.com/hau5test/status/1426979521828380672 Jaguar_King's stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1119396194 Inside Gaming's News Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYizyRU3r9c Hau5test's SWIM Glitch Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l585YcFI7Y0&t=823s ===================================== CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 00:52 Boba first discovers the glitch 03:40 Video is shared with MGSR 05:30 Glitch is first replicated on PS1 07:42 Glitch is first replicated on PC 09:11 Full run is theoretically possible 10:35 Reliable SOCOM method found 12:04 Parsec Pals stream and social media takes notice 13:30 Chaff/Stun Grenade method discovered 15:29 Jaguar_King's Extreme World Record 17:05 NickRPGreen's Very Easy World Record 19:40 Gaming News starts reporting on the skip 21:27 Community support on streams and Twitter 23:07 Personal message to Karl Jobst 23:25 Metal Gear Solid after the skip 24:27 Why the Boba Skip was important 25:21 Why the Boba Skip blew up online 26:53 How to perform the Boba Skip 28:09 Conclusion and how to get into Metal Gear Speedrunning 29:12 Outro
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