History WebVideo / SummoningSalt

** "The History of ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' World Records" discusses how, at very high levels, the game starts to glitch out in ways that [[InterfaceScrew make the game much harder to play]]. In particular, Level 146 (AKA "Dusk"), which has an eye-straining palette of dark blue, dark green, and black, ended many top players' runs, and it's followed just two levels later by "Charcoal", which is even worse with its black, dark gray, and light gray palette. Both of these levels make it extremely difficult to even see where the blocks are. But both of these pale in comparison to Level 235, which not only has a solid dark green color palette that's only slightly easier on the eyes than the aforementioned levels, but is also glitched in a way that makes it require a whopping ''[[MarathonLevel 810 line clears]]'' to beat, as opposed to the 10 lines every other level requires.

** "The History of ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' World Records" discusses how, at very high levels, the game starts to glitch out in ways that make the game much harder to play. In particular, Level 146 (AKA "Dusk"), which has an eye-straining palette of dark blue, dark green, and black, ended many top players' runs, and it's followed just two levels later by "Charcoal", which is even worse with its black, dark gray, and light gray palette. Both of these levels make it extremely difficult to even see where the blocks are. But both of these pale in comparison to Level 235, which not only has a solid dark green color palette that's only slightly easier on the eyes than the aforementioned levels, but is also glitched in a way that makes it require a whopping ''810 line clears'' to beat, as opposed to the 10 lines every other level requires.

His videos incorporate a lot of information, dating back to the first known speedrun of the specific game, certain glitches the speedrunners may have used to get ahead, and using video footage of the actual runs when possible. In addition, he has also spoken about other related topics in the same format. On March 1, 2021, his channel hit 1 million subscribers.

-->'''Summoning Salt:''' Because, you see, ''Super Punch-Out!!'' does not care about the runner. It doesn't care what pace you're on. It doesn't care how badly you want the record. It doesn't care how well you're playing. It can take away your run whenever it feels. You can be on the run of your life, execute everything perfectly, but if you get bad luck, it's game over. And there's not a [[PrecisionFStrike damn]] thing you can do about it.

* ThatOneBoss: [[invoked]] DiscussedTrope. Some bosses stand out as particularly annoying to speedrunners due to having random patterns, meaning that even if the rest of the run goes perfectly, getting the world record could come down to the RandomNumberGod.

* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally throws in jokes without changing the tone of his voice. Usually they involve punchlines that are the opposite of the setup. In his Warpless ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' video, he states the runner went crazy upon setting a new record. Cue the clip... where the runner makes no sound upon setting the record. Another variation is to say a record went untouched for a long time... only to reveal it fell within the week it was set. A third variation is for him to spend some time talking about a runner who spent months and months grinding out thousands of attempts until finally beating the record and what an amazing accomplishment it was... only to then unceremoniously reveal that ''that'' guy's record was quickly smashed to pieces within a week or even the same day, usually by the same guy he had just spent all that time taking it from.

* LuckBasedMission: Turns out to be the defining element of speedrunning ''Super Punch-Out!!''. On top of needing good execution, there are many fights in the game that have random elements that can swing the time by 5 seconds or more, killing potential world record runs through no fault of the player.