![]() ![]() Preparing for it months in advance was nerve-racking though as Raichu had never been to an event of this scale and indeed to America. As a speedrunner, this is often seen as an incredible honour. In late 2019 RaichuMGS was invited to attend AGDQ 2020 to showcase his run of MGS3 on EuEx. But I’m glad I persisted with them both and I’m really happy I was But I definitelyįeel like I picked that up much easier, despite being a harder run, in The same thing with MGS3 when I decided to learn EuEx. It’s also a pretty nice thing to be able to do, right? It’s impressive Raichu calls this the single-handedly worst few weeks of his speedrunning career.Ĭourse, these days I sort of take it in stride and don’t find it too difficultĪnymore. The guards have a much longer range of vision, you die in three hits and there are no health recovery items at all. ‘While learning though I didn’t find too many challenges initially, I found that the real challenge came after a few months when I decided, for some reason, to learn the route on MGS2: Sons of Liberty on ‘European Extreme’, the hardest difficulty. A streamer called Forensic_ invited him to be part of the community ( Metal Gear Speedrunners – MGSR) and from there he learned how to do runs himself. It was from there that he sought out more speedrunners over on Twitch. He was already a huge fan of the series and had just finished MGSV a few months previously. Raichu was in awe of Slade’s run at AGDQ 2014 where he ran Metal Gear Solid on ‘Extreme’ mode. This year they managed to raise over US $3.1 million and in total, counting 25 marathons they’ve raised over US $25.6 million. It celebrates speedrunners and showcases a whole plethora of games by raising as much money as possible for charities like Médecins Sans Frontières. Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) is a bi-annual charity gaming event hosted in the US. Raichu’s first experience of speedrunning was as he was browsing YouTube and when he came across AGDQ 2014. Eventually, I built my first PC, a Ryand a Sapphire RX 580’ – this is the set-up that he uses to this day. ‘I started off using a Toshiba Satellite laptop which didn’t even have a working screen! I used to connect it to my TV as an external monitor. It was just an interesting feature the PS4 had.’ Raichu considers his first ‘actual’ stream to have been in 2016. ‘No one watched but I just did it because I could! I’d never thought much about Twitch or anything before that. ‘I first did a PS4 Stream of Dark Souls II,’ he says. ![]() With the multitude of resources now available for gamers, it’s unsurprising that Raichu went on to become a ‘streamer’, live broadcasting his experiences for others to enjoy. SometimeĪfter I played Crash Bandicoot 2 and onwards and upwards my love for Screen scared me half to death!’ he says. ![]() Think I played for about five minutes, got killed and the blood filling the After watching his father play after a while, Raichu was given the reins. Each week his father would rent a video game for them to play but the moment that sticks out most in Raichu’s mind is the night they rented 007: The World is Not Enough. ’s leaderboard with Raichu’s Metal Gear run at the top of the listīut how did Raichu get into gaming in the first place? Back in the nineties, his sister owned a PlayStation. He also boasts a spot on multiple top ten lists in other categories and games and holds the top spot for Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker on True Ending (NG+ Solo) as well. EuEx is the hardest difficulty in MGS3 where if you’re spotted by the enemy it’s an immediate Game Over. Raichu is currently the best speedrunner in the world in his speedrun category for Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater on European Extreme (EuEx) NG+ (New Game Plus). In its most simplistic form but running games requires a lot of skill, patienceĪnd often runs (as they’re known) are done within certain constrictions. The gaming world, involves finishing a game as quickly as possible. 24-year-old RaichuMGS (who prefers to go by his pseudonym) is an MGS speedrunner from Co. Making its first appearance way back in 1987, the action-adventure stealth series has garnered millions of loyal players.īut for one Irish gamer, having Metal Gear Solid (MGS) in his name is also a badge of honour. Metal Gear is arguably the most iconic video games series ever created and is largely considered the progenitor of the stealth game genre. ![]()
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