DeadGuyDrives

Happy new year everyone! Here are my speedrunning goals for 2026: SM64 120 Star: 1:49 (the primary goal of mine this year!) 70: 52:XX 16: 16:2X 1: 7:XX 0: 7:XX and Complete Super Marihour, even if not under an hour ———— I think I can do more in 70 and 16, but want to focus on 120 first

Lost the 7 to a bonk in BitS. But it's coming soon

First PB of 2026! 8:08 in 1 Star, just need another 9 seconds off this to reach my 2026 goal. Shoutout time (7:39) is going to take some serious dedication, but that level of effort at least feels tangible after this run. Short runs are fun sometimes :)

Salt Boy and Tama Girl

Year 2 of streaming was awesome! Just reached 300 followers which means I more than doubled my audience, and had lots of game variety this year. Wouldn’t be able to keep it up if it weren’t for the awesome people who stop in and hang out each stream. Let’s keep going fast in 2026 :)

Little tiny PB, 1:59:19->1:59:13, and plenty of time save to work with still. This was just a no reset to keep the 120 muscles worked out, so I am glad it ended with some success!

I DID IT!!!! 1:38!!!!

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We already took another second off! Make sure to stop in before I PB even more!

On Sunday I got a 5:19 SMB1 any% PB! Today is the last day I grind SMB1 for the Marihour grind; will I get the 5:15 before October ends? Come find out! www.twitch.tv/deadguydrives

Slowly but surely getting a hang of this SMB1 run! 5:2X was the goal for the strats I started out with, and I achieved it with 5:27! Still need to push for consistent 5:1X for Marihour and I will need to upgrade strats for that. Only halfway through October so plenty of time to keep improving!

Time for more SMB1 runs to prep for Super Marihour! Will I PB today? Come by and see: www.twitch.tv/deadguydrives

The Super Mario Bros. 1 learning process for Super Marihour continues! Come join in on the learning process: www.twitch.tv/deadguydrives

The Super Marihour grind starts now with learning Super Mario Bros. 1! Come join in on the learning process: www.twitch.tv/deadguydrives

SMB1 SMB2J SMB2U SMB3 SMW SM64 All on original consoles Back-to-back In under an hour Starting October 1, I am excited to start learning the Super Marihour challenge! Always thought this challenge was cool and figured what better time to try than now. Come watch me learn and prep for the big run!

Summer league is over, didn’t get a chance for final runs yesterday due to life being hectic but I PB’d 1 and 16 so I’m happy. My team did well! Always a fun time of year. I will be announcing my next speedrunning project soon, excited but just need some time to prep it. More Mario coming soon :)

Got a small 16 star LBLJ PB last night, with some real 16:XX potential showing itself. Would be really cool to meet that goal during league but I just gotta get consistent. One small mistake completely changes those short category runs.

17:38 in 16 star with no LBLJ! Second category I have PB’d in during league. Would love to trim some more time off this one or get my LBLJ PB lower. Knew this one was out there for me to get though so I’m glad I grabbed some points!

SM64 summer league is underway and I have gotten not one, but two 1 star PBs! I have more to squeeze out of this time, but it’s a great start! 9:55->9:05->8:25

Signups close tomorrow night! Still looking for pairs to sign up if you’re interested, or anyone who hasn’t speedrun before that wants to learn! I have a fair few unpaired prospective coaches so I’d be happy to find a match for a non-community member who wants to learn 🙏

BEEVE-A-THON IS LIVE!!!!!!!!

first big pb since coming back! sorry to any captains that planned on drafting me tomorrow

They finally invented a guy who can get 14:4x THE PLAN: GRIND FOR SUB 14:45. THEN SHORT BREAK TO GRIND SMB1/CELESTE/YOSHIS STORY + MORE (STAY TUNED) TY 4 THE SUPPORT <3 and now this is part where we go somewhere better 14:52 -> 14:49 OFFICIAL RETIME 14:49.850 #GTMWINNING

Another All Story Missions PB! Having lots of fun with SHAR, and much closer to sub 1:50 than I realized.

Though it’s not really conflicting with the “sub 1:55” goal, I am updating this to be “work toward 1:49.” Of course sub 1:55 should happen as I work toward 1:49, but wanted to officially set 1:49 as my goal in 120. 16 will happen eventually 🤷‍♂️ 120 for 1:49 is the mission

Catch me on comms tonight from 7-9pm ET, then my second LTA session on Saturday at 10am ET 😎

2 runs and 2 weeks later, SHAR ASM down to 2:11! Had a couple multi minute mistakes still, so 2:0x and even sub 2 aren’t far off!

First day of the LTA wasn’t too bad! Got a couple runs finished, then in my last reset before overtime I took a run that was red all the way to tippy, golded HMC and TTC, and had a chance at PB and 2nd place in my group. Lost it to throws, but gives me hope for session 2. Having fun 😎

$235 RAISED in total for the Trans Empowerment Project so far through merch sales! 🏳️‍🌈 Reminder - @deadguydrives.bsky.social 's employer is MATCHING the merch sales proceeds! Merch will be on sale through the end of the tournament!

Hit a little follower milestone on Twitch. I don’t really worry about follower numbers, but seeing the 250 made me think about all the cool friends and gaming communities who have come into my life during the past year and change. Here’s to many more :)

I told you we’d be back

Come watch me get my 70 star LTA on this Saturday afternoon! Highly encourage you to watch the rest of the groups if you can too.

TOMORROW! 🗣️☀️

61 RUNNERS COMPETING IN THE BIGGEST SUMMER 70 SPECTACULAR EVER! THE QUALIFIER LTA BEGINS ON JUNE 13TH AT 1PM! *all times EDT*

Winners Round 2 - LIVE @ twitch.tv/jackmp3

We are LIVE at twitch.tv/jackmp3 for Mario Wings over the Rainbow!