Breath of the Wild fans held $1K ‘feed all the dogs’ race

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s “Canine%” speedrun class — the place gamers attempt to pet all 16 BOTW canines as quick as doable — has, in brief order, develop into probably the most energetic speedrun the sport has seen over the past 12 months. That’s all because of streamer Pointcrow’s February “feed the canines” race, the place he invited 20 Twitch streamers who had no prior speedrunning data to compete for an opportunity at $1,000.

The winner would take $600, with second place at $300, third place at $100, and fourth place securing a measly $10. Every entrant had two weeks to study speedrunning strategies, corresponding to clipping out of bounds and Bullet Time Bouncing, in addition to the map intricacies of Breath of the Wild as a complete. And, after all, to feed the ultimate canine everybody needed to construct a complete locale, Tarry City. There are technically two canines in that space, and if runners don’t have sufficient apples to completely feed each animals, one canine have to be distracted from the apples … which may generally imply attacking that canine.

The canines needed to be fed apples in a particular order, and all contributors needed to play on a Nintendo Swap. Talking to Polygon by way of Twitter messages, Pointcrow estimated that almost all people who threw their hat within the ring practiced from 4 to eight hours, with the winners placing in additional than 20 hours.

You’ll be able to view among the highlights of all 20 races within the video above, which was uploaded over the weekend in mid-March. As for the winners: xwater, who completed in two hours, clutched first and took dwelling $600, Acceptable_Adam got here in second, and SilverDrMario got here in third.

Alongside the best way, there have been loads of surprises and dramatic moments — one runner disconnected, and couldn’t full the run. The truth that everybody was new to speedrunning additionally granted the race a dramatic air, as we obtained to see people nail sophisticated tips for the primary time, underneath strain, whereas hundreds watched. People additionally needed to grapple with rest room breaks, and unexpectedly having horses and sheep eat their apples, all of which was humorous to look at unfold.

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“We NEED to have the ability to pet the canines in Breath of the Wild 2,” Pointcrow added.