JRTA 2 (2015)

Following up on the unbelievable success that was the first JRTA, JRTA 2 was the quintessential sequel. There were some noticeable differences this time around:

The Sluip Show was no more
The stream backgrounds were a gradient I threw together in GIMP.
People started slacking on attendance to their runs… and that meant emergency Zooming Secretary shenanigans featuring Puchie D and me.

Despite these faults, JRTA 2 succeeded! We raised $5,508.20 to help bring Becored and Ohon from Japan to participate in Awesome Games Done Quick 2016. There were plenty of positives, too:

Scramble pre-show on IRC
0xwas wearing maid costumes for his runs
The closest Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past race of all time
The fan-favorite race of Super Ghouls ‘N Ghosts with Dice and Malcome
…and so much more

Check out all of the runs in this playlist of JRTA2!

And here are the Japanese participants’ runs, sorted by runner, performed at AGDQ 2016.

Becored:

Longtime friends Becored and Aquas faced off again in Gimmick! They have a long history of racing this game in marathons.

Ohon:

Ohon raced Iongravirei in Castlevania III at AGDQ 2016.

Ohon also put on a show in Mega Man 6. His marathon time of 35:19 has yet to be matched on the GDQ stage.