>>168268785Speedrunner culture has been 100% hijacked. Attention whores realized that they were absolute trash at speedrunning games, and instead opted to turn themselves into the new hot thing in order to get attention.
Anyone have the picture of the "Girl" meetup after the last GDQ where one of them had male pattern baldness? That's the culture now. You can be an absolute dogshit speedrunner but still be a favorite among the higher ups just because you have tits and call yourself a girl.
People are only doing it because it's the easiest way now to get attention in a system that was once entirely about merit. Fact.