The Speedrun Strategy that Revolutionized Red Ball 4

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Published on March 19, 2021 6:00:32 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLhRkKsS9zY

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Note from Maximum: This is NOT narrated by me. It is narrated by Jezs, who is @Goober13md on YouTube. Please watch the first 3 seconds of the video.
On the 16th of January, 2021, a complete newcomer to the speedrunning scene named xDiss posted a video innocently titled "red ball vol.1 boss glitch." In this video, xDiss managed to completely disrupt the normal progression of the boss found at the end of the game by slowly pushing it to the other side of the screen after completing phase 1. Though this strategy did not save any time at first, it was majorly improved by the hands of speedrunners Motorjam and NorXor, turning xDiss' boss push into the boss roll that we know today. With the strategy now having the potential to save around 25 seconds over a normal completion, the race to push the world record of the game from a 3:27 to below three minutes began. This is the story of the boss roll and how it changed Red Ball 4 Vol.1 speedrunning forever.

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Red Ball 4 Vol.1 Tournament- https://challonge.com/redball4v1
Current Red Ball 4 Vol.1 World Record- https://youtu.be/EqXMTXMsufw
Red Ball 4 Vol.1 World Record Progression- https://youtu.be/h3j0bdsnQEE
Red Ball 4 Vol.1 World Record Graph- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6LQmhstbCw
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A huge thanks goes out to Jezs for narrating this video. You can find his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Goober13md
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