I talked back and forth about the events/gaming competitions post and how it would work. For the first event, we decided something simple was best. Tetris is pretty simple.
To compete:
You can play with an anonymous name here: https://tetr.io/
Post a comment with the score and a record of gameplay, preferably a link to a video on a platform like odysee vimeo. (I recommend playing a few times, then recording the replay of the top score with something like obs.)
Top score on two minute blitz mode by Friday (April 9) at midnight PST wins.
I never found the competition aspect of it particularly interesting. It's just "Huh, I didn't know you could do that" that is interesting to me. It's amazing how buggy a game can be when it seemed flawless when I played it.
This one still makes me laugh my ass off because of how much it fucked with the person playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf31vbZO8yo
It's not a speed run though. It's someone playing OOT blindfolded and he somehow stumbled onto something that shouldn't have even happened. I don't wanna spoil it if you wanna see for yourself. It happens within the first minute of the video. Keep watching and it only gets crazier.
Hm, that's an excellent point. Even if you deny a skill involved, there is clear informative value for viewers. Anyone finding glitches without relying on luck potentially has a marketable skill.
Though this sort of value could be shared without the video format (text faqs and forums often shared exploits), video can help explain complex bugs. I'm not sure how I'd explore the possibility of skills being involved - I'd wager a solid third are discovered by "just playing around".
The best competition I can imagine coming from it is a work competition to find the most bugs during a phase of testing/development. I participated in one of those once for an mmorpg, it was a lot of fun. Not simple to set up, of course.