History Trivia / SummoningSalt

* ReleaseDateChange: Originally, his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOJlg8g8_yw Tetris World Records video]] was supposed to premiere on Saturday, May 11, 2024. However, [[ScrewedByTheLawyers due to issues revolving around the intro song,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-0TB9JMpdE We're Finally Landing]], at least for now, it wouldn't premiere until ''Monday,'' May 13, breaking his recent trend of uploading on Saturdays. As for the intro song, it was replaced by a cover by PostElvis.

** "[[https://youtu.be/hmqOJt1kmuI The World Record Progression of Kash Dash]]" was an AprilFoolsDay video about a ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' UsefulNotes/PlugNPlayGame. It contained an [[MundaneMadeAwesome over-the-top]] fictional backstory for the game, where it became the most popular form of entertainment in the world but was [[RetGone erased from history]] when it became ''too'' popular, and Salt himself was tasked with speedrunning the last remaining copy to save the world. It was removed due to concerns over policy changes [=YouTube=] made to comply with the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Act".

* RealSongThemeTune: Summoning Salt's videos are typically scored with preexisting songs by electronic musicians Music/{{HOME}} and WebVideo/PatriciaTaxxon, so much so that they both take up a major chunk of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi7Ox68FwE8 official soundtrack]] on Summoning Alt.

* FollowTheLeader: The success of Salt's history of speedrunning videos have inspired many copycats, although there has generally been an attempt to avoid directly stepping on his toes. Some only make history videos about the games they run (such as [=AverageTreyVG=], a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' speedrunner, whose work has been directly endorsed by Salt); some only make videos about very popular games which Salt seemingly declines to cover (most notably ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', covered by Retro among others); and some cover more specific aspects, such as the history of a particular glitch or exploit or reporting new developments or records set and how these were achieved (most notably Karl Jobst, who like Salt is a speedrunner in his own right, holding several ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' records).

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* FollowTheLeader: The success of Salt's history of speedrunning videos have inspired many copycats, although there has generally been an attempt to avoid directly stepping on his toes. Some only make history videos about the games they run (such as [=AverageTreyVG=], a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' speedrunner, whose work has been directly endorsed by Salt); some only make videos about very popular games which Salt seemingly refuses to cover (most notably ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', covered by Retro among others); and some cover more specific aspects, such as the history of a particular glitch or exploit or reporting new developments or records set and how these were achieved (most notably Karl Jobst, who like Salt is a speedrunner in his own right, holding several ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' records).

* RealSongThemeTune: Summoning Salt's videos are typically scored with preexisting songs by electronic musicians Music/{{HOME}} and Music/PatriciaTaxxon, so much so that they both take up a major chunk of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi7Ox68FwE8 official soundtrack]] on Summoning Alt.

* ShoutOut: The name Summoning Salt originates from a video by [[WebVideo/StuartAshen Stuart Ashen]] [[https://youtu.be/kJWoFReY1j0?t=72 (30 Year Old Food Parcel)]] in which Stuart Ashen accidentally mispronounces "Seasoning Salt" as "Summoning Salt".

* RealSongThemeTune: Summoning Salt's videos are typically scored with preexisting songs by electronic musicians HOME and Patricia Taxxon, so much so that they both take up a major chunk of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi7Ox68FwE8 official soundtrack]] on Summoning Alt.

* OldShame: In the 1 Million Subscriber special, Summoning Salt admitted he has mixed feelings about his earlier videos. In his view, he didn't do the same amount of research compared to newer videos, those videos contained a number of mistakes, and the production value was lower. But on the other hand, without those videos, Summoning Salt wouldn't have become such an icon in the speedrunning community.

** "[[https://youtu.be/MHUC6YLxrA4 The World Record Progression Of]] ''VideoGame/MegaMan2''" was removed over health concerns, as some of the game's [[EpilepticFlashingLights flashing light effects]] were considered dangerous for people with photosensitive epilepsy.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The 1 Million Subscriber special was originally going to have been an interview with speedrunner Matt Turk, before Salt instead switched to a retrospective on his channels history done in the style of his normal videos.

* OldShame: In the 1 Million Subscriber special, Summoning Salt admitted he has mixed feelings about his earlier videos. In his view, he didn't do the same amount of research compared to newer videos, those videos contained a number of mistakes, and the production value was lower. But on the other hand, without those videos, Summoning Salt wouldn't became such an icon in the speedrunning community.

* OldShame: In the 1 Million Subscriber special, Summoning Salt admitted that he has mixed feelings about his earlier videos. In his view, he didn't do as much research compared to newer videos, they contained a number of mistakes, and the production value was lower. But on the other hand, without those videos, Summoning Salt wouldn't have become such an icon in the speedrunning community.

* OldShame: In the 1 Million Subscriber special, Salt admitted he has mixed feelings about his earlier video's. In his view, he didn't performed much research compared to newer video's, they contained a number of mistakes and the production value was lower. But on the other hand, without those video's Salt wouldn't became such an icon in the speedrunning community.

** "[[https://youtu.be/cvXadc7psuk Why Do We Speedrun?]]" was a shorter video discussing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the reasons why people speedrun]], which was removed for unknown reasons.

** "[[https://youtu.be/cvXadc7psuk Why Do We Speedrun?]]" was a shorter video discussing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the reasons why people speedrun]], which was removed for unknown reasons.
* FollowTheLeader: The success of Salt's history of speedrunning videos have inspired many copycats, although there has generally been an attempt to avoid directly stepping on his toes. Some only make history videos about the games they run (such as [=AverageTreyVG=], a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' speedrunner, whose work has been directly endorsed by Salt); some only make videos about very popular games which Salt seemingly refuses to cover (most notably ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', covered by Retro among others); and some cover more specific aspects, such as the history of a particular glitch or exploit or reporting new developments or records set and how these were achieved (most notably Karl Jobst, who like Salt is a speedrunner in his own right, holding several ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' records).

** "[[https://youtu.be/hmqOJt1kmuI The World Record Progression of Kash Dash]]" was an AprilFoolsDay video about a ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' UsefulNotes/PlugNPlayGame. It contained an [[MundaneMadeAwesome over-the-top]] fictional backstory for the game, where it became the most popular form of entertainment in the world but was [[RetGone erased from history]] when it became ''too'' popular, and Salt himself was tasked with speedrunning the last remaining copy to save the world. It was removed over [[ScrewedByTheLawyers copyright concerns]], likely due to the ''Spongebob'' footage used.