History YMMV / AwesomeGamesDoneQuick

** A week later, its coming out that the situation was ''worse'' than what was initially thought. Apparently, the GDQ staff completely dropped the ball with how they dealt with him: not only did they do ''nothing'' in the way of telling him to tone it down, but the message they sent him when they banned him ([[note]]"We care about you. People who say these things may or may not actually have these tendencies. We're here if you need help "If you come to this floor again, you will be dealt with accordingly"[[/note]]) could be taken as "we don't care about your side of the story, fuck off or we'll have you removed in handcuffs". Anyone at the event attempting to ask the GDQ staff about the situation were met with the cold shoulder, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/3fpldv/gamepro011_is_filing_a_complaint_against_gdq/ctrbv4u with one of the runners even mentioning that the staff would actively try to hide from them]]. Then the guy finds out that not only was his channel shut down, [[https://twitter.com/Gamepro011/status/628311504551546880 Twitch hit him with a permanent IP ban]]. Although he is getting the ban lifted.

** A week later, its coming out that the situation was ''worse'' than what was initially thought. Apparently, the GDQ staff completely dropped the ball with how they dealt with him: not only did they do ''nothing'' in the way of telling him to tone it down, but the message they sent him when they banned him ([[note]]"We care about you. People who say these things may or may not actually have these tendencies. We're here if you need help "If you come to this floor again, you will be dealt with accordingly"[[/note]]) essentially said "we don't care about your side of the story, fuck off or we'll have you removed in handcuffs". Anyone at the event attempting to ask the GDQ staff about the situation were met with the cold shoulder, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/3fpldv/gamepro011_is_filing_a_complaint_against_gdq/ctrbv4u with one of the runners even mentioning that the staff would actively try to hide from them]]. Then the guy finds out that not only was his channel shut down, [[https://twitter.com/Gamepro011/status/628311504551546880 but Twitch hit him with a permanent IP ban]].

* TheScrappy: The ''Crash Bandicoot 2'' runner for SGDQ 2015, gamepro011. Throughout the run, he made poorly received murder/suicide jokes, and soft-locked the game at the final boss when he hit the estimate, leaving with one final (poor taste) comment. Not one person in the chat liked him, resulting in the word "cringe" getting censored due to its abuse. Not only was he banned from the event, his Twitch channel got banned, and neither of his runs have been uploaded to the GDQ channel so far.

* TheScrappy: The ''Crash Bandicoot 2'' runner for SGDQ 2015, gamepro11. Throughout the run, he made poorly received murder/suicide jokes, and soft-locked the game at the final boss when he hit the estimate, leaving with one final (poor taste) comment. Not one person in the chat liked him, resulting in the word "cringe" getting censored due to its abuse. He got banned from the event, his Twitch account got banned, and neither of his runs (''Crash Bandicoot 2'' and ''Sonic Adventure DX'' from earlier) have made it to the GDQ Youtube page so far.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The entire concept of the marathon. Hundreds of gamers banding together to raise money for an important cause is enough to give anyone faith in the world.

*** SGDQ '14 features a bid war for ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'', "Save the people/kill the people." From the donation tracker: "Not as cute as animals, but with 100% more moral quandary!"
*** From more recent marathons (specifcally AGDQ/SGDQ 2014) came "Taunt the animals" as in: go into the room with the helper creatures and leave instead of saving them.

* TheScrappy: The ''Crash Bandicoot 2'' runner for SGDQ 2015. Throughout the run, he made poorly received murder/suicide jokes, and soft-locked the game at the final boss when he hit the estimate, leaving with one final (poor taste) comment. Not one person in the chat liked him, resulting in the word "cringe" getting censored due to its abuse. He got banned from the event, his Twitch account got banned, and neither of his runs (''Crash Bandicoot 2'' and ''Sonic Adventure DX'' from earlier) made it to the GDQ Youtube page so far.

--> ''Gozer the Gozerian: Are you a God? \\
Kan: Give me 5 minutes. [Plays Tetris Grand Master 3 and gets Grand Master Rating] \\
Gozer: You may pass.''

* TheScrappy: The ''Crash Bandicoot 2'' runner for SGDQ 2015. Throughout the run, he made poorly received murder/suicide jokes, and soft-locked the game at the final boss when he hit the estimate, leaving with one final (poor taste) comment. Not one person in the chat liked him, resulting in the word "cringe" getting censored due to its abuse. He got banned from the event, his Twitch account got banned, and neither of his runs (''Crash Bandicoot 2'' and ''Sonic Adventure DX'' from earlier) made it to the GDQ Youtube page.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Halfcoordinated. His one handed ''VideoGames/{{Vanquish}}'' run was a last minute addition to replace a controversial Minecraft entry, but ended up being one of the most popular runs of AGDQ 2015.

* MemeticMutation: Tri-Hex%, or Taco-Bell%, in reference to runner Tri-Hex's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOrA91_xg4M legendary 2014 Yoshi's Island run.]]
** Based YSG.[[note]]Actually a reference to runner Blueglass. Known for his distinctive laugh, bright yellow shirt in his first appearances (YSG standing for Yellow Shirt Guy), and his presence through almost every run. Due to his sincerety, infectious giggle and his refusal to miss a run even if he's the only other person in the room, he quickly became an EnsembleDarkhorse.[[/note]]
** "Kill"/"Save the animals," referring to the helper creatures in VideoGame/SuperMetroid. Every run, their fate is determined by whichever camp gets the most in donations.

** [=TASbot=]. Even though they stuff they show doesn't really count as a speedrun, what [=TASbot=] does to the games is entertaining enough that no one really minds. For example, during the AGDQ 2015 block, they turned ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokemon Red]]'' into a live feed of the '''Twitch chat.'''

** TASbot. Even though they stuff they show doesn't really count as a speedrun, what TASbot does to the games is entertaining enough that no one really minds. For example, during the SGDQ 2015 block, they turned ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokemon Red]]'' into a live feed of the '''Twitch chat.'''

* RevivalByCommercialization: The ''VideoGame/TetrisTheGrandMaster'' demonstrations on AGDQ and SGDQ 2015 helped bring ''TGM'', which experienced brief spikes in popularity due to viral superplay videos, back into the Western spotlight. In fact, it's because of GDQ and the ''TGM'' community's involvement that ''Tetris: The Grand Master 4'' was UnCancelled and location-tested not only in Japan again, but also in the United States.

* RevivalByCommercialization: The ''VideoGame/TetrisTheGrandMaster'' demonstrations on AGDQ and SGDQ 2015 helped bring ''TGM'', which experienced brief spikes in popularity due to viral superplay videos, back into the Western spotlight. In fact, it's because of GDQ that ''Tetris: The Grand Master 4'' was UnCancelled and location-tested not only in Japan again, but also in the United States.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Halfcoordinated. His one handed [[Vanquish]] run was a last minute addition to replace a controversial Minecraft entry, but ended up being one of the most popular runs of AGDQ 2015.

* TearJerker: Sometimes, even in the most unexpected places: partway through the [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments otherwise hilarious]] ''BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'' run, there's an incredibly sincere moment as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFBVqgOgGAQ#t=3240 the runner explains his reasoning for wanting to be part of the marathon]]. Listening to the runner struggle through tears as he tells of how he came close to losing his dad is heartwrenching, and the reaction of the room around him is a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The entire concept of the marathon. Hundreds of gamers banding together to raise money for an important cause is enough to give anyone faith in the world.

* TearJerker: Sometimes, even in the most unexpected places: partway through the [[CrowningMomentOfFunny otherwise hilarious]] BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden run, there's an incredibly sincere moment as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rFBVqgOgGAQ#t=3240 the runner explains his reasoning for wanting to be part of the marathon]]. Listening to the runner struggle through tears as he tells of how he came close to losing his dad is heartwrenching, and the reaction of the room around him is a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* MemeticMutation: Tri-Hex%

** Based YSG.[[note]]Actually a reference to runner Blueglass. Known for his distinctive laugh, bright yellow shirt in his first appearances (YSG standing for Yellow Shirt Guy), and his presence through almost every run. Due to his sincerety, infectious giggle and his refusal to miss a run even if he's the only other person in the room, he quickly became an EnsembleDarkhorse]].[[/note]]

** Based YSG.[[explanation]]Actually a reference to runner Blueglass. Known for his distinctive laugh, bright yellow shirt in his first appearances (YSG standing for Yellow Shirt Guy), and his presence through almost every run. Due to his sincerety, infectious giggle and his refusal to miss a run even if he's the only other person in the room, he quickly became an EnsembleDarkhorse]].[[/explanation]]

** Based YSG.[[explanation]]Actually a reference to runner Blueglass. Known for his distinctive laugh, bright yellow shirt in his first appearances (YSG standing for Yellow Shirt Guy), and his presence through almost every run. Due to his sincerety, infectious giggle and his refusal to miss a run even if he's the only other person in the room, he quickly became an EnsembleDarkhorse]].[[/note]]