Line #6 Trivia/SummoningSalt


1	* BuryYourArt: Summoning Salt removed his video on the history of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' world records within a day of uploading it, thanks to the fact that the world record at the time of production got broken the same day that the video released, immediately rendering it outdated.
2	* ColbertBump: Summoning Salt tends to offer these to runners he covers, even those who are merely former World Record holders or glitch hunters who never actually held the World Record. Of note goes to Matt Turk, most known for his escapades in the early Punch-Out!! speedrunning scene, who quickly endeared himself to viewers and references to his escapades in other games--or even [[BaitAndSwitch lackthereof]]--have become a RunningGag in more recent videos.
3	* CreatorBacklash: 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.
4	* 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/{{GoldenEye\|1997}}'' records).
5	* MilestoneCelebration: The day after his [=YouTube=] channel hit one million subscribers, Salt posted a video retrospective of his journey from there to here which happens to be edited ''exactly'' like one of his World Record Progression videos.
6	* MissingEpisode: A number of older videos have been removed for various reasons, though four of them have since been mirrored by the channel "[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ubWWNCx1L9bt45uMHJBcg john doe]]":
7	** "[[https://youtu.be/hmqOJt1kmuI The World Record Progression of Kash Dash]]" was an AprilFoolsDay video about a ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' Platform/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".
8	** "[[https://youtu.be/1qjK85B965Y The World Record Progression of]] ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''" chronicled the history of the highest scores for ''Donkey Kong'' as opposed to the fastest completion, including details that were glossed over or omitted from the documentary ''Film/TheKingOfKong''. It was removed after evidence of cheating on the part of Billy Mitchell came to light, [[DatedHistory invalidating much of the information presented in the video]].
9	** "[[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. When Summoning Salt revisited the game in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNKlE5pS88E The History of Mega Man 2 World Records]], a disclaimer was added at the beginning warning viewers of the flashing lights, plus moments in game with egregious flashing were frozen, notably every time after the final boss is defeated.
10	** "[[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.
11	* RealSongThemeTune: Summoning Salt's videos are typically scored with preexisting songs by electronic musicians 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.
12	* 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}}.
13	* 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 channel's history done in the style of his normal videos.
14	* WriteWhatYouKnow: Summoning Salt is primarily a speedrunner of ''[[VideoGame/PunchOut Mike Tyson's Punch Out]]''; as a result, there are multiple videos on just unique categories and historic events of just that game, and been able to cover the events much more in-depth than others.

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