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Cosmo Wright | |
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| File:Cosmo Wright Evo.jpg Wright at EVO 2013 | |
| Born | Cosmo Wright July 21, 1989 |
| Occupation(s) | Speedrunner, Gamer |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Cosmo Wright is a speedrunner and co-founder of the website, SpeedRunsLive, a website which hosts the ability for speedrunners to race with one another.[2][3][4] In 2013, Wright held the world record for the fastest completion of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time,[5] The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker,[6][7] Paper Mario and Castlevania 64.[8] As one of the most popular streamers on Twitch.tv, Wright has been able to make a living off of speedrunning video games.[1] Wright has attended many charity events in the past sponsored by Speed Demos Archive, the latest of which (AGDQ 2014) raised over one million dollars in charity donations for the Prevent Cancer Foundation and is currently one of the single most successful gaming charity marathon ever.[9][10]
Early life
Wright grew up in Wisconsin. His first experience with running games was after being given a Nintendo 64 and Ocarina of Time. He later began to play Super Smash Bros competitively and would go on to win a tournament in Minnesota.
Speedrunning
Around 2006, Wright began browsing through the Speed Demos Archive forums. During this time more exploits were being discovered in many different games, most notably The Legend of Zelda series. As time went on many new unexpected glitches and exploits were discovered in the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that would range from something as simple as skipping single items, to skipping the entirety of the first three dungeons. Some users contributed to finding glitches without speed running, but instead tested and experimented with the new found glitches in attempts to get them consistent and understand them better. Wright at first began as a lurker, merely reading the discussions, but he soon became interested in speedrunning the game and spent hours learning some of the speedrunning skills and glitches that were not intended by the developers.
SpeedRunsLive
In 2009, Wright and Daniel "Jiano" Hart co-founded the website SpeedRunsLive. It aims to deliver a "richly developed speedrunning racing platform" through an internet relay chat community run by a Racebot. The website utilizes Twitch TV and the ability to live stream in races to verify the legitimacy of the speed runs. The site acts as a directory of players, who are currently competing in races as well as those currently attempting to break records or improve times. As of August 7, 2013 there were 6578 players on Speed Runs Live.
References
- ^ a b Li, Roland (9 January 2014). "Making money as a Zelda speedrunner". Polygon. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "About SpeedRunsLive". SpeedRunsLive. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Ryan, Rigney (16 October 2013). "For the World's Fastest Gamers, Failure Is Just One Bad Jump Away". Wired. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Patrick Howell O'Neill (23 December 2013). "For Cosmo Wright, no game is too hard to beat in record speed". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Hernandez, Patricia (23 August 2013). "This Guy Beat Ocarina of Time In Less Than Twenty Minutes. Record!". Kotaku. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Otero, Jose (4 October 2013). "IGN editors talk about Link's amazing seafaring adventure". Nintendo Voice Chat. IGN. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Hernandez, Patricia (28 August 2013). "Watch The Fastest Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Run In The World". Kotaku. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "NVC: Let's Talk About Nintendo Direct". Nintendo Voice Chat. IGN. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Awesome Games Done Quick raises over a million dollars". Destructoid. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Whitehead, Thomas (12 January 2014). "Awesome Games Done Quick 2014 Raises Over One Million Dollars for Charity". NintendoLife. Retrieved 29 January 2014.