How the Boba Skip BROKE Metal Gear Solid Speedrunning FOREVER!

In this video, you'll learn all about the Boba Skip, a glitch in Metal Gear Solid that was discovered by Boba of Yogscast fame, which completely blew the Metal Gear Solid speedrunning scene wide open! Learn how it was discovered, shared and perfected, and then how the news blew up online!

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Metal Gear Speedrunners: https://www.metalgearspeedrunners.com/
Metal Gear Speedrunners Discord:   / discord  
Metal Gear Speedrunners YouTube:    / mgsrunners  

NickRPStream:   / nickrpgreen  
NickRPStream Discord:   / discord  

My original Very Easy World Record:    • Metal Gear Solid 1 Speedrun - PC Any% Very...  
To learn more about Very Easy:    • Metal Gear Solid Speedrun Tutorial - PC Ve...  

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A big thank you to Hau5test (  / hau5test  ) and ApacheSmash (  / apachesmash  ) for reviewing the script for this video.

A big thank you of course to Boba for the discovery! Check her out on Twitch:   / boba  

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LINKS FROM THE VIDEO:
The Original Boba Skip Video:   / 1426896049730465793  
Yogscast's Parsec Pals Stream:   / 1119293639  
Veictas' first video:    • MGS1 Tower A Door Skip  
Solid Tony's first video:    • Rappel skip MGS1?  
Hau5Test's Tweets:   / 1426979521828380672  
Jaguar_King's stream:   / 1119396194  
Inside Gaming's News Video:    • Streamer accidentally breaks Metal Gear, N...  
Hau5test's SWIM Glitch Tutorial:    • Metal Gear Solid Speedrun - SWIM Glitch ex...  

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Boba first discovers the glitch
03:40 Video is shared with MGSR
05:30 Glitch is first replicated on PS1
07:42 Glitch is first replicated on PC
09:11 Full run is theoretically possible
10:35 Reliable SOCOM method found
12:04 Parsec Pals stream and social media takes notice
13:30 Chaff/Stun Grenade method discovered
15:29 Jaguar_King's Extreme World Record
17:05 NickRPGreen's Very Easy World Record
19:40 Gaming News starts reporting on the skip
21:27 Community support on streams and Twitter
23:07 Personal message to Karl Jobst
23:25 Metal Gear Solid after the skip
24:27 Why the Boba Skip was important
25:21 Why the Boba Skip blew up online
26:53 How to perform the Boba Skip
28:09 Conclusion and how to get into Metal Gear Speedrunning
29:12 Outro