{"id":22769,"date":"2015-12-30T14:02:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T13:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=22769"},"modified":"2017-10-24T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:12:23","slug":"gotta-go-fast-french-speedrunning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/gotta-go-fast-french-speedrunning\/","title":{"rendered":"Gotta Go Fast: French Speedrunning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Le nouvel an<\/strong> (New Year&#8217;s) always brings about changes, or at least <strong>les bonnes r\u00e9solutions<\/strong> (New Year\u2019s resolutions). Much of that <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/le-top-10-de-2015-top-french-articles-on-this-blog\/\">reflection<\/a> comes from thinking about how to use all the great <strong>cadeaux<\/strong> (gifts) from the week before.<\/p>\n<p>For me,<strong> le nouvel an<\/strong> also comes with sad news concerning one of my favorite French <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-youtube-stars-norman-thavaud\/\">youtubers<\/a>. I&#8217;m talking about RealMyop (<strong>le pseudonyme<\/strong> (username, alias) of <em>Ronan Letoqueux<\/em>), most well known for his popular web series, <em>Speed Game<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The show presents <em>speedruns<\/em> of various <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/22736-2\/\"><strong>jeux vid\u00e9os<\/strong> <\/a>(video games) with commentary from Real Myop and his co-host, Coeur de Vandale. <strong>Cela dit<\/strong> (that said), after a complicated series of events involving <strong>l\u2019entreprise<\/strong> (the company) he worked for during the past few years, <em>Speed Game<\/em> has ended.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sure what <em>speedruns<\/em> or\u00a0 <strong>le speedrunning<\/strong> are, <strong>en gros<\/strong> (basically) it is trying to beat <strong>un jeu vid\u00e9o<\/strong> as fast as possible. For a more detailed explanation there&#8217;s a great article in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/le-journal-an-overview-of-french-newspapers-part-2\/\">Le Monde<\/a><\/em> all about <strong>le monde du speedrunning<\/strong> (the speedrunning world): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/pixels\/article\/2014\/09\/05\/le-speedrun-exces-de-vitesse-conseille_4480804_4408996.html\">Le \u00ab speedrun \u00bb, exc\u00e8s de vitesse conseill\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Or if you are a more visual learner,<strong> regardez un \u00e9pisode<\/strong> (watch an episode)!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Speed Game: WR Kaizo Mario World any% en 14:29\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QA8uACakwT4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Speed Game<\/em> holds a special place in my heart. I first starting watching <strong>l&#8217;\u00e9mission<\/strong> (the show) as a way to practice French with something that\u2019s a bit less serious than the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/as-easy-as-rfi-easy-french\/\">news<\/a> or a textbook. Watching <strong>les vid\u00e9os<\/strong> gave me hours of entertainment and a way to learn even when I did not feel like studying.<\/p>\n<p>The detailed commentary allows you to follow along even if you have never played the game they are talking about or if you do not know much about <strong>le speedrun<\/strong>. Most importantly, all the commentary is in French, providing tons of practice through entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Le dernier \u00e9pisode<\/strong> (the last episode) is a tribute to <strong>l&#8217;\u00e9mission<\/strong> and takes a look back at the great moments throughout the years, going all the way back to 2008, the year when RealMyop decided to create what would become <em>Speed Game<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Speed Game: Dernier Episode ! All Endings, 4 ans et 4 mois !\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H3EjzdKVFnc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/super-mario-bros-photo-speed-game-logo-947030-350x194.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/super-mario-bros-photo-speed-game-logo-947030-350x194.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/super-mario-bros-photo-speed-game-logo-947030.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Le nouvel an (New Year&#8217;s) always brings about changes, or at least les bonnes r\u00e9solutions (New Year\u2019s resolutions). Much of that reflection comes from thinking about how to use all the great cadeaux (gifts) from the week before. For me, le nouvel an also comes with sad news concerning one of my favorite French youtubers&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/gotta-go-fast-french-speedrunning\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":22770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22769","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28874,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22769\/revisions\/28874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}