You've never seen button-mashing like this before
Ludwig Ahgren can press buttons faster than you. Hell, it's now a proven fact that he can press buttons faster than a computer program that's designed to press buttons.
The streamer, who operates under his first name on Twitch, showed off his lightning fast finger during a recent Mario Party 4 stream. One of the minigames, Domination, involves smashing a single button over and over again to create a lineup of Thwomps, the Mario enemy that's basically a big, spiky stone block with an angry face.
Mario Party 4 is a digital board game released for Nintendo's GameCube in 2002. As a typical game unfolds, competing players are regularly pitted against one another in short, simple minigames like Domination.
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Various tool-assisted speedruns – the aforementioned computer program that's designed to press buttons – over the years have suggested that 160 is the score limit for Domination. But Ludwig himself has already bested that number, with a previous high score of 199.
Now, even his own past record has fallen. Ludwig's new clip actually climbs two higher, to 201, when the points are tallied at the end of the round. His lineup of Thwomps is so long, it extends past the stone floor playing field and beyond the skybox that appears around it, into a colorless realm of empty game space.
(Mind the language, kids. Ludwig is... very exciting when he breaks that record.)
Like I said, you've never seen button-mashing like this.
[h/t Polygon]
Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
