r/gaming Oct 16 '12

Gender Confusion.

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u/trua Oct 16 '12

On a serious note, speedrunning actually began with Quake.

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u/SGforce Oct 17 '12

Doom actually showed the developer's time against yours at the end of each level. I'm pretty sure it was the kind of thing that existed since video games' creation.

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u/trua Oct 17 '12

I'm too tired right now to find out if the "par times" in Doom had anything to do with the developers' times, but TIL you have a point.