Editing Speedrunning (section)

=== ''Doom'' and ''Quake'' demos, early Internet communities ===
The development of a strong speedrunning community is considered to have originated with the 1993 computer game [[Doom (1993 video game)|''Doom'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paez |first=Danny |date=2020-03-10 |title=Coined: How "speedrunning" became an Olympic-level gaming competition |url=https://www.inverse.com/gaming/speedrun-meaning-definition-origin-gaming-coined |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=Inverse |language=en}}</ref><ref name="SmashingTheClock">{{cite web |author=Turner |first=Benjamin |date=2005-08-10 |title=Smashing the Clock |url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3142599&did=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220042/http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3142599&did=1 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=August 13, 2005 |publisher=[[1Up.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":033">{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Max |date=July 28, 2018 |title=A Quick History of Speedrunning: From Then to Now |url=https://www.viewsonic.com/elite/posts/6_a-quick-history-of-speedrunning |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=ViewSonic Elite Gaming}}</ref> The game retained the "par time" mechanic from ''Wolfenstein'' and included a feature that allowed players to record and play back gameplay using files called ''[[Game replay|demos]]'' (also known as game replays). Demos were lightweight files that could be shared more easily than video files on [[Internet]] [[Bulletin board system|bulletin board systems]] at the time.<ref name="SnyderBook" /> Internally,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wall |first=Darren |date=2017-02-01 |title=A Brief History of Speedrunning |url=https://readonlymemory.com/a-brief-history-of-speedrunning/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Read-Only Memory |language=en-US}}</ref> in January 1994, [[University of Waterloo]] student Christina Norman created a [[File Transfer Protocol]] server dedicated to compiling demos, named the LMP Hall of Fame (after the .lmp [[Filename extension|file extension]] used by ''Doom'' demos). The LMP Hall of Fame inspired the creation of the Doom Honorific Titles by Frank Stajano, a catalogue of titles that a player could obtain by beating certain challenges in the game.<ref name="SnyderBook" /><ref name="SmashingTheClock" /> The ''Doom'' speedrunning community emerged in November 1994, when Simon Widlake created COMPET-N, a website hosting leaderboards dedicated to ranking completion times of ''Doom''<nowiki/>'s single-player levels.<ref name="SnyderBook" /><ref name=":523">{{Cite web |last=Platts |first=Kieren |date=2020-03-24 |title=Keeping Up: An Introduction To Speedrunning {{!}} Redbrick Gaming |url=https://www.redbrick.me/intro-to-speedrunning/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414025813/https://www.redbrick.me/intro-to-speedrunning/ |archive-date=April 14, 2020 |access-date=2020-04-20 |website=Redbrick}}</ref>[[File:Q1scr 0.png|thumb|A "[[grenade jumping|grenade jump]]" is used in ''[[Quake (video game)|Quake]]'' in order to jump over a large lava pit.|left]] 

In 1996, [[id Software]] released [[Quake (video game)|''Quake'']] as a successor to the [[Doom (franchise)|''Doom'' series]]. Like its predecessor, ''Quake'' had a demo-recording feature and drew attention from speedrunners.<ref name="SnyderBook" /><ref name=":523" /> In April 1997, Nolan "Radix" Pflug created Nightmare Speed Demos (NSD), a website for tracking ''Quake'' speedruns.<ref name="SnyderBook" /> In June 1997, Pflug released a full-game speedrun demo of ''Quake'' called ''[[Quake Done Quick]]'', which introduced speedrunning to a broader audience.<ref name="SnyderBook" /><ref name="SmashingTheClock" /> ''Quake'' speedruns were notable for their breadth of movement techniques, including "[[bunny hopping]]," a method of gaining speed also present in future shooting games like [[Counter-Strike (video game)|''Counter-Strike'']] and [[Team Fortress Classic|''Team Fortress'']].<ref name="SnyderBook" /><ref name="SmashingTheClock" /> In April 1998, NSD merged with another demo-hosting website to create [[Speed Demos Archive]].<ref name="SnyderBook" />