I am a long time fan of speedrunning but have never discussed speedrunning with anyone who shared the same love I have for watching my favorite games being broken for better times. I am also a university student and was given the opportunity to study a unique anthropological phenomenon of my choosing this semester, and I have chosen video game speedrunning. If any of you would like to participate in my study, please comment on this post or direct message me. I am only legally allowed to interview adults, so please only message me or respond if you are above the age of 18. The study will only consist of written back and forths through speedrun.com's direct message about why speedrunning has exploded in popularity despite going against many of the norms of entertainment consumption. Please message me if this sounds interesting to you. I will ask permission before recording any conversations we have, and I will have your usernames changed to anonymous handles. And mods, I don't foresee that this post will be in violation, but if it is please take it down and message me and I will find another forum to post to.