New Category Idea: All Bob-Ombs
1 year ago
United States

I could see this category being played out one of two ways:

  1. Destroy all Black Bob-Ombs and Talk to all Red Bob-Ombs. That way you truly are interacting in some way to all bob-ombs in the game. However, besides the second red bob-omb in BOB, talking to all the red bob-ombs essentially turns this into a psuedo All Cannons+ category more or less. While running it this way would cover a majority of the stages in the game, I don't know if this would be ideal. So,

  2. ONLY Destroy All Black Bob-Ombs. You would only have six stages (BOB, SSL, TTM, TTC, RR, and BitS), and since the last couple are in BitS, the category would end with Bowser throws. Would this be worth it just to cover six stages?

What do you guys think about this idea?

New Mexico, USA

Chuckyas are technically bob-ombs. If you were to add Chuckyas to the black bob-ombs route, that would add WDW and THI. That might make it more "worth it"? That would also keep it to enemies that could be destroyed.

All Cannons+ just seems redundant. Personally, I venture to new categories to learn or experience something different. New categories should offer something different in my opinion.

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United States

I like that idea better, Surprise. All Bob-Ombs - if conceptualized - will disregard reds and include Chuckyas.

edit: Also, I just realized that also HAS to include King Bob-Omb in BOB lol

Edited by the author 1 year ago
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New Mexico, USA

Just did a quick run through of all the stages for a bob-omb count. I got a total of 36 bob-ombs (not including the red bob-omb buddies). Can anyone think of any that I missed?

My findings can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1doGj0Kphc37UuAUTFwdRiQHo6_FGaXqUzJTWibpvn1Y/edit?usp=sharing

Also Wes, what would count as a kill? Technically you can just run past them so they aggro Mario and they eventually explode. Should that count or not?

Arizona, USA

So wait, if Chuckyas are bobombs, could bullies technically be as well? I mean, most of them are small black balls like the bobombs, but the Chuckyas don't blow up on a fuse. Is being able to pick them up and throw them to kill them the delineating factor?

New Mexico, USA

Hmm, I don't think so about the bullies, but I could be wrong. If you look up Chuckya on almost any wiki they are classified as bob-ombs, like it's Mario lore or something.

Edit: After some research, Bullies are technically bombs (specifically "Viking bombs"). Not sure if that counts as a bob-omb. Unless we were to change this to "all bombs" or something. Just something to think about.

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New Mexico, USA

Chucked a few runs to figure out some routing. This was a pretty scuffed run so I feel like 25 minutes would be pretty easy to get LBLJless. Still not sure if WF 100 is a good idea. Excited to see what other people come up with!

Edit: Got the 25. Still many mistakes but I'm satisfied with this for now. I'll return if we ever reach a consensus that would invalidate this run.

Edited by the author 1 year ago
Arizona, USA

So have we decided to exclude the bullies then?

New Mexico, USA

I just decided to run it without the bullies. We definitely need more opinions to get a consensus on that matter, as well as many other issues.

Like what counts as a successful kill? Some would argue simply getting aggro from the bob-ombs counts because they would explode soon after. But you could technically get aggro and then immediately exit course (if it's the last bob-omb in that stage), which doesn't seem right imo. Maybe hearing the explosion would be the death indicator? But what if two collide out of view and you only hear one explosion instead of two separate explosions?

We need more people/opinions to figure these things out. I suggest someone start a temporary discord server where we can better communicate and hash all these things out. It's never going to get done on this forum thread, especially with all the src notifications being delayed by over 72 hours.

United States

If anybody would like to contribute to this category in anyway, you can join the temporary discord here: https://discord.gg/YzDawrXjt9

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