How to Grow a Following in an Obscure Speedrun
When you consider that most obscure games will have just one or two speedruns on the leaderboards if any, I'd say this one constitutes as a blow up, or at very least a "glow up". So, what’s a speedrun that’s obscure? A game that no reasonable person would think to speedrun? Well, probably iCarly for the Nintendo Wii. Let's take a quick look at where the boost in popularity came from and how this applies to building up a following for any speedrun.
This game used to be a title with a mostly empty leaderboard, lost to time and history -- a shovelware product that faded into the background of everyone’s collective memories. But thanks to the actions of one person, that has changed.
Meet Saltydkdan, a YouTuber (retired from this project) who previously dedicated themself to fully com...
