Trihex
| Trihex | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mychal Jefferson |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Livestreamer, speedrunner |
Mychal Jefferson, better known under the screen name Trihex, is an American professional gamer and speedrunner. Active at the biannual Games Done Quick events, Trihex is best known for his runs of Jet Set Radio and Yoshi's Island. He is a very popular livestreamer, projected to reach 200,000 twitch followers within 2016.
Gaming career
Trihex has been speedrunning Yoshi's Island since 2004.[1] During Trihex's speedrun of the game at Awesome Games Done Quick 2014, he took off his shirt as a result of donations incentive. At some point during this run, the fire alarm went off for unknown reasons, causing him to evacuate the building.[2] He did a run of Yoshi's Island again at Summer Games Done Quick 2015. Trihex offered a narration throughout the run, explaining his techniques and describing why the game is worthy of speedrunning attention. This was also the first time that the difficult "5-4 skip" was achieved at Games Done Quick.[3][4]
Trihex was one of the eight speedrunners drafted to compete in the Nintendo World Championships in 2015.[5][6] Surviving the elimination matches, he, together with Narcissa Wright, Mad Mage and John Numbers, ended up in the semi-finals, where he lost in a match of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U while playing as Toon Link.[7]
Jared Rea, community manager of Twitch.tv, has stated that he really enjoys watching Trihex and is "amazed by his technicality."[8] Trihex believes that "a good speedrunner is also a good commentator." Though this outlook may result in worse runs, Trihex notes that it leaves a greater impression on the audience.[1]
References
- 1 2 Boer, Alex (2015-05-27). "Speedrunning for the People – Trihex's Marathon". Nintendo Enthusiast.
- ↑ George, Daniel (2014-01-17). "Top 10 Speedruns From Awesome Games Done Quick 2014". Gamesided.
- ↑ Hall, Charlie (2015-07-27). "SGDQ's first run shows off the skill, community that makes it all possible". Polygon.
- ↑ Mejia, Ozzie (2015-07-27). "Summer Games Done Quick 2015: Day 1 Highlights and Day 2 Runs to Watch". Shacknews.
- ↑ Hillier, Brenna (2015-06-10). "Watch the 2015 Nintendo World Championships this weekend". VG247.
- ↑ Fulton, Will (2015-06-10). "Eight of the world's best speedrunners have been drafted for the Nintendo World Championship 2015". Digital Trends.
- ↑ Lada, Jenni (2015-06-14). "E3 2015: Here's that Nintendo World Championships 2015 everyone is talking about". TechnologyTell.
- ↑ Haley, Sebastian (2013-02-05). "Can live speedruns compete with e-sports? (interview)". VentureBeat.