If you have ever watched and followed the videogame speedrunning scene, you have probably seen it many times. While there are certainly exceptions, it's more the rule that whenever a speedrunner gets an extremely difficult world record in an extremely competitive speedrunning category of a popular game (and sometimes even when it's not so immensely popular nor competitive), they engage in an extreme over-reaction and start screaming like they are being murdered.
And it's not even the more... let's say "effeminate" ones that are doing that. Almost all of them are doing that, with only few exceptions.
I understand that when one has practiced and attempted a run of a particular game literally thousands and thousands of times, and the world record is extremely competitive and difficult, and when you are approaching the end at world record pace, heart rate and adrenaline skyrocket, and the speedrunner becomes extremely nervous and tense, and then actually achieving the world record feels like the greatest achievement and reward in the world, it's not the time to be calm and collected and just nod at the achievement in a very dry and matter-of-fact manner, like it were nothing. Obviously celebration is in place.
However, there's celebration, and then there's emotionally incontinent over-reaction.
If you watch, for example, the world championship final of a sports event, like football or hockey, the winning team will rather obviously celebrate. It will be chaos on the field, with the players becoming almost crazy with joy and celebration, congratulating and hugging each other, running or skating throughout the field greeting the fans, and so on.
However, what you don't see them doing is covering their mouths and screaming "ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod!" at the top of their lungs like they are being murdered. There is extreme joy and celebration, of course, but they don't crumble like little girls and become completely emotionally incontinent.
Yet, most speedrunners do exactly that. And it's really cringe and tiresome every time. Sure, you can and should celebrate, but do you really have to scream at the top of your lungs like you are trying to break your sound equipment and overall act like you are emotionally crumbling? It's so tiresome.
Oh, and for the love of everything that's holy, will they please at least invent something more original than "oh my god"? Why has that become the universal stock phrase to repeat a hundred times in these situations? Every single one of them says those exact words. Every. Single. One. No exceptions.
At least be a bit more original, sheesh. It's so cringe.
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