A gamer recounts their experience of attempting to play Super Mario Bros. using only one finger on their keyboard. They encountered numerous challenges, particularly in navigating difficult levels and boss battles. The gamer persisted, experimenting with different strategies and keyboard configurations to overcome obstacles. After multiple attempts and setbacks, they finally managed to complete the game, but later realized they had used the "save state" feature, which they considered cheating. To redeem themselves, the gamer spent two weeks training to complete the game without using save states, eventually achieving a respectable speedrun time of 11 minutes and 35 seconds.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The person in the video is trying to play Mario using only one finger.
2. They were inspired to try this challenge after seeing a friend play Mario with one hand.
3. The person spent an hour finding the best keyboard configuration for playing with one finger.
4. They used the space bar, MM keys, and J key to control Mario.
5. The person had to change their strategy mid-game to overcome a difficult section.
6. They used a technique called "Speedrun" to complete a challenging part of the game.
7. The person had to restart the game multiple times due to difficulties with the one-finger control.
8. They eventually completed the game using the one-finger control method.
9. After completing the game, the person spent two weeks training to do a speedrun of the game.
10. They successfully completed a speedrun of the game using only one finger in 11 minutes and 35 seconds.