Hollow Knight Midterm

The Hollow Knight Midterm is, as the name implies, a midterm with Hollow Knight. Much like last year's Cuphead, the midterm will be individual boss speedruns. Beecher and Jack will both select bosses in a list then create a combined list from the two. Players will then veto/trim each others' list until the appropriate amount for a final list is met.

From the boss list, each boss will be timed individually and fought in the Hall of Gods. For balance reasons, both players will be using the same charms. Additionally, because Beecher has a lot more experience with Hollow Knight, Jack will be playing on Attuned (standard) difficulty while Beecher will play on Ascended (double-damage) for most other bosses, or even Radiant (1 hit = death) for any of the extremely simple early-game bosses.

Charms: Quick Slash, Longnail, Quick Focus, Shaman Stone

The midterm occurred on December 8, 2020.

Jack was the first to defeat Nosk, The Collector, Soul Master, Hive Knight, Lost Kin, Flukemarm, Elder Hu, and Dung Defender, for a total of 8 points. That is the equivalent of 4 Cupheads. However, it was not enough. Beecher claimed victory, defeating The Hollow Knight, Massive Moss Charger, Mantis Lords, Broken Vessel, Crystal Guardian, Traitor Lord, Watcher Knights, Marmu, Grey Prince Zote, Hornet Sentinel, and Failed Champion, for a total of 11 points.

There was some concern among vote counters that the faster load times on PC vs. Switch might have given Beecher the 1-second edge to clinch the victory in certain swing bosses. The Jack campaign is petitioning that faster-load victories should be disqualified, as no one can account for fraud when there could be thousands of dead people loading. However, given that Beecher won an exhibition match vs. Grimm, and was on double-damage difficulty for the entire midterm, the Secret Wars Supreme Court declared 9-0 that Beecher's win was legitimate. Later in December, he will be sworn in on Letterboxd to give his five movie reviews, and hopes to see the state of the wiki and the country improve by the time Secret Wars IV rolls around.