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February General Meeting
Taking advantage of a glitch for... speedrunning?
Speaker: Rebecca Reid, Senior Software Engineer, Black Duck
Speedrunning is a niche but popular way to play video games. In it, players called speedrunners take advantage of every strategy they can to complete games as fast as possible. Sometimes, this involves breaking the game in highly convoluted ways.
This talk will go over a specific glitch used in "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" that runners perform to complete a game meant to take 30+ hours in 4 minutes.
Rebecca is a Senior Software Engineer at Black Duck, working in their C++ Compilers team. She has experience with CTFs in university, and has won an internal CTF competition back when the company was still Synopsys, beating the reigning pen-tester (penetration tester, e.g. hackers-for-hire) team. She is also a CUUG Director and Past President.
707 Fifth
707 - 5 St. S.W.
Third floor conference room C
Parking is available one block south of the meeting location, at the Centennial Parkade (Lot 54). Additional parking is available at The CORE and Holt Renfrew Parkades just east of the meeting location.
5:30 PM, Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Snacks at 17:30. Meeting begins at 18:00.
Attendance is free for CUUG members, or $10 (cash or e-Transfer) at the door for non-CUUG members.
RSVP to office at CUUG if you plan to attend.