[**Nintendo Life** - A Peek Inside The Hades Speedrunning Community](https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/feature_blessed_by_hermes_-_a_peek_inside_the_hades_speedrunning_community) (3 Feb 2021) [**Kotaku** - How Hades Speedrunners Clear The Game In Under Eight Minutes](https://kotaku.com/how-hades-speedrunners-clear-the-game-in-under-eight-mi-1845352749) (13 Oct 2020) [**PC Gamer** - Hades makes for an unlikely esport, but that hasn't stopped the Hermes Cup](https://www.pcgamer.com/hades-makes-for-an-unlikely-esport-but-that-hasnt-stopped-the-hermes-cup/) (4 Nov 2020) [**Awesome Games Done Quick 2021** - Hades by Vorime (Jerds, Haelian and Wriste13 on couch)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhyaDZqV1L0) (5 Jan 2021)

*The Hermes Cup is a Hades Racing event hosted fortnightly, Fridays 6pm EST.* **The Hermes Cup #4 Prize Pool**: 1st: $200 USD and Hermes Cup Champion trophy cup 2nd: $100 USD 3rd: $50 USD: [Full Hermes Cup info (rules, format, schedule, racers and bracket)](https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/in0h2h/the_hermes_cup_a_hades_racing_tournament_streamed/) **Credits**: Commentary: Jerds, [Haelian](https://www.twitch.tv/haelian) Production: Jerds and Twinkletoes Racing mods by [ellomenop](https://www.twitch.tv/ellomenop) Hermes Cup Trophy by [@LittleBlackCatArt](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaJuUO46xCcjgVwPfawW8Lw) Stream graphics by [Qedhup](http://www.twitch.tv/Qedhup) and [Ghostyboyy97](https://www.twitch.tv/Ghostyboyy97) LiveSplit support by [Museus7](https://www.twitch.tv/Museus7) **Connect**: [Hades on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame) [Hades on speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/hades) [Hades Speedrunning Discord](https://discord.com/invite/zN7cc8Z) Are you interested in supporting the Hermes Cup? Feel free to donate to the [GoFundMe page](https://www.gofundme.com/f/hermes-cup)!

**Location**: Queensland, Australia **Age**: Older than you might guess! **Favourite drink**: Water **Gaming Experience**: I've been gaming since the Intellivision, and C64, SNES and PC were my early gaming platforms. I've played 1000+ different games by now, and if they're good, I clock em! **Most hours spent playing:** Warcraft III Counter-Strike Diablo II World of Warcraft Path of Exile Hades **Competitive:** Counter-strike (various state titles and national competitor) Warcraft III (top 20 US West for 2v2AT and 3v3AT) Hearthstone (Legend rank, sponsored team) Various other games competitions won at state level First game competition won: Doom 2 (1995, $50) **Notable experiences:** Workplaces - SEGA, Creative Assembly Motion capture actor for games: London 2012 Olympics and Stormrise Blizzard Hearthstone booth, Oz Comicon **Closed alpha and beta testing and feedback contribution for:** World of Warcraft Overwatch Hades Stormrise Assault Android Cactus others **Other gaming achievements:** Path of Exile - Shaper kill, multiple L90+ HC characters XCOM 1&2 - Commander Ironman completions

**Keyboard**: Roccat Vulcan 100 AIMO **Mouse**: Logitech G402 **Mousepad**: Razer Gigantus 2 4XL **Monitor**: ASUS RoG 27" 144Mhz GSync **CPU**: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core 3600 Mhz **Video card**: GeForce RTX 3070

Stay in touch and follow my content through these platforms: **Discord**: [Jerds, Hermes and Friends](https://discord.gg/MMQF5Ky) **YouTube**: [Jerds on YouTube including Hermes Cup videos and other content!](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHP3ZAL3tVyTh1iVU90qrWQ) **Twitter**: [Follow @Jerdsie](https://www.twitter.com/jerdsie) Anyone is welcome to join my Discord server! I link the good things I find in life there and talk to folks regularly. I also run the Hermes Cup from there.