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It started as a joke in 2023. Two speedrunners, “PizzaPasta” (Italy) and “SlugChug” (USA), discovered a glitch in Metal Slug 3 ’s infamous “Zombie transformation.” If you timed a suicide exactly as a power-up dropped, you could respawn with double damage—a technique dubbed “Necro-Drop.”

Megu does the unthinkable. She throws a grenade at her own teammate , knocking him into a pit. She loses half her remaining time. But with the last two seconds, she knifes the hostage rope. The POW pops out, throws a lobster (don’t ask), and the timer hits zero. metal slug esports tournament in

The crowd gasps. Suicide? No. She has triggered a “hidden respawn warp” discovered only last week. Her character reappears inside the boss—the giant stone head “Iron Nokana.” Before the boss’s health bar even loads, she unloads the Heavy Machine Gun directly into its core. It started as a joke in 2023

Less than one frame of animation.