The Speedrunning Thread

[Sakish]

I have one of europe's best times on Megaman X however not recorded..
Plus it's way worse these days considering people found some new glitches and even a boss skip..

[DarkbearX]

Originally Posted by kommisar

what's orb?

http://deanyd.net/smw/index.php?title=Orb

http://deanyd.net/smw/index.php?title=Glitches

http://deanyd.net/smw/index.php?title=Main_Page

[DayMan951]

video explanation of orb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VwGJ65g6oI

[qqwref]

Originally Posted by HalfStep

alttp or bust

too Kryssstal for me

[Reincarnate]

Wait there's a boss skip in MMX?

I've whored that game six ways from sunday and I don't even know of this

[Reincarnate]

Also is there a way, somehow, to have a side-by-side speedrunning competition? Like video chat but with two people's screens up at once, speeding the same game etc?

[qqwref]

You can open up two videos or live streams in different windows and just start them at the same time. People do that pretty often to stream races or show a comparison between their live run and the WR.

[Reincarnate]

Ahhhh apparently Armored Armadillo in the boss gauntlet stage is skippable

[Sakish]

Hence why i havent spent time learning it either, takes too much perfect. Plus it's at the very end of the game ;_;

[One Winged Angel]

'atta boy Garri, fuccen 30

and dat clutch Draygon fight too w0..

[DarkbearX]

If u weren't there to see 30 where were u

thats history bros

dklsfjdasklfjasfklj k230 30 3030303030

[dballin4]

Anybody who likes Final Fantasy speedruns might like to know of a marathon happening this coming weekend: http://www.crystalsforlife.ca/

Honestly this site is like a million times better organized than any of the main SDA ones. All relevant info is up top and you can organize the stream/chat/donate windows any way you feel like. Twitch viewing is also an option and you can even keep me company in the chat again. I guess they're just going to do it via Poxnor's personal stream rather than making up a new one for the marathon so subscribe or whatever all the cool kids do nowadays: http://www.twitch.tv/poxnor

[ShadyJakey]

Originally Posted by qqwref

I have a break for a week, so I'm gonna try to learn a real Zelda game (thinking a 2D one, probably one of the Oracle games)

minish cap?? I've played through it once(blind race). Pretty easy game to learn apparently. It's basically a lot of rolling. Only major glitch is the ocarina glitch, which isn't that hard to do. I kinda wanna get into this game. ^-^

[Arntonach]

I'm going to speedrun Sonic Riders for the World Wildlife Fund in a week as a part of a speedrunning marathon. So far it's taken me about an hour to go through both storylines, although I've a had a few hiccups with Sky Road, so I've been trying to improve consistent wins on that track. Also been speedrunning Lost Kingdoms 2 as well. Got that around 22 min. I'd like to get that sub 20 mins, but that's just being hopeful.

[JurseyRider734]

i love speed gaming, and being a Speed Runs Live Voice.

[kommisar]

did a speedrun on a game by PROTODOME which is also one of my favorite chip artists

can definitely improve a few tiny spots. I could save 2-3 seconds easy.

[DarkbearX]

Originally Posted by JurseyRider734

i love speed gaming, and being a Speed Runs Live Voice.

congrats on voice

[DarkbearX]

D e e R F o r C e

[igotrhythm]

Originally Posted by qqwref

I have a break for a week, so I'm gonna try to learn a real Zelda game (thinking a 2D one, probably one of the Oracle games)

Oracle of Seasons is my recommendation, as Ages has a lot of potential run-killers in quick succession, particularly in the minigames between levels 5 and 6. (Sweet Christmas, that bomb game...) Not that the Great Moblin fight or the repairing of the Tuni Nut are particularly easy, either. And don't get me STARTED on the Level 5 boss.

Anyway, have a thing to get you thinking. Of note, Zelda games in general are difficult to optimize because of enemy spawn locations being extremely unpredictable. Yes, it's a TAS, but here's a few tricks I've pulled off on the Game Boy Color before inflicting this:

-Doing level 5 before level 4
-Slaying all four Golden Beasts to get a ring that doubles sword damage, hit me up if you wanna know how to get them to show (there's also a ring that lets you kill the floor boss in the final dungeon with four bomb hits instead of five)
-Not needing to pursue the "favor chain" at all to get the level 2 sword, an activity that is mandatory in Ages. On the other hand, Ages you can get the upgraded sword before the fifth dungeon, and trust me, you'll want that extra power.
-Hopping an extra tile while using the Roc's Feather (only works with pits)
-Using a bomb to hit the crystal switch in the Tower of Winter instead of going to the trouble of getting the boomerang (though the boomerang does make getting the Power Bracelet easier)

The one trick I have yet to master is hopping between the dragon's hands while scoring hits, and the Great Moblin fight in Seasons can drag on for quite a while if you don't have the timing down.

[qqwref]

Yeah, I am actually working on Seasons, although at this point I can't even do the full game yet I'd definitely like to talk with you about it sometime, seems like you know some very useful stuff.