The Speedrunning Thread

[choof]

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thoughts on a segmented run? the current WR for soa:l is segmented, but I'm wondering if a nonsegmented run would be cooler
it would mean a 15 hr playthrough though

[Wafles]

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nonsegmented is always more hype
mostly because you can stream it nicely

segmented = grinding individual segments for better RNG from everything i've seen

[AlexDest]

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Nonsegmented runs are allowed, don't see why not.

I did it for an almost 12 hour run of completing Spyro 1, 2, and 3 some days ago.

[Dynam0]

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Just watched Kottpower cut the 1:18 in Super Metroid 100% (1:17:59 flat or something). After watching it I'm really doubtful that a 1:16,xx could be done by a human with current strats...unreal how polished 100% has gotten.

[choof]

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nonsegmented is always more hype
mostly because you can stream it nicely

segmented = grinding individual segments for better RNG from everything i've seen

exactly, with a segmented run I can optimize (the best way to speedrun rpgs)

but with a nonsegmented I can stream
not sure if anyone would watch a soa:l stream though lol

[igotrhythm]

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thoughts on a segmented run? the current WR for soa:l is segmented, but I'm wondering if a nonsegmented run would be cooler
it would mean a 15 hr playthrough though

Single-segment runs are pretty hype, though you do become the RNG's bitch if you go for it, especially with a long game like that. I also know that SDA is reluctant to take a 15 hour video...I think the longest they've done was 10 hours and change with one of the Final Fantasy titles.

[FFR Pro 21]

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Caught an amazing run last night of Super Hard on Pokemon Puzzle League last night, not within a couple minutes of the world record.

Also started using a split timer now, so splits are below:

[AniMeowzerz]

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Ringrush beat the previous world record on Donkey Kong 64 by nearly 8 minutes a little while ago

http://www.twitch.tv/ringrush/b/511828238?t=25m

It's a pretty cool watch.

[AlexDest]

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Got a -6:00~ minute PB in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage 100% (2:26:14).

Had the potential to sub 2:20, but decided to have some dumb chokes and gem misses.

[Dynam0]

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So a new variant of the wrong warp for SMB3 Any% has been found using a modification to this glitch which brings mario directly to the princess and thus the end of the game. mitchflowerpower has been doing some attempts and it appears this glitch cuts well over 5 minutes off of the game (finished in 4:47 so far with probably ~25-30 seconds lost overall)

[AlexDest]

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holy shit

[Dynam0]

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Well that was a gold good run ]

I see one bad split in there and it's only a 20s loss

[samurai7694]

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damn, nice one :O

[FFR Pro 21]

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Wow, all those golden splits, nice!

Also, I decided to try and speedrun another one of my favourite childhood N64 games. Run was pretty good for a 1st attempt.

[qqwref]

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For anyone who follows the Banjo community, Arbliterator recently found a glitch in Kazooie that lets you skip about half of Furnace Fun plus the entire fake credits afterwards. It probably saves upwards of 5 minutes on what was an *extremely* optimized run.