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Diablohead
Member
it's nuts that mario 64 120 star is down to the 1:40 times, amazing.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Sinister1 optimizing his blindfolded Punch Out! runs. A blindfolded race of this could very well be the highlight of AGDQ
Because of the AGDQ race, I picked up Azure Striker Gunvolt. It's a lot of fun, and I wanted to try speedrunning it.
I just ran through Speedrun mode. According to in-game stats, only 24 people have completed it.
... I'm ranked 24th. (These stats aren't 100% accurate though, as some of the top runners are missing)
...*cough*
Edit: Ran again today, cut my time nearly in half (from 02:48:54, to 01:29:07), and went from 24 to 16th, lol
I just ran through Speedrun mode. According to in-game stats, only 24 people have completed it.
... I'm ranked 24th. (These stats aren't 100% accurate though, as some of the top runners are missing)
...*cough*
Edit: Ran again today, cut my time nearly in half (from 02:48:54, to 01:29:07), and went from 24 to 16th, lol
Velcro Fly
Member
Because we didn't hit our GDQ drama quota last week
https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/40wcp8/psa_not_looking_for_pitchforks_just_awareness_of/
also the dude has already protected his tweets and deleted his twitch channel.
good luck on getting to that future GDQ though!
https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/40wcp8/psa_not_looking_for_pitchforks_just_awareness_of/
also the dude has already protected his tweets and deleted his twitch channel.
good luck on getting to that future GDQ though!
NormalFish
Banned
Big Jon is such a hero, too. Takes a real ass to rip him off.
Indeed, I would expect that he is likely to be unwelcome at any speedrunning events held in the future now.
Anyway, lets have some happier news.
ESA (European Speedster Assembly) 2016 is this summer but they're holding a small pre-ESA online marathon at the end of the month in order to raise money to pay for the venue and storage (as it isn't covered by sponsors like GDQ).
The first draft of the schedule has been released below (all times in your local timezone):
https://horaro.org/preesa/firstdraft
It should be a good time - there's lots of interesting games on there too (plus I'm running).
Mark it in your calendars folks
Anyway, lets have some happier news.
ESA (European Speedster Assembly) 2016 is this summer but they're holding a small pre-ESA online marathon at the end of the month in order to raise money to pay for the venue and storage (as it isn't covered by sponsors like GDQ).
The first draft of the schedule has been released below (all times in your local timezone):
https://horaro.org/preesa/firstdraft
It should be a good time - there's lots of interesting games on there too (plus I'm running).
Mark it in your calendars folks
Tetsuo9999
Member
After some grinding, I got a 6:33 on Sengoku BASARA 4 Sumeragi. The route I chose has a nice balance of precise movement, and boss fights. I submitted this to Californithon, and look forward to running it there!
http://www.twitch.tv/tetsuo9999/v/36138617
http://www.twitch.tv/tetsuo9999/v/36138617
Just an update - the final schedule for pre-ESA is now available:
https://horaro.org/preesa/schedule
https://horaro.org/preesa/schedule
Diablohead
Member
On a smaller topic then marathons and meet ups, anyone here planning to do the 12 hour speedrun challenge? it's where you take a game you had interest in or something different to what you usually play and learn/speedrun it over a 12 hour period.
NormalFish
Banned
this sounds cool, but I think I'd have to get a crew together to stomach 12 hours. That's a hell of a long time.
Diablohead
Member
well the goal is to get a speedrun in that time, you can always run a small game and just do so for a few hours until you feel like it's enough, it was also done last year and quite a few people stuck with their chose games.
signup google thing here: http://bombch.us/B1UN this is so a list of people can be made it's not required.
5th to 7th of jan is also the recommended time but some people are doing runs this weekend or so I hear.
Agdq made me decide to get back into speed running a bit, as it often does, and I finally got under 1 hour in Super Metroid! Also got sub 59 at the same time, with a time of 58:44.
http://www.twitch.tv/devonodev/v/37581907
http://www.twitch.tv/devonodev/v/37581907
Congrats, I started off speedrunning by learning Super Metroid but didn't finish learning before I switched to Zero Mission as my main game. I need to finish learning that!
Double post, buttttttt...
Pre-ESA starts in half an hour! A whole weekend of speed-running joy can be viewed below:
http://www.twitch.tv/europeanspeedsterassembly
Schedule is in your local timezone and can be found here.
Pre-ESA starts in half an hour! A whole weekend of speed-running joy can be viewed below:
http://www.twitch.tv/europeanspeedsterassembly
Schedule is in your local timezone and can be found here.
Diablohead
Member
sadly the GDQ staff are all stuck in the mindset of "a golf game? nah son what the fuck" so it will probably never be accepted unless things change.
NormalFish
Banned
stairs, though? That shit is hype as fuck
Diablohead
Member
This is the weekend of the #12hourchallenge, for those who do not know this is an event where you learn a game you usually do not play and get at least one speedrun time in 12 hours, a lot of people use this to finally get around to trying that game they like the looks of or to derust from an old game they loved as a kid.
SRL is a good place to find the streams since 90% of speedruns appear there, you can click on the dedicated 12 hour challenge button to filter the streams.
SRL is a good place to find the streams since 90% of speedruns appear there, you can click on the dedicated 12 hour challenge button to filter the streams.
FormallyMegadrive
Member
Tirean is on WR pace for GTA San Andreas 100%. The record hasn't been beaten in over 550days and it's the last half an hour or so o the run!
http://twitch.tv/tirean
Edit: he got it!
http://twitch.tv/tirean
Edit: he got it!
Our lord and saviour 0xwas just released the TAS of Kirby Super Star 100%
NormalFish
Banned
Ham Ham Heartbreak TAS when
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Watching this TAS is actually just reconfirming my distaste for kirby as a speedgame franchise. It just looks slow even when it's fast as hell.
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Watching this TAS is actually just reconfirming my distaste for kirby as a speedgame franchise. It just looks slow even when it's fast as hell.
whiterabbit
Member
I've been watching a bit of speedrunning of games like Mega Man and Shovel Knight mostly.
I tuned into the past SGDQ and this year's AGDQ. It's a neat community, but I really don't like the obsession with perfectionism. I would rather see a speedrunner finish a game than watch them reset a lot of times.
I tuned into the past SGDQ and this year's AGDQ. It's a neat community, but I really don't like the obsession with perfectionism. I would rather see a speedrunner finish a game than watch them reset a lot of times.
NormalFish
Banned
this isn't a universal facet of the community, but it's true for almost everyone who holds a record in a competitive category. Much like anything competitive, if you want to be the best, you have to be a perfectionist to some degree.
whiterabbit
Member
Yeah, I guess I get it, but I'm not really a competitive person, so it doesn't come naturally to me. Speedrunning is cool because people are really good at their games, and it shows.
Diablohead
Member
This comes down to who you are watching really, some people end up trying to at least get one run from start to end done as they stream while others will grind out the first 20% until they get god tier luck and rock on from there.
NormalFish
Banned
If you don't mind branching out, I think a lot of runners who run newer games tend to be less anal like that. Generally older games are pretty optimized relatively speaking, so if you want both a high-on-the-leaderboards runner, and full runs, I'd go for an unoptimized, long, or new title.
whiterabbit
Member
I'm watching the Mega Man 2 tournament here http://www.twitch.tv/speedrunslive
I usually find something to watch. If I get bored, I watch something else or do something else.
I usually find something to watch. If I get bored, I watch something else or do something else.
Diablohead
Member
races are good to watch too if you want to see complete runs, unless they quit the race for reasons.
speedrunslive.com has a race area that shows only races in progress if you ever want to find something like that.
I'm pretty late, but there's two online marathons on right now. Sonic Speed 2016 and a Shining Force relay.
Diablohead
Member
Metroid fusion 0% up to now has been mostly TAS only with a ton of frame perfect inputs and shinespark storage to skip a rather annoying missile tank in a tunnel you have to pass to progress, but someone found a nice block clip so you can skip the tank by zipping into the wall next to it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61goagsSrUo
It's only working in the english release as the japanese version came out after and most likely had a bug fix that affects the zip. This now makes 0% fusion a marathon safe catagory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61goagsSrUo
It's only working in the english release as the japanese version came out after and most likely had a bug fix that affects the zip. This now makes 0% fusion a marathon safe catagory.
Diablohead
Member
It's not a real JRP photo without him giving the middle finger to the game heh
yeah I watched the stream earlier, his tweets are how I found out about the trick, it's great that 0% is a possible thing now in real time without bullshit TAS tricks.
yeah I watched the stream earlier, his tweets are how I found out about the trick, it's great that 0% is a possible thing now in real time without bullshit TAS tricks.
Red Arremer
Member
A bit late, but there's the SNES Superstars marathon going on right now and will for the rest of the week:
https://www.twitch.tv/speedgaming
https://www.twitch.tv/speedgaming
Velcro Fly
Member
Californithon!
https://www.twitch.tv/californithon
Raising money for Charity: Water.
Schedule - https://horaro.org/californithon/schedule
https://www.twitch.tv/californithon
Raising money for Charity: Water.
Schedule - https://horaro.org/californithon/schedule
whiterabbit
Member
I've been watching some of this. Super Mario Bros 3 and Mega Man 3 coming up next. I live in California too. Yoshi's Island is a long game...
SGDQ games list.
https://gamesdonequick.com/submission/all
Ill probably handle the OT for this event.
https://gamesdonequick.com/submission/all
Ill probably handle the OT for this event.
Hopefully he passes the second round of cuts for ESA. BigJon needs some NES Golf in somewhere!https://gamesdonequick.com/submission/all
SGDQ list is done. Some highlights include FF VI w/sketch glitching, another Mario Maker blind race, a Tropical Freeze relay race, a 4-way Pokemon race, Gargoyle's Quest 2, Super Meat Boy dark ending, Link Between Worlds, Castlevania 64, and plenty more.
For some reason MK Double Dash is in. :/ And NES Golf with Big Jon still isn't.
theprodigy
Member
YianGaruga
Banned
If you follow any kind of JRPG speedruns you probably heard of this guy, terrible news
RIP
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Diablohead
Member
thoughts go out to his family, RIP
why is there another Mario maker race, I found it really cringy at agdq even though I move the game.
why is there another Mario maker race, I found it really cringy at agdq even though I move the game.
Red Arremer
Member
Everhate was a great member of the community, and I considered him a good friend. He will be missed.
On a happier note, I know there's a few speedrunners here on GAF, so I thought I'd put this out here. I'm putting together a Sega console online marathon (not for charity, just for fun). If you run any game that was released on a Sega console, feel free to submit it here.
On a happier note, I know there's a few speedrunners here on GAF, so I thought I'd put this out here. I'm putting together a Sega console online marathon (not for charity, just for fun). If you run any game that was released on a Sega console, feel free to submit it here.
FYI, there's a rather random Half Life 2 speed run going on right now on https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick