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Post Post #0 (ISO) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:06 am

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Does anyone on MS speedrun games? I've just started trying portal and it's been really fun. I plan on learning half life 2 after portal since they are kind of similar, and maybe pokemon yellow or red.

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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:27 am

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I used to speedrun red a lot.

Dunno why you would speedrun yellow when you could speedrun red or blue. You gotta max out the nostalgia.
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:18 am

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I'm kind of worried about pokemon though cause I feel like it has alot of rng
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 1:33 pm

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Not really that much in my experience. A well designed route has you constantly OHKOing stuff before the enemy pokemon gets a chance to attack, so the enemy pokemon doesn't get a chance to crit. Most routes don't catch wild pokemon, so that's not random either. There are one or two spots in a run where you gotta let a pokemon hit yours, but it seems much more likely that a run crashes because you made a mistake than because of a crit.

Obviously there is definitely way more RNG than like a Super Mario World speedrun, but I don't think it's that bad overall.

Quirky exception to everything I just said is that at the beginning of the game you have a super random fight with Gary where he might Growl the first fight to a crawl or even randomly beat you. But the nice thing is that's at the beginning.
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:30 am

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I speedrun Ori and the Blind Forest and have for the past several months. The community is pretty small and one person pretty much dominates everyone else skill-wise, but it's still great fun.
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:20 pm

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Ruby and Sapphire gets ruined by a slaking crit.

Also yellow is a lot harder because you need to be able to run in to a nidoran-m first and hit a high enough stat point in attack to get a ohko later in the game.
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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:46 am

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i need to find a game i really enjoy speedrunning so i can play it to death and hate it, haven't found any i want to speedrun much yet
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:48 am

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I figured out a game that I like running but it's incredibly niche so I will have forever uncontested wr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmHsVq8dTC8

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Bubble N Squeak: Dodge the first throw, then fully charge a cannon. Since the damage is based on how much of the wood blocks "hit" him, this can do mixed damage. Usually you aim to kill him in 2 hits, but 1 hit is possible. You can also mess up and only do 3 damage to him. There is a few tricks, like it's possible to bounce a cannon off the ceiling if for some reason the bowl ended up infront of him (if you do this at the beginning of the run though he glitches and you can't hit him, you must do it as second hit)
Hammy: Try to get red cannons off between each spiky ball. If you can't, use a blue. Sometimes you have to predict to do this. Make sure the rockets don't interrupt your channel. Finish off with either a blue or regular cannonball.
Poultrygeist: Pretty easy. You just have to hit every egg into him. If you miss, as long as it didn't get hit off screen or hit you, then you have plenty of time until the final egg comes out. Try to shoot the cannonball right before the "finisher" egg spawns. There is some skill to this, you have to be able to kind of predict the AI as he often gets pushed offscreen. Luckily he has a big hitbox.
Bubble's Revenge: Technically, it's possible to kill him in only 1 rotation of attacks. I'm shit though so I didn't do it. First you have to charge a red cannonball, then jump over him as he charges you. Then you charge another while mid air, so you get him before he can shoot. As he is shooting kite backwards, and then repeat what we already did (as he charges, mid air jumping over)
Tig: This one is pretty difficult. Usually you want to shoot red or blue balls until his health is at 3 bars. When his health drops below 3 bars, there is a chance for the screen to turn upside down. Try to finish him off with a red ball so that you don't have to play through this nonsense.
Anvil god: Theres only 1 actual attack where you can interact with the boss, and that is when he extends the arm of anchors towards you. The rest is dodging. Hit every arm with a red ball, hopefully predictively (because this is the only animation in the fight you can shorten, by shooting earlier). Pray to the anvil god that you get good rng and he attacks you with this often.
Mel: basically just watch the video or make a better route then me. I think what I do is efficient. I just purposely tank a lot of the shots just so she begins drawing the next attack.
Egamorf: If you look closely you can see when his forcefield is up or down. Twice in every rotation you have an opportunity to attack him with a fully charged red ball. I'm shit so I can only do it once most of the time.
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:40 pm

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Anyone planning on going to AGDQ in January? I'm going to be there for the week and a roomate would help with hotel costs.
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:33 pm

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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:57 pm

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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:51 pm

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In post 8, Ankamius wrote:Anyone planning on going to AGDQ in January? I'm going to be there for the week and a roomate would help with hotel costs.


Wish I was but it's out of my price range atm. I'm hoping to pull off a trip to SGDQ '16 in the summer, which will be much less expensive due to cheaper flight.

And on the original topic:

I actively run the NES Zelda games.
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Mon Nov 16, 2015 6:32 am

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Zelda II severely underrated.
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Sun Jan 03, 2016 2:18 pm

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@Ankamius GL at AGDQ d(''d)
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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:24 pm

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In post 13, Parama wrote:@Ankamius GL at AGDQ d(''d)
This this

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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 4:45 pm

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Hes on right now for people that want to watch!
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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 5:44 pm

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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 5:45 pm

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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 5:51 pm

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What a good race that was.
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 5:53 pm

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indeed!

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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 5:55 pm

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But yeah I feel so bad about that comment because when I donated I didn't know it was gonna be a race <.<
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 6:39 pm

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I PBed by two seconds.
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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 6:44 pm

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i'm excited for when people get consistent at the horu skip
i'm guessing that's way not optimal to do in any% tho, even if you could get up there it's faster to just do the save glitch?
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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 7:04 pm

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In post 21, Ankamius wrote:I PBed by two seconds.


Grats on the PB :)
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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Mon Jan 04, 2016 7:08 pm

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In post 22, Parama wrote:i'm excited for when people get consistent at the horu skip
i'm guessing that's way not optimal to do in any% tho, even if you could get up there it's faster to just do the save glitch?


You can't do it in any% since you dont get charge jump.

The OOB is annoying since I literally got it 8 times in a row just yesterday. I just can't get it fast in runs.
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