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Idk if this is the right place to post this so sorry if bad but I need some speedrunner brain help. Ive been really enjoying the gameplay of recent resident evils to the point where i have a desire to try for the cool unlockables and s ranks but i don't know how to go about it. i can do it with the games that have linear chapters where your objectives are simple and the maps straightforward. Efficient encounters, parries, mechanical play, I can handle. It's more the classic style REs i have the problem with. I have the layout somewhat down, but memorizing which pouch and key is where and when for a 3 hr run seems faaar more difficult to me than clutch fast gameplay. I'm struggling with RE2make in particular. Any tips?
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OxMan posted:Idk if this is the right place to post this so sorry if bad but I need some speedrunner brain help. Ive been really enjoying the gameplay of recent resident evils to the point where i have a desire to try for the cool unlockables and s ranks but i don't know how to go about it. i can do it with the games that have linear chapters where your objectives are simple and the maps straightforward. Efficient encounters, parries, mechanical play, I can handle. It's more the classic style REs i have the problem with. I have the layout somewhat down, but memorizing which pouch and key is where and when for a 3 hr run seems faaar more difficult to me than clutch fast gameplay. I'm struggling with RE2make in particular. Any tips? I copied this guy for both RE2 and RE3 I think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD-32XMvcf0
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Apr 6, 2023 12:23
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Brutakas posted:A powerful commentary on how tedious un-skippable cutscenes can be. I watched something similar in a Shenmue speedrun that played Shenmue 2 during the unskippable cutscenes and mini-game segments in Shenmue (it may have been linked from this very thread). The Shenmue Showdown! Shoutouts to puri_puri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES8YN_LkvPQ
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OxMan posted:Idk if this is the right place to post this so sorry if bad but I need some speedrunner brain help. Ive been really enjoying the gameplay of recent resident evils to the point where i have a desire to try for the cool unlockables and s ranks but i don't know how to go about it. i can do it with the games that have linear chapters where your objectives are simple and the maps straightforward. Efficient encounters, parries, mechanical play, I can handle. It's more the classic style REs i have the problem with. I have the layout somewhat down, but memorizing which pouch and key is where and when for a 3 hr run seems faaar more difficult to me than clutch fast gameplay. I'm struggling with RE2make in particular. Any tips? the everyman guide above is really solid if you just want that s+ but if you want to actually speedrun it the route for re2r is actually really simple once you get the hang of it. join the discord for if you have any particular questions https://discord.gg/wzcpDDNa , there are lots of videos guides on https://www.speedrun.com/re2remake/guides and mainly what i did was just play along to the world record videos lol leon a standard 120 https://www.speedrun.com/re2remake/run/y2jnvd5z Claire a standard 120 https://www.speedrun.com/re2remake/run/m72gl69z site fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Apr 6, 2023 |
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Apr 6, 2023 17:02
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It’s probably a good idea to have notes. When I do runs and realize I forgot something, and have to backtrack or reset or whatever, it just goes in the notes. Keep them on one small page and indicate the game sections clearly so that it’s very easy to review at a glance during a time consuming animation or sequence of cutscenes. For example when I run Link to the Past I can’t remember for poo poo which places to fly to in what order in the late game. Even after a dozen runs or something. That just goes in the notes.
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Apr 6, 2023 18:49
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oh yeah that's a good point. I've run this game 100 times and still forget the puzzle solutions sometimes and in fact was just using this yesterday for the safe combos so you might want it too
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Apr 6, 2023 19:10
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Yeah I'm definitely taking notes. Those guides are invaluable, thanks! Id really like to do my "own" run rather than following a video along pausing every 30 seconds, so I'm real grateful for the links!
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Apr 7, 2023 08:28
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SGDQ 2023 dropped https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule/43 Pretty excited for midnight TCNYC leading into Silly Block
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Apr 12, 2023 14:25
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Hey, we are finishing out with Super Metroid again after so long!
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Apr 12, 2023 14:51
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I always thought GDQ had a rule where you couldn't submit a game that's only been out for a few months, but I guess I was wrong because Pizza Tower is on the schedule and that's good because Pizza Tower owns and was practically made for speedrunning.
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Apr 12, 2023 22:14
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They allocate a certain amount of time to recent games each GDQ
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Apr 12, 2023 23:12
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It's not a rule from GDQ's side, but sometimes speed communities for new games kind of "decide" not to submit runs if they feel the record's too raw, there's still new strategies being discovered all the time, lots of optimization left to do, etc.
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Apr 12, 2023 23:42
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I imagine you don't want to submit a 30 minute run and then by the time the event rolls around it's been routed/optimized down to 15.
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Apr 12, 2023 23:51
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you also don't want like four dozen people all submitting the game because it's brand new
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Apr 13, 2023 00:29
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It's games that release after submissions that don't get accepted
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Apr 13, 2023 00:44
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They did previously have that as a rule (iirc 6 months? and the logic was to not spoil the audience, and also runs wouldn't be optimized or have enough history for commentary) but it's been gone for several years now and they've embraced showing off newer games as it brings in viewers.
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Apr 13, 2023 00:44
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Swilo posted:They did previously have that as a rule (iirc 6 months? and the logic was to not spoil the audience, and also runs wouldn't be optimized or have enough history for commentary) but it's been gone for several years now and they've embraced showing off newer games as it brings in viewers. I'm 99% sure you're thinking of an old LP forum rule, the only rule about GDQ submissions in terms of release timing is that "the game has to actually be out", and has been more or less since the beginning. In ancient times we just used to not get very many 'recent' games for various reasons (ease of capturing being the big one). The second submission period is something we've done a couple times now, for extra flexibility. (But also extra work!) If I had to think of a good example of a 'recent' game in the early days, Portal 2 comes to mind. Released in April of 2011, run at AGDQ2012. UraniumAnchor fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Apr 13, 2023 |
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Apr 13, 2023 02:07
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UraniumAnchor posted:
Oh I hate everything about this sentence.
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Oh hey, super last minute but the big and sort-of annual Mega Man Classic Games relay is happening in about 30 minutes or so, consisting of 4 teams doing a relay race of Mega Man 1-11 and Rockman and Forte. It'll be streamed live here: https://www.twitch.tv/megamanspeedruns If you want to check it out!
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Apr 15, 2023 16:23
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Retrothon 2023 is starting next sunday (the 23th) and it'll be on for a whole week! https://horaro.org/retrothon2023/schedule https://twitch.tv/retrogaminglivetv Retrothon is one of my favourite events since it's always very comfy and features people (and especially games!) you don't usually see run at big events, and the people involved (The RGLtv staff) are some of the nicest ones around. There's a lot of familiar names as well, so if you have time, definitely check it out! TeaJay fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Apr 19, 2023 |
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Apr 19, 2023 07:22
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Yeah, Retrothon is awesome, as is RGLtv in general. I see the schedule has a 3h30 DOScathlon race on the Saturday, looking forward to that one. 
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Apr 19, 2023 08:47
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TeaJay posted:Retrothon 2023 is starting next sunday (the 23th) and it'll be on for a whole week! Adding to this - the RGLtv stuff are super nice and this event always draws tons of cool runs and runners. I will be on my bullshit again for this with G-Saviour and DS9 runs.
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Retrothon has been a good time so far, this Grey's Anatomy run is good comfy energy, can recommend. ... and now I see a seven hour Dragon Warrior IV run on the schedule  How is the any% route seven hours?!
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Kestral posted:Retrothon has been a good time so far, this Grey's Anatomy run is good comfy energy, can recommend. 5:45:53 is the world record, so that's top 12 pace.
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Kestral posted:Retrothon has been a good time so far, this Grey's Anatomy run is good comfy energy, can recommend. Last I saw there were basically no major skips and RNG manipulation is nearly impossible so it's a lot of just optimally playing the game as intended.
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Xerol posted:Last I saw there were basically no major skips and RNG manipulation is nearly impossible so it's a lot of just optimally playing the game as intended. You can manipulate it for brief periods (mostly by getting the battle AI in a loop) but yeah there's not really any major shortcuts. You just gotta do the game.
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Is there any way to go back and watch Retrothon content we've missed before it goes up on RGLtv's youtube? I've just noticed their channel doesn't have the full-day VODs that I'm used to from GDQs, and I'd love to see some of the stuff I've had to miss.
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Kestral posted:Is there any way to go back and watch Retrothon content we've missed before it goes up on RGLtv's youtube? I've just noticed their channel doesn't have the full-day VODs that I'm used to from GDQs, and I'd love to see some of the stuff I've had to miss. People were speculating on the RGLtv discord that it might be some kind of update reverted auto-publish to be hidden or something like this and that staff is working on it. e: past broadcast is published here: https://twitch.tv/videos/1800628200 TeaJay fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Apr 23, 2023 |
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Yessss, thanks TeaJay! Prism posted:You can manipulate it for brief periods (mostly by getting the battle AI in a loop) but yeah there's not really any major shortcuts. You just gotta do the game. "You just gotta do the game" is honestly one of my favorite forms of speedrunning. It's cool to see a game get dismembered by sequence breaks and glitches and such, but a lot of the time I just want to see someone play basically the same way you would casually, but perfectly. The same impulse as watching a lot of Olympic sports, come to think of it: everyone knows what lifting a big heavy object, so even if you've never done serious weightlifting you can appreciate what's going on when someone manages to get the bar over their head.
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From what I've seen been a solid Retrothon so far, and RetrophileTV PB'd in the SOTN run as well.
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Even if you have no interest in the run, watch the Earthbound PK Scramble's first few seconds from when they start the timer, lmaoooo
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Apr 24, 2023 18:42
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My therapist: Tooth Raphael isn't real, it can't hurt you. Tooth Raphael: 
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My favorite games for those "You just gotta do the game" kinds of runs are the completionist 3D Mario games, there's usually glitchy components but they're like 90% Mario just being the most acrobatic fucker alive.
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YggiDee posted:My favorite games for those "You just gotta do the game" kinds of runs are the completionist 3D Mario games, there's usually glitchy components but they're like 90% Mario just being the most acrobatic fucker alive.  Mario 64 is the only one I ever actually played so the others are basically incomprehensible, but Mario 64 the perfect example of that dynamic. Do the flips, Mario!
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Speaking of sm64, the current 0/1/16 star world records are all held by one person right now and were set in the last month, some multiple times, and they're all insane and near flawless per current strats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngMFEeDoX54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alwqATduk4c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqscP1F_P80 volume warning at the end because he's a screamer
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Reporting in from Retrothon: Rygar PAL Any% is extremely normal, I repeat, extremely normal.
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Kestral posted:Reporting in from Retrothon: Rygar PAL Any% is extremely normal, I repeat, extremely normal. Yeah that was a lot of fun. And here I thought the biggest problem with the PAL version was at the stat bug.
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It's been fun seeing some of the weirder/crappier games like Dick Tracy and some Sachel specials. Jurassic Boy 2 is always a treat
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Apr 27, 2023 00:44
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Blastbolt broke the minute barrier in Getting Over It.
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And here I am, still stuck at the orange table...
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