It's fun for me, to Speedrun Games and see, how fast you can possible beat a Game, and then think back at the time, where you played said games normally and just laugh about it :)

I'm pretty new to this whole Speedrunning thing, but I run the following at the moment (or at least try to run them xD):

Pokémon Red/Blue - It's a Game from my Childhood, so it was totally clear for me to run it. Shovel Knight - Pretty cool Game, damn hard. Fun to Speedrun it. To run in the future: Zelda - A Link to the Past - I love this Game, but it's really hard. more to come...

I'll try to run every game glitchless :)

I'm allways looking for some Games to Speedrun, especially new Games and Indie Games. When Stardew Valley gets released, and I've played it normally, I'll also do a Speedrun of it.

Good Morning everyone :)

two Weeks ago, I decided to start Speedrunning (after watching "The Best of NES" xD). I thought, that it couldn't be that hard. Oh man, was I wrong. The first hard decision for me to make was: What game do I start with? I figured it out (asked a lot of People, got many good advices and such), but couldn't decide quite on the right Game for me. So I started with one of the Games, I loved playing as a young Kid: Pokémon Red/Blue. Mode: Any% Glitchless. I watched some runs, got some tools, set up my Stream, read through the Guide and all. But in the End I was just humilated by the Time and all the stuff, you have to take care of WHILE Speedrunning.

I started with a Casual run and resetted about 20 Times allready, before I got the first Part (if anyone knows this game, the first Part for me is defeating Brock, the first Gym Leader) correct. I got a bit frustrated by the many Encounters I got, even if I run a good route. I got frustrated maaany many times, as I wasn't able to get a good Nidoran, or even wasn't able to get a Nidoran on the first try like I allways saw in the best Runs.

I finally have to admit: Speedrunning issn't that easy as I thought. Why do I post this? It's a Thread for new Speedrunners, FROM a new Speedrunner. If you truly want to start Speedrunning, here are some tips: When you picked your Game, take your time. Read EVERYTHING you can find and make your OWN strategy. Don't just rerun that runs, you saw, try something on your own. Time - You need lots of it if you didn't pick a Game, where the fastest Speedrun is at about 10 Minutes or such (Pokémon Red/Blue is at about one Hour, 50 Seconds). You should take this Time for you only, don't get distracted by friends, family or stuff like that. Just take your time. If you do Casual Runs, also take your time. Try to do the route, you have in your mind, but don't rush it at first. Just get the feeling for it and if you restart, do it a bit faster. In this way, it's better for your Muscle Memory, to memorize every step to take. You won't be able, to do a perfect run in the first few weeks (especially not, if you are playing an RPG with so much RNG like Pokémon xD). If you do Casual Runs: save a lot. Split your game in different Parts. Learn these parts one after another. Let's take Shovel Knight as an example here and not Pokémon Red/Blue: Shovel Knight is an really good, but also hard, Jump'n'Run. I really love this Game, but it is hard as fuck if you wan't to Speedrun it and haven't really played it before. After watching some runs, I came with a plan for myself: First, learn the Movement. Second, learn the Maps and the routes to run. Third, learn to fight the bosses real fast. So the first part of this is for me, to learn the Movement. I just have to get comfortable with that. But you can't just stand at one point and jump 5 Million Times, you will just do it wrong when you are in the open field. So every Level I do, I start with some jumping around to get a feeling for the Jumps and then run it. I allways skip all Checkpoints, so that if I die, I can start from the beginning. With that in mind, I can allways run the complete Map and get better at every section of this. In terms of Pokémon, I would say it that way: Part One: Everything till you finished the fight against Brock. Part two: Everything till you finished Misty. Conclusion: I save after the fight against Brock if I'm comfortable with the outcome and the Time.

One big tip I can give you all: Start getting comfortable with Livesplit or stuff like that. Also, get comfortable streaming live, if you decide on streaming and not on YouTube.

So, I hope I could give something back with this thread to this great Community (one of the best I've ever seen in my Life, and I just started Speedrunning!).

Ich als absoluter Speedrun Neuling werd auch mal rein schauen :D

Thanks a lot :) This answers most of my questions.

By now, I also found a page which has downloadable Splits for different Games, so I figured the rest out.

Hey,

I have to start somewhere :) I love Pokémon and Red was my first Pokémon Game ever. I've played it originally after it got released on my Gameboy :D I know, that most Pokémon Games are real hard in terms of Luck :D But hey, maybe I get lucky with it xD and I am more the kind of person to have bad Luck in such Games and get over it, than having to do the same Jump over and over again till it gets frustrating because I don't hit the right frame xD

Greetings :)

I got two quick Questions:

For the ByeGarage% Run, are Mods allowed, like the Percentage Slider Mod?

When I start the Game, the Welcome Message Pop Ups and I have to start the Timer. But after the Welcome Message, there are several Different Messages popping up, like which Save I want to overwrite. Is there a way to avoid this?

Greetings :)

Quick Question (I didn't found anything about that :/ ): What/How is the "best" way to configure LiveSplit? I had no problem with Setting Hotkeys and using them (although I don't understand them exactly atm xD), but thats it. I tried it by doing a "Game Dev" Speedrun, but don't know if it works correctly. Are there any Tutorials or stuff like that?

Greetings fellow Speedrunners,

I'm totally new to Speedrunning and I want to start with this Game :) My Aim is to do a Any% Glitchless Run for the beginning, because my Aim is to do any Games, I speedrun, Glitchless.

So, to start I'm asking for your Help :) What is a good Way to start a Pokemon Red/Blue Speedrun? I'm getting one of the recommended Emulators and the respecting ROM (which one should I take? Red or Blue or doesn't that matter which one?). The Next Step would be, to watch a Speedrun (WR or such) and then do a Casual Run by myself. A list would look like that:

• Getting everything setup
• Watching Runs / Making notes
• Do Casual Runs
• Do Speedrun

I got one Question: Is there only a "One-Segment" Run or can I also do Segmented Runs? Or doesn't that work because the Timer used is the Ingame Timer?

With kind Regards, Philipp And Sorry for my bad English.

Greetings fellow Speedrunners :)

My name is Philipp, I'm 31 Years old, and I got hooked on Speedrunning since I've watched the NES Marathon this Weekend. For all of my Life I've playing Games, most of them I didn't even finished because I have waaaay to many Games (my Steam Library is at about 260 Games xD). I mostly love playing Retro RPGs like Secret of Mana, Lufia and stuff. Yesterday, I thought a lot about what Game I should start with, and in the end, my decision ended to be Pokemon Red/Blue Any% Glitchless.

My Aim in Speedrunning is the following: Whenever I do a Speedrun of a Game, my target is to do it in the following way: Any% GLITCHLESS. I'm not a big Fan of Glitches, I know, there are some unavoidable Glitches, which I may have to do, to do a proper Speedrun, but mostly I'll try to avoid these.

In the next few Days I'll setup my Twitch Page, it's a bit outdated atm. Next Step would be, to do a casual run of Pokemon Blue :)

See ya soon and sorry for my bad English :)