All right, thanks a lot, i'm still so indecisive on which game to start. My current selection has been narrowed down (but is not limited to) to Donkey Kong Country 3, Super Mario RPG 7 Stars, Paper Mario (64 or GameC) and Sonic Adventure Battle 2. I just don't know which one I want to tackle, I do know I want to try both any% and glitchless, I'll probably tackle 100% much later on.

I haven't begun anything of the sort yet, any idea how I should first approach this? Should I just pick a game, try and go as fast as I can until I stop dying and actually go pretty quickly, and then start optimizing my paths? Or should I watch vids first, and try to copy tricks right away?

Hello Everyone! This is my first actual contact with the Speedrun community, I've been watching AGDQ/SGDQ for a few years, and it struck me that I wanted to be part of such an awesome group, I love speedrunning, but I was always reluctant to tackle the challenge. Well I made up my mind, and now i wish to start Speed running.

I've looked around some of my favorites games, and the first that came to minds were the NES Super Mario Bros and Super Mario Bros 3, that and Sonic adventure 2 Battle. I'm gonna start looking around on the forums to answers for my various questions, but if anyone has any tips in general, as to what videos to watch or which games to play, I'd be happy for any help!