Hello everyone!

Ripper has made a very exciting announcement for the community and any would-be new runners. For the year of 2020 Ripper has offered four bounties with a total value of $200! These incentives are open to anyone who is looking to run the game other than Ripper and myself (and Brewfj for any%).

Check out Ripper's video announcing his incentive here:

The complete rules for this incentive can be seen here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m2dkK1VGGuKVtY9L0VJ2oHYuPg_iJ2wXySXGVaF7W0I/edit

Huge thanks to Ripper for organizing these incentives! If you are interested in learning this speedrun you can join our Discord community here: https://discord.gg/NEVJPZk

Just made a Discord server as a few people (myself included) would love having a meeting place for anyone interested in speedrunning this game. It would be nice to start up a community for this!

For anyone who would like to check it out, the link is here: https://discord.gg/NEVJPZk

Thanks for the feedback!

Drakodan, I'm by no means a master at this game, but I hope to provide info that is as accurate and up to date as possible!

Thanks Morse! I love Remi's any% and I think it's probably the best beginners guide out to date, I hope to expand on it a little bit and provide more background, thanks for the encouragement!

Skull, I plan on making this guide one big video, so I'm not sure how much will be able to contribute to the Wiki. However if anything in it can be used I'd be happy to contribute!

Hope to start progress on this soon, thanks for the comments!

Hey guys!

I have been running this game for a little over a year now and have enjoyed running it so much! However one thing I have noticed (and struggled with when I began speedrunning myself) is that there is not a lot of updated guides for players brand new to speedruinng MP.

I would like to create a complete, comprehensive beginner's guide to running Metroid Prime. This guide would not only cover what I consider the easiest route for beginning players, but also alternative ways to passing each room, pointing out extra missile and energy tank pickups, and explaining and teaching all the basic techniques of the game (Scan Dashing, L/R jumping, etc.)

The goal would basically be to provide a solid, complete 'go to' guide that would teach brand new players everything they need to know in order to begin speedrunning.

Do you guys think this would be a good idea? I think it would be a cool project, and I plan to start working on it soon.

Any suggestions or comments would be great, thanks!

Didn't even think of that, thank you

I've done some looking into the Dazzle-DVC and it looks great (And a much better price than other capture devices I have been looking at). One question about the splitter though. When I look for the gamecube audio/video cable splitter, the only results I can find are 6 female 3 male cables. I'm assuming since I need output to both the capture device and the TV that I need a 3 female 6 male cable instead? I've tried searching on Amazon for this type of cable, but I only get the 6 female 3 male cables. Am I missing something, or just looking in the wrong place? Thanks for the help guys!

Thanks for the quick reply!

Okay, that's good to know. For photo proof would I just need to take a picture of the end time? And would a website like imgur be okay?

As for video proof, if I were to make it to that level eventually, what would be your advice for a good recording device? I've checked out a few, but would love to get some expert advice. I'd prefer not to have to spend a ridiculous amount of money on one, but as I am really getting into speedrunning I'm willing to invest in it.

And I think streaming idea is fantastic, once I get a capturing device, I would love to start streaming!

Hello all, I'm new to speedrunning and have been practicing specifically on Metroid Prime. Once I improve some of my skills, I'd love to submit a run. Currently I do not have any fancy screen capturing cards for my Gamecube. My question is if there are specific rules on how you can record your run. For the time being the only option I can think of is using a camera to record my screen (A tad bit noobish, I know) and I'm wondering if using a camera to record your screen is allowed?

Can I do this? If not, what would the best alternative be? I'd appreciate any insight or ideas.

Thanks guys!