Hello, I found out about speedrunning through SGDQ 2015, and I've been going back and watching a lot of speedrun videos, both from GDQs and not.

I want to start running, but the game I'm interested in - XCOM:Enemy Within - has no runs, and Enemy Unknown only has 2 any% runs that are over a year old. I actually wanted to do a 100% run of it, but I wanted to know if it was worth it for a game there seems to be little to no interest in speedrunning. One of the things I like about speedrunning is the competition, and I don't know if there would be any.

I guess my question is, do you think I should start running, submit a run, and see if interest follows, or just start looking for a game that already has a community of runners?

So, after watching the GDQs and RPG Limit Breaks for the past two years, I decided to pick up a game and try to speed run it. When I was looking for information, I found the 12 Hour Challenge, and I figured I'd give it a try. Unfortunately, it seems I'm trying a game that hasn't really been run, which will make it fun to learn, lol. Hope to be more active on here, and maybe the 12HC will inspire me to try other games!