Would you just recommend starting by watching some runs, and going from there? And what about RNG manip? Where should i start with that?

Take a look at tonic's videos on twitch.tv/cleartonic. He's highlighted a few videos about RNG manip.

Is there an archive anywhere of those videos? Looks like Twitch no longer has them.

(hi, I'm new, looking to learn to run this as well!)