Colorado, USASep 22, 2015
Banjo-Pilot "Any%" in 1:12:53 by Ikkatosh23 http://www.speedrun.com/run/nz1rdvgm
Woah. Sub 1:13 already. 8 months ago, I found a lot of new tech for this game. How to speed up movement, avoid RNG, make things consistent, etc. With all the new stuff, I only did one run. I choked really hard at the final boss. I missed Ikkatosh's previous WR by about 30 seconds. He had a low 1:14 at this point. We both dropped the game after that. Yesterday, he picked it up again and just did a few runs. I thought sub 1:13 would be a lot harder than this, but he did it very quickly. There are places he can save time, but for now, this is a huge improvement over any previous runs of this game. Soon, we will both be doing runs for sub 1:12 and then we'll likely work on 100%. This is not the end for this game, it is just the beginning, a new beginning.
Walkers:
- The only problem I see with KJ is that out of the 13 Spyro games, he has only really ran 1 of them. It's surprising to me that AlexDest isn't a supermod yet KJ is.
- I see no reason why Ty is a mod of Spyro 2 rather than me. However I see no reason why I would be mod if you are more qualified for it. You and I know the categories for the specific game better, he just does 100%.
- We'll have to see. My list was pure opinion of who I think would make good mods.
M13: This should just be taken as a re-evaluation on what everybody has done so far. Some have done well, some have been inactive entirely, and some have done quite poorly. Instead of picking out certain people, I just redid everything as it was much more simple and less exact regarding the people. The way I did it, I was not attacking anybody directly at all. I didn't say "I THINK SHOULD BE DEMODDED BECUZ BAADDD". That's really all this is.
http://www.speedrun.com/Clicker_Heroes/thread/m0vnx/1#djrnc
How long should I wait on a response for this before taking another action? As you are probably aware by now, I take care of boards properly, and I'm well-trusted. I'd just definitely like to see some change in this game as well, as it's a game I've been playing for months and I'm very passionate about. Because you know the site (I guess I'm addressing this to kirkq), I know that you can visualize what I want the boards to look like. Default view level leaderboard, full-game is secondary. Full-game board would have the silly non-important arbitrary categories that people like to race (1 hero level 25 etc). The level leaderboard would have the 10 centurian bosses, which are marked as extremely important by the game (there is no 'end' to this game so this is the absolute best thing we can do without making numbers up). Currently, these are not on there and they really really should be.
Well, this is the reason why variables exist. Take a look at http://www.speedrun.com/crashbash If there was a category for each of the 8 characters, it would be madness (yes the characters make slight differences).
Sep 21, 2015
Crash Bandicoot: Warped "Any% (No Item Glitch)" in 45:57 by SolarBowler http://www.speedrun.com/run/1zxg9kky
Crash 3 is a game that has seen a lot of optimizations over the last few years. The game is quite simple, routing isn't a major factor in how fast your run is (though it could lose you a second or two if you don't do an optimal level order). The order you do the levels heavily depends on when you take a hit. You want to get invincibility (almost) as often as possible (there are few exceptions). Getting invincibility is done by saving up 3 masks. If you miss out on an important invincibility, your run could be over. Also, you see him turn the volume for SFX to 0%. This allows some cutscenes to be skipped, which saves a lot of time throughout the run. Sub 46 is a milestone that's been seen from a distance for a while and it's finally been hit. I remember during SGDQ2014, I was talking to SSBMstuff about Crash 3 Any%. We knew that sub 47 would happen soon at that point, but we didn't even really consider a 45:xx being possible. So many minor optimizations are used that viewers wouldn't fully notice, but the runners need to be intentional with exactly what they do. It's a really neat speedgame to watch regardless. Grats on the 45! PogChamp
I'm just saying this should be unchecked dude. Do you know the site at all? :P
"JumpJet Rex" should have the abbreviation "jjr". PvtCb attempted to change it but it gave him an error. I got this same error as well a while back when trying to change the URL for another game and a site admin was able to fix it. http://www.speedrun.com/The_Site/thread/onfz6/3#fxkdo <----
I think Dactyly fits as a better series mod than KJ though (no offense to KJ). He's more well-rounded in the trilogy than KJ is and he probably knows more about it as well. I don't think Chris would make a good moderator though, it's not all about skill. I would put Xen0va for all TLoS games, but I'm not 100% certain he has played them all (has anybody? NotLikeThis )
Sep 20, 2015
Kirby's Dream Land 2 "Any%" in 39:49 by bbqsauz http://www.speedrun.com/run/9me9rg9z
Kirby's Dream Land 2 is a 2D platformer with a similar playstyle to other Kirby games. In KDL1, you are not able to swallow enemies to gain abilities. This game introduces(?) this mechanic. There are points of RNG in the run and bbqsauz was lucky this run. He's been getting very small PBs for a while, and this is one of them. He is the only runner to ever sub 40 minutes and he holds the record by over a minute. Any improvement on his time is outstanding, sow hen I say small PBs, they aren't small in the grand scheme of things. His sum of best segments is a 37:xx and I don't know how likely it is for him to get a time like that. Only time will tell. He's been working on this game for a long long time, and I don't predict that he'll stop at this PB.
Perhaps change a setting to where your runs with Shovel Knight don't obsolete your Plague Knight runs? Right now, the 3 Plague runs are hidden unless you specifically change the drop down.
These are all opinion based. Do with them as you please (even if that involves removing this post).
Spyro series- AlexDest (supermod), JeremyThompson (supermod), Dactyly (mod) Spyro the Dragon- GTNTG Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage- Walkers Spyro: Year of the Dragon- KjelstrupAndreas Spyro: Season of Ice- Ikkatosh23 Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly- Caitelady Spyro 2: Season of Flame- Ikkatosh23 Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs- Jumpyluff Spyro: A Hero's Tail- Dustiel Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy- Jumpyluff Spyro: Shadow Legacy- none The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning- Dustiel The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night- Xen0va The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon- none
what happened was he had a bad angle and fell and landed and fell again and it was funny so yeah
he said it was thread worthy so i decided to make his dreams come true
Sep 19, 2015
[TAS] I Wanna Kill The Kamilia 3 in 1:12:50 by xWidghet http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17194
This one is going to be quite different than the rest so far. This is a Tool-Assisted Speedrun, or TAS, of I Wanna Kill The Kamilia 3, one of the hardest and most beloved fangames to this day. As of today, the RTA WR for IWKTK3 Any% is 9:45:28, so seeing a TAS that is only a small fraction of that is incredible. xWidghet has been working on this everyday for 2 months. It took him 500 hours of work to get this TAS out. Shoutouts to him for doing this. Now about the run itself. It's about as optimized as it can get. Obviously no deaths, swag during boss fights, saving and resetting instantly to make quicker cycles, etc. This run isn't quite Any%. He doesn't use a wrong warp in Secret 1 and he collects Secrets 1-5. These are not required, but they do make for a better viewing experience. The reason why the bosses can't die instantly is because of invincibility frames and a shield when at low health, depending on the scenario. This is a TAS that has been desired by the IWBTG Fangame community since the day IWKTK3 came out. I don't know what else to say about this. It's an impressive TAS and you should watch it regardless of how interested you are in IWBTG Fangames.
That's great news! Thanks on behalf of Bisnap, me, and every 10SN fan for the effort on your part to get this to happen!
He made a TSA of this game, and he wants to make a TAS. I asked him about it and he said he would like to. Here is the current TSA:
Sep 18, 2015
Ape Escape 3 "100%" and "Any%2" speedruns in 3:54:17 and 2:32:20 by DownieBrownie_ http://www.speedrun.com/run/wzp3j2rm http://www.speedrun.com/run/9yo9wrjy
I know, I know, I already talked about DownieBrownie_'s Any% run, but this was too much to pass up on. What he did this time was get 2 WRs in one run. He did a run of 100%, but he also got the record for Any%2 (All Monkeys + Second Ending) simultaneously. The route that he uses does the Any%2 route up until 2:32:20 in the run, then the rest of the game (time attacks, etc) afterwards. This is not 2 separate runs, this is one run of the game that accomplishes both goals of 100% and Any%2 quickly. He beat the 100% WR by around 4 minutes and the Any%2 record by about 6 minutes, which is crazy. As a side note, he also beat the Survival Mode record on the same day as well, so that's really cool. As of today, he holds every WR in Ape Escape 3. Being able to be at the very top of a game's leaderboard in every category is truly remarkable. That's why I had to talk about the same runner/game again. I don't know what he'll be working on next, but he'll be a star regardless. I've said this before and I'll say it again, he's consistently great at what he plays because of his dedication. He will go far in every game he learns.
You can submit it on his behalf. Also, I think the category should just be called All Music Sheets. Any% can have restrictions after it, but All Music Sheets is a requirement rather than a restriction. You see things like "All Missions" or "Any% No Major Skips" or "70 Star" referred to as "Any% No BLJ". Any% with a requirement after just makes the Any% bit of it irrelevant.
I am 100% sure Bisnap would want to re-TAS this. There are spots to improve the TSA and a TAS would be a much easier tool to use. I'll have him look at this thread and see what he thinks.
You do realize you need 10 stars anyway? It's simply to bypass the first Bowser fight and nothing more. 0 star is faster.
