TL;DR version of @Oh_DeeR 's linked article: Hyperkin steals non-commercially licensed code from emulation projects it knows don't have the money to fight a court battle and profits from the developer's work in excess. When called out for not following the license, they did the bare minimum, and they still don't properly attribute where all the code they use comes from or follow many of the licenses.

Don't buy Hyperkin's emulation boxes. Don't buy any of these cheap third party emulation boxes. Support the developers of emulation projects and run this stuff on your computer instead.

It's emulation, so probably per game. But considering Hyperkin's track record, it probably won't be accurate enough to be an allowed emulator on most games.

Just to add a wonderful little wrinkle on MAME emulation:

Even if MAME is allowed, you may not want to do runs on plain MAME. It was originally built to preserve the games, not the user experience, so unless you're using an optimized fork, you may run into extremely high input latency depending on the game/hardware.

Final Burn Alpha and WolfMAME are generally considered the best for latency, though there are a few other forks that are good as well. Usually games specify what versions of MAME are acceptable.

The PS2 version using arcade perfect settings has been added after a little discussion. Also, WolfMAME has been added to the games as an official emulation platform.

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WELL YOU'RE GETTING A THANKS ANYWAYS AND THAT'S THAT! =P Thanks for all you've done for us!

And honestly, you've done more than fine. Despite any shortcomings, there's a reason why this is THE leaderboard site for a wide swath of speedrunning community. You're a big part of that.

Good luck and take care of yourself.

I'll try again.

@GreenMixTape, @Ms_Haunter, and @Overfiendvip ...

Can the rules be updated to reflect the actual rules of the Best Ending Category as stated by @Dragondarch ? I think there's a significant consensus between the few threads here, as well as historically.

Pepsiman. Thread over.

Pausing shouldn't stop the timer in speedrun mode. That could lead to pause buffering tricks that kind of ruin your vision of pace for the game.

I wouldn't worry too much about making sure it interacts well with splitting software out of the gate. So long as you're willing to modify things if folks eventually do have a problem with creating an auto splitter, you'll be fine.

I find it helpful to do some magical thinking and blame the game. Usually takes the edge off. Yes I made the mistake, yes it's not really the games fault, but damnit, it feels like it should be, so it is!

Usually helps calm me down enough to remember how I'm supposed to be doing the next thing.

Karaoke. So into it that the SO and I have our own in home setup, but I prefer to go out and sing in front of people. I'm decent, but my wife is a classically trained singer. It's tough following her sometimes. =P

Eh I guess we'll keep the settings as is, @George_Washingtoad 's run is on defaults. If for some reason anyone believes it should be changed or wants more categories on higher settings, please feel free to make that known here!

Uh, you just... don't. Like some others are saying, find a game you don't mind playing again and again forever.

The trick is using both hands. Or at least multiple fingers, alternating. As someone who struggles with some minor hand pain daily even without speedrunning, save your hands, don't try to make single fingers faster - you'll just hurt yourself.

Exercise is unlikely to help with this much unless it's just stretching. Stretching is always good.

I'm honestly not sure what you are asking.

Can you post a screenshot?

Thanks! I'm pretty sure we can get Part 1 even lower... the RNG is probably squirrel murderingly nuts though. Trapdoors do save a lot of time on the second half of a part 1 run, but trying to get them to spawn and finding them is harder than it looks.

I tried out detect traps in a few runs and ended up wasting way more time looking for them. My guess is if 5 drop Trapdoors are a thing in Part 1, that would be key to getting sub 5.

Maybe the site needs a banner that lets people know when there's a bug like this. It is annoying that people don't read the other threads before posting, but admittedly this is a pretty difficult problem to sum up in a forum post title.

This was for the Thread Starter really @UbuntuJackson, but it's good to hear that you are only tired of speedrunning.

While I understand from your perspective, at least for me, Speedrunning has allowed me a motivation for playing games I used to love and haven't had any motivation to play due to health reasons.

I have an autoimmune condition that usually makes it difficult and painful to play some games for long amounts of times. I find that having a goal helps me ignore my physical discomfort. Without speedrunning I probably wouldn't be playing games at all, which for me would be depressing as they've always been a big part of my life and something I've enjoyed immensely.

But my reasons for running are rather specific to me. I certainly understand that others might find it more fun to just play games without the pressure of a speedrun.

That said, Speedrunning isn't my only hobby. I do Karaoke with my wife on a weekly basis, I write, and I dabble in coding and web design.

If a hobby doesn't work for you, that's fine, get a new one! You can be well rounded with or without speedrunning.

Just understand that for some of us, speedrunning is meaningful in some way that goes beyond simply running games.

It is very healthy to take breaks from hobbies when you find them frustrating. If it's just about not wanting to put in work on new games, there's nothing wrong with that either. Don't be beholden to a list of things you should do. Do what you want even if that's just watching other folks, playing stuff casually, or running the same game you like over and over.

Are you finding that lack of motivation in just speedrunning, or is it in other things you do as well?

First off I'd suggest using Dells site, not whatever the hell that sketchy site is: https://www.dell.com/community/Desktops-Wiki/Beep-Codes-and-PSA-Diagnostic-Chart/ta-p/5189680

[quote]Video Card/Graphics Card Remove and reinstall the video card on a Desktop Computer for error codes: 1000-0332 2000-0332 1000-0333 2000-0333 <--- (your error) 1000-0334 2000-0334

Please see the Service manual for instructions on how to remove and reinstall the Video Card. Be sure to remove and reinstall the monitor cables. After reinstalling the Video Card re-run the diagnostics if you receive the same error code Contact Us.[/quote]

So the code tells us you have a problem with your graphics card most likely, though if I had to guess the error is likely more general if this is related to connecting to WiFi. It could be a PCI Bus issue. Have you contacted Dell's support? Is there a warranty on the machine?

You could try opening up the laptop and re-seating the graphics and WiFi card assuming they are not integrated, but I'd only do that if you are super comfortable with it and have rooted around inside laptops before.

@GreenMixTape, @Ms_Haunter, and @Overfiendvip ...

Can the rules be updated to reflect the actual rules of the Best Ending Category as stated by @Dragondarch ? I think there's a significant consensus between the few threads here, as well as historically.