Hello,

I see some people seem able to quote others or even @ tag them in forum posts.

I don't seem to be able to (Windows PC, Chrome browser).

Is this a permissions thing or a use setting, or am I missing something obvious?

@Lietenant_Boo like anybody would read it lol

But yeah maybe one pinned topic with a clear heading could help.

Maybe showing my age, but the "%" is just a speedrunning tradition and I love it personally.

Like any good joke, it can be overdone, but I simply can't imagine getting annoyed at seeing "Softlock%" for instance as it's just speedrunning lingo and adds a bit of flair.

I don't think there's a problem submitting every PB you get necessarily.

I am meaning more if you are in a situation where you are getting a new PB every day.

For instance, if I had a run at 59 minutes and the next person up on the leaderboard is 49 minutes, I'd submit my 59 minutes.

But if I then get 58:30 the next day, I would maybe think I could do better. If I then get 58:13 the next day, I'll upload that to YouTube, but still hold off. Maybe next day I get 56:58. But then day after that it's 57:36, 57:25, 57:13.... at that point I'll submit my 56:58

Lately I've been really enjoying watching MitchFlowerPower's "Super Mario Bros 3 Points Tournament" speedrun style tournament.

Although finishing the game faster than your opponent gets you points, and you are meant to complete the game in under 60 minutes, there is a balancing act as doing misc. tasks gets you points also, so going slightly slower might get you more points than your opponent. It's really interesting, I like stuff like that.

Basically the games I enjoy watching usually have more going on than just a basic speedrun:

SMB3 Super Mario World Super Metroid (you have randomisers, Reverse Boss Order, etc) Super Mario 64 (1 star, 70 star, 120 star, etc) Streets Of Rage 4 (17 characters and 6 difficulties, each combination is a different run with different strategies) Sonic Mania (different characters, different strats if collecting all emeralds or not)

etc

It's a balancing act however. You don't want to be wasting the mods time by submitting a lot of PBs.

In my opinion, it would be a good idea to start a YouTube channel or Highlight every PB on Twitch, so that you can keep a record of your runs for posterity. But if you intend to play regularly and maybe beat your own time every day, might be a good idea to wait until you have what you consider a pretty optomised time before submitting it?

Just an idea.

But yes, if you have beaten your time already, you can submit the newer time if you want to :) but in my own opinion, if you think you are going to beat it again real soon I would hold off until you have your "best" time and submit that. Someone has to sit through and watch every submission (or at least, they should be!)

As an example, Streets Of Rage 4 requires you to show at least the character select menu (or "Retry" menu on Boss Rush mode) so it is good form to include a few seconds before it.

I realised the other day I had submitted a run that accidentally included a 20 minute previous run that I reset. Didn't notice when trimming it afterwards. Felt really bad for the mod but had already submitted and been approved for days before I realised myself :/

lol those boards with like one or two people at the bottom on a weird time

Closest we have I noticed today, a guy called Eddie put up a 1 hour + run on Adam Easy and Axel Easy three weeks ago, and never submitted anything since (Adam is 41-51 minutes and Axel 49-59 minutes for all other runs).

But the V5 leaderboards are pretty bare so it doesn't look that weird yet.

Congratulations, welcome to the party. Don't feel discouraged about clout or anything - the important thing is YOU enjoy the games you are playing :) keep improving!

I mean, this is such an open question. It depends on the runner and the game and changes day to day.

For me, playing Streets Of Rage 4, I play full runs to begin with. My first few runs can be as poor as they want to be, it doesn't matter. I'll usually beat my own time for the first 2-5 runs, but once I stop beating my own time I'll then look at other runs or re-watch my own ones, identify specific levels/sections/tricks that aren't as good as they could be, then grind out that level until I have it as fast as can be.

After that, back to full runs.

If I find I am still hitting a brick wall, I will play full runs on a different difficulty. Sometimes you find playing on a higher difficulty will make it faster for Easy runs. Sometimes you find playing on an easier difficulty will give you more time to find better routes for Mania runs. I don't know how that translates to your game, but there is a little example of how I do it for my game.

Bob, people get moaned at for not searching for duplicate threads.

Longest game I tried to speedrun was Shenmue 1 but to be honest I got fed up. I think an hour is the perfect length for a game to speedrun - you can grind a few times per day, but it is long enough to feel like an achievement getting a new PB.

Goodbye Pac and enjoy spending time engaging more with the offline world. It is a fantastic thing to do and you will enjoy the mental break, I am sure!

Hello Elo.

Ironically I haven't had the "site down" error in days, but I got it trying to load page 2 of this topic haha.

Fingers crossed we don't get an overabundance of annoying ads, that's my only concern to be honest. The site does what it needs to do as-is. But I shall remain optimistic and trust the opinions of those in the know! A new era.

Speedrunning to me is literally just another way to complete a game.

You can play a game like Sonic and either try to survive to the end (or multiple endings) for the story. You can just play your favourite levels for fun. You can play with a second player for companionship. You can try to get the highest score. You can try to collect all emeralds. You can try to get as many lifes as you can. Or you can try and complete it as fast as possible.

That's it. Just another way to play a game.

Streets Of Rage 4 for instance is mostly glitch free, but requires a massive combination of lots of tiny little perfect executions, lots of unnatural feeling techniques, and lots of RNG. But very few glitches. And a huge fanbase that play it for either the story or a high score, not for speed.

Seconded - if there isn't a game community as such, you did the right thing to discuss it here and shouldn't feel like you are being attacked by our responses. I hope you don't feel attacked at all.

An ideal solution would be.... if more people played the game lol finger's crossed for you.

ShikenNuggets, thank you for your reply and Oreo thank you for your link to that GeoGuessr discussion.

Yes, but why. To what purpose is excluding games a good thing? I have read quite a few threads etc but can't seem to find a proper answer, other than "because".

Surely a game, any game, with competition and at least two players thriving to optomise it should be welcomed in a speedrun aggregation site?

Welcome back! Maybe another GDQ is on the horizons for you.

Hi!

Welcome. Best thing to do is complete your favourite game. Then you have a PB.

Then keep trying to beat your PB, either by a second, or more!

If you still enjoy it, keep going. One day you may have WR. But it is easier to try to beat yourself every day than to beat the WR on day one.

What game are you playing?

Started Gotham, nearly finished Season 3. S1 had as many downs as ups, but S2 was a blast and S3 so far is thankfully featuring my favourite team (Penguin and Nygma, who is imo the best character in the entire show).