Victoria, AustraliaI know at least one game that starts timing when the console starts.
I'll probably pick one up depending on how much they price gouge it for Australians.
If only they could do a little bit of research and find out how runs are verified on speedrun.com...
I think kirkq is the one to normally answer requests to change emails. It's clearly a missing feature of the site so it's not like the admins can just ignore it.
How do you learn a new game? I usually beat it normally a few times and then learn the route by watching a run and maybe a few tutorial videos.
How do you practice? Playing particular sections.
Do you set goals? If so, then how? Nope.
Do you have a personal philosophy or method? No, not really.
Do you take it seriously or casually? A bit of both, I like to get good times but I'm never fussed over losing time.
At what point to you post your first time? After my first session of full runs. May as well document my progress.
Do you wanna be the very best? I don't really care.
Do you ever stop purely practicing, only playing for PBs? When I get comfortable enough, but there'll inevitably be parts I need to work on so I'll go back and practice them.
Do you play multiple games? I play whatever I feel like, so yes and no.
When do you decide to stop playing a game? When I start to get frustrated while playing it.
What motivates you to keep going? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Do you go back to games that you already stopped playing? If I feel like it.
What motivates you to get back into a game? Seeing a run, listening to the OST, basically anything that reminds me that running it was fun.
Over the last few months I've played a few VNs (Katawa Shoujo, Clannad, Fate), a few Zeldas (SS, TPHD), CSGO and a few games I have kicking around on Steam like The Beginner's Guide, Skyrim and Battleblock Theater. And Persona 4, of course.
Yeah, could this be taken to PMs instead? Doesn't seem like a conversation that should be had on a public forum.
Yeah. I guess the main point is that there's not enough money in speedrunning for there to be drug testing. People get money for streaming, but they don't get money from WRs. All the popular speedrunning websites (SDA, SRL, SRcom, r/speedrun, whatever other site you want to chuck in) are not run for profit. To have drug testing, speedrunning would need to turn into a business, and I don't think that's a very good direction for it to take. Not only that, but by turning speedrunning into a business, it'd only incentivise drug cheating.
Wouldn't it need to split into PS3 PSN, PS4 PSN etc if that was the case?
lol that didn't last long
No speedrunning authority makes speedrunning what it is. It's run by each community because of what standards they've decided on, and they generally know what's best for the game. A person that isn't invested in it does not.
And if soccer didn't have FIFA, it'd be a lot less corrupt.
Not to mention he has asked for you not to use his name on a public forum, so it might be considerate to edit it out of your post.
