I remember when we were like 5 people deciding the categories in an irc chat. Cool to see a lot of runners and a very nice time. Keep it ut peeps
Hi, Sam! Thanks for checking back in!
It has become a bit of a meme to decry 2016, but it was a wonderful year for OTS speedrunning. The community grew, we found a few new regulars even as a couple old stalwarts moved on to other things... and it's a very multinational game now! The top 15 times in Any% IGT come from 9 different countries.
Over the summer, we even had a bit of a live presence, with a community race channel at twitch.tv/otscommunity . We had one set of races get double-digit viewership, with Saint and Amora even popping by in chat! This is something I would love for us to resurrect, since Mars (formerly known as Taiyo) and Thisishowmymindworks gave us a couple thrilling new categories.
After saying I would on four different occasions, I am really-really "retiring" as an active OTS runner now, but all anybody has to do is say the word "race" and I am THERE. I'm also happy to keep making tutorials as long as people find them useful, or to hop on Discord voice chat and walk you through things.
Peace, love, and DOWN WITH GRIGORI!,
Busker
I'm glad we still have so much attendance for the game :) I've been dark for a couple months due to school and having had my laptop get destroyed, but I'll be back on the discord at some point, once I get a replacement.
Thanks for keeping this alive guys! And what happened to Ghuia?
Ghuias legacy has been briefly summarized in the OTS run section changes thread: https://www.speedrun.com/ots/thread/jxpgr/2
Sorry for just kinda disappearing on the whole community, I guess I should mention what happened. I was a bit burned out and decided to take a break from the game with the intent of getting back to it, but just never really got the urge to resume. It seems like you guys have done pretty amazing stuff anyway. PrettzL was kind enough to contact me to ask what was up and whether I would still like to have a moderator position, but as I haven't really been active it would be pointless. In the future I may do a few runs for nostalgia, but I don't see me getting heavily back into it.
