New Silent Hill speedrunner
6 years ago
Germany

Hi everyone! A while ago a friend of mine showed me his speedrunning skills of Resident Evil 2 and it became a custom that everytime we meet he'd do a RE2 speedrun. That eventually made me remember how when I was a kid I had once decided to run through Silent Hill 1 as fast as possible, back when I didn't even know there was something like speedrunning. So eventually I suggested to my friend that I also try my hand at a speedrun, choosing Silent Hill as my game. Ever since that day, our almost ritual like custom evolved into him speedrunning RE2 and then me speedrunning SH whenever we meet for a weekend. :D I was pretty bad at first, but recently I got much better, to the point that I started to consider the thought of actually recording it.

...which I finally did yesterday! It was a pretty nice run and I ended with 44 minutes and 7 seconds in-game timer. :)

Now, here's the catch, though: I do run it in Normal Difficulty, Bad+ Ending, but when I wanted to submit my video to this site, I noticed that for Silent Hill 1 there is no category for that. There only is "NG (Easy)", "NG Good+ (Easy)", "UFO Ending" and then, under "Miscellaneous" there also is "NG Good+ (Normal)", "NG (Melee Only)" and "10 Star". I guess, mine would be "NG (Normal)"?

So, uhm, apart from saying hi to everyone, I'd actually also like to ask, if that means I cannot submit my run, because that category does not exist? Or can I submit it and have that category created? Or how does that work here?

Anyway, nice to meet everyone here. Keep on running! ;)

chryoyo likes this
Georgia, USA

You can contact the mods for the SH1 boards and either request a new category to submit it for, or you can do a different run under one of the current categories. Make sure you read the rules for each category carefully!

Welcome to the site and good luck on your runs!

United States

Welcome to the community, Sephy!! I wish you the best of luck on your runs!! :D

Germany

Thanks for the nice welcome! :)

I recorded my Silent Hill run on Easy now, by the way, and just submitted it. If I did everything right and it gets accepted, then it should be 23rd place. It's far from perfect, but then again, you gotta start somewhere, right? ;)

My Normal run I'll have to record again, someday, because I hadn't read the rules beforehand and had used the wrong emulator settings.

Oklahoma, USA

A category can be requested by speaking to mods. Either through social media account (located below their name) or by creating a thread connected to the game.

For example, first you'd go to the game you wanted. The names of the mods would be listed below.(indicated by the arrow in photo below) You'd click on a mod's name and contact them through a social media account. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/265972012214779915/350363363408347146/Screenshot_840.png

Alternatively, you could click "forums" to create a conversation in the community about making it a thing. (Some mods tend not to check the forums however so this can be a bad idea.)

Welcome, I hope you have fun playing!

Edited by the author 6 years ago