hi, i always liked beating games or levels fast, but not as good as some of the speedrunners here. i would calculate spawn drops for games like fortnite, chances of what item i would get, and stuff like that. then the olympic doodle came out, and i was like, 'hey, im not complete trash at this!' i had gotten 2.7m score on skateboarding, and i was like 'hey, thats like, the world record!' no it was 20 million. lol. my hopes and dreams absolutely crushed by people who are just better than me. shout out to those absolutely great players. anyhow, i got into speedrunning then, because there were timed games there, like marathon. i was like, hey, maybe i could do something with it! my best time was 43 sec, wr was 35. no way im doing anything there. anyways, this is heading more to a game discussion. but this is the last part about the game for people who can actually play like, cool games. i tried out some climbing, tried to beat the game as fast as possible, and lo and behold, my climbing (two categories) both got me to top 10 at the time (its heightened a bit, cause of new players). ik it isn't much, but for me it is! i guess this is turning into an achievments forum. after that, i tried to beat the game, and i was like "no way im getting on the leaderboard". anyways, i managed to get top 150, so i was super happy. anyways, after that, i realized 'hey, speedrunning isn't for losers, look at me (in hindsight, i did not realize my extreme loserness, but it was to just heighten by rapidly declining self esteem. long story short, i got addicted, and its really fun! i now submitted my first wr run! (google doodle extension category, just by 2 seconds! though its not verified, it hasn't gotten rejected yet either. i might finally stop my declining self esteem. ) anyways, i would love y'alls to hear your great epiphany that speedrunning is actually like, cool. (or really just how you got into speedrunning) sorry for the long post, but i will really respect you if you actually read like, the whole thing. thanks, and baiiii <3
i just realized how bad my timeline and steadiness of the story is, i apologize for writing like a man who forgot what they are writing every 2 seconds.
Don’t compare yourself to others, be proud when you get a new PB. If you lose self esteem, then there is no reason to submit it to the site. Just do what is best for you, and try your best.
wow that was amazingly wholesome thanks. im terrible at showing appreciation and being touched oh god emotionally but uhhh i really appreciate it? thanks.
Welcome to the site! Since you wanted to see how other people got into speedrunning, there’s actually been a few threads about that. Here’s one:
if you're as intense when you speedrun as when you write forum posts that's gotta be quite the spectacle, anyway hope you have a good time speedrunning cause that's all that matters in the end, good luck !
i just meant that if you have intense reactions when you speedrun that would be entertaining to watch - i had just been looking at that thread so that's probably why i was thinking along that line
ohhh eh i dont really have that crazy reactions, the only time i had a crazy reaction was when i had my wr run (probably)