I used to casually speed run Portal 2 with friends and for a small Twitch audience of three or four viewers a lot and I decided I want to try going for mega fast times (since all of mine w/o the tricks speedrunners use were around two hours). Any tricks that every speedrunner should know that'd help me? Thanks in advance!
If you haven't already, take a look at Znernicus's tutorial series on youtube. It goes through routes chapter by chapter. There are a few chambers that have new routes, but for just starting out it's super helpful.
Also, not sure how much you've gotten into speedrunning Portal 2 yet, but bunnyhopping is pretty much necessary for movement. The best way to get better at it is to just bite the bullet and practice. Invictus has a good tutorial on how it works.
Those are the most important things I can think of right now.
From now on, for top 50 times, both partners must submit their demos. As such, it will also be required for to submit any .vpks that are used during the runs. If you have any questions, you can join our discord @ discord.gg/p2sr or you can create a forum post here.
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