there is a new skip that has been discovered at the hospital that pretty much skip the finicky escort mission.
I found the thread you're talking about. Doing the skip as done in the video does cause the area beyond that one "hell portal" to not spawn in, but I was able to figure out that the game's flag for spawning it in is for all obstacles in front of Joy to be clear. Do the finicky escort like normal until you move the orderly out of the way, then run ahead and perform the skip. It works, and it's still an abundant timesave. You don't get to skip manipulating the receptionist or the wonky camera and door bullshit with Joy, but you do get to skip her catching up to you at the hell portal, the dialogue that precedes her allowing you to possess her, the dialogue that happens as you cross the portal. It's still a good find.
Any guides on how to do the skip? Want to actually get into running this :P
It's in my PB. Should be fairly self-explanatory, but if you have any specific questions, lay 'em on me :)
11 days ago Streetbackguy in the Discord had made a Load remover/Autosplitter available via Livesplit. I've used it and it works great, just note that the final split is a second later than official timing. But don't worry, I'll retime all new runs anyway. So PC players, please use this for your new