Speedrun Weekly
6 years ago
European Union

[center]https://i.imgur.com/I4ACcEa.png[/center] Hey, I'd like to introduce you to Speedrun Weekly!

[section=About]

SRW is a weekly race of a community voted game. Everyone is free to participate in submitting speedgames and categories, and then a game is voted on from a list of 10 games. Feel free to participate in any of these races, no sign up or previous experience required. At the end of each season there is a multiple game race made up of 4 games we vote on from the pool of games played that season.

[section=Current Season]

[big]Speedrun Weekly 6[/big] Race time is 1PM EST Sunday - Other times available on request Current Season Leader: ? it's a mystery ?

[section=Past Seasons]

[big]Speedrun Weekly 5[/big] Season Winner: @DarQ_Massacres ? 2nd December, 2018: Super Smash Bros Melee Adventure Mode Very Easy 9th December, 2018: Hamtaro Ham Ham Games 16th December, 2018: Luigis Mansion 23rd December, 2018: ToeJam & Earl fIxEd wOrLd 2 week break for the Holidays 6th January, 2019: Marble Madness 13th January, 2019: Miracle Adventures of Esparks 20th January, 2019: Disneys Aladdin 27th January, 2019: Lawn Mower 3rd Febuary, 2019: Finale! SSBM, Ham-Ham Games, Marble Madness, Esparks

[big]**Speedrun Weekly 4 **[/big]: Season Winner: @markusman64ds ? 26th August, 2018: Vectorman 2nd September, 2018: Mario Kart 64 9th September, 2018: Sonic R 16th September, 2018: Super Smash Bros. 23rd September, 2018: Felix the Cat 30th September, 2018: Oh My God, Look at this Knight 7th October, 2018: Yoshis Story 14th October, 2018: Banishing Racer 21st October, 2018: Finale! Felix the Cat, Yoshi's Story, Banishing Racer and Super Smash Bros.

[big]**Speedrun Weekly 3 **[/big]: Season Winner: @knight ? 6th May, 2018: Kirbys Star Stacker 13th May, 2018: Trax 20th May, 2018: The Little Mermaid (NES) 27th May, 2018: Wario Land (VB) 3rd June, 2018: Sparkster (SNES) 10th June, 2018: Tetris (NES) 17th June, 2018: Kabuki Quantum Fighter 24th June, 2018: Wheres Waldo 1st July, 2018: Kirby's Star Stacker, Trax, Tetris and Where's Waldo

[big]Speedrun Weekly 2[/big]: Season Winner: @Legs & @knight ? 28th January,2018: Kirbys Dream Course 4th February, 2018: The Amazing Spider Man 3 11th February, 2018: Pixel Quest 18th February, 2018: Armed With Wings 2 25th February, 2018: Trip World 4th March, 2018: Crack Down 11th March, 2018: Super Mario Bros. 18th March, 2018: Sonic the Hedgehog 25th March, 2018: Finale! Pixel Quest, Trip World, Crackdown and Sonic the Hedgehog

[big]Speedrun Weekly 1[/big]: Season Winner: @YumeTsubasaCH ? 5th November, 2017: Kirbys Dream World 12th November, 2017: Mole Mania 19th November, 2017: The Little Mermaid (GB) 26th November, 2017: Super Mario Kart 3rd December, 2017: Yo Noid 2 10th December, 2017: Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae 17th December, 2017: McDonalds Treasure Land Adventure 24th December, 2017: Pepsiman 31st December, 2017: Finale! Kirby's Dream Land, Mole Mania, The Little Mermaid and Super Mario Kart

[section=Links] Discord: https://discord.gg/NncPJKy Past rankings: Google Spreadsheet SRL Joining Guide: Google Sheet

[section=The Team] The Team consists of the following:

  • @DarQ_Massacres & @Legs as Moderators
  • @Aureus_Lunae & @petracide as PR
  • @Knight & @SomeGirl as Run Hosts
  • @HowDenKing @Looking_for_friend & pretty much everyone else as Staff

[section=FAQ] How do I join? All you need to join is a SpeedRunsLive account, then you're ready to go! It's recommended to join the discord so you know exactly when the race room opens. [small][small]Keep in mind that SRL has rules, so it's best to read them carefully.[/small][/small]

How do I join SpeedRunsLive (SRL)? @Legs made a super duper guide for joining SRL, it's easy to understand and follow. You can check it out HERE.

Do I need to join the discord? You don't need to join the discord to participate, but to vote on the next games, and to get our super cool emojis, you indeed need to join in on the action. It's also recommended to join to get updates in real time, for example if a race gets delayed. https://discord.gg/NncPJKy

Can I request X to be raced? If it can get a speedrun.com leaderboard, it's fine by us. Although keep in mind that we try to prioritize availability, so games that can be emulated and/or are free are more likely to appear.

Edited by the author 5 years ago
Imaproshaman, TheKombatKing and 15 others like this
Antarctica

I mean SRL still is the most popular and easiest way to organize large scale races.

Until a discord bot integrated with Livesplit or some other timer is definitively finished (ZSR is working on one and has it ready for testing) then SRL is really the only option.

Imaproshaman, DarQ, and HowDenKing like this
Québec

if youre planning to do a second tournament, more pc games would probably get you more participant. I'm sure a lots of user out there love the concept but doesn't like emulator / console gaming that much

Imaproshaman, FloSH and 2 others like this
New Brunswick, Canada

we do incorporate voting systems into our races (which we hold a new race every week) and we have PC games in the pool, but we do try to keep it to games anyone can have access to, so normally free games or emulated games. but there are PC games in the mix for people to vote for. (also, your picture and name are SUUUPPPPPPEEERRRR)

North Brabant, Netherlands

We got so far 4 system categories. When we got a bigger suggested game pool, we will split these. We do short to medium length races so people have time to learn the game, even those like me who only got an average of 30min free time a day.

Current system categories: PC & PS1 Sega Nintendo consoles Nintendo handhelds

Edited by the author 6 years ago
United States

I wouldn't consider any of the listed games obscure, maybe Mole Mania. Glad to see races organized. If I had time on Sundays, I'd join this.

HowDenKing likes this
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Do webgames count?

European Union

@SpiderSponge Yes, they're available to pretty much everyone and are (usually) free, so they're pretty much perfect.

Edited by the author 6 years ago
European Union

[big][big]Week 5 Race results[/big][/big]

[Section=Yo! Noid 2 - Race 1]

  1. @fjord 11m 34s
  2. @varial 11m 36s
  3. @Rythin 12m 09s
  4. @YumeTsubasaCH 27m 08s
  5. @Knight 35m 09s
  6. @Legs 1h 18m 46s

[Section=Yo! Noid 2 - Race 2]

  1. @fjord 11m 26s
  2. @varial 11m 41s
  3. @Legs 55m 16s

[Section=Participation] Participation went down by 2 compared to last week, but we're still right on track! https://i.imgur.com/4GbFM8a.png

[Section=Next Week] The Game for Week 6 is a personal favourite of mine: Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae (Leaderboard) Any% Easy will be run - if you're interested, it's an about 15-20m run that's easy to learn, but hard to gain time on. It's available for PC via Steam and Humble Bundle (or drm-free on GOG), PS4 & XBOXOne and costs around 10 bucks.

As this is a game that's gotta be bought to play we have already given away 5 keys so that there's less of an entry-wall. Hope to see you this sunday!

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European Union

[big][big]Week 7 Race results[/big][/big]

[Section=McDonalds Treasure Land Adventure - Race 1]

  1. @WhoaConstrictor 20m 34s
  2. @Knight 24m 56s
  3. @Legs 26m 32s

[Section=McDonalds Treasure Land Adventure - Race 2]

  1. Boonswoggle7777777 20m 27s
  2. @YumeTsubasaCH 25m 36s
  3. @Legs 27m 59s
  4. @DarQ_Massacres 1h 02m 08s F. @WhoaConstrictor Forfeit

[Section=Next Week] Week 8 will be refreshingly fast! We'll play Pepsiman Any% (Leaderboard). Hope y'all bring some Pepsi to the race - see ya sunday!

Edited by the author 6 years ago
European Union

-OP has been updated with the times for the 2nd season -Spreadsheet has been updated -Horaro Schedule has been set up -Voting for the first Week is now live join our discord if you want to join the voting.

New Brunswick, Canada

[big][big] S2 Week 1 Race Results [/big][/big]

[section=Kirby's Dream Course - Race 1]

  1. @r0bd0g 37:33
  2. @Legs 01:42:11

[section=Kirby's Dream Course - Race 2]

  1. @Legs 01:36:09
  2. @SomeGirl 01:54:42
  3. @Knight 2:03:30

[section=Next Week] Next game will be The Amazing Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers. Page . Future games and votes for the next weeks game you can find on our Discord.

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New Brunswick, Canada

[big][big] S2 Week 4 Race Results [/big][/big]

[section=Armed with Wings 2 - Race 1]

  1. @Knight 9:53
  2. @Oddtom 11:51
  3. @Legs 18:15 [section=Armed with Wings 2 - Race 2] No race [section=Next Week] Next game will be Trip World, Category Beat the Game. Page . Future games and votes for the next weeks game you can find on our Discord.
Edited by the author 6 years ago
North Brabant, Netherlands

[big][big] S2 Week 5 & 6 Race Results [/big][/big] [section=Trip World - Race 1]

  1. @moelle 8:38
  2. @ebloodycandy 8:40
  3. @Ravetuba 8.42
  4. @Legs 9:51 -. @Knight -. @oddtom

[section=Trip World - Race 2]

  1. @Ravetuba 9:48 -. @Knight

[section=Crack Down - Race 1]

  1. @Knight 17:10
  2. @Aureus_Lunae 17:57
  3. @oddtom 20:12 -. @Legs -. @Looking_for_friend

[section=Crack Down - Race 2]

  1. @Aureus_Lunae 14:17
  2. @Knight 17:32

[section=Next Week] Next game will be Super Mario Bros, Category Any%. Page. Future games and votes for the next weeks game you can find on our Discord.

Edited by the author 6 years ago
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Kumamoto, Japan

I really like the idea. And I would actually just love to join. There is a rather big problem. It requires speedrunslive.

In order to register for Speed Runs Live. You have to register through irc. Which I have tried on several occasions, I have asked for help. But its a little too much, and its the most frustrating thing about this community. I'm in Japan, no one uses it here, and when I ask for help in the irc chat no one responds. I tried to read the faqs, i waited for a week... nothing. It's easily been the most frustrating thing since I joined.

I realize this is not your fault, but especially for foreigner who dont use irc, its that much harder to participate. Maybe if that were somehow to get resolved, you might have an extra person to participate. Or if it does not require then that is good too.

Legs likes this
Kumamoto, Japan

Thank you for helping me earlier. Thanks to @knight I was able to register and get set-up. Look forward to participating in the future.

Edited by the author 6 years ago
Legs likes this
European Union

added @Legs guide to SRL in the FAQ & Links section of the first post. I

~Howard Dennis King Jr.

Edited by the author 6 years ago
North Brabant, Netherlands

[big][big] S2 Week 7 Race Results [/big][/big]

Due to some issues regarding daylight saving time this week, we lacked a restream for race 1. Not that much was missed considering the large amounts of forfeits.

[section=Super Mario Bros 1 - Race 1]

  1. @SomeGirl 00:38:38.
  2. @markusman64ds 00:52:44 -. @Quivico -. @Oddtom -. @Legs -. @HowDenKing -. @Aureus_Lunae

[section=Super Mario Bros 1 - Race 2] No race

[section=Next Week] Next game will be Sonic The Hedgehog, Category Beat the Game Glitchless. Page. Future games and votes for the next weeks game you can find on our Discord.

Edited by the author 6 years ago
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