So I would speedrun games like Final Fantasy, but that might require me to move, which should hopefully happen early next year. Problem is my dad and I live in the same room because we live in our's sister's house and he tends to watch the TV which my laptop mic picks up. Is there a possible way or setting to get rid of of TV background noise? Plus I what I understand is that speedruns as long as 12 hours are done in one sitting, so what should I do to prepare myself for a very long speedrun? Or can I do segmented speedruns for games that take an average of 8+ hours? I know it's pretty much worthless for Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories considering it's gameplay and average hours being 3-4.
And what are some games that are finished in an average speedrun of 3-4 hours?
No, you can’t get rid of background noise without maybe running your audio through some software to get more granular control over the audio channels. But that might be impossible or very difficult - laptop mics always pick up everything it seems lol. If your laptop mic is picking up a lot of background noise, I’d recommend muting the mic or investing in a headset mic so that you’ll have less background noise.
No, you can’t submit segmented runs to the LBs since the runs on the FF boards are RTAs. You can do segmented runs to practice, but in order to submit you’ll have to keep the timer running for the whole run.
To prepare for long runs, make sure you have some food and water nearby. Avoid caffeine and heavy foods as those will make you more tired. Make sure you find time to stand up and stretch a bit so that you don’t get uncomfortable or stiff or anything (plus sitting for too long is not healthy for you). Try to find points in the run where you can take bathroom breaks, or just eat the tiny bit of timeloss to do it. Finally, practice gaming for long periods of time, it’ll help you learn to focus and be able to maintain that focus for the whole run. Other than that it’s just getting used to long runs.
As for RPGs that are 3-4 hours long - a lot of SNES era RPGs are around that length so those might be good for you.