I did a single try of full-game run tonight.

I tried to use some new techniques, and it didn't work out very well (I tried to use the northern resort skip and failed on each of the 3 laps...).

However, by some miracle, despite some usual stupid errors, it was overall rather clean, and I didn't get trolled by basket ball or parachutes.

The new time is of 32m08s599.

So I'm now torn about submitting it or not.

Pros :

• It IS the current WR
• Accurate leaderboard history.
• Allow the people interested here to see how it paned out and maybe get ideas.

Con :

• It takes only 2,5s from the record ; while it is clearly possible to get 15-20s less without having to do a perfect run.
• With some luck, I may be able to beat it again more convincingly rather soon.
• My internet upload speed is poor, and it would take several hours to be uploaded to youtube.

Your take on this, guys ?

Personally, I would simply do more tries before submitting anything if I know that I can easily do better, especially if I did only one try so far (and if I had a terrible upload speed).

Thanks for your answers, guys.

I have started the upload of that run, in case, and it won't finish before 3 or 4 hours ; but I'll try to beat it in the meantime.

RAHHHHH!!!!!

End of XR591 : I use some nitro because I have 20 and only need 18. Maybe I used a bit too much. I get the sound telling me it's finished, and I'm thrown back to the race selection menu (probably used too much). I try to move in the menu. It hangs. Crash.

I was at 24m18s, so approximately 20s ahead of the 32m11s "WR" !!!!

I'm done for tonight. I will submit my 32m08s time later this evening.

Yay, that unluck will eventually be compensated! And I have one more homework for you, you will see it soon.

As long as you have some consistency, over enough tries, you get one without unluck/big mistake, sure. But making many tries can be exhausting :c

Thankfully, I managed to get more consistency on several skips (green valley, black hill mansion), so hopefully I should be able to do a good run this week-end.

I'm curious to know on what track you beat me. Hacienda using 3 times the skip ? New skip somewhere else ? Or a track where you could execute better than me.

Btw, the sooner you can submit a time for all tracks, the sooner I can keep track of your total time. With the improvements of the last days, I'm at 27m10s total. It is certainly possible to break the 27 minute barrier,

Yeah, Hacienda with 3 times the skip (and without using Zipper ; maybe this strat modification is even a bit easier). You will also see how easy for you it will be to go under 27 min. So, today's homework for our straight A student Alayan:

Subject: Hacienda in STK 0.9.3.

a) Do sub 1:20 b ) Show or disprove that the ramp with its nitro is actually useful

1m20s12 ; no nitro ramp

PS : I'm no student and this is no homework :p

EDIT : 1m18s145 (I got 1m19s232 earlier, but I decided to insist so that the WR will stay for a while).

And you were right about the 27 minutes : I was actually at 27m08s previously, I'm now at 26m58s.

This skip looks quite usable in full-game runs.

I've finally done a sub-32 time in Any% ! After a few more frustrating resets, I finally got a good run. The video is uploading, it will be available in a few hours.

In the meantime, here is the breakdown of it went, compared with the previous WRs :

Yes, it's seconds losts vs sum of best, it's written in the subtitle.

I'm now waiting for Fouks's run. I'm not sure if he can do sub 31:30 without resetting an unhealthy amount of time, but there is certainly room for him to beat my new WR. I'll see if he has some new tech or improvement, and I'll try to beat it back afterwards.

In theory, as the sum of best shows, sub-31 is doable, but I don't expect it to happen any time soon unless some new time-saving tech is discovered.

IL boards have not been designed to manage multiple versions of a game, it's impossible to remove a given level for a given "category" (we use it to indicate versions).

I now have more time available. I will do the remaining ILs first as a warming up and so you can finally compute the total, then the Any% and try sub 31:30. Lol, I wonder how many tries I will need and fuses I will blow... I might mod a bit so the profiles are automatically removed after each restart :p By the way, Bravo Alayan for sub 32!

I honestly feel that you should just submit it anyway, there's no harm in submitting it, and if you beat it before it gets verified then congratulations! You can always edit your submission, anyway.