Since the directional inputs are bound to 2 things already, can I bind another button to a directional? My controller has extra buttons (underneath the controller) and wondering if it's really allowed to use them as directionals along with the dpad. (Of course disabling up+down & left+right).

Thank you for the clarification screevo.

Thanks for the replies. I get now generally when to pump; I'll definitely check out Pinkus' PB for specific places.

Now regarding having a controller with a DPad and joystick, that means I already have the directional inputs on more than one button. Can I get a confirmation if it's fine to use multiple buttons/joysticks for a single input?

Oh, okay. I think I get it. It's the direction you are facing. So only pump when facing UP or LEFT. Also, for the controller, I mean using extra buttons on the back of the controller for pumping, not the joystick. But with that said, how about using joystick for movement and the pressing the DPad for pumping? I suppose joy stick will be bad for precise pixel positioning. Thanks for the quick reply.

So, I know I can save frames pumping while going up or left. Does that mean I should only pump when going UP, LEFT or UP-LEFT? How about if I'm going UP and pumping RIGHT or going LEFT and pumping DOWN?

I'm kind of confused if pumping is good as long as there is an UP or LEFT input, such as moving RIGHT and pumping UP.

Also, I am using an XBOX1 Elite controller with the Snes9x Emulator. Can I use any controller for legit speed runs such as that or a fightstick? The controller has pedal/buttons on the back that I can map to directional buttons. Is it allowed to map multiple buttons for the same input? It's so I can use a directional button and then pump with one of the back buttons instead of moving my hand over.

Is it frowned upon to make life easier using specialty controllers or mapping buttons? I want to stream in the future and wouldn't want negative vibes. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the warm welcomes.

@superspyro, I'll go ahead and look at some beginning tutorials for Mario 64 and OoT and see which one to start with. Which game and run do you think is a good one to start at?

@Tron, I have discord. I'll check out the chat later on tonight.

@zach, right on! Maybe we'll bump into each other at a Cali event someday.

HI! My name's JayBee, but go by Mooguri. I'm from the Bay Area of California.

I've been watching GDQ streams since 2014 & I've always wanted to go to a SpeedRun event. When I went to an anime convention (AOD 2017) last weekend, Californathon (a 3 day speedruning event for charity) was there. I hung out and got to meet some speed runners and event staff & being there live gave me the courage to give up what little life I have to speed running.

My main games are Monster Hunter series, StarCraft 2, HearthStone, & Payday 2. I play MH & PD2 well enough to be able to beat the stages fast, but I want to speedrun a game that has a large level rather than quests/heists. So, I decided on learning Zelda; ALTTP as my first speed run game.

Other games I'd like to get into in the future would be SM64 & Zelda: OoT, but I'm scared right now to speed run a 3D game.

I look forward to learning from other speed runners & to hopefully one day be able to play/commentate at a speed running events.