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thread: Contra
Florida, USAReidood5 years ago

Same thing happened to me when I uploaded my latest run onto YouTube as well. It was pretty much an immediate copyright claim, which is fine because I'm not a YT partner so I don't make any money off of my vids anyway, lol.

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Florida, USAReidood5 years ago

Thank you Toad! Sorry I didn't bring it up earlier when it happened, I just didn't want to bug you with it.

I actually find the Energy Zone boss easy, but I rarely get to him with the spread gun which makes the fight take annoyingly long, lol. Energy Zone as a whole is the level that gives me the most trouble. I can't wait to be good enough to not think about dying and just play.

I never even considered using a different team/combination of players since I thought the Bo/Gault combination was the best. But I am eager to see if one of those other combinations work well for you. I'm sure you will easily best 1351 very soon.

And yes, that is definitely the wet dream scenation for the timed game which literally NEVER works for me, haha. I honestly haven't been running TSB seriously at all for the last couple of months, but I do want to get back to try to run both categories. It's just that Z2 has consumed most of my speedrunning time lately, and I plan on getting into running Super Mario Bros and Zelda 1 which should be interesting, lol.

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Florida, USAReidood5 years ago

Oh whoops, I had my old Twitch username linked on here, it should work now if you click it again! :)

As far as Any% Z2, I haven't even tried that, I'm not a huge fan of super glitched out runs, but I might give it a shot one day. For now, I primarily run 100% All Keys, 1CC. The end of the game is very challenging, particularly the Valley Of Death and the Great Palace, just need lots of practice.

11:05 is a very impressive Contra time man! I am very green to running it (hence the 12:45 PB) and I really haven't even tried to figure out how mashing even works yet, lol. Some of the more "mash intensive" boss fights give me the most trouble. (The two bases and Waterfall boss)

1418 yards is an amazing run indeed, but I too think that 1500+ is possible. Blitzes definitely do tend to ruin these runs because the CPU defense is insanely fast and it's tough to really get anything going. Ideally, I try to make sure I'm kicking off in the first half and I try to recover an onside kick, that is ideal, but hardly EVER happens, lol. Then you have to ensure the game goes to overtime, and that is with near perfect execution of all backwards and forward runs. It's definitely a tough category, but that's what I like about it.

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Florida, USAReidood5 years ago

Man, Zelda II can be very brutal, but there are lots of great resources and tutorials for it. I know this is the TSB forum so mods, forgive me if this isn't cool, but http://redcandle.us/Main_Page is an amazing resource for Zelda II (and Zelda I which I do want to learn to run too). The most important thing is to not rush it and not let it frustrate you too much, keep playing and practicing and you'll get so much better before you know it.

I don't think you followed my Twitch channel, I don't see ya, lol, but I did see that you subbed to my Youtube which is awesome, thank you so much! I subbed to your YT channel and followed your Twitch.

Anyway, back to TSB. I did plan to maybe get back to running "Most Rushing Yards - Single Game", but like you, I'm focused on Zelda II, Contra and even TSB "Win A Single Game" above that. if Toad or any other TSB mod sees the score and fixes it, that would be awesome, but if not, no big deal. You're a class dude for bringing this up and trying to ensure that the scores are accurate, even if it drops you a spot. You most certainly have my respect. :)

And yes, we both chose two of the most brutal games ever to run indeed! haha

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Florida, USAReidood5 years ago

Yeah, I'm sure they will read this and hopefully fix the scores for the sake of accuracy. I haven't done any "Single Game Rushing" runs in a long time, so I'm sure it'll be a matter of time till you top 1351 anyway. :)

I see you run this, Contra and Zelda II, plus you're a fellow Floridian! I run pretty much the same games, lol, I'll give ya a follow.

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Florida, USAReidood5 years ago

I appreciate ya Schmidtty. I didn't want to be annoying and bother Toad with my incorrect score at the time so I left it alone. He accidently set my old yardage record as my PB.

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