Hello,

I am starting to explore the speed running world and I have some questions.

Some might be "stupid" questions, so sorry about that.

1. Using Livesplit, how can a speed runner press the button to create a new time split while playing? Since the speed runner is concentrated on pressing the buttons of the joypad.

2. What chat do you use for live viewers?

3. How can the speed runner follow the chat and respond to questions while playing? I mean, the chat looks kinda of small so I am surprised on how the speed runners are able to respond to the chat while playing.

4. How do you show a NES or SNES or Dualshock pressed buttons while playing? Is it possible using original hardware and not an emulator?

5. What do you think is the best emulator for NES and SNES?

6. What do you use to quick reset and go back in game states? Is it possible only with emulators? I see speed runners that quickly are able to reset the game and start again (while for example NES classic mini and SNES classic mini would take a while even with save states)

7. I see that sometimes speed runners are doing challenges of speed running a game after another one... what is their setup to quickly switch from a game to another one?

8. How do you connect via hdmi an original NES or SNES?

9. How do you guys share game boy games video via hdmi?

10. Similar to a previous question but, using for example a PS4, how do you show your Dualshock usage in the streaming?

11. What do you guys use for TAS for NES and SNES? And, is it correct to say that TAS can only be done with emulators and not original hardware?

12. I see a lot of speed runs where speed runners are able to glitch games. I tried to replicate many of them but always not successfully (like for example Castlevania 2 level floor drop, Zelda SNES quick ending, Tomb Raider corner bug to get to the top of the wall..). Is there any resource - video that explain how to execute those "basic" glitches?

13. I tried to execute glitches with original hardware, emulators, NES classic Mini, SNES classic mini... is it possible that in NES and SNES classic mini is not possible to execute glitches because of the emulation? Like bugs got fixed?

14. I see that speed runners cannot perform is NES classic Mini, SNES classic mini like they do with original hardware... is it because of the emulation and a micro delay in the button response?

Thanks for taking the time to respond to all the questions, and I hope that all the questions are useful for others.