Lucar90, during my stream, found out that a chest outside the top left mansion (go left from the entrance door) actually drops an attack potion.. Every single time! And it takes only about 7-8 seconds to pick up. This means that for the cost of about 10 seconds (including picking up an extra key) you can save 20 to 30 seconds for having guaranteed attack potions! This is pretty huge, since removing that potion RNG has always been in our interest. This also means that the run is the most RNG free it has ever been and a very valid category for luck-free speedrunning.
I will include this new route in my future runs. Even if in theory you could take a risk that saves you 10 seconds, it's still not worth it in my eyes. I will probably pick up the extra key before Flesh Steath when you have to break two walls to cause the waterfall, the key is right there.
I am down by a minute too today. http://www.twitch.tv/therealninjada/c/4616327 CAUTION german commentary And hell... how often i forgot to change the difficult at kane -.- that costs so much time during gaius fight.
Better luck next time But it's getting smoother. The RDS is good. air dash cancel could be better and the XP management
I am so hyped for you guys getting so close to Tony's Warpless time! Speaking of him, I randomly checked his twitch page and his PB section states the following:
Any% Warps: 18:45 WR (offline but recorded)
I do not know how long that's been there - BUT I SO WANNA SEE THAT RUN!
Great run, Tony. Do you have a high-quality (60 fps, low compression) source video that I could ask for? I'd like to try doing some really precise measurements about what strats are faster, etc.
The new world record for Any% Warpless is now 59:35 by yours truly. I recorded this offline with kinda wonky settings, in a way that I have random audio in the background the whole run, but the image quality is 1080p unlike my streams. Bad news is: I can't upload this run for ~5 days, because I will be away for that time. That means no stream nor grind for a few days. So glad I got this before I left. Oh, and my sum of best is now 57:55! Let's bring that WR down to 58.xx ^^
so, there's been a bunch of stuff coming up lately, and I was thinking we might do well to have an irc channel to hang out in. something like #stupidhatclub should do. (or it would if anybody ran 117% gosh)
Uh, hey there guys! I'm new around here and new speed running.
Basically, after being very much inspired by Vulajin's SGDQ run of this game, and the fact that I love this game, I finally decided to try speed running a game for the first time. So the last few weeks, on and off, I've been doing some any% warps runs. My best is currently 24:44 ( (sorry there's loads of frame dropping, I need to adjust my twitch settings). All the strategies I use in the run are based off Vulajin's tutorial stream from like a year ago, so my route is pretty outdated, but I wanna learn the new strats soon, and maybe try and get a competitive time at some point ^^.
Hello Murtag and welcome! If you come to your senses and realise that warpless is the superior category, don't be afraid to ask for advice. Jokes aside, do what you want and have fun while doing it. ^^