Larry Cruft, Tomp Ridur
Hi Everyone,
I am a classic Tomb Raider speedrunner and I need some help from everyone here at SDA.
The Tomb Raider series is probably one of the most popular in gaming history and in my opinion it also has MASSIVE potential to grow on Twitch and SDA. I'm making this thread to hopefully get more people interested in running this game and also to get your ideas about how to successfully build a bigger community.
The reason I think this game has a lot of potential for growth is because:
- a lot of people already have fond memories of the series from childhood.
- it suits speedrunning extremely well. Its extremely fast paced, highly skill based and technical and basically focuses everything I like about speedrunnig into one game.
- The categories and tricks that are used are already extremely well defined.
- There is a lot of room for optimization and new breakthroughs in most categories.
Don't get me wrong, I know Tomb Raider does have great community already but it deserves to be much larger and I just think people are missing out.
Here are the reasons I think that are hindering the communities growth:
- Lack of consistent streamers on twitch. I am probably the only streamer at the moment that streams this game most nights.
- Lack of information for beginners. Also, the majority of people that stream these games don't really commentate during their runs which makes it harder for newbies to understand what is happening, and less likely to pick up the game themselves.
I have had a few ideas myself, like making a kind of tutorial series on YouTube, but I have no idea how I would get that noticed by people. I was also thinking about doing some races on SRL however I have nobody that streams consistently enough to race with. It would be really great to see more popular streamers pick this game up. Feasel is probably the only person I know of who has done this in the past.
Also, if you want to see the game run live and have the ability to ask questions as I play, my twitch is www.twitch.tv/jareds129
There is also a great chat room where you can join and be a part of the community really easy: irc.speedrunslive.com #tombraider
The majority of us tomb runners hang out there daily and its probably the best place to ask questions and get help etc.
Also, check out tombrunner.net to learn about the categories and watch a huge collection of runs of every game in the series.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP ME OR HAVE ANY FEEDBACK/IDEAS PLEEEASE POST BELOW!
I am a classic Tomb Raider speedrunner and I need some help from everyone here at SDA.
The Tomb Raider series is probably one of the most popular in gaming history and in my opinion it also has MASSIVE potential to grow on Twitch and SDA. I'm making this thread to hopefully get more people interested in running this game and also to get your ideas about how to successfully build a bigger community.
The reason I think this game has a lot of potential for growth is because:
- a lot of people already have fond memories of the series from childhood.
- it suits speedrunning extremely well. Its extremely fast paced, highly skill based and technical and basically focuses everything I like about speedrunnig into one game.
- The categories and tricks that are used are already extremely well defined.
- There is a lot of room for optimization and new breakthroughs in most categories.
Don't get me wrong, I know Tomb Raider does have great community already but it deserves to be much larger and I just think people are missing out.
Here are the reasons I think that are hindering the communities growth:
- Lack of consistent streamers on twitch. I am probably the only streamer at the moment that streams this game most nights.
- Lack of information for beginners. Also, the majority of people that stream these games don't really commentate during their runs which makes it harder for newbies to understand what is happening, and less likely to pick up the game themselves.
I have had a few ideas myself, like making a kind of tutorial series on YouTube, but I have no idea how I would get that noticed by people. I was also thinking about doing some races on SRL however I have nobody that streams consistently enough to race with. It would be really great to see more popular streamers pick this game up. Feasel is probably the only person I know of who has done this in the past.
Also, if you want to see the game run live and have the ability to ask questions as I play, my twitch is www.twitch.tv/jareds129
There is also a great chat room where you can join and be a part of the community really easy: irc.speedrunslive.com #tombraider
The majority of us tomb runners hang out there daily and its probably the best place to ask questions and get help etc.
Also, check out tombrunner.net to learn about the categories and watch a huge collection of runs of every game in the series.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP ME OR HAVE ANY FEEDBACK/IDEAS PLEEEASE POST BELOW!
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