Introduce Yourself Here!

2013-03-11 01:12:21 am

Hi, I'm Andy, though I go by Eggman pretty much everywhere online. I used to make stepfiles for Stepmania for a really long time, got bored of that, didn't really do a whole lot and now I'm a pretty regular viewer in a whole lot of streams. I actually run a couple of games though I have no actual ability to stream anything aside from PC stuff. I'd like to change that since I have a fairly good time on Zone of the Enders 2 Normal playthrough and now tonight with Rad Raygun, which I was inspired to play thanks to TSSB. I'm currently beating the youtube run of the game used in TSSB by about a minute and a half so I'd like to change my streaming situation if at all possible.

I do stream games played on emulator (mostly the worst games I can find) and random playthroughs of Spike McFang and some other stuff sometimes though.

SockHop

2013-03-11 03:12:11 am

Hello! I'm SockHop I've been watching speedruns on and off for a year now ever since i saw SwordlessLink play OOT. Recently I've been watching streams more often and I thought I'd get into the community get more involved. I don't speedrun games much but I enjoy trying to from time to time. Recently I started playing Monkeyball2 and Metroid Prime for the first time. I really look forward to learning more about this community and maybe make some new online friends.

iotku

2013-03-11 04:54:07 am

Howdy, I'm iotku!

I do some speedruns for fun and to burn time and I thought I might as well join :). I mostly run SM64 and Portal casually (more concerned about having fun and chilling out than getting crazy records) and race a bit on SRL.

I got introduced to speedrunning after coming across some streams on Twitch and quickly falling in love with the idea. Some time after watching SM64 I jokingly started running a little bit of 16 Star and before I knew it turned into a hobby.

I look forward to hanging around here a bit, although I rarely use fourms (I'm more into active chat mediums like irc), thnaks for having me :p

Partystar

2013-03-11 10:28:38 am

Hi,

I'm Piet and I'm from the Netherlands. I'm passionate about video gaming and especially Nintendo. I'm also collector of retro Nintendo games, mainly (but not restricted) NES and SNES. For the last few years collecting became an obsession but I want to reduce it. It takes too much time and is very expensive. I also hang out on the Mario Kart players page. My main Mario Kart game is Double Dash, however SMK and MK64 belong dearly in my heart. But now I'm working on my Donkey Kong Country Returns speedrun. I love doing this.

Brettatron

2013-03-11 12:43:10 pm

I never did this when I joined a couple months ago, but I figure better late then never. I'm Brettatron and I enjoy watching speedruns. Mostly Final Fantasy games, but a bunch of other stuff too. I personally only speedrun FFXIII. I have a PB of 8:28:xx RTA. I stream it usually at www.twitch.tv/brettatron1

Alko

2013-03-11 06:04:58 pm

Caution: This user contains Kana ^_^

Swerving in to give all the new people a big warm welcome to SDA ^^

Nintendork64

2013-03-12 01:57:15 pm

De gustibus non est disputandum

Hi guys, I'm Nintendork64. Anything that takes the game apart and lets you understand how it works, such as speedrunning or glitching, has always been interesting to me. I've known about SDA for a while, but I only really became interested in speedrunning recently, after discovering AGDQ. I probably won't be doing any speed runs of my own, but I'll help other speedrunners out in any way I can. Sadly, I rarely can go to live streams, and can't do any of my own, because my internet connection is so bad (like, typical-for-2001 bad).
I'm especially interested in OoT and Paper Mario/TTYD speedruns at the moment, though that's subject to change.

eberronguy

2013-03-13 06:35:29 pm

One Vision, One Purpose...

Greetings everypeoples! I'm Eberronguy, but you can call me either that or Alex. I've been following SDA for a while, but after AGDQ, I finally got the gumption to sign up and prepare for my first run of... something... I'm not sure what yet. Until then, I'm willing to help with any runs for any games that I have, which is not that great of a collection in terms of speedrunning. But I'm, ready to do things... anyone know where to start?

Jackeddup

2013-03-15 11:03:13 am

Hello guys and gals Smiley

i am jackeddup aka Marcus and I been watching game streaming for a while and thought to myself "I can do that"!! Eventhough i may not be the better gamer in the world...I want to share my gaming experiences. The type of gamer I am is one who love the story of it...such as Unchated and medal gear...and Rockstar Games too. I play PC game like the Sims 3... but most importantly I'm here is to build online friends and have a close network. Even play open-lobby multi-player games with....

Coming forward to hearing from all of you!!

OmicronEXE

2013-03-17 10:03:12 am

Hello Everyone! After watching nearly every new run that got posted on the site for the past couple of years, I've finally decided to start contributing myself. I'm not entirely sure what games I'd like to run quite yet, but I'm toying with the idea of running some of the 3D sonic games or maybe the older Tomb Raider games.

Looking forward to working on runs with all of you.

Matrix

2013-03-18 09:55:56 am

Sup, im Matrix just joined the forums, i kept track it looks like im the 9139th user xDD. Anyway love your guys speed runs, i try to speed run on some games but the only one i have done is super mario 64, you can see it here if you want.

anyway cyaz laterr :p

Genjyoni

2013-03-18 01:49:19 pm

Love everyone, trust no one.

Hey everyone! The name's Mike, I'm relatively new to this community and can't wait to start learning about speed-running. I've been playing games all my life and have only recently decided to give speed-running a try. I don't have any recording software, sadly, but I can still practice and try to pick up tips and tricks for the games I'm trying to learn. Any and all help would be great! Nice to meet you all!

Games I'm learning:
Mega Man X (fastest time 100%: 47:09)
Mega Man X2 (fastest time 100%: 50:48)
Mega Man X3
Mega Man X4 (fastest time Zero 100%: 52:39)
Mega Man Zero

As you can see, I have a pretty strict emphasis on Mega Man. I want to branch out, but I have no idea where to start. Hopefully I can learn a lot from this community and make plenty of friends!

RetroChristian

2013-03-18 05:31:20 pm

Hi I'm new here. Not much of a forum poster but I'm in the process of getting some good times in few games. Hope I'll get something worth contributing.

Nice to meet you.

Duncan

2013-03-18 05:45:22 pm

2:47:06

I'm Duncan. I've been a member for about an hour and I just want help with the Game Boy Player...please...anybody

Ghostwheel

2013-03-18 10:10:47 pm

The artist formerly known as Qxy

I can probably help, Duncan. PM me with the question.

Also, welcome everyone to SDA!

GameBop

2013-03-19 03:03:52 am

Hello, I'm GameBop. I've had an interest in Speed runs and TAS's for a while, particularly those involving plenty of glitches, but I've gotten interested in speed runs a bit more lately, and have even attempted a few myself of relatively short PC games (Pajama Sam, Corrypt, and Torin's Passage, though I've had a few problems with recording through Torin's Passage). I'm hoping to try more and possibly submit some officially to this site, but I am a bit worried I'll have some issues with quality, especially with my home internet's awful upload speed. I do have a capture card though so console games are a possibility in the future, but I feel like my almost Nintendo-only console game library is not very great. Still, I'm hopeful that I'll be able to fit in nicely with the community here and be able to improve my speedrunning, and possibly help others improve as well.

nate

2013-03-19 08:52:31 am

welcome. couple things.

best way to confirm quality is good for sda is to post a quality test in tech support (there's a sticky to guide you). it doesn't have to be long so it shouldn't take all day to upload.

then you can use anri to encode your stuff yourself to get the size down. then if it's still too big you can snail mail it to me on a dvd(s) or usb stick or something and i'll upload it for you.

Silverrida

2013-03-19 12:00:37 pm

Hello there, I'm Silverrida, and I'm sort of just getting more serious about speedrunning. I've always loved watching speedruns, but I think I'd enjoy running a game sometimes. Kinda looking at Mario 64 at the moment, primarily a 100% run, which is a game that's been done to death but is still so much fun.

I hope to at least lurk here a lot and perhaps post quite a bit in the future.

Oh, and if it's convenient for anyone, if they know where the/a comprehensive SM64 thread is, should it exist, could they perhaps link it in a PM? I'd be incredibly grateful, but don't go out of your way to do it.

KanBan85

2013-03-20 07:44:34 am

We both like money! Friends?

Hello! I'm KanBan85, known (?) as Xiphias in SC2 (mostly starbow: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=304955 ).

I'll be speedrunning Braid, since it's a great game. https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/speedrunning_braid..html I'm down to 34:08 at the moment for full game single segment, but I know I can do better than that! Watch:

Good to find a speedrunning community.

laishiou

2013-03-20 05:45:00 pm

hi, my gaming identity is laishiou but my name is elijah, i came to sda a fortnight ago luckily in time for the sda marathons start. i lacked knowledge about sda despite the fact that i have been finished next to all games that i receive from birthdays in a single day including ff games, final fantasy is the game i enjoy most and i might get into speedrunning them properly but besides that im on mmos

TurboMan

2013-03-20 06:29:16 pm

I find speed runs super crazy fascinating, so here I am!

Leetvivi

2013-03-21 12:06:25 pm

Hello, my name is Matt, but most people know me as Leetvivi. I heard about SDA from randomly typing in "link to the past speed run" into YouTube. Ever since I watched Cyghfer's run, I've been hooked. I'd like to start speed running Final Fantasy games, and Legend of Zelda games, however it seems Cyghfer and Cosmo have that on lock down :P. Side note: My setup right now to record/stream is a BlitzBox USB capture box. Right now the videos are giant size (gigs of space), I was hoping to learn here how to bring them down in size Smiley

Khaiine

2013-03-22 01:57:00 am

Hi, I'm Charles, and my Nick is Khaiine.

So whats so special about me you ask...

I have been speedrunning for quite some time but only recently joined SRL to race which is really fun in my opinion.
I love the metrovania games as I stream them alot on my stream, I have the same nick on twitch so its easy to find if anyone wants to see.
I'm a asian guy who likes to play piano from time to time and learn intresting new stuff everyday.

This is me and I hope I will enjoy SDA as much as SRL

sup95

2013-03-24 02:23:52 pm

Hello I'm Ryan or Sup95. I just started speed running one of my favorite games Zombies at my Neighbors a month or so ago. I plan on streaming/attempts this summer so I can get time off school. I got into speedrunning during AGDQ 2013 and wanted to see if I would like it. Turns out I do, just don't quite have the time to really commit to streaming just yet. I plan on doing some other games in the future as well and hope to get to know some people Cheesy

Other than speedrunning I mostly play Wii and WiiU games. I find nintendo still giving most games a bit of a classic feel, which is nice since I was born and raised on SNES. I am a junior in college and I'm going for a degree in Computer Science. I also dance and play drums on occasion, soooo yeah... xD

ToxicxEternity

2013-03-26 01:03:30 am

Hey guys. I play video game music on guitar and stuff but I love watching speedruns. Keep being awesome