Hey everyone, I've recently reached out to a few veteran runners about this issue and currently have gotten some pretty good advice in response so I decided to post this publicly and see what I can get.
So I've currently been interested in running Super Metroid. I'm not necessarily going for a WR or speedrun pace, but I am going for my personal best through the game in a manner mostly consistent with the progression the developers had originally intended.
I am trying do 100% all item collections run and best ending since I have played the game for about 7 years now, and therefore have a memory of all the item locations. Also no major sequence breaks as I previously stated, however I will do a mock ball for early super missiles, otherwise that is it.
The main issue is that I am constantly nervous through the entire run that I will mess up or miss a trick, so keeping a consistent pace through the run is really difficult for me. Wall jumping is easy but also difficult to do consistently, and mockballing is a 50/50 for me. I usually get it after a couple tries but doing it on the first try is insane luck.
So my question is, how do I stay consistent through the run without loosing it?
I previously said that I've beaten the game from time to time now for about 7 years, but only I started running the game just last week. I'm sure that might also have something to do with it. I've also gotten advice to loosen up on myself and enjoy myself better during the run, which has surprisingly helped me progress further without worrying about a simple mistake.
So I've currently been interested in running Super Metroid. I'm not necessarily going for a WR or speedrun pace, but I am going for my personal best through the game in a manner mostly consistent with the progression the developers had originally intended.
I am trying do 100% all item collections run and best ending since I have played the game for about 7 years now, and therefore have a memory of all the item locations. Also no major sequence breaks as I previously stated, however I will do a mock ball for early super missiles, otherwise that is it.
The main issue is that I am constantly nervous through the entire run that I will mess up or miss a trick, so keeping a consistent pace through the run is really difficult for me. Wall jumping is easy but also difficult to do consistently, and mockballing is a 50/50 for me. I usually get it after a couple tries but doing it on the first try is insane luck.
So my question is, how do I stay consistent through the run without loosing it?
I previously said that I've beaten the game from time to time now for about 7 years, but only I started running the game just last week. I'm sure that might also have something to do with it. I've also gotten advice to loosen up on myself and enjoy myself better during the run, which has surprisingly helped me progress further without worrying about a simple mistake.
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