#Casual
"If both you and your son know about speedrunning, you just might old..." 
Quote from tjp7154:
"If both you and your son know about speedrunning, you just might old..."
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Quote from Dalimyr:
Speedrunning is warping our kids' minds. My son's dog, Bugle, got hit by a truck and he said "Fuck this fuckin' game! Mummy, mummy, where's the reset button???". Kids these days, they think life is a game. Well, it's not a game - it's very, very serious. My eldest was speedrunning this new game called Pogo the Monkey. The shop teacher called me today, and Sam made a home-made banana cannon in shop class, and was lobbing them across the street at a fast food restaurant. And it's all because of speedrunning. Life does not have a reset button.
Nice GTA3 references there. Chatterbox is hilarious.
Now Reap The Whirlwind!
I was going to one of my classes today and I was running a little late. I thought about how I could get to my class as quickly as possible, since I had a couple of routes I could take. My thought process was something like this:
" Ok now. I know that taking turns slows me down quite a bit, so I should...."
"Wait, how do I know that? Damn it, this isn't the Prototype speedrun!"
That happened today. Speedrunning attempted a take over of my thinking.
" Ok now. I know that taking turns slows me down quite a bit, so I should...."
"Wait, how do I know that? Damn it, this isn't the Prototype speedrun!"
That happened today. Speedrunning attempted a take over of my thinking.
INTJ
Quote from dxtr:
I experience bad rng every day... damn you traffic lights! 
Traffic lights... This reminds me - I know exactly how fast I have to walk to never having to stop at any traffic light from the train station to my home (which crosses around 10 lights over the course of 15min). And every time I "mess up" I think - "Damn, I missed the cycle"
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Quote from dxtr:
I experience bad rng every day... damn you traffic lights!
Traffic lights... This reminds me - I know exactly how fast I have to walk to never having to stop at any traffic light from the train station to my home (which crosses around 10 lights over the course of 15min). And every time I "mess up" I think - "Damn, I missed the cycle"
There is one stretch of road on the way to work where if I start it right as the turn signal turns green (and I'm the first, MAYBE second car in the turn lane) and I get up to the speed limit as quickly as possible then I can breeze through the next light riiiiiight before it turns red. It also means I can usually go through at least the next 2-3 intersections as well. I know the pattern and I can usually make a successful run of it. The lights you can plan for. Now city buses, that's bad RNG. That'll stop my run dead in its tracks and I'll lose at least three minutes.
Usually, when I walk towards the stairs in my home from the back (You can kinda walk around it), I want to jump over the fence instead of walk around and take the stairs normally. But then I realize this is real life and I'd probably mess up and break both my legs, so it would in the end turn out to be slower.
Also running rather than walking helps.
Also running rather than walking helps.
I lost mine
All you guys and your routes...
Yeah I do it to. Only I have to wait for a bus to get to school. My problem isn't so much the fact that the bus is bad. (which it is) my bus can come anywhere from on time to 45 minutes late (I hate that rng). The other problem is the time of day changes the route of the bus by either adding up to 40 minutes to the ride.
I've recently started bringing my bike along so i can get off before the main terminal (can add 10 min) and riding the rest of the way to school.
I hate that bus. But other than that I can beat cars on my bike across town. routing ftw.
Yeah I do it to. Only I have to wait for a bus to get to school. My problem isn't so much the fact that the bus is bad. (which it is) my bus can come anywhere from on time to 45 minutes late (I hate that rng). The other problem is the time of day changes the route of the bus by either adding up to 40 minutes to the ride.
I've recently started bringing my bike along so i can get off before the main terminal (can add 10 min) and riding the rest of the way to school.
I hate that bus. But other than that I can beat cars on my bike across town. routing ftw.
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Haha buses remind me ^^
One, these days I couldn't spare cash for a bus ride to and from my workplace, so I took my bike (some 6 k's). I tried racing the buses (I can take shortcuts). Problem: They're so slow, it's only a challenge if I've got strong wind from ahead … ^^'
Two: Kind of an inverse speedrun. Back in Munich, I knew my train would leave at minute 39 (and minute 07 for some additional rush hour trains). There's a bus that goes to the station, which takes 18 minutes, but it doesn't stop right in front of the uni, so I either had to ride another bus for two stops (2 min) or walk that distance (somewhat less than 10 min). Easiest journey would have been to be at the bus stop in front of the university at 03, but I almost never made that. Instead, I would estimate based on the time if I should walk, or take the next bus at 13 and pray. Needless to say it often involved actual running but I usually made it ^^
One, these days I couldn't spare cash for a bus ride to and from my workplace, so I took my bike (some 6 k's). I tried racing the buses (I can take shortcuts). Problem: They're so slow, it's only a challenge if I've got strong wind from ahead … ^^'
Two: Kind of an inverse speedrun. Back in Munich, I knew my train would leave at minute 39 (and minute 07 for some additional rush hour trains). There's a bus that goes to the station, which takes 18 minutes, but it doesn't stop right in front of the uni, so I either had to ride another bus for two stops (2 min) or walk that distance (somewhat less than 10 min). Easiest journey would have been to be at the bus stop in front of the university at 03, but I almost never made that. Instead, I would estimate based on the time if I should walk, or take the next bus at 13 and pray. Needless to say it often involved actual running but I usually made it ^^
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If biking is your thing, there's an app called Strava that keeps track of times for local segments and sets up leaderboards (still chasing that elusive first King of Mountain achievement). It's pretty much speedrunning on a bike without the formality of actually going to races. Warning: addictive and can be dangerous if you're gung ho about it. And yea, bus rng trolls hard. Boo for shitty public transportation.
#Casual
Quote from Kryal:
overall video quality
-does not meet SDA standards
-shot with a camcorder
-I acknowledge that it's a verification copy, but still
pretty good audio, though
0:10 -- looks both ways, 0.5 sec lost
-should have tried for the right RNG of no one being there. Plus, it's pretty early in the run...
Perhaps a couple of seconds could be gained by running faster? Maybe it's like the SoTN shield dash...
0:55, aww, too bad, that car RNG always gets you...
1:30 - red light -- I personally would have reset at this point. If I accept this, then it's at most a "meh".
1:38 -- Obvious splicing. Sigh, I hate it when people try to pass off emulated runs for legitimate speedruns...
(unless that was a cutscene skip...)
2:35, red light :/ this is not teh urn
2:42, more splicing
3:58, red light #3, haha the RNG in this run is .. something
4:02: splice-irific!
highlight: 4:17-4:25
4:44, close one, avoided the red light, but takes a questionable route with the u-turn. It's not against the rules, per-se (although I question whether or not the game developers intended the maneuver there) but perhaps a more straight-forward route could have been used.
5:16, man, this is not his day (err, night)...
5:23, just saw that "Unlicensed Car" glitch. Hahaha, that's some funny stuff. It's great when it happens during actual run attempts.
There seems to be missing footage. It ends after the glitch. I think nate needs to be contacted...
I work for Fedex as a courier and my job is literally speedrunning. Each day I'm given a list of stops, somewhere between 20 and 35 and I'm given a leave building time (when I start the timer) and a general return to building time. The route to each stop would be considered a level with the various roads I'm taking being me trying to figure out the quickest way through the level (safely obviously) and the other cars/pedestrians/random animals are the enemies. The times I have to be at each place are exact, I run the same general run each day given that I don't have anything super odd added onto my route. The stops themselves could be considered the bosses of each level.
I even keep track of my own personal best times on getting back to the building.
I even keep track of my own personal best times on getting back to the building.
Quote from tjp7154:
Perhaps a couple of seconds could be gained by running faster? Maybe it's like the SoTN shield dash...
Quote:
1:30 - red light -- I personally would have reset at this point. If I accept this, then it's at most a "meh".
1:38 -- Obvious splicing. Sigh, I hate it when people try to pass off emulated runs for legitimate speedruns...
(unless that was a cutscene skip...)
2:35, red light :/ this is not teh urn
2:42, more splicing
3:58, red light #3, haha the RNG in this run is .. something
4:02: splice-irific!
1:38 -- Obvious splicing. Sigh, I hate it when people try to pass off emulated runs for legitimate speedruns...
(unless that was a cutscene skip...)
2:35, red light :/ this is not teh urn
2:42, more splicing
3:58, red light #3, haha the RNG in this run is .. something
4:02: splice-irific!
Quote:
highlight: 4:17-4:25 
What he dubbed his "second official" attempt has some rather amusing commentary
Still some footage missing at the very end but it's a much more complete attempt than the first one.
Audio-guy. twitchtv:ohgoddamnit
Because of fibromyalgia a lot of my life benefits from enough planning to make every outing a veritable speedrun. To get to the store I have to take this path for that distance because it's easier on the legs, but only if the weather stays within variables X and Y, else taking another path for N blocks before swithing to the softer-for-the-feet sidewalk, and then it's a QWOP on CERN minigame just flex and relax muscles during the walk to ensure they maintain stamina and don't lock up, while managing breathing on top of everything to decrease pain.