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So the first game I decided to speedrun, and what made me start thinking about joining the speedrun community, is Metal Slug X (obvious enough?).
I'm currently running Metal Slug X on the Anthology collection via emulator (I do have plans on getting a capture card and an actual copy soon, though), but I'm thinking the PS1 version might be faster due to reduced load times - that's assuming PS1 load times are quicker which I don't know if they are or aren't.

My PB so far is 25:08.3 which I obtained today actually and beat my previous record by 40 seconds. Oddly enough, whenever I beat my PBs, I seem to take off at least a minute: After an original time of 29:43, I broke that with a time of 26:48, which was then shaved off with a time of 26:45, but then I broke that too with a time of 25:48 which then led on to my current best of 25:08.
However, I do plan on scrapping my achieved times due to an inconsistent timing method I used where I would quickly hit the "next split" key after beating a boss and this worked up until the last boss where I would lose half a second from reacting to beating the boss and hitting the split key. Instead, the timing method I plan on using consists of me hitting the split key either right after the prisoner bonus score or more likely during the "Mission complete!" chant.

Once I get the new timing method setup and I feel comfortable using it, I'd like to get sub-25. In order to do that, though, I need to have a really good Mission 2, 5, and 6 especially. I also need to find out when the best times to die are to get my bombs back.

You might see me streaming my runs on my Twitch channel and I'll make an attempt to upload any good runs to YT.
Twitch: http://twitch.tv/mopeyjoe
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mopeyspeedruns
Yes, I realize the link is like cosmospeedruns, but I didn't think of that when making the channel.
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Had a stream today where I got rather angry at the game and reset a few times. Managed to be about 20 seconds slower than my PB.
Then I reset my times and had a new splitting method where I would split when the prisoner in the bonus score screen salutes with the exception of the final mission where I would split when the alien ship charges its laser.

PB as of right now: 25:27.16
Also happens to be my only run with this new splitting method. I'm going to practice a couple trouble spots before doing a full runthrough again.
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After almost a week of not playing/streaming due to school, I went back at Metal Slug X today with a short stream (roommates, man).
I tried out new strats after watching the run that's available on this site and managed cut 1:20 off my PB to get the new PB of 24:07. Sub 24 is very possible by me due to the stupid mistakes I made in the run, especially Mission 4 (+47.0 split...).

I highlighted the run, in fact, and it's in the process of uploading to YT right now: http://www.twitch.tv/mopeyjoe/c/3063307
Check it out if you want. I would appreciate it.
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How'd I not update this?

A few days ago, I decided to do a run off stream with the intentions of practicing certain stages (which I still have yet to do) and I ended up getting a new PB of 22:55. I was sub 10 going into Mission 5, which is the start of my trouble spots that I really need to work out, so I still have potential to save a lot of time in Mission 5 and 6.

Getting the PB off stream is making me kick myself for not streaming and it makes me want to stream even more now, but school is keeping me busy.
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More late updates:

Managed to cut 53 seconds off my PB to a new time of 22:01. I'm starting to think I should change my timing method for the final boss to stopping the timer the moment I get the final hit rather than waiting a few seconds until one part of the cutscene happens. I would be at sub 22 if I stopped the timer the moment I get the final hit.
I'll chime in to say keep it up.  I love slug, it hasn't seen much love recently.

Although, I still prefer slug 2.  Sorry Mike...
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I've been more focused on Mega Man X4 low% right now. I spent all of my time dedicated for speedrunning on learning the MMX4 low% route and practicing it. Now that I've learned it and got a solid time on it, I'll probably go back to MSX every now and again.
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Just an update: I've gotten a physical copy of Metal Slug Anthology as I was sick of the quality of the ISO on my emulator, so now I'm more motivated to run MSX and I will do so when I have the time.
Hey nice to find a thread for this here. Been a while since the last post. The main thing to say is that MSX got a steam release not too long ago and it brought in a few runners with it.
You can find most of our runs and streams at http://www.speedrun.com/mslugx. Dont think anyone is actually running it as their main game atm though, mostly on the side or on break, but I'm down to help anyone with this game.

My last run was pretty solid. Deathless up to the final form until the aliens became too much. I could probably do a faster strat for Mission 5 boss but thats the one I ended up being most comfortable with.