Zelda Scientist®
I agree w/ BP and TSA even, who both agree that when you play a game for the first time or even a 2nd or 3rd time, you take it at its standard speed. I like reading books, and I am a fast reader, but when it comes to books I enjoy, my reading speeds vary according to the situations. Frantic situations are read faster and more quickly, whereas slower exploration etc, I read at a normal (or even slightly slower) pace. I read books and play games at a rate and speed in which I can become part of the game and where my playing best supports the progression of the storyline. So, I don't skip things, I do most extra quests unless they are trivial and for sake of time and the overall importance of the quest they are deemed unimportant. I fight all the side battles I run into (unless I don't need to level and I can dodge them on the map). And I don't look for glitches, etc. Mainly because I buy games to appreciate them. There are tons of people that I talk to about OoT speedruns and they adopt an attitude that it is dumb because you don't enjoy the game. For me I'd say I played it many, many times doing nigh everything and killing Ganon. I have appreciated it alot, so I don't mind glitching it now because that is a new way that I can enjoy it as if it were new. Mainly though, the 1st time I see an excellent movie or read an excellent book or play an excellent game, leaves me w/ a feeling of awe that I can't justify removing. Normally, if it is the best thing I have ever seen, I usually feel a little sad because it is the only time I will get to see it w/ fresh eyes. But that's just me.
If somebody found a glitch where in the opening village you could glitch yourself to the end of the game and beat it, would you do it off the 1st play? I wouldn't, why did they even make the game scaled in this way, or make it so long? The epic proportions give heed to an epic game. What is epic about beating something in 5 seconds? You didn't really play the game... yet. (Note this refers only to situations where those who accomplished this haven't even explored the rest of the game, and doesn't apply to speedruns in general since most people have a playhistory w/ what they play, even if it is only 1 or 2 completions from a game they played many years prior).
If somebody found a glitch where in the opening village you could glitch yourself to the end of the game and beat it, would you do it off the 1st play? I wouldn't, why did they even make the game scaled in this way, or make it so long? The epic proportions give heed to an epic game. What is epic about beating something in 5 seconds? You didn't really play the game... yet. (Note this refers only to situations where those who accomplished this haven't even explored the rest of the game, and doesn't apply to speedruns in general since most people have a playhistory w/ what they play, even if it is only 1 or 2 completions from a game they played many years prior).