I've never done this, but...

2004-02-04 11:31:03 am

When I get home, I'm going to start chronicling a speed run. While I've done many a normal/any speed run, I've never really talked/written about my efforts (besides, of course, some incoherent ramblings in #Metroid while I'm riding an elevator or something.) So yeah, when I get home, I'm going to start.

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Metroid Prime

2004-02-04 08:07:34 pm

Go ahead... Beat a world record! :)

nate

2004-02-05 12:36:19 am

i could always do with less bandwidth! go for it!

The Last Metroid

2004-02-05 11:10:26 am

Okay; couldn't do anything more but the frigate and ESJ yesterday -- I had a shat-load of homework -- but currently I'm at 01%, 0:05. I had an awesome frigate escape run; my time remaining was 4:15. So yeah... I'm going to play a crapload more today, and fill you guys in later.

nate

2004-02-05 12:13:38 pm

awesome; way to go getting an 0:05 landing. that's a major rite of passage for runners.

of course, there's always kip.

The Last Metroid

2004-02-05 07:35:21 pm

Kip's subhuman. But yeah. I can't play Prime right now because my brother won't stop playing Splinter Cell.

Damn kid.

Toozin

2004-02-05 07:38:06 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Quote from The Last Metroid:

Kip's subhuman.

Subhuman means "less than human." I think you mean superhuman.

Unless you want to be banned, that is. :?

nate

2004-02-05 08:10:06 pm

rotfl

The Last Metroid

2004-02-05 08:50:49 pm

No, he's subhuman. Trust me. He's all the human, without the brain or legs or something.

This, I know. Yeah, I guess I dug me's a hole there, but back to the speed run.

Something quite hilarious happened to me today. While going through the tunnel that connects Main Plaza and Ruined Shine, I was killed. By the scarabs.

That struck me as damned funny -- heck, I doubt it has ever happened to anyone. But yeah, after I restarted, I got myself the missile expansion in Main Plaza, collected the morph ball in Ruined Shrine, and then made my way towards the charge beam. I did something incredibly stupid before going to get the charge beam, however -- I saved, and forgot to put the file on a new memory card.

Oh well -- I only lost about 10 seconds. Still, it pisses me off. Alrighty then.

Went and got charge beam, and on way back collected the missile expansion in Water Hall access. Made my way up Gathering Hall, and got myself to inc drone.

Now what I don't understand, is when people jump on top of 'drone's head when they fight him. I've found that battling him the the normal may is much more efficiant. Oh well, I guess each man's his own and what not.

Okay, kicked ID's ass, did the stupid morph-ball bomb puzzle in Energy Core, and then walked back to Gath. Hall. I picked up the missile expansion in gathering hall, and then went down and saved.

0:12, 7%.

Meh. It would be 0:11 if I didn't save before charge.

[b]No, he's subhuman. Trust me. He's all the human, without the brain or legs or something.

This, I know. Yeah, I guess I dug me's a hole there, but back to the speed run.

Something quite hilarious happened to me today. While going through the tunnel that connects Main Plaza and Ruined Shine, I was killed. By the scarabs.

That struck me as damned funny -- heck, I doubt it has ever happened to anyone. But yeah, after I restarted, I got myself the missile expansion in Main Plaza, collected the morph ball in Ruined Shrine, and then made my way towards the charge beam. I did something incredibly stupid before going to get the charge beam, however -- I saved, and forgot to put the file on a new memory card.

Oh well -- I only lost about 10 seconds. Still, it pisses me off. Alrighty then.

Went and got charge beam, and on way back collected the missile expansion in Water Hall access. Made my way up Gathering Hall, and got myself to inc drone.

Now what I don't understand, is when people jump on top of 'drone's head when they fight him. I've found that battling him the the normal may is much more efficiant. Oh well, I guess each man's his own and what not.

Okay, kicked ID's ass, did the stupid morph-ball bomb puzzle in Energy Core, and then walked back to Gath. Hall. I picked up the missile expansion in gathering hall, and then went down and saved.

0:12, 7%.

Meh. It would be 0:11 if I didn't save before charge.[/b]

nate

2004-02-05 08:56:17 pm

Quote from The Last Metroid:

Now what I don't understand, is when people jump on top of 'drone's head when they fight him. I've found that battling him the the normal may is much more efficiant. Oh well, I guess each man's his own and what not.

back in the day i used to think it made the spot come up quicker, but there's no hard evidence for that. key word was 'stupid' when the boss tricks were 'stupid boss tricks.'

The Last Metroid

2004-02-05 09:07:00 pm

Quick question: is getting Artifact of Wild early worth it? I tend to change what I do each run with it; some runs, I'll get it early, some runs I wont -- and I haven't seen much time variation. I'd like a second opinion.

nate

2004-02-05 09:09:32 pm

it's thought to be faster on normal and slower on hard, but it depends on your route, of course. tzyr should be able to help you more.