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2004-04-28 05:50:33 pm

Quote from MetalRidley:

I thought I was speed running when I beat it <2:00 100%... :(

I guess it wasn't really all that fast, though. My problem isn't the route, I can get a pretty good one down. It's the enemies: I've always been kind of a cautious gamer, who would rather pick off the baddies from a ways away than charge through or avoid them. I guess I'll just have to study each room.

I'm not sure what knid of run I'd want to do, though. Low % would be tough, and I don't have that much skill, especially since I take the most time when I'm under powered. And on 100% I'd have to contend with red scarlett's fearsome skills, and have people laugh about me and my poor time. But on any % I'd be focused on pure speed eveywhere, not exactly my forte. Any ideas?

Same with me, i thought I ws speed running my last time, but it was not that great. Problem with me is that I'm not that cautious around enemies, which slows me down. I also didn't get 100%. Damn, I suck.

professor_scissors

2004-04-28 09:04:21 pm

Clear Time: 1:10:53

Your Rate for collecting items is: 15%

Woohoo! *victory dance* now for 15% Hard.

EDIT:
1:27:27 15% Hard. I think... I'm done with this game now.

tomatobob

2004-04-29 11:03:32 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

My best so far is 57% 1:16:00.
My 15% is 1:50:53,both runs were on normal.

skynes

2004-04-30 05:48:42 am

Two new times for me!

15% Hard 1:43 - The pic you get is, in my opinion, the coolest of the lot!

50% Easy 0:53 - Gonna do a couple of easy practice runs to get a speed route in mind before I go for a Normal, then Hard speed run. I'd like to get my time around 0:40 before I change difficulties.

Any suggestions?

I do Ridley before Kraid because since I'm in Norfair, I see it as a waste of time to have to go back to Kraid then goto Norfair again, so I just clean out Norfair and Ridley then goto Kraid. By 0:35 I'm most of the way through Tourian.

Smops

2004-04-30 07:55:45 am

Suggestions: Get all the supers you can get, and aren't out of the route. Don't forget the one in brinstar (get it just before going to tourian). Ridley before Kraid is faster. Skipping Screw Attack is faster, if you got the skills to kill MB without. Don't get long beam. Skip the acid worm (lift activation), see the main site for how. (The full HBJ is hard, I like going from platform to platform). Get varia early. Don't go out of the route for E-Tanks, because they aren't really needed, unless you suck :P 1 E-Tank is sufficient in all modes. Look at the main site for all the speed tricks, and remember them. Clean out the whole hive room the first time, and use the missiles to speed it up. It's a damn irritating room without the long beam.

Alec

2004-04-30 12:08:01 pm

2 new times from me too as well:

Time: 1:33:51
Difficulty: Normal
Percentage: 100%

Keep in mind that I haven't really started with any serious SB's yet. I only get the VS & SA as early as possible. Then I go with the ordinary route. This is my 2nd or 3rd attempt @ a <2 hours.

Time: 53:09
Difficulty: Normal
Percentage: 40%

Bored so I did a simple speed run with the same routes as mentioned above. Last <1 hours was around 58 or 59. Quite an improvement.

Edit: Last 100% run was on Hard with 1:44 & my latest speed was 59:34. And this latest 100% cut off 23 minutes in one try :)

MetalRidley

2004-04-30 04:56:02 pm

What do you call "serious sequence breaking?" Would kraid w/o power grip count?

If so, you pwn me, since my normal 1:28 100% does that, as well as quite a few other things for speed. Like I said, I suck and need a really optimized run to even get <2:00.

Alec

2004-04-30 06:17:41 pm

Quote from MetalRidley:

What do you call "serious sequence breaking?" Would kraid w/o power grip count?

If so, you pwn me, since my normal 1:28 100% does that, as well as quite a few other things for speed. Like I said, I suck and need a really optimized run to even get <2:00.

Yeah that's serious in my book :) Practically everthing that's in the movies @ m2k2 is pretty hardcore to me! But Ridley before Kraid is one of the biggest imo.

savage-monkey

2004-04-30 08:02:23 pm

I am trying a sub 2 hour hard I'm at Ridley before kraid with 20 missiles and 1 full energy tank. I am just getting my ass handed to me. I was also doing the same on easy and I could do it easy but I had 2 super's. I am really getting whooped.

MetalRidley

2004-04-30 08:07:01 pm

Your friend, m2k2.

EDIT: 1:18:02, Normal 15%, with 2 e-tanks, 3 supers, screw attack.
The problem is that I'm too reliant on conveniences like the screw attack, wave beam and hi-jump. I can take the s.a. because it does make MB much easier, but the temptation is tough to grab the hi-jump as I roll on by. The tourian escape just pissed me off so much, having to use the power grip as much as I did. I've got to finish my 9%, learn how to be a minimalist again. After 2 100%'s, that's pretty tough.

ajbolt89

2004-05-01 05:01:15 pm

lol no way

Just finished a 100% hard run, recorded.

01:00:59

Not a bad time, I thought... was extremely hard though. I think this should give us some insight into how attainable less than an hour is. If you click here you can see the chart I made comparing my save times to Scarlets, since I basically just copied her route. Oh, and don't say the time in your post, Scarlet wants it to be a surprise, if that's even possible.

nate

2004-05-01 07:01:12 pm

there should be a law against ajbolt89.

...

but i can't do anything about him, because i don't run this site, or anything.

chinchillax13514

2004-05-01 07:36:19 pm

aj really scares me. I mean, if I got that time, I'd probably sell every video game item I had.

The Link

2004-05-01 07:44:14 pm

400400

normal 100% 5H 23Min Embarassed

normal 15% 2H 31Min

normal 37% 1h 15Min

Done in that order. These are my first trys so they will be done better soon. Now that I know where everything is ill try a 100% <2H run on normal or mabe ill finish Deus Ex.

Alec

2004-05-01 08:07:28 pm

I'm glad there are people like Aj around. 'Cause times like that don't put me off. Quite the opposite. Now I seriously want to beat him ;) Though that'll be really hard I suppose...

ajbolt89

2004-05-01 10:05:43 pm

lol no way

It'll happen dude, just wait. I hope someone does beat me, although I'll be trying again soon enough... sub hour is the next goal. It's really fun, but fucking hard. REALLY. HARD. I think this route is also the best, I just made a little change from Scarlet's, hardly noticable... so yeah, thank Scarlet for the good route idea. Maybe there will be other little changes people will make... I'm not sure if not getting Varia but just plunging into the acid is faster.

Red Scarlet

2004-05-02 12:16:47 am

I('d) like to watch (some MP3 runs)

As opposed to never wanting to beat me or what, Alec? :(

tomatobob

2004-05-02 12:55:12 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

New time for me: 100% 2:25:36 on normal.

Alec

2004-05-02 07:14:55 am

Quote from RS Bulleta:

As opposed to never wanting to beat me or what, Alec? :(

I don't beat girls ;) But yeah, your times are good too :)

I aM A mAnO

2004-05-02 12:15:33 pm

I deleted my 100% runs to make room for 15% runs and i never wrote down my times. Soon enough though, when i finish my 10% hard, I will go for 100% runs again and (hopefully) add to the competition. I REALLY want to just beat this 10% hard. It is THE most difficult thing I've done.

Dragondarch

2004-05-02 01:33:19 pm

Quote from ajbolt89:

If you click here you can see the chart I made comparing my save times to Scarlets, since I basically just copied her route.

If you basically copied her run (and going by the times you have on your chart), then all you would need to do is drop some saves out of the picture. Each save = 5 seconds minimum added. If you were to cut your # of saves in half I bet you could do it.