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[Cukeman]

Ok, but don't eliminate straight non-randomized playthroughs of other games as an option please.

[Avaro]

There's Z1 randomizers in ZC, not sure if they're any worse or better.

[The Satellite]

They're too long.

[Cukeman]

Watching SMW rando now. Gave you a bad time, but that's one I'd really like to play as it seems like a whole new game with diff enemies because that changes level strategy. Also minus infinite points for trashing Mega Man 2. That game is amazingly awesome. 

[The Satellite]

Hey now, I'm allowed to hold the opinion that that game has a laundry list of problems that its fans are too stubborn to acknowledge.

[The Satellite]

Oh whoops, did I never announce this here? Well, remember back when I did that "Twelve Hour Speedrun Challenge" stream where I learned the regular ALttP run? I'm gonna be another one of those challenges, this time for Crusader of Centy, which I hadn't even played until last year. The reason I picked that game is for multiple factors. It's partially a meme in the sense that Crusader of Centy was occasionally referred to as the Genesis's answer to A Link to the Past, which as we all know I'm obsessed with. It's also because I actually like that game, and, after watching the any% world record for it, the run actually looks... pretty cool. It's under an hour and there are a handful of neat tricks and skips that make me actually kind of enthusiastic about learning it. It doesn't seem too hard on the surface, but we shall find out for sure once we give it a shot on Sunday.

 

So yeah, we'll start off watching the tutorial and taking notes from that, watching the WR run again to see if it does anything different from the tutorial, practicing during both of those segments and then we'll do some full runs! This should be interesting and I can't wait to try it out. So hope to see some of you there!

[The Satellite]

Once again wanna mention that tomorrow's the 12 Hour Challenge stream! Starting at noon EST (thirteen hours from this post) and going until midnight, learning Crusader of Centy any%! Should be fun, and I'm looking forward to it.

[The Satellite]

Another 12-hour stream is a success! It went well from beginning to end and I quite enjoyed learning/running the game. Managed to get three full runs in, could've been four, but there were two runs I had to put down early. Overall though, I had a great time, and finished off with an any% time of 56:45! I managed to save almost twelve minutes of time off the previous run in the process, which I found amazing, especially since sub-hour was my goal. If you like, you can check out that run here before it goes up to YouTube, and the entire stream has been preserved here even though I don't blame anyone for never wanting to watch it all. 

 

Thanks to everyone who hung out or stopped by! I had a great time and hope you all did as well.

[Cukeman]

Hey now, I'm allowed to hold the opinion that that game has a laundry list of problems that its fans are too stubborn to acknowledge.

 

Disliking something isn't the same as a design flaw tho.

[The Satellite]

And I'd argue Megaman 2 has multiple design flaws, but I'm not gonna argue that here. I did that three years ago already in my rants thread. Probably more strongly-written than I would've worded it today but the points in it still stand.

[The Satellite]

Streaming sometime tonight, a birthday stream, late one, not entirely sure what time I'll be starting but I'll be doing some kind of Randomizer variant. One that's not Triforce Hunt; I love the mode but I'm gonna insert some sort of variety thing for birthday's sake. See you guys there!

[The Satellite]

I love it when this happens twice in one seed:

 

https://clips.twitch...oundTirePRChase

https://clips.twitch...yZebraBlargNaut

 

Here's the highlight of the stream as well:

 

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/176093623

 

And soon, hopefully, things will get even more smooth to play, because I finally put in an order for this bad boy. The 360 controller served me decently for a while, but the bad chord coupled with the lack of precision a good d-pad would give me means I needed to... upgrade, I guess? And plus, it would feel better playing SNES games with a SNES-like pad anyway.

[Anthus]

I love it when this happens twice in one seed:

 

https://clips.twitch...oundTirePRChase

https://clips.twitch...yZebraBlargNaut

 

Here's the highlight of the stream as well:

 

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/176093623

 

And soon, hopefully, things will get even more smooth to play, because I finally put in an order for this bad boy. The 360 controller served me decently for a while, but the bad chord coupled with the lack of precision a good d-pad would give me means I needed to... upgrade, I guess? And plus, it would feel better playing SNES games with a SNES-like pad anyway.

 

Those controllers are pretty nifty, and that's a good price. They're 25$+ at Microcenter, and oddly enough, they have a kiosk for them there (With Shovel Knight on Steam of all games). The buttons aren't exactly the same in feel, but if you're playing a SNES game on PC, it's as close as you can get without hard-wiring a SNES controller to a USB cord, which is technically possible

[The Satellite]

Possible, but I'm lazy. 

[The Satellite]

I'm considering if I want to do any special streams for October, but I'm not usually one to do the "spook" theme. I might revisit some Castlevania games because that's the closest thing I can get and I love those. Maybe 1, 3, 4, Symphony of the Night, Aria of Sorrow. Could be fun. Someone else suggested Ghosts 'n' Goblins, which could be fun because I've never played it before, and have wanted to but have also been hesitant. I sure as hell ain't beating it twice though.