Popular Post April Posted May 30, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) I just got back the All Stages record for the first time in four years! I currently hold three now including this (the others I have are 101% and any%), but while I've gone back and forth with others for those records several times in the last couple of years, I haven't held the All Stages record since mid-2013, and it's kinda the most "prestigious" category, as it has historically had the most runners and is really hard to beat. It still has some mistakes, but due to the nature of the game, it's the best run I'll probably be able to manage for a while. DKC requires a certain amount of frame-perfect tricks (1/60th of a second input window) in order to challenge top times, which makes it extremely difficult to finish a good run. The amount of time they save varies, but several save 15+ seconds alone, with one stage being 55 seconds faster if you hit the trick (I got a 43-second alternative in this run). So often, your best runs can instantly be useless in moments in the last world, and sometimes shaky runs get really close to beating them. This run wasn't the worst, but I definitely made some weird mistakes, and overall lost about ~15 seconds to the frame-perfect tricks I didn't hit, and 15 more to movement errors or silly mistakes. I'm really proud of finally getting this back, though, so I thought I'd post about it. Here's the video Edited May 30, 2017 by Pichi Kezay, Reilly, Doc Brown and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment
L'Arachel Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 That's awesome, congrats! Quote Link to comment
The Guardian Mew Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 That's absolutely amazing. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment
Kezay Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 That's pretty incredible! And after four years? I'm surprised you weren't bouncing off the walls in your video but I suppose doing such a focused run can be exhausting. What blows me away with speedruns is the time people complete these games in because I'm pretty sure growing up my times in completing this game numbered in quite a few hours but you polished it off so quickly by comparison. So yeah, fantastic work and congratulations!! Quote Link to comment
Linkamoto Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 This is friggin' awesome! Congrats on the re-taking of the record! Quote Link to comment
The Albraskan Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Congratulations! Can I call you Speed King of Kong Country? I think King of Kong was already taken for a movie? Quote Link to comment
EH_STEVE Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 2 hours ago, The Albraskan said: Congratulations! Can I call you Speed King of Kong Country? I think King of Kong was already taken for a movie? And soon to be musical The Albraskan 1 Quote Link to comment
April Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 Thanks y'all 18 hours ago, Kezay said: That's pretty incredible! And after four years? I'm surprised you weren't bouncing off the walls in your video but I suppose doing such a focused run can be exhausting. What blows me away with speedruns is the time people complete these games in because I'm pretty sure growing up my times in completing this game numbered in quite a few hours but you polished it off so quickly by comparison. So yeah, fantastic work and congratulations!! Yeah, I'm a little more reserved than that, and the nature of high-level speedrunning (and this game especially) makes it so that finally getting a time you're aiming for is more of a relief than anything. There are some runners that lose their shit though lol Quote Link to comment
April Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 I also just got the Old Summon WR back and now have the record in every main category on the leaderboards. L'Arachel 1 Quote Link to comment
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