Mikefest 2011 (SDA Marathon 2)

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In case you haven't been to SDA lately, mikwuyma & Breakdown have been discussing on next years awesome Marathon. They haven't set the date exactly yet as there are 4 options to choose from... most of the runners are choosing option 2.

Now last year they did the 2 NES Zelda games + Link's Awakening.

This year they want to include Ocarina of Time (RBA run) and Majora's Mask (Any% Run). They might want Twilight Princess (Jiano SS style, not BiT), Twilight Princess might be hard in my opinion because first you can save your game during marathon runs BUT Twilight Princess has some disadvantages when it involves using the Stolen Bomb Bag AFAIK.

http://speeddemosarchive.com/forum/index.php?topic=11694.0


The SDA Marathon was a great sucess last year for all of the right reasons

* Very funny webcam stream
* Recieved $10,000 when their target was $5,000
* Get to know most of the SDA runners in person.

Am I coming to it??? Maybe, it all depends on moneywise and finding a good deal on aeroplane flights from England to around Virginia

[aleckermit]

Man I'd love to participate but I find traveling to be a bit of a problem.

[mzxrules]

If they do a live TP run, I'd say that it should be done on the GCN version. However, the BiT route is impossible to do live on the GCN because you're forced to skip the fishing rod, which means the only way into LBT would require you to Rupee Dive. And last I saw, the Rupee Dive is horribly luck based.

[AniMeowzerz]

If they do a live TP run, I'd say that it should be done on the GCN version. However, the BiT route is impossible to do live on the GCN because you're forced to skip the fishing rod, which means the only way into LBT would require you to Rupee Dive. And last I saw, the Rupee Dive is horribly luck based.

I wouldn't have even considered somebody trying the BiT route during the marathon, that'd be suicide. I find doing BiT hard enough let alone having to do the tricks associated with it. I'd say Jiano's SS route would be the safest method (and of course the safest thing to do is have Jiano run it for them ;] )

I'm more than interested in attending, but if so I wouldn't be running any zelda (they've already said they'd rather not have WW for the marathon). Of course I have an array of other games I could do/learn for them.
I also have a huge money issue (more like a no-job issue) that may keep me from attending, so I haven't made my interest known in that topic atleast.

[Greenalink]

I should edit about TP being a SS-esque Any% and not the BIT Any% I wasn't aware how impossible it sounds but yeah Rupee dive is a bitch for that run.

Yeah GCN -> Wii no doubt.

[Runnerguy2489]

Virginia is very close for me so I might be able to make it to play OoT.

[Jiano]

I'll probably try to go to this. Of course this is for MM, I don't want to do TP really.

OoT race imo if they allow it.

[Tompa]

I wanted to go this year as well, but hadn't got the money for it. And I doubt I will have the next time either, would be awesome to come however :/.

[MrSparkle]

I have not the slightest what airplanes cost, really. Nor do I know what kind of time off will be available then. But I do want to attend, if room permits. Then again, just being on IRC during the last one was fun enough...

[Pokey]

For OoT I would suggest playing on VC(?) and steal Epona with stick so you don't lose 5 minutes falling in the river in Gerudo Valley.

[BlueStarReturns]

Because I've never been there, I don't know how far Virginia is from Minnesota, so I don't know if I'd be attend. I'd want to, of course, but none of my local friends are into speedrunning (what's wrong with them?!), so I'd be driving alone and, thus, bored all the way there. If I could make it a road trip then, hands down, I would drive all the way there.

It'll still be fun to watch though if I can't attend.