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Title: First few runs - Need some tips/Introduction Post by: Atherus on February 26, 2015, 08:13:57 AM I've been browsing the site for a couple of weeks now while I was playing OOT for awhile, and then I noticed the speed run times for my favorite childhood game.
After watching bits and pieces of Krystal's run and a couple races I decided I'd start to play the game again. I've made four runs so far, the first three on the gba version and then I moved to JP 1.00 to see how that would go. The first was a bust 100% run, I shaved almost two hours off doing 100% on the second run and at this point I know I could probably drop another hour. My third was any% and I grabbed some extras along the way, made some stupid mistakes such as not planning out getting both the flippers and the medallion at the same time, so I made two trips up there. I also died 3 times, having to start at the beginning of the dungeon. My fourth was better, however I know I can drop that time by a lot. I was just wondering if I can have some tips based on what I know wasted some time here and there: - I can't for the life of me get done with the castle escape in less than about 6:30 even with skipping everything but the boomerang. I move relatively quickly in all rooms. - In the Eastern Palace I am able to get only 3 skeletons to spawn, however I can't quite figure out how to quick kill the first two and despawn the others. - How much time is wasted each time you hit a wall while running, I'm getting better but I still am hitting walls in places - How in the hell do you kill Moldorm in a timely manner? - Tips to save time in boss fights and also avoid dying (Particularly Arrghus and Vitreous) That's the main few questions I have. I just can't seem to move through the light world as quickly as I should, I have about 15 minutes of time wasted. I also end up back tracking because I don't have a solid knowledge of the routes, however I've been following the general route taken by Krystal. I've been adamantly watching some runs to get a firmer grip on the game. Here are my times for my first four runs (I timed based on the rules presented on the leader board): ####################### Run 1 - 7:37:14 Run 2 - 5:41:06 Run 3 - 3:49:22 Run 4 - 3:22:44.934 |