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I hope you do! I feel like you could do quite well in an AA triathlon given your HD AA skills, as long as S2 isn't too mean.

Ahhh thanks for the reminder! I had Mic audio on in OBS for a quick guide video and I guess I didn't remember to turn it off again all this time haha.

Yeah I mention that in the video and actually link the mod in the description lol. It's a great practice tool called savable Spelunky. Just don't try to submit modded runs for real tho.

@@maxwellsmith8425 I'm aware now. I should have watched the whole vid beforehand. Sry and nice vid

He went through mitosis I guess

It's on my to do list, I've been holding off because we've been learning new things about it (and cause I'm lazy).

@@maxwellsmith8425 Thx

I would've grabbed it if I wasn't late to realize...

It's not even top 50. This is not one of my better HD runs, and I'm a lot less competitive in Spelunky HD. This was mainly a practice run because I plan to run all journal entries triathlon, which is unfortunately gonna be a grueling 5 hour category for me with how bad I am at Spelunky 2.

@@maxwellsmith8425 Oh wow. I hope you succeed. All of that work your putting in should pay off.

I don't blame you for not knowing the rules, this category is entirely made up by the community to try and copy All Journal Entries from Spelunky HD lol. The general gist is that I need every entry from the check boxes on the left, and I need a kill or death to every enemy or trap on the right, as well as a lava and spikes death. The tracking I am using is from All Stats Entries which is directly from the Classics stats text file, which is a similar category with a few different requirements, hence why I skip some of those entries.

@@maxwellsmith8425 Oh ok. Thx for the clarification

I've just been super busy. Hard to juggle speedrunning this game when it's ultimately just a hobby and not my job. But I plan to get back into running soon! I've been practicing a new Olmec fight so hoping it will lead to some new pbs!

Nice. Keep up the great work!

Sorry I meant to reply to this sooner but I ended up getting a little swamped by work and it slipped my mind. In general the unsatisfying short answer is mostly just practice and needing good level seeds but in terms of specifics there are a few things I can think of that can help hit sub 3 runs more consistently. 1: Learn a fast Olmec strategy. The fastest strategies can save up to 15 seconds over normal play, which can be enough to push a lot of decent runs into sub 3 territory. 4 bomb Olmec is currently the fastest strategy without bomb paste, although it can be a bit difficult to learn. 3 bomb and 2 bomb are good to know generally as safer strats and back-ups if you are down a couple bombs. A good example of 4 bomb is in my 2:29 any% run. 2: Consider teleporter play. The teleporter is a lot harder to use than the mattock, but recently it's become respected as an any% WR viable alternative. Learning how to utilize it properly will increase the number of any% viable runs as you won't have to grind for jetpack mattock every run. An added benefit of the teleporter is that it is particularly good with cape increasing your options further. There are a few annoying bugs to keep in mind though: teleporting while on the ground with the jetpack will prevent you from flying for a brief moment, and the teleporter safety +3 rule doesn't round you to whole positions, making it sometimes clip you into walls when it shouldn't. 3: Learn in depth level gen. If you are a frequent player I assume you already are pretty good at recognizing and following level path tiles. However it's also important to take a good look at some off path level generation too. Many off path rooms will often frequently spawn holes in the ground which can be used as shortcuts. It's also important to note which level tiles spawn with a one tile thick floor, as that will be your best option to drop down into when you have a mattock. Also as a quick tip, the ice caves exit tile tends to spawn without a lot of upper blocks. 4: Utilize community tools. The spelunky speedrun community discord is a great place to discuss strategies and learn new things. It also has download links to many community tools, such a cheat tables and save loaders which are great for practice. 5: Play a ton of low%. Might not be the best for everybody, but for me personally playing low% super frequently helped me refine my movement a ton and learn hitboxes better. Even if you are really confident in your movement, there is always more room for micro-optimizations. Despite playing this game a ton, I still find myself learning and improving movement in minor ways. Hopefully some of these tips end up helping. If you have some more specific questions feel free to ask me or the speedrunning community discord. Good luck on your sub 3!

@@maxwellsmith8425 Thanks

A lot of Spelunky speedruns change which category to go for mid-run based on what items you get, but in this particular case this was a challenge run I was actually planning for. In level 1 already I'm trying to get a damsel saves and additional kills, which would be much too slow for any other speedrun category.

@@maxwellsmith8425 i know all of that, but i didn't see you get a lot of money and kills on the first levels, even when you could. That's why i tho you were only going for the damsels or damsels + time at first

Sure go ahead! Although I'd heavily suggest playing the official game version rather than the janky HTML 5 one. This run is a relic of my early Classic speed running days before I could get the official game version. I'm not sure if there is an official world record for the HTML 5 version, but the best I could do before swapping to official was 2:58, although that one wasn't recorded like this one. Good Luck running!

@@maxwellsmith8425 You really know your stuff!!