Current Events > I really HATE it when my speedruns of a game plateau. Terrible.

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At first I improve a lot, then it slows down, and, assuming I stick at it, I basically no longer improve. I mean, speedruns are incredibly demanding in the first place, and only truly hardcore players should even attempt them, but it's...frustrating.

I've been speedrunning Rayman Legends (Wii U version) for a while, now. Maybe 2 years. I'm not sure. My very first speedrun was something like 13 hours, then I got down to about 11 hours, then 10 hours, and I've been improving for some time, but I keep ending up around just over 8 hours. Can't seem to push beyond that. I think my PB is 8 hours and 10 minutes, but today I was only about to do about 8 hours and 25 minutes. I make stupid mistakes; I struggle with the harder levels; I can't think up new ways to get around faster. I would consider just over 8 hours to be a really fast speed, although the WR is just under 6 hours, but I want to improve. Why me?

Anyone else have this problem with speedruns? Or do you have it, but don't view it as a problem? Do you feel satisfied, i.e. you've reached your peak?


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It's funny, I thought it turned out that CE had quite a few speedrunners on it, or, at least, people who liked watching speedruns.

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I can see where that would be frustrating. Speedrunning fascinates me, though I don't participate myself.
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The toughest ones are the 5 or more hour speedruns. I don't really mind 2 or 3 hour speedruns, they weren't too much of a big deal, but...8 hours in Rayman: Legends is really hard going mentally. I mean, REALLY hard. Plus, of course, the general boredom of playing the same games again and again and again and again.

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Sunhawk posted...

The toughest ones are the 5 or more hour speedruns. I don't really mind 2 or 3 hour speedruns, they weren't too much of a big deal, but...8 hours in Rayman: Legends is really hard going mentally. I mean, REALLY hard. Plus, of course, the general boredom of playing the same games again and again and again and again.

do super mario bros instead that's only 5 minutes

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In some ways, the short (or very short speedruns) can be interesting, because they're so tightly focused; then again, the long speedruns are cool because you have to remember and do so much.

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I don't see it as a problem. A plateau is the natural conclusion of taking anything to the limit. Any "solved" speedrun's top runs, either personally or globally, are going to have differences of split seconds.

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Definitely, look into the forums on it by the speedrun community.

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