Speedrun Education

Hollow Knight is one of the most successful indie games of the last years and it is also a quite interesting Metroidvania Speedrun! In this episode I was talking with fellow Hollow Knight speedrunner Vysuals about everything related to that Speedrun. We talked about different categorys, where to start, how to get into it and what challanges you have to face if you wanna get good in Hollow Knight. Towards the end we also discussed the general idea of a speedrun and why speedrunning is such an interesting and complexe hobby! For those of you who would like to interact with us more: Make sure to check out my stream where I record those Podcast episodes, we can talk and interact before and after the offical recording with you guys via twitch chat so make sure to leave a follow if you want to talk with these awesome speedrunners face to chat! I also have to give a huge shoutout to Vysuals, make sure to check out his twitch channel, he streams nearly every day and is very humble about becoming the best in Hollow Knight speedruns so it is worth to check out his content!

You probably don't know as much about RPG-Speedruns as I did, but after talking to Davesterio I was pumped to learn an RPG-Run myself! he explains everything important and exciting about those speedruns from rng manipulation, menuing all the way down to controlling encounter spawns and boss fight optimization! RPG-Speedruns are very underappreciated in the Speedrun scene but after this episode you will look at them with different eyes! Please make sure to give dave a follow on twitch, he streams regularly all diffrent Final Fantasy games. If you wanna watch one of these podcast recording live and interact with my guest than make sure to check out my twitch channel as well, we stream there every podcast episode! General streams are Monday, Tuesday/Wednesdays and Thursday!

I was interviewing Super Mario Bros. 1 legend Kosmic and ask him about his journey in this and multiple other Speedgames. He talked about how he got into Speedrunning, how he picks up games and improves in them and what his mindset and approach looks like to achieve his goals. Since most people once they reached world record level in one game they can do it in any game I was curious how that is done, Kosmic got the answers for that in this episode! On top of that we talked about the life cycle of Speedrunning and his struggle with goals and times such as his 4:55 in Any% and his road to 18:59 in warpless (speaking of SMB1). Many awesome stories shared and a lot of surprising thoughts mentioned, please give Kosmic a follow on Twitch, a very beautiful person and streamer. If you want to watch such episodes live make sure to check out my Twitch. You can ask question live in chat and talk with my guests via Twitch chat so come and hang out, you are welcome!

In this episode I was talking with Msushi about enjoyment, how to not burnout but still grind and practice a speedgame to its fullest! We talked about all the little things Speedrunners need to know but don't really pay attention towards. It is important to look after yourself while speedrunning. In the end it is still a hobby you want to get the most enjoyment out of, nothing else should be your top priority! Please make sure to check out Msushis and my stream, see you soon chatting over there!

Today I was interviewing Gymnast86, a runner who is very known in all 3D Zelda games. He is not only a phenomenal runner of these games he also is one of the community members who really pushes the developement of the Zelda Speedruns. Not only was he one of the first runners who really imporved Zelda Wind Waker HD, he also was the guy who found the big gamebreaking glitch in Zelda Skyward Sword and helped improving the Any% time by more than 2 hours! He shares how he got started with Zelda speedrunning and how he would start today, so for everybody interested in those games he shares a lot of valuable tips on how to get started.  At the end he also shares the story of how glitch hunting works which was a personal highlight of this episode. Please give Gymnast86 a follow on his Twitter and Twitch, he is a extremly good runner and it was awesome to talk with him!

In this episode I was interviewing Chaikitty, a very talented Speedrunner who recently got the Celeste World Record in Any% (the first sub 27:30)

In this epsiode of Speedrun education I was interviewing TGH, well known for holding many different world records of multiple games he picked up. Mainly know for Undertale, Celeste and Zelda speedruns. We talk about different things like how to not stress yourself on a good run, how to fix your mindset and how much practice actually matters. I hope you enjoying this episode and learned something from it - share it with your Speedrunfriends they might enjoy it too!