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Where do I go from here?

Sep 2nd, 2015
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  1. ||This pastebin covers my current state and my future plans in regards of speedrunning||
  2. (there is a summary at the end, in case you don't want to read it all)
  3.  
  4. Lately I have been very burnt-out on speedrunning.
  5. I started experiencing this burn-out pretty much after I PBed in Yoshi's Island 100%, which was ~3 months ago.
  6. At that point, I had accomplished all of my speedrunning goals (except 1, which I will mention later),
  7. so I was left with nothing to do.
  8. That was when I stopped streaming regularly. I just had nothing to show.
  9. I started playing "casually" frequently again, which was a nice change from what I had been doing for over 2 years.
  10.  
  11. After a while, I felt the urge to speedrun something, so I decided that I'd want to learn new games to speedrun.
  12. Games that I took into consideration where:
  13. -Super Metroid (any%)
  14. -Banjo Tooie (any% no DCW)
  15. -Zelda OoT Master Quest (DDM)
  16. (probably some others aswell)
  17.  
  18. If you follow me on Twitch, you might have noticed that none of those ever came to be full runs.
  19. I did start learning them, but never got past the first 30 minutes.
  20. The motivation was/is just not there.
  21.  
  22. At that moment, I felt like my speedrunning "career" was over.
  23. No motivation and no more goals to pursue.
  24.  
  25. However, I did feel something else too.
  26. -The urge to return to my original speedgames-
  27.  
  28. Especially during this past month (and thanks to a conversation with a good friend of mine recently) I came to the conclusion,
  29. that I want to pick up my "OGs" again.
  30. Looking back, throughout my way, I've never had as much fun as back then.
  31. I feel like I -truely- enjoyed these speedgames.
  32. They (almost) never felt like chores, just plain fun.
  33. Also these are a lot better suited for races than my other speedgames (racing is still a great passion of mine).
  34.  
  35. So here are the plans:
  36. -Zelda: The Wind Waker (Low%)
  37. After being inspired by Cosmo in 2013, I started having fun with TWW glitches and eventually picked up Low%
  38. (sometime in 2014). It's my favourite game from my childhood. I want to give it the respect that it deserves.
  39. Goal - Sub 5:40 (maybe even sub 5:30 to bop Demon, we'll see)
  40. -Super Mario 64 (anything besides 0/1 Star probably)
  41. The game that really exposed me to the racing feature on SRL back in March/April 2013. Although I joke a lot about
  42. this game, and the fact that I never played it as a kid, I still hold it near and dear to my heart.
  43. One of the best speedrunning experiences I've ever witnessed myself.
  44. Goal - Sub 52 (70 Star) ; Sub 2h (120 Star)
  45.  
  46. | SM64 will start at some point in 2016 (no final date yet), TWW will be the main focus for now |
  47.  
  48. SIDE PROJECTS:
  49. -F Zero GX (Max Speed ; Snaking)
  50. I do feel the urge to play this game from time to time, and it is a good speedgame afterall.
  51. I'll see what comes out of it.
  52. Do not expect many streams of it though. I don't feel that comfortable streaming it, for some reason :/
  53. -Individual Levels
  54. This will mostly be in the form of Zelda TWW and -possibly- SM64 and Yoshi's Island
  55. -More non-speedrun streams
  56. I've been playing more "casually" lately and it's been fun :)
  57. These streams won't happen that often (since I can't properly stream my WiiU, which I play a lot)
  58. *EDIT: -Zelda Ocarina of Time Master Quest (Dungeon Dice Monsters)
  59. I'll try to finish learning the route and at least do 1 full run of it.
  60. I'll continue with that after the big TWW race on September 5th
  61.  
  62. TL:BR
  63. -I got a huge burnout on speedrunning this year (2015)
  64. -Left with no speedgames to play, because all goals had been accomplished
  65. -Wanted to pick up new games, but lacked the motivation
  66. -Urge to revisit my "original" speedgames
  67. -Zelda Wind Waker (Low%) will happen for the rest of the year (and onwards)
  68. -Super Mario 64 will happen at some point early 2016
  69. -Side Projects (Individual Levels) will be streamed from time to time
  70. -More non-speedrun streams will happen from time to time aswell
  71. *EDIT: -Will try to do at least 1 full run of OoT Master Quest
  72.  
  73. If you made it this far, thanks for reading :) this is very important to me
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