Plans for 2017 (A bit personal)

Speedrunning TL;DR:
1) 301% race on January 1st @ 12 p.m. CST w/ SHM
2) Light/no streams after that race until the real 301%.
3) Big 301% on January 28th @ 11 a.m. CST
4) DKC3 103% or BT 100% after the big race, not sure which yet.
301% info: http://bombch.us/Bj_W (Goal is a sub 13)
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I must say, 2016 was a very interesting year (from both a speedrunning and IRL prospective). It had mostly downs in my real life, but my speedrunning didn't suffer much. I got a PB in every major category I actually grinded this year, and I even learned a new speedgame (DKC3). However, with 2017 coming up in just a couple of days, I would like to share what my current plans are for this upcoming year.

I will start off with a bit of personal stuff. This past year was not the greatest for me in terms of my emotional health. One side of my family has not done much to help with this current situation, and at this point, I'm considering cutting them out from my life. This past Christmas was the worst I've ever felt around my family in the nearly 30 years I've been alive. They just keep compounding the problem, bringing up things that they neither know about/need to know about.

But, on the other hand, my friends have been really good to me at helping me get over this slide in my life. Major shoutouts to GarageDoorOpener, Ricky (nanyan on Twitch), and Hopeisnotlost for listening/helping me through this rough time in my life.

Alright, enough with the sad stuff. Time for the list of things I have on the docket for this coming year:

1) A 301% race with SecretHumorMan on Sunday, January 1st, at 12 PM CST. I am quite looking forward to this race, as it will be the first 301% run that I complete since the 2015 race. My current PB is 13:27, while my Sum of Best is around a 12:23. I hope to have a major improvement, if not get my goal (sub 13) in this race. I've been playing all three games lately, and have gotten a 12:48-49 in the combined three games within the past month (2:18 BK, 4:40 BT, 5:50 DK64).

2) After that race is where it gets sketchy. For those of you who have read past pastebins, I have been doing a lot of writing. To summarize, it's a story that I've always wanted to write, but never had that "sub plot twist" until I decided to associate my IRL problems with the story. Well, after some ups and downs with it, it's really taken off. However, I've gotten extremely lazy over the past month or so, only writing around 10k words in December. But, after how bad I felt coming home after Christmas, I've gotten a lot more motivation to write. Once this race on January 1st is over, I plan on cracking down on that.

3) While I can't believe I'm actually considering playing it again, a new season of Diablo 3 starts on January 6th, and it looks as though I want to play it for at least for a couple of weeks. They did a major buff for one of my favorite classes (Barbarian), so I want to give it a try. I plan on doing this along with writing, so my streaming after January 1st might be non-existent until the actual 301% race. Practice will continue as I see needed.

4) The last big thing of January is the 301% race on Saturday, January 28th, at 11 A.M. CST. At the moment, 13 people are signed up, but I expect only 7-8 people will race. While this is disappointing, I will have a good time with my friends plus enjoying my 3 favorite N64 games. It should be a good time with a lot of laughs, fails and tons of rage from yours truly. I highly recommend you tune in!

5) This is where it get's sketchy. After the 301%, I'm torn between two things I want to do in terms of speedrunning. My first hunch was to go back to DKC3 103% and get at least a sub 2 in that category. However, the more I play Banjo-Tooie 100%, the more I realize how bad my time truly is. Being my favorite speedgame, it's hard to not want to improve this time. Plus, there is extra incentive to do Any% no DCW. This is still up the air.

Thanks for reading!