#pastebinmonday 1/11/2016

Well, I did it. I got 1:33 and the fifth best time in the world (best in the US). But as you might have expected, I don't really feel satisfied with that. I lost at least 30 seconds in the first 4 worlds, and had some sloppy, nerve-induced stuff at the end.  I may not be ready to put DKC2 on the shelf after all.

But in order to improve significantly, I'm going to have to start optimizing levels much better.  In order to do that, I think I may have to go back to any% and try to get a 42 (maybe low 42?). That would help me to get much more practice on the later stages of the game, and since I need to start doing the Toxic Omega jump, any% would be a better way to get practice.

But enough about that, here's my plan for the next few weeks:

1/10-1/16: Probably some more 102% - I'll do a run or two against my new PB to see where the time loss is and try to get some minor improvement. Maybe a bit of practice.  Friday I will do some Mega Man 2 practice before the Get Yourself Speedrunning race on Saturday.

1/17-1/23: MEGA MAN WEEK!!! I'm finally going to do this after teasing it since like September. 6 Days, 6 NES Mega Man runs. Goal: PB in all of them.  Since the runs are mostly short (an hour or less), I may do some other Mega Man stuff too (MMX run? Casual MM7/9/10/Unlimited?)

Afterwards: DKC 101% and DKC3 103% de-rust/practice to get ready for a 306% race some time in February.