Super Metroid Relay Race Information

Super Metroid Relay Race Information (check back frequently for updates)

(Updated 6/20) IMPORTANT UPDATE PLEASE READ: The teams and order of the categories has been officially determined. As of this post date, I remind you all that you have just over one week to practice and prepare your saves for the relay. I am instituting a mandatory 3 saves that you must use during your run. This applies to all categories, all players. You may chose where to save, but just to make sure that everything runs smoothly, everyone must follow this rule. Additionally, I ask that you make additional safety saves on another cart, rom, flashcart, or whatever so that in the event of a catastrophe, the relay can move on without a problem. The teams are as follows, and the runners of each will be listed in the order that the categories will be run. The order will be GT Classic, 100% Item Collection, Any% KPDR, and Low% Ice Beam.
Team 1: leodox, lildingus, kojakt, and twocat.
Team 2: nintoaster_81, just_defend, aircheese, and foosda.
Team 3: guru_of_reason, feviolet, cygrade, zoasty.
Team 4: sweetnumb, straevaras, henyk, caznode

I have been unable to find someone to host the stream and stream it to the Ludendi channel for me, so I will be streaming it there myself. Because of this, I am instituting a mandatory MAXIMUM bitrate of 600 that everyone must abide by during the relay so I would be able to keep all 4 streams going without buffering. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Sacrifices must be made to make this happen so I appreciate you all chipping in to help. Just remember... this game doesn't look any better past 600 and since that's all you will be streaming, this shouldn't be an issue. Also, I realize that I did not specify this before, but please make sure that when you are streaming, the only thing you stream is the game capture in the correct resolution (640x480).

I have been getting a lot of questions about how the race would actually work, so here is a rough explanation. There will be 4 teams of 4, each person on the team will run one entire category, from start to finish. Once this person has completed their category, the next person on their team will begin to run their assigned category. For example, if the order of the categories is as shown below, for example I run any%, then when I finish, JackBeNimble starts to run 100%, etc. The currently posted order of categories and runners has no relation to the order the categories will be ran nor the teams.

Important Note: For ALL categories during the relay, regardless of skill level or confidence in your abilities, deaths or major setbacks happen. Because of this, and to have the relay run as smoothly as possible, I am requesting that ALL runners make backup saves, either on a separate cart or flashcart, or something so that in case of death or some other catastrophe, there is a quick way to jump back into the relay without having to completely restart. You don't have to make saves in the middle of the run, but having the backups is a strongly advised.

Categories:
Any% Old - kojakt, henyk, cygrade, aircheese
100% Item Collection - straevaras, feviolet, just_defend, lildingus
Low% Ice - twocat, caznode, foosda, zoast
GT Classic - guru_of_reason, nintoaster_81, sweetnumb, leodox

Date:
Excluding my  vote for July 12th, June 28th is the most requested date. I am pleased to hear that many of you are available for any of these, and that is great. However, I request that you try your very best to make the date chosen work, even if it is slightly inconvenient. I am setting the date and time of the relay race for June 28th, starting at 12 pm PDT (3 pm EDT). If circumstances arise that makes you absolutely unable to participate on the given date, please contact me as soon as possible  (twitch.tv/wildanaconda69 or any other medium you can) and we will try to resolve the issue. Make sure to check back to this pastebin for all updates regarding the Relay.
-Wild

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Revisions:
5/29 - initial post
5/30 - updated first paragraph and date section. Tentative date/time is June 28th, starting at 12 pm PDT (3 pm EDT)
6/13 - updated runner list, date solidified as June 28. Still looking for someone to host
6/14 - added mandatory maximum streaming bitrate during the relay of 600
6/15 - edited runner list
6/20 - edited runner list. Changed important update section