The Scoop

I'm sure some people are wondering why I've been away and if this means I'm back.

Towards the end of my last Spyro 3 grind, my hand was starting to bother me, which is explained below. After the 1545, I just stopped speedrunning altogether in the hopes that it would improve. Nothing really changed. I stayed away from Twitch knowing that, if I watched people run Sprash games, I would get sucked back in and I wasn't ready for that.

Fast forward to prep for this year's 1545 when we were setting up teams. We were lacking in some submissions and I felt bad as the other organizers were pulling extra to make things work. I decided I would jump in to help out and so I'm now doing Crash 3. I figured this would be a good way to test my hand out and see how it does. I figured I would take things slow and primarily focus on consistency over speed. Yeah, nah.

I really missed speedrunning, streaming, and especially shitposting in everyone's chats. If my hand holds, I really want to work on each game again in preparation for smashing my Sprashfecta time. Crash 3 was not my first choice for games to work on, but now that I'm playing it, I realize that I have a lot of potential to pb and really would like to see it happen. My order in mind right now would be: Crash 2, Spyro 2, Spyro 1, Crash 1. Crash 1 is a low priority since I'd like to get NTSC-J, but that means spending money on something that I may not be able to pursue because of my hand, so we'll see what happens.

Whatever happens, right now I'm excited to be back and will likely be around in streams more often. I figured I'd spice this return up with a webcam. I really hope I can stick around and keep running.
|
|
|
|
I am right-handed but it's my left hand that's bothering me. My pinky, ring finger, and my palm by that side have been tingling/slightly aching for well over a year now. Recently I had blood drawn, an x-ray, and a nerve test which all came back fine. They tested me for carpal tunnel syndrome as well, which doesn't look like the case either. After some research online, I found that it looks like it lines more up with cubital tunnel syndrome.