2015 Speedrun Goals Review

Figured I'd review the dumb goals I set for myself at the end of last year and see how good(bad) I did. So here we go.

SMB3 - Any% no WW - Sub 12 COMPLETE dumb category but I got a time that isn't completely awful so yay
SMB3 - Warpless - sub 56(sub 55?) COMPLETE got a nice sub 55 even with some bad luck, will be revisiting this category, but not sure if I'll try to grind a better PB or not, we'll see
SMB3 - 100% - sub 1:20 (1:18?) COMPLETE this was probably the easiest goal I set for myself actually, I thought this would be a decent time but it was honestly pretty easy to get, I might work more on this category coming up and see if I can get a solid time

Time Diver: Eon Man - low 17 (sub?) COMPLETE wasn't sure how feasible this one was gonna be, but I got it without a ton of grinding, auth actually decided to learn the game and beat my time, so I'll probably revisit this with a couple of things he found and see if I can take it even lower

Banjo-Tooie - Any% - sub 50 (48?) IN PROGRESS this is what I'm working on now if I actually have some time to do runs lol, honestly I thought this was going to be one of the easier goals, but it's given me more trouble than I would like to admit
Banjo-Tooie - Any% no DCW - 3:15 (3:10?) IN PROGREES (sort of) i've been practicing and studying runs of this for a little while now, hoping that I'll actually have the bravery to attempt this category again once I feel it won't be a massive train wreck like before

Other Games
Castle of Illusion COMPLETE learned this for the 12 hour speedrun challenge, had a ton of fun learning this game, not sure if I'll do a lot more any% in the near future, but 100% is relatively untouched and I think it'd be fun to route/run that

BBT Co-op (solo?) COMPLETE Lung and I got a really good time for having only played one co-op play-through together beforehand, eventually PJ and MechaRichter who knew what they were doing beat our time, and the run looks muuuuuuuuuuuuch different from when we ran it, but I'm still glad I got an opportunity to run a fun game with a pal

SMB1? COMPLETE I got times that were fairly OK, I could definitely get better times, but it's not anything I think I'll try for in the near future

OoS/OoA? FAILED I learned the first few dungeons of Seasons, but I just couldn't find a way that I liked to practice... the game itself was fun, but I just never felt like I was making progress, perhaps I should have tried learning more sooner than focusing so much on the early stuff

Another MegaMan? FAILED I had plans to learn MM6 at some point, but just never got around to it, will probably look into learning next year again, as I enjoy running Mega Man games


So overall I think I did a pretty good job; some goals were easier than I expected, others more difficult. I didn't know how much of this stuff I would actually be able to accomplish, so I'm OK with not getting everything done. Next week I'll iron out and post my goals for 2016, we'll see how much I think I can do with another year.