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 So many crazy runs this week.

Posted by Kinnijup on May 22nd, 2016 @12:29PM

I've got about 14 runs to go over, and one big daily. Normally, I list a run or two in the title that was a milestone for a player, but this time there were about 5 of those so I chose to just list them here instead ;)

 

First up, we have theZaxanator hitting a really crazy sub 5 hell time, done with no teleporter. He got a 4:59 - a full 40 second improvement all in one go! The run did not have easy hell levels and Zax handled them like a pro, without slowing down. Sub 5 is no joke and in early 2014 this time would've been around 3rd place. Zax is now the 13th person to get a Hell run under 5 minutes! Congratulations, Zax!

 

Next up, Saibotsaibot hit a huge run: he completed Low% Hell! Saibot is only the 16th person to complete this challenge, and he even managed to do it faster than Latedog's original run. Saibot managed a 22:13. Like Zax' hell run, Saibot got nasty hell levels but handled them well. He also did a double skull backwhip on Yama! Congrats, Sai :D

 

Another big run this week, is Linkruler's sub 3:30 Low% No Gold run! He had been trying this run since sometime in March, so it is great to see him get rewarded with his goal. His time was a solid 3:29. The run was even sub 3 pace until about 3-3, when the levels got tricky and long. The temple in particular was hard for a no gold run, and a low% run in general. Link gained a ton of points with this run (about 85k) and is now sitting at 11th place! It will be interesting to see what happens with that #10 spot, with Link, Sedoxa, Grooomp, saturnin, and others, rapidly approaching! Link also managed to beat twigglefly's time by 2 seconds with this run. Any win on twiggle is not easy! Way to go, Link!

 

I (Kinnijup) got a 6 second Hell WR improvement. I hit a 3:36.363. I hit several of my best splits on this run including being 2:48 into Hell. Hype, lol. This run put me 1 point out of 100,000 ahead of dtea on the main 4 runs subranking (which you can see here). It is pretty crazy for the top 2 guys there to be 1 point apart, so I felt it was worth mentioning! Of important note, though, is dtea still holds the top spot on both the score subranking and the speed subranking by a much larger margain. He also has me beat in total times of the main 3 speedruns (Any%, Hell%, Low%). He has 8:02.551 to my 8:05.168, with SpelunkyGod not far behind at 8:12.217 (thanks for the data, Eugene).

 

The big daily that happened was a solid $2.50mil run by BumCommando! Bum has not done a lot of dailies lately, but proved he can nail an insane score on one when he tries. This is his 2nd highest scoring daily, and gave his daily average an insane boost of over 100k! He is now nearing 2 million on his daily average, sitting at about 1.92mil. Way to go, dude.

 

BisleyT was active as well. He improved his daily average and Daily High Score with a $674k daily. Nice job, Bis :D

 

denis1080 also had an active few days, getting a new PB in Max Any% and Low%. He hit a 9:16 and a 5:49, respectively. The Low% run also counts for his Any% PB, so he gained some points there, as well.

 

Timestoppa is a guy who has been in Twitch chats for a while, but has recently got some PBs for Mossranking. This week, he tried his hand at All Shortcuts + Olmec. For now, he has a 66:32 PB. Keep it up, Time!

 

Next up, is a brand new face to Mossranking. CamoNinjazz submitted a 6:33 Low% time. Camo is another guy who has been active in Twitch chats for a long time, and finally started trying his hand at some runs for Mossranking. Looking good so far, Camo :D

 

kvec gained some points this week with a nice score PB. He's really getting good at them, and for now has a $1.23mil run. Congrats on 1 mil, kvec! He also attempted to use robot strats to get the cannon into the City of Gold and nearly did it! When he is successful at this, I have a feeling we will see a crazy score come from him. Good luck, kvec! He also used this run for his Big Money run. Now that kvec is submitting some challenge runs, his overall rank is going up. It still does not match his skill level, but he seems motivated to remove some more penalties so hopefully we will see him climb even higher! For now, he sits just outside the top 30 at 31st.

 

Lastly, we have NightHarvester with two PBs. He got a nice 4:26 Low% No Gold run, and an 8:25 Max Hell run! Night has showed a consistent improvement in his Max runs, and a desire to improve as an overall player. This and his skill has really helped him move up the ranks. Great to watch, Night!

 

That's it. Quite a lot going on for this update, I hope you enjoyed reading it :)

 

-Kinni