Spelunky News!

 So many people so close to a Low% Hell run...

Posted by Kinnijup on July 16th, 2016 @04:53PM

Hey gang! First of all, a big thanks to Patdog for writing the previous news article. I had written the whole thing, then I screwed up when I went to post it and lost everything I wrote. So it was a big help for him to write that killer article!

 

Speaking of Patdog56, he nailed a $1.57mil run on the July 16th Daily Challenge! This is his 3rd highest daily and brings his daily average above $1.1mil. Way to go, Pat

 

Next up, hbix submitted some All Shortcuts runs. He hit a 24:56 run with a 21:51 key delivery split. Additionally, he submitted an 11:40 Basejump% run. Great progress as always, hbix!

 

ix has been getting very close to finishing a Low% Hell run. He even made it to Yama on his first run into hell! For this update, he got a 6:33 No Gold run (also Low%), and a 7:39 Max Low% run. Great job getting speedlunky on that Max Low% - that is not easy!

 

ShinGraywords has been active, as well. I watch Shin regularly on Twitch, and he has definitely made noticeable improvements in his platforming in general the last few months. For this update, he nailed a 16:20 Big Money run, and a 13:01 Max Hell% run. Solid runs, Shin!

 

We got to see a new face to Mossranking this update: Conan776. I believe he uses the Spelunky subreddit, so it is nice to see him submitting some things here. So far, he put up a $283k daily highscore on the July 14th Daily Challenge. Great to have you, Conan.

 

Another user who recently joined is MbraY. For this update, he submitted a $149k daily highscore on the July 15th Daily Challenge. Nice to see you active, MbraY, and good luck :D

 

Rising star falafel_raptor is really getting extreme with some of his Hell% attempts. He finished a 6:36 for now which is great, but just yesterday I saw Olmec troll him out of a potential ~4:15 into Hell seed. Hell can be done in under a minute, but even some safe plays in Hell would've gotten him a run under 5:30. I wouldn't be surprised at all if raptor starts reaching sub 5 potential soon! Keep it up, raptor

 

Another recent member, kroogah, submitted two runs for this update - a 7:11 Any% and a 9:50 No Gold run. Nice job getting speedlunky, kroogah!

 

AlphaChannel improved his Max Any% time, and is now substantially under speedlunky. He got a 7:14. Looking good, Alpha! I got to meet Alpha at AGDQ 2016, and I always look forward to hearing from him

 

Last but not least, SAIBOT submitted a solid 5:33 Max Low% run! This might be the strongest run in this update, and I was super happy to see Sai nail it. Great run, Saibot

 

That's all for now,

 

- Kinni