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 Grooomp gets Low% Hell + Saibot gets an eggplant run!

Posted by Kinnijup on July 19th, 2016 @11:22PM

Hey gang! Last update I'll be writing from California. It is an important one!

 

Grooomp finally finished a Low% Hell run! He did it in style, too. Most people's first runs of this are not speedy at all, but Grooomp kept a nice pace throughout the run and ended with a 10:44! I'm serious when I say this is a super impressive time for his first one finished. Congrats, Grooomp. Well deserved!

 

Not to be out done, two days later, Saibot nailed his first eggplant run! He did it in a time of 42:49. Saibot is rare in that eggplant was harder for him to do than Low% Hell. He's had a Low% Hell run for quite a while. Great to see you get this one too, Sai! Saibot now is free of penalties. Additionally, Saibot completed his first teleporter any% run! He did it in style, too, nailing a sub 2:30. His final time was a 2:26. Way to go, Sai! 

 

Next up, Buddy7heElf made another appearance to crush his Max Any% time! He even got close to d_tea's time, hitting a 2:39. This run was done without a compass, and had an extremely well done temple. Always great to hear from Buddy!

 

falafel_raptor has been hard at work, and nailed 2 big runs. First he got a 5:48 Max Low%, then he hit a 3:55 Low% No Gold! Raptor is improving rapidly and is already into the top 20 on the main ranking. Great job, raptor.

 

ix has been hitting some solid runs this week, including a 3:30 Any%. He forgot to turn on Twitch VODs so we don't have a video, but I saw it live and I'm positive he will improve it shortly. He also submitted a 9:09 Hell% run! Great job, ix.

 

Speaking of Hell runs, CamoNinjazz submitted one, as well. His time was a 14:22. Looking good, Camo!

 

Also on the Hell% front, we saw ShinGraywords hitting his first speedlunky Hell run! It took him a great deal of close calls the day it happened, and it was worth it in the end. Shin hit a solid 7:40! Great job, Shin! Shin also stated he has another goal of a sub 7, so maybe we will see more from him here soon. 

 

HiDefLoMein has been super active recently, and for this update he nailed 3 new runs. First up, he improved his Any% by a large margin, hitting a 6:37. Next, he hit a 10:25 No Gold run. Lastly, today he snagged his first Max Hell% run, a 30:06. Be sure to check out the 1-2 shopkeeper robbery in the Max Hell run! Great progress, HiDef 

 

AlphaChannel is getting close to a sub 25 minute All Shortcuts + Olmec run! For now, he hit a nice 25:43. Great job, Alpha!

 

On the daily front, we saw saturnin55 getting a 1.54mil daily on the July 19th Daily Challenge, and Patdog56 getting a 1.50mil on it. ShinGraywords managed a 1.15mil on it. Great job, guys!

 

Last but not least, usernamecantbe25 snagged the Haunted Max Hell% WR! He hit an 8:39. He also hit his first sub 4 Low% run, a 3:33! Great runs, 25!

 

Take care gang,

 

- Kinni