Grooomp and falafel_raptor get an eggplant run, 4 veteran daily runners join, and many other runs O_O
Posted by Kinnijup on August 2nd, 2016 @02:45PM
Hey gang, Kinni here with the first news of the month. It's quite a big one so let's jump right in
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First of all, congrats to Grooomp and falafel_raptor for finishing solo eggplant runs! Grooomp opted for some safe play towards the end (which is honestly a good idea for your first eggplant run) while Raptor did a fast 20 second Yama fight! Grooomp's final time was a 31:13 while Raptor came in at 28:07. Great job, guys! These guys are still both climbing fast up the ranks. Grooomp is now just shy of the top 10 (currently he's in 12th) while Raptor is in 16th.
Raptor got two other big PBs that helped his rank, as well. He hit a 3:35 Max Any% and a 5:14 Max Low%. Both of these runs are nearing some of the big names! He even had a ~4:30 pace Max Low% die on Olmec O_O. Congrats on finishing a Max Any% with the teleporter, Raptor!
Next, we saw NightHarvester come in with a solid 5:34 Hell% time! This improvement almost pushed Night ahead of Patdog56 for 19th. Night's currently about 500 points from Pat. Great progress so far, Night
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Next up, we have a debut from four long time daily runners! This is really exciting to me :). Let's start with 3 who have been doing dailies since the 2nd week of August 2013: Berumondo, killfish, and Malungo. Berumondo's current daily highscore is $1.777mil (done on the August 31st daily of this year), killfish's is a whopping $2.105mil run on the same daily, and Malungo's is an amazing $2.46mil run, done on the April 20th, 2014 daily. Their daily averages are $1.298mil for Berumondo, a super impressive $1.822mil for killfish, and a killer $2.155mil for Maungo!! Awesome to have you guys!
Berumondo also does speedruns. So far, he submitted an impressive 23:20 All Shortcuts + Olmec run!
The 4th of these vetrerans is Shinji! Shinji has been doing dailies since only a few months after Berumondo, killfish, and Malungo, and he debuted with a $1.319mil run on the March 3rd, 2015 daily. He currently has a $1.114mil daily average. Great to have you three! It is really cool you found the site.
I (Kinnijup) got a tiny improvement to my daily average with a $2.974mil daily on the August 31st daily. It was my #10 ranked daily by just 575 points
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meowmixmix has gotten back to it, as well. He submitted a 20:21 Hell run and a 3:57 Low% No Gold run! The no gold run is particularly impressive. He also managed to do the whole run without taking damage!
ShinGraywords took a break from his Hell% grind, and improved his All Shortcuts + Olmec to a 30:55. He has been getting far on Eggplant% lately, and we may see some more from him there. The run is certainly within his potential and skillset! Good luck on eggplant, Shin
. Shin has also been keeping active on dailies! He hit a $1.342mil run on the July 31st Daily, and a solid $1.526mil run on the July 28th Daily. With these runs, Shin pushed his daily average up to $1.171mil! Great job, Shin!
Next up, bootsthatshoot got a Max Low% run done! This run was doable for him for quite some time now, but he kept running out of resources by Olmec. His final time was an 8:06. Perhaps more impressive is his 4:16 Low% No Gold time! This run also counted for regular Any% No Gold, so boots gained some good Mossranking points with it. Way to go, boots! 
ix continues his rapid climb up the ranks. He submitted a 7:21 Haunted Max Any%, a solid 7:46 Hell run (congrats on speedlunky!), a 22:36 Haunted Max Hell% run, a 14:06 Big Money run, and a bangin' $1.777mil score run on the August 31st daily! Submitting 5 different runs, ix was definitely the most active player this week. 
Saibot continues his persuit of a better daily average. He's nearing the 1 million mark, too, and currently sits at $838k. For this update, he nailed a $1.097mil run on the August 1st Daily. This was also the best score on this daily! Great job, Sai!
saturnin55 has been staying active, and got a new daily highscore PB! He managed a $1.859mil run on the July 31st Daily. His daily average now has reached $1.553mil!
hbix made an appearance this week with a 6:05 Draining Olmec run. Nice job, hbix.
tickbite made a daily submission. He submitted a $134k score run on the August 1st daily. Nice to see you, tickbite :)
Next, The Mad Murf submitted two runs: a 21:20 No Gold run (also Any%) and a 44:07 Hell% run. Thanks for joining the site, Murf :)
Fierce Banana, bunny_funeral, and Cautionchild are three more new faces to the site. Banana joined with a $40k daily on the July 30th daily, bunny joined with a $118k daily on the March 10th daily, and Cautionchild joined with a $34k daily on the July 29th daily. Great to have you three, and welcome to the site! 
Last but not least, kroogah submitted two runs: a $1.05mil run on the July 31st Daily, and a $782k regular score run. Congrats on 1 million, kroogah!
Welp, that's all for now! Quite a big week for Spelunky.
-Kinni
