Mazerak and others nail impressive score runs, plus some solid speedruns :D
Posted by Kinnijup on August 26th, 2016 @02:21PM
Hola, got just under 20 runs to go over today. We saw several impressive score run submissions - let's get to it.
Biggest score submitted this week was a $2,613,650 run from Mazerak. Having done some dailies as far back as November 2013, Mazerak is well-versed in Spelunky score running strats. He only recently made the move to socialize a bit and speedrun, but it is clear his skill is there. Now that he finished a long score run, it's only a matter of gem spawns to reach that $3 million mark. In addition to this score run, Mazerak also nailed a 4:00 Low% time. Great runs, Mazerak, and good luck in the future!
ix has also been tackling more score runs, and already reached $1.69mil. He's right at the stage where he will have to try to get the City of Gold monies to make massive improvements. Good luck if you go for it, ix!
Saibot is basically in the same boat, and submitted a solid $1.58mil run. You can get a score over $2 million for sure without hired hand shenanigans, but I would say the late game is much easier if you are able to keep the cannon for it. Both of these guys have been motivated for score runs lately. Good luck in whichever tactics you try, guys! This run helped Saibot reach the rank he had before the Mossranking formula adjustments, so I was really glad to see him get it quickly. He now sits at 18th place, though there are only about 15k points between 16th and 20th place.
Newcomer "It's super effective-GINEER" got a nice score run on the August 27th Daily. He even got over 500k. His final score was $582k. Nice to have you on the site. 
Another score run came from The Mad Murf. He's pushing his highscore PB further and further. Right now, he has a $538k run. Keep it up, Murf! 
The last score run to go over today is a solid $849k score PB from denis1080. Denis has been racing in Star_League when the opportunity arises, and it is nice to see a PB from him again. You'll get $1 million in no time, Denis! 
Patdog56 got two big speedrun improvements! He finished a killer 2:35 Any% run with a teleporter. The run was actually on sub 2:30 pace, but pushblocks trolled him hard on the Olmec fight. This is still a huge improvement and a showcase of solid teleporter skill. Congrats, Pat! Pat's other PB was a nice 6:28 Max Low% run. Great to see you capable of speedrunning this one, Pat! It is not an easy run to finish, regardless of the pace.
Khold got a run under 4 minutes! He got a jetpack + mattock + compass seed and nailed a 3:41. He also put some time into All Shortcuts + Olmec, and got a sub 30 run. His PB is now 28:35. Great job on the runs, Khold. 
Another guy who tackled some AS+O this week was BisleyT. He got a 36:15 Olmec finish with a 27:06 key split. Lookin' good, Bis! 
TNF has only recently made his presence known to the community, and he is already nailing some killer runs. He submitted a 3:26 Low% this time. This is a very impressive time, given how little time he has put into speedrunning! This is also currently his Any% PB. Really looking forward to what he can do next.
Next up, Polodajaneiro has been trying Low% No Gold runs for some months. He didn't finish a run for a little while, but this was because he had high standards for his final time. It paid off, too, as his first completed run was a solid 5:30! This is extremely fast for someone's first completion of the category. Well done, Polo, you earned it! 
Finally, meowmixmix was hard at work all sorts of runs! He's been making great strides in his score running abilities, but for this update he had several speed PBs. He got a 15:05 Max Hell PB (which is also Big Money), and a 5:02 Max Any% PB. Meow sits just outside of the top 25 now at 26th place, though it seems clear he will keep moving up. Great runs, Meow!
That's all for now,
- Kinni
