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[Infected Mind]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad you completed a solid run

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Damn I just went back and rechecked all my times and apparently the run was 36:19. I had 201 on dam instead of 202, 44 on runway instead of 48, and 153 on s1 instead of 151. Sweet, now its over 2 minutes untied 

[50]

Clemens does it again.

[Monteith]

So i decided to do an agent run...

Dam :55 safe lock
Facility :50 bt
runway :23
Surface 1:09
Bunker :20
Silo 1:12
Frigate :47
Surface :56
Bunker :29
Statue 2:45
Archives :18
Streets 1:16
Depot :29
Train 1:35
Jungle 1:15
Control 4:29
Caverns 1:24
Cradle :55

Total time: 21:27

Overall pretty bad run, but its my first try doing a single segment so whatever.

[AZ]

nice job champ!

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LOLOLOLOLOLOL HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?

Just had a decent sa speedrun to Aztec, had 4:11 on control so everything is going fine, THE GLASS OPENS OMG and i lured 4 or 5 guards to it, so I kill them all, i was sure I had killed 5 guards, pause for guidance data...

I unpause and suddenly a AR33 guard is shooting me all over, I have no fucking IDEA where he came from, he must have been rolling behind a beam or something. He fucking backboosts me into the back wall by the console and blows the console up, i strafe by him, get the tape and insert the data, then take out my gun and kill him and by this point i had no health left lol, BUT THEN THE FUCKING MAINFRAME CLOSES AND SINCE HE SHOT THE CONSOLE OUT I CANT OPEN IT


OH MY FUCKING GAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWD
FUCK THIS GAME
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?


lol sorry, I just cant believe this even happened. Definitely keeping this taped.

[Monteith]

LMAO that has got to be the worst fail of all time, funny how i was just talking to you about how gay it must be to get to aztec and have the glass not open, but that is 1000x worse.

[Henning Blom]

SA 30:49


I tried luring guards to glas twice on this run   but of course they didnt open the fucking glas so I had to go and kill Jaws but there was some troublesome guards on the way and then the ending wouldnt co operate so I ended up in 4:58. So yeah I had mid 28:xx pace if the glas would open the first time and low 29:xx if it opened the 2nd time but oh well, this is at least 2nd best though I am still going for wr.

Dam 119
Fac 57
Run 30
S1 151
B1 31
Silo 118
Frig 119
S2 117
B1 101
Statue 225
Arch 57
Streets 158
Depot 54
Train 143
Jungle 112
Control 419
Caverns 132
Cradle 48
Aztec 4:58

Hmm well that run was fucking insane, I might make vid of this, seems like it might have been enough for sub28 even :O

[Illu]

Wow that's some nutty pace, statue 2:25 crazy.. yea it must be 2nd best since I don't think many others have got anything near 30min, I had some 32 run years ago. I used jaws strat on aztec and got like around 3min but I'm pretty sure that a 2:40 with jaws strat should be doable and that could still give you a 28:30 or so, at least if it's a pace like this one.

Also too bad about that run Clem, GE will always find new ways to fuck you over, 4:11 control is nuts.

[Henning Blom]

Yeah I guess but it would have been so much cooler to get 27:xx instead :P I am around 2 mins speed when I practise Aztec so yeah and 1:50 is like the best Ive gotten with the strat that I use. That would have been 27:59 if I had gotten 2:08 wich can be done pretty safe so odds for it happening there were pretty good actually.

[Illu]

Well sub 30 hasn't happened yet so yeah 27:xx would be sick hehe  :P

[AZ]

Funny, I almost beat you by 3 minutes on Aztec (I had 2:03) on my 32:15 run. Yet you beat me with well over a minute  :P I had 3:48 on Caverns though. Brilliant run Henning btw (Aztec excluded); it'll be fun to see who'll be the first to break the 30:00 mark (sub 28 would sort of be optimal).

unlucky Clem 

[Henning Blom]

Well I dont think sub 30:00 is that insane if you go with safer strats before Aztec so you get to that level more often and then get glas open wich is what is needed for sub 30 pretty much. I think you could do it too (Axel or Ilari) if you just practise some safe yet fast strats, sub 29 however is another story.

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lol more troll shit

get to control and 2nd guard dies the worst possible death and lose like 6 seconds
then trev doesnt die on cradle and i get 1:23 and the glass doesnt open on aztec anyway


then I get to train and the door doesnt open despite 21 guard kills. RIDIC.

[Henning Blom]

New wr in a hour session  :P

Dam 119
Facility 103
Runway 30
Surface 151
Bunker 32
Silo 117
Frigate 123 
S2 118 - tried two animition strat for nade so this was pretty decent.
B2 104
Statue 230 TS, fr was on the middle (third spot that I check)
Archives 59  :-[
Streets 159 oh well
Depot 52 missed ts lol
Train 141  pretty good :P
Jungle 114 Gah I almost messed up Xenia
Control 420
Caverns 130  ;D
Cradle 52 oh well
Aztec 350 fuckfuckfuckFUCK THIS LEVEL!!!!!1!  >  >  >  >
 
If I calculated correctly the totaltime for this run is:

30:03

[OHMSS]

It is 30:04. FUCK, Aztec seems to be a huge asshole. But still a new WR, very well done!!

[Henning Blom]

Thanks for the correction OHMSS! Yeah Aztec is the key level on SA and it seems to always go wrong no matter what!

[AZ]

Aztec is a bitch, yes. You seem to be consistent with Caverns at least, that's the other key level. I promise you once Caverns fuck you over the glass will open on Aztec  :P Good job but sub 28 can definitely happen!

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Doubt sub 28 happens lol. Sub 29 in itself is probably about as good as the current Agent wr imo.

[Time was untied when set.]

Aztec 1:03 pauseout lol

first time getting to Aztec in like 4 hours. Such a garbage game to speedrun on SA lol. Something has been going wrong every time no matter how unlikely it is etc. And the other annoying thing is that I keep having these huge time losses during runs so even if i do complete... the time wont be that great. Like i get 105 on bunker because of ridic guards and i had like 5 statue runs in a row with one of the 3 worst FR's, several of which ended up 240-ish. Just BEYOND tilting...

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So fucking SICK of this shit...


Just had an EASILY sub 28 pace run if the glass had opened on Aztec...

54 bunker, 59 facility, 227 statue...


UGH

[Henning Blom]

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D





Infuckingsane...

[OHMSS]

Holy mother of god, unbelieveable. 19 rock solid runs in a row at a top-notch skill level played with balls of hardened steel. This record will most likely stand forever and a day. Supernatural!

[Wyst3r]

Been here nearly 10 years and that was one of the best things i've seen so far. You even beat my control pr by 4 secs!

btw, Is that a 27:36 end time?

[AEB]

That was one hell of a run! Big congrats, Henning!

[Infected Mind]

well all the stars and planets have aligned with the sun. lol.

[Monteith]

That was run was completely insane.  I think like half of those beat my pr to lol.  I can't even imagine how bad your nerves were in those last few seconds of aztec.

[AZ]

lol Alex, well put.

omfg, I just saw this while I uploaded my 32:12 run...

27:37 is up there with the A and 00A records, definitely.

Hard to say which of the A/SA/00A is the best atm but all three are pretty much unbeatable. I loved this run; you had remarkable times on as good as every level and you were only like a few secs behind the ideal/"maxed" SA speedrun time on some levels (faster on most). Thoroughly slick and solid.

Control 415 is sick...beating the entire elite minus 8 people etc; Dep 50 is awesome,  S1 152...hardly no time loss (I know you guys usually get 151), Silo/Frigate 117 is incredible, S2 116 very good for non-grenade strat. B2 55 looked like 1:00 or so tbh (ending was mediocre) but 55 is still above average I guess. Statue, you even did the Trev shot lol, very risky, unfortunately Trev's reaction wasn't optimal; 2:25 is still terrific. Arch 58, Streets 157, Cav 129 AMAZING...Cradle 45 is pretty much the best you could expect...and you tied my best time on Aztec (2:03) although being surprisingly conservative at the start of the level (again, time being lost is insignificant). Ending must've been shit scary for you lol, I almost believed you'd die at the upload  :P

and Clemens doubted sub 28 would happen  :P

If I had to pick one time that were comparatively bad, it would easily be B1 0:34 (even I have had 27 or so on speedruns and Bunker 1 is also the only level I beat you on on my 32:12  :P), but I'm being overly picky saying so and again; the time loss of getting 34 is minimal and just a fraction of the speedrun's TT as a whole.

The only way I can see this time being beaten (well, matched at least) is by getting a nade on S2 and finishing in a time of 56-57. Then you would gain 20 secs on this astonishing record, but I think it will pretty much remain untied forever considering all the skill/consistency/luck factors playing in.

Huge congrats Henning for this superb achievement; first person under sub 30 min total time, the 27:37 itself (sub 28 with plenty of marginal  ) which, I dare say so was the last barrier to be broken, and for having an untied streak on ALL speedrun difficulties!!   Truly beyond insanity.

[Boss]

All you can do now is wait for a nade on S2.. yeah pretty crazy run.

[50]

It's like saying the SA speedrun wr could be like mid 27 in theory, but nobody will ever get that luck. Look at the WRs on some normal levels. Silo could easily be 120 if someone got lucky, but that luck never happens. ***SILO 1:17*** Nobody will ever get luck throughout the entire run, EVER

lol

Marc Rützou - Surface 1 Secret Agent 1:48 (no music)

[Illu]

In theory that run shouldn't be possible, but yea theories don't apply to Henning, he just went pretty much all out like on his agent and 00a, everything or nothing. But then a decent glass strat run on top of all that on Aztec really makes the cake.

[Darth Vader]

Just yet another example of a player proving the non-believer(s) wrong. Amazing job Henning, can't wait to see vid! 

[Henning Blom]

Huge thanks everyone Yeah that adds to 27:37, way better than I was hoping for when I started playing SA again. I did however try for sub28, or was hoping to break the 28 mins barrier by not letting too many crappy times being allowed or I restart'd but I didnt really expect it to happen still or just barely breaking it with something like 27:58 or so.

I was not vervous at one point until Aztec really since its all about that level, and when I heard the glas open I kinda jumped up a little bit by being surprised it even opened, then I didnt react that there was only two guards standing by the glas either so when I paused I instantly knew that there was one more I should have killed, luckily that guard wasnt a big problem but yeah, he could have. Nerves was the reason why I had to stop for a little while in the pause before entering the vents to calm myself down and not fucking it all up and it almost still did at the upload part when I got boosted all over the place and not talking about how the last 30 secs was lol.

Oh well yeah, I was never good with B1 for whatever reason and 34 is bad (but ok for me), I didnt have one time below 30 but whatever, not a very big deal in the end anyway. Cradle 45 is definitely the best Ive ever gotten on a speedrun and I actually expected something like 51 due to the guard being there. I cant recall one run him being there that fast. But yeah, that was lucky.

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What wasn't lucky about that run ?

I guess I made a pretty big mistake saying sub 28 wouldn't happen, maybe I just underestimated a few things. I didn't realize it could be done even with some times like Aztec 2:03 which I don't even think is very fast, and you even got 27:37. I feel pretty confident the record will go lower soon though, maybe even sub 27. I think at this point its worth it to just use risky strats on every level tbh. Fuck it...


Overall it was a very good execution, I knew you would get a good record here eventually, and congrats.

[Soft-Hedwig]

@Inkosi. You do know he linked the vid in his original post, right?

Unbelievable run, Henning.

[Boss]

Sub 27 would be pretty nuts.

[Simon-Sternis]

Totally sick run...

[DYM]

I just watched Henning's SA 27:37.. damn that was a sick run. My level-by-level thoughts:

Dam - Solid run, although 1:19ish isn't that hard on a speedrun. I like how you risked the lockshot though.
Facility - Decent.
Runway - I thought SA speedruns would start priming a nade for the battery now. You're the type of person who risks a lot of things on speeedruns so I'm kinda surprised. :P It's not a big loss though, just like 5 seconds or so.
S1 - Decent.
B1 - Kind of bad. If you have a bad cinema you shouldn't watch the entire 2nd cinema, just about a second of it or so. You lost about 3-4 seconds at the first three cameras area. But a few seconds isn't a big deal compared to the entire 27 minutes of the run anyway.
Silo - 1:17 is pretty nice.
Frigate - Normal.
S2 - Pretty good.
B2 - This run looked better than 55 to me.. the first half of the run looked pretty good.
Statue - Haha, nice trevshot. Are you consistent at it? Overall a pretty nice run.
Archives - Kinda meh library room, but you only lost like 1-2 seconds so it's not a big deal.
Streets - Good run.
Depot - Very nice run, especially the TS. Can't you use the normal 43 strat but be a little bit more safe with it though?
Train - This looked alright.
Jungle - Looked alright too.
Control - Overall this was great.
Caverns - Pretty nice run overall.
Cradle - Good you didn't kill the guard below the ramp, he proved to be pretty useful later on. :P Nice run.
Aztec - It's great that you managed to complete a run like this when you probably had a lot of nerves. Outside vent area was pretty intense. :P

Overall it was a pretty amazing run. No major mistakes or stuff like that which is pretty annoying on a full speedrun especially when nerves probably kick in at the third set of levels or so. Not a perfect time, but it will definitely be difficult to beat.

[Henning Blom]

00A speedrun attempt:

Dam 2:02
Facility 1:02
Runway 0:42
Surface 1 1:51
Bunker 1 1:23 (death right at the ending)

lol, 00A is gay but I think Im gonna go for this record now.

[speedruntrainer]

Dam 2:02 and Surface 1:51 are really nice!
Good luck on the 00 Agent run!

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Getting 202 or 211 on Dam makes almost no difference on 00A. it will always come down to levels like Silo, Frigate, Bunker 2, Caverns, Aztec etc.

[Henning Blom]

^^

yeah its those "badass" levels that will make the difference. Thanks Nick!

[Darth Vader]

Agent speedrun attempt

Dam 54

Fac 47

Runway 23

Surface 106 (didn't warp ladder for no reason)

B1 20

Silo 108 (gay ending)

Frigate 33

S2 55

B2 30 (lol)

Statue 231 (worst fr)

Arch 17

Streets 115

Depot 27

Train 113

Jungle 102 (need to practice this level again, completely forgot how to do it for some reason)

Control 418 (very late obj a)

Caverns 104

Cradle 40

I'll make a vid when i get an overall satisfying run.

[Darth Vader]

Agent speedrun attempt right before Patrik arrived here

Dam 54

Facility 48

Runway 24

Surface 1 104

Bunker 1 20

Silo 109

Frigate 43

S2 55

B2 27

Statue 230

Archives 17

Streets 116

Depot 29

Train 117

Jungle 100 failed

I continued the run anyway

Jungle 55

Control 412

Caverns 104

Cradle 41

[AZ]

Goldeneye 007 100% Run in 1 hour 15 minutes and 47 seconds (JAP)*.

pretty decent I guess. Improved my previous record by more than 7 minutes. One embarrassing death on Jungle Agent while trying to achieve the hunting knives cheat. Lost like over 2 minutes on that   Otherwise most things went my way; I even did the glass door trick on Aztec 00A. As I said earlier in another topic, sub 1:10 would be great.

[Illu]

Not bad, wonder how much harder this would be on PAL/NTSC.

[Infected Mind]

Hopefully everyones doing real time attempts now and no more mission times added together.

[Darth Vader]

Agent speedrun completion, timed in REAL time and not mission times.

Here is the mission times:

Dam: 0:55 - Standard run.

Facility: 0:48 - With a bad trev, i couldn't ask for a better time here.

Runway: 0:23 - Standard.

Surface 1: 1:04 - Again, standard.

Bunker 1: 0:20 - Not much to say really, standard run.

Silo: 1:12 - Without watching cinemas, 1:10/1:09 is pretty much as good as it gets, so very satisfied with a solid 1:12.

Frigate: 0:38 - Much worse usually happens here, so very satisfied with this.

Surface 2: 0:55 - Standard run.

Bunker 2: 0:27 - Safe strat, got fucked around the corner to the keycard guard, but handled the situation perfectly.

Statue: 2:38 - worst FR. I don't mind, very solid run other than that.

Archives: 0:18 - Did nat safe SA/00A style, flawless run.

Streets: 1:15 - Standard run.

Depot: 0:29 - Missed train shot, but 0:29 is still very decent on an agent speedrun.

Train: 1:09 - Awesome! Could have nailed a 106/107, but i was really anxious to this point of the speedrun, so did the locks pretty safe. Still didn't kill Orumov though and had 1-2 secs to spare when i finnished the locks, so i couldn't have asked for anything better here.

Jungle: 0:57 - Wohoo! Another very decent run. Xenia Rocket Launcher'd me, but i reacted quick and handled the situation just like i wanted.

Control: 4:11 - Again, very solid! Last guard in the first room had a kneeling death and i waited a little for A to come up, but given the nature of this level, perfectly happy with this run! I left the control room a little later on purpose, since it seems that if you leave quick, Obj. A is less consistent with popping up faster.

Caverns: 1:05 -  Given the 0:4 ending and a guard running out in my way, perfectly satisfied with this.

Cradle: 1:01 - Trev decided to fool around near the staircase after the hut and i lost a little more than 10 seconds on that.



Total mission time: 19:45. Beats AZ's run with 6 seconds.



Real Time: 22:40 (Timed with VLC player. Not sure if that is accurate lol) timed from the file select menu till the apperance of the ending credits.



Pretty content with the whole speedrun except Cradle. I don't mind the time, just the look of the run irritates me. Going for lower.



I was told by Alex yesterday, that we are changing from counting in mission time to real time. Can anybody confirm me on that? I think it's very unproffesional. Henning did this when we counted in mission times. He watched the Silo cinemas (statue cinemas too i assume) AND he didn't proceed to the next level very quick, since it didn't matter for mission times anyway. There should at least be 2 different categories then.

[Illu]

I took it as 100% runs should be real time because who can bother with counting all that together.

[Time was untied when set.]

I think it should be real time. I used to think mission time was nice since the timer did all the work for you.. but think about it. If someone asks you "hey lets see how long it takes you to beat goldeneye on agent" and you beat it, do you think they are going to use a timer or do you think theyre going to add all the times together? Or if you did a speedrun race, would you rather get out a calculator at the end and figure out who beat the levels faster or just do it by whoever finished first? The answer is pretty obvious. And doing it in real time creates some extra challenges to make it alot more exciting to watch, like cutting cinemas and doing the pause menus faster. Everything is a lot faster paced and exciting, and it makes it harder to play well since you never get a break.