08-23-2013, 04:25
The third tip isn't that hard, especially if you have trained the jump+blink through the current, just takes some time to get used to a new pattern for the room.
I have found a couple of small time savers but 1 is very risky and the other is hard to do without a slowdown. One is when running back through the room in tip #2, you can drop down and blink to grab the ledge on the other side saving some time but its hard to do with the screen switching from the room before + jumping over something first. It is easy if you slow slightly down and drop down instead of jump down but not sure it is a time saver then.
The other I mentioned on steam and is on the second to last scroll where you can drop straight down and blink to grab the overhang ledge instead of landing first and then jump+blink. I find that one to be too risky and it only saves about 1 second.
After looking at the video of my failed run I mentioned above I believe I am losing 14-17 seconds counting the 2nd tip and 2seconds from the minor savers mentioned above. Based on that I think 8:25 might be possible. I doubt a time under 8:30 is likely to happen but I think a better time then what Metr has is likely. I will continue trying until I get a sub 8:45 time but I have never considered myself a great speedrunner so I will not press myself any further then that. I would say it is about 50/50 if I beat Metr's 8:38 time.
I have found a couple of small time savers but 1 is very risky and the other is hard to do without a slowdown. One is when running back through the room in tip #2, you can drop down and blink to grab the ledge on the other side saving some time but its hard to do with the screen switching from the room before + jumping over something first. It is easy if you slow slightly down and drop down instead of jump down but not sure it is a time saver then.
The other I mentioned on steam and is on the second to last scroll where you can drop straight down and blink to grab the overhang ledge instead of landing first and then jump+blink. I find that one to be too risky and it only saves about 1 second.
After looking at the video of my failed run I mentioned above I believe I am losing 14-17 seconds counting the 2nd tip and 2seconds from the minor savers mentioned above. Based on that I think 8:25 might be possible. I doubt a time under 8:30 is likely to happen but I think a better time then what Metr has is likely. I will continue trying until I get a sub 8:45 time but I have never considered myself a great speedrunner so I will not press myself any further then that. I would say it is about 50/50 if I beat Metr's 8:38 time.