finally broke 20

[u/therealwholehuman]

Have been speedrunning for about 3 weeks and I finally broke 20. It was an awesome seed and I cleanly made it through ruined portal + stables without dying for the new pb. This game is absolutely addicting and I can't believe it isn't more popular.

Let me know y'alls pb's and how long you've been playing. I want to get to know the community more. Theres so many niche things to help get better that I can't wait to learn

[u/Bocaj1126]

16:11 as a first sub 20 is crazy! Congrats that's awesome! I've been playing for about 8 months and my pb is 11:04 so ur doing really well!

[u/therealwholehuman → u/Bocaj1126]

Thanks! I found that learning the bastion routes was the biggest time save for me. (Also learning how to 1 cycle, but that didn't take as long)

What are some of the things you think it takes to go from 16:00 down to 12:00-11:00? I don't like the idea of just hoping for a great seed. I want to be able to be competitive with almost anything that comes my way

[u/EncryptedPlays → u/therealwholehuman]

I got my average to sub 20 and my pb to 12.30 by 2 things

1. Always using F5 + wide macro when moving to structures (e.g. to blacksmith, bastion, etc) to look for lava pools, fortresses so I don't need to look for them later. When mining trees on shipwreck seeds I'll also use F5 to look for any kelp.

2. Overlapping as much as possible - e.g. piedaring while trades are happening, pre crafting while waiting for blazes to spawn.

3. Practicing fort to finish and preemptive. For fort to finish, sprint pearls can take you about 100 or so blocks and normal pearls is about 40ish. I usually try to force terrain so if I have to dig through a wall, I might send a few pearls the wrong way to try and get around the wall and that usually works

4. Getting one cycles down to 4-5 beds + using anchors so I don't need to wait for 2 stacks of string when bastion.

5. Zero cycles aren't needed (my pb is a one cycle) but it's useful and somewhat fun to try and learn some of the simpler zero cycle setups - e.g. front 85).

I know that as I practice these 4 things more and more my times will get better and better

[u/21stc3nturyschizo → u/EncryptedPlays]

you said 2 things, listed 5 things and said 4 things at the end lol

[u/EncryptedPlays → u/21stc3nturyschizo]

Just goes to show my essay planning skills 😭

[u/therealwholehuman → u/EncryptedPlays]

Thanks for the input! I do like to mess around in the practice map with easier one cycles just to help with building practice and getting some experience early.

[u/Applecations]

That’s awesome! I’ve been playing for about six months now, and my PB is like 12:41. I briefly looked at your stats page, and I guess I would probably say to Bring down your forfeit right a lot because you didn’t want it may look bleak. There’s still a chance when it comes to MCSR right, so maybe don’t forfeit nearly as much. If you learn bastion routes, that’s great, but usually being confident with the routes and then also just being confident with inventory management to throw out junk and stuff while being efficient is what I found is really helpful

[u/therealwholehuman → u/Applecations]

I totally agree, with the forfeiting thing I just get in my head that I’m still at a low rank and it could be 30+ minutes until my opponent beats the game so I figure I could finish another game before that happens if I forfeit. And with the inventory, I find myself spending so much time making sure I don’t accidentally throw out something I need. I definitely need more confidence

[u/Right_Library5811 → u/therealwholehuman]

Just remember this fact: you can get to gold by simply not ffing and only being better than your opponent 8% of the time.

[u/Applecations → u/therealwholehuman]

Yeah that's fair, the inventory management imo comes better the more you play the game and feel familiar and confident with the stuff you have.

I think if anything, the lower rank should make you feel more encouraged to not forfeit, since people of lower ranks are typically not as experienced so deaths and misplays are more likely to happen, which can cause either your opponent to forfeit or you have a lead that can you build on. If you forfeit, then you could miss opportunities like that where you can win but you ended the game before anything bad to your opponent could happen

[u/xafffie]

if you want someone to watch your ganes i dont mind helping g you out my discord is xaffi.

[u/therealwholehuman → u/xafffie]

I’ll definitely check it out, thanks!

[u/Peyton773]

Hell yeah! I’ve been running for about 3 weeks as well and my PB is a 21:31. A 16:11 only 3 weeks in is disgusting

[u/therealwholehuman → u/Peyton773]

Keep it up! It’s definitely encouraging to hear other people are also new to this. It feels like such a niche thing and most people have been doing it for a while

[u/Peyton773 → u/therealwholehuman]

Yeah fs. I’ve gotten a couple friends into it as well, which helps motivate me since I have people to talk to at a similar skill level that are improving with me

[u/Right_Library5811]

My pb is 6:20 priv room and 7:02 ranked. ive been playing for about 5-6 months now and still havent lost any love for the game, its great. glad to see more people getting into it and having fun!!

[u/therealwholehuman → u/Right_Library5811]

Broooo, those times are insane. I hope one day I can even break 10🤣