Changes: Speedrunning Community

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In Rec Room, speedruns are play-throughs of one of the Quests with the intention of completing it in the shortest amount of time possible. Players attempt speedruns mainly to challenge themselves and to entertain as well as compete with others.

Players performing speedruns call themselves "speedrunners." In the past, they would add SR to their display name in order to distinguish themselves from casual players and to signal/warn others that they will likely progress through quests quickly and recklessly, normally without regard to the final score. The trend of adding the SR title has since dwindled, but the spirit of speedrunning continues, especially with the addition of new quests and movement modes.

Details relevant to a speedrun are the name of the Quest that is being run, the version (as quests are often changed in updates of Rec Room), the number of players in the team, and the achieved rank.

Additional Details & Terminology

Rushing

Rushing is when one or more members of a speedrunning team move or "rush" ahead to a certain location or work to accomplish a required task in order to spawn as many waves as possible, with the intent of clearing each level/act as quickly as possible. The exact mechanic behind rushing depends on the quest, as certain quests simply require a player to be at a certain location while others require all or a set number of enemies to be eliminated in the area.

Glitching

Glitching is when a player finds and exploits a flaw in order to achieve something that was not originally intended by the game designers. The Rec Room community generally does not accept glitching for official speedruns, unlike many speedrunning communities that utilize glitches regularly. An example of glitching in Rec Room is moving through or hiding inside of walls. For the most part, wall glitching does not improve a speedrun time and is strongly discouraged by the majority of speedrunners.

There is one notable exception in speedruns is the double shot. This particular glitch allows players who use a bow to fire two arrows with a single draw, essentially doubling their rate of fire. It can be utilized in the Quest for the Golden Trophy and The Curse of the Crimson Cauldron. This was first used in an official speedrun in December of 2017. There has been some controversy to its use, but it has been utilized in nearly every speedrun since 2018 and has made it possible to achieve much lower times than before. It has also been kept as an official mechanism for quests since the addition of the game mode Rec Royale, where the double shot feature is disabled.

Exploits

The use of exploits varies from glitching in that exploits improve a speedrun time but do not break the game's originally intended mechanisms. These are encouraged and are often necessary in speedruns. An example of a common exploit is the turning of the goblin king in the last Act of Quest for the Golden Trophy where speedrunners will have one player, generally the first person to spawn into the room, draw the attention of the goblin king to the side while the remaining players attack from the opposite side. This allows players to rapidly eliminate the boss without having to deal with the waves of enemies that spawn as the goblin king's health is depleted.

Submitting

Records are usually communicated by posting screenshots of the final scoreboard or a video on the Rec Room subreddit www.reddit.com/r/RecRoom or on Rec Room's discord. Attempts can also be submitted to www.speedrun.com/Rec_Room.

Records

Quest for the Golden Trophy

Current four-player and all-time fastest speedrun record set Jul 16, 2018 in 3 minutes and 58 seconds by Kastle, Nnnb19, Rocko and Boethiah:

See the record video here.

Current three-player speedrun record set April 9, 2018 in 4 minutes and 26 seconds by Nnnb19, Rocko, and Boethiah:

See the record video here.

Current two-player speedrun record set May 6, 2018 in 4 minutes and 22 seconds by Nnnb19 and Boethiah:

See the record video here.

Current solo speedrun record set June 27, 2018 in 5 minutes and 57 seconds by Boethiah:

See the record video here.

The Rise of Jumbotron

Current four-player and all-time fastest speedrun record set July 11, 2018 in 8 minutes and 16 seconds by Kastle, Boethiah, Aquifer and Rocko:

See the record video here.

The Curse of the Crimson Cauldron

Current four-player and all-time fastest speedrun record set July 11, 2018 in 9 minutes and 49 seconds by Nnnb19, Kastle, Boethiah and Rocko:

See the record video here.

Isle of Lost Skulls

Current three-player and all-time fastest speedrun record set September 11, 2018 in 10 minutes and 6 seconds by Kastle, Boethiah and Rocko:

See the record video here.

Crescendo of the Blood Moon

Current three-player and all-time fastest speedrun record set March 2, 2019 in 17 minutes and 47 seconds by Goblin, Tahat and Trakfast:

See the record video here.

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-In Rec Room, speedruns are play-throughs of one of the [[Quests]] with the intention of successfully completing it as fast as possible. Players attempt speedruns mainly to challenge themselves and to entertain as well as compete with others.
+In Rec Room, speedruns are play-throughs of one of the [[Quests]] with the intention of completing it in the shortest amount of time possible. Players attempt speedruns mainly to challenge themselves and to entertain as well as compete with others.
-Players performing speedruns call themselves "speedrunners." While not required, it is customary to indicate that a player is a speedrunner by adding SR to their display name in order to signal/warn other players that they will likely progress through quests quickly and possibly recklessly.
+Players performing speedruns call themselves "speedrunners." In the past, they would add SR to their display name in order to distinguish themselves from casual players and to signal/warn others that they will likely progress through quests quickly and recklessly, normally without regard to the final score. The trend of adding the SR title has since dwindled, but the spirit of speedrunning continues, especially with the addition of new quests and movement modes.
+Details relevant to a speedrun are the name of the [[Quest]] that is being run, the version (as quests are often changed in [[Latest News|updates of Rec Room]]), the number of players in the team, and the achieved [[Quest Rating|rank]].
-See also [https://www.speedrun.com/Rec_Room Rec Room on speedrun.com]. See [[Upcoming Events]] for information about future competitions.
+See also [https://www.speedrun.com/Rec_Room Rec Room on speedrun.com].
-== Common occurences ==
+== Additional Details & Terminology ==
 === '''Rushing''' ===
+Rushing is when one or more members of a speedrunning team move or "rush" ahead to a certain location or work to accomplish a required task in order to spawn as many waves as possible, with the intent of clearing each level/act as quickly as possible. The exact mechanic behind rushing depends on the quest, as certain quests simply require a player to be at a certain location while others require all or a set number of enemies to be eliminated in the area.
-While routing, it becomes apparent that dealing with single waves of enemies at a time is not sufficient for a good and timely speed run. In many levels of a [[Quests|Quest]], one or more members of a speedrunning team move or "rush" ahead to spawn enemies as quickly as possible. It is important to note that while rushing is pivotal to a speedrun, players still cannot progress to the next level or Act until all enemies are eliminated and every player on the team has reached the end platform.
 === '''Glitching''' ===
-Unlike most speedrunning communities, the Rec Room community generally does not accept glitching for official speedruns. One notable example which is considered cheating includes moving through or hiding inside of walls. For the most part, wall glitching does not improve a speedrun time and is strongly discouraged.
+Glitching is when a player finds and exploits a flaw in order to achieve something that was not originally intended by the game designers. The Rec Room community generally does not accept glitching for official speedruns, unlike many speedrunning communities that utilize glitches regularly. An example of glitching in Rec Room is moving through or hiding inside of walls. For the most part, wall glitching does not improve a speedrun time and is strongly discouraged by the majority of speedrunners.
-There is one notable exception to the use of glitching in speed runs: the double shot. This particular glitch allows players who use a bow to fire two arrows with a single draw, essentially doubling their rate of fire. This was first used in an official speed run in December of 2017. There has been some controversy to its use, as it is likely to be patched out in a future update, but it has been utilized in many recent speedruns.
+There is one notable exception in speedruns is the double shot. This particular glitch allows players who use a bow to fire two arrows with a single draw, essentially doubling their rate of fire. It can be utilized in the [[Quest for the Golden Trophy]] and [[The Curse of the Crimson Cauldron]]. This was first used in an official speedrun in December of 2017. There has been some controversy to its use, but it has been utilized in nearly every speedrun since 2018 and has made it possible to achieve much lower times than before. It has also been kept as an official mechanism for quests since the addition of the game mode [[Rec Royale]], where the double shot feature is disabled.
 === '''Exploits''' ===
-The use of exploits varies from glitching in that improves a speedrun time but does not break the game's intended mechanisms. These are encouraged and often used in speedruns. An example of a common exploit is the turning of the goblin king in the last Act of [[Quest for the Golden Trophy|Quest for the Golden Trophy]] where speedrunners will have one player draw the attention of the goblin king to the side while the remaining players attack from the other side. This allows players to rapidly eliminate the boss without having to deal with the waves of enemies that spawn as the goblin king's health is depleted.
+The use of exploits varies from glitching in that exploits improve a speedrun time but do not break the game's originally intended mechanisms. These are encouraged and are often necessary in speedruns. An example of a common exploit is the turning of the goblin king in the last Act of [[Quest for the Golden Trophy]] where speedrunners will have one player, generally the first person to spawn into the room, draw the attention of the goblin king to the side while the remaining players attack from the opposite side. This allows players to rapidly eliminate the boss without having to deal with the waves of enemies that spawn as the goblin king's health is depleted.
-== Variants and Countermovement ==
-Details relevant to a speedrun are the name of the [[Quest]] that is being run, the version (as quests are sometimes changed in [[Latest News|updates of Rec Room]]), and the number of players in the team. Hiding inside of walls is considered cheating by the majority of speedrunners.
-The achieved [[Quest Rating|rank]] is considered less important in speedrunning, which led to the countermovement of "slow walkers," who try to complete the game with the highest [[Quest Rating|rank]] in order to provide all members of the team with the best possible reward for completing the [[Quests|Quest]]. There is also a group called the "Regular Joggers", who just aim to complete the quest regardless of time or rank.
 == Submitting ==
-Records are usually communicated by posting screenshots of the final scoreboard or a video on the Rec Room subreddit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/RecRoom/ www.reddit.com/r/RecRoom]. Attempts can also be submitted to [https://www.speedrun.com/Rec_Room www.speedrun.com/Rec_Room].
+Records are usually communicated by posting screenshots of the final scoreboard or a video on the Rec Room subreddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/RecRoom/ www.reddit.com/r/RecRoom] or on Rec Room's discord. Attempts can also be submitted to [https://www.speedrun.com/Rec_Room www.speedrun.com/Rec_Room].
-== Speedrunners ==
-Some known speedrunners are: Alex from China, Awesome Potato, Carthay, Chris, Chuckles, Devine Peeps, Dr_Carl, Dr. Tony, Epikswag, Evil Doer, Frocus, Goblin, HAL, Jamseter, Kastle, Knight of Chaos, Lgb, LGZR, Matt Damon, Nikdizzle, Nnnb19, Prolific, Sky. White, Wormslayer, and Xaoz.
 == Records ==
 === '''Quest for the Golden Trophy''' ===
+Current four-player and all-time fastest speedrun record set Jul 16, 2018 in 3 minutes and 58 seconds by Kastle, Nnnb19, Rocko and Boethiah:
-[[File:DRbtpX0-AWMn4iMtMU b37tUk9h293tKE hbGY KVTw.png|thumb|330px]]
-Current four-player speedrun record set Jan 8, 2018 in 5 minutes 20 seconds by Chris, Carthay, Nikdizzle and Alex from China.{{Clr}}
-[[File:Rec Room Trophy Quest Speedrun (5-20)|thumb|330px]]
+[[File:V65MpiD9EU6zc2GWvoTENQ.jpg|thumb|left|330px]]
-See the four-player record video:{{Clr}}
+{{Clr}}See the record video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnsjo9nxkWw here].
-[[File:3 Person Golden Trophy Speed Run.jpg|thumb|330x330px]]
-Current three-player speedrun record set February 17, 2018 in 4 minutes 51 seconds by Carthay, Kastle, and Sky.White.{{Clr}}
+Current three-player speedrun record set April 9, 2018 in 4 minutes and 26 seconds by Nnnb19, Rocko, and Boethiah:
-[[File:Rec Room 3 Person Golden Trophy Speed Run World Record (4-51)|thumb|330x330px]]
-See the three-player and all-time current world record video:{{Clr}}
-[[File:2 Golden Trophy.jpg|thumb|330x330px]]
+[[File:2.jpg|thumb|left|330px]]
-Current two-player speedrun record set February 15, 2018 in 5 minutes 36 seconds by Carthay and Kastle.{{Clr}}
+{{Clr}}See the record video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArzXt9P8Ahw here].
-[[File:2 Person Rec Room Golden Trophy Speed Run (5-36)|thumb|330x330px]]
-See the two-player record video:{{Clr}}
+Current two-player speedrun record set May 6, 2018 in 4 minutes and 22 seconds by Nnnb19 and Boethiah:
-[[File:Rec Room- Golden Trophy Solo Speedrun 9-05|thumb|330x330px]]
+[[File:3.jpg|thumb|left|330px]]
-Current solo speedrun record set January 13, 2018 9 minutes and 6 seconds by aColdCoffee. See the solo record video:[[Category:User Groups]]{{Clr}}
+{{Clr}}See the record video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Endokyav1_o here].
+Current solo speedrun record set June 27, 2018 in 5 minutes and 57 seconds by Boethiah:
+[[File:4.jpg|thumb|left|330px]]
+{{Clr}}See the record video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5GhVHbhq6w here].
 === '''The Rise of Jumbotron''' ===
+Current four-player and all-time fastest speedrun record set July 11, 2018 in 8 minutes and 16 seconds by Kastle, Boethiah, Aquifer and Rocko:
-[[File:RDcyT5ukv0iAfrmrsszf1A.png|thumb|330x330px]]
-Current four-player speedrun record set January 8, 2018 in 11 minutes and 30 seconds by Carthay, Knight of Chaos, Chuckles, and Meriesa.{{Clr}}
-[[File:Rec Room 1 8 2018 7 38 12 PM|thumb|330x330px]]
+[[File:5.jpg|thumb|left|330px]]
-See the four-player record video:{{Clr}}
+{{Clr}}See the record video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itgiM3cLZdg here].
+=== '''The Curse of the Crimson Cauldron''' ===
+Current four-player and all-time fastest speedrun record set July 11, 2018 in 9 minutes and 49 seconds by Nnnb19, Kastle, Boethiah and Rocko:
+[[File:6.jpg|thumb|left|330px]]
+{{Clr}}See the record video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEhk2hyDWTc here].
+=== '''Isle of Lost Skulls''' ===
+Current three-player and all-time fastest speedrun record set September 11, 2018 in 10 minutes and 6 seconds by Kastle, Boethiah and Rocko:
+[[File:Capture.JPG|left|thumb|330x330px]]
+{{Clr}}See the record video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg5BdAHkxgM here].
+=== '''Crescendo of the Blood Moon''' ===
+Current three-player and all-time fastest speedrun record set March 2, 2019 in 17 minutes and 47 seconds by Goblin, Tahat and Trakfast:
+[[File:T385.png|left|thumb|330x330px]]
+{{Clr}}See the record video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN6aR4rQWL0 here].
+[[Category:User Groups]]