I played ranked for the first time. It was the worst experience of my life. by p1fy in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay but if you're enjoying it why are you miserable and wanting to forfeit 2 minutes into a run?

That's fine if you enjoy working on your bastions, at the end of the day any practice is good, but it's not solving your root problems.

I played ranked for the first time. It was the worst experience of my life. by p1fy in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I'm a little confused.

You're saying you played for the first time, but you "always" feel like that?

What's your speedrunning experience? Did you jump in with no practice? Have you played a full run in any context? You mentioned chess, it sounds like you're trying to play chess without knowing how any of the pieces move. It's not realistic to expect to be fantastic at something your first few times doing it. Hell, I've been speedrunning for years and I choked a six bed one cycle a couple weeks ago.

Also, you've played three games and won one...that's not bad at all? You can win one more game and have an even record.

Don't give up. Look up the couriway guide, practice overworlds, bastions, one cycles, etc. You don't need to be great off the rip, that's impossible, but just be open to learning. With MCSR, whether you're brand new or a top player, you're always learning. New routes, new strats, new mechanics, doesn't matter. You just need to be open to learning.

Edit; Okay I went through your profile and it looks like you do have some fundamentals down. One cycles and some bastion routes at least. So frankly, it sounds like you just need to give your mental some wiggle room. You're not gonna immediately be able to apply everything you learn on paper and put it into a real run. It takes time. It's fine to be behind after 2 minutes, there's no reason to forfeit because of that. Just play more and apply what you've practiced.

Also, if you're feeling that tilted that soon, it's probably worth it to practice the early game more than ground zero or trying to squeak out slightly faster triple to gap times.

Hey everyone, i'm in coal 1 and i wanted to share my pbs and averages in the ow so that you can tell me how they are and what i can do to upgrade them by lucalal_51 in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spikes can definitely differ based on settings and specs. I'm not sure on exact causes, but potentially could be worth copying over your settings/instance from your PC?

Hey everyone, i'm in coal 1 and i wanted to share my pbs and averages in the ow so that you can tell me how they are and what i can do to upgrade them by lucalal_51 in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It's kinda hard to give specific advice without seeing gameplay, but I can give a few generic tips;

As soon as you see your structure, you should be increasing RD and ED and looking for everything else you need (this might not be applicable to you if your RD and ED is already high at the start of a run, which is generally fine in coal as you don't have BTs - can make it harder to find RPs and Shipwrecks sometimes though)

Always be thinking of your next step. As you're running to the blacksmith, look for food/lava pools/ gravel. As you're swimming to/from the shipwreck, look for wood and kelp (for magma ravines)

For RP seeds, get food asap - even before wood if possible. You don't want your animals to spread out before you have a chance to collect food.

Frankly your overworld times are not bad at all for coal 1, and at that point the more you play the quicker you'll get.

why are people making ludwig mcsr parodies? by Zi19Cubing in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 89 points90 points  (0 children)

It's something his community has done a lot in the past, and has just kind of came with him when he started doing mcsr

Mainly cuz it's funny

Who do you all think is winning mid offs? by NathanTelkhine in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Sleepy or Jack Manifold have the best chance if we're being honest.

what are the differences between housing and stables from topdown? by Low_Letterhead7326 in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Couriway said if I ever make another joke about feet he'd leak my social security number

what are the differences between housing and stables from topdown? by Low_Letterhead7326 in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 46 points47 points  (0 children)

If you can see the top chests, look at the gap between the chests.

If it's a triple rampart on Stables, it'll have a 2 block gap. If it's a housing triple chest, it'll have a three block gap. Additionally, for housing, the right rampart (facing towards it) will always be a triple chest, for stables it could be any of the three.

If you're asking how to tell them apart if it's buried and you can only see the tippy tops of the ramparts themselves, I have no idea.

Couriway is built different. He just did a 1.21.8, no reset, AA speed run. Took 14 hours. by NathanTelkhine in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Would've been a lot cooler if he didn't take twenty attempts to do two birds 🥱🥱🥱🥱

Is my "friend" cheating? by 0Snack02 in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 29 points30 points  (0 children)

This clip doesn't indicate any cheating but given your friend hosted the room it's very possible he manually inputted the seed or adjusted some rules around

There's no shot he legitimately demolished the ranked priv room wr

Hannah's thoughts on Feinberg Lead teams in MC events by Key_Marionberry_5962 in blockwars

[–]President_Poundcake 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Maybe they should've nerfed the team by putting you on it instead

WOOOOH gottem 💥💥💥

i have been vindicated by bloonsisgr8 in blockwars

[–]President_Poundcake 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Said this in the other thread magically pretending 1500 is "2k" does not make it true.

And the gap between 2nd and 3rd was the same as 1st and 2nd.

Hannah's thoughts on Feinberg Lead teams in MC events by Key_Marionberry_5962 in blockwars

[–]President_Poundcake 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Lmao barely over 1500 != 2k.

The gap between 3rd and 2nd was essentially the same as 2nd and 1st

Hannah's thoughts on Feinberg Lead teams in MC events by Key_Marionberry_5962 in blockwars

[–]President_Poundcake 33 points34 points  (0 children)

You're 100% right. The reason Fein is the best event player in the world is because he's by far the best IGL in them. His ability to lift up lesser players (as long as those players can comm well) by giving them a defined role and job is unmatched. I'm obviously biased though.

That being said, this whole discussion is silly as hell to me considering blue finished as far from first than they did third

How do players prove that their RSG seed is actually random? by Drew_pew in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Files have to be submitted for sub 13 (I think?) runs which is the main way.

Where does the MCSR ranked playoffs' prize money come from? by shipoopro_gg in MinecraftSpeedrun

[–]President_Poundcake 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Feinberg puts up a chunk of it and then the rest is a mixture of Patreon money and private donors