FIRST 4:54.5XX!!! After a whopping 9 runs to 8-4, I was finally able to lock in and close out this run. Although the 8-4 could have been a few frames faster with my strats, I am still extremely happy with this time. This run is now 18 frames / 0.3 seconds off of absolute perfection! I will push this to 4:54.4xx and lower in the near future, but for now, I am very satisfied with this run! Huge thank you to everyone who supported me throughout this grind, you're all the best ❤.
As a side note, for those concerned about my heartrate being high, my normal resting heartrate is ~70 BPM average. When I am doing runs and constantly getting some of them far, drinking caffeine, and streaming, it can occasionally linger over 100 BPM. Compared to my normal resting heartrate, this is a whole different thing, and doing speedruns isn't a resting heartrate when nerves can skyrocket at any given time due to the pace. Hopefully this clears up any confusion, I am completely healthy and do not have any heart condition!
Another frequently asked question is about keyboard / emulator. Emulation for this game is 100% accurate, which means that anything that can be done on an NES is possible on emulator. Keyboard offers no advantage, and it is actually debatably worse for speedrunning this game. I use keyboard over controller for personal preference reasons, I have been playing games on keyboard since a little kid, and I have a very good feel for it compared to controller. For speedrun.com, emulator has been allowed since the beginning of time, and no rules were ever changed just to allow emulator. Another misconception is that some people think I am able to input L+R using a keyboard. It is possible to do so, but since it isn't possible with a standard NES controller without it being broken or modified, inputting this is banned. I have to have an option in my emulator settings that makes L+R input nothing, so no invalid input was done during this run. Hopefully this clears up any confusion, emulator / keyboard is a completely valid and legitimate way of speedrunning this game, and this is a verified run at https://www.speedrun.com/smb1.
Desktop Only Video: https://youtu.be/g8JyvDeWme0?t=444
Twitch VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2349183792
Full Session: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2349207274
Pulsoid Heartrate Statistics: https://pulsoid.net/stream-report/niftski-P2ESn
Watch me live: https://www.twitch.tv/Niftski
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