Anti-Hitler wrote on 04/23/20 at 13:50:36:


For me, two reasons. First, the Time Trial records on my American cartridge (the one I used for PRs up until 2013) aren't my times anymore, since the 2019 ASC attendees challenged themselves to beat all 40 of my PRs that I had saved to that cartridge. I don't want to erase them, since one of them is by KVD, ranked #2 at the time, and still ranks #3. But I don't want to get their times mixed up with mine. Therefore, I now use a separate cartridge on which all of the records were driven by me. This happens to be a Japanese one, and I have a lot of fun playing on Japanese cartridges (speedruns of non-Kart games are often faster in Japanese since the text takes less time to display)

The other reason to use a Japanese cartridge is that when you watch my videos and see Japanese text, you know you are watching an NTSC video. Currently all of my PAL videos are black and white (since that's how PAL pictures display on US TV sets, if they can display at all), but having the text in Japanese makes viewers 100% certain that the time they're watching is NTSC, that way Sami will never accidentally put one of my NTSC PRs on the PAL charts (assuming he watches my videos).

P.S. Got one PR tonight:

GV1- 11"88

I'll take a video if I can improve it. I think another couple of hundredths can come off of this.

EDIT: 11"84  

Made the top 40 with this and achieved a win on Crispy. Gonna take the video now but it will not be available until this afternoon (sorry, my SD adapter isn't here yet)

And I still haven't worked as hard to get this lap as I have to unsuccessfully break the 12"3 barrier on PAL.  

Sticking with NTSC.

VL1- 52"00

11"55 / 10"09 / 10"09 / 10"13 / 10"14

As consistent as these splits seem to be, I really feel like I should be doing better than this.

EDIT: This is a little better...

51"74 (#39 Emperor B)

11"45 / 10"16 / 10"01 / 10"11 / 10"01

I'll take a video of this but I hope I can replace it with a better one.

my new PRs for this week


DP1 1'17"40 (-1,98 sec) #226 -> #157 VF -> SF
      15"23 (-0,21 sec) #203 -> #159 VC -> SF

BC1 1'30"83 (-9,64 sec) #425 - > #160 WF -> VA
      17"48 (-0,38 sec) #162 -> #86 VA -> HF

MC2 1'18"73 (-1,89 sec) #259-># 186 KC -> VE
       15"14 (-0,53 sec) #243 -> #160 KC -> VD

CI1 1'00"90 (-0,56 sec) #183 -> #158 VD -> VB
        11"96 (-0,01 sec) #163 - > #161 VD -> VC

DP2 1'28"95 (-4,34 sec) #227 -> #115 VE -> SC
        17"36 (-0,30 sec) #147 -> #97 SE -> HF

BC2 1'44"23 (-17,26 sec) #438 -> # 103 WE -> SC
        20"48 (-0,15 sec) #124 -> #104 SE -> SC

MC3 1'32"69 (-1,43 sec) #154 -> #113 VD -> VA
        18"21 (-0,14 sec) #130 -> #106 VB -> SF

KB1 57"15 (-8,25 sec) #420 -> #152 CB -> VB
      10"92 (-0,69 sec) #264 -> #141 KD -> VC

AF Cut - 40,250

So I should get #167 in AF NTSC

Anti-Hitler wrote on 04/23/20 at 13:50:36:


Because he can't perform the 1P Battle Mode Yoshi's secret weapon on the Japanese SMK

Date: Apr 26, 2020
Name: Stephen De Winter

Both NTSC

GV1 01'04''34 / 00'12''24

Both NTSC and scored as Bowser

Sorry about submitting so close together in time. This will b my last submission 4 the update.

I made three out of five, successful platform jumps and scored a Hero D

Although difficult I want 2 go 4, four out of five platform jumps

If/when I can pull this off, I dream of all five laps using platform jumping

Thanks 4 updating!

also my name is eli williamson im from anapolis maryland us i played on snes classic in ntsc version

Looks like you're just starting to learn this game, and you already made some really big cuts tonight.

Who are you playing as, by the way? You probably should not be using Bowser or DK Jr. yet. I would start by using Mario or Luigi, or perhaps Yoshi if it's a twistier track with a lot of hazards like BC3. Just learn how to get around all of the tracks without slowing the Kart down, as this is what gives you a proper feel for each of the turns. Don't use one of the heavyweights until you reach at least the Warrior standards. You should phase in use of the heavyweights gradually, starting with easy, wide-open tracks like MC1 or KB1, while continuing to use middleweights on other courses, until you are good enough to use the heavyweights everywhere. By the time you are Knight level you should be playing every track as Bowser or DK Jr. (in each of the four weight classes, both drivers handle identically)

I would also recommend perfecting your lap records first, then using the skills you've picked up to improve your 5lap (course) times. And of course, you will probably want to use Bowser/DK Jr. for lap records first before you try them with 5laps. If you can make a Veteran standard in a lap record with one of the big boys, you are definitely ready to use them for your 5lap runs. Even reaching high Knight shows a decent understanding of the game's physics.

It looks like your best standard so far is Apprentice C, for your GV1 lap. Keep practicing!

NBT, if you're wondering, is much more advanced and you don't look like you're ready for that yet. Start by mastering basic driving skills. Use R to hop around corners and control your centrifugal force with the d-pad. Controlling centrifugal force is crucial in SMK driving. You need to keep it in check at all times especially when you are playing as Bowser.

Welcome to SMK time trialling, Eli!

also i use dk jr harvey cartel

new pb
mc1 5 lap 1:12.38
mc1 1 lap 13.34

new pb
mc1 1 lap 13.17

he already knows about my times he recently told me that my times are going on the leaderboards on monday via discord

There you go! You got your first Contender time. Make sure Sami has all your latest times by Monday, okay?

also just letting you know im not on the forum as much as discord so if you wanna interact with me more than i would reccomend discord its fine if you dont want too