As a kid I had little interest in jigsaw puzzles. Sorting pieces and building an image chunk by chunk seemed tedious and boring. Years later though, I softened on puzzles. Not only does the act of solving feel relaxing, the satisfaction of snapping pieces together is delightful! Routing a speedrun is like solving a jigsaw […]
Early one January morning after staying up late, I found myself sitting in front of my TV screen, watching the closing speech of the latest AGDQ. Witnessing the donation total surpassing $2 million, and with the event now wrapping up, I was feeling quite moved. In my hazy sleep deprived state, I said to myself […]
Are you contemplating which MGS game to run next? Are you new to the MGS speedrunning scene and not sure which run to learn first? Say no more, I’m here to the rescue (hopefully). Here’s my ranking of the most difficult to the most easy runs/categories. Just because I list a run as “difficult” doesn’t […]
One Friday morning, at 6:40am, I had a Metal Gear Solid 2 speedrun performance scheduled for the ESA (European Speedrunners Assembly) marathon. While much smaller than the number one, it’s the second largest marathon of its kind, both in contributions collected and simultaneous viewers. ESA marathons are essentially the second largest stage that a video […]
Some may have wondered, where did the Briefings go, what happened to our monthly fix? It’s as if they got arrested by Jim Houseman! To be frank, I lost some interest in the monthly work and decided to take a couple months off. So, the format will now change to a quarterly format for each […]
The second MGSR Relay Race will be happening on Sunday, February 2nd, at 12:30 PM EST! It will feature two teams of five: The Ocelots and The Monkeys! THE OCELOTS:JackkRepublicc – Metal Gear Solid 3 – Normal NGminiomegaking – Snake Vs. Monkey – All Subsistence LevelsRaichuMGS – Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker – NG First […]
With the Holiday season dawning on us, the MGSR community isn’t taking time off! The building anticipation of TFA3, 5 ShotsFired runs, GDQHotfix VODs, VR receiving love, and new Metal Gear MSX routing for this November 2019 Briefing! Tactical Fundraising Action 3 this Saturday! Don’t go golfing or swimming, as the Irish Thunder arrives December […]
Here comes the second ever MGSR Briefing! Dear readers, don’t expect a sophomore slump, as we have some exciting news for you. The Thunder of RaichuMGS is coming to AGDQ2020! Tactical Fundraising Action 3 in Support! Big news came from the AGDQ2020 Game List, with the acceptance of RaichuMGS’s Metal Gear Solid 3 European Extreme […]
Today, MGSR held its first relay race between Team Solid and Team Liquid, with five close races between the two teams. Raichu, Apache, Plywood, Tromboncino, Dlimes13, Tyler2022, SRGTsilent, Spartyy, Aerlien, and BlueMetal displayed their incredible skills at each of their respective games, accompanied by expert commentary from community leaders and runners alike. Team Liquid came […]
Welcome to the first MGSR Briefing! This will be a monthly post discussing the goings on in the community and the organization. Expect information on what the staff are doing to improve the website, discord, and leaderboards, along with new finds from the community regarding the series. Investigation into cheating regarding MGS3/MGS4 World Records The […]
