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    The Trials Trophy Tournament AKA TE:GE Speedrun

    So your sitting on gold edition, just..............staring into the abyss.
    I mean, you wanna play trials.....but.......ive already got all the platinums, and for some reason no one wants to play with me on multiplayer , and fusion is so close........whats the point.......

    ILL TELL YOU THE POINT!!!!


    "Do you remember Ultimate Endurance Challenge? Do you remember failing over and over again on King of the Hill? No? K well maybe it was just me..... But in the event that you do recall such a joyous time in your trials career, imagine if there was a brand new tournament!!! One that was 5x longer than Ultimate Endurance Challenge, required you to ride all those bikes you forgot existed, and play all the skill games you love, and even some of the ones you hate .
    Sounds fun right? DARN RIGHT IT DOES!!!!
    "

    If you can relate to the opening scenario (and even if you cant), continue reading below

    WTF IS SPEEDRUNNING, HOW DO I DO IT, DO I GET A MEDAL, IM SCARED!!!!

    WTF IS SPEEDRUNNING?
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    Speedrunning, in a general sense, is playing a game from . Point A -> Point Z . as fast as you possibly can.

    [i]Now normally in trials, if you are playing competitively, you are replaying individual tracks tournaments over and over and over, trying to make/discover small optimizations in your run to, hopefully, get a better time. And then happily proceed to call all your friends noob lords.

    Speedrunning essentially takes what you do all the time on individual tracks, and simply expands the idea to include the whole game. Perhaps some of you have seen games like "Zelda:Ocarina of Time" being speedrun before and thought "hey arent they cheating by skipping from Point A to F to Z?" Well yes and no.

    In the world of speedrunning games, there are different category's a speedrun can fall into for any specific game, depending on the guidlines that have been set up by the community involved in that game. The most common categories are as follows.

    100% (get all collectibles, Power ups, etc)
    Any% (Just beat the game as fast as you can)
    Any% Glitchless (Just beat the game as fast as you can, without using any exploits)

    Some games, depending on the game and desires of the community, can have added restrictions to either make the speedrun more competitive, or just more interesting/fun. Examples of those include.

    No Slots (Final Fantasy 7) - your not allowed to use some overpowered ability that 1 shots every boss in the game.
    0 deaths - Some games, like trials, allow you in some cases to abuse death to skip certain parts or make some parts easier/faster.
    Buster Only (Mega Man X) - Dont use any other weapon/ability

    for more information on general speedrunning..............google.

    GET TO THE POINT!!!!

    kk well, in trials, in case you forgot, after you get 235 medals for the first time (ur so good), you unlock the "Trials Trophy" and the credits roll. Well one of our fellow TE:GE riders "Dynastical" was streaming on twitch one day with the title "Trials Evolution: Gold Edition any% sub 1:40 Attempts" (or something like that), so me and some other TE:GE scrubs joined his channel to see what it was all about. We left that stream as different people. Not only did it look like fun, but we were all confident that we could do it way faster then him and each other (dat competition though).
    That was Me (Vantier), Chaeron, and MuzzaLOL, I think our first attempts at running it were something like 1:16:00, 1:11:00, and 1:08:00, respectively ( ). Then later TheBlazeJP caught wind of this, and he wasnt having none of that, so he proceeded to knock muzza off his thrown, but after some back and forth, Muzza retook the castle with a 58 minute and 4 second run (Wut A Beast).


    HOW DO I DO IT?
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    I have dubbed the category "Trials Trophy" and it is a pure any% run. It starts from the moment you enter the D license test event with 0 medals, till you cross the Finish line/Bailout on the track that gives you your final medal/s that will result in you unlocking the Trials Trophy and the subsequent credits.
    Now in order to erase all your medals and have a fresh start, you need to disable cloud saving in uplay, and remove your save files from folder "78". If you dont know what im talking about or how to do that, watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FscpakN554g


    DO I GET A MEDAL?
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    Sure why not. If you can provide video evidence of you completing a run i will add your name/time to the Hall of Trials below.

    [i]Keep in mind, while i failed to mention it until now. Loading takes up about 25-40% of your total time during this run, depending on your storage device of choice. *cough* SSD *cough* So in order to get a decent "Real Time" run an SSD is required, saving roughly 5 minutes in total depending on how slow your storage is.
    Now, for the sake of allowing more people to compete, i will also ask that all participants also take note of there Total Time Played, in their stats page after the credits. Keep in mind that this time only accounts for when you have control of your rider AKA after the "GO" at the beginning of a track, so while it removes all loading, menu, and pause time, it also removes the skill involved in quickly navigating the menus, which adds a new dimension to the speedrun.
    Most notably however, the in game time only goes by minutes (rounds up), not seconds, so its not the most accurate measurement. But its still there for people that cant compete for RT.


    MuzzaLoL - 58:04(RT), XX:XX(IGT), http://www.twitch.tv/muzzalol/c/3760121 (NSFW)
    Vantier - 1:00:04 (RT), 41:00 GT) http://www.twitch.tv/vantier/c/3919108 (NSFW)
    TheBlazeJP - 1:01:58(RT), XX:XX(IGT), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra3mHnRwVhI (NSFW possibly?)
    Chaeron - XX:XX:XX(RT), XX:XX(IGT), (Y U NO HIGHLIGHT? )


    I Know the In Game Times arent listed yet, it wasnt something i thought of until after these runs were completed, so none of us bothered, but im pretty sure all of us will beat our old times at least 1 more time before fusion, and i at least, will be sure to check my "IGT" at the end.


    IM SCARED!!!!
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    While i would suggest you do at least 1 run blindly for the lolz, and for comparison. I have went out of my way to type up, format, and upload my Route for this speedrun so that, if you are skilled enough, you can have a chance of dethroning MuzzaLOL. I am fairly confident that it is the fastest route to 235 medals, and will update it if anything changes, up until fusions release.

    I have calculated that a perfect run (getting within a second of the 1st place run on every track/skill game) with this route, and an SSD, would result in around a 54:00 (RT), which means realistically, a 56:30 is about as good as its prolly gonna get.

    This is the Route: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lnez7g5if0...25%20Route.rtf
    And here is the copy pasted route as well, although not as pretty, if you are scared of downloading

    Until B Test you are simply following the guide exactly. After B test you are doing the events i have listed while skipping the tracks i have specified with #. Near the end i have 2 skill games listed as "backup medals" which you would do in accordance with how many medals you missed up until that point, up to 4 medals (Missed More? GG uninstall).

    **Trials Evolution: Gold Edition -- Trials Trophy**
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~D Test~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Beach Head
    *Gas Problem=Gold@270m
    *Freestlyler (Bailout)
    *Inside the Ball (Bailout)
    *Ski Jump (Gold 120m)
    *Ring of Fire (Bailout)
    Middle Nameanger
    The Breakdown
    Ground Hog Begins

    21 Medals
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~C Test~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    *Icarus Factor (Gold)
    *Sphere (Gold)
    ^Finish Beginner Event^
    Easy Wheeling
    Logsplosive
    *Delivery (Silver 50m)
    *Down The Stairs (Gold 65)
    *In Flames (Gold 170m)

    50 Medals
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~B Test~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Walk in the Park
    #Beach Head
    Fuel for the flames
    #Riding Hood
    Terminal Velocity
    #Roller Coaster
    #Falling Down
    #Titan Graveyard
    #Prospector
    Collateral Damage
    #Dockside
    #Tree Hugger
    #Gigatrack
    ^Finish EASY Event^

    137 Medals
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A Test~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Cutting Edge
    #Oil Rig Run
    #Red-Lynx Moto-Jam

    Medium
    #Wheres The Ground
    #Under Ground

    Hard
    #Dynamic Range
    #Concrete Dreams
    #Classic
    #King of the Hill

    Skill Games
    Target Hunt (Silver 10)
    Hill Climb (Gold 75m)
    Outside the Ball (Gold 110m)
    **Infernal Pinball (Backup Medal)
    Flip Hunter (Silver 10)
    Loose Screw! (Gold 120m)

    Death Valley
    #Warehouse 28
    #Storm Drain
    #Bridge of Trials

    Skill Game Circus
    **UFO (Backup Medals)
    Balance of Power (Gold)
    Cruise Control (Gold)
    Ball of Steel (Silver 75m)
    Mr. Vertigo (Silver 65m)
    Exploding Man (Gold Fan-Death)

    235 Medals


    OMGWTFBBQTL;DR? (Too Long Didnt Read?..............cant say i blame you )
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    Ch4er0n's Avatar Senior Member
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    Re: The Trials Trophy Tournament AKA TE:GE Speedrun

    dat post

    nice one van! i like

    edit: fine ill stream a run and highlight it , ill beat ur *** in to the ground while im at it!
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    Re: The Trials Trophy Tournament AKA TE:GE Speedrun

    Originally Posted by Chaeron
    dat post

    nice one van! i like
    Ive been meaning to type this up for a a while, just never got around to it. Too tired to stream today though, so i figured now was as good a time as ever with fusion approaching.
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    Re: The Trials Trophy Tournament AKA TE:GE Speedrun

    would read again/10, also blaze, hurry up and get an SSD and beat me you noob
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    Re: The Trials Trophy Tournament AKA TE:GE Speedrun

    my new place doesnt have internet yet
    I know you guys miss me but dont cry about it
    #bad jokes #nice writeup van
    be back up n running asap
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    Re: The Trials Trophy Tournament AKA TE:GE Speedrun

    Just got a PB, and took note of in game time, so if anyone without an ssd wants to take part, you have something to compare to now.
    1:00:04 (RT), 41:00 GT) http://www.twitch.tv/vantier/c/3919108 (NSFW)
    crab man at 12:10
    Random plank attaches to me at 17:05
    Also, updated "DO I GET A MEDAL?" section to mention that the IGT only goes my minutes.

    I definitely wanna see someone get a sub 57:00 before fusion, otherwise i wont be able to sleep at night.
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