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I seem to keep blowing my previous times out of the water with this level pack every time I take a new character to it. Surely that can't last forever, though. Metal Sonic 3.0 is a truly powerful character, and probably one of the fastest modded characters meant to meaningfully compete with the vanilla roster. However, he is incredibly difficult to control; truly, he makes wrangling vanilla Metal Sonic feel easy. You really have no idea how long it took for me to get this run. If I ever revisit Sol Sestancia with Metal 3.0, I think I'm going to try to optimize further. I think sub-17 minutes is theoretically possible. I'm not as confident with the other characters I've tried, though there's certainly room for improvement with them as well, but Metal 3.0 definitely has sub-17 potential. Personally, I just hope Sol Sestancia 2 isn't nearly as much of a headache with Metal 3.0 as Sol Sestancia was. Although, this run did make me consider revisiting vanilla Metal Sonic and trying for a better run than I got with him last time, so there's that. I think I'm done pushing the envelope with new characters; it's time to focus on the characters I know I want to play in the long term, regardless of which level pack I'm playing. I'll probably run more vanilla characters on the vanilla campaign, but that's about it for me. Side note: Metal 3.0's idle animation of all things is actually a liability in this level pack, because certain transitions teleport you very high into the air while cutscenes are playing, and his idle animation makes him fly; the teleport doesn't do anything to interrupt this animation, so if you do nothing while cutscenes are playing as you might with any other character, you will lose time in a speedrun because Metal 3.0 won't be falling into a position where you can make progress while you wait for the cutscene to end. You can download Sol Sestancia here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/sol-sestancia.116/ You can also download Metal Sonic 3.0 here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/metal-sonic-3-0.4718/ Timestamps: 0:00 The Tale Begins 0:30 Egg Fleet 3.5 1:54 Cutscene- Arrival 2:36 Alcudia Port 3:14 Jungle Crash Site 4:47 Cutscene- Discovery 4:56 Boot Camp 6:44 Santa D'or 7:16 School Campus 8:37 Cutscene- Escaped 9:05 Party Like It's 1959 10:42 Boot Leggin' 13:16 Cutscene- To Science! 13:49 Science Fair 15:06 Cutscene- Commercial 15:47 RUN 17:43 To Be Continued 18:22 Ending #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #MetalSonic #ModdedSRB2 #SolSestancia

Decided to one-up myself by scoring a better time than one of my previous records on this level as Metal Sonic 3.0, which was quite difficult, actually. What's that? You didn't know I ran this character before, let alone on this level? Well, yeah, I was going to put together a compilation of my first few runs with him, including my original record for this level that I just beat, but never got around to it. Each individual run with Metal 3.0 prior to this one is currently an unlisted video only visible to those who are looking at Speedrun.com. My original run of this level is probably going to become an obsolete one within days of this one going up, however, and thus taken off the board and replaced. I'm still gonna put together that compilation, though. Maybe you'll see that next week. You can download Metal Sonic 3.0 right here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/metal-sonic-3-0.4718/ #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #Sonic #MetalSonic #ModdedSRB2

Fastest time yet, but only marginally better than Jana's time. I made a fair number of mistakes; I can do better. But this is good enough for me. For now, anyway. I love these two level packs so much; I hope Sol Sestancia 3 delivers on quality like the first two did! I also hope 3 is more co-op friendly; I like to play with my brother on weekends, and while the first pack was fully playable, the second one had a lot of softlocks for player 2, let alone anyone beyond that. You can download Millie here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/millie-blueyes-prower.7564/ You can download Sol Sestancia 2 here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/sol-sestancia-2.7136/ Timestamps: 0:00 Lost City 2:36 Return to Alcudia 3:41 Uptown 5:40 Royal Palace 9:20 Knothole 10:10 Great Forest Wall 11:53 Robotropolis 14:13 Egg TV Network 17:51 Escape Robotropolis 22:01 Vs. Orbot & Cubot 24:22 Convoy Assault 27:17 Island Cross 29:25 Mt. Terracentro 31:55 Heart of the World 36:16 Ending #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #MetalSonic #ModdedSRB2 #SolSestancia #SolSestancia2 #Tails #MilliePrower #TailsTheFox

Just wanted to see how long I would last on one life, and decided to make a video out of it. Visits to the store to restock potions and sandwiches are fair game as far as I'm concerned, and you'll see why eventually. This was a fun playthrough, even though it wasn't a finish. Pink Knight will always be my favorite character to play. I kinda hate that I choked where I did; that's not even a hard room for me anymore. Messed up my attempt at beefy manipulation and paid for it. I would have at least liked to have made it past the next segment or two before going down, or hell, maybe even the Necromancer battle itself, which I still have yet to really grasp without resorting to "tek" as the Castle Crashers community calls it. Alas, it was not to be this time. #CastleCrashers #InsaneMode #PinkKnight #PinkKnightCastleCrashers #VideoGames

Here we are, back again at Sol Sestancia! Be honest, you knew I was going to bring Millie here eventually. And she got me my best time yet! Even Jana wasn't this fast, at least with my control of her. I wonder how You can download Sol Sestancia here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/sol-sestancia.116/ You can also download Millie here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/millie-blueyes-prower.7564/ Timestamps: 0:00 The Tale Begins 0:30 Egg Fleet 3.5 1:51 Cutscene- Arrival 2:32 Alcudia Port 3:16 Jungle Crash Site 5:18 Cutscene- Discovery 5:27 Boot Camp 7:01 Santa D'or 7:44 School Campus 9:17 Cutscene- Escaped 9:49 Party Like It's 1959 11:14 Boot Leggin' 13:19 Cutscene- To Science! 13:55 Science Fair 15:15 Cutscene- Commercial 15:56 RUN 18:40 To Be Continued 19:18 Ending #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #ModdedSRB2 #SolSestancia #Tails #MilesPrower #MilliePrower #TailsTheFox

First Whisper the Wolf speedrun on the channel! Honestly, she's a lot of fun to play; I'm surprised I didn't do something with her sooner! I've had her for a while at this point! She's easily one of my favorite characters among the IDW originals, if not my favorite full stop. I've been playing her a lot in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, too, since her release. You can download RushChars (Blaze and Marine) here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/rushchars-blaze-and-marine.3831/ #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #ModdedSRB2 #Whisper #WhisperTheWolf #SonicColors #Wisp #Wisps #SonicForces

This run was awful. It was literally my second attempt, and I still had a bad time. I didn't have time to get a better one, unfortunately, so this is what we get. I don't know when I'll try for a better one, but I know that I will, because this is not even to my standard; my ego won't allow this to stand as my personal best for too long. Generally being bad at Metal Knuckles aside, I just really don't know the Knuckles routes, and more importantly, which ones Metal can skip, because Knuckles routes suck, which is a factor in why speedrunners don't like Knuckles. Metal Knuckles, for all that he takes from Metal Sonic, still carries Knuckles's biggest flaw – he has the lowest jump height among the vanilla characters – so if I want a better time with this character, I'm going to have to learn some routes I don't normally take. Also, I didn't even know the door at the beginning of ERZ2 could kill you. That's news to me. Timestamps: 0:00 Greenflower Zone Act 1 0:54 Special Stage 1 1:38 Special Stage 2 2:46 Greenflower Zone Act 2 4:03 Special Stage 3 5:22 Special Stage 4 6:46 Greenflower Zone Act 3 7:22 Techno Hill Zone Act 1 9:50 Special Stage 5 11:12 Special Stage 6 12:43 Techno Hill Zone Act 2 14:36 Special Stage 7 17:07 Techno Hill Zone Act 3 17:38 Deep Sea Zone Act 1 18:37 Deep Sea Zone Act 2 21:12 Deep Sea Zone Act 3 22:05 Castle Eggman Zone Act 1 24:02 Castle Eggman Zone Act 2 26:22 Castle Eggman Zone Act 3 28:07 Arid Canyon Zone Act 1 29:40 Arid Canyon Zone Act 2 34:59 Arid Canyon Zone Act 3 36:20 Red Volcano Zone 38:47 Egg Rock Zone Act 1 42:19 Egg Rock Zone Act 2 46:04 Black Core Zone Act 1 47:05 Black Core Zone Act 2 49:23 Black Core Zone Act 3 51:10 Ending #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #ModdedSRB2 #MetalSonic #MetalKnuckles

This level is pretty fun to wall kick across with Jana, in my opinion. Your mileage may vary. Other characters definitely have their own routes through it, though. I bet Tails could even spinfly faster than this. You can download StephChars here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/stephchars-v4-echoes-of-the-abyss-update.706/ You can download OLDC 2023 Round 1 (where this level comes from) here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/official-level-design-collab-2023-round-1.5578/ #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #ModdedSRB2 #JanaTheFox

Metal Knuckles speedrun, go! This was fun, even though I was under a little IRL time pressure. Unfortunately, I am still extremely clumsy with Metal Knuckles, but I still think I got an alright time. Not better than my Metal Sonic, of course, but alright nonetheless; if I did do better than Metal Sonic, I would have to go back and run Metal Sonic better. Haha! It occurred to me that this is the first full game run I've done in a bit. Hope my skills remain sharp when it comes time to do the All Emeralds category. You can download R Chars (Metal Knuckles and Tails Doll) here: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/metal-knuckles-tails-doll-sonic-r-characters.587/ Timestamps: 0:00 Greenflower Zone Act 1 0:36 Greenflower Zone Act 2 1:23 Greenflower Zone Act 3 1:59 Techno Hill Zone Act 1 3:46 Techno Hill Zone Act 2 5:26 Techno Hill Zone Act 3 5:56 Deep Sea Zone Act 1 7:09 Deep Sea Zone Act 2 9:47 Deep Sea Zone Act 3 10:35 Castle Eggman Zone Act 1 12:37 Castle Eggman Zone Act 2 15:18 Castle Eggman Zone Act 3 17:03 Arid Canyon Zone Act 1 18:27 Arid Canyon Zone Act 2 21:40 Arid Canyon Zone Act 3 22:41 Red Volcano Zone 25:23 Egg Rock Zone Act 1 27:44 Egg Rock Zone Act 2 31:30 Black Core Zone Act 1 32:32 Black Core Zone Act 2 34:23 Black Core Zone Act 3 37:21 Ending #SonicRoboBlast2 #VideoGames #Platformers #Speedrun #Speedrunning #SRB2 #SonicTheHedgehog #FanGame #MetalSonic #ModdedSRB2 #MetalKnuckles