Hi, my name is Aaron and my Twitch channel is Area51! I am a competitive speedrunner. Video games have been a large part of my life. The game that started it all is Super Mario World. It was my father’s favorite game. I used to sit on his lap while he played the Super Mario World for hours and hours on end. Having that support from him is why I am so driven and in love with video games and Super Mario World.
I found out about speedrunning in the summer of 2008, from watching the movie “King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters”, which is a movie about Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell as they spar for the Donkey Kong World Record. Twin Galaxies supported and ran the entire competition between the two and had a very large influence on the movie. Visiting the Twin Galaxies website brought me to the Super Mario World speedruns page. It is here that I saw my first ever speedrun, Andrew Gardikis’ 11:00 SMW Any% World Record. Shortly after I performed my very first speedrun of SMW Any%. Although, I didn't start speedrunning/streaming "seriously" till May of 2014. In that year I had become very accomplished in Super Mario World speedruns including having a run at AGDQ 2015 and being in a RoosterTeeth video!
My first World Record came in April of 2016. It was in the category that got this whole thing started, Super Mario World Any%, now known as 11 Exit. Nearly 8 years after seeing Andrew’s run I had accomplished something that I never thought was possible. Since that April I had lost the WR and regained it back a few months later.
I appreciate every single person that comes into my stream and I hope that I can show you all my appreciation in some way.
##What is your business email?
+ xsvArea51@gmail.com
##What do you use to stream?
+ Capture Card: Dazzle DVC100 (S-Video)
+ Program: Open Broadcast Software (OBS)
+ Mic: Audio Technica 2020
+ Monitor: Sharp CRT
+ Chair: Some Office Chair
+ Console: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
##How do you play a Rom Hack on Console?
I use a Super Everdrive that allows me to load roms onto a SD card and play it on console.
##Where can I learn how to speedrun SMW?
[SMWWIKI.com](http://smwspeedruns.com/index.php/Main_Page) is the best resource for SMW, it has tutorials, videos, leaderboards and race routes!
###Super Mario World
+ 11 Exit [9:45.63](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YLRVtrBfOc&t=47s) (3rd)
+ 11 Exit NMG 10:43 (2nd)
+ 96 Exit 1:24:36
+ 0 Exit 1:24.54
+ No StarWorld 33:35
###Super Mario Odyssey
+ Any% [1:26:45](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/187985334)
###Kaizo Mario World
+ Any% [16:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UJKJ1KnS5M)
###Super Mario 64
+ 16 Star 19:26
+ 70 Star 1:01:xx
###Super Mario Sunshine
+ Any% 1:39:XX
###Pokemon Snap
+ Any% [22:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJTkI_hu3Wk)
###Titan Souls
+ Any% 25:XX
###Speedrun.com Profile
+ [Area51](https://www.speedrun.com/user/Area51)