### Welcome to the stream! My name is Russ, and I've been streaming and speedrunning since January 2011. I'm 32 years old and from the southwest United States. I enjoy retro games, and I tend to stream speedruns and sometimes casual stuff on this channel. # Favorite Games ### Platformers - NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Playstation, N64 - Series: *Mario*, *Mega Man*, *Metroid*, *Castlevania*, *Contra*, *Sonic*, *Kirby* - *Super Mario Bros. 3*, *Mega Man* 2/4/9/10/X, *Ninja Gaiden 1* and *2*, *Castlevania 3* and *4*, *Super C*, *Bionic Commando*, *Battle Kid 2*, *Donkey Kong Country 2*, *Sonic 2*, *Kirby's Adventure* ### Adventure/Exploration, Metroidvanias - *The Legend of Zelda* (LttP, OoT, BotW) - *Super Metroid*, *Symphony of the Night*, *Dark Souls* - *Cave Story*, *Environmental Station Alpha*, *Axiom Verge* - *Minecraft*, *Terraria*, *Satisfactory* ### RPGs - NES/SNES/PS1 JRPGs - *Final Fantasy 1-10* & *Tactics* - *Super Mario RPG*, *Dragon Quest 6*, *Grandia*, *Breath of Fire 3*, *Secret of Evermore*, *Pokemon Red/Blue* - *Tales of Destiny 2* and other 2D *Tales of* games, *Star Ocean* - *RPG Maker* games, *Phantasy Star Online*, *Octopath Traveler* - *World of Warcraft* (vanilla), *Diablo 2* ### Shmups - Developers: Treasure, Raizing/Eighting, Cave, Psikyo, Toaplan, Success - *Gradius* series, *R-Type* series, *Raiden* and *Raiden Fighters* series, *Thunder Force 3*, *Radiant Silvergun*, *Battle Garegga*, *Mahou Daisakusen*, *Giga Wing*, *Einhänder*, *DoDonPachi*, *Soukyugurentai* ### PC FPS - *Half-Life*, *Counter-Strike 1.6*, *Team Fortress Classic*, *Natural Selection*, *Sven Co-op* and other GoldSrc mods - *Unreal Tournament*, *Doom* series, *Quake* series, *Serious Sam* series, *Duke Nukem 3D* ### Incremental - *Melvor Idle*, *NGU Idle* ### Misc - *Tetris*, *Perfect Dark*, *StarCraft: Brood War*, *Super Smash Bros. Melee*, *Star Fox 64* ### Video Game Music - Favorite soundtracks: *Final Fantasy Tactics*, *Final Fantasy 9*, *Octopath Traveler*, *Breath of Fire 3*, *Mega Man 2/4/6/9/10/X*, *Shatterhand*, *Lagrange Point*, *Gimmick*, *Super Mario RPG*, *Chrono Trigger*, *Chrono Cross*, *Xenogears*, *Grandia*, *Shovel Knight*, *Tangledeep*, *Sonic 2*, *Castlevania 3/4* & *SotN*, *Gradius 3*, *Dragon Saber*, *Batrider* - Capcom, Sunsoft, Natsume, Konami - Favorite Composers: - Nobou Uematsu (*Final Fantasy*) - Hitoshi Sakimoto (*Final Fantasy*, Shmups) - Motoi Sakuraba (JRPGs) - Yasunori Mitsuda (JRPGs) - Manabu Namiki (Shmups) - Manami Matsumae (Capcom games) - Kinuyo Yamashita (NES/SNES platformers) - Kouji Murata (Game Boy games) - Jake Kaufman (indie games and arrangements)

This is a list of games that I have given a considerable effort to learn and improve my times on, contribute to routing and strat finding, or participate in live events or competitions with. ### Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril - any% normal speedrun - [PB: 42:51](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/42306755) - [AGDQ 2015: race vs InfestedRiche](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s051l-Xr3ws) ### Battle Kid 2: Mountain of Torment - any% normal speedrun - [PB: 1:04:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhS6RXVyBAI) - [Deucecon 2014: 1:22:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHNJyKKRgd8) - [Calithon 2017: 1:13:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72U9x4DoTW4) - [Full route map (.png)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PLBMitcPWZC06a7DePkys04F1lVxfU40/view?usp=sharing) ([layered .pdn](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d462lct9A14PSsKweoplE2l27FwB0DcQ/view?usp=sharing)) ### Bionic Commando - any% speedrun - PB: 16:10 (no recording, ESA 2019 practice room) - [ESA 2019: 17:26](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/455649727) ### Final Fantasy 3 - "no glitched jobs" speedrun - [PB: 1:45:07](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/48628755?filter=highlights&sort=time) - [AGDQ 2014 (bonus stream): 2:13:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR24Bv2irak&t=28s) - [Deucecon 2014: 2:36:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFNGPZai-8g) - [My original category route notes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bYslCLkFXtN-R_R72UWCIDyXAzgjuQO9h0rhyMAZxwQ) - [Route notes, eyedrop manip](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Li11SPFpSAGYG69nIMCeZ4QiE-SV9P2AtEgRCheZal0) - "no credits warp" speedrun - PB: 1:0x:xx (todo find vod) - [My original category route notes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E2CqSxX610sy880RaysDSDKRIKuOe_5Mj8Tt7ZMyYFc) ### Mega Man 2 - any% normal speedrun - [PB: 27:44](http://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/26178627) - [Deucecon 2015: 28:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G49UjqbMzOQ) - [AGDQ 2016: 28:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pa1eMNdM-k) - Smash the Record run? - [Complete video tutorial (Twitch)](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/35364426?filter=highlights&sort=time), ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTGuCMf_Acw)) - [Notes and tutorial supplementary material](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vzJ1i4Lt8qcHVGyoLkcX_DwVkYUNnEnbscQ1F26SQ1s) - Randomizer - [GitHub](https://github.com/duckfist/MM2Random) - [Windows binaries](https://github.com/duckfist/MM2Random/releases/download/v0.5.0-beta/mm2rng_0.5.0.zip) - Overview video (todo) - Web app (todo) ### Mega Man 4 - any% speedrun - PB: 39:58 (todo reupload) - [AGDQ 2013: 43:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWc6OAwjOMA) - [Deucecon 2014: 44:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdy6a3wlYmE) ### Mega Man 9 - buster only speedrun - PB: 42:35 (todo find) - [SGDQ 2011: 44:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0bNZ_QD3LY) - [AGDQ 2012: 43:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orTyUsFNwyw) - [SGDQ 2012: 42:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRjmUj3yPQQ) ### Mega Man 10 - any% normal Mega Man no DLC speedrun - [Good run: 35:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=log4VdH1TZ0&t=1s) - PB: 35:25 - [JRDQ 2011: 37:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRpvaNZjj10) - [SGDQ 2011: 36:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E7G7e_1oKw) - [AGDQ 2012: 36:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0ykmEyRw0) - [SGDQ 2012: 35:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBBJDkPQj2o) (todo: find rest of the vod) - [AGDQ 2013: 35:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p40tEq-meok) ### Ninja Gaiden - any% speedrun - [Good run: 12:17](http://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/c/2396615) - [AGDQ 2013 (bonus stream): 12:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-myL8rdWBM0) - [SGDQ 2013: race vs sinister1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsBSsrCv14) - [SGDQ 2013 (bonus stream): 12:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOdyAN7RnA8) - [Deucecon 2014: 15:0x](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qosOoIuW6A) - Smash the Record run? - [ESA 2019: race vs dxtr, ShuriBear](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/457439935) ### Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos - any% speedrun - [PB: 10:34](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/392815836) - [AGDQ 2013: race vs sinister1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpHw9V7Vp6M) - [AGDQ 2013 (bonus stream): 10:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZcQbCUc12s&t=22m06s) - [SGDQ 2013 (bonus stream): 11:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFeLdu_jAss) - Calithon 2019 (lost vod?) - [Complete tutorial video](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/48665581) - sword only speedrun - [PB: 12:51](https://www.twitch.tv/mecharichter/v/45736554) - [AGDQ 2014: 13:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLbPBW38cj0) - pacifist speedrun - [PB: 16:22](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/50576873) - [AGDQ 2013 (bonus stream): 19:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZcQbCUc12s) ### Super Mario Bros. 3 - any% no wrong warp speedrun - PB: 11:0x - [Decent run: 11:13](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/44308548) - [Calithon 2017: race vs Darbian, R3DninjaJosh, and SuperSonic71087](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpwCL_KcUBk) - any% warpless speedrun - [PB: 53:24](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/60024947) - [SGDQ 2014: 55:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbRgOnlJXk8) - [Deucecon 2014: 57:5x](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgDelRDCK2E) - [Deucecon 2017: 56:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUBC0W_Jp8M) - [ESA 2019: race vs coolkid, SuperSonic71087, & TheHaxor](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/458827815) - 100% speedrun - [PB: 1:13:15](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/40500520) - ESA 2015 (lost vod?) - [Deucecon 2016: 1:37:19 (co-op with chelney)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo5SN-pIafM)

### Other Speedruns For the following runs, I have not made a significant time investment or contribution to their respective communities, and I do not consider them my "main" speed games. - Black Mesa - [PB: v0.9 no void earthbound speedrun in 1:05:00](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1576031554) - Dragon Scroll: Yomigaerishi Maryuu - [PB: any% speedrun in 29:14](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/43990672) - [ESA 2015: any% speedrun in 31:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRUpvoAj-A) - [My route notes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JaYFNVyPK4P7MdrFbixOWy9FSFhLeLbjbeLxxrxk7-s) - Environmental Station Alpha - [PB: any% usurper ending NMG in 50:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYK2MMmP8mI) - any% usurper ending route map - [Full map with items](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4chdJZhbxmMeV8wX2xlNnRROUk/view?usp=sharing) - Felix the Cat - PB: any% speedrun in 26:40 (todo find) - Final Fantasy 6 - [PB: kefka at narshe speedrun in 1:29:59](https://youtu.be/03gsOwcblJo) - Final Fantasy 9 - [PB: any% NA version in 10:11:42](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/51343717) - [My route notes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tR_-FVArtT4vhRcm-oeWglyGw9IAu9dr2ePxET-ddCo) - Final Fantasy Tactics - [PB: any% no math skill in 6:57:17](https://youtu.be/b82OJBrZrus) - Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū - [PB: any% no gambling in 21:40](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/231552193) - Maze route maps - Grandia 3 - [PB: any% in 5:58:51](http://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/18252813) - [My route notes](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4chdJZhbxmMYUczY1Z2NzA3SVk/) - Helen's Mysterious Castle - [PB: any% speedrun in 46:55](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/83343560) - [DeuceCon 2016 live run in 48:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVGuc2WErC0) - [My route notes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O5AUOMX099M_2c4CXtI3x8Lurl2uVcWKL10BAe0-pb0) - Hudson's Adventure Island 2 - [PB: any% in 27:36](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/50669320) - Mega Man - PB: 22:10 (no recording) - Mega Man X - PB: 100% speedrun in 43:09 (todo SRL link) - Metroid Dread - [PB: any% NMG in 1:30:44](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1199286513) - Mitsume ga Tooru - [PB: any% easy speedrun in 18:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Vi4Wppbps) - Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom - [PB: any% in 14:42](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/49773596) - Octopath Traveler - [PB: Tressa single story speedrun in 58:28](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/298355263) - [PB: Olberic single story speedrun in 1:46:42]((https://www.twitch.tv/videos/306223621)) - [Deucecon 2018: Olberic% in 1:51:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRWAy_Cr26E) - My Olberic route notes (todo) - Pokemon Red - [PB: 2:42:11](https://youtu.be/iYIu2N4twY4) - Rockman 2 Claw - [PB: 29:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJVIyUa_bGk) - [Deucecon 2015 live run in 36:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3TA7LAKVEY) - [Rockman 2 hack damage tables](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qkdS-UHubiDK1U8ho8oEbcrsElwFbGD4PYQAmic5aII) - Rockman 2 Deus Ex Machina - [PB: 37:09](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/60026189) - Rockman 4 Minus Infinity - PB: 55:15 (todo find) - [SGDQ 2013 live run in 1:00:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4FmNdeP61A) - Rod Land - PB: any% solo w/jump in 23:05 - Shovel Knight - [PB: NG+ in 52:00](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/48328978) - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - PB: 1:00:xx - Street Fighter x Mega Man - [PB: any% in 27:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsbIzLqteyE) - Super C - PB: 14:4x - Super Castlevania IV - [PB: any% in 39:22](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/83611106) - Super Mario World - PB: 96 exits in 1:45:18 - [PB: no cape, no starworld in 38:12](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/43177039) - Super Metroid - [PB: any% in 59:14](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/65929411) - The Krion Conquest - [PB: any% in 17:29](https://www.twitch.tv/duckfist/v/40759567) - The Wing of Madoola - [PB: any% in 19:57](https://youtu.be/-G7SMvjt0nE) - [Deucecon 2014 live run in 21:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frLN0Ewf174) ### Incomplete speedruns and routes - Final Fantasy V - Final Fantasy VII - Dragon Quest VI - [Route notes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FVFHekTzz2lFakzwbSI_E4Q7ySSYS0TgTOWVE0ByQiA) - Grandia - Doom & Destiny - Cosmic Star Heroine ### More links Google spreadsheet with a more up-to-date (well, it used to be) list of all of my best speedrun times ([click here](https://goo.gl/Rp3bhq)). Also check out my [speedrun.com page](http://www.speedrun.com/duckfist/).

### Challenge runs and shmups - Gradius II (Famicom) - [Loop 1 No Miss](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/48146442) - Mahou Daisakusen - [Loop 1 1CC Miyamoto](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/371032272) - [High Score Bornham 1,705,210](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/371046647) - Final Fantasy V Ancient Cave - [Full clear in 11:29:25](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/51342957) - Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta - Final Fantasy III - Solo character clear ([Part 1](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/60025466), [Part 2](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/60025551), [Part 3](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/60025630)) - Final Fantasy Tactics - Geomancer SCC - Octopath Traveler - Solo Tressa clear - Star Ocean: The Second Story R - [Solo Claude Universe Mode in 7:32:38](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1975981181)

### I've participated in many live speedrunning events, including: - SGDQ 2011 - AGDQ 2012 - SGDQ 2012 - AGDQ 2013 - SGDQ 2013 - AGDQ 2014 - SGDQ 2014 - DeuceCon 2014 - AGDQ 2015 - ESA 2015 - DeuceCon 2015 - what was that DFW event called? - AGDQ 2016 - DeuceCon 2016 - Calithon 2017 - Smash the Record 2017 - Deucecon 2018 - ESA 2019 ### YouTube Playlist of Live Runs This is a playlist of all of my runs from those events. (Click the image or [click here](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgSx_PyZfr6MczndAm7oIRziWPavRZ-bd).) ### Online Events (todo) - JRDQ 2011 - SMWThon - Hurricane Sandython - SMB3 Warpless tourney - Super Metroid any% tourney - Super Castlevania 4 tourney - Mega Man 2 any% tourney - SMB3 Randomizer tourney - todo dig up more of these

TODO However, I do not depend on my stream for income, so please enjoy the stream for free. To those feeling extra generous, you are most appreciated! Thanks for your recent donations: mr_dna, Snowmochi, Macktion, Clarkness, deuceler, TomFord, garadas21, PapaPondy