Hey y'all! I'm an Australian bioinformatics researcher by day who likes to speedrun games in his free time. I'm currently running Pikmin 2 (GC), but looking to pick up Twilight Princess (GC) and Skyward Sword HD (Switch) speedruns soon as well! We're a super chill little community here, so please feel free to come chat and hang out! Thanks for stopping by c: (Emotes are by the wonderful and amazing [RissaRambles](https://rissaramblesart.com/) - go check her out!)

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## Q: How long have you been speedrunning for? - I've been speedrunning since Jan 2021, but took a couple months off to focus on work and my mental health, so I'm still quite slow :) ## Q: What games do you speedrun? - I speedrun Pikmin 2 (GC), and I'm learning Twilight Princess (GC) as well. Looking to expand into other games in the future! ## Q: What does X category mean? Currently the main Pikmin 2 categories I run are: - **Pay Off Debt:** Collect 10,000 pokos worth of treasure and enemy bodies to trigger the "You've repaid the entire debt!" cutscene using any means necessary (glitches and out-of-bounds included) - **Pay Off Debt (No Major Exploits):** a.k.a. "glitchless" - the same as above, but with no major glitches, exploits or out-of-bounds uses. Exceptions: 'janky' purple collision with objects to get them to high places is allowed, and "duping" sprays is allowed. To see the exact rules, check out the [Speedrun.com page for Pikmin 2](https://www.speedrun.com/pikmin2). ## Q: Do you have a discord? - I do! [Come hang with us!](https://discord.gg/d74vZ8RqZD) If you're liking the Pikmin 2 content especially, the best place to catch more is the [Pikmin Speedrunning Discord](https://discord.gg/d4CgTs2) - come chat and learn more about Pikmin speedrunning!