Guest_Erik the Quarian_*
I tried to do a TurretTurian speedrun but then I got synced, those jetboots lulled me into a false sense of security.
Here is a DAI instead, I don't know if this even qualifies for the HOF but oh well.
16:14 | Arc Pistol | Glacier | Cerberus | PC | Areksto (screenshot)
Ok, I submit this one for the lulz. Techno shall decide what to do with it - in the end it was no solo...
Batarian Sentinel
49:40 | 10 WS | Kishock Harpoon Gun | White | Reaper | PC | frank_is_crank (screenshot)
Devices, Escort, Hack
Long story short: I only wanted to finish Kishock Points, started a game and thought of bleeding out when the challenge is completed. But it went well, so I continued. Suddenly (haha, after 49 min...) I got 10 WS and was happily kiting the enemies during extraction. 1 Minute to go a blue charakter appeared in the LZ - and turned immediately pink. andy_3_913 met the whole welcome committee of banshees and brutes. So technically it was still a solo 
Anyway. If it's rejected I can live with it.
We destroyed some Geth on London afterwards.
The End.
You're too kind lol.
I was too busy acting out the Stundance Kid to wreck anything 
Ok, I submit this one for the lulz. Techno shall decide what to do with it - in the end it was no solo...
Batarian Sentinel
49:40 | 10 WS | Kishock Harpoon Gun | White | Reaper | PC | frank_is_crank (screenshot)
Devices, Escort, Hack
Long story short: I only wanted to finish Kishock Points, started a game and thought of bleeding out when the challenge is completed. But it went well, so I continued. Suddenly (haha, after 49 min...) I got 10 WS and was happily kiting the enemies during extraction. 1 Minute to go a blue charakter appeared in the LZ - and turned immediately pink. andy_3_913 met the whole welcome committee of banshees and brutes. So technically it was still a solo
Anyway. If it's rejected I can live with it.
We destroyed some Geth on London afterwards.
The End.
Technically due to the rule of not deleting videos to add a screenshot and it not being faster than the current screenshot runs submitted for that character, I didn't add it to the Batarian Sentinel category. I did add it to the honorable mention/screencaps section of the 10WS category in the miscellaneous section.
Welcome to the HoF andy_3_913
Welcome to the HoF andy_3_913
Indeed 
When you git gud, Andy, you will be able to be spawn-synced on Platinum
Turian Saboteur
32:20 | 10 WS | Crusader | White | Geth | PC | frank_is_crank (screenshot)
Could have been waaaaay faster (of course!) but I enjoyed watching two primes in a fistfight against each other to much.
As long as nobody is willing to fill the scrub slots, I'm happy to keep on doing so. Out of pure joy:
Volus Engineer
31:10 | Acolyte, CSMG | White | Geth | PC | franks_is_crank (screenshot)
Hack, Hack, Targets
Shamelessly used an equal build/loadout like ISHYGDDT, which turned out to be ridiculous easy. Unfortunately I used 3 missiles on double primes (Deerber will approve), so I had to kill the 4th target-prime in W10 with my bare (and short) volus hands.
Didn't even realize this was a thread. Can I submit an old one? It may have been the first with the character at the time.
http://forum.bioware...merc-gold-solo/
Didn't even realize this was a thread.
This is why I'm happily submitting and am able to place my scrubby a$$ in the HOF. Now let this thread sleep and vanish from the first page until my next solo is done... 
@Techno : I just saw that my shaman solo posted on page 2 has been removed from the archive. It was done for Presta's challenges so it wasn't a speedrun but it still qualifies for the top ten fastest solos for this character. Here's the link :
38:55 I Lancer I Goddess I Reapers I PS3 I loufi1528 (screenshot)
This thread suffers a severe lack of Venom. We shall have to change that.
@Techno : I just saw that my shaman solo posted on page 2 has been removed from the archive. It was done for Presta's challenges so it wasn't a speedrun but it still qualifies for the top ten fastest solos for this character. Here's the link :
38:55 I Lancer I Goddess I Reapers I PS3 I loufi1528 (screenshot)
At this time, I am still sticking to Hendrix137's original rule of videos taking prioritization over screenshots. So, as it is a screenshot run and not faster than any of the screenshots currently submitted, and the Shaman does have 10 runs total already, I am reluctant to remove a video to make space for a screenshot only run. So that was the rationale for not adding the run, as well as some other screenshots that I have not added over the course of the thread.
It's not like space is at a premium, so why not list more than 10? Or have sep. lists for videos and screenshots?
This thread suffers a severe lack of Venom. We shall have to change that.
Yeah there's really an unsightly amount of Reegar in that HoF. Blech. Abomination.
Open spots! 
N7 Shadow (taken from Limb's Facebook Themed Challenge, Operation Live by the Sword)
37:31 | Wraith | Vancouver | Cerberus | Xbox | Kaicel
Edit: Actually, nevermind. You can ignore my entry lol. These 3 entries are better and should be posted (if they want it on the list). And I don't want to bump off unknownmerc42's 10WS.
29:16 - HoochieHamiltoe (Gold)
31:18 - AW_FC_1986 (Gold)
32:33 - ctc91 (Gold)
It's not like space is at a premium, so why not list more than 10? Or have sep. lists for videos and screenshots?
Space sort of is at a premium, though. All three posts are very near the character/line limits. So for the time being, I will stick to the original rules. If a lot of people suddenly start posting runs, I will consider revising the rules or remaking the thread.
Space sort of is at a premium, though. All three posts are very near the character/line limits. So for the time being, I will stick to the original rules. If a lot of people suddenly start posting runs, I will consider revising the rules or remaking the thread.
Run it how you like but I would include some IDK "better" weapons than the Reegar. Maybe not bump any Reegar runs out but expand a bit to include some more skillful weapons instead of that DPS hose. Again that's JMO. Easy to make suggestions when I don't take time to maintain the thread.
Space sort of is at a premium, though. All three posts are very near the character/line limits.
Ah, I didn't realize that.
Carry on, then.
Deleted first part of this post, have decided solution to issue at hand is to ban all weapons from the speedrun HoF keep everything as is
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On another note, here's TurretTurian Saboteur with Saber derping around on White because I think the archive needs moar saber, even if it is just me missing shots with it:
23:37 | 10 WS | Saber | White | Geth | PC | TheTechnoTurian
I will actually update this evening or tomorrow.
Meh, I think the easiest way is just add a few entries to each character for different weapons if the ten slots are already filled with some of them being Reegar. It's not just my personal distaste for the weapon, it's just that the playstyle of any kit that uses it becomes so similar, pretty soon you're watching a 100 or so videos of the same type of gameplay, if that makes sense. I wouldn't take anything away from the submissions that are already in but maybe get a few more videos in with kits that have mostly Reegar submissions. Maybe like there must be X number of non Reegar submissions per kit allowed.
Again just my suggestions and again you're the one that has to deal with the headache of maintaining it. I think the thread and HOF is a great idea and is great but I think it could be better with a more diverse collection of submissions.
I would consider any suggestions on how to deal with the Reegar "Problem", if anyone has any. If this had been my archive from the outset, I would have only allowed 1 reegar per kit (maybe 5 if I felt generous), because I am mean. At this point, though, that would probably be closing the barn door after the horses have already fled, and it would be unfair to delete about a hundred past runs. I have considered quarantining the Reegar and only the Reegar off to its own section, but that approach has problems of its own.
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On another note, here's TurretTurian Saboteur with Saber derping around on White because I think the archive needs moar saber, even if it is just me missing shots with it:
23:37 | 10 WS | Saber | White | Geth | PC | TheTechnoTurian
I will actually update this evening or tomorrow.
Creating a new thread with much more space (one post by class I would say) and a double ranking for each character (ten fastest Reegar solos on the left column, ten fastest non-Reegar solos on the right column, for example) could be a solution. It would have the advantage of not removing any solo and free some space for non-Reegar solos at the same time. But of course it represents some work and will increase the time needed to update.
To be honest, I don't mind the thread as it is. As I see it, speedruns are about killing fast, not killing with class. If I come here to watch a solo, I know that the competition between players regarding the completion time is going to limit the gameplay to a few weapons, a few maps (almost all solos are on Glacier) and that the builds and strategies will only target the highest possible efficiency. I'm fine with that, there are other topics on BSN where people can find more diverse solos.
I'd like to speak out against excluding the Reegar, or any other game element, from whatever lists people maintain.
Essentially my argument is that this is a slippery slope. Say you exclude Reegar solos because that gun is 'too good'. Do you then start to exclude solos with the Arc Pistol? Harrier? Claymore?
The Reegar is a powerful weapon, but so are a lot of other guns. I don't think we should make some arbitrary judgment that the Reegar is 'too good' and that solos done with it 'don't count'.
And what about solos that use the Warp/Incendiary glitch? It's 'cheating' so solos done with it shouldn't count. (sarcasm)
For that matter, why not exclude solos done on the Glacier map? 'Everyone knows' it's the best solo map because it's small and has easily controllable spawn points. I don't want to watch a bunch of videos of Glacier solos because that's boring. (mild sarcasm)
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To fully capture the nuances of solo-ing, there are (edit!) five dimensions:
In a perfect world we'd have matrix of these five elements and people could submit solos in any combination.
In the real world, TheTechnoTurian maintains this list out of the goodness of her heart. Ultimately it's up to her what she wants to track and not track -- maybe someone else will be inspired to maintain a different list.
To be honest, I don't mind the thread as it is. As I see it, speedruns are about killing fast, not killing with class. If I come here to watch a solo, I know that the competition between players regarding the completion time is going to limit the gameplay to a few weapons, a few maps (almost all solos are on Glacier) and that the builds and strategies will only target the highest possible efficiency. I'm fine with that, there are other topics on BSN where people can find more diverse solos.
Very much this, it`s a speenrun hof, not a who-can-go-fastet-without-a-gun-hatet-by-bsn hof.
I'd like to speak out against excluding the Reegar, or any other game element, from whatever lists people maintain.
Essentially my argument is that this is a slippery slope. Say you exclude Reegar solos because that gun is 'too good'. Do you then start to exclude solos with the Arc Pistol? Harrier? Claymore?
The Reegar is a powerful weapon, but so are a lot of other guns. I don't think we should make some arbitrary judgment that the Reegar is 'too good' and that solos done with it 'don't count'.
And what about solos that use the Warp/Incendiary glitch? It's 'cheating' so solos done with it shouldn't count. (sarcasm)
For that matter, why not exclude solos done on the Glacier map? 'Everyone knows' it's the best solo map because it's small and has easily controllable spawn points. I don't want to watch a bunch of videos of Glacier solos because that's boring. (mild sarcasm)
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To fully capture the nuances of solo-ing, there are four dimensions:
- character
- weapon
- map
- enemy faction
In a perfect world we'd have matrix of these four elements and people could submit solos in any combination.
In the real world, TheTechnoTurian maintains this list out of the goodness of her heart. Ultimately it's up to her what she wants to track and not track -- maybe someone else will be inspired to maintain a different list.
Not saying that we should exclude them but include other weapons as well for a little variety.
Agree completely on the last part and again I want to reiterate I'm not complaining that the HOF with Reegar entries is a bad thing, I just think it could be better and once you allow that many Reegar entries the list of solos turns into a list of Reegar solos. Just my two cents though, I don't think my opinion matters that much but I still throw it out there for consideration.
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