Hey. I’m starting to watch guides and videos on this now before starting with beginner strats. I’m just curious about how much others did before your first run.

I started watching the any% tutorial for new players that is on this site and when I was ready just started playing the game for a while, then started doing master sword runs (wich I consider very useful for new players to get used to completing runs) and then just added one more dungeon each time until I completed my first full game run.

Watched Firebat's Beginner Any% tutorial and took condensed notes on the route and any tricky rooms I might have needed a reference for, then had that up during the run on a separate screen. Then I did basically what oase28 did: add on more splits after each run. So, first would be File Select > Eastern Palace, then File Select > Desert Palace, etc. That probably was overboard but this is my first speedgame so I was trying to be diligent.

If I were to roll back time, I'd probably just take my notes and then start pounding out runs. You're going to learn far quicker from repetition than from study.

Hey I'm not far off from you myself. I just started running LttP. Although I was an avid fan of the game prior to my running, so I feel I'm a little ahead of the curve. I've already start setting up save states for practice on the dark world dungeons. Slowly working them into my runs as I play. I usually start out my streams with running a few Master Sword % just to get the jitters out. By the second or third run I'm set for the long runs.

I first watched Fruitbats tutorial then was introduced to #thighcam himself Andy and watched his 7 hour YT tutorial about 3 times over a couple days while working so I had a pretty good idea of what/where to go/do I just had to figure out how to do it myself.

I highly recommend using the practice ROM if you're playing on emulator. A simple google search for "link to the past practice rom" will send you to the right place. It allows you to avoid having to make fifteen thousand save states by giving you some flexibility to move between parts of the game and otherwise alter your inventory, etc.

Definitely want to just hammer some runs out, using as many safeties as necessary to survive (not dying is really the biggest thing initially), and then slowly start peeling those back as you get more confident. This is where that practice ROM does wonders. I don't die as much to Helmasaur King as I used to, specifically because of this. It allows me to get the powder later at a more convenient time.