Thanks guys, please excuse my ignorance but i'm a little confused about the step counter.. So the point is to avoid an encounter at fisherman's horizon? Whats bad about that encounter in particular?

I understand where I am supposed to walk and everything, (i'm not quite sure how to phrase this) but do all the other screens also require perfect movement to stay up with the step counter?

Like most of the time at the beginning when I run to the fire cavern I get an encounter on the world map. Is that just bad movement?

Also, for fire cavern I see people go into the menu quickly and then exit on the screen before Ifrit. What is the reasoning for this and is there an ideal time to do the fire cavern menu?

Also just to make sure, PC any% is the steam version or the one straight from square?

Thanks guys, apologies in advance if this is not the correct place/way to get the answers to these questions.

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Last question.. when you refer to the manipulation needed to get Zell card, is that the whole using the ruby program with luz's spreadsheet (to track card rng) thingy? or has something else been found?

also go fins!! im 1/8th Finnish myself, would love to see it one day.

Hello, I am brand new to the ff8 speedrun, i've played the game casually many times (it is my favorite FF of all time), and mainly speedrun ff9. I have some probably dumb questions..

Ok so what exactly is the difference between the SS and RTA routes for this game?

What is the difference in the Q/Q+Z card routes?

And finally, to learn the run i'm planning on just watching some of the runs on the leaderboard with the guide(s) pulled up in another page and then try to put it together.

Solid plan? ..or is there a better way to go about this?

Thank you! See you guys on the leaderboard soon!

..oh, and whatsup with French? Is it the fastest language or is ff8 just really popular among the frenchies?

Hi guys, had a couple questions re: emulators.

I know the fastest way to play is a slim PS2 because of fast disk load speed but for several reasons this isn't an option for me right now.. hence the emulator.

When I first started learning I ran on epsxe 2.0.5, but it just felt sooo slow (screen/battle transitions and random stuttering). So I tried psxfin 1.13 and it felt noticeably faster so I stuck with it, my problem with psxfin is ff9 will randomly crash, preventing me from completing a game in one sitting (despite numerous frustrating attempts).

Questions are as follows: 

First are there any rules re: certain emulators not being allowed?

Second, what is the fastest emulator/video plugin/video settings for ff9.

Third, for when I do pick up a ps2, I need a recommendation for a capture card. Cheap but reliable.

And finally, if no one knows or this isn't the appropriate forum to get answers to the emulator questions, if I could be pointed in the right direction, that'd be awesome.

Thanks so much