Softcore First Enter Splits by chip_idiot

I took these splits using the timestamps of KittenCatNoodle's VOD (only person I could find who streamed start of SC Turmoil league) to showcase how shit SC racers (including myself) are. Considering thousands of people all ran Act 1 these splits are fucking godawful it's shocking how bad we all did and we should be ashamed of ourselves (unless you're a new player to racing, like KittenCatNoodle. In that case don't worry about it :D). I compare non-Turmoil mod splits to Turmoil-mod splits in my descriptions. This is because I don't think that Turmoil slows you down much (if at all), if you just play smartly and only interact with the Turmoil mods that are actually worth it.

Warning: I constantly talk about myself.

She started late, so I assumed first Lioneye's Watch enter was 0:50.00

LIONEYE'S: 0:50 (1:19 on KCN VOD)

COAST: 1:01 (insanely fast, but this fucker just skipped the vendor for the first enter (which is why I'm not crediting Fetid Pool/Flooded Depths guy, or even myself for first SGC enter even though Fairgraves is arguably worth it)) (1:30)

MUD FLATS: 1:52 (clean pace but it goes downhill from here) (2:21)

SUBMERGED: 3:12 (not awful, but really confusing how this is the best time out of thousands of players (and maybe dozens of decent players)) (3:41)

LEDGE: 4:45 (holy shit this time is fucking DIARRHEA 1:33 Submerged what the actual fuck? For reference, fifty seconds is definitely possible. If I'm on this pace while doing race runs, I don't reset, but I'm kicking myself at this point. I was a few seconds away from getting this, but it doesn't matter, I'm still a fucking disgrace. Sorry for making this description about me, I tend to be a little narcissistic sometimes) (5:14)

CLIMB: 7:12 (another slow ass zone. For reference, two minute ledge is considered impressive, and three minute ledge is considered shit. So the ledge runs of the SC players ranged from "not impressive" to "shit") (7:41)

LOWER: 8:32 (I got this enter. Even though I was blissfully unaware of my mediocre pace, I still wasn't proud of myself, because I was LEVEL FUCKING 5. "How?" you may ask. I got absolutely dumpstered by exiles in The Climb and had to run through it without killing mobs,

with no hp pots, at like 5 HP. I was fucking sweating out of my asshole. I still somehow hit level 8 before Brutus, probably because the packs at the end of the prison trial are fat (and IIRC either Lower or Upper Prison was strongboxes)) (9:01)

UPPER: 9:45 (doubt this guy did the prison trial, so not really that impressive. Sub-10 is decent though so props to him, don't want to solely make this writeup just to shit on people) (10:14)

GATE: 14:13 (I got this enter. It's really fucking bad. Probably around a 13:40-13:50 Brutus kill, which is pretty awful even with the prison trial done. You might think that, by extension, I'm calling everyone who played the SC Turmoil race awful, but keep in mind that I'm someone who has speedran A1 over 100 times. I guess I shouldn't be that hard on myself though, considering that I had no chance to reset) (14:42)

GRAVE: 15:42 (I got this enter. Pretty fucking embarrassing considering I guessed correctly both times in gate. I guessed which side led downwards at the beginning correctly, and guessed the fork in the road later on correctly (which apparently isn't a 50/50 according to Tier 3 racer Gucci). This was my last first enter in the leveling process because I killed Fairgraves. You will see down below that I actually had a chance to catch up, but something happened that sealed the deal and doomed me forever) (16:11)

WRATH: 18:33 (No offense but I was way ahead of you B). I would've gotten a bad time (17 mins or something), if I leaped straight to Wrath. This dude got a dumpster trash time. No hate on him though, please. He's probably not a racer. I had a shot of getting first Wrath if I did a good job in SGC. However, I died to Xandro in SGC like a fucking retard (not sure if I was underleveled/lazy with equipping Leap and couldn't Leap Slam past him, or if I just choked on dicks) (19:02)

ANGER: 19:28 (Bad time, sub-17 is usually a nice goal to shoot for. 17:45-ish with prison trial done is still fairly solid, though) (19:57)

SOUTHERN: 21:51 (Yeah, this time is shit. Not sure if this guy went to town after Merveil, or if he partied or whatever. Those are factors that can make this time either more impressive or less impressive. So yeah, no sub-21 Merveil in all of softcore. Not even a low-21. I'm going to play HCSSF in Mayhem and might even convert to a full-time HCSSF player, but I am still a softcore beta cuck in my heart. All I can say is, the decent players of softcore have truly brought SHAME to this mode. We should be glass cannons rapidly charging through the content, but we're miles behind HC players who have to actually play decently otherwise they get sent back to the Twilight Strand. I urge all SC players to train and hone their skills before Mayhem begins so such a travesty can not be happening again. And for those who are fast, don't focus on vain shit like first Coast or first Fetid, focus on the real prize: first Southern, first City of Sarn, first Blood Aqueduct, etc. etc. I will be doing another A1 writeup for SC after Mayhem, and this time I won't be there to carry your Brutus time, so you guys better PERFORM) (22:20)

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What happened to me: I got a 16:31 SGC enter, for those who are curious. I went absolutely full retard. My pace was dumpster trash, I got like a 51 min Vaal which is a solid 6 or so minutes behind a passable pace for a run with Prison Trial, Sins Trial, Crypt Trial, and Fairgraves completed. Peaked at 4th place at level 82/83 in maps somehow (despite not partying, and taking two 15-20 minute breaks). Dropped two Prismatic Eclipses in Blood Aqueduct LMAO (used Wings of Entropy, though, for the deeps (BAD DECISION MY LEAP SUCKED)).

I think it's fitting to end this writeup with a very astute quote from the Vaal kill world record holder.