The Spelunky speedrunning community is coming together for a one-day All Shortcuts + Olmec tournament. On August 19, 2018 at Noon Eastern (until about 3:30 or 4), the Mossranking Twitch channel will host a single-elimination bracket featuring 8 of the fastest, bravest, and handsomest runners in the world. Each of the races will feature live commentary by ix, Kinnijup, and a few others.

For the full bracket, swing over to the Challonge website. You can even make predictions about how the tournament will go, if you're into that sort of thing.

For those unfamiliar with All Shortcuts + Olmec category, it is a real-time attack (RTA) run that begins with a blank save file. The competitors will begin by completing the tutorial. Next, they'll deliver a series of items to unlock the three Tunnel Man shortcuts. Finally, they'll complete the game by defeating Olmec. This run has been featured at AGDQ 2018 by Kinnijup and AGDQ 2016 by BumCommando & Kinnijup, and will appear at GDQx at TwitchCon 2018 (exact date and time TBD) by meowmixmix!

Hope to see lots of you there!

-ix