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An often overlooked segment of the Metal Gear Speedrunning scene is the collection of 2D games. Metal Gear, Metal Gear NES, Snake’s Revenge, Ghost Babel and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. In particular, we’re going to talk about Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, and why more people should give the game a shot. As a […]
In the northern hemisphere, summer has finally arrived – but who wants to go outside when our best prepare for Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2022? On July 24, 2022 at 5 PM Eastern, JosephJoestar316, Mekarazium and dlimes13 will participate in Summer Warning Shot 2022 on the MGSR Twitch Channel. You can find the full […]
*written by MGSR community member MockingJay. 5 months ago I decided to buy myself a new laptop and see what the online world had to offer me, as I was kind of bored with the real world and needed somewhere else to go. My first aim was to play some online games, meet some people and make […]
*written by MGSR community member MetalGlennSolid. I typically approach new games nowadays with a skeptical eye and low standards. The fact that this game was, at first glance, something that seemed to play like the 2D Metal Gears of old, I figured it deserved a fair chance. It just so happened that as MGSR was […]
It appears to me that the importance of purism in speedrunning is far more common among casual viewers than more devoted fans of the hobby, or amongst speedrunners themselves. Of course, as with anything in life, there are exceptions. Extensive debate. Controversy. Difference of opinion. And on the internet, there’s no crime more egregious than […]
Hello everyone and welcome to the Hau5test stats corner! Last weekend, from September 17th to September 19th, we had the Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes Tournament happen on our MGSR Twitch channel! 12 runners have participated with 2 more runners waiting for their turn. You can find the setup right here over on BracketHQ. Naturally, […]
The MGSR Twin Snakes Very Easy Tournament starts this week. Get familiar with our competitors as we meet the runners!
Kept you waiting, huh? And yes, I do believe ‘union’ is the right word for this place. An extraordinarily bonded group of people from all around the world with an incredibly niche interest, within a niche interest. In every sense of the word, MGSR is a community, first and foremost. And there’s a lot on […]
In the three+ years following the first MGS1 tournament hosted by MGSR, the game, community, and Twitch channel experienced remarkable changes. With the success of the 2020-21 MGS2 Very Easy League, the community wanted more! For the viewers and runners, the MGS2 league showed the promise of future competitive events. Thus 16 players entered the […]
As a kid I had little interest in jigsaw puzzles. Sorting pieces and building an image chunk by chunk seemed tedious and boring. Years later though, I softened on puzzles. Not only does the act of solving feel relaxing, the satisfaction of snapping pieces together is delightful! Routing a speedrun is like solving a jigsaw […]