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Awesome DWM2 WR improvement by Error today www.twitch.tv/videos/25791...

YouTube video by anatoleu Dragon Warrior 4 RTA Speedrun in 5:42:26 (New World Record September 2025)

Good one yesterday -- brought DW4 down to 5:42. First improvement since 2022.

youtu.be/kSFahTh5h9w

I had two different sub-6 Dragon Warrior 4 speedruns in June (5:55 and 5:56) after switching to a dynamic Level 9 / Level 11 metal slime grind approach, combined with all the other routing updates I made over the last year. We're still looking for good luck, but I believe this is the 5:37 route.

YouTube video by RPG Limit Break Destiny of an Emperor by EvilAsh25 - RPG Limit Break 2025

RPG Limit Break 2025 Commentary for EvilAsh25's Destiny of an Emperor run
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxXS...

Destiny of an Emperor is a pretty awesome run and I mainly learned it onsite at RPGLB this year so I might do a few runs of it once I hit the goal in DW4.

YouTube video by RPG Limit Break Dragon Quest RTA Marathon 2025 - Dragon Quest Zenithia Relay Race (Part 1/2)

DQRTA Marathon 2025 Zenithia Relay Race
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Xe...

YouTube video by RGLtv Retrothon 2025 - Tenkaichi Bushi: Keru Naguuru (099) - crimson_ytb

Retrothon 2025 Commentary for crimson_ytb running a classic of the Famicom era: Tenkaichi Bushi: Keru Naguuru
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN7k...

YouTube video by RGLtv Retrothon 2025 - Dragon Warrior 4 (145) - DrMisterHomes, anatoleu

Retrothon 2025 DW4 race vs. DrMisterHomes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilt...

With RPGLB wrapping up, that's pretty much the end of marathon season for me (everything kind of lands in April & May). Been a lot of fun. Here's some stuff I did:

I remember reading 500 Days of Night when it was coming out; I've been wanting to re-read it. Awesome to have you consolidating all this together now.

DrMisterHomes and I are racing DW4 tonight for Retrothon in the traditional DQ "overnight" slot. There's no way he's ready for my Venomous Dagger strats, which "raises the odds of killing a 4 HP metal slime from 10% to 13.5%" (source: cowness.net)

horaro.org/retrothon202...

Japan New Calm Compilation Playlist · anatoleu · 636 items

For a little over a year I've been building a "background music" playlist of chill /calm new music from Japanese artists, mainly based off new releases from artists / human-curated playlists I follow. Always updating but it's at about 35 hours today. open.spotify.com/playlist/2Mb...

Woah PoV vinyl - awesome. Never thought I'd live to see it.

DQRTA Marathon 2025 Schedule: horaro.org/dqrtam2025/s...

I'll be racing my friend crimson_ytb in DQ4 as part of a Zenithia Relay Race (DQ 4-5-6) in DQRTA Marathon this year. Because crimson and I both tend to end up organizing events, we've only ever raced twice before. I won the first time (2021), and he absolutely demolished me the second time (2022).

2024 was a great speedrun year. Took 10 minutes off Ever Oasis, had a lot of fun with DQ2 x-version races, especially the one in DQRTA Marathon, lived the dream of DW4 at RPGLB with Cowie & Deaner, hit my goal time for 2 new speedruns (DQ8 3DS and FFL2), and came back full circle to DW4. Good stuff.

Fire Emblem challenge streams were really fun this year - was good to revisit FE7 and remember how great it is.