MarkAlarm

24, he/him, 🇺🇸 | speedrunner of various games | SMW romhacker and kaizo player | programmer and reverse engineer

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

happy mar10 day! finally making more progress with b-sides design (bugs made this level take longer than expected). really happy with how this level turned out! ending is subject to change, but figured i'd post for the occasion :)

(this is a TAS, i'll RTA clear it later)

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

I'll be running a co-op Pokemon Platinum map randomizer tomorrow, starting at about 9:30pm eastern! Excited for my first (and hopefully not last) hotfix :D

[Games Done Quick @GamesDoneQuick]

We have a full week of GDQ Hotfix!!

https://t.co/sre0BRkFPv

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

Finally graduated with my Master's degree! Really proud and happy to be done with it (although the CS job market sucks, if I know you and you/someone you know is hiring DM me lol). School is the big reason I haven't been as active, but I'm back and I'll have more to share soon!

[Dzherbij @Dzherbij]

maybe the last preview before release, always wanted to make one of these levels

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

22 -> 23 birthday yippee :D
might stream something random during the day for fun idk

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

final words continued (7/7)
to anyone who read this, i hope you tag along for the ride. whether you're in the stream and actively chatting, sending a quick gl, or silently lurking, i appreciate it a lot. or if you just follow updates either here or on bsky, thats cool too :)

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

2024 reflection and 2025 goals (1/7)
1:32 in SSA any% glitchless (lost WR tho)
played hades for the first time, ended with sub 10 (sword/nemesis)
improved minecraft PB
improved celeste PB
learned SMW 0 exit and small only
made pokemon platinum map rando consistent

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

final words (6/7)
what an amazing year overall, both in speedrunning and my personal life. i look forward to what the future has in store for me. i have high hopes and big goals to reach for, but even if i dont accomplish everything, as long as i enjoy myself ill be happy

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

I'll be doing a Pokemon Platinum Map Randomizer run for an event tomorrow at roughly 2pm eastern! Stream will be at https://t.co/TkxfMaarku. Looking forward to my first showcase of a Pokemon run :)

Also congrats to everyone I know that got a GDQ run accepted :D (I didn't submit)

[kaizoman @Kaizoman666]

finally got around to cleaning up and pushing a bunch of disassemblies I made of Lunar Magic's hijacks https://t.co/Go8mdIdlGi

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

Havent posted anything in a while so i figured eh why not. Ive really enjoyed runs and practice and grinding lately. Might learn a new game and get better at an old one, ive liked improving at a variety of (mostly new) games while also staying high level at ones i already know

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

Some speedrun stuff thats happened lately
Good: new MC pb at 13:18, hades at 9:57, celeste at 40:14, another marathon run under my belt
Bad: wii doesn't work (dunno what the problem is), so no ssa/we ski GDQ submission
Other: got a ds capture card, so pokemon runs soon i think

[Dzherbij @Dzherbij]

It's time, I'm making some Wonder kaizo 💯

[MarkAlarm @MarkAlarmTV]

Choked an offline 13 min mc run, would've been PB by like a minute, despite 7/30 blaze rates. Haven't been back for very long (I'm not taking the grind seriously) and the fact i'm already this close to PBing again is wild.

[sandwinch @hoooagie]

was thinking of going back to my gimmick hell romhack and remembered one of my ideas was having a blue koopa do dumb shit to sprites it doesn't normally kick