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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey everyone, thank you so much for all the support last week. We’ve had such a generous community outreach and it has really helped me so much. Thank you 😭 I only need 3 more plus points to reach 1/3 months towards plus tier 2 on twitch if there’s anyone who wants to do that.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey everyone, I'm back to work tomorrow, just wanted to post a quick update before then. Thank you so much for all of the support, and hopefully I'll be back on stream this week with more Any% stuff. <3

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey Bsky fam, I rarely do this but I need help. Full details in the screenshots, or here's a pastebin if you don't want to read screenshots: pastebin.com/szbGu1kb Hope y'all are doing okay out there. Stay safe. <3

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

BACK 2 THE BASEMENT FINAL DAY IS LIVE! Lots of really stacked fun things on the agenda today, we're a bit behind schedule so I might have to skip something at some point but it's gonna be amazing. Finishing tonight with a Best of 3 Any% Race vs Drewski with a fun twist! twitch.tv/shinyzeni

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Back 2 the Basement Day 2 is live, later today (in a couple hours) I'm going to be doing an Any% run where chat can force me to grab extra items, and even turn off my CRT just to troll me with bits. Should be a great time! twitch.tv/shinyzeni

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

BACK 2 THE BASEMENT IS LIVE ON MY STREAM (Zeni and friends hangout and have fun and play games) <3 twitch.tv/shinyzeni

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This run was insane, not because I haven’t had similar runs (I have) but because this happened in the Any% Tournament Qualifiers. Unreal. This is race World Record by A LOT, it was the first sub-41 in a race ever, AND @gebbu_ got a 40:59 on this same qualifier!! 🔥🔥🔥 LETS GO

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm trying out some new stream tech today since the Any% Tournament Qualifiers started. I have an alternative canvas I use to record secondary versions of all my runs which you may have seen on my YT, and I'm going to try streaming that to a secondary stream now as well.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hey everyone, last night I had an extremely stupid/funny run that I somehow still played pretty damn well during. It was so much so that I’m going to do a review of it on my stream tonight starting around 9 PM Eastern. It’s not a WR, but I honestly think it’s very worth the watch

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I'm really proud of the work I have put into streaming and the Any% WR Grind this week. It's been good to reconnect with this part of myself after a year that has really taken it's toll and stripped away a lot of stability from my life and my personality. WR Attempts on deck! twitch.tv/shinyzeni

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Happy Saturday! We're still on the WR Grind for Super Metroid Any% today and tomorrow. It's been an extremely productive week, and I've already put in over 60 hours ^-^; In terms of probability the chances that I pull this through today or tomorrow are slim, but I'm seeing it through!

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

we're back on the WR Grind tonight and this was our first run! 2 round (fast/fast) Phantoon, I had to reset the WRITG room, and some other weird jank stuff. We're getting there! Come on in!

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This might be the best run I've ever executed, most of the time lost was due to bad/slow RNG (luck). I made a big mistake during Ridley that lost 8 seconds compared to how the fight should have gone. Pretty crazy! I will likely be doing more World Record attempts tonight. It's really heating up!

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I had some crazy good runs on stream today. Still pushing hard for this week, promising things happening! I'd give context on these but I'm super tired after 10 hours of stream so suffice to say both of these were some of the best I've ever played easily. More to come!

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My life has a lot of turbulence right now that has made it very difficult to stream or commit to speedrun stuff with any regularity at all this year. It feels really bad, honestly, but I’m doing my best to push through. I have work off this week which is helping a lot, and I’m on the grind.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Had a really silly run today. This thing had awful RNG from start to finish. Every step of the way the game was like "nah, F you" but I still pulled this time. :) very promising. Even better news: I'm off work this week and my plan is to grind grind grind.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The grind has slowed down due to required priority shifts IRL recently. Sorry for the lack of updates lately, both on the shortform videos and Any% progress in general. Managed to pull this run today, it had a bad room reset in the middle of the run among other problems. Solid!

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Took a week off to hang out with friends who came to visit. Last Monday I did a run for GDQ Hotfix and didn't touch the game after that until practice yesterday. Sometimes breaks are good. This run had some really bad stuff, and ended up with a really great time!

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Ever wondered why humans don't go for more x-factors in Any% Speedruns of Super Metroid, even though the TAS does? Maybe a niche question, but Celabeat made an excellent video breaking it down, and I want to do my part to share it for education, and also to help them out! Link 👇

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I guess it's worth mentioning here I've been exploring short form content recently. I would be posting the videos here, but bluesky has an extremely low limit to how large a video can be so it's not viable whatsoever. Here's a playlist on my YT for all the content I've been putting up, though!

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Another crazy day in Any%, got a WR Gravity Pace (previous best was 12:58), and then this 40:51 was my 2nd best pace ever (maybe 2nd best ever ever?) to G4, but we got scammed on drops (had to refill). Hopefully the grind continues moving in a good direction! Also got a 40:59 at the end of stream.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Runs were *insane* today. I'll just focus on THIS one and post the others in a comment. When I got back on the Any% grind the number one comment was along the lines of "why? your record is perfect. how can it be improved? are you crazy? do you hate yourself?" This run is why.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I had two crazy good runs today. The first one has probably the best late game I’ve ever played? The second would be WR contender without the time lost between Phantoon and Ridley fights. Pretty gnarly. That second run is also the best run I’ve done in 2 months, which feels good.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A big part of why I do what I do is because periodically I will receive comments or messages like this. Thank you ❤️‍🩹 I really needed this today.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Have had to take a couple weeks off from the Any% grind for a few reasons. I think the break has been good. Did a very casual derust run tonight that finished as a mid 41. Planning/hoping to hit the grind hard this weekend, but we will see.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Right now I'm "only" putting up around 1 sub-41 per week (weekend), but honestly.... that's pretty damn good. This run was a very strong start, with a bad mistake in LN that cascaded, and then atrocious RNG pretty much constantly after Ridley. Things are still moving.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

At a glance this run doesn't look that special, but in reality I think this is the best executed run I've ever done for Any% up until I flubbed Baby Skip. It has a Slow Phantoon (+10ish to WR), a wonky 3X Ridley (+13 to potential timesave), and then yes, a flubbed Baby Skip (+28)

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Life this year has been extremely heavy, and the grind has had to take a big step back because of it. Fortunately, things really seem to be on the up and up, and it turns out when I'm feeling better I can also play much better LOL This run was extremely casual and that is great!

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

had a best pace ever and a Bombs gold for the first time in over 2 years on Monday. So I guess I'm still improving slowly, even though this month has been awful IRL. :) wish I felt better overall, oh well

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Life has been extremely heavy lately. This week was one of the worst of my life, tbh. But I’m not gonna trauma dump here. SM is impossible to play well when I’m mentally compromised, but today I managed to pull a run that I was actually impressed with, despite the final time.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I’m gonna do this thing at the end of stream today. I’m starting WR attempts now so if I had to guess I’ll start the watch back stuff in probably 3-5 hours depending on how runs are going and how I’m feeling etc

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Today is the 1 year anniversary of the 40:22 Any% WR. I’m going to do *something* for that on stream today, but I’m not sure what yet or what time. Sorry I always announce this stuff last minute.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

lol I lost like 20 seconds in Worst Room In The Game in this run

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Excellent execution this run. Phantoon lost us something like 12-15 seconds in RNG (the rest of the timeloss at Gravity was probably moat and other little movement things), and Ridley gave us an unfavorable pattern that lost 7 seconds compared to WR (we can save 9)

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

awful RNG in this run. also the second screen LOL

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

5 streams with sub-41s in a row

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Worst sub-41 I've run so far by far lol

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The Any% grind is going so well for me right now. It’s hit that spot where I can see the ebbs and flows and honestly do feel like I just need to “patiently continue” from here. I only had the one good run today, had another decent-ish pace that fell apart at/after Ridley, but that’s just how it is.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

First run of the day, plenty of slop :)

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

3 paces tonight. Clutched this one out. It only had 7 supers entering Ridley, some other jank, and ended up needing a refill in Tourian (left metroids 1 super short). Lookin good.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Another contender for best executed run since record -- lost 10 seconds to Phantoon RNG, a few more to drops RNG, and 6ish seconds to Mother Brain RNG. Speedrunning doesn't really work like this, but if all that RNG was the same as the WR, this would've been another 2x. Hype.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Kingofthehill476 pulled off a new low% (13%!) run of Super Metroid a few weeks ago. Today I had the pleasure of buying him lunch and doing a collaboration stream where he explained his setup to make it possible and discussed some other things about the run! It’s up on yt now ⬇️

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Sometimes in speedrunning you just get mega trolled all day. That was yesterday. Playing bad. When I played good the game was stupid. The rest of the time, my controller was broken LOL. Today I decided to reset my mindset and re-approach it. Practiced for like 5 hours. Worth.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Really sick run considering the things that didn't go well. Had really low energy leaving Phantoon (had to farm and lost a few seconds), 4th best pace at Gravity. Ridley gave me a 2x pattern (2nd worst) and we lost about 20s compared to an optimal fight there. Bad drops too.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Still kinda depressed but casually pulled this off this morning. Still going :)

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I got really depressed last night about 1 AM. Couldn’t really tell you why. Yesterday was great. Things are looking generally up. Brains are just dumb sometimes. I was still depressed when I woke up so after feeling sorry for myself for like an hour I decided to redo my space.

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Zeni @shinyzeni.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Somehow, my community pulled through and we hit 302/300 before the cutoff. You all are incredible. Thank you so much. Now to get those consecutive months…

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