SRL Streets of rage Races.

Hello everyone, the French dude have a proposition for the community !

I've started to recently test some races of Streets of rage 2 and the goal around this is that i want to involve the community into some fun races through all the game serie. For me it's a great thing to do, in order to provide an activity around the games through stream and also share, enjoy the passion of a genre that didn't aged at all.

The principe is simple [might look complexe but i can provide you a very complete easy tutorial how to set up everythingif its really that hard.]

The processus is just to stream your emulator/console game on Twitch platefrom providing a real proof of your run while you're on IRC chat inside a special race room that i'll create, a Bot once everyone is ready will give the countdown for the start of the race.
The rules can be changed, can be on SOR1, 2, 3 and BK3, difficulties and characters can be discuss, we can also reduce goal to only reaching certain level for exemple for shorter races.

SpeedRuns Live might be really old looking but it's fairly easy to navigate once you've understood the commands and IRC stuff. A mod will come in the room at the end of a race, record it and the leaderboard will be updated like this one for exemple from SOR2 : http://www.speedrunslive.com/races/game/#!/sor2/1

It's still all new to me and it took me a while before actually getting into it, the site isn't quiet welcoming to be honest and i understand why people don't try it more often. It's still a very cool alternative to be on a discord chat together or just chilling together in the IRC chat between runs once in a while. I know most of you guys are very busy but it does not take a big time, it's also possible to organize it on SORRemake even if i'm not a fan of it ^^


- Download a streaming software : OBS is the one i use and it is very good for low internet connection and it's free : https://obsproject.com/

- Be logged on SRL : http://www.speedrunslive.com/

- Create a Twitch channel and be sure to check the VOD recording option in the menu option : https://www.twitch.tv/

- Link your Twitch channel to SRL irc with the appropriate command (listed in the FAQ.)

- Configure OBS settings to match your computer needs.

- Use a valid emulator for the races : Gens for exemple, i use Gens11b (Fusion is banned)

- (required if you want to exchange and talk through audio) Get Discord.

If you have questions about these because you're not familliar with it i can help you, i am acutally streaming on very low settings on a very old pc so it's very easy to configure OBS to have something optimal, if you're not aiming for people to watch you just focus on minimal quality for the races.

Feel free to tell me what you think about this.

I find this interesting and might just try it. I have Discord, but how will using that for this work? Is there a group for these races or just for direct messaging/voice chatting with the other racer(s)? If there is a group, can anybody join it, or is it private?

We have to create a special discord server if you mean having a SOR discord race hub. I don't go to this territory because i know nothing about how to create this, i just thought about adding people and chat for fun during the runs, it's not requiered that everyone do this they can also participate without mic the only obligatory thing is the video proof.

Well, just in case you decide to make a Discord hub server for these SoR races, you can start by clicking the (+) icon on the left where all the servers are. You should get a window to pop up where you can enter the server's name, location, and icon.
To invite people into the server, you click the button on the top left that says "Invite People" and share the link that you are shown. This link is basically a key that lets people join the server you just made. The link expires after every 30 minutes, but you can also "Set this link to never expire" by checking the box if you want the link to stay the same. You can share it publicly or privately, it depends on your choice.
You can see your server on the left with any others and right-click its icon for more options.
That's basically it in terms of making the room and getting people in. You don't have to do this if you don't want to or feel it's unnecessary. I just figured I'd leave an explanation about how to do this if by chance you feel you want to. Feel free to comment or ask questions if you want.

So, is there a Discord server for SoR now? I'd like to join it if there is one, or I can create one if needed. Let me know!

I've sent the link of the brawlers avenue discord ~