Friday the 13th: Pamela Powerups Speedrun in 4m30s (WR)

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Published on September 11, 2023 6:51:31 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xA72856-C0

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P.A.M.E.L.A. (2017)

Duration: 4:31

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Nothing like a 1/256 seed that makes this a pain to get a good time in, so even if this is average overall it likely won't be beaten for awhile. You don't know until almost 2 minutes in, after the first Pamela fight, if it's correct, so you might have a perfect fight and all and then Laura isn't in the cabin.

Again, it's a 1/256 chance to have the correct seed so this is a pain to grind. Since getting this run, I've tried about 50 times and she's never been in the cabin anymore. There's a route with Crissy and Mark instead, ZeroThe14th uses this one in his 4m52s run. I think it loses frames on a longer jump in the cave but it's insignificant. Either one is 1/256 unfortunately. I'd rather that one, Crissy dying is just sad, although she doesn't get much use in this route since it's passed to Mark who throws like Laura.

I didn't mean for the video to end the frame Jason died, I don't remember but I think I saved the mp4 from avidemux while frame counting. I don't really feel like re-uploading it since this will be easy to beat, if I can ever get the cabin again...

Frame counted to 4m30s133ms, so narrowly missed sub 4m30. The more I run this, the more I realize how much lower it can go. I think 4m15s would be a very optimized run. Just sub 4m20s wouldn't be easy, not as easy as sub 3 minutes in Any%, and this seed doesn't pop up anywhere near as often with Any% being 1/60 (2/60 if you count Laura's route, but this can't get WR). I used to get the seed for Pamela a lot more often, but I guess I was just lucky.

This run is overall average. I do think a sub 4m20s run should come soon, but I haven't been getting Laura in the cabin properly lately, some nights she's never even there. One night she was after I'd mistakenly died in the cave missing the jump, as I try to save that potion in case Laura needs it, and what do you know, she was in the right cabin...

Had a 4m32s right before this where I'd actually checked to see if Laura was in the cabin since she wasn't all night, and also turned the wrong way before leaving so that would've been a 4m28s at least. It's at least nice you have some leeway on day 1 so zombies or item spawns aren't an issue in the end, I'm waiting for Jason to kill Crissy, get the key and the 3 encounters in before Jason hits the next cabin to stay at.

Got a 2m53s933ms Any% run shortly before this, so my consistency is getting up there. It wasn't a very good run, felt slightly better than PB yet was only 0.1s off. I had very bad luck all night though, rarely ever got the seed, Laura was missing all night and I was getting Laura Any%, which again can't get record but can PB. Since this was the very last run of the night I didn't check the map. Instant buzzer with top right can mean the any% route, but loses 2 seconds if you get optimal zombies and knife, which is rare.

Lost the sub 4m30s because of a zombie spawn on day 3, I expected Jason would've appeared but I barely didn't move left enough. The Pamela fights were very bad, I especially was safe on day 2 because I got a bad 2nd spawn and with Laura's low range throw isn't good if Jason backs away. Mostly I took too much damage.

For the final day 2 fight, Jason had a lot of health and I thought what I thought was right, maybe he would've stayed on screen without me doing what I did but it wasn't guaranteed. I always get bad luck with Laura on day 2 for some reason. (edit: re-watching it I'm pretty sure he would've stayed on screen).

Sub 4m20s would be a good run. I just have to iron out the Pamela fights, I'd had them on lock when I practiced before but practicing on a handheld didn't transfer well here for some reason. Day 2 she's her most inconsistent either way, but I've had good fights and apparently there is a pattern that can be followed so I'll have to look at it a bit more.

Either way in a case like this I had to be careful, yet it didn't even matter because I almost died anyway lol... You need enough health and often a potion to finish Jason after. Day 1 you can set up patterns, day 3 you're invincible and her double attacks make her come to you. Still, none of the fights went particularly well.

These fights are most of the timesave, but Jason cost quite a bit too on day 2. I'd say I lost 5 seconds on Pamela day 1, 5 seconds on day 2, and 5 to Jason on day 2.

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