Gaming
routing
What does routing mean?
The brain work behind a run. Deciding the order you do everything, which items to grab, which to skip, where to risk a trick. A great route can beat raw execution.
"Half the record came from better routing, not faster fingers."
Origin
Speedrunning term from 'route'; the planning work of figuring out the optimal order of actions, pickups and skips.
Frequently asked questions
What does routing mean in speedrunning?
Routing is working out the fastest path through a game — the optimal order and route to finish as quickly as possible.
How do you use routing in a sentence?
"He spent weeks routing the game before attempting a world-record run."
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