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🏁ANTHEM#9 SPEEDRUN CONTEST BEGINS!

Hey y’all! With launch right around the corner (Feb 5 👀), it’s time for one last big showdown in the demo...

💥Introducing the ANTHEM#9 Speedrun Contest!💥
Think you’ve mastered the demo? Let’s see who can clear it the fastest using brains, skill, and turbo fingers. 🧠💨

📅 Event Period
🕕 Jan 23 (Tue) – Jan 30 (Tue), 18:00 JST

📝 How to Participate
1. Play the Steam demo
2. Take a screenshot of your result screen (the one that shows clear time)
3. Post it in the #event-submissions channel
️⛔ No manual stopwatching needed—we’re using in-game timers only! This keeps things fair no matter your PC specs.

🎁 Rewards
🏆 Top 3 finishers: Get a special Discord role featuring your favorite Charm from the game!
🏅 Participation prize: Everyone who submits a time gets a limited-edition event badge role!

🧠 Tips to Shave Off Time
While dungeon movement and load times can't be skipped, these can be fast-forwarded:

  • Battle intro animations

  • Turn transitions

  • Combo animations

Speed-up Controls:
🎮 Controller: A button
Keyboard: Enter or Space
🖱 Mouse: Left Click
Master the battles, skip the fluff—that’s how you win.

📌 Full details for the ANTHEM#9 Speedrun Contest are listed in the official Discord!
Jump in, join the fun, and rep your fastest run!

Join here 👉

https://discord.gg/3TsV6UfBfp

We’re hyped to see how fast you can really go. Let’s gooo! 🚗💨🚗