Alright, I’ll give in. I might as well finally respond to this thread even though I’ve already talked about this in the Discord server a while back.
My take on this is that if we added “Co-Op%” then would it just be World 3? Would it just be Any%? I feel like if this was added, then we would need to have a category for each world and for each category type, and at that point it’s basically useless because nobody will do a World 2 100% Co-Op% speedrun. And then if we added all these worlds it sounds a bit odd to have a separate category for just Co-Op, and it should just be added to the main world categories. But, of course, we can’t do that either because we already have a ton of subcategories already. Also, I don’t know if the individual levels have Co-Op, but if they do then that’s a whole other can of worms.
However, clearly the demand is very high. No matter what argument I make against it like how there’s not really any Co-Op specific strategies in the game, people will clearly still ask for it. I’ve also said this in the Discord about a year ago, but if anyone actually does a “World 3 Any% Co-Op%” speedrun, then I will add the category. I’m assuming that’s what the majority wants, but if we just have an empty category then I won’t be instating it to the leaderboard. Hopefully this is a fair compromise.
Yeah that's very fair. I'd argue that there are a few co-op specific strategies for Any%, but I can understand the logistical nightmare of adding it to the board as well. Now that I'll be playing on console and not emulator, I'll def be doing co-op eventually and will submit when the time comes. I hope that its not going to just be me + other people on that board when/if it is added
