United StatesMuffinLoL: Added
Skriff_ITP: It looks like you were added.
Jack_Hase: I didn't find all the posts on this topic, but I bumped one of the mods up to a super which should resolve the issue for the short term I think? The user hasn't been inactive all that long, we could look at bumping down or removing at a later date.
Vova777663: Moderator requests should go through the existing moderators when at all possible.
Otterstone_Gamer and yoshifruit: Neither of you have pending runs in anything you're claiming. They're tracked right here: https://www.speedrun.com/yoshifruit/pendingactions https://www.speedrun.com/Otterstone_Gamer/pendingactions
acetrainereddie: Since this seems to be an ongoing issue over the course of multiple months, and you have a run pending about a month, I'll add you. Noting this thread: https://www.speedrun.com/Soda_Dungeon/thread/tt2rq
bartaan: Since it's been 3 weeks and then a week since the mod said he'd do it, I messaged one of the NES runners who handles a bunch of boards seeing if he'd be willing to help with that one. We'll see if that works, else I can look at adding you.
v1valvanerth: The forums seem active and the mod is highly inactive, so alright. I'd recommend adding another mod or two if people are willing.
TweniThree: User doesn't appear to have a run and isn't very active. Okay.
Zecc: I'm somewhat trusting you that this is the general consensus of the other moderators. If it turns out there is disagreement on who should be the super mods, we might move things around later.
SewiFeros: I don't quite understand what you're asking. New games on the site are approved based on the guidelines in the game request form. This forum thread is for people asking to moderate existing games on the site. People moderate specific games.
DuskyLW: User is not around, added.
Wipeoutjack7: I moved things around due to inactivity.
ramheroe: New game requests should go through the game request form here: https://www.speedrun.com/requestgame
Duns: You should be able to self remove (unless there's some bug I'm not aware of, please let me know) I will remove you, but the super mod should decide if he wants to add more moderators, and who, if you're disinvolving yourself. I'd recommend discussing it with him and/or on the game forums.
It's well-known to a lot of the people that play this game that jimmy is the only person that has grinded it substantially. His previously listed 5:32 was his previous best time before the 5:27 apparently, which I don't recall seeing before now.
The second place 8:10 is a pretty mediocre time.
If the video didn't exist for first place, I can see the perspective of not listing the time. I wrote up my general opinions on this topic a while back: https://pastebin.com/w9ttcnbg
It's something like "Do we actually think the player without the video didn't do it, or do we have to treat the board as though he didn't do it because it's bad precedent for other boards where someone might've actually not done it" or "The best time should be documented for others" is a fair point too. This now has a video apparently though.
I caught up most of this. I don't think it's really worth banning new users for submitting a single troll run, but if it's recurring we can ban them.
I think these are caught up now? Please post specific runs if I missed any.
I was hoping this would be able to sort itself out, but it apparently won't.
In my opinion a minimum good number of super moderators on a given board is about 3. Some boards might have less because people are not available or due to other circumstances. In general the state of moderation on a board should be close to reflecting community opinion. That isn't to say that every time someone can vote a 51% majority, the moderation should change immediately, but it is to say that if there is heavy dissent, something needs to change.
There are obviously past disputes and some grudges that are leading some members of the community to dislike the state of you being solely in charge of things. Stupid things happen between people over time, certainly, but the current state of relations between some the players and the sole super mod doesn't seem great. Subjectively, there is heavy need for an additional super moderator. I think it's worth noting that many of the people in this thread aren't even advocating for total removal, just some additional representation that they have a better time communicating with.
The community is pretty clearly stating that they would like an additional moderator to have some say over the board. It seems like rational and supported people are available to fill that position. I think that needs to happen or I don't foresee the state of affairs improving around here.
NovaFortue: Added SkipMcLazy: Added PukeAttack: Looks like someone else added this. Cmdr: Added Germench: Added swc19: Added
Sorry for the delay.
Liv asked to leave site staff last week, so please don't bother her with site requests going forward. We may start looking for a few additional people to help out again soon.
PandaBURRR: It looks like the user has been responding on the game's forums since your post.
GamingLand: Removed
Guerriero1: The mod is inactive, okay.
Droogie4Ever: The mod is inactive, okay.
CoopeZz: Mods are inactive, okay.
Tohelot: It looks like your run was added.
robthegamer115: I removed the other mods due to inactivity. I'd recommend adding 1 or 2 people if they're available.
Panjandrm: User didn't set up page, so go for it.
Remix227: I'd recommend discussing with the active moderators. I removed one that was very inactive and bumped the rest up to supers.
Kromer: User is inactive, I bumped you up.
TyPL4YZ: Generally popular games want moderators that are well-known to their communities.
ü: We got pretty far behind. It's still pretty far behind, but it looks like yours was handled.
frkypnt: Added due to inactivity.
alexproctor55: I deleted it.
hyo24: Run has been pending a while so I added you.
ShadowCyberpunk: Would probably want someone with a run to replace or someone who runs a lot of NES games, if they want to post here.
MattHazelnut: The mod is inactive, okay.
RibShark: Thanks, got it
bdiggles: I would recommend posting a thread on the game's forum discussing adding one or two mods, and runners trying to form a consensus on who they want added. I don't think the turnaround in this case is too bad, but i do think the board is active enough it could probably use a couple more people.
xeroxfiend: Mods inactive, run pending, okay
Jack_Hase: Mod is somewhat inactive and you have a bunch of runs on similar games, okay.
bluerapids12/TailsProYT: If someone who mods a bunch of those fangames wants mod, I could add them. Series don't strongly need any moderators though. Also those game requests can go through the site game request form.
Racoonix: Mod inactive, okay
Snodeca: Seems to line up. If Joe doesn't have his e-mail, he can contact me to sort that out.
Woodswolf: Bumped you up. I thought regular mods could do everything a super mod could do except add/remove moderators. If that has changed could someone remind me?
SGA: Added due to inactivity.
ExplodingHE: Please link or submit a run done by you, and I can probably add you.
DeathPancake: I removed some highly inactive mods. Please discuss it with the active moderator.
Huntylicious: Run pending, mods inactive, added.
Let me know if I missed anyone.
DankusSR: Those mods have been inactive about 3 months, but I think it's fine to add you given the circumstances.
g0goTBC: The mods are fairly inactive, I'll add you. It looks like someone added it to the series.
Meddadog: Seems fine, I added you
MiphaSR: Normally I'd want a pending run, but the user never added a run anyway, go for it.
starsmiley: Looks like someone else got to it before me.
Lynth007: One of the BF 2017 mods was willing to handle the board, so I added him and removed the highly inactive mod.
Cmdr: Bumped him up.
I brute forced the encounter counter behavior. It's essentially exactly what I had speculated in the past, but I had not verified it previously.
I think whether or not you get into the battle has to do with an internal formula checking if the game can lay down the battle grid or not. I've never understood exactly how this works, but it's well-known that sometimes you won't get into an encounter up against certain walls.
50 step units is about 0.83 seconds or about 5 Brian steps. Brian's speed is 2 step units per 1/30th of a second (one frame).
Exactly every 50 step units it rolls for EncounterChance = (Step Units / 2000)
50 step units = 0.025 = 2.5% 100 step units = 0.05 150 step units = 0.075 200 step units = 0.1 250 step units = 0.125 300 step units = 0.15 350 step units = 0.175 400 step units = 0.2 450 step units = 0.225 500 step units = 0.25 550 step units = 0.275 600 step units = 0.3 650 step units = 0.325 700 step units = 0.35 750 step units = 0.375 800 step units = 0.4 850 step units = 0.425 900 step units = 0.45 950 step units = 0.475 1000 step units = 0.5 1050 step units = 0.525 1100 step units = 0.55 1150 step units = 0.575 1200 step units = 0.6 1250 step units = 0.625 1300 step units = 0.65 1350 step units = 0.675 1400 step units = 0.7 1450 step units = 0.725 1500 step units = 0.75 1550 step units = 0.775 1600 step units = 0.8 1650 step units = 0.825 1700 step units = 0.85 1750 step units = 0.875 1800 step units = 0.9 1850 step units = 0.925 1900 step units = 0.95 1950 step units = 0.975 2000 step units = 1.0
Cumulative math: P(A or B ) = P(A) + P(B ) – P(A)P(B )
0.025 + 0.05 - 0.025 x 0.05 = 0.07375 0.07375 + 0.075 - 0.07375 x 0.075 = 0.1432
Since the counter resets, it's harder to exactly calculate the chance of two encounters over a set distance. The following covers chance of at least 1 encounter.
Cumulative: 50 step units = 0.025 100 step units = 0.07375 150 step units = 0.1432 200 step units = 0.2289 250 step units = 0.3253 300 step units = 0.4265 350 step units = 0.5269 ~50% 400 step units = 0.6215 450 step units = 0.7067 500 step units = 0.7800 550 step units = 0.8405 600 step units = 0.8883 650 step units = 0.9246 700 step units = 0.9510 ~95% 750 step units = 0.9694 800 step units = 0.9816 850 step units = 0.9894 900 step units = 0.9941 950 step units = 0.9969 1000 step units = 0.9985
GamerLand got back into what I'm pretty sure was one of his old accounts. (A piece of non-public information was checked on the account.) Please stop harassing the site, thanks.
Clarification: The site was restored from a 1 day old backup. The site hashes and salts passwords.
If you reuse the same password on multiple sites, you are highly susceptible to someone gaining unauthorized access to your account. People can target you if they find a reason to, or people can try passwords for a bunch of users to stir up shit.
Popular compromised sites include Dropbox, Myspace, Xsplit, Imgur, Kickstarter, League of Legends, Linkedin, Patreon, Snapchat, Tumblr, and numerous others. Your password for numerous websites are probably out there.
EDIT: 2 factor authentication can help protect those that use it, but not those that don't, obviously.
I made changes.
I set the "Glitched" variable as a subcategory. If people don't like it it's easy to change back.
Someone also mentioned potentially switching US/JP to subcategories. It's like another hour or so of changes. I don't have a strong preference on that right now.
