Hey, it should definitely be okay, at least for the beginning. I also did my run on a USB loader, but loading the disk through it (so I think its still load times of disk?). IF there will be more interest we can check out ways to somehow distinct runs between USB loader and not, if there is a too big difference in load times. Otherwise go for it!

Hey guys, I was interested in the run but since flash player is dead I cannot access it anywhere on the web anymore. Does the speedrun community have any solution for this or is the game literally not playable anymore? Thanks in advance!

yeah it should definitly be no problem. The only thing that one has to keep in mind with backwards compatibility is always load times though. It would be nice to check how different loadtimes are especially in cutscene heavy games like this. It could lead to massive timesaves just because of loadtimes which could (at least in some other communites) lead to a seperated board or something. But well I mean there arent that many runners right now, would still interest me if you find something out! keep up the good work

you can switch weapons, but the question is if it would be faster during a run
there are a lot of opinions that charge blage is currently the best weapon, I would say take the weapon you are skilled the most with, or the one you have most fun with, just my opinion, greatsword, hammer and charge blade should be pretty good tho

Yes it is. Maybe they will patch it in the future or something, we can only hope. That would make this game such a better speedgame for sure. Maybe they will do it someday, after all the confusion and feedback they got with the cutscene triggers for multiplayer, they might actually do it.

Hello guys, as I saw the LowRank% being suggested in the forum before(I still like the idea) I want to suggest another category.
I did a first attempt on running this (very bad tho):

It is basically from new file till after the first zorah fight in low rank (5*), where you also first see Nergigante.
As many of you already said, any% will be a very long category to run, as of that there wont be too many runners willing to try it. LowRank% is a way better category in my opinion, since HighRank will get a lot harder without the right farm for equip and since it will especially be such a long category.
So I also suggest this category, for those who will even find LowRank% to long (like me, and it will be a long category especially since you cant skip cutscenes), many people like shorter categories and this is the first real story point in the game that could count as a ending for a run imo.
Anyways, I had a lot of fun with this route and I think this will give a great run (at least I will try it a few more times^^) and also a bigger opportunity for many runners, that want to run the game but not in such a long manner.
Sorry for the long text and hope you like the idea.
(PS. is there already a MHW speedrun discord or something on?)

Hey guys, I started to run this game today, but I cant figure out a consistent strat for the slotmachine minigame. It is really hard and slow by just looking at what comes before, and I have a hard time figuring out a better way to deal with it. Does anyone have any suggestions or is there even like a consistent strat that I dont know about?
Thanks in advance!

Hey I just finished the world first 16 Star Blindfolded Run, maybe there are some more people interested in running it so how about an own category for it?
Proof would be here:

Would be great to get a few more people to try this challenge and race each other and stuff.