Yes, it is inconsequential, but it's quite obvious to anyone looking and that's why it was brought to our attention so promptly. The reason I missed it is because I was focused on frame counting as we've had a lot of runs coming in recently for both the English and Japanese version of this category. I am at fault for accepting those runs and I apologize that I wasn't able to let you know earlier before you submitted more runs.

It is clearly stated in both the rules and the category name, Any% has been defined by the larger speedrun community and I've not seen anyone else misinterpret the rules of this category in this way. The word final is not ambiguous, there is a final day of the game (the last day of the third summer) and the code exists to advance you to that day, end your game, and see the ending scenes early. You're right, it is not uncommon for speedrun categories to exist that are only a portion of the game. I would say, though, that it is uncommon for those categories to be called "Any%".

This category is not a Day1% speedrun, it is an Any% speedrun. It would be well within the rules to sleep for those 2.5 years and not use the code at all. The code is not required, it is just the best strategy for advancing to the end of the game.

The best way I can describe this to you is, if somebody was finishing up Super Mario 64 and didn't collect the final star after Bowser, it wouldn't be a completed run. If somebody walked up to Ganon at the end of Ocarina of Time but didn't swing their sword, it wouldn't be a completed run. Every run MUST have a final input, and in this category it's L+R+Start+Select. The 2m 05s 767ms run you mention might be the fastest "English Day 1 Speedrun", but it is not the fastest English Any% run.

The category is for completion of the game which has always been stated in the rules, timing ends on the final day -- your runs did not complete the game. The code is not a requirement but it is the fastest way to complete the game.

Your previous runs were accepted in error, as I was focused on the frame counting and not on the actual completion of the run, which is that the final day is triggered and the ending sequence begins.

Hey, we have discussed internally and we won't be adding the category. It is mostly just advancing text through the intro, walking for a few seconds, and advancing some more text. There would be nearly no gameplay. The game doesn't end, there are no credits. This is just a manual return to the title screen that Marvelous added in SE.

Hey, there.

I have done some runs of the game (lost the highlights unfortunately) on PS4 and have noticed that the runs on PC use some sort of movement that I've been calling "drunk bee".

It appears they are zigzagging back and forth really fast using the mouse controls which I don't believe is something that can be done on console.

Do you think it might be beneficial to split the board out into the separate platforms? Maybe not all four, but potentially a split between PC and Console? I don't know if there are significant loading differences between PS4, Switch, and XBone.

If not, that's fine. I would like to eventually do some runs on PC regardless when I get a new machine.

The fabled "All Golden Tools".

We've always talked about it, but nobody has put themselves through it.

If you want to run a category, I'll add it for you. The rules will be decided by the people who want to run it. In most cases, I'd say glitches would be allowed.

Hello, I'm a series moderator for Harvest Moon. https://www.speedrun.com/hm

We have a moderator for a game in the series (Harvest Moon DS Cute) who we haven't been able to get in contact with. https://www.speedrun.com/Harvest_Moon_DS_Cute

I'm not sure if this game was added to speedrun.com before the series functionality was available or what exactly happened, but our Series Mods (Super Mods) are not able to approve runs or make changes to the game.

If you could fix this for us, we would be very grateful!

Winning 8-5, the new timing method will be ended at scrolling to the final page of the completed photo album.

[Removed Strawpoll Link]

Please vote in this poll. Existing runs (at this point, only one) will be retimed to accommodate.

A few months back I completed what I was calling a "Cupid" run, where all 5 rival marriages have to happen and timing ends on the first wedding bell of the 5th marriage.

It's been requested that I add the category for visibility and so others can see it as a possibility to run the game if they're interested.

The question is, what do we call it? Please vote below.

https://www.strawpoll.me/15192003

I did not know that about the festival/invisible wall thing. That explains why sometimes I can jump out but get stuck. If it only costs 1 reset to remove it per attended festival, I still think it's worth doing for +affection on gifting the various crops in the off seasons.

I have a few places where I have collected some notes. Some on pastebin, some on Google Docs, some from MrWeables himself.

I'll gather it together and let you know.

I've played around with this and there is solid potential for the All Photos run (or future longer categories such as All Weddings, All Recipes, etc).

I plan on doing All Photos attempts later this year and this will be incorporated in some way.

Hey, sorry I was absent for this whole exchange but it does look like you have it figured out.

I wouldn't reject a run for having no sound, though it would be preferred.

If you aren't already, you should use the emulator settings from TBJESE. He did months of research to get the game to run almost identically to console.

http://www.speedrun.com/hm64/guide/2lafh

I've been looking around trying to find out about achieving the FPG but not getting the frame rule, I know darbian has talked about it during his attempts but I was hoping for some exact numbers. These were my first two successful completions during runs and both times I missed the frame rule.

Am I correct in assuming that I just have to do either the underground or the actual FPG execution faster to get the frame rule?

Set this up a while ago and never linked it on sr.com!

Come chat and ask questions about the runs!

https://discord.gg/0iS5XjeDRTg1ByRo

https://discord.gg/7wtwtkW

Also has channels for the other Harvest Moon titles as well.

¤¤Channel updated as of 12/20/16

https://discord.gg/7wtwtkW

This is a Discord channel for chatting about running all the various titles as well as general chat about the series.

¤¤Channel updated as of 12/20/16

This is extremely impressive and a cool concept. Dungeons are the places where the most time is lost so it doubles as an effective method of practice.

I like it, and I'd probably utilize it.

How would one go about an official request to review/remove MagicScrumpy's time on the leaderboard (currently 16th place). If Kenneth Moser's was removed due to speculation of being tool assisted, this one should be a no brainer.

This is all coming to light due to some tool assisted work he's done with other games (as well as submitting a Smash Bros combo video into a contest with a cash prize, claiming it was all done by a human, but with heavy speculation that it was also tool assisted). There has been a ton of discussion on Reddit/Discord and I think it's time for a re-review and ruling.

Ultimately, having this run stay approved diminishes the integrity of the leaderboard.

EDIT: Thank you, Mav! The time has been removed.

Hey, thank you! I edited the run as it was done on Project 64 1.7, so I checked the Emulator box.

I appreciate it! I'm going to work on this time a lot in the coming weeks.