Upload to Google Drive, right click the video, press 'Get link', change the dropdown at the bottom from 'Restricted' to 'Anyone with the link', click copy link and put that in the video link part of the submission form.

Banning balloon codes wouldn't work because what streamers do in max% is get their audience to friend the switch account so that their balloons show up more often in the balloon list. Even not doing the friending thing, big enough streamers could still flood the list enough to their advantage.

Nope. (You would need a pretty powerful PC to be even close to on par with console, anyway.)

I know min cap throws is a thing in low%, but iirc the general consensus is that there's not much interest in doing it as a speedrun.

Being able to do a downthrow with motion controls isn't very important in any%, so whether you use procon or joycons is entirely preference (though most people prefer procon).

There are some small parts of the run where using a motion control downthrow is a feasible strat, and so some procon runners choose to have connected joycons on standby for use then.

I guess doing a downthrow on procon can be useful for some backups, in which case you can press Y or X after ground pounding while not holding a trigger button (otherwise you'll roll)

The "all non-story moons" detail seems like it would be just all moons without a few story moons that don't have any other moons locked behind them (snow barriers and darker side are the only story moons like this off the top of my head).

Seems too arbitrary; the run would just be any% until Wooded, minus Lake.

I don't think there's an objectively 'best' category to start running SMO with, but Any% is definitely the most popular, and it's not too long.

Any% also has really good/beginner friendly tutorials (found in the resources tab), so it is pretty easy to start learning.

I can imagine a sort of glitchless category being added if Any% became reliant on some sort of crazy huge glitch that skipped a large portion of the game. Even so, I think said category would be more likely to be 'Any% no [name of glitch/skip]' than flat out 'Glitchless' (especially considering above arguments concerning what exactly is defined as a glitch).

At about 0:52 in the current WR vid for ADA Mario does an upside down death animation; is this the one you're talking about @0123xrulez0123xrulez ?

The resources linked in the video are for Any%, but I'm pretty sure the video talks about how to set up the autosplitter for other categories/games as well (my understanding is that the software watches for predetermined frames and presses the split button when it sees them).

To request a category extension, you can use the category request form and follow the instructions found on this https://www.speedrun.com/smoce/thread/ze0h9 forum thread.

> DYK Nintendo is planning on disabling capture cards for most games
??? That sentence doesn't make complete sense. 'Disabling captures cards for most games' would likely mean forcing said games to only work in handheld (so that the game isn't running through an HDMI signal on which capture cards rely), making the system better off named the Nintendo Fixate.

As for unrecorded runs, I'm pretty sure this discussion happened a few years ago and iirc it boils down to - the 'No Vid; No Did' rule maintains leaderboard integrity, especially for one of the most popular speedgames on the website and it doesn't intend to accuse anyone of dishonesty. A capture card is not required for sufficient video proof, a phone camera pointed at the screen is fine as long as the video is of good enough quality.

iirc, the invincibility granted from the mario amiibo just makes you not lose any health when hitting an enemy but the knockback still happens when you get hit. (pretty sure the star theme isn't even original smh nintendo)

this ( https://www.speedrun.com/smoce/thread/ze0h9 ) thread outlines the process for suggesting a category extension.

however, it's unlikely this category will be accepted as it would very likely be exactly the same as any% 2p (afaik assist mode or amiibo don't provide any speedy assistance).

@DualieGMRSDualieGMRS If you want to officially suggest No Coin% you can fill out the category extension request form found on this ( https://www.speedrun.com/smoce/thread/ze0h9 ) forum thread.

The game rules state that only 1P is allowed. The only category that's allowed 2P is Any% 2P which in the category rules state that only 2P is allowed (category rules trump game rules in this case). Since IL category rules say nothing about 2P, the game rules are followed for that aspect.

Livesplit is the timer that most people use. For splits, you can find a .lss file for Any% in this game's Resources page or you can make them yourself with Livesplit. Smallant has a good tutorial for setting up Livesplit where he covers getting the software, setting up splits and getting the timer just the way you want it.

You can find the CE request form on this forum thread ( https://www.speedrun.com/smoce/thread/ze0h9 ) and you are welcome to do a run of Klepto% and request the category. However, it will probably not get accepted as the route is too similar to Any%; it boils down to Any% until Lost Kingdom and then retrieve Cappy.

I think an Any% Glitchless category would either be too similar to Any% to be accepted or not be popular enough because of too many restrictions (depending on what you decide to be a "glitch" and therefore ban).