Hello Everyone,

Thank you all for your patience and suggestions. Below is a list of run categories that I have compiled from all of your suggestions.

Three main categories.

Summit any% Reach the summit of Kami

Marco any% Descend the mountain with Marco

100% Collect all major Collectables Thermos Glowing Gloves Big Chalk Bag Survival Blanket Small Windmill Big Flask Pearly Edelweiss All Troglodyte Pitons (Please comment if I have missed any major collectables) Reach the summit

All three of the main categories will have sub categories for Explorer, Alpinist, and Free Solo difficulties. This will allow players to play on the difficulty they enjoy and feel most comfortable on, whilst allowing the choice of difficulty to still allow equal competition.

Three “Challenge” categories.

Frog Lick% (Free Solo Only) Lick the frog

Pitch% (Alpinist Only) Summit Kami in the least pitches (unbroken climbing sections) possible

Iron man (Free Solo Only) Reach the summit of Kami with severe restrictions No falls No deaths No rewinds No upgrades No buffs No ice gear No tape (I’m not sure Iron man is possible. But I’m sure someone will prove me wrong)

Recordings must start prior to selecting the difficulty

The entire run must be recorded

There can be no editing, splicing, or pausing of the recording

Runs will be verified based off of the in-game timer

Runs may be paused once per run, but the pause must be recorded and uploaded as part of the run

These categories have been selected to provide the most gameplay variation whilst keeping the rule sets concise and manageable with the limited resources of the moderation team. We will have some new faces joining the moderation team, and that should really help to keep run verification moving smoothly.

If I have missed anything you think is truly critical to the speedrunning scene, please feel free to comment. I will be reading this thread often as I start to solidify the rules.

Thank you all again for your suggestions, without all of you this community would not be so great

Scott Knight

Awesome work, thanks !

One comment : for the 100%, you forgot the Troglodyte doll

I wanted to run iron man, but without ice gear im not even sure if thats possible? Theres just some sections that force you into ice axes. like the final 3 meters of the climb no?

Imo most sense would be

No falls, No deaths, No flowers, No upgrades No buffs No tape.

I have some question for the rules of pitch%:

What are the rules on what counts as one pitch:

Is pitoning okay (since it is Alpinist)?

Can I off belay?

Can I hang on the rope and swing to another wall or just back to the top where the piton is?

Can I use the save points and bivouac on the wall (on the Peril or at the start of Kami)?

If a cutscene forcefully interrupts a climb (like between the Peril and the Dome) and I cuntinue it where the cutscene starts, is it one or two pitches?

Does Tenzen count towards the number of pitches or just Kami?

Is chalk considered a buff for Ironwoman?

Yes. Chalk is considered a buff