Over the past year and a half, there's been a discussion around the fairness of the current dialogue skipping meta. Having overpowered keyboards has always been a contentious topic and one that the community is very divided about. Many people have given ideas on how to make it more fair, but none have been implemented. After more discussion, we have decided to make a poll and let the community decide how we should proceed with dialogue skip in the next update

Please vote in this poll and let us know you decision. It is set to end at September 8, 2026 12:00 PM.

https://poll-maker.com/poll5846336x744549A9-169

We’re excited to announce that MiSide has been invited by Games Done Quick (GDQ) to speedrun live in front of their audience!

GDQ is the largest speedrunning organization in the world with over 3M+ followers, and they invite runners to speedrun various games live on their Twitch and YouTube channels to show off their skills. MiSide specifically has been asked to run on August 8th at 1pm EST for ChurchnSarg's GDQ Hotfix special which features many popular indie horror games such as Poppy Playtime, Amanda the Adventurer, Reanimal, and many others. For this event, myself and Sena will be running head to head, while Ethica will be commentating our runs to the viewers.

This is a very rare opportunity for MiSide speedrunning to be broadcasted to this large of an audience, and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with everyone. Please spread the word and let your friends and community members know!

The live will be available at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

In MiSide, your walking speed is dependent on your refresh rate. The higher it is, the faster you walk. However, Slicecraft and Stafiii have been working on the Speedrun Mod, which now removes that unfair aspect of the game allowing anybody to play with 540 Hz walking speed. The newest update also includes a multitude of other useful features which are listed on the github site (linked below).

Before you download, please note that there are a few restrictions with the mod:

• 540 Hz is the highest allowed refresh rate

• Show hitboxes is not allowed during runs

• FPS and Hz toggles are allowed during runs

Bepinex is needed to run this mod, and a guide is available under the resources tab

Installation: https://github.com/SliceCraft/MiSideSpeedrunMod/releases/tag/1.4.0

A huge thanks goes out to Slicecraft, Stafiii, Autocarrot, and RedTuna for all of the work they have been putting into the game over the last few months

Last night, me and some runners put together a bounty of $250 for anyone who achieves a new world record in Any% full game ending on version 0.93L. However, the run must include a handcam. There will be no time limit on this bounty. Best of luck! (This bounty ends when the new version of the game is released unless stated otherwise)

Contributors:

Panzer - $100

Sena - $50

Jester - $50

Jaatis - $50

MiSide: Zero, a non-canon prequel to the official MiSide game, was just released a couple of days ago. Thanks to yuxi, we were able to get the sdc page for the game where you can now submit runs (note that with the coming versions of the game, your current runs might be archived and no longer publicly viewable).

https://www.speedrun.com/MisideZero

Due to faster walking speeds on higher refresh rates, we have decided to add an annotation to display your refresh rate. Previously, I had a separate category for Any% and Kappimod 60hz, then I changed it to a button, but then Arisu suggested an annotation. Adding a value is optional, and it defaults to "Any hz". We also do not have a way to verify whether or not the number is true

Along with the previous post, we have also decided to add Kappimod levels to the mix

Kappimod automatically skips all in game dialogue

After long consideration, we have decided to move the Kappimod category from the category extensions to the main game leaderboards in hopes of reviving the category. If there are any conflicts about this or people disagree with this, please feel free to let my know by commenting down below or by DMing me.

Kappimod is a mod that automatically skips all dialogue in the game without having to click space, removing the need to have a good keyboard

If you encounter a soft lock during your run, feel free to go back into the menu and reload into the game and I will remove that time from your final run. I have been doing this since the start of speedrunning, and I feel like it makes it more enjoyable since none of us like soft locks

A few months ago, several of the previous verifiers messed up the categories and archived many runs - over seven pages of them. Im just now going through the archived categories and fixing all of the runs, so if the leaderboards looked messed up, please know that this is according to plan

Edit: After starting this process, there turns out to be several hundred runs that need fixed. This will likely take at least several days, so please bear with me. For now, submit runs to the categories that are not marked "(archived)"

We recently added the KappiMod to the category extensions.

This mod allows players to skip dialogues automatically, without clicking space, which is an issue that many runners had with the 0.93 version of MiSide. Some more information is given in the new announcement that I made on that category

The following have been banned from MiSide Speedrunning:

• Remapping keys without explicit permission from me and me alone
• The use of more than one keyboard
• The use of an external device that has keys that allow the rebinding of inputs
• The use of an external device that has keyboard inputs on it
• This includes, but is not limited to, the sayodevice, wooting uwu, bluetooth keyboards, multiple mice, multiple keyboards, steam deck

If you are playing a level or full run in which the spacebar text skip is used, the game version does not need to be shown. This is due to the fact that this is the only version that allows for spacebar skipping.

NOTE: Once the next version of MiSide releases, you will be required to show the version again, but until then, feel free to cover it

Level runs will now start being timed once the in-game cursor disappears, instead of "when the pink starts to fade." I made this change due to the fact that determining the fade is very inconsistent, and could cause runs to be unfairly timed compared to others

Due to this update, we would like to request that you have your cursor turned on in OBS recordings, as without them, it will be hard to determine the start of your run

I will update all of the already submitted runs very soon, I promise

Twitch is limiting storage of highlights and uploads to a total of 100 hours per account. If you have an amount of video exceeding this on your channel, files will begin to be wiped on April 19th. Take action and caution to back up your content on YouTube, Rutube, or BiliBili. After this wipe, if your run is not longer viewable then it will have to be deleted from the leaderboards

Twitch twitter post: https://x.com/TwitchSupport/status/1892277199497043994

Dialogue skip still exists, however now it is a console command, meaning it is much easier to activate.

To activate:

• Type the ` key on your keyboard. It should either be under your ESC key or press FN + ESC (For smaller keyboards)

• In the console, type "skipdialogue" and click enter

You will know if the command went through correctly if you receive a red line of text warning you that the command is glitchy

Note: This does not work in the phone section of the game, and only starts working after you have exited the phone

I just updated some of the resources and guides with the following:

• All three of the splits in resources have

• Outdated guides now have a notice at the top stating that they're outdated and will be fixed shortly

If anything else needs to be updated or fixed, PLEASE reach out to let me know on either speedrun.com or Discord (panzer80808)

There is also the official speedrunning discord pinned in the forums tab

We were looking through the rules and deciding what was not necessary for runs, after going through it it has been decided that an overlay is now not required for runs, this means that your inputs do not have to be on-screen (Please note that a livesplit is still required to be on your OBS Scene)

After consideration to the variables surrounding music on runs, it has been decided to remove the rule banning music, i will personally go through all rejected runs due to music now and verify them.

I apologize for the double announcement (please check out the previous announcement if you have not already), but I just wanted to give everybody a heads up that all "Level" category runs must start by clicking "Load" and not "Continue". Furthermore, all runs must start from the main menu to ensure this occurs

Thanks to AR34, there is now a Double Escape Macro.exe file available in the Resources tab. This file allows you to bind a double escape macro to any key of your choosing. The current languages are Russian and English

Due to the buggy camera mode that was added to the game, the free camera is going to be banned during runs

Let's get right to the point. An update has been released in Miside. It fixed a lot of bugs that were used in Glitch. Mandatory missions have also been added. Now you can't take the bear in the "Old Version" chapter at once and much more. That's why we're moving all the runs to Legacy. I also added 3 new categories in the levels. Read the rules and you can start running them. You can now make new runs, which we will start checking from tomorrow.

I hope I've explained everything.

I just wanted to let all current and future speedrunners know that verifying runs takes a LONG time. We currently get around 30-50 submissions a day, totally anywhere from 10-20 hours of footage PER DAY. We have around 3-5 active staff members, meaning that each member has to watch anywhere from 2-7 hours of footage per day. Many games take upwards to several weeks to verify runs, so if your run was just submitted or it has been less than several days, do NOT message the moderators to verify your run. If this does occur, the moderators have every right to hold off verifying your submission until they deem fit.

TL;DR:

Verification times are not long, do not message the moderators. Wait until your run is verified

I have decided to temporarily add the chapter "Novels" to the levels list. It is unconfirmed whether or not this decision will last

I want to congratulate the MiSide speedrunning community and all runners on reaching 100 runners! It is hopefully the very first milestone of many, and I cant wait to see how we progress in the future

I was recently notified that I had not changed the category rules, so if you plan to submit runs into levels, please recheck the rules to make sure your runs fit the criteria

Earlier today, the rules were updated to be more specific. I have also specified that key and mouse overlays are required for all runs moving forward. For more information, please read the rules. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me on speedrun.com or Discord, panzer80808.

I have just finished fixing and updating the splits. They are now currently synced up with the world records of each respective category. I will be working on the achievements split soon, which should be uploaded later today

The Start and Ending Timing Guide is designed to help players know when to start and end their splits. Currently it has four languages: English, Russian, French, and Japanese. If you would like the guide and all future guides to have translated versions, please feel free to message me

Due to the creation of the AutoSplit for MiSide by OkoTales, we have had to change the start timing of all runs to accommodate this feature. This might take a few hours so bear with us

The start of runs now starts when "AIHASTO" appears

Русский:

В связи с созданием OkoTales AutoSplit для MiSide нам пришлось изменить время начала всех запусков, чтобы учесть эту функцию. Это может занять несколько часов, так что будьте терпеливы.

Старт забегов теперь начинается при появлении надписи «AIHASTO».

Français

En raison de la création d'AutoSplit pour MiSide par OkoTales, nous avons dû modifier le moment de démarrage de toutes les exécutions pour prendre en compte cette fonctionnalité. Cela peut prendre quelques heures, alors soyez indulgents avec nous

Commencez par démarrer avec « AIHASTO »