Hey all,

There have been quite a bit of developments found regarding skips and tricks, some involving hovers and more specifically involving coop. The category rules as such need some refinement. Taking inspiration from other communities and games, here are the listed out changes that seem to be the best for everyone:

Any%/AVM 1P

• All glitches and skips allowed
• Use of Co-op mode is allowed, however only one person is allowed to control the game
• If Co-op mode is enabled, only one player/side can be controlled at once. For example, you cannot have both players walking/jumping around, one side's input must be finished before the other side can be used.

Originally the Co-op limitation was made just to facilitate a 1P run, naturally. However because of the new skips found, this original intent needed refinement which hopefully the above rule changes capsulate.

Any%/AVM Co-op

• All glitches and skips allowed
• Use of Co-op mode is required to be enabled when entering and exiting levels.
• Co-op mode is allowed to be disabled and enabled, but it must be enabled when entering and exiting levels.

The primary focus of Co-op in speedruns is to allow for routing possibilities that a 1P run can't do or can't achieve efficiently. With this in mind, the 2nd and 3rd rules above are meant to soft enforce Co-op mode being enabled. However the 3rd rule should be lenient enough to allow for ease of skips since the menus and drop-in/drop-out aspect of split screen are so quick.

Future NMG Categories

In the future whenever someone runs one, NMG (No Major Glitches) categories will be added. Currently my proposed list of banned tricks/glitches for this category are:

• Grounded Super Speed
• Hovers
• Damage Jump Boosts
• OoB (Out of Bounds) movement
• Wall/Floor/Ceiling clipping

This would apply to both 1P and Co-op ideally. As expected, this would just then be runs of "optimized vanilla gameplay".

As always, if there are any suggestions, comments, or concerns about this stuff, please feel free to post a forum or message me directly.

• Geek