Hello everyone, a lot has changed recently, so I'm coming in here to update you all on the state of things.

First, let's talk about the updates to the board. To start, we've merged the two timing methods back together on the leaderboard. Rather than having two separate times for every run, times using the In-Game Time (IGT) method take priority and are displayed instead of times using the Real Time Attack (RTA) method when possible.

A new annotation on every run will make it easier to identify the timing method used in each run's time.

The No Major Glitches (NMG) category has been removed but in its place is a new NMG subcategory for every existing category. All runs that were submitted into the NMG category have been moved to the appropriate categories under the NMG ruleset. This is only a change to the way the leaderboards are formatted. No rules have been changed.

Now we need to talk about IGT.

Every run that was in the queue has been retimed RTA despite its placement or requests for a manual retime unless it used the provided ASL load remover with livesplit. In which case a manual retime was not necessary to verify the run's IGT time.

Now with the queue clear, in order to prevent it from freezing up like it did, we are going to change the way we handle manual IGT retiming.

First of all, console and mobile runs do not need to be retimed to IGT and so will be excluded from receiving manual IGT retimings. Only PC runs will be eligible for a manual retime.

The top 10 runs of each category will no longer be automatically qualified for a manual retime. However, this may change in the future.

!!! IMPORTANT !!!!

If your run was only retimed to RTA you may request for a mod to manually retime the run to IGT however we ask you only do so under the following circumstances:

1. Your run is not already obsoleted by another run you have in the queue
2. You do not plan to do another run to get a better time in the near future
3. You have a reason to believe that a retime would push your run up the leaderboard

If your run that you request to be retimed meets all of these requirements it will be placed on a list to be retimed in the future. You can request a manual IGT retime by messaging me here on this website, messaging me on discord or by asking through the description of your run if it is yet to be verified.

However, there is a very simple way that you can bypass this process and that is to use the provided ASL load remover which is easily accessible and downloadable through Livesplit and can also be downloaded in the resources tab of this board. Retiming a run to IGT manually will put it in a queue to be retimed but that queue will have a lower priority than the simple verification of runs in the standard queue meaning it may take a while before it is retimed.

IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO WAIT FOR YOUR RUN TO BE RETIMED

It is highly recommended you start using the ASL with Livesplit so that your loads are removed automatically and your run can be verified as IGT quickly.

I believe that is most of what needs to be communicated at the moment. If there are any questions about the changes please, make them known. Otherwise, the queue is clear, so have fun running!

~ Petrichor