It was like this when I got here /s

As of now, I'm considering max game speed allowed on a trial basis until October 11

I find that most Individual levels for RTS (age of empires 2, starcraft, company heroes, supreme commandern, command conquer) are run at 1x speed

For majesty speed running - the greatest concern was having runs be comparable with each other

2001 (cyberlore forums) went with no video and timed using the "days counter"

2008 speedrun.com board was started by lagdotcom for 1x speed real time only

2019 ramrsock made a forum post asking about full game any% and using max speed for it which was accepted - but it was seen as adding 2 hours per attempt instead of the 4-15 minutes timesave for IL

For me personally, I use max game speed for practice but still record only at 1x speed -

I think allowing max speed right now is problematic because of obsoleting all 31 levels (even deal with a demon because the gambling hall reroll bar completes faster)

I think that 1x speed is most entertaining when it allows for higher quality "all in / high risk" kinda of speedruns - I think of using starting gold exactly with no economy buildings or "base trading" to barely finish the level while ignoring that your castle is under attack and would die in seconds if you continued after the victory screen

My concern with max speed is that it encourages safety strategies and safer play (similiar to a live Speedrun marathon event)

Crossposting from Discord:

I highly agree that changing the rule to max speed both invalidates all the current runs as well as makes it much more difficult for people to see/understand/learn what's going on when played at maximum velocity. For full game it is much less relevant, but individual level strats and hypervelocity feels eh. Also with some of the levels already being at mere seconds and most under 10 minutes, if the only logic behind wanting max speed is "I can do attempts faster" then it doesn't really feel necessary. I haven't seen any posts or discussion around why changing the rule is even wanted/preferred?

Sooooo... Are we just ok with the game speed for these records? I feel like the real answer is to have separate categories. It's understandable to want to have the game speed incorporated as it does allow for more attempts in less time. I also understand that a lot of the current runs rely heavily on really good RNG. Obviously I am gonna have a bias since I've spent a good amount of time working towards the runs that I have myself, but this just doesn't feel right. Some of these new records have longer times by the in-game clock than their previous holders regardless of what the real world time is. If we are going to have separate categories for Gambling Hall use, then we should definitely have it for game speed use.