Wisconsin, USAThe argument of "use other platforms to satisfy this need" isn't really logical. "Why create Twitter, when you can just follow people on Facebook?"
The problem with the "advice" you all have is that you're forcing users to rummage through disparate sources to put things together. Obviously, platforms such a Discord and Youtube exist where you can find this info, but that's not the point of SRC. This is a place to aggregate speedrunning content.
Frankly, being able to follow users is a basic feature on any other platform. SRC should follow suit. The dev project to do this would be pretty small and it would improve the usability and accessibility of the site.
Sorry if this has been requested before, or if it's already a feature I wasn't able to find. :)
It would be really cool to follow users and see their recently verified runs on the front page, like I see runs for games I follow.
There are people in my community that have just picked up speedrunning. It would be cool if I could more easily follow their progress.
Like the post said, we're unbanning it for any% and still evaluating it for other categories.
Obviously 2-loop is the easiest to unban next, but it's a really small category and we focused our efforts on rolling out any% first.
This is a good question. As of now, assume they won't be allowed, but the mod group will chat about the topic and make updates and alert you when a decision has been made.
Can you share your video? Sounds neat.
For the bat trick in stage 2 - the bat doesn't render until the 3rd frame, but actually loads on the 2nd frame. So if you activate the stopwatch on the 2nd frame, you don't see him until the stopwatch finishes, but he's still there.
For the bat boss swoop pattern - this is driven by how many frames you lose on the way to the boss from the door at the start of stage 3. A good method to get you started is to jump over the zombie on the 2nd platform and grab the potion (without stopping), then fall off the platform with the stairs, not jump off. Once you get to the boss, walk up to the third stair, and when he descends, go up to the 4th and wait for his swoop. If you've done it correctly, he'll give you a fast pattern.
p.s. we talk a lot about strats and whatnot in the discord. You'll certainly get more eyes and help over there.
My statement before was countering the point that heart counts don't matter, because everyone leaves every level at 0. This is obviously false. In addition to level 1, for medium skilled players, heart count in level 4 is common, due to big hearts in stage 11. And your math is right - it's +8 frames in US.
It's important to note that with a change like this, the JPN version would suddenly become the definitive version. Accessibility absolutely is a valid argument, since Castlevania is a classic game that's relatively popular; we wouldn't want to reduce accessibility without a compelling reason.
But honestly, I don't really care that much. Like Wolf pointed out, the impact it would have on my runs with my current level of play is approximately 0. I'd like to ask the question, though, is there a compelling reason to add it?
Just a friendly reminder that the current CV 1 WR has a heart countdown in level 1.
Hi all,
I submitted a couple of runs a little over a week ago and was just wondering if there was any additional info or content I can provide to help in the verification process.
Thanks! Efridge
