Hi! Im new to this site. I'll try to be concise.

I joined specifically for Extreme G though I am not a speed runner yet but I would like to start. It's been an interest of mine for many years watching people like Cheese play SM64.

I have the original hardware and would prefer to play on that instead of an emulator.

Im sorry if this is a stupid question but the rules say that, for Meltdown as an example, the series run has to be timed by an outside source.

This confuses me in two ways. 1. The game has its own timer. Is it considered not accurate enough? And 2. If you're not playing on PC how do you do it? Just manually start and stop it? That would seem like it leaves a larger margin for error or slight discrepancy. Also, you can record the timer using the outside source but how do you prove its for the video recorded run (using a capture card) or am I just way over thinking it all? If so, Im sorry, my brain complicates things.

Thanks for any help!