The original rules for these categories were timing ends when the text appears on screen but the rules have been changed to timing ends when the Lakitu board appears on screen. Just a minor change but hopefully that helps with runs.

There will inevitably be people who want new categories on the leaderboard, so to make it easier for the mods I have created a form for runners to fill out to request new categories. This will keep the forum posts uncluttered so if people want to ask questions or discuss something they can do so easily.

Here is the category suggestion form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJg6mlWkHuv5bpY9zS94clNDvXdvIHqgiQPe6gYvIXPaVfcQ/viewform?usp=pp_url

The Category Extensions leaderboard has officially been created! (link here: https://speedrun.com/mss_ce or linked to leaderboards tab)

I will move the team categories to that leaderboard but I will keep Toadsworth% on the main leaderboard. I will also add the Daisy Cruiser, Luigi’s Mansion, and Blindfolded% categories to the other leaderboard.

For future category suggestions it would be great if you could post them in the Category Extensions forum but it’s still ok to post them here. Also make sure to post the rules in as much detail as possible with your suggestions.

There have been a few suggestions that you guys want to be real categories, such as Dinger%, Blindfolded%, Luigi’s Mansion%, Daisy Cruiser%, and All Captains Extended. If there are any more categories you want feel free to suggest them. These could all be possible categories and would probably be moved to a Category Extensions leaderboard as they are mostly just fun categories for people to run. That being said, to make these all into official categories I will need at least 1 run of each category. Other people can still run them before they are made official but only 1 run needs to be done to make it official. I will run a few of the categories myself, but not all of them. That’s why I need the help of all of you to make these categories real.

P.S. There was a Toy Field category suggestion, but there were no rules for the run. If someone wants to come up with some rules and then do a run of it, I will make it a category.

So just to clarify, in runs, the only use for a USB keyboard is to reduce the amount of time it takes for you to enter present codes, right? And does it have to be a wired one or can in be either wired or wireless?

I’ve done a few IL speedruns already, but will there be and IL leaderboard?

So for blindfolded% are you allowed to use audio cues? I know you’re not allowed to use visual cues (obviously) but are audio cues allowed?