No longer looking for a moderator. (Still can't edit titles argh)

It's okay! It's a reminder for everyone else too. (I can't change title)

Oh yeah, Mecha Madness too. Forgot about that one.

I'm not a fan of verifying my own runs and like to have a backup in the case of something happening to me. At the scene is in its infancy, I'm not concerned about entrants being super skilled. But there are things I'm looking for;

1. Fairly familiar with the game, ideally also a speedrunner

2. Transparent about discussing board issues, and what can be improved.

3. Have an eye for spotting errors!!

4. Can pick up on signs of cheated runs (audio jumps from splicing, questionable running speed etc).

5. Frequent speedrun.com around at least once a week.

6. Actually checks the submission video. You don't need to fully watch trusted runners but at least check the time is correct. Millisecond errors are common.

Bonus, but not required:

Some experience with moderating other games.

An eye for aesthetics, has made speedrun.com layouts/logos before.

Deadline will be the 10th of November. I'll extend if necessary. Apply via this thread or DM (discord or this website is fine)

Please submit under Lilac, as this boss plays the same universally and involves less clicking for viewers.

I'd stick this in the rules, but it doesn't show in the boards when I edited them. And I'd narrow it to one subcategory if the board engine let me.

Ah, I see. Sounds good too.

Hmm...

It sounds good on paper and probably fine for fullgame, but rather tedious for ILs - where you'll have most levels compatible/unique for each character, bar a few. Hence why I lean towards exceptions rather than custom variables set to multiple categories.

Or maybe I'm misunderstanding it.

Maybe...we can have both? I can see where the situation would arise for either, especially category extension ILs now too.

It's good, though having the ILs use up horizontal space on a desktop screen would be a QoL improvement, especially for games with lots of levels. I'm gonna assume sub countries being removed is a bug that'll be fixed at some point.

Say, you have an individual level and category, and each category is for each character.

But there's a problem: Not all characters can pass that level, or they play the exact same in this particular level, so you end up with unnecessary clutter of empty categories. This also can happen with fullgame side categories, but it's usually with individual levels.

Presenting: The Category exceptions!

For categories: Click on categories, then the 3 dots next to a level, or fullgame category. There would be a checkbox called "Add exception(s)". Check this box, and a drop-down window will appear for which category you don't want to show on the boards at all. A new button will appear for "Add another exception" and so on.

For variables: Click on the three dots next to a variable, click the "Add exceptions(s)" box. You get an empty space of what variables to type in to exempt. Each variable must have the correct spelling along separated by a comma. If you knock out every variable, the boards will still show times (see exempt all variable options below). If you enter something incorrectly spelled, you will get a "[Variable] not found" warning. Doing either of these options nulls out exempting all variables.

**How you'd exempt all variables! ** This is the case where an individual level plays the exact same with every character, so no distinction needs to be made. You'd go into categories, individual levels, click the 3 dots and hit a checkbox to exempt all variables. This will bring all runs from every category of this single IL all into one - along removing the character label. Doing this option nulls out individual exceptions, of course. For variables, you may need to be more specific.

If you try to exempt values with existing run entries, a big warning should appear (as I'm sure someone will slip their finger at one point), but it'll be reversable regardless.

I've wanted these features for many, many years. It's the last step to making the leaderboards feel professional for multicharacter speedgames (if we don't count point/total ranking systems, which is a bonus thing to me tbh).

There might be some logical holes (or unnecessary complication) in this suggestion. If so, please let me know.

The demo has now been updated to reflect the latest physics, thus these boards are now fully retired. If you wish to submit ILs with the current one, please use the Dragon Valley board instead.

https://www.speedrun.com/freedom_planet_2/guide/9yq3v I made this for those who are not sure how to add/record a FPS counter.

Infinite cyclone got patched out a while ago.

There's no rule on items/potions.

Maybe one day if there's interest, there will be a no items category but most likely as an extension board.

Figure I'd post them here cuz why not. Some mechanics have been tweaked/added since then, but the latest demo serves a nice starting point for routing the retail release of Dragon Valley.

1.0.7 (layout same to retail release, but missing visuals) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/149EC-8YEtHuzj27jQe-OtUK0hAIPhSOPI448LaNw4ok

1.0.0.0 to 1.0.4 (old layout) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hUPkBo2MgyFHmTTutVgKwHapS2FRXt4e99EJssx1Pmc

Did you know there's a group just for the Switch version? You can join here. https://discord.gg/J68zFCjXEw

You don't have to be a Switch player, though. Spectators are welcome too.

I think glitch explanations would work better as a guide than a forum post, to be honest. That's the first place players look for tips and whatnot.

Or well, speedrun-relevant ones, at least.

Pumpkin dog islands. You can get it on steam. It looks awful but the janktastic physics look like they could be excellent to abuse. Not on speedrun.com but maybe if someone makes a run for it.

If you stream it I will definitely watch! But I also support running Hotel Mario...it's just probably difficult to get the hardware and game.

You'll be pressing movement/action inputs way more than you will for reset

https://www.speedrun.com/Rajkmari5692/allposts

Link goes to a mobile game lol

Post may be deleted at the time, I can assure it is nonsense

Event seemed to have went pretty smoothly, just wish I had a little more time to test my setup since it went tits up just before the run :I

In a nutshell: A dedicated setup test room. Could even be before the event begins.

But I think when this goes on-site again, it's going to be run completely differently. (which I won't be taking part due to obvious travel expense reasons)