Leaderboards have been updated to reflect the current patch and new DLC! Please read the below document for information on decisions and impacts. If there are any questions, please reach out to any of the moderators.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12KPuv4P20N5HvUuYvfMyQo9m2XYo0fdvoUwJYugi-gc/edit?usp=sharing

Leaderboards have been updated to reflect the current patch and new DLC! Please read the below document for information on decisions and impacts. If there are any questions, please reach out to any of the moderators. May RNGesus be on your side!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yE2xKn8yEUco-vBf-uXizqhFMSJXLewPSJJunJnDxzY/edit

A few announcements for those of you not part of the discord. With the DLC coming out today, we have made a few decisions regarding leaderboards.

1. Since the leaderboards have been up for a few months and there's been no interest in NG+ Co-Op (0 runs), we'll be removing the category for the time being. If anyone does a run, we'll be happy to add it back in!

2. Additionally, we'll be moving the runs under Chaos difficulty into the "Any Difficulty" category, due to high similarities in times with every other difficulty present under "Any Difficulty". LVL 300 Chaos runs will remain separate however.

3. We'll be letting the dust settle on the new patch + DLC for about 2 weeks while everyone plays through it and experiments with the changes that are being made. If you downpatch to 1.04 or below on console or PC, please feel free to continue submitting runs. There will probably be changes coming to the leaderboards, but what that entails we don't know just yet. Thank you for understanding!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to any of the moderators via message or discord forum.

Recently FFX added a Cutscene Remover Category and it has gained a lot of traction. I was wondering if we could do the same for FFVIII? It considerably cuts down the run time and might allow for more competition from people who may turn away from 7+ hour long runs. Thoughts?

Hey - so I just noticed that there is a new category of Any% - Cutscene Remover which seems fantastic since it brings the total time to run down significantly. I was thinking about learning this run, but was curious about a couple of questions I had:

-Does this run have a huge RNG element to it? For reference, I am currently running XIII-2 and one of my biggest turnoffs about it is that there are multiple huge time losses (2-3 mins sometimes) due to the strategy that are completely out of your control.

-Are there any drops/strategies to look out for that are rare, but help you save time?

-Are there manipulations that you need to do throughout the run or is it more of a hit new game and play?

Thanks!

Hey fellow FF8 runners,

Is anyone interested in running the Perfect Dollet Exam - PC category for non Win 7? Here is a total dogsh*t run to get the ball rolling if so! :) This run can have huge improvements to card farm and ap farm. I'd love to compete in this category so I'll make improvements if we get some submissions.