Suggestion: Separate Leaderboards by Platform.
2 months ago
Santa Catarina, Brazil

Hello everyone!

I'd like to suggest discussing the possibility of separating the White Day (2017) leaderboards by platform (PS4, PS5, Xbox, PC, etc.).

After spending a considerable amount of time running the game on PS4 and comparing it with other platforms, I've noticed that each platform has its own strengths and weaknesses.

PS4 offers faster controller sensitivity, which can benefit movement and certain actions during a run. However, it has significantly longer loading times.

PS5 greatly reduces loading times, but its controller sensitivity is noticeably slower(puzzles), which can also affect gameplay.

In other words, each platform has advantages in different areas, meaning that hardware differences can influence the final run time.

Because of this, I believe separating the leaderboards by platform would make the competition fairer and encourage new runners to participate without feeling disadvantaged by the hardware they own.

This isn't an idea unique to White Day(2017). Other speedrun communities, such as Resident Evil 4 Remake and Resident Evil Requiem, already separate their leaderboards by platform when hardware differences have a meaningful impact on performance.

I'm not proposing this to favor any specific platform. My goal is simply to encourage discussion about whether platform-separated leaderboards would be a healthier and fairer approach for the future of the White Day(2017)community.

I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts. Thanks for reading!