Rule doubts
2 years ago
São Paulo, Brazil

Can someone tell me why the runs "Any% (Glitchess, HC)" says no glitchess are permited but ppl are doing that? I saw Krzysiek using Mana Shield and hiting hiself with firewall at caves... The demons seems to had they hit power much lowerd at all.

Is there another legit mode besides "Any% (Glitchess)" here?

Thanks.

New South Wales, Australia

As I understand it, the low hp + mana shield trick is more of an exploit than a glitch.

It doesnt reduce the power of enemy hits it just prevents you from being able to be stunlocked. You still take the full amount of damage that the enemy deals if they hit you.

For comparison, duping any items is not allowed in the run which is a straight up glitch.

It would be nice if the rules were better written to specify these things but it seems like the moderators haven't been active in a while.

Denmark

That feels like just an emotional categorization. Low HP + mana exploits a glitch where the game thinks you are dead for less then a frame and there for does not apply stun to you, then the mana shield refunds you the HP and revives you before the frame ends.

Duping exploits a glitch where the game uses the same buffer for memorizing items being transferred from one location to the next and there are two items being transferred during the same frame, resulting in one item overwriting the other one.

From a technical perspective it's hard to see how there is any meaning full difference between the two. Both involve multiple things happening during a single frame then the developers had originally considered.

If they have to be categorized it's probably better to do so in terms of how much they spoil the fun of watching the run, or maybe how much it spoils the fun of competing.

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