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8 years ago
North Carolina, USA

I wanted to know if you could add a category with the "TIMETOLOSE" cheat activated (like any% or 100% with that cheat activated). Let me know if that is possible. Thanks.

Sweden

I would be interested in knowing why you would want this to be a category. If we are gonna add another category, we need good reasons for it!

North Carolina, USA

Yeah, I agree with what speedrunner said. The only good reason I have for you to add another category to DKR is "The cheat "TIMETOLOSE" gives people a challenge when playing the game normally". Plus, I remember going on YouTube one time to see a youtuber named "Gamercal101" doing a "speedrun" (I put speedrun in quotation marks because he never actually called it a speedrun.) of DKR using the "TIMETOLOSE" cheat. He also used an Emulator, which is banned from DKR speedrunning. Also, note that he didn't use any glitches that save time during gameplay whatsoever. Here's the link to his video:

Switzerland

ATR with just TIMETOLOSE isn't particularly interesting. However, a category that people actually did is "Maniac%". That category uses every negative code at once to make it almost impossible to get the trophies.

I'm not entirely sure what codes are used and what effects can be combined, here are some that are definitely used: TIMETOLOSE TOXICOFFENDER BOGUSBANANAS ZAPTHEZIPPERS

Maybe someone else here remembers the exact requirements.

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

you also had to use FREEFORALL so all traps are bubbles and use Krunch with ARNOLD and full zoom-in so it's hard to see anything :P

However it was more a challenge than a run, so it was more about whether you can win all trohpies at all rather than what time you beat it in

United States

I'm not new to DKR Speedrunning, or speedrunning in general, but I just signed up for speedrun.com so I could post my runs, and I was wondering if you guys could add this new Misc. Speedrun category to the DKR Speedrun scene. I call it 1stBoss%.

1stBoss% Rules Timer Starts: -when you open a file on Adventure

Goal: -to get to and beat the first boss level as quickly as possible (you DO NOT have to get the minigame key)

Timer Stops: -when you cross the line or the 1st place pops up on the screen (for the new glitch Faschz found)

Conditions:

  • Any character can be used, but T.T is recommended. No magic codes are allowed. Turning off music is allowed. Diddy Kong Racing cartridge is recommended. Wrong warp is allowed, but pointless. Resetting to save time is allowed, and also pointless. Emulator is banned.
Edited by the author 6 years ago
United States

Here's a link to an example of 1stBoss%:

United States

Also, after further examination, the first frame of '1st' shows up at 8:48.52 (if you play the video at x0.25 speed and pause on and off at around 8:55 you'll see it), making that the actual 'WR'.

Sweden

Sup Zumpr, nice that you have signed up!

I have a question about the category. For what purpose should we add it? In Any% you already do this Dino Domain movement and it's similar in 100%. We do not want to add lots of random categories for no good reason, so I wanna hear you out! :D

Ideas for categories are always good though, we are not against adding more categories if they have a good reasoning for being on here.

You should attempt to do the other categories that already exist too, so you can get into the competition. From the looks of the video, you have good confidence and want to go for WRs :P

Btw, while waiting for my laundry to get done I sat down and played your category for about 45 minutes. Here is the result:

Oh well, welcome here and make sure to join the Discord server (can be found in the resources page)!

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United States

So my reasoning behind this is because, through reading other forums, people want shorter runs. I've seen comments about how people think it might be too much to memorize all 20 tracks, and then re-memorize them for Silver Coin challenges. So, I thought it would be neat to have a short category that, unlike Plane%, Car%, and Hover%, is an actual part of the Adventure mode. Also, if people got good at this mode, the difference between 1st and 2nd place could be by tenths, even hundredths of seconds, and along with the RNG of the first boss, it would just be an awesome thing to run and see the other competition!

Also, another Category Idea: Taj% Goal: Beat All 3 Taj Challenges in vehicle order (Car, Hover, Plane)

Timer Starts: When you start Car challenge

Timer Ends: When you finish Plane challenge

Conditions: Any character can be used, but T.T is recommended. No magic codes are allowed. Turning off music is allowed. Diddy Kong Racing cartridge is recommended. Wrong warp is allowed, but why? Resetting to save time is allowed (BUT WHY?). Emulator is banned.

Point?: You think 'All Minigames' has a tight gap of error, oh baby you ain't seen nothing yet.

And about other types of runs, I could definitely be one of the top 45 runners on 100%, even with the version 1.1 cartridge that I have, I just haven't done (a legit) one yet. I did do an 100% with a friend, but magic codes aren't allowed, so making a JOINTVENTURE run like the one we did doesn't count (We would've been a solid 63rd place). I am going to attempt more 100% in the future, but I don't even have the right version of game to try Any%. Hopefully, I'll be able to someday!

Also, why did you, not just beat, but have to blow my time out of the water? I'll have to go change the layout again...

Thanks for responding! Cool to talk to the fastest DKR runner.

Edited by the author 6 years ago
United States

Also, you get about an extra 10 seconds added to your time, because the timer starts when you first open the file, which is why the file is usually 'AAA', not 'WR'. And by not following the rules, that means your run doesn't count, which means I still have the WR. That is until you do your next load of laundry.

Québec

You can't just make up categories like that, the categories that we have are there for a reason. Before adding a new one, theres need to be a VERY good reason to do so. Thats why even the most popular catogory which is ATR was not official for atleast 1 year after the first run was done. It needs to be popular and serve a purpose that no other category has. Your 1st boss% has no purpose, we beat tricky in Any% and 100%. It does not bring anything new to the table. Therefore your time is not really a WR or anything, its more a meme run for the fun that anything. Also, timing for every single category that starts from a file is done the same way. That means giz's would be good and yours would not count.

We are happy to have new runners, but there are rules that have been decided and reviewed for years and nobody can just come up and changes things and add categories just because they want a "WR" in some meme category. This is not how speedrun communities work.

Hope you understand. Looking forward to see you on the main categories!

United States

Sorry! I didn't know most of that stuff so thanks for filling me in!

Colorado, USA

the jumpyluff of 2017 tbh

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