Hey everyone! I've been lurking on Speedrun.com for a couple of months, but recently decided to start speedrunning old retro games (starting with Anticipation for the NES, will see where we go from there). Runs are done on BizHawk with an Xbox One controller.
I have a couple questions regarding speedrun....etiquette I guess is the word you'd use?
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Is it ok if I do a run that's not recorded just to "seed" LiveSplit so I have a time I can work against or should I just record that run and then submit it?
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Due to hardware limitations streaming runs is harder for me to do - is just recording the run, uploading to YouTube and then submitting that video allowed?
Thanks! Excited to start my journey into this strange new world!
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The choice to record runs is up to you. There’s no rule that says you have to record every run nor is there a rule that says you have to submit every run you do. If you want to do X number of runs for practice or to get some times to compare against, that’s your choice.
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Streaming is usually never required (aside from maybe very edge cases, the game rules would specify this).
Good luck and have fun.
Check the game you are running. Some games require all attempts to be livestreamed or livestreamed once you reach a certain time.
[quote=AlexisDR] You can't splice an attempt preformed live[/quote] I see this said a lot and I don’t know where this misconception comes from. Splicing is absolutely possible on a live-streamed attempt. Nothing stops someone from playing back a spliced run on stream and pretending to play the game, people have done this before.
Obviously, that can be done. Though, it is obvious if an attempt was not preformed live in most cases. At least with the games that I run. Usually sound gives it away since you smash your spacebar a lot. Sound may not match with your nohboard, there may be no sound at all, ect.
I should have worded that better.