Please, start the timer after you skip the first cutscene, it's literally 50 seconds of wait for no reason.

I'd prefer to add 50.90 seconds to my timer and skip the cutscene, I would have to armor but no wait.

Yeah, I agree that it shouldn't be mandatory to watch the cutscene. Maybe change the rules so that we're allowed to skip it and start without armor, but we're not allowed to watch the accelerated version in the steam collection (as that would give you an unfair advantage).

I hear you, the ability to skip the intro would definitely make the game more enjoyable to run. Rules have been updated!