Hey everyone,

First off, Merry Christmas to those who celebrated it! The team here is grateful to everyone who's supported us and submitted runs over 2022. I personally only joined in June of this year, but in that time so many runs came in and we changed / grew a lot.

With that all being said, that big growth and change taught us a few things, but here's what you can expect to come in very soon as we round off this year and head into 2023 to make speedrunning in FH5 even better:

Full Game Leaderboard Rework:

• Categories are being renamed to reduce confusion.
• Platform separation is coming, as the platform has a massive effect on runs (Load times, etc.)
• Fast Travel / No Fast Travel for all categories and other backend cleanup.
• Rules are being rewritten / tidied to remove any ambiguity present, game-wide, as well as tidy up any grammatical issues.

Board-wide Audit: It has come to our attention, both from changing standards and justified criticism from the community, that some runs being admitted or currently present on the boards do not meet the standard for a valid run. In response to this, I (Sappy) will conducting an audit and validating EVERY RUN as to them meeting the current standard, including altering and adjusting timings where necessary to be accurate to run criteria. Please understand this will take a long time, but eventually all runs will meet the necessary standard for integrity and quality.

Moderation Team: These past couple months have seen runners wait excessively long periods of time before having their runs validated, which is unacceptable. In response, we are seeking out and looking at our moderation team, to ensure that someone is always available in future to check and ensure runs are being validated and kept on top of at all times.

Once again, thank you to everyone who submitted runs and guided us along as we continue to improve our boards, and here's to 2023!

Happy Running! The FH5 Mod Team