So I have always struggled with not having the ability to pause runs, such that it severely limits the time I have to do runs due to the expectation of interruptions at certain hours, as well as having anxiety. All I request is that we make a rule change to allow at least one free untimed pause, but with as many restrictions as others may feel necessary such as limiting number of pauses, or requiring the entire run with a pause be streamed not just recorded.

I only want an option available in case me or other runners need it and to put myself and other runners at ease with peace of mind knowing that they can finish valid runs even if they are interrupted in the middle of it.

I'm only concerned with adding this to the 105% category since it's the main category I run and it's over 2 hours long but the door is open to implementing it in any other categories for crash games people want.

It's called RTA for a reason. Real Time Attack. You can't pause a timer during a speedrun.

I'm not too much into Crash speedruns, but the General Clarified Submission Rules from the Spyro series for example says: "One untimed pause is allowed for every two hours of gameplay." http://www.speedrun.com/spyro1/thread/f4wlj

Ya but Crash is a terrible community and will keep being a terrible community since everyone (no exceptions) is a terrible person.

April Fools!

I don't care if you pause your runs or not. That's what verifying runs is for.