basically, i have recently discovered that jtoh has hat weight - which means that the hats you wear have weight (as the name implies).
now - what does hat weight do? it affects factors such as jump height, and momentum from flings, to a very significant amount. not only this, but hats also have hitboxes, meaning that you'll be able to touch a winpad or a button from further away than someone without said hat.
hat weight applies to every accessory on roblox, all with their own unique hat weight - with some accessories, such as the back accessory based on flandre scarlet, having an incredibly high hat weight (~140, in comparison to the average hat weight which is around 3-4).
so what is the new rule?
well, we're (for now) banning using any non-free and non-permanently-available accessories - so that means no accessories (and hairs!) you can buy with robux, and none that you have to acquire through an event, or are only temporarily buyable.
and i know what you're thinking - "this is such a stupid rule", i understand. but this has been problems for other games on this site too, take adventure forward 2 for an example, they already are and have been banning people from using non-free and non-permanently-available accessories.
now, what are we going to do about all the runs currently on the leaderboard? we're keeping all the currently on-the-leaderboard runs on the leaderboard, for the sole reason that we understand how controversial this rule will be, it won't affect already on-the-leaderboard runs, either just for now, or they'll be moved to an archival category so that the leaderboards don't experience a complete and utter wipe.
and, understanding that if the community wasn't prepared for this it'll cause a massive amount of chaos, i ran a poll. and it was a 23-18 yes/no (and call this biased, but the majority of people i noticed speedrun actively in more games than just jtoh, had a very clear leaning towards yes).
all runs that are currently in the queue that don't follow this new rule won't be accepted nor denied, and we're not quite sure what to do with the runs that use reset jump, considering it's half based on the accessories you used. but, we do expect that until hat weight gets fixed, and reset jump gets patched (which can be fixed by manually spawning in the player instead of using the built-in respawn), this rule will be enforced on all runs submitted forward.
btw whats gonna happen to the runs that use the high jump thing that u cant do anymore because lhj patch removal
I'd never expect that this rule would become a real thing. At least i know why my runs did not get accepted/denied yet.
@TypicalType5 i mean hats that like, are only available for a certain amount of time becuase of an event or the sorts
this only applies to accessories you can only temporarily get or you have to pay for (anything under the hair or accessories section)
Hi i have a cooll idea ban reset jump an then use that to decide wha happens to the runs
@Xorevre Runs that use reset jump (that high jump thing) are probably going to be moved to patched glitches when this rule is added runs that use rj in glitches runs if they used p2w accesories are going to be rejected. (or moved to patched glitches)
@kel_ it isnt patched but basically 99% of the runs that used rj did it with lhj patch (which made you get instant rj) now rj has to be done manually with da hats (free ones) and since every run with rj that isnt done with hats is going to be moved to patched glitches.
ok im gonna do a run faster than 19.26 neat glitchless without reset jump and free accessory so i get the wr and stuff
@Lucianox20 Kid yor too scared to lose yor toh sub 4 this is the easiest and fastest way jus rip thebandaid off right now
@illuminatinate you kid i dont even have wr now .... Imagine grinding a wr for 2 years to being sniped in just 2 hours by ME
an then i sniped it back Kid gess whos at the top of patched glitches tom until the end of time
