Recently hheimdall uploaded his run on the leaderboards, and I have a few points to raise about it.

http://www.speedrun.com/gow3/run/34396

First of all, the term "glitchless NG+" is a contradiction, since NG+ by itself is a glitch. If we do allow NG+ glitch since it is analogous to a New Game+ mode, it should be mentioned in the category name at the very least.

Second of all, what does Hera's Chalice have to do with anything? It's a modifier that hardly impacts the game since it's NG+ and Kratos is extremely overpowered, and it also makes the category more arbitrary. If another runner made a similar and faster run but without Hera's Chalice, would it obsolete this one?

Third, the idea of a glitchless run is always fairly arbitrary, and this run is especially so since the runner sometimes uses, sometimes doesn't use speed tactics. Quick rolling is not used. Vent puzzle shortcut is used. (Those are two examples I picked up from the first third of the run.) So what constitutes as a glitch?

(On that note, the fight tactics are also kind of unrefined since the player mostly spams Divine Reckoning to get past everything... it is one of the weakest magics in the game.)

(Also, where should the timing of a NG+ run start? Exe's previous NG+ run started it from before NG+ glitch. This one starts from pressing New Game after having done the glitch. Which is better?)

Personally this run feels more like a fast Let's Play than a speedrun, and the category might be too arbitrary to list. What do other people think?

EDIT: SerSanju informed me that there is an option to list a run under Misc Categories. He moved the run there for now.