GB run violating global site rules
3 years ago
Switzerland

Hi Mod Team,

I wanted to bring something to your attention I noticed while scanning through the GB leaderboard.

Apparently the run from Slamphibian is using save states:

https://i.imgur.com/n2dGQDS.png

This is about 10 seconds into the video.

Now I'm not completely sure what for example playing through the level and then making a save state (or waiting at the menu screen for a long enough time) does to the game's mechanics.

As it turns out this is not worth investigating, as save states are generally disallowed by the global speedrun.com site rules:

[quote]Tool-assisted emulator features such as save-states, re-recording, or frame advance are not allowed.[/quote]

The run is not complying with this and thus should be removed.

(Side note: regardless of the other issues currently discussed about the Game Boy rules, showing a reset on run start would be good requirement in my opinion.)

Edited by the author 3 years ago
Bavaria, Germany

Totally agree with you. Why Pentaleks verified this Run is beyond me.

Switzerland

@ACPlay18 Thanks for fixing this!

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