If we can get more than 1 person running them, then we can add them. They'll probably have the exact same rules as the Nightrunner Trials since they work the same.

We've had numerous instances with the DL1 leaderboards where players have asked for a category, only for no one to run it once the category was added. And in some instances only one person runs the category, where there's zero competition and only 1 run on the board. This is why we do not add categories until people actually start running them.

Coop categories are simply sub-categories of the already existing Any% / Warpless categories. That's why they're there.

If you have NG+ runs to submit, send them over either to me, or join the DL speedrunning Discord server (https://discord.gg/USEdqYZ) and we can talk about adding it there. If there are at least two active runners with runs, then we may be able to add it.

Yeah it's been over a year now, and unfortunately the scene for speedrunning DL2 has mostly died. We add categories if they're popular enough, but right now we're afraid that adding more categories in this state means that we'll have more empty categories.

Hey there, we're open to new categories, as long as they're popular enough to be created. For a suggested category to be added, there needs to be at least two runners ready to submit runs for it. Too often we've added categories in the past that no one other than one person (or none) have ran.

Sorry for the late response, but if you're talking about the one that shows up in The Pit, for Any% runs we level our unarmed damage from the Legend skill tree to max so we can melt it in like 1-2 hits. Though you also need to be on Story Mode so the demolisher is even weaker.

If that's still not working, then I don't know, unless you're doing NG+ runs where it has more health? It should still go down relatively fast though.

Sorry for the late response, but yes we're definitely planning on adding NG+ as a category on the boards. Right now, we're still getting people prepping saves as well as routing and figuring out NG+ before doing anything to the boards. Make sure to join the Discord where we're more active there: https://discord.gg/USEdqYZ

Hey everyone, it's been a while since the game came out, but after a lot of deliberation in the Discord regarding the rules and categories, we're finally happy to announce the opening of the leaderboards!

We have created the following categories and subcategories:

• Any%
• Any% Warpless
• Current patch
• Old patch
• Platform subcategories

Main game and category rules are listed, and we will be accepting runs starting today!

I'll also make sure to add some resources and guides such as 7rayD's guide to backpatching for old patch runs. Make sure to join the Discord for any questions or discussions regarding the boards and rules. Invite link can be found here: https://discord.gg/USEdqYZ

The recent update threw the speedrunning community into a spin due to the various nerfs and changes Techland made. We're more or less settled on the rules, but we're still settling on seeing if we can split main game categories based on different patches of the game e.g. before patch 1.2.0

Late response but yes we will be adding coop categories at some point. At the moment the game is still unplayable and buggy in coop and we're still waiting on Techland to fix these glaring issues before going forward with it.

We're more active on Discord so please join it for active discussion: https://discord.gg/USEdqYZ

Hello everyone, we've just finished up clearing the NRT boards as it was voted on by the community in the Discord to do so. This was due to the grapple nerf in patch 1.2.0, which made it so a lot of grapple tech is no longer possible to perform.

Runs submitted before patch 1.2.0 will be rejected for NRTs.

For more info and discussion please join the Discord community here: https://discord.gg/USEdqYZ

Right now the prologue is also delayed yes. We'll most likely release them at the same time.

You may be aware that it's already past two weeks of release, yet no runs are being accepted. This is because we've further delayed opening the leaderboards for full game runs until March. This is mainly due to how often the game is getting updated, as well as the formation of the rules taking longer than originally planned.

However, we'll be opening the Nightrunner Trial boards, and will be accepting runs as those rules are fairly straightforward. We've split the categories into each level and platform (PC, current gen consoles, previous gen consoles).

Apologies for the delay of communication.

Hello, we have recently decided to enforce all coop runs to have the PoVs of every runner involved. Newly submitted runs that do NOT have the PoVs of each runner WILL be rejected.

• What does this mean?

It means that in e.g. a 3 player run, all 3 players will need to submit a video of their PoV as part of the submission. While one video can be posted in the links section in the submission, the other two can also simply be posted in the description section of the submission.

• What does this mean for older runs?

Older runs that have already been verified will remain on the boards, as they were posted during a time when this rule was not enforced.

• Why is this rule only being applied now?

Truth be told, a lot of the community were surprised that this wasn't already a rule in the first place. This should be the norm, as it currently is the norm for speedrunning in general. But the reason we've taken action now is that in the past few months, we've been getting a lot more questionable submissions with only one PoV, and have had cases where their coop partner was found cheating (simply by observation). So to better combat this and to make it fair for everyone it's better to enforce all PoVs be submitted in a run.

If you have any more questions or queries regarding this, don't hesitate to contact myself or any of the other moderators, by either responding to this thread or joining the Discord server.

Hey everyone, if you're wondering why you're getting a lot of notifications of new WRs (and will probably get a lot of new ones in the next few days / weeks too) it's because fellow moderator Allen Starburst is currently reordering the leaderboards.

What does this mean?

We decided some time ago that the current presentation of the leaderboards is messy and incoherent, and right now Allen is sifting through all of them, organizing and reshaping them. When it's finally done, everything will be much clearer and better presented.

What does this mean for your runs?

Absolutely nothing, your runs will still be on the leaderboard as they've always been, you don't need to worry about that. It's just that with moving and shifting, a lot of them will be resubmitted and automatically verified, hence the notifications

If you have any more questions, please join the Discord where it's easier for any kind of communication here: https://discord.gg/USEdqYZ

This wasn't an issue when IGT was standardised before, however in early to mid 2019 it was voted to change from IGT to RTA Loadless. While this made running better for full game (i.e. menuing counts for Any%) it also unfortunately kinda screwed over console runners since timers like Livesplit aren't available to them.

In the end, it takes MUCH longer for mods to verify especially long runs on console since there has to be manual timing for loads.

Join the Dead Island Speedrunning Discord and feel free to discuss more with us there! Here's the link: https://discord.com/invite/2YBqmf6

We've actually tried requesting speedrun.com to add Bad Blood as a game, however they've declined multiple times stating that it's a multiplayer game. I find that reason odd since a lot of multiplayer games like Apex Legends and Rainbow 6 Siege have speedrun categories, and Bad Blood can easily have a tutorial category since that's purely singleplayer.

I second this just cus of faster or slower loading times on people's rigs. Also you should probably join the Discord which is more active and you'll get more discussion and response out of your questions there: https://discord.gg/2YBqmf6

Reorganised into the misc section with their appropriate ruleset updated. Looks good as it is IMO.

I would assume it's because the game just came out and further categories are still being explored / discussed before adding them. I think the Discord has tons of discussion about stuff like that, especially since it's where people are mainly directed to when asking questions like these.