What's up, sunkers?

We've recently made some slight modifications to the categories which we hope will make distinguishing each one less confusing, as well as promoting visibility:

• Categories ''Part 1'', ''Part 2'' and ''Part 3'' are no longer considered Miscellaneous categories and are, instead, main ones. This is for a handful of reasons - particularly, it seems odd that the only non-miscellaneous category would be the one that requires you to open what are technically 3 different games. Additionally, Part 1 has always been the game's most popular and competitive category, and to leave it as Miscellaneous makes people think that the bulk of the activity lies in Any%, which isn't the case... besides, if they are technically 3 different games, the name ''Any%'' doesn't make much sense, right? Well, that's where our other category change comes in!

• Category ''Any%'' has been renamed to the more apt ''All Parts'', which makes way more sense.

We've also implemented a rule change to All Parts:

• You are now allowed to have all 3 Parts open at once, as long as you do not perform any inputs on the other Part's windows, with the exception of pre-typing the password, since we can't really stop you from doing that anyway. This change is partly for convenience but mostly because it reduces the gap between players with worse hardware - having the games already open removes the time save top runs could have from simply booting the game faster due to hardware differences. This should hopefully encourage a more fair playing ground for high-end and low-end users alike and allow people with poor computers to still play at a high level. Just so we're clear, pre-typing the password for each other part is allowed, but confirming the password and waiting at the game's title screen is not. You may only close the password input after the final split of the Part before it.

And that's about it! Thanks for reading and happy sunking.

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wow congrats Petalite. you truly are a golden runner

I suppose a solution would be to make a miscellaneous category or sub-category for Any% All Endings + All Notes called ''Legacy'' for older runs, or maybe splitting the board into pre and post secret boss addition. That, or we as a community agree on a consensus over whether or not to have the secret boss be part of the route. I personally feel as if it'd be a little strange to have a 100% category that wasn't actually 100% based on the most up-to-date version of the game, but that's just my take on it.

I'm not well versed in any categories apart from the regular Any%, but if the World Record run doesn't get the note, I'd argue it's probably not a big deal. That, or the runs that don't get the note were mistakenly verified...since it's multiple runs though, I'd just go with what others do, as it seems like less of a mistake and more of a pattern. I'm sure that if need be, a moderator will update everyone on the situation.

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Due to unnecessary clutter and a harder verification process, we have decided to change how milliseconds will be applied in runs. Instead of removing them altogether, we will be leaving milliseconds for only highly competitive times. Currently, we are leaving milliseconds on for every run under 4 minutes in the Part 1 leaderboard. The other 2 categories don't have enough runs to make a good enough estimate of the cutoff, but in case we ever get to a point where there are more, the millisecond application is subject to change.

@Tegron Please don't link ROM websites, it is against the TOS of speedrun.com and may get you banned.

The leaderboards for Picross Touch have only 1 moderator and he hasn't logged onto the website in a month.

I think this could go on the Miscellaneous category, being in the same vein as Burn a Pie%. Neat idea.

We've decided to file Part 1, 2, and 3 under the Miscellaneous categories, and added a brand new Any% category, which has you complete all 3 games in order.

No records have been altered.

• Petalite

I like console speedrunning because it's the most faithful and doesn't lag at all. I'd consider console to be the main platform you'd want to use for speedrunning in every game

Agree with @StraightFaceChase, the longer we take to split the boards, the more records will have to be moved and therefore the more work will have to be done.

@StraightFaceChase but if you think about it, that could increase the motive for separation of console and emulator. If some things are way easier on console, and some things are way easier on emulator, I think that it makes the separation of the two a very good change; of course, that's just my opinion.

As one of the few console runners, running primarily Burn a Pie%, I find that other than the apple peeling step, every other step is dramatically easier on emulator due to click speed.

@Meta he meant he would download click counter, as in the program that displays your CPS.

The mods are already discussing what will be done about that run; it's suspected that virmala's 2:42 also used autoclicker.

@SeijakuEden We had an error when trying to add the third part and there was no demand to add it, so we didn't. We've now added the third part of the game.

The mod team has recently decided to make Sunky 1, 2 and 3 part of the same game. The new URL is speedrun.com/sunky_the_game and all current runs have been filed under Part 1 (old any%.)