Bro came back to speedrunning after a 1 year hiatus to drop the biggest dookie, gg king <3

Even though it's not as competitive, yahoo for PAL being unbanned! Rejoice old worlds

Couldn't be happier for this Monteiro guy jajaja ronaldinho soccer!

Yeah so @nitramsic42 didn't seem to mind/say anything and I'm happy with you doing whatever order you like (just would be nice to have more runners!). Probably would make sense to do the Boules or Disc Golf first imo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

As a follow up I'd say use [this](https://github.com/nba-emu/NanoBoyAdvance) but I'm not a mod :)

Codename Kids Next Door Operation S.O.D.A.

Big Beach Sports

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (GBA)

Spurdo :D

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic Rivals

Psychonauts

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (PSX)

Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers

Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue

Backyard Baseball

Silent Hills P.T.

Petz: Dogz 2/Catz 2

Power Rangers Ninja Storm

Finding Nemo (GBA)

Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights

The Backyardigans

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS)

Re-Volt (Console)

After reviewing bye's most recent WR in the category, I noticed he did not delete his save before starting a new run. 
I did some investigation into the game and whether this would be a valid run, and I realize that the rules for PT can be updated to make attempts better.

As long as when you load into the game we see the double cockroach and Lisa peeking through the door, we know that it is a run starting from Loop 1. If the protagonist stands up quickly and the door is already closed, we know it is NOT starting from a new game.

When this rule was instituted, I was very fresh to moderating (this was the first game I ever moderated for). I didn't realize that that CastieLeo's run could be easily detected as not New Game by the above. https://www.speedrun.com/p.t./thread/2dfbd You can read through the thread for reference.

A couple years ago I mentioned this, but didn't edit the rules to reflect it: https://www.speedrun.com/p.t./thread/0dgqg/1#gvw29

Thus, this rule will be modified to the following:

"Your recording should start from the options screen, OR starting the game from the PS4 Dashboard/the triple circle loading logo if you did not delete your save AND have not advanced in the game to update the save past Loop 1. 

A New Game run shows the double cockroach and Lisa peeking through the door. If the protagonist stands up quickly and the door is shut, the run is not New Game."

Based off of this, the rule about recording will move to Game Rules (as it applies to all categories), Any% New Game will remove "New Game" (as no category for the CastieLeo run exists, all categories are New Game).

Rules Updated

Hello Everyone!

Over the past week, speedrun community members of Sonic 2 have discussed and voted on a potential switch to the primary timing method for Sonic 2, which has been **IGT (In-Game Time)** for as long as the game has been ran. IGT promotes a playstyle that abuses pausing, which gets amplified in higher levels of play.
**RTA-TBC (Real Time Attack Minus Time Bonuses+Continues)** is a way to fix that issue. Some users wagered that a change must be made, and others consider IGT should stay in place. We decided to set up a poll for 72 hours, where RTA-TBC gets put in-place **IF** there's a **70/30 percentage split in favor of RTA-TBC**.

Here were the results...

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Out of 30 individual Sonic 2 speedrunners that pitched in their thoughts and their vote on the matter, we ended off with a **87/13 percentage split in favor of RTA-TBC**! Because of this outcome, it is clear that the majority of the active speedrunners of Sonic 2 are in favor of a switch, so as of April 17th, 2024, RTA-TBC will be the primary timing method for Sonic 2 (1992) speedruns! IGT will still be around, but as a secondary timing method.

The reason we remove Time Bonuses and Continues in runs is because these punish runners that go fast by having them waste time seeing longer time bonuses tick down, and seeing the continue jingle. Raw RTA would incentivize going slow to go fast, so this is why we added -TBC into the timing method.

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Additional hot-fixes on some rules/restrictions have been put in-place due to irrelevancy:

**PAL(50HZ) HAS BEEN UNBANNED FOR FULLGAME RUNS**

Previously, PAL was an issue when IGT was the primary timing method due to the slower framerate. It gave speedrunners a huge advantage for playing in slower speeds which IGT didn't punish. PAL got banned sometime last year due to this, but since RTA-TBC is primary now, this change has been reversed.

**PAUSE RESTRICTIONS HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR FULLGAME RUNS**

Speedrunners weren't allowed to have a singular pause for longer than 20 seconds prior to today. This was to prevent players from "taking a break" midrun while not being penalized for doing so. Length of pauses are now a non-issue as they are automatically accounted for in RTA-TBC.

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If you are curious in how you can get started in timing your runs in RTA-TBC, I have posted a link to an RTA-TBC LiveSplit Component that can help subtract your Time Bonuses and Continues in your runs.

I look forward to the future of RTA-TBC Sonic 2 speedruns and the new barriers we push!