Why is it that this run was accepted when a purchased animation was used to avoid taking damage and save time?

Shouldn't everyone be on equal footing in the standard categories? I really don't think it makes sense for anything in that vein to be allowed.

Something I also noticed: on popop614's run of Hecc, he had equipped Personal Slamo and was being nursed back to full health while making his way along the partially transparent path on hot pink. Now, while you might say it didn't have any real impact on his run since there wasn't any place after that where he could take damage, and he cleared the rest of it without any trouble, let me tell you that there are other towers where that could be the difference.

There should be a zero-tolerance policy for use of add-ons of any sort purchased from the game in runs. Coils and Personal Slamo are a no-brainer, but animations have their own impact in key situations and shouldn't be allowed to just slip on through.