I saw a thread against the rules on the speedrun subreddit for a game called Telly the TV released a few hours ago. I then checked to see it's actually on here and the News section is a pages long advertisement telling you to wishlist and buy the game.

How does an indie game with no media coverage get added the day it's released anyway? I thought hobbyist games have a level of scrutiny. Zero reviews on Steam as of now, where you need 10 reviews to get a rating and make it on the Discovery Queue. No proof it's above Steam shovelware.

There's not a ticket to request a page be removed. I think it is a fair discussion topic. Like if I released my first game, I'd request it to be added to get another social media link and help my SEO, but I'd think it needs to be some notability standard.

• I'm requesting that the page be deleted and @meteorwave receive an explanation. Then in the near future, be allowed to re-submit a request that receives scrutiny.

Other thing, I don't think it's a problem for the developers to control their game's page here or submit runs, in a vacuum. I think it's abuse of moderator power to promote your business by posting in the News or Forum every time the game goes on sale. Linking your own Discord on the game page is allowed though. Room for interpretation.

Look, I also think there’s lots of obscure, especially low-quality games on the site (not calling this game low-quality, it looks alright from what I’ve seen), but in the grand scheme of things, does it really matter? People will speedrun what they want to speedrun. The existence of these games on the site doesn’t really affect or change anything. Introducing a notability standard would just be gatekeeping.

Using a forum post from 2019 isn’t going to help your case either. Standards for game submissions lowered like 3 year ago.

Publicly calling for a game leaderboard to be deleted for notability is also very mean-spirited. Sure, it’s a little weird to be announcing sales in news announcements, but after reading them, all I see is someone who loves speedrunning and is proud of what they created. You really want to take that away from them?

I have lots of friends on twitch that are already looking to speedrun the game. My post on reddit didn't break any of the posting rules. I have since submitted a request to the moderators for approval on reddit. But that original post is long gone by now. if anyone even bothered to look at my account, you would see that It is almost 10 years old. I have many runs submitted. Your tone seems very pointed.

Newschool, what a bizarre complaint. If a game exists, it should have a page on here. ESPECIALLY if it’s a game made by someone that is a speedrun enthusiast. Telly is a game that just screams “Speedrun me!”. I’m already getting my friends hyped to run this one. Seriously, go get angry about something that matters. The world is a mess, go pick something and funnel this wasted energy towards that instead.

I absolutely think there should be gatekeeping for what's allowed here. There are 12 guidelines you see when submitting a game for approval. I like "will have been played by a reasonably large number of people". I thought having 10 Steam reviews and triggering "Positive" would be large, if released there. More than 1 person besides the developer posting speedruns online would surely be.

Rules can be subjective. No Steam reviews (for now), 2 YouTube videos (for now), advertising on the speedrun page and subreddit, I made this request. I don't think having an ancient account or being a notable speedrunner is relevant unless I'm saying the game lacks speedrunning merit, which I'm not.

Let's see what an admin has to say. I think we'd all like clarification. Does a game on Steam or GOG or Epic Store get more or less approved upon release? Is advertising on the game's page within reason? If my request gets Streisand Effected to result in more players, everyone's happy.

So you want to have a game removed from src because it just came out? It's literally live right now on steam and has been available on itch for over 2 weeks. Maybe you should have looked into it a bit more before posting from this tiny mole hill you found. Try out the demo and play the game for yourself. Stop gatekeeping and be a better human

Admins aren't going to bother with this thread since this is literally a nothing issue.

I have to ask, how does the existence of this game on speedrun.com affect you in any way? I think you're just looking for things to get upset about.