European UnionYes thats what we're saying
We already discussed it and its been decided we are splitting by platform.
You can. Click on your name in the top right, go to edit profile, and you can select whatever country you want.
@rasgibator If you go to the leaderboards of the category of your choice, you can press "View Rules" in the top right to view all the rules for that category. In the rules page, there is also a "Game Rules" tab that shows universal rules.
[quote=SmashCrafter321]But what about a texture pack that removes pumpkin blur? or a pack that makes the enchantment glint less overbearing?[/quote] Remove Pumpkin Blur: No Enchantment Glint: Yes
After a discussion with other moderators, non-vanilla clients are banned from the leaderboards. Please perform your runs on the vanilla bedrock client.
I only partially agree with you @wastedu6
I do agree it looks very odd that 9th place out of 79 runs has no video, although I believe this is likely due to different rules when this leaderboard was smaller, however I do think that allowing slower runs to have no video actually is beneficial in helping this leaderboard grow.
The fact of the matter is that for some people, recording console gameplay can actually be quite a hassle. Up until recently I could only record my own gameplay if I had a chair in my way that blocked half my vision. Not to mention that some runs can be very long, and people with older phones/recording devices might not have enough storage space for those runs. It also allows new runners to get their feet wet in the MKWii speedrunning scene without needing to bother to much about video quality and stuff.
Finally, I understand that the general attitude here on speedrun.com when it comes to proof is to require video for everything, but the Mario Kart community as a whole has always very much relied on the honor system. Even today in 2020 if you go to the players page you can see players claiming times without proof, and if you would pester those players for proof you would most likely get it. Mandating video proof, or atleast not allowing proofless runs to submit their own IGT in my opinion would not only demotivate potential runners, but would go against the philosophy of the Mario Kart community. Also faster runs already require video proof by our rules.
Can you take some screenshots of the UI and DM them to me?
The kinds of differences between the custom and vanilla client is important. If its just improvements to the UI, then its fine. But if its affecting gameplay then most likely not. Best to take some screenshots and ask in our discord.
Can I use Mario Galaxy to unlock rosalina Kappa
My thoughts
Run Submissions We should allow people who dont submit proof to also submit IGT. We already do this with real time, whats so different about in game time? We already have a thread about the time cutoffs for real time, but after the switch I say we could draw up some new cutoffs that use in game time instead.
Furthermore, like I brought up in my other thread and on discord, we could ban runs with no proof and require at a minimum that runs have images of the IGT after the race since runners could pause the game to get a photo of the time. There is obviously a possibility of players submitting the photos of others, or even reusing their own photos, but thats why theres a cutoff for when we need video. Its not what I would consider "proof" but its still better than nothing.
Finally, I say for runs with only RTA, set the IGT as RTA. I say this for 2 reasons:
- It makes the boards look much cleaner will less missing cells (This doesnt matter that much, but its a bonus)
- If Player X only has RTA, but it is still faster than Player Y's IGT, there is in my mind no reason why Player X should be ranked below.
USB/SD Loaders and Emulator I think we should allow USB and SD loaders for the reasons you outlined, but I do not think emulator should ever be allowed. The TAS tools built into dolphin are in my opinion too much of a risk. There is a reason after all why its banned from nearly every wii/gamecube game leaderboard. Not to mention that if you know where to look, Wii's can be pretty cheap.
VS Mode Options I think you should be able to use any order you like. Its an option in the VS mode put there by Nintendo, not some funky exploit. I see no reason to disallow playing with a selected order or random order. Especially since you can chose your starting track.
In a similar vein, I think we should reallow team mode. Nobody used it, but it was not against the rules, I was just simply the only one to think of using it.
[quote=CTAG07]allows Minecraft Windows 10 Edition to be played in VR on the Oculus Rift[/quote] I'd be up for adding VR as a platform, but under PC since its the windows 10 edition (same reason why Linux runs go under mobile) and I really don't want a new category for something nobody is going to play
