Hamilton, ON, Canada100% respect that Mr Mohawk life comes 1st. Tho there are 6 mods . I have a feeling that 2 or 3 probably have been the ones approving the runs the past year. So maybe it's a great idea to add q more mod. Btw I never brought this up to be rude but a observation and a suggestion to help the leaderbored from a outside perspective and comparing it to the proactive mods of other games. Agian I was legit shocked to see the most actice and popular Genesis game be this slow. It's a good thing in some ways but also a bad thing.
I definitely thought about all of that, so great points oDSFM. Your very right. But also Lightingcollector just spoke up to be a mod and I think maybe they should add him. Because to alot of runners we are use to 1 2 or 3 days. Going on 8 days with 6 mods for the most active genesis game isn't good either. So hopefully some of them who don't make a point to be a mod should let others become a mod like Lightingcollector As it seems like hes much more willing to be a active mod over some of the current mods who were online today but and have been all week and clearly have ignored them. Makes sense to me. I can say I'm way more likey to keep running a game when I see that the mods are very proactive.
Im not trying to be rude. Hence why I made the title of the thread poor mods or busy? I'm asking a question. The main thing for me is I was expecting alot better with 6 mods and the most active genesis game. I def have gotten use to most mods talking 1 to 4 days. I understand they all have 3 weeks to get around to it. But the reason I bring this up is because I think fast acting mods help leaderboreds grow and help the site. That's all.
Seeing as this is the most popular and active genesis game on the site. With 7 mods iam very shocked that ive been waiting over a week and my 2 runs havent been approved when 4 of the 7 mods have been active on the site in that time. I understand it can take up to 3 weeks. But my point is ,id expect alot better from the most active genesis game with 7 bloody mods. I run many games and the normal wait time is 24 hours to 5 days max! What im saying is, it discourages me from running this game more and improving my very back of the pack 1st submissions. Really going on 8 days and seeing that 4 of the mods have been online since then is just lazy. If you dont to do the work of being a mod dont be one. Iam a mod of several games and i make the time to check the runs in 1 to 4 days every time. Dont you want this games leaderboard to grow ? Dont you want this site to grow and become more popular? Well it starts with good mods. Food for thought
I'm still cool with pro being added. Just normal seems pointless. That's all.
Super easy pro and hyper. I'm cool with that. The ppl who sumbited runs on normal are not around and didn't care that they were under super easy If rhey cared they who run super easy and improve their times but they didn't. Pro is kool it's a whole new challenge. Normal is pointless. And makes wayyyy a many available medals imo. 3 game modes in super easy pro and hyper is more then enough. Super easy will always be the most popular and I hope more ppl join the ranks this year.
After giving it more thought I def do not think there should be a normal mode. Adding pro makes 3 super easy aka standard sure pro I guess and hyper. 4 is way to many. I'd say get rid of normal mode. What's the point really. It's not much different then super easy. Yes it's harder sure. But speed running is ment to be about doing things as fast as possible. And that's why we have super easy and hyper. For a challenge sure pro mode is ok . But normal has got to go. I def do not like seeing the leaderbored being thinned out like it is.
I think normal mode should be removed for sure. Pro mode is interesting but over all keeping it the way it is offers way way too many golds for one game in my opinion. I'd love to see gear gotcha removed. It's a garbage next to know has ran it and it's a glitch anyhow. But that's me. Normal mode is definitely unnecessary. Again pro mode is kinda cool tho. I feel like this thinned the leaderbored when I wanna see it grow. Sometimes less is more.
So it has come to my realization after several runs of testing and comparing multiple runners times that original mode's time structure should be based on the individual times for the 7 races to create an overall time. Not only will this allow a person to use multiple cars the way the game intends you to play. It also eliminates severe RNG that impairs otherwise great runs. As an example you can run a stage faster than someone else yet be slower overall because your opponent took longer to finish race. This is completely unnecessary and very unfair as you the runner shouldnt have to deal with this. Leaving it the way it is creates so much luck to determine the over all time instead of what should be pure skill. A simple fix is to change the rules to tally up The Times of all 7 races for grand total time. Here are 4 over all times through their 7 stages of 4 different runners Alphanerd 7:28"90 QR Jfred99 7:29"05 QR Btrim 7:33"80 SB Master System Marceau 7:51"55
Timing the runs this way is just completely more sensible and logical and allows a runner to maken skill whats required to get a fast time opposed to an extreme amount of luck with the RNG.
Also I'd like to request 2 categories for original mode one where the runner has to select only 1 car and use just that car for all 7 races. In another original mode category where the runner can use any car it wants throughout the 7 races as you unlocked them from beating rival cars and each race. As using different cars will definitely result in the fastest overall time in original mode.
Also this makes running orginal mode wayyyy more fun.
