New Jersey, USAAlright added a something that keeps track of "Continues Used" moving forward, just in case, but it's not required to fill out or separated from the Main Runs just yet unless there's a sudden outcry by Multiple Runners that Continues should be it's own separate Sub-Category or in the Any Category since many other games do utilize all standard potential exploits for the sake of Speed.
Should folks for the most part all agree that it should be separated it can be but for now it's still a part of the Main Runs.
Well so far in terms of the Runs here it's basically "ANYTHING GOES!" unless there's suddenly a consensus of majority of the Runners of SVC: Chaos that uses of Continues, Secret Characters, Other Versions of the Game like "Plus", and Etcetera should be regulated differently then a standard run.
As of right now a majority of the Runners have been playing the Arcade Versions of the game rather rather than anything else at the moment so differences between Versions of the Game hasn't been an issue so far.
Should folks agree to have something split or in it's own Category it can be done if necessary, however be mindful that it could potentially split the Community for SVC: Chaos Runs depending on where the splitting points are since some other folks may not want to do a Run a Particular way or not agreeing with how something got split.
Either way at the moment there haven't been any issues for folks Running the game yet but should there actually be a consensus by multiple runners of the game to change something then it could be done as long folks are aware of what those changes may entail.
Yes for existing games that aren't already catalogued under the "Gundam Series" Banner you would have to specifically request for them to be added in the Thread link provided.
As for consideration as a Series Mod for Gundam, after much deliberation we've decided to give you a trial run to test the waters and see if you would be a good fit.
Please note that Series Mods actually do not have direct control of each of the individual Gundam Game Leaderboards & Rules for them listed on the Speedrun website since each individual Gundam Game is Moderated by their own individual Mod Teams and their Leaderboards & Rules are handled by them directly.
Series Mods are primarily keeping track of games that would fit in their Series Listing while being very familiar the various Games & Game Types that can be found within it, as well as adding other Gundam Games that would be viable for Speedrunning.
If you have any other questions feel free ask here or within the Gundam Series Forums.
It was possible to add those games into the Series Listings however there wasn't any formal request for any of these games to be added to the Series Listings till now since a few were only recently added to the site sometime after the Series List was created or were under different titling till recently.
In order to request a game to be added to the Main Series it needs to be requested by going to the Series Page, then Games, and Request Game.
Alternatively there's also a Thread for Requesting Existing Games found here.
Yeah I'm currently checking to see if there's any significant differences between each Region & Version of the game through multiple sources so the help would be appreciated, however I can confirm that there is indeed a PAL version of the game that was released back in November 29th 2002.
Well now that Other Region Playthroughs are actually being added more frequently to the boards it will require more observation & study to completely verify if there isn't a significant edge to playing another Region Copy of the Game because of the Text, Voice Acting, Hardware Played On & Possible currently unknown factors because of Region Differences and requires more directly observed comparisons between them all.
This may also result in potential separation of other boards for things like Emulation or Running the game on Older PS3s that are PS2 Disc Compatible as well adding in more boards for choosing other the Division Routes.
Actually from what that particular article said, it Specifically Mentioned how ArcSys gave the details of the Embargo before June 5th which is when the Embargo was Officially Launched, since the Embargo was the same date as when the game was released on but they let the Players know what was Stream Embargoed prior to the 5th of June.
The Embargo didn't end on June 5th because that was the same day as when the Game came out to the Public and they wanted to make sure there were practically no Spoilers at all during the release of it.
As for why the Embargo would still be a thing since it's been two months, there's a chance that it isn't but at the same time it could potentially still be in effect since Atlus is an involved property of the Game which is known to keep things "Officially" Embargoed for Several Months after a game has been Released.
That's not to say that it isn't over but yet there's still no Official Confirmation that it is over either ?
Coincidentally enough, I received many Messages and Questions from my own Twitch Chat during my Semi-Weekly PSP Game Twitch Streams of Different PSP Titles asking how I'm able to Stream PSP and PS Vita Titles on my original PSP Systems and PS Vita through OBS Studio for those Semi-Weekly Streams. Providing a photo of what I use to Stream that Semi-Weekly Show that I do Stream on Twitch and What I used to capture those PSP BlazBlue Speedruns is not a problem because it turns out many people who aren't already part of the PSP Community that know about the Different Capture Techniques are now actively looking to Capture Directly from their own Original PSPs as well after seeing Streams of PSP Titles from myself and many others.
Much like @PikaRice and many others who like to Capture PSP Audio and Video Directly instead of Emulating, I too Purchased the Official PSP Video Cables by Sony to be able to Play all my PSPs (I own around 5) on my TVs as well as being able to Plug them Directly into my PC. I happened to already taken a Photo of what I use to Stream PSP Titles yesterday since as I mentioned before that I do a Semi-Weekly Stream of PSP Titles and my Viewers were also curious as to how to get PSP Audio and Visuals Directly from the System because they're Actively considering Streaming from their own PSP Systems as well since playing on the Original Systems is more Reliable than Emulating.
Anyways that's just a Couple of Different ways how I'm able to Stream from PSP Systems Directly. I'm actually packing up a few of my Systems right now since I'm about to be road tripping to the Convention Center in Atlantic City that I mention before that's hosting a ton of Fighting Game Tournaments and some Speedrun Events happening This Weekend along side the actual Main Convention going on and thus will be busy and unavailable for the next few days until around Tuesday.
Hey everyone!
With New Gundam Games on the Horizon like "New Gundam Breaker" and more potential Speedrun Games being discovered I would like to put out an Open Discussion Thread on potential games yet to be Speedrunned.
If there's a Gundam Game not already listed that you either like to see runs of, or would like to run them yourself, then feel free to talk about them here and we'll see if we can get more Gundam Games on the Board!
Oh yeah I'm Actively watching all of them right now plus watching out for potential Alerts so Forums are Good ?
Well after all of this is Said and Done I am actively going to be paying attention to the Games closely while sending Twitter themselves a help message to see if there's anything wrong with my account so I can get into communication with @Mysteriousdewd on Twitter more often. I'll also be paying Attention to the those Japanese Exclusive Mode Runs you just reminded me of since that's gonna need some explanations considering how many people ran it.
Oh and if you wanted to submit those other runs you did prior to the Event I don't see a problem since the more runs the merrier ?
Yeah okay being Honest here I'm NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS ANYMORE with all of them laying all of this onto me only for Them not to speak up about it....
If they're not going to Say anything about it, to tell what Concerns or Problems they had (Now that it's Actually out in the open), That's totally on them at this point if they want to say anything....Since I was trying to stay Neutral about the whole thing for the most part.....
The only thing that I did agree with them (I think @PikaRice shares this too) is that the Games should be Individual since many other Fighting Games like Street Fighter do that & you can only play each version's Game Mechanics on their respective games on those Games like how "Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting" or " Super Street Figher II: New Challengers" are different, have different Speedrun Pages, but both "Street Fighter II".
Other than that one particular concern I think it's best for me to forget all about that other stuff other people might have had problems with and just focus on the actual thing I care about which is all the game themselves being represented.
Yeah in Retrospect I probably should have just let Them do that from the start rather than caving into being their "mouthpiece" since I am trying to be Neutral about it and just broker peace. Their the one's who are so adamant about things so they should be talking for themselves about what they want to know. Honestly the only thing I can safely agree with their viewpoint is that the Games should still be separate since that's how Fighting Games are.
In the Meantime how's it going on your end on getting the Footage from the Event?
Yeah as stated right before that additional follow-up post there were Twitch Whispers because you're right in the fact the Twitch Messaging ending in March and things kinda cooled off for the Month of April for a bit but heated up back again after the date of the Charity Event was drawing in closer and since Twitter wasn't cooperating when I tried messaging him back despite being able to do so on May 15th. The option of messaging through Twitter about Cross Tag occurred since it is a more recent game and I figured that Twitter would give a more prompt response which it did! I do have the Twitch Whispers in my Log but then again as we know communicating on topics such as this through Twitch in general isn't the most reliable system though it's still actively showing there....I'm actually more concerned with how I can't message them on Twitter which is I did the whispers in the first place. I'm actively trying to find out why since it's not giving me the option to resume the Twitter DM by despite the fact I was perfectly able to DM them about Cross Tag on the 15th ?
@Liv Well beside the Twitch's Messaging System a few months ago I also did active Whispers on Twitch to @Mysteriousdewd within the last few days since I know that form of Messages are currently still working since Whispers are often used on a regular basis but they too weren't responded to (Again could be Twitches fault not exactly my first choice either).
The main reason why that was chosen as the way of contacting was I did attempt to send messages to them on Twitter again around the same time as the Whispers I did a few days ago but for some odd reason I was prevented to from seeing their profile, reading their Tweets, & not permitted to send Direct Messages any more despite previously being able to. I'm currently checking Twitter Settings just to be sure there's nothing wrong on my end as to why I'm not able to do, like Block being Enabled or some other setting, but at the moment it's still not giving me the option to contact via Twitter.
@Liv Though to be honest I'm not very super keen on being "That Guy" to be used as a mouthpiece to convey messages second handedly either which is why I'm now encouraging those who had questions or concerns about the series to step forward & speak up now that it's out there said.
Like I said before I prefer to be Neutral when it comes to conflicts to help satisfy all those involved & help find a solution that everyone can agree on ?
@Liv @Mysteriousdewd Well seeing as there was a public event for Charity that hosted a plethora of Speedruns including Blazblue last weekend and another one is already scheduled next week at Convention Center it's only a matter of time before runs are going to be added in. I am attempting to be kept up to date as to when exactly since there were other games that were runned besides Blazblue like Racing Games & Adventure Games but they're currently compiling all the footage of each individual games being run as well as creating a Highlight Reel to show the success of the Charity before submitting everything or handing out copies to the runners.
Since these are a mix between Public Events & Online Content where the Hosts, Guests, Convention Goers, and Participants are flown in from all over the country (Some being known Speedrunners while others signing up on the Spot since it was for Charity) & others participating in a limited capacity from the comforts of their own homes, different time zones are a factor here, but I'll be sending a Mass Message to those that expressed interests in playing those games & actually played them at the Event/Will be playing it at the coming Event.
Many of them also Participated in a ton of Street Fighter II iteration Speedruns (SFII WW, SFII HF, SSFIIT, etc.), a fellow fighting game with multiple iterations with separate Speedrun Pages for each iteration despite more or less "being the same game" but with different Fighting Mechanics for each. They will be waiting on approval by their respective Pages soon as the compiling is done. Since other Fighting Games do have separate pages for each iteration with Different Game Mechanics that's only actually playable on those Individual Titles is why many agreed upon having the separate pages for each BlazBlue Title rather than Combining them with the existing ones because of many factors such as specific Platform Quirks, Characters playing completely Different, and individual iterations like PSP acting different in some areas or requiring not to Download a specific DLC patch are radically different enough to warrant it much like Street Fighter II and it's iterations.
However I would like to point out I did attempt to contact @Mysteriousdewd about concerns from the Community & general questions about whether they were even aware of the sudden influx of active participants(rather that than being limited as it once was) several times over Twitch's Direct Messaging System after I was physically unable to send Direct Messages over Twitter despite formerly being able to do so(might have been a Permission Setting but currently still not able to). I sent those Twitch Messages which I checked regularly for a response to no avail despite him being active on there....Not sure if there was any Stream interference or any problems on Twitch's end itself but I still got confirmation that they went through.
Not so much as the Exclusive PSP Categories but the Standard other Difficulties that are available in each Version of the Continuum Shift EXTEND regardless of Gaming Platform.
Like Beginner or Hard and such.
@Liv Actually I disagree with the issue.
Fundamentally each of the Games are completely different since the overall Game Mechanics are different in each individual iteration of the Game rather than simply being variants and not superseded by the EXTENDED Version just because they're newer since those Previous Game Mechanics cannot be played within the EXTEND iterations of the Game. Those Game Mechanics are completely unaccessible in the EXTEND Version and are only playable as each iteration Individually being run as they are separately.
There are many Fighting Game Examples with multiple iterations of a singular game that are still treated as a "separate game" with having different Speedrun Pages & Categories from one another to reflect that. A prime example would be the Street Fighter Series of Fighting Games with Street Fighter II being the main highlight.
Despite the Original game being "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior" and one of the later more recent iterations being "Super Street Fighter II Turbo", you still have plenty of people playing & Speedrunning all the iterations of the game that took place inbetween those two different titles like "Street Fighter II: Championship Edition", "Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting", "Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers", and so on simultaneously with one another even though there are newer iterations like "Hyper Street Fighter II" or "Ultra Street Fighter II" that exists.
They're all different games mechanically speaking despite having the same "Endings" or "Characters" and require different methods on handling them individually because of those different quirks, traits, & mechanics for each game. The same applies to the different iterations of other Fighting Games like BlazBlue because even though EXTENDs do exist, and are more recent releases in comparison, that doesn't mean people aren't Speedrunning the other games in the Series! In fact some folks are specifically Speedrunning the other games because of how different the Game Mechanics are, like how people who Speedrun Street Fighter II Games do, or many other Fighting Games with different iterations.
In fact just this past Memorial Day Weekend I participated in a Speedrun Event for Charity where multiple people along side myself did a variety of Speedruns of each individual iteration of BlazBlue and the hosts of the event were planning on submitting them in their respective Pages & Categories for each game once all the footage is sorted & compiled together.
A more unified initiative to building an active community for BlazBlue Title Speedruns has been forming however there were many concerns about the lack of representation of the missing Game Titles for Speedruns, as well other concerns about the games that were already listed prior to those iterations of the games being added in that I expressed towards the Series Moderator however I never did receive a reply or a response about them, which in turn caused many more concerns amongst the community leading a few people worried about their voices not being heard or would be ignored should they attempt to express those concerns.
Due to the lack of interaction, response, and updates from the Singular Speedrun Series Moderator now that the community is becoming more active as of late some are even considering to believe that this could be a low case of "monopolization" of the BlazBlue Series to meet the Singular Series Mod's own whims rather than being a collaborative community effort where everyone can safely say their piece to say and actively working with a few Series Overseers in charge for the overall benefit of the community.
Now I'm just someone speaking for them currently since I was chosen to represent those concerns by the people thanks to actually getting the other iterations of the BlazBlue Games that community wants to play approved here so they could start doing Speedruns of them ASAP.
However, I'm not partial to spreading rumors so I would like to express that I am neutral on that particular front but I am still vocal in that there is a community demand for Multiple Speedruns & Multiple Categories of all the different iterations of Blazblue thanks to them all having different Game Mechanics exclusive to each Title along with reaffirming there are some concerns about how a few of the games are currently being handled.
As of right now footage from a Charity Event from this past weekend is being compiled to submit various Runs of the games within the Blazblue Series, including the games in question by this very thread, and another event that involves those games being Speedrunned is scheduled for next week.
In the end I can safely say that there is a demand for them to be represented individually as their own games.
I recently done Runs of the Other Difficulties of this Game however there currently isn't any method to submit those Runs to the Leaderboards seeing as those Categories for the Other Difficulties are not listed at the moment.
I would appreciate it if you could add in those Difficulties so I could submit those Runs.
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