Yes, you can use the forum. I've had to use that as a last resort once. Use any social media they have attached to their account (Twitter, discord, twitch, etc); and if you can't get anything, you can contact Mods in [Forums / The Site / Leaderboards moderation requests thread]

Legs

When you say " I don't have the equipment to put a timer on a stream" I just wanted to add that OBS and Livesplit are both free software, so you should be able to add a timer if you did wish to, without the need for extra equipment. :)

Legs

You should note the the timing differences between SGB and SGB2 if you go that route ^^ If you're gonna buy one on ebay, I would suggest going for the 2.

Hey!

I was wondering if a few things could be added to the rules

-The start and stop times for the speedrun, so runners won't have to check existing runs. -A list of accurate emulators that will be allowed (bgb, gambatte allowed; banning VBA) -A note on SGB1 times and a link to a conversion tool if you want to allow SGB1 times.

Also, I was wondering if the other valid platforms could be added too: -GBC, GBA, GBP, SGB2, GB, GBI, SGB(if you want to allow it)

Thanks! Legs

Hey!

I notice the only run has SGB marked as the platform it was done on. Was this a normal North American grey Super Game Boy 1?

The SGB runs Gb games too fast (61.17fps opposed to the proper 59.727...). This leads to noticeable advantage while running a game on SGB vs SGB2 or other hardware.

Since it's consistently fast, generally boards allow SGB1 times, but only after conversion (http://nudua.com/convert)

You can also read a bit more about it here: http://www.gbrunners.com/game-boy-speedrunning-explained

Thanks! Legs

Hello!

I notice that this game has no verification needed for submissions; as well as no emulator rules specified, and many platforms are still missing from the platforms list.

I'm just curious what there is no verification; and if it's just from the mods being unable to check SRC often, I would be happy to volunteer to do so.

I mod a number of Game Boy game boards, and am pretty much solely a Game Boy runner. So I'm normally up to date on the common rules and speedrun information on Game Boy games.

Even if not currently active, it's good to have boards set up nice for new runners who may end up being interested. :)

I use CS6 Premiere for this, since you can set in/out frames and just get the time in ms; but it's expensive software if you don't already have access to it.

Thanks so much! I appreciate that a lot.

GBi is a custom firmware for the Game Boy Player; aimed to reduce the input lag to the GBP. It still uses the GBP hardware, but with a custom interface. It's a hardware standard for most game boy boards, along with the SGB2.

The up to date differences between GBi and GBP can be found here: https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=Game_Boy_Interface

Also, here are a number of larger Game Boy boards that use it as a listed platform: Kirby's Dream Land The Pokemon games (and we know how serious they are about timing) Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening DX The Oracle Zelda games Man other GBC and GBA games that I don't know because I only run GB games. :p

It is known to be an accepted standard, and I've never heard of it being banned before;Obviously it's your call are the board mod what platforms you allow.

Thank you for hearing me out! Legs

Hello,

In regards to my requests in the Donkey Kong Land forums ( https://www.speedrun.com/dkl1/thread/h5lvu )

It's been 10 days since my thread was made and Liv had tweeted at MBisonFute, and 3 months since the user was online. They're still active on twitter, but no response seems to have been made to Liv or the forums.

Since Liv added "I'll give them a couple days to respond.", I thought it appropriate to bring up again.

Thank you!

DragonHeart for Game Boy Sword of Hope for Game Boy

@Liv, oh thank you! I don't use a public twitter account, so I wasn't sure if that would actually work, I assumed the message would not be visible. I only knew that DMs do go out from my account okay. I will try that moving forward too. :)

There are currently a number of problems with the DKL1 board (outlined here: https://www.speedrun.com/dkl1/thread/h5lvu )

I made a forum post regarding these things, but I noticed the mod has not been on the website for 3 months, so I decided to attempt to contact them with the listed means. However, private messages were blocked on both Twitter and Twitch, so I have no means of contact with them.

I can wait a week and then update again here; but since they've been 3 months offline, I don't expect it to suddenly change.

I mod a number of GB games, and would be happy to mod this one as well.

Thanks, Legs

Hello! I have some questions about this leaderboard and the run on it.

1. Platforms

I was wondering if there is a reason only Game Boy Colour and the 3DSVC are the only valid platforms? Most GB boards accept the following platforms: GBC, GBA, GBP, SGB2, GB, GBI (And sometimes SGB, if time are converted)

2. Rules

No start and stop times are listed; and without a video to reference, new runners have no start and stop times to compare to. In addition, it would be great if the rules could specify accepted and banned emulators ( The accepted GB emu rules being: Use of Visualboy Advance / Visual Boy Advance-M (VBA / VBA-M) in any variation IS BANNED since it emulates GB games inaccurately. Runs on the following emulators are accepted: BGB and Gambatte. Please include the name and version of emulator in the description. )

As well as informing people about the issues with SGB1 if you choose to accept it: ( Hardware: -If you play on the original Super Game Boy (SGB), please submit your run with a coverted time (http://nudua.com/convert). This is because the SGB uses the clock speed of the SNES, not the GB, and runs 2.4% faster (https://kb.speeddemosarchive.com/Super_Game_Boy_timing). )

3. The current WR run.

Currently there is no video for this run, after some searching though I do believe that this is the run being referred to:

Given that this is a VBA run; and that the poster themselves states that: "Because this was done on VBA I don't consider this an official time" and " This is an overpowered time for sure"

Assuming that that is the run in question, I believe that this run should not really be listed on the leaderboard. With no video, and known emulation advantages there is little value or accuracy to it. The run is also mislabeled as console, when it does appear to be an emu run.

So I was wondering if you could be willing to add rules, state legal emulators, add the missing platforms, and comment on what you think about the current WR it would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you for hearing me out.

If you get to SML and SML2; BGB and Gambatte are our emu standards.

"Wait, what's wrong with the Super Game Boy?"

It's been cool to watch your progress. You're creeping up to bopping me, and I look forward to when you get more time and get the chance to. Hit me up if you ever wanna race it sometime.

Good luck to you and your family with the fire.

Thank you!

I've already attempted any listed listed contacts on the users account. So I will attempt the forum as a last resort.

Thanks again, help was appreciated. :)

Hey, I was just looking for some general advice on what to do if I can't contact another mod on a board we share.

I mod a game that has been getting some runs lately, but another mod of the board has been accepting them as they come in.

I know this is common practice sometimes, but in the last week I've had to reject an approved run for missing several levels; and had to edit other accepted runs that were wrongly times and then re accept them.

The user has a twitter(Deleted), twitch(Not accepting PMs), Smashcast(deleted), Youtube(PMs don't exist there anymore), and an SRL account(No PM functionality).

Any ideas what I could do here? I'm happy to have other mods help me, I would just like to be able to request to them to time the incoming runs.

Should I make a thread in the game asking the other Mod to DM me, or does that seem rude and out of place? Or should I just let it be and keep retiming the runs?

Referring to the game or mod by name seems like bad form, so just looking for general advice. Thanks!

Thanks!

I mod a bunch of GB boards so I'm happy to help out with this one too.

Thanks again for hearing me out. :)

Legs

Hello!

I was wondering if you could add the other platforms to this game. :) {GBC, GBA, GBP, SGB2, GBI, GB, GBA}

And I wonder why GCN is a platform? I assume this was meant to be GBi(Game Boy interface) and GBP(Game Boy Player)

I find there is value in knowing the hardware runs were done on.

Thanks!