As OP of the AHK thread I feel like I should chime in. What I was asking about for AHK was not to make it easier, it was to simply make the trick POSSIBLE on my keyboard. The community talked about it and we agreed it should not be allowed in the case that someone abuses the privilege.

I think it's cool that we can add our own "flair" to our runs with music and colour mods, let's not lose that with blatant cheating (making skips visual/differentiating between whimsum).

The point of a speedrun is to set out a challenge and then accomplish it, not to set out a challenge and cheese your way past it.

tl;dr: Don't cheat with colours, they're pretty so just use them to make things pretty.

With punch card strats now, there shouldn't be an issue on lab skip for any keyboard now. I did buy a keyboard that allows me to do the skip anyways (better than a laptop keyboard). If something new comes out, then let's talk, until then it doesn't need to be allowed.

Thanks for the official reply, I guess my only option will be buying an external keyboard that supports multiple key stokes at once. I suppose you can lock this now as my question is answered.

Edit: I guess at that point it's technically a TAS.

I'd like to but I don't have a numpad on my keyboard (laptop). I know some people run with controller AND keyboard and if numpad does work, I don't see an issue with having an alternate set of arrow keys that is only used in one spot that others can do naturally with their standard keyboards.

Just wondering what the censuses on AHK is in Undertale.

I know that anything above 1:1 input:output is obviously cheating, but I was more curious about remapping keys to make a trick easier, in this case lab skip.

Most runners have keyboards that allow for many inputs at once and use it for Sans fight. My keyboard doesn't allow all four keys which isn't a big issue on Sans but it hinders my lab skip.

I can't hit left up and right all at once but I can remap my keys so I can hit j i and l all at once.

Would remapping my arrow keys to alternate keys to let me keep up to other keyboards be allowed or would it be frowned upon?

Edit:

my script I plan to use is as follows:

j::left k::down l::right i::up