Here's what I tell everyone in the mobile speedrunning community: Audio is required for a few reasons:
- main reason: It allows us to check for splicing to detect cheating. For instance, we were able to detect a fake run in cat bird using audio and visual cues.
- It's a speedrunning standard (most speedruns have audio).
- If everyone follows the same rules, nobody gets confused.
- Entertainment value.
- Audio recording is very easy on mobile, so there's no reason not to do it. (The mobile speedrunning discord has a huge resource list we give to new runners)
Same for web and PC games, audio is very easy to record with the right resources. The only times I've changed rules for audio involve player specific issues (old phone models, only time to record is in public spaces). As for console games, my opinion is that audio should be recorded. I'm not sure how easy it is to do, so I don't mod those games.
Ehh, maybe later. Unless you want to update it?
Hey @Dogonabox420, I recommend joining the Mobile Speedrunning Discord and reading over the #start-here channel! I've listed a ton of resources there. If you still have questions, just ask in #general!
Access the Discord here: https://discord.gg/bpY8zeB
Cool! Doesn't work on my Samsung S7, but maybe other phones will have this feature :)
Welcome to runner @gamesfordalolz, thanks for donating a ton of rice!
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Actually, to make timing more fair, I added this to the rules: Timing begins on the first hop (score of 0).
If anyone challenges their previous timing based on this clarification, we can retime it. If anyone wants to take on the mission of retiming every video with this rule, I will gladly let you step in :)
Yep, let me double check that for ya :) If you find any other runs that need retiming, let me know.
I care what a million viewers will think about the community -- Honestly I'm hoping one of our own YouTubers like EZScape responds to him. But I guess it doesn't matter much, you're right :D
I like Pewds, but he seems to be using old videos and highlighting the cringe that speedrunning started with. I think that side of speedrunning has changed, but clearly those who may not know much about speedrunning still see it this way.
What do y'all think about the video?
Ahh that makes sense @ROMaster2, thanks. Another idea: I know commenting on runs isn't going to happen any time soon, but what about dropping likes?
The only down side to it would be loading and displaying runs with over 100+ likes. It might be good to start a count, list the first hundred names, and then say "and X amount of other runners like this run"
Edit 7 months later, October 2018: Thanks for implementing "and X others" for likes on srcom. Still hoping to see this under individual runs!
I'm excited to welcome runners @Genii and @buckethead222 to the crew! Hope to see more of your runs soon!
Please consider making each point on the statistics graph link to WR runs. Since you're already grabbing details from the run to display on the graph, I know this won't be too hard to implement.
Edit November 2019: Thanks for adding this feature!
Yes, finally updated! I'm glad we have an active mod. Keep it up!
Maybe I'll try to grab that record from you at some point...
Unless this game gets more popularity, I plan on adding categories by request only. Please let me know if you'd like to run Hyper 1 or any other non-listed mode. Thanks!
Hey @jocloud31, this is a complex question. It really depends on which game you play. For the most part, older devices will have some method for recording screen and audio. While I've seen a ton of people speedrun games on old devices successfully, some lag due to processing speeds can make it hard to pull off glitches and tricks. Thankfully, some leaderboards have switched over to In-Game Timer to make up for time loss due to lag.
Yes, you certainly can!
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