Historically I was never interested in speed running my way through a game however this all changed when I was introduced to speed running the team missions for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, a game I'm very familiar with.

After searching through the web, I came across the site purely by chance and decided to check out the NGS2 runners. After watching the runs I noticed there was a lot of improvements that could be made.

So I decided to submit my own strategies to level up the small community of players here in case they decide to revisit the game at a later date.

I would like to preface something before proceeding with my post, under normal circumstances I would have sent a direct message to the moderators of this forum before creating a post, regrettably I'm unable to do so as my account is less than 7 days old.

A good friend of mine records my ninja cinemas as I lack the ability to record in High Definition. The purpose of this post is not to offend anyone but to provide clarity and continuity for present/future speed runners as I feel the way things are at the present would discourage a lot of players.

Last week I submitted a run of Acolyte Chapter 15 as my first entry to demonstrate how to speed run this chapter in quick fashion which was verified by a moderator. I then decided to attempt another chapter given my recent success which is for Acolyte Chapter 16. After submitting my run it was rejected, reinstated, and then rejected again.

I'm new to speed running websites however I have previously gone through the team missions in a similar manner. I feel there's a lack of consistency/communication with regards to what constitutes a verified and rejected run.

One of the reasons why my Acolyte Chapter 16 run was rejected the second time was because the clear chapter screen showing the time was not present in the clip, which I'm unable to provide outside of a screenshot.

Would this be enough to reinstate my run or would I need to provide further evidence? I have played Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 for nearly a decade and I'm unsure as to why the Ninja Cinema which has a time associated with the replay would not be merited.

I have previously stated within the description of my submissions the replay timer can have a different time to my actual run which is on my ninja records which if necessary I can provide video evidence for or you can view my Ninja records on the global leaderboards within the game itself.

I apologise for the length of this post but I felt it was necessary going forward. Hopefully as a community we can resolve this issue as I have more submissions I would like to share.