United StatesHey all, the Plants vs. Zombies community is seeking moderators for Plants vs. Zombies Heroes. If you are interested, please join the PvZ speedrunning discord (stickied in the forum), and then let us know in the PvZ Heroes channel who you are and why you want to be a moderator. Ideally, we are looking for someone with plenty of experience speedrunning the game, but minimum requirements include one or more previously verified times on the Plants vs. Zombies Heroes leaderboards that follow all rules. Thank you!
Currently on SRC, mods can choose the individual platforms on which a specific game can be played by ticking off boxes from a bunch of options.
Under the current system, after being selected by the moderators, platforms are sorted into a list automatically. In addition, a seemingly random one is chosen to be first, which also is the default platform when a user chooses to submit a run. In my experience, this platform is not always the most common one. Sometimes, users will submit runs with the incorrect/default platform because of this. In games where it can be challenging to determine which platform a run was played on at first glance, this leads to problems sometimes for not only the verification but also users simply finding runs to watch.
My proposed solution is to simply change the platform list to a manual order, just like sorting categories or ILs.
While this may be a very small issue, I think it’s worth mentioning as the small quality of life changes can often make an already fantastic site even better. There may also be workarounds that I’m not aware of, but a simple method would be much better.
As it stands, you must make a custom rule list for every single standard category within a game. While this is effective in communicating the rules of a speedgame, there are a few problems. Sometimes, all of the categories will share a couple of the same rules, like how videos are handled or what versions of the game are allowed. Under the current way the rules are set up, you can either redundantly paste these directions in every single rule box, or simply put it in the main category one and hope that everyone will see it there and realize it applies to all categories.
I propose that we can set a list of global rules for a speedgame that will show up above or below the specific subcategory rules, perhaps with a thin divider. It would also be nice if we could choose specific categories that would "opt out" of the global ruleset, in case it does not match all of them.
In the past, the approach taken for the speedrun.com platform names of classic games on modern Nintendo consoles was to add VC at the end, the abbreviation for Virtual Console. This resulted in "WiiVC," "WiiUVC," and "3DSVC," which I really liked.
However, now Nintendo has revealed their online service plans for the Switch. There has been no mention of the Virtual Consone brand at all. But, they have still advertised that classic NES games will be playable on the system, and therefore can be speedran, and will need a platform of their own on speedrun.com. However, I don't think simply adding "SwitchVC" to the platform list will cut it - Nintendo has specifically avoided the phrase for a reason, even if that reason may not be obvious to us. So, I was wondering what would be a good alternative. Just leaving the platform as Switch would work, although it would be bland, and I think "SwitchClassic" would be too long and clunky. I'd like to hear your thoughts and maybe ideas.
Join the Plants vs. Zombies discord server! If you have any questions, try to ask them there because it's more likely that mods will see your question than on the forums.
Join the Plants vs. Zombies discord server! If you have any questions, try to ask them there because it's more likely that mods will see your question than on the forums.
Join the Plants vs. Zombies discord server! If you have any questions, try to ask them there because it's more likely that mods will see your question than on the forums.
I was interested in running this game, but I no longer have a reliable way to record it. Can you delete it?
In my opinion, Any% No W5 is a really fun category to run due to its specific length, and the idea behind it. It's certainly a change from the regular Any%. However, it is currently stuck behind the Misc. window which makes it less appealing to try. It shouldn't be an issue of clutter because there are only three non-misc categories right now. Is there any chance that Any% No W5 could become an official category?
