AntarcticaThats why WSplit > Livesplit ;)
Whether or not emulator runs are accepted is a community by community decision that can even differ game by game (for example, Emu is allowed for Zelda 1, but not for OOT).
You'll have to check the specific rules for that game to see what the emulator policy is. Same goes for streaming, most games will always require a video for a run that is at the top of the LBs, but some require video no matter what your time. Just gotta ask the mods of that game.
Reminder this is the "Leaderboard Moderation Requests Thread" not the "Remove X Moderator Because I Don't Like Them Then Watch as I Shit Up the Thread for a Day and Half Thread".
Seriously, either shut up or take this shit to PM with a site Admin, this is stupid at this point and I'm pretty sure nobody wants to see it here anymore.
Basically, most games won't particularly care about this minor lag since the time evens out (you start 2 seconds before game appears to start and finish 2 seconds before it appears to finish). It's not inaccurately timed, it just looks strange to a viewer.
The way to fix it is to set "split delay". Livesplit (assuming you're using Livesplit, idk if other timers have this feature) has a feature somewhere in its settings called "split delay" and you can set that to be whatever the delay in the video is. So, if you have a 2.5 second delay from when you split to when the Elgato video catches up, then Livepslit will delay the actual split that amount of time.
This way, when you hit the split key, the split won't actually register for a few seconds so it'll look like your timer is in sync with the video.
You need to download a timer. The most common one is Livesplit (a simple google search will take you to the page to download it).
A timer is manually stopped and started by you unless the game has an autosplitter for it (which is primarily only for PC games). Someone who knows about the game could probably give you more information on how to set that up once you have Livesplit downloaded and ready for use.
Go here http://www.speedrun.com/hl/forum
Ask your question there and ask for a link to a discord server to see if they have one. Unless one of us frequenting the main site forums has experience in HL speedruns, then we won't be able to help you or give you any tips. You need to reach out directly to the other runners/moderators of Half Life to see if they can provide you any help.
Good luck.
Ask in the Half Life forums on here. They probably have the discord server link there or one of the mods can get it for you.
Most games will require a video submission in order to get add to the LBs. Some games may not require it though for times outside of say the top 10 or 20 or something. Just check the LBs for the game to see what the rules say and if you have any questions/it doesn't specify ask in the game forums.
(I meant to say that I almost reported them as a spam bot but forgot the second word because Im bad).
I almost reported you for spam because you were the most recent post in every forum.
In the future, probably don't do this.
As far as I know, there is no way to play games from a different region on your PS2 without modding it to run with swap magic. You either have to do the tissue and straw method or install a flip top.
As a side note, running PAL on NTSC and vice versa usually has some strange side effects (messed up sound among others) or at least it does for older games, I know nothing about PAL PS2 on NTSC PS2.
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But BBoy streaming the game with commentary, camera, w/e gives him the rights to that specific content. You're right, he doesn't own the entire rights to Super Mario, but he does own rights to the specific video he created by streaming it on Twitch. That is where the issue is. BBoy didn't copyright claim Apollo because Apollo used Super Mario footage, he copyright claimed him because he used the specific footage he owns (his highlight of himself streaming the game). He didn't gain full ownership of the footage because at the root of it, Nintendo still owns Super Mario, but BBoy owns "BBoy playing Super Mario". Twitch VODs are not public domain, they are content owned by whatever streamer created them, so Apollo can't just rip highlights and upload them to YouTube and start to monetize them just because the content is of a game ultimately owned by some game company - he still has to respect the rights of the person who created that content of the game.
By your logic, I can take my friend's LP of Super Mario, upload it to my own channel without altering it in any way, and they don't have the right to claim me for it. That is flawed logic. My friend may not own Super Mario, but he does own the content he created by playing Super Mario and transforming it into his LP and would therefore be in his right to claim it. Just like BBoy did.
And an anecdote to that, Nintendo doesn't seize full ownership of all Nintendo clips, there are plenty of people who upload LPs or whatever of Nintendo games and don't get any claims against them/keep all revenue from it. It's only very specific clips or clips that were not altered enough that end up getting completely seized.
A streamer owns the content they stream to their Twitch channel so, agree with the DMCA or not, he was indeed in his right to do it. Apollo just ripped the video exactly as it was, he didn't transform it in anyway to make it fair use. And the fact that he was monetizing off of it while just directly ripping it also put him in the wrong.
Depends on the game. There really shouldn't be a reason to absolutely require one aside from odd circumstances.
Ask in the game specific forums to make sure.
