North Carolina, USASomeone asked me a question about my run on Youtube, which brought me here where I saw the WR progression history.
I've got some info about the TG SMB speed run times that preceded my 5:17. When I started going for the WR in late 2003, the official TG timing rules stated that timing started when you gained control of your character, NOT when you press start on the title screen. Cam Allen and Aaron Collins both had their runs timed this way. Cam told me this himself and also posted it on the TG forums.
My 5:17 run was the first to be verified by the new timing rules. Here's a link to the relevant discussion topic at TG.
Just read my post and Cam's (cpa68) to understand what I'm talking about. He said his run would have been 5:22-23 if it had been timed from pressing start. As I said, mine was the first to be timed from pressing start which makes the older times 2 or 3 seconds slower than listed.
EDIT:
Also, I should mention that Mike Morrow had the record at 5:27 before Cam Allen took the record in late 2003. I clearly remember seeing it on the TG scoreboard because Mike had the record at 5:27 when I first decided to go for it, and here is a post where I reference it:
Cam (cpa68) & Mike (MKM) talk about it:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/110329-SMB-world-1-1?p=564045&viewfull=1#post564045
If I remember correctly, Mike asked to have his time taken down because it was timed from when you gain control of Mario. He did not want his time co-mingled with others as a 5:27 when it was really a 5:29 or 5:30 with the new rules that were applied from my 5:17 onward.
I'm not sure that Aaron Collins actually ever held the record officially because I think Mike's 5:27 was verified first, but I don't know for sure. I would be nice if there was some way to see what the listing was before Mike's time was taken down to confirm everything, but I didn't have much luck finding it.
