Wait, can I only vote for one? I'd vote 1 AND 6. If not, then just 1.

You can vote for more than one, yeah, except for the 4th one lol, but I put that one there in case people don't want those techniques at all.

1, 3, 6 look fine to me. I might give Krystal corruption a try, and as I stated in my first post, there has been runs of this in the past, so it should be tracked somewhere

1 & 6

First ESW found by Narbe, that is warp from quit spot to death spot. New-create-slot and defeat-Andross-slot are different.

RESW is warp from death spot to quit spot. New-create-slot and defeat-Andross-slot are same.

Current ESW is warp from death spot to quit spot. New-create-slot and defeat-Andross-slot are same.

I think first ESW and current ESW should be dealed as different.

The difference between RESW and the current ESW is that when you die, you get a save prompt that allows you to keep the current file slot data as the warp happens, whereas the first ESW is only done by voiding out, so current ESW can be ESDW, so they're treated differently.

The first ESW and RESW also can be done by death without saving. And, the current ESW also can be done by voiding out with saving before it. so, death and voiding out are same.

This video is the warp from DarkIce Mines to Krazoa Palace, it's like the first ESW.

but I think that this is not warp. run file still stay in DarkIce Mines. the copied file from run file is not run file.

Well, based on people's input and some extra discussions with mods, the leaderboards have been updated, and I invite everyone to check out the changes.

Basically, any% no ESW is now back to any%, ESW is now a misc category and ESW is banned for main categories.

I'm gonna lock this thread now, because the choice has been made and we gave everyone a chance to speak up multiple times. Thanks to everyone who participated here, and special thanks to BvqR for all his useful input.

Thank you, guys, and happy speedrunning.