Music% would probably be just any% except you do the autoscrollers after the bosses which would probably end up replacing like other levels with 3 Teensies, would just cut out like maybe 5 invasions and wouldn't really be that interesting IMO.

Estimate for R&C A Crack in Time NG+ can be lowered to 2:00:00. I'm pretty confident i can get a good run under estimate without too much trouble, even with a lot of mistakes that are taken into account.

So recently the topic came to my head of using the ToD save data discount in ACIT runs.

The discount is automatically activated if ToD game data ulitility is found in the PS3 even if the PS3 user has no ToD save data at all. Once this happens all the weapon prices are severely reduced/cut in half (Zurkon costs 4000 instead of 8000, Buzz Blades cost 24,000 instead of 48,000, Groovitron costs 11,000 instead of 22,000).

And because of this it's possible to buy these weapons early and level them up more, such as buying Zurkon in Vorselon 1, and getting the Buzz Blades in Vorselon 2 which ends up getting them to V5 early.

Deleting ToD save data can be annoying. Deleting the data itself isn't hard, but in the case of disc, it removes the ToD install from the console and so you have to reinstall ToD every time you want to play it. Some other people with the digital version have had the discount not show up at all even though the ToD digital version is always there.

The reasons I originally wanted to ban it is because

1. all the other R&C games on the PS2 prohibit the use of weapon discounts using save files from other games
2. supposedly some SDA oldbois decided it should be banned right from the start (i haven't found proof of this)

Because of the potential for exploiting it in runs there are three possible outcomes: -Allow the discount in runs -Ban the discount -Allow the discount but make it so that you can't buy weapons any earlier than you could without the discount

Feel free to leave your thoughts.

Game Name: Ed, Edd n Eddy The Mis-Edventures System: PC Category: Any% Estimate: 0:40:00 Donation Incentive: Retarded OOB's In the Cul De Sac Description: TME is a rather obscure run due to being a licensed game, but it's a really good speedrun. The run is all about switching Eds quickly and using their special abilities fast. Most of the run is filled with fast movement with the Batter-Ed, and there are plenty of cool skips and tricks to laugh at how hilariously dumb they are. There are no cutscenes and the loading times are instant, making for a run without a single dull moment and a constant fast pace. Fast movement, hilariously stupid and cool tricks, critical timing and more tech than you'd expect. I'm linking my PB video, but i also have a commentated run that explains/shows off the game as a run well enough (goo.gl/wqzLJRH). Sample run video:

Game Name: Ren & Stimpy - Stimpy's Invention Category: Beat The Game System: Sega Genesis (Emu) Estimate: 0:15:00 Description: a really short and weird little game based off the TV show. Despite the admittedly insanely stupid looking game, there is actual skill involved by effectively using Ren and Stimpy's tag team abilities to not die and get through levels as quickly as possible. Can be a possible donation incentive/bonus game...? Sample run video:

An NG+ run would have to be NG+ all levels, since an actual NG+ would just be going to Shoot For The Stars and triggering the credits from there. And since it would have to be all levels, there would be a lot of boring autoscrollers that are normally skipped in a full game run, making it not a very interesting category in my eyes.

Recently i've seen a lot of people begging for new categories to be made for SM3DW. These range from things like "Touchless" or "Any% No Cat Suit". I wanna discuss why those are a bad idea and why you shouldn't try to make them a thing.

The major thing i want to talk about is "Any% Touchless" or "Any% No GamePad". These categories involve either not using touch strats or not using the Gamepad altogether. They are bad ideas and i will explain why.

First off, Touchless. The main concept behind this one is not being allowed to use the touch screen on the GamePad to perform certain strats, like freezing enemies in place, hitting item blocks, touching ! pads to light them up, dragging baseballs, the list goes on. This category is pointless for the simple fact that it changes literally nothing. The entire route can be done with 0 touch strats and it'll still be Any%. All that would change is you not doing strats that save a few seconds on areas. The difference in time would literally be less than a minute at the very most. It's pretty obvious as to why this is a dumb idea, but the worst is yet to come.

The other arbitrary idea is No GamePad. This is basically a category that was made up by someone who wasn't used to the GamePad controller, and wanted to use a Pro Controller in his runs. For some reason, he thought this warranted a separate category. Here's why this idea would literally never work:

First off, trying to make a different category based on the controller you are using. This can be seen by many as a cheap attempt to just get free WR off an imaginary category. It probably is. It's completely arbitrary for reasons i'll go into later on, but to put it bluntly, it's sort of like doing Super Mario Bros 3, Any% No Sneezing. It's completely pointless.

The reason for this is because, without the GamePad, you are unable to enter Captain Toad stages. These are fast, short stages that give you 5 green stars a piece in less than 2 minutes. This is very important. All of the 4 captain toad levels done in Any% give you a total of 20 Green Stars. This is essential. Not using a GamePad would mean missing out on these levels, losing you those 20 stars and forcing you to make them up with extra stars elsewhere. This would waste an immense amount of time. There are not nearly enough backup stars on the path to World 8 to replace those 20, so you would have to make a lot of detours to other levels and make a lot of very unorthodox route changes and it would basically fuck everything up. I estimate this to be about 15-25 minutes slower than using the GamePad as everybody else does.

There is quite literally no reason to make this category exist, even as a Misc Category. At least Misc Categories have some sort of difference in goal or ruleset. Glitchless? Cannot use glitches. Beat World 1? Just beat World 1. No WW/RBA? Just beat the game without using those tricks. 100%? Beat the game while collecting everything.

Any% No GamePad has no difference other than the different controller. There's no different rules or goals. It's literally just Any%, except using a bad, slow route and giving the category a different name. You shouldn't ask for a new category just because you want to use a different controller. Just do Any% and stop whining about how you can't get used to the GamePad. Want to run Any% without a GamePad? Fine. You can do it. It's an absolutely horseshit idea, but you can do it. Just don't try to make it a different category when it doesn't need to be one.

If you want to come up with an idea for a category in this game, fine. But at least make sure the idea makes sense and isn't just a lame excuse to do something slightly different. Make sure the category has a purpose and something that sets it apart from existing categories.

tl;dr Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Any% No Cat-Suit is like the Tanooki Toad runs from November 2013 that were over 2 hours long. Nobody would want to do that.

I don't remember the exact specifications of a 100% run, so i'm basically just remembering what i can from Ensg's 100% run on Youtube and some discussion on the SDA thread.

100% can be defined as all 246 electoons and all 10 skull teeth, all the Lum medals in all levels and Land of the Livid Dead beaten. I might add the category onto the leaderboards eventually because it only has 1 completed run so it's easy to keep track of.

You need to do Pulling Favors otherwise Franklin's mission Chop won't show up i think, and you need to beat that mission to progress further in the story.

Welp...looks like i got in. Well this is a problem.

Can i opt to drop out? I'm really, really sorry for doing this, but unfortunately ESA happens to be exactly during exam periods in school, plus the current prices for plane tickets from Bruh-zil to Sweden are fucking absurd. Like, i'd have to spend months saving up money for this.

I am sorry about this, but with both the school thing and the financial issues, i won't be able to run or even attend. Sorry again :/