I have had some people request separate categories for US and JP. I've demonstrated that filtering on Regions would do that, but have been told that's not "good enough". I bet that if I could give them a "one click URL" that pre-filters to a US/JP only board, that would be "good enough".

Has this feature been considered in the past? Does it sound feasible?

Hello everyone. At the end of October, RunJumpDev (a non-profit game developers group in Lexington, KY) will be hosting their first Game Convention: LexPlay. The organizers want to have a speedrun marathon at the event, and they're letting me organize it :) First off, it's an in person event, so make sure you can attend in person before signing up. Here's the venue:

http://www.lexingtoncenter.com/
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lexington+Center,+430+W+Vine+St,+Lexington,+KY+40507

LexPlay will run for 7 hours on Friday (5pm-midnight) and 15 hours on Saturday (9am-midnight), for a total of 22 hours. No overnight, so no graveyard runs and we all get to sleep :)

All runners will get their ticket costs refunded, and host / tech volunteers will get a 50% refund for each 3 hour shift they work. Note you still have to buy your ticket to get in, and you will be refunded after the convention is over. So help with the marathon, and you get to attend for free! For more information on LexPlay itself, and to buy tickets, go here:

http://lexplaycon.com/

Here’s the current schedule of events:

Close game submissions - September 26th
Release marathon schedule - September 30th
Finalize schedule based on availability / feedback - October 7th
Close volunteer applications and create shift schedule - October 10th
Finalize Volunteer schedule based on availability / feedback - October 14th

Edit: Updated the schedule September 11th

LexPlay - October 28th & 29th

I want to make a final games list as early as possible, but I also want to leave submissions open as long as I can, so the schedule may get adjusted as needed.

Runner game submission form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelLlGOGvHo01whktiVGwfYX1radnchWG47u-EoThij_FvOmA/viewform

Host application form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEMqdglZuujHPIJppKgqWDHpRGUa6KjqqO0Fq3wfVNyVbx4A/viewform

Tech crew application form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOSc509rghPJavIfgRjeQVVhrJonGb-hkrY6tMyq6dOcWM0Q/viewform

We've partnered with the Lexington Public Library for this years event! They're excited to work with us in promoting it. The library (well, libraries) have a lot of cool resources for recording/editing video/audio in their Digital Studio, which we're hoping will appeal to local attendees with an eye on Youtube or Twitch.

We'll have a whole room dedicated to this, so that's cool. Should have plenty of room to set everything up, maybe have a quite practice area in one section. The other game rooms will be available for louder practice.

There will also be a “Main Stage” room with various streamed content. Again, nothing is finalized, but possibilities include: panels, interviews, game demos from local developers, live challenges with audience participation, cosplay judging, etc. So if there’s something short you think would be a good show, submit that as well, and I’ll pass it on for consideration.

Speedrun Stream
https://www.twitch.tv/LexPlaySpeedruns

Main Stream
https://www.twitch.tv/LexPlayLive

PS: LexPlay. Get it? Lex… Play… No? Ok, I’ll see myself out.

Hello again, everyone!

This is pretty similar to the LexPlay event, so I'll just include it here.

The organizer for the Game Room at Kentokyocon said they were interested in adding speedrunning content to their event/stream on Friday August 26th. Kentokyocon itself will run the whole weekend (26th - 28th) but the stream content for Saturday & Sunday will be the fighting game tournaments. Nothing was planned for Friday.

Anyone who does a run will have 2 options: get in free on Friday, or buy a heavily discounted 3 day badge.

Kentokyocon is, as you might have guessed, an anime convention in Kentucky. So if you're near Lexington, KY and this sounds like fun, consider offering a run (or just showing up anyway). The convention will open Friday, August 26th at noon and run until midnight. So 12 hours for speedrunning.

Friday, August 26th @ 12pm - 12am
http://kentokyocon.com/
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lexington+Center

This is super short notice, so we'll keep things pretty informal. If you want to do a run, either post in this thread or send me a message with:

Game: What game?
Category: Which category?
Estimate: how long is the run? (factor in bad RNG, mistakes, safe strats, etc.)
Video: link to a run of this game&category by you.
Description: Tell me about the run.
Availability: When will you be on site?

Note: GAMES AND CONSOLES ARE NOT GUARANTEED. Bring your own.

Hope to see some of you there :)