What's the dumbest rule you've ever seen in the rules for a game here on SRC?
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@Viper I tried looking for it earlier but couldn't find it lol that's why I made this one. I'm sorry
O.D.W. That reminds me. There was one instance of a game where I was thinking to speedrun, but no rules have been defined. The moderator was inactive, so I couldn't contact him for help. In addition, the leaderboard had no runs at all (not even the run of the moderator who requested the game), so I couldn't even look at an exist run to copy what it does.
Rule 4729: You can only use your nose to control the joystick
Kidding
Board I just acquired could possibly have the worst rules ever written
@Walgrey so did you collect all the milk?
I wouldn't consider meme-categories for "stupid rules" (as long as you mark them as misc)
"Make all burritos possible and finish game. Nobody is going to do this category, but I just wanted to create a category called "Burrito%" because haha the game is focused around burritos... ugh..."
Exact quote from the rules of a game I found a while ago
I once saw a game, that I believe has since been removed, where the person who set up the leaderboard immediately made such completely undisguised category bloat that he even named a category "Free WR%", with the rules something like "this category is to give my friend a wr as soon as he submits a run".
Ratatouille: Food Frenzy used to have several short meme categories that were made solely because, and I quote "for a free world record on your profile". Among these were a "Credits Warp" category (you go into the options menu and press credits), and IRL category, a Die category, and other unnecessary things.
“Doug%” for Kids On Site (Sega CD). This is the only category for the game.
I think the rules changed a bit since there is now a second runner, but originally it was required to have a friend physically present with you during your run whose name is also Doug (this prevented me from running the game at the time). When a second runner got creative and submitted a run with various “Dougs” in the layout (Nickelodeon’s Doug, Doug Bradley aka Pinhead from Hellraiser) the rules were changed to “Must have a Doug with you” instead, for all of us lacking an actual friend named Doug.
"No cheating No faking runs".
No kidding this is absolutely legit, on game Rooftop Snipers
personal favorite is when there is no "time starts" or "time ends" in the rules
Having timer as a requirement in the rules just tells me the moderators are lazy (except load times)
Speed Builders Category rules are passable, 'use in-game time' but the game in question is generally played against random people, and I'm not sure how they identify these pros but I'd be interested to know. In a way the rules are actually fine, banning cheaters, but screenshot evidence is accepted so...