I know that this game isn't even really that active, but this is a nice way to get around the lack of a category that has no RNG
http://www.mariokart64.com/mk7/ (Leaderboards) http://mkwrs.com/mk7/ (WR History)
I think he means a "Do all 32 TTs" category, not a TT category for every track.
That's a good idea imo, still do all 32 tracks but all down to your execution, not depending on items to save time... And using IGT because we're not comparing our mashing between tracks (during those excessively long loads)
My "Sum of Best" is 1:00:58.031 (30:46.018 Nitro, 30:12.013 Retro), all glitchless, so sub 1 should be really easy to get in a run for a top TT player, and maybe even sub 55 would be possible with all glitches :o
Just finished a first run in 1:03:04.455 (31:48.091 Nitro, 31:16.364 Retro), with a lot of big mistakes (15 seconds lost to my TT PB in Mario Circuit, 12 in DK Pass, 10 in SNES Rainbow Road, 9 in Koopa Cape...), but still 2 PBs (-0.9xx in GBA Bowser Castle 1 I hadn't run in ages, and -0.02x in Luigi's Mansion) o/ Not even sure if I upload it, given that every single run I'll do will beat it by (at least) 30 seconds with literally no effort, and I won't let that shit be a PB for more than a week xD
No one seems to do runs of All Cups or the individual cups anymore. Are we going to make this an official category?
Lafungo is a mod in a lot of other games, so he probably hasn't even seen this thread yet :/ (If you're here please prove me wrong :P ) I hope he adds the category too, once again it would be cool to have a "pure execution" category ^^ (and free "WR" until someone serious runs it Kappa )
Btw, just finished another (terrrrrrible, even with 3 PBs) run in 1:02:59.155... My ability to completely fuck up on 10 tracks per run is getting really interesting lol (ruined 3 free PBs at the end, finished 6 tracks at +10s or worse)
I have read this thread. I don't think this category is a good idea, there's already All Cups for a full-game run, and you can play Time Trials if you want a "pure execution" experience. I also think that using IGT for this would make it even worse because it would require everyone to calculate their time manually for every single run.
About timing issues, LiveSplit has a "Manual Game Time Input" feature that allows runners to enter segment times and get their total time calculated. That's how Sonic runners get their times, and I used that during my 3 runs too (got a 1:01:57 earlier, finally something decent)
Anyway, it wouldn't be that bad to have a new category even if you don't think it's a good idea... The 11 categories we currently have are here since the release of the game, and activity is decreasing ; why not try to add something new ?
Wow, solid post, 100% useful and constructive, gonna help the discussion to progress. A few reminders :
- all the categories we have were added right when the game got leaderboards, so it wouldn't be "keep adding categories" but as I said, TRY to FINALLY add something new
- "keep the game active" Where do you see any constant activity ? I'm curious. There are barely 3 new runs per month. And I didn't say adding a new category will "make MK7 great again"™, I just meant adding a new category won't bring down the activity as it's close to zero.
Also hi Lafungo, you validated 4 runs yesterday but why didn't you answer to my last post here ? I was replying to yours after all ResidentSleeper
[quote]Wow, solid post, 100% useful and constructive, gonna help the discussion to progress. [/quote] It was a comment on how making new categories won't get people to play it. If people aren't playing the main categories, I very much doubt they'd run something else.
Here's a few reminders:
- The fact that there haven't been any new categories since the game got on speedrun.com has NOTHING to do with if there are enough categories.
- Did I ever say there was constant activity? No. Would the community suddenly run this meme category? No. If you actually want new competition you could join the time trial site or try to find new people.
