Hi,
Most other speedrunning communities have a rule that dictates when a full-game run starts and stops. Our community doesn't for whatever reason, which has resulted in inconsistent timing from runner to runner. When positions on the leaderboard in some categories sometimes come down to the frame, we need standardized timing. Let's fix this issue finally!
Here are two strawpolls. The first asks when a run should begin, the second asks when a run should be considered over.
Run start: http://strawpoll.me/6623724
Run end: http://strawpoll.me/6623706
N.B.: whatever rulings are made will not result in the invalidation of any submissions up to this point, and previously submitted runs need not be retimed to conform to whatever timing is decided on. We just need a clear rule going forward.
yeah, these polls looks rather conclusive. unless anyone has a really good reason for an alternate set of timings to be used, i'll add these start/end points to leaderboard rules in 24 hours. thanks everybody!
aaaaaand it's been updated. let me know if you have any suggestions for editing the language, etc
