I want to give "All Levels" a shot, but I cannot record it. Is it guaranteed the run will be rejected (as the category is empty, so it will be first)? Because then I wont even give it a try

well, i dont know but i have a world record in sm4sh 3ds without recording anything, so maybe it'll accepted

Run standards are generally different in each community, people decide it. Having a 1st place run which don't have a video proof is not really nice. I do believe you (and many people would). But the same standard has to apply among all the community, even if you have more credibility, at least to mantain some kind of order in it.

We kept Lachy3923's low% opening time, I did specify that his time could be removed but it got beaten pretty quickly, no 'issue' came up. I just would like to keep leaderboards clean.

I'd really like to hear others' opinions : ))

Also, if you want more credibility to your run (I'd definitely put this on leaderboards at this point, it's just not all up to me), record in-game sound with an external device w/o interruptions (possibly). In this game, sound could possibly lead to an halfay between video-proofs and just splits/no video-proofs at all.

I'm not against no video at all. I understand the problem with not being able to record videos on the DS as well. Hell, it's even hard for me to record my Wii.

If you can post some splits with either a screen shot, or writing them down in your comments when you submit the run, it might help determine the legitimacy of the run.

Also, recording some kind of sound is not necessarily perfect.

Another option is if you can get somebody in a skype call with you while you run the game, and have them listen to you play the game, and then you write "Witnessed by [Person]" then it will be a little more believable, because somebody can back you up. It doesn't necessarily mean recording a video or audio. And send them a screen shot of your splits / time, so when and if they're asked, it seems more legit.

hey man if you are going to give all levels a shot ill tell you this i attempted it and failed on 7-2 and that was before i had a sub 30 any% time it is a very hard catagory

Thamks for the replys! I dont know if Ill be able to record my sound, but Ill definitely give that a shot when I get home. I also always post my splits, and can give the levels of my deaths if that helps :)

@Trirunnerrr Didn't want to discourage you in any way. Go ahead and give it a try. And yes, all the infos you give about your run are very appreciated.

@LightOfEon Splits are nice and always better than nothing but a minimal knowledge of the game is enough to make up splits from nowhere. Sound seems way harder to be "make up" from nothing and be coerent with time and splits given.

I may be caring too much about how NSMB's community looks from "the outside".

@Mishu Haha don't worry, you didn't discourage me. I made this thread thinking it would be rejected immediately, so all of this is really positive for me. I still have to test whether I can record the sound, but otherwise I will do a run this weekend with just the splits and my deaths in the notes