@DemataPyro : -->what spicefather said. Be active in the community, in the discord, show that you are an active player of the game and that you care and have knowledge about the game, the speedrun, the glitches - then it should be absolutely no problem to include you within the mod-team.

If you have absolutely no reference towards the games that you request, I understand why the SRC-mod team doesn't accept those requests - it's just saver for them! --> to avoid trolls and stuff. And if there are mods, that are already "trusted" because they take care of other communitites and leaderboards, then ofc they go with them.

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Alrigthy, better late than never: my feedback towards SC 2019.

• new location was very nice! I really liked that one could practice / hangout in the practice area, and still follow the stream and current run. When crowded though, the middle "corridor" was maybe a bit small, with people walking by, sometimes having to squeeze through the people sitting around a CRT.
• there were (2?) more NTSC CRTs - very nice! PAL CRTs are almost useless to speedrunners, since most Speedruns on analogue consoles are on US/JAP NTSC-consoles. More NTSC CRTs would be great still. I took the liberty, and marked them with a blue marker (regarding whether they can handle NTSC and whether you need a remote to access the AV-Channel) - I guess/hope you guys don't mind ;-)
• Chat monitor with ESA chat for the runners/comms: if there's not too much going on during the run, one could at least check and answer question from chat - nice feature!
• 10:9 layout for GB/GBC games :D thanks for making it happen (even though, the resize without the SGB-Borders then happened during the run ;))
• that we were allowed to bring our own beer :D at ESA Summer the location was a hotel, and they didn't allow you to bring your own food or drinks (except for water) to the event area... that sucked :-/
• Some of the organizers went around the area and asked people whether they are alright and have everything they need etc - that was a really pleasent and nice gesture :)

• only 2 headsets with mics / only 1 additional handmic without headset: if there was a race for a high-execution game, it's likely that the runners who wear the headsets, aren't capable to commentate (in their second laguage!) while running. The quality of entertainment at these events also highly relies on entertaining and informative commentary, so it would be nice be able to provide at least 1 more mic - and preferably headsets for the commentators.
• talking about mics: I remember commentating the MegaMan X race and having a really hard time to understand what the racers said, because i only had the handmic and had to listen to the sound coming out of the speakers. It was quite crowded and loud in the back, so with that ambiente I had a hard time... Also the mix of the mics seemed to be really unbalanced at times, where the handmic was waaaaay louder than the headset mics (this might've been only in the streaming room though and not on stream) - so it would be nice, to also have a proper mix in the streaming room.
• there was some sort of ventilation thingy next to the couch (behind the courtain or so) which might be nice, during the summer. But running at 3 AM in the morning in april, I was freaking freezing sitting on the couch for like 2-3h during the run, with the ventilation breathing cold air all around me as well. Maybe there's a better way to place that thing...
• I agree with Urinstein: the camera angles were just not that well for a lot of runs this time. The camera should show the runners, couch and a few rows of the audience. I know, that with some layouts, there's just not a lot of space for the camera, but you don't have to be steven spielberg to find a nice angle and frame to capture the players and audience nicely. good: bad: or here: 2player race-layout, small spot for the camera in the layout, but it captures also a lot of "empty space" behind the couch and audience...
• say NO to composite video :D seriously... it just looks fucking crappy: -->usually there are enough people on the event who have (modded) consoles to provide s-video, component or RGB signals (looking at NES that natively only outputs composite at best).
• making a fuss about people hanging around and (casually :D) drinking beer. There are only grown ups there, so if there's no drinking games or hard liquor going on, I guess one can assume that it is fine. After all, it's a small group of people at the event and everyone should be able to look after each other...
• yes ... that one time where the camera filmed all those empty beer bottles on the table in the back was quite unfortunate (again, bad camera angle Kappa) but with just agreeing to keep the tables clean, we were able to solve that problem instantly, so no big deal :).
• maybe a few more places, where people can hang out... i know the area wasn't thaaaaaat large, but maybe some more chairs in the back wouldn't hurt.

I guess that's about it. Once again, I wouldn't mind if you guys decide to raise the event-fee to get more money to buy more equip, or improve the event at some other places. Everything <=50€ would be totally fine for me.

After all, I really enjoyed the event again - thanks for your amazing work and effort. Looking forward to SC 2020 Kreygasm

I've updated some stuff there, you should find a standard-layout and splits for any% no SQWWOOB now there: https://www.speedrun.com/ladx/resources

Willkommen ;-)

I'd be hyped to see another category for 1p2c. Usually, in games where 1p2c can be advantageous, there's another leaderboard/category for it. I'd love to see 1p2c-runs on SRC for this game!

Name: StruggleThon 2019 Venue: Onsite Dates: 30th May - 2nd June 2019 Length: 4 Days Hompegage: https://strugglethon.de/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/StruggleThon Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/germenchrestream Moderators: @BambooShadow , @RealCritical

We don't need the donation-system, only the webpage. We'll be raising funds for WEISSER RING, but we'll add that into the description by ourselves. Thanks!

gotta ask the mods, @Oh_DeeR, @th3squirr3l, @BeastFrisian

I read there's a revision for SML1. According to https://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Land it seems there's mostly cosmetic stuff being fixed. Does the game revision make any difference regarding speedrunning the game?

thanks & much love bamboo

there is: https://www.speedrun.com/oracle#100

to get the full inventory though, you have to link the games - that's why there's the category on the linked-page

don't get confused with the routes! 1.) "old" route:

• don't pick up the mushroom in the forest
• get the powder from the trendy game

2.) "new" route:

• pick up mushroom in the forest
• turn it in at the witch's hut on your way to D2

==>once you picked up the mushrom, you can't get/pick up powder anywhere else in the game -->you first have to turn in the mushroom at the witch's hut!!!

that should solve your problem

Name: StruggleThon 2018 (https://strugglethon.de/) Venue: Private Rooms, non-public Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/bambooshadow Date: 16. - 18. November 2018 Charity: Deutsche Krebshilfe Mods/Organizers: RealCritical and BambooShadow

another german speedrunner on the leaderboard NotLikeThis

I'm sure z4t0x or some of the other guys can answer this properly, I'm only terra fanboi! (yet..)

see #manip_talk @Discord @Yogidamonk

I still find it ridiculous that you guys allow the obviously inaccurate WiiUVC. Would be like allowing SGB1 for GameBoy runs...

just a thought:

• I felt that the accommodation fee (or whatever you call it) of 15€ / 20€ was really really cheap.
• I wouldn't mind paying 50€ or even 100€, but seeing a little more production value on site
• e.g.:
• better CRTs
• better WiFi onsite
• more Headsets / Mics (only 2 headsets and the (really bad) hand-mic was quite akward)

Dunno how SpeedCon-Team or other participants feel about that...

Greetings bamboo

Everdrive is np!

but if you wanna run on console, you should get a japanese or US SNES Console -->to make the game run at 60Hz!

I made a map: https://bit.ly/3eslm6K

...and map layers, if someone's interested: https://bit.ly/2RCL9A2

i think this shouldn't be missing on the leaderboards ;-)

I guess it's a 28:48 though, not a 28:46

hey fellas: is there a Lufia II Discord Server?

best regards bamboo

first and foremost: thank you for the amazing event! We really enjoyed ourselves in prac room, on site, running on stream, etc.... it was a blast!

having said that, the things I don't mention here were totally fine and worked for me, so there were a lot of things pretty nice and enjoyable! The things bugging me being:

1.) proper gamecapture with the appropriate aspect ratio: https://imgur.com/MVjRjiF if someone wants widescreen, they can use the GBP widescreen build-in-feature :D seems to have been the GCube-layout here (accidentally?)

2.) better / more stable wifi, especially since that's something where allegedly my tip went to ("For 2018, the focus will lie on more HD TV's and a solid WiFi network."): I have no smartphone, so I was relying to the on-site wifi (with my tablet), which did only work (really unstable) in the practice room. Inside the streaming-room I didn't get a signal at all....

3.) better CRTs in the prac room (luckily we found a solution for the streaming room :D ). I kinda could get used to the size of the 14" CRTs (though a bunch of them were really shitty, picture quality wise...), but half of them didn't support NTSC, which is detrimental to retro-speedrunners. At rush hour, we had problems finding a NTSC-CRT in the prac room at all... already seeing other folks playing their NSTC-console over a PAL-TV.. It doesn't have to be this way imo. All in all, I had the feeling that the event's emphasis was rather lying on PC-speedruns and newer hdmi-consoles than retro-console stuff...

so just get rid of those PAL CRTs... no one needs them.... it's not too hard to find decent CRTs that support NTSC.

Also since the location offered 2 rooms for practice rooms, maybe think about splitting the prac-rooms into a CRT and into a PC / HDMI-monitor-prac room (they did this at SGDQ 2017...) Talking about the second pratice room: there were no power-extensions / power-strips whatsoever, so if you didn't bring your own power-strip, rip :D luckily in the first prac room, there was enough space most of the time, so we didn't need to use the 2nd prac room.

that should be about it... now gotta catch some sleep, and thank you once again!