I was wondering if you could add the November 2009 beta version of VVVVVV on here as a category extension or something, or if is not really worth to add it at all.
I don't really see a good reason for that to be a category for a couple of reasons.
- Is there a publicly available download link? I couldn't find anywhere to download the beta version officially. If there's no way to distribute the game, the leaderboard will be inherently unfair because not everyone can compete.
- What does it add to the leaderboards that isn't already there? I think it's in a similar position as Player Level speedruns, where it wouldn't be a very popular category, since it's not necessarily the most polished experience you can have with the game. The official release has been patched many times with good reason.
- Where would you draw the line if someone asked about adding a v1.0 category? A v1.2 category? Adding version exclusive leaderboards is risky, because it unnecessarily divides very similar categories for no reason.
If we were to create a VVVVVV category extensions page, we would certainly consider it IF there were a publicly available download link, but other than that I don't think adding a beta leaderboard is worthwhile.
As a side note: The current Any% WR may only be achievable on v2.0, but you would still be allowed to submit an Any% run on any other version. There is also a publicly available download of v2.0 on Steam.
Makes sense. also It seems that the beta was leaked so it was never originally intended to be released. http://distractionware.com/blog/2009/12/final-push/