Hi, not to bother too much
i submited a run like 2 or 3 days ago in the glitched category, still hasen't been checked.
Are submissions pilled together or per category?
Speedrun.com throws all runs for all categories for a game into a single queue. We as mods mostly are going from the bottom (oldest runs) of the queue and moving up as we verify. If many of us are verifying at once some newer (slightly higher up in queue) runs will be looked at as well so that all the mods are not working on the same set of runs and potentially watching the exact same ones and wasting each other’s time (allowing queue to back up more).
We ask for everyone to please be patient as we are getting through a hefty amount of runs per day. Consider that at this moment there are 1,123 accepted runs for the game, and runs only began being accepted 20 days ago. This doesn’t even include the literal hundreds of rejected runs. Not including the DLC categories that are not yet being accepted, the oldest runs in queue are 4 days old. When verifying we often run into issues that require additional attention, and we discuss a run with each other to make sure everything is fair and above board. Certain issues involve diving deeper and spending much more time than the run itself would take just to watch through one time to figure out for sure.
A recent actual example of that was we had a run where it had been accepted and members of the community brought to our attention that the title screen was seen popping up later in the run. While investigating what was happening, if it was a result of splicing or what other possibilities it could have been, the run “magically” corrected itself. At this point we assume it was a processing error on YouTube that the platform self corrected as the link for the video was identical and the run was also identical, minus the title screen flashes. I even rewatched the entire run side by side with a version I had downloaded of the run with the title flashes earlier in the day. Things like that take additional time away from getting through the mass quantity of runs.
We are moving at a fair pace, if you consider that taking all of the runs submitted (accepted, in queue, and rejected) so far approximately averages to 82 runs submitted per day. It just takes time to watch all that footage. We promise every run will be gotten to as quickly as possible, please just give us patience and allow for a bit of time.
EDIT: @BeffenM I took a look, you submitted about 42 hours ago and there’s 87 (give or take a couple) runs ahead of yours. As I said above, I promise we will get to it, we just ask for a bit of patience.
you guys not wanna maybe mod some more people? It's clear there is not enough people to be doing this cos it commonly shouldnt take longer than 48 hours to get something like this done
Commonly in 48 hours? In your experience with which high submission volume newly released games that require full VOD’s for all submissions? Honestly, I’m interested in knowing.
As for adding verifiers, it has been a topic of discussion between the mods and we agree additional verifiers could be of use for the time being. Now, finding folks who will actually spend time verifying and they won’t just spam accept or reject and will actually watch the runs to make sure the rules are being followed isn't easy. A lot of people want that little sword next to their name and won't actually verify they just pretend to or they do nothing at all.
So, is this your way of asking to be a verifier @Hoobie?
They are doing great and the best they can. Not everyone lives in a basement and can look on VODs all the day. Life, work and family is more important than a game. But yeah, they mby need more verifyers if they have 4days off a backlog to keep ppl happy. Have a fun try out on discord were ppl have to find the sliced run or something Kappa. Be prepared for the seperated board later.
Nah keep the good work up m8’s /NuZ
Baring in mind SRC's general policy for runs is 1 week = overdue, 2 weeks = very overdue.
Considering this is the most popular game on speedrun.com at the moment, some leeway can be given I feel. Ignore posts saying you're taking too long, there is no problem at the moment.
To add to what Liv said, nobody has even waited a week yet. Most runs are verified on average in 48~ hours. That number is going to be thrown off due to a backlog of DLC runs in our queue, because we were accepting submissions but not verifying.
I've waited a week before to have a run submitted for a dead game. We work hard to be through and verify in a timely manner. But to claim the entire queue should be cleared through when we get 50-100 submissions a day in 48 hours tops... Let's not kid ourselves.
This is the most active game on SRC right now, the queue just fills up. It's a good problem to have, but try to be patient and understanding of the workload. Three days isn't a long wait or worth complaining about (not saying the original poster is complaining). For any game. Let alone the most popular on the site (at the moment)
I didn't wanna start to drama im just saying no matter what window you will compare to wouldn't having more verifiers be more beneficial? This game is popular so I dont believe there is a lack of such.
We are constantly on the lookout and discussing more verifiers that would actually be active and through and are already discussing individuals. Either way you spin it, I think the team is doing a pretty good job considering the submission load. Thanks for the feedback though.
The mods are doing a good job considering the amount of people that run this. I mean heck if it were upto me i would even give priority to certain runs if for example they are a WR run but thats just me :p
