As the title states, should modded original xbox runs be allowed?

This question was asked by PvtCb for the purpose of improving his times since the loading speed will be faster vs running the game off the DVD.

I think modded original xbox runs should be allowed but not for that reason. It's that the original xbox comes with its factory 4gb hard disk that is a decade and a half old. Eventually that will fail and that means softmodding your console first so that you're even allowed to install a replacement hard disk.

Having a fresh new hard disk won't improve his framerate during the Emperor phase 1 fight or during any effect heavy UTs so there's no clear advantage versus newer xb360/xbone versions.

And with that in mind, replacing the hard disks on the xb360/xbone with an SSD is also allowed. Now all console versions have the same rules applied to them.