I hereby propose that

1. The main category of the game prohibit input on the 2nd controller during the run.

Given that both PBs on the board don't use the 2nd controller, there is no need for the second category (an all emeralds category would be more natural, probably nobody will run it).

2. The timing method be changed from RTA to RTA-TBC.

This is in line with all the classic sonic games that run in real time. Any frame where a time bonus is counting down or a continue time is playing is subtracted from the total time of the run.

1. Agreed, done.

2. I agree in principle; I've mostly just been too lazy to try to figure out how to use the RTA-TBC timer. But retiming the two runs shouldn't be too hard; I may just do this if I have downtime during work tomorrow...