Hey Everyone,

Would it be possible to create a new category for the PS4 version of Csotn? One that specifies that the player can only skip death? No other glitches or exploits and any %.

That would be super dooper as IMO this forces the player to visit most of the castle.

Thanks~

The Any% Requiem / DXC PAL category is for glitched PS4 runs. Not sure what your motivation could be for this arbitrary "death skip only" request. We try to keep leaderboards for categories that are contested, and such a category that you're suggesting would be very niche.

Allowing only the death skip does not provide a large enough time gain over Glitchless to warrant its own category for the sake of it drastically changing the length of the run. Most runners on PS4 have not had difficulty learning the other skips, so there is no reason to ban the other skips for the sake of drastically changing the difficulty of the run.

My advice would be to learn the other skips and submit your run to the Any% Requiem / DXC PAL leaderboard, or, learn the Glitchless route and submit your run to the Any% Glitchless leaderboard.

Sounds reasonable. What is the reason to lump the Xbox and PS4 categories together? Watching the WR run, the load times are drastically faster than the PS4.

Because the route is the same on both platforms. This is conventional in most speedrun games. It encourages runners to congregate towards the fastest available platform in order to achieve the fastest possible time. The only exception we have would be Saturn Maria where the leaderboard is split between console and emulator. This is only because the best Saturn emulation available is still not accurate to hardware lag and loading time, thus, inaccurate emulation gives a distinct advantage over any official platform available for that category.