Spyro Series: General Submission Rules

I. Video Evidence Requirements   • Any submission that is a personal best of any parameter requires video evidence, i.e. region, platform, route, etc.   • Videos must be adequately complete and include the player loading into the game from the title screen.   • Videos must have a permanently hosted link.   • When using In-game time, the video must include showing that timer at the end of the run.   • If the video is composed of multiple parts, only the first should be included in the "Video Link" submission section. The remainder should be included in the "Comment" submission section.   • All individual level submissions require complete video evidence without any game pauses.

II. Timing Requirements   • The initial and final splits must be consistent with the timing rules of the specific category.   • Category submissions 5 minutes and over in length only require timing precise to the second. All category submissions below 5 minutes require timing precise to the millisecond.   • Individual level runs are timed with the in-game timer.

III. Region and Platform Specification Requirements   • Region and platform specification is mandatory.

IV. Emulator Indication Requirements   • If an emulator was used, indication of that use is mandatory.   • Specify which emulator was used in the "Comment" submission section.   • Allowed emulators are as listed:         - For PS1: Duckstation, Mednafen, Xebra, and ePSXe 1.9.0/1.9.25/2.0.0.         - For DS: DeSmuME 0.9.8+         - For GBA: mGBA 0.6.3+

V. Grandfathered Submissions   • Any submission made prior to (06 January 2019) still holds a valid place on the leaderboards, even when the submission no longer meets the requirements.

VI. Cheating and Consequences   • A submission is considered cheated when the player uses the following methods in the submission:         - In-game cheat codes, unless the category requires it or the cheat is purely cosmetic         - Manipulating the in-game timer         - Cheating devices, i.e. GameShark, Action Replay, Game Genie, etc.         - Any emulator-specific functions, i.e. save states, frame limiter, overclocking, etc.         - Tools to combine segments of runs or attempts         - Claiming a run by another player as their own   • Any submission using such methods will be rejected or removed. If a player submits additional cheated runs, all of their runs will be removed from these leaderboards and, if they have runs on leaderboards outside of the Spyro series, those leaderboard moderators will be contacted.

VII. Rejection Appeal Allowance   • If you believe your run was unfairly rejected, you may appeal the rejection by messaging a leaderboard moderator privately.

VIII. Duckstation Rules   • If you're using Duckstation, please make sure you follow the rules outlined here to make sure your run will be accepted on the leaderboards: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y0mHXDG0GUpJatcvBNCTePHrCWPaTVX-myNeEtvCQHs/edit?usp=sharing