For Novaster, specifically
5 years ago
Texas, USA

Hey Novaster, I just want to ask about my rejected Any% run of 0:54.59. Since PMs aren't a thing on SRC right now, I thought I would make the post here. (Anyone else reading this, this doesn't really apply to you, but you can still read it lol) When you rejected it, you said I started 0.22s before the game started, but couldn't you have retimed it? I still would've been fine with that, even if my runs are already retimed to the first frame of start and the first frame of the Victory screen. I'm not mad, I'm just genuinely curious. :)

Belgium

The rules are clear, you have to start the clock after or at the same time as the game to start but you started a few seconds before. The problem is that you create very good times and for this reason your speedrun must be correct because you are the first in the scoreboard. In the future (I hope close) some people will also do speedrun on the game and will look at how first player played to imitate them or do better than him and if people see you start the clock before the others they will do even. I hope you understand my point of view, I understand yours but I can not accept to be lax for players in the top 3

Texas, USA

I do understand your perspective, however, I retime my runs so that the time actually starts on the frame the game starts, and the reason I start the timer slightly early is so that I have an easier time retiming my run. After the actual run, I then check the first frame the game starts, then, I subtract that beginning time (where I started the timer early) from the time that the first frame of the Victory screen appears. If you were to download the video, and analyze it in a video editor which you can go frame-by-frame, with the same method, you would get the same time. Although I do hope more people speedrun this game, quite likely, a lot of people won’t retime their runs. For my run, the first frame of the Victory screen was at 54.81 on my run, so then, I subtracted the 0.22 seconds from starting early to get 54.59 seconds. I’ve done this since my run of Bacteria (Casual) in 1:29. Me starting early on my timer isn’t because of laziness, it’s to make retiming easier. So, the reason you rejected my run, starting 0.22 seconds early, I already accounted for. (aka removed the 0.22 seconds from my final time) I’m sorry my original post wasn’t clear enough (I’m being genuine), I’m just clarifying what I do for retiming my runs. On a side note, congrats on your PB :)

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