New Category Request (No Glitching)
6 years ago
Ontario, Canada

I've seen a lot of SMB3 speedruns being run, where wall glitching and using the wrong way warp have been used to achieve records, however I don't like using glitches in my runs to make records, so I am hoping to encourage the community to make two new categories for a number of games. Any%(No Glitching) 100%(No Glitching) I believe these records will have more merit for worldwide recognition and make speedrunning more achievable by newer members of the community as well as encourage more gamers to take part in speedrunning in general.

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Switzerland

You can request a Glitchless category in the games forum or by contacting the moderators (forum is better tho').

Ontario, Canada

Ok, I've posted there too. Thanks.

Ontario, Canada

Any% and 100% runs will always have glitched runs, based on the fact that there are no rules, just finish the game as fast as possible, those records will always stand, but when you look at the category (No Wrong Way), instead of making it 100% glitchless, it only excludes one glitch... just one. I feel the community needs additional categories where cheating is prohibited.

United States

This is the wrong place to discuss specifics, but glitches are not the same as cheats. It's fine to suggest a glitchless category, even if community mods don't agree you can still run a game the way you see fit, but don't devalue your argument by using loaded language.

England

Reminder that in some games, "Glitchless" isn't even really possible to define. I don't have the required familiarity with SMB3 to judge this, but expecting "Glitchless" to be applicable to all games is not realistic.

I know that Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas already has this category.

Québec

damn @NihilistComedyHour , smb3 looks old on your link

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Antarctica

@NihilistComedyHour that’s for SMB1, the OP is talking about SMB3

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Esperanto

Aw shucks, I done gone rektd myself.

Lol, @Jhugomega the correct link is below, but the categories aren't there, but I imagine that's probably a better play to request than the main SMB3 page. Hard to imagine why anyone would be against it in particular, and sort of surprising it's not already up and ran. Sorry for the misread on my part.

https://www.speedrun.com/Super_Mario_Bros._3_Category_Extensions

Valhalla

Welcome to speedrunning. No, glitchless does not have more merit. In fact it tends to have less merit because it's typically easier (feel free to cite whatever example you want where that's not the case).

Glitches aren't cheating, and if they discourage new runners they should avoid speedrunning anyways.

Oh yeah, wrong forum btw :^)

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Washington, USA
EmeraldAly
She/Her, They/Them
6 years ago

[quote] I feel the community needs additional categories where cheating is prohibited.[/quote]

Odds of trolling high/extreme, but if somehow you're sincere -- speedrunning might just not be your thing if this is the way you feel.