I looked at the rules and one of them is to keep the original game audio. But recently I've seen more and more verified speedruns with music added. Is that rule no longer true?
Basically adding music to it or listening to music as you are running is okay. The rule is referring to completely removing or replacing audio. To address runs that break this rule, there is usually a video with game audio given to the verifiers (The main reason for this being a microphone unintentionally being on).
We the mod team have made a decision that we believe is in the best interest of the entire community. In order to maintain integrity and fairness in competition, we are implementing a new requirement for top runs on our leaderboards.
For leaderboards with fewer than 25 runs, the top 3 runs will be