I was wondering why my run got rejected. The rejection reason was that "Optifine is not allowed for versions 1.16 and up". When I look at the list of speed runs, I see that many people used Optifine and their run got verified. If I can get an explanation that would be great.
I just got my first run that was under an hour. It was 1.16.4, and I was using Optifine. I had no idea it was banned until just now, that really sucks
They should still accept the run, the fact that there is a dropdown menu to select if you are using Optifine or not should have a purpose! If I select 1.16.4, and select I'm using Optifine and make that publicly visible, then people can know that the influenced mob spawning could be affecting it. If people don't want to see those runs, then use the filter tool.
I'm gonna be honest here, I have no idea what Optifine is, but I'm a firm believer that games should be speedran in the most "vanilla" of conditions (although this may be different for specific cases).
It sounds like Optifine increases the rate of mob spawning? That on its own already sounds reasonable enough to ban it from Minecraft: Java Edition speedruns.
Optifine is a little unique in the fact that it's almost an essential for players due to its large performance benefits. It's typically the first mod installed. Of course, affecting mob spawn rates in a speedgame like Minecraft is unfortunately an unacceptable drawback.
