Adverts in runs
7 years ago
Kent, England

I run mostly Android games. Many have adverts annoyingly interrupting play and whilst some games allow you to purchase removal of ads, a lot don't.

For those that don't allow ad removal, I trim out the ads and post the edited video to youtube / this site and use the edited video for the purpose of timing the run.

Alternatively, I could post the run including ads so that anyone can verify that only advert has been removed and that no advantage was gained in editing. It would however mean anyone watching the run had to sit through an advert.

Presumably, removing the ads from the video before posting is acceptable?

United Kingdom

This is probably best decided by the moderators of each individual game, rather than a site wide ruling, I would suggest contacting the mods of the game in question when editing your recording to remove the ads.

Kent, England

Thanks Joeeigel. I am the only mod of most of the games in question (largely because most of them are uncontested at the moment) so guess I will carry on until another runner objects!

Vienna, Austria

Generally speaking it's a better idea to have the video WITH ads. You can always create a second video without. Removing footage could be used to cut together an segmented run for example.

In addition/or instead - you can do the timing on two levels as well: Time with and without loads.

Kent, England

Thanks for your help. I can see the merit in including ads in the video to remove any doubt about the timing / editing.

I have incidentally found that turning off wifi and mobile data on the phone / tablet gets rid of the ads on at least one game, but whether that works for every game with ads I'm not sure.

United States

Splicing your run videos gets scary fast, from a verification perspective.

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Kent, England

I see your point. I will include ads unless I can avoid the problem entirely by turning off wifi / mobile data and getting rid of the ads that way.