I want to address the mods mainly with this one but also some runners. First of all, and the biggest for me, is the 1 char WR video. Did no-one check this at all because i calculated the time as 5:40 and not 5:35 but clearly you don't give a shit since, guess what, you don't require verification which is actually the dumbest idea for such an RNG based game which is so popular. Also, have you ever thought about extending the rules to more than just one word explanation such as "chest." Like what the fuck. There are communities with 2 people with better rules than yours and you guys are just lazing around with some of the worst rules I've seen for a long time.
I wouldn't mind getting a response since you're not just letting your community down which seem really dedicated to the game, but speedrunning in general and I'm surprised anyone hasn't covered this yet.
I just wanted to cherry pick and comment on a few things.
- The title is 100% accurate.
- Lack of information in rules almost forces community chatter to get an understanding. Isn't that better? Or is it better to just give everyone as much information as possible without interacting with anyone? Never mind, see point A.
- To point B, when I double checked the rules, the "chest" you claim is the only word in the rules section is just plain wrong. I will even go so far as to quote the rules right here: 1¤ chest. fully unlocked file. if you start an eden's blessing, you measure time from the start of the run that took the eden's blessing. 7¤ chest. original 7 characters in any order. fully unlocked file. if you start an eden's blessing, you measure time from the start of the run that took the eden's blessing. 11¤ chest. all characters but lost and keeper, in any order. fully unlocked file. if you start an eden's blessing, you measure time from the start of the run that took the eden's blessing.
I think you get the point I'm trying to make. Posting so aggressively without factual content just makes people not take your post seriously. However if you had introduced yourself and made comments that didn't give "you are all bad at this" vibe, maybe you'd have more comments with the 50+ views on this thread at the time of this post. Also, Hyphenated, and myself, have been called out for being mods in a game that we don't run. But would you want the judge of a case where you accidentally killed someone to be the father or mother of the person you killed? Or just be some random person who has never heard of you before?
i spent about 2 minutes looking at your profile,
you don't have any submitted times for this game
you don't play games at all similar to this game.
all of the forum posts i scanned seem to be you being salty about verification or outright aggressive.
1). I enjoy this game a fuck ton in my casual time and was incredibly interested in running the game since I am a big fan of mainly RNG games because I have no skill at life 2). The point of me posting "without factual content" is completely ridiculous. The only goal for the game is "chest". You give no other goal or pointing out exactly what I need to do to complete a run. I wanted to run this game until I saw the leaderboards. 3). I love how you never addressed the timing issue with the WR video but ya know... avoid as much as you can 4). If you haven't played this game, why did you accept mod? It isn't an obligation. It isn't like someone is gonna Ddos you for not doing so. This is your fault 5). That was a pretty sick roast @Zamiel
I stated I was cherry picking, figured you'd be able to take that and understand what it meant. I'd been messaged me to let me know they re-timed it and that the 5:40 you stated was wrong. The "no factual content" was based on that, along with you saying that the only rule was "chest" meanwhile each category had more in it. If you had a question about the rules, you're free to ask for them to be clarified. I guess you're also free to criticize. But it's on you to make the decision of where you go. Showing up with perceived hostility usually gets returned with it. I personally think my own advice is better than Zamiell's -- The only thing that matters is how what you say is perceived --
As for why I am a mod here? I have ~2000 hours in the game and I was part of/am part of the racing community. I do not speedrun the game categories on here. I personally spend a lot of extra time that I probably shouldn't giving back to the community between helping with tournaments or verifying things about the game itself. I believe that is why Hyphenated made me a mod. I also like a good meme.
If you really think this community is so terrible, I'll tell you what I've told other people who share the same sentiment. Why show up to a community or community events that you don't like? This is serious question I think about every time someone talks crap about the Isaac community. I am genuinely interested in the answer to this.
If you want to make positive change, that's great. We love community discussions about rules and things that should be allowed/disallowed. Find people who run the game a lot, watch their streams, etc. Making a post that is flagrant doesn't really help anyone. If you want some recommendations about who to watch, we'll gladly make those.
And to the 1char WR, my understanding is it's just a meme-fest as no one really just runs "1char". It's there so you can post to a single char time out of your multi-char run.
My only other real question would be whether or not you read through any of the other posts on the forum. Or just immediately decided to make this post.
Well, I think approaching new community with post called "This community is terrible" isn't the best idea. But what do I know, I am just filthy runner ¯_(ツ)_/¯
