Hey everyone I just joined the site today after a few months of watching speedruns on YouTube and I have a quick question:
What are some things I can do to verify that my runs are legitimate? I’ve seen a lot of videos about speedrunners who cheat and I want to make sure that my runs are validated.
Like should I record my hands on my controller so that verifiers can see every press on the controller corresponds to the same action on the screen? Should I keep the audio on? Anything that helps verify my run would be appreciated.
I plan on speedrunning Metro Exodus and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Any%) so if anyone has additional advice about those games in particular I would appreciate that as well.
Thanks!
Each game has different rules regarding the verification and proof required from the runner. Follow those game/category rules for the game you want to run, and you should be fine.
Generally, it is recommended to keep the music and audio of the game. Hand-cam is not necessary unless explicitly stated.
You can talk with the mods/community of the games you run for more information, they know about the games more than the general community here.
Oh ok thanks! Would you happen to have a link to the rules by any chance? I just joined today so I’m not sure where everything on the site is located. I hate to ask you to go out of your way but once I know where it is I won’t have to ask anyone else.
You can search for games in the textbox in the site header. Let's take Assassin's Creed Odyssey for example, you can search for it and you will get to the game's page: https://www.speedrun.com/acodyssey
There you can view the category rules for each category, and also the general game rules if they wrote it. In the left side, you can see guides and resources for the game, as well as forums for anything related to the game itself. At the bottom left you can see the users who moderate the game.
So, if you have game-specific questions you can ask them in the forums of the game, or directly message the moderators in SRC, or contact them through any of their social media links.