If the SMBX runners arent interested in finding it, doubt that others are... except theres a bounty Kappa
I would say, handle it like every other glitch, you can still create subcategories later on when people know how to execute it.
Whether or not it should be allowed is entirely dependent on the glitch.
Can the glitch be re-created by other runners? Does the glitch save an insane amount of time over not using it?
Questions like these matter because if the glitch can’t be replicated, you shouldn’t allow it because clearly it’s not understood or it might have been a bug in the software for that run time.
If the glitch can be reproduced and it saves a lot of time or changes the nature of the category, then allow it and split the categories if the other runners agree. If the glitch doesn’t save a lot of time then just allow it in the existing category.
The time it saves is dependent on how long the intro level is. If it is a seven second (0:07) level, it skips the full level. If it is a two minute (2:00) intro cutscene, it skips the entirety of it. It is really easy to recreate. It is done by deleting the save file while on the save file selection screen.I have been planning on recording a video on this on Wednesday, January 31st. No one has ever seen it happen before, so no one knows how to answer it. The issue at hand is more on why it happens. The engine has been out for seven or eight (7 or 8) years, no one has ever seen anything like it.
Step 1. Have a Save file that has at least 0% or higher and does not say empty Step 2: Delete that save file. Step 3: Select that new empty save file that was created.
You have now started a brand new file without having to play/watch the intro level. If an episode has the intro level, and you can die in it, it does places you on the world map as if you beat it, which also skips it, but not as much as this which makes it so you do not even have to play it. The time safe is not the reason we do not know if it should be allowed or not, but the reason we do not know why it happens. (Is it truely a new safe file or not.)
What is with this recent spat of moderators asking people who don't even run the game whether glitches in their games should be allowed?
We don't know. We're not specialists in the game. You are. You make the decision.
All I can say is ask a Dev (which is possible). The only reason I am against it is becuase I do not know why it happens. I am with Drakodan the most here.
