I have no idea how they work, so I'm adding ClassicOne as a mod because looking at his speedrun history he does seem trustworthy.

This way at least one mod knows what's up

Hey, I guess a follow up to this thread by @ViruseReturns https://www.speedrun.com/The_Site/thread/kkewi

Currently on https://www.speedrun.com/legal it just talks about the copyrights of uploaded content and content that's linked to.

This effectively means the entire website is not GDPR compliant, even if only on the basis of a lack of transparency on the usage or duration of keeping each user's data.

According to the regulation, this applies to personal data, in particular if a person can be referenced by an identifier. Both usernames and emails are examples of identifiers.

Looking through the site, I can't find any mention of what happens to someone's data if they use the site. The ads are served by Wikia, which has their own privacy policy and settings, but I do not believe those apply to speedrun.com's data, especially in regards to a user's account.

8 months and no real improvements on this front ¯_(ツ)_/¯

In case you haven't seen it, here's the trailer for UFO 50, a collection of 50 NES inspired games by Mossmouth Games(developers behind Spelunky).

The reason I'm mentioning this is at 1:00. It's ..and the mooncats! But with a different look, so possibly different stages/physics/etc.

But yeah, since it's not just the dev of mooncats working on it, but the actual game being in it, I figured I'd make a forum thread too. Hype

I usually make the first person to beat my PB in a game the 2nd mod, but in this case maybe figured I'd ask first if someone wants to be a mod :P

Also, should I add milliseconds to the timings?

tl;dr: just ask what makes a game notable/deserving of a leaderboard on the request page and be done with it

Here's a screenshot of the page when you request a new game:

Notice how it doesn't mention the word notable or notability and I highlighted the "Not accepting.." "..trivial flash games" line. Even when you pick single game and scroll down it won't mention it.

Apparently no one's willing to give a definition of what notable is(I can tell you, most of the games accepted even after the rules change aren't what I'd ever consider "notable"). That's fine, for the same reason people have different thoughts on what's "good music".

"explain why the game is notable" - @NihilistComedyHour at https://www.speedrun.com/The_Site/thread/p4s90

Just add this to the request page and you might just motivate people enough to do this, before they learn that they should have somehow known to check the forums to learn about this being a relatively new requirement. Like everyone else naturally does, of course :)

In the past week I requested several leaderboards. Frog King, Rolly, GET OUT of this Dungeon and Little Dragon Adventure.

These games are by no means very notable, they're rather new games released for the PICO-8. Today, within the same hour, LDA got rejected and the others accepted.

I don't see how a short(1:26) linear platformer like Frog King is apparently notable, but a metroidvania with death warps, health management and a lengthier speedrun(With my current route/strats you can't get a sub 6:00, I think) isn't. If anything, Frog King in this case is less notable of a game.

I'm fine with the site only accepting "notable" games, but this is just a contradictory use of the term.

Not a speedrun strat, but I figured I'd show this since this attempt was dead anyways https://streamable.com/6tdzn

While they're not really active anymore, some runners have done runs of multiple NGs back to back, such as InfestedRiche and Arcus who have both done the Ninja Gaiden NES Trilogy back to back(Riche holds the unofficial world record according to Arcus).

Multigame leaderboards do exist, but I assume it's up to the moderators of a series to request them.

Here's one example: https://www.speedrun.com/multiff

(you can find more if you look for "multi" in speedrun.com's searchbar)

1. Ask the community about their opinion.
2. Listen to it.

The only thing that makes speedrun.com better than sites like SDA or TwinGalaxies is that it's run by the community.

Not asking the other 50 runners for their opinion is basically rendering this entire site a useless waste of time.

(Note that this is the third consecutive time the mods changed something on the board without consultation from the community. And every single time it's been arbitrary decisions, that some people didn't agree with)