G4WL is Banned
4 years ago
United States

Since we (moderators) discovered that a couple runners have been playing the game on the G4WL version the question of if it should be allowed has been asked multiple times. We have been back and forth on this as a whole but we recently decided that it would be better for all if the version is banned. First off its an outdated version of the game. Patches have been made that change certain aspects of the game, which is the version all steam players have to play on. Also getting RE5 to work on G4WL is rather difficult and buggy. Snow tried for over 30 minutes to log in and just keep getting an error code. The players that have been playing on this version of the game are not being accused of cheating, but all runs that are proven to be played on the G4WL version of RE5 will be rejected. No grandfathering in runs. Also certain runs are going to be rejected that did not show difficulty at the start of there runs for legitimacy reasons. Considering that G4WL is a outdated, pre-patched version of the game the gives the runner an unfair advantage when it comes to the legitimacy of speedrunning RE5 we should of banned it when we first found out.. ALL feedback is welcomed, including MissEllie and RuuDela's, the two G4WL runners. All PC runners for RE5 must run the game on Steam, which is what 95% + of speedrunners currently do (All but two people), and runners suspected of playing on G4WL must include the screen where "Leaderboards", "Play Game", and "Records" are displayed to prove they are on steam. Runs will not be accepted if this is not done.

Edited by the author 4 years ago