Gelderland, Netherlandsthere's literally a guide naming a bunch of cars and three other threads asking about karts one more useless post and I'll have to do something about this as I've seen many of your useless threads in other Mario Karts.
Proof wasn't required for a long time and thus a lot of submissions only have a picture of livesplit or nothing at all. It'd be unfair to suddenly move these runs to the bottom of the list.
I've been aware of this but for now had just been waiting to see the community respond to this matter. A possibility would be to allow between choosing platforms such as DS, DSlite, DSi, DSi XL, all those 4 + flashcard, emulator, 3DS, 3DS XL, New 3DS, New 3DS XL, maybe those with flashcard, Wii U, and maybe Wii U softmodded, but I've seen many people not even use the correct system being used even now, so I doubt that'd help it a lot.
For the cups I'd like to poll community reaction but switching to IGT for cups would mean a lot of scores that are currently without IGT or video will get lost, which is also a problem.
If by "it" you mean pressing L and R to steal items, yes
[quote] You're complaining about communities that manage their boards primarily off site. [/quote] Part of it, yes, but mainly where there really isn't a community it would be a sign for mods to show that these leaderboards are accurate instead of garbage
Like I said before, instead of checkmark for all "verified" leaderboards, having an icon for "incomplete" leaderboards that either can be reported by mods, or by the users, would be a decent way to show users browing the site whether or not these are all the runs that can be found.
[quote]This topic is always a lot of noise over an issue that’s not really rampant at all. This suggestion isn’t bad, it’s just unnecessary.[/quote] Thanks for being a voice of reason on this. I agree it's not a pressing issue and it's merely a suggestion which I still think can help improve the site's quality overall.
Edit: I don't think that the term "WR" is meaningless when actually checked constantly. I can for example guarantee that the MKDD WRs are in fact WRs.
I'm fine with letting just the mods handle the checkmark. I just think the option should be there -- Instead of a forum sticky post saying it. I'd be totally fine with the opposite of the checkmark being added: A way for the mods to tell the people on those leaderboards that they're incomplete.
[quote]You want a twitter style checkmark next to your runs saying "100% confirmed WR!"[/quote] I can see you're quite profound at exaggerating but hear me out on this one
[quote]but you seem to be aware that it's impossible to know if that's the case or not, as other sites exist.[/quote] Good to hear you're aware of that as well
[quote]The community around that game itself knows whether or not a time posted on SRC is WR or not[/quote] Unless there's no community or anything close to that in that matter. I'm not saying every specific time should have a checkmark, I'm saying the leaderboards should have a checkmark that represents the validation of an accurate leaderboard. Of course, not every leaderboard is going to have literally all times on there, but when a game's leaderboards are "officially" on speedrun.com, why not add a checkmark? It won't detract from anything lmao
[quote]that's ALL that should matter unless you really want clout.[/quote] The whole thing about the checkmark is that garbage runs won't be able to claim "WR" and try to get clout that way. You're at the complete other end of what a checkmark is supposed to mean.
[quote]You're literally asking for a second 1st place trophy, and it STILL wouldn't be definitive.[/quote] Is verification really that bad of an idea? If I look up a random flash game on src and I see it's verified, then I won't have to go through all of the trouble of looking for a run. It's a way for moderators to DISPLAY that they did in fact check for other times (as much is possible) and that these are the most accurate they can get.
[quote]So maybe check what you're writing before calling someone an idiot.[/quote] I called your idea of "Just claiming WR until someone else proves otherwise" idiotic. The fact that you're so fragile you immediately pose this onto yourself says enough.
[quote]If the leaderboard doesn't even hold the fastest known time then it's a shit leaderboard, who would even want to have a faux "WR?"[/quote] Exactly. So a checkmark would display that it's a good leaderboard. As luckily you all are aware, there are other leaderboard sites, and it'll take a long time before speedrun.com can "guarantee" to be the main ranking. Until then, a checkmark can be a way to guarantee this standard of leaderboard, don't you think?
[quote]Afaik, there's nothing on this site that states the 1st place run is even WR.[/quote] This is correct, and I'm not claiming that it does.
[quote]I may be misunderstanding, but it's not the sites fault that there's idiots out there claiming shit times as WR, that's absolutely an off site problem.[/quote] Of course, but to help those idiots you could add a checkmark indicating whether or not their run is actually the world record or not.
[quote]If there's times missing, pester the mods to submit those times.[/quote] But when would you know if times are missing? What if there was an indicator? :^)
I'd just like to also say that I'm not saying this because I'm interested in "getting world records". I'm saying this for the exact opposite reason -- Too many people claim "World Record" when sometimes that's just not the case. Whether this is the mods' fault or not, having a checkmark displaying that these leaderboards are as accurate as possible would remove a lot of confusion for the people that solely check this site for their competition.
[quote]Wait, what are you asking? If it claims to be WR on this site, you want people to verify that it's WR on the site[/quote] I'm not sure how my post is even misinterpreted but let me try again: There are many times or scores hosted on other sites that are way better by far. Often someone will submit a time to a category, and claim "World Record" when in reality, it's just the first place on this very website (speedrun.com), while other sites have a way better or more competitive ranking.
[quote]post a time that claims to be WR[/quote] This is idiotic as many times people won't bother to look around when there's clearly more available. Sometimes people don't want their times on this very site. You can't just simply claim "WR" to everything just because it's #1 on this site. That's the reason for the checkmark -- So you can confidently do that and anyone checking the leaderboards is guaranteed that this leaderboard is up to date and accurate.
[quote] The WRs listed on this site should be viewed as the best known times anywhere, and can reliably be viewed as world records for their respective games.
If there are better times elsewhere, then they should be posted on the Speedrun.com leaderboards.[/quote] If you truly believe that speedrun.com should be THE ONE site where records actually count, then I don't know what to say. There's the Players' Page for Mario Karts, Cyberscore for a whole lot of other games, game specific leaderboards. And once again, it's not "up to the mods" to add those records. Sure, they can ask people if they're okay with uploading their time to src but they shouldn't have to massively import times from other places and keep them up to date. Even IF that should be on the mod's task, why not add a checkmark whenever that has been done? This way people know there are no non-speedrun.com times missing.
[quote]If you see better times, bring them up to the mods of the game in question. Mods can add times to boards even if that user doesn't have an account and doesn't submit them.
Keep in mind that some games have records that are primarily hosted on other sites. The boards here are placeholders or periodically synced.[/quote] Of course, I know this. I'm a mod myself and the whole problem is that records are hosted on other sites and thus not every record on speedrun.com is a "World Record"
So a lot of the times I'll see someone claim WR when it's just the best time on this website. I was wondering if it's a possibility to add a Checkmark as a guarantee that every site record is actually a World Record as well.
I reckon this can be added to most popular games, and would easily clear up which games aren't fully on the site, or if they just have a small community.
To verify the checkmarks it should probably be a request by the mod team of a game, verified by the staff of this website. At least, that's just a guess of how this can be done I suppose
Either by using a mushroom or star, you can steal items. You can also slam into other karts in co-op mode using L and R, but co-op is not allowed for these leaderboards.
Of course, as long as that means that if you're running on emulator (or nintendon't) that the .iso isn't modded.
I personally play without using any sound, so that should be enough of an indication
Feel free to do a run, but 100% won't be added to the leaderboards. 100% in games always start from an empty save file.
Real Time Attack, so a stopwatch timing of the run. Check any video and you'll see a timer displayed next to it. It starts from selecting the cup to crossing the finish line on the last lap of the last track of the cup.
Anyone saying mkwrs is solid for ILs is not thinking straight it's literally only world records, any form of ranking or whatever is not on the site how it gets mentioned consistently every single time anyone mentions ILs on this site is mindblowing
If you want rankings, go to the MKW Players Page or some other ranking board, but not mkwrs lol
I've used just a desk/table, glass to lean my phone against and something else to stop it from sliding before and it works fine.
You could even get someone else to hold your phone and quickly record some Time Trials or whatever. Even some picture proof would be nice, but in the end I'd want a video either way.
No, 100% is not being added. It'd be a ±5h run when you're pretty good (OptimisticEmo has a 5h 08m) and so far everyone I've talked to that has done it is not willing to do it again. It also seems like a huge meme to me instead of a serious competitive category.
Co-op doesn't add that much to the game except that the guy at the back has to destroy his controller to charge the MiniTurbos. The only actual mechanic it adds is the punching, and the only place where this is useful is the spiral on Wario Colosseum. To add it for just that seems completely useless thus it's singleplayer only.
Toad Kart is fine if you're starting out, but really I would recommend the Barrel Train as you'll get used to the trajectory of the drift a lot more.
Don't try to a-tech for now. Just stick to doing normal MiniTurbos in your own speed. Make sure they're consistent, then slowly build up the speed. L-tech should be really simple (Hold R while mashing L), but don't bother with R-tech at all. Watch videos to learn the common racing lines, as this is where most of your time save probably will be. Don't try and go wide for just 1 MiniTurbo, but stick tight to the inside of the corner, or even just go straight forward on a straight if you can't get a MiniTurbo.
Time Trials are excellent to practice your lines and MiniTurbos, so I recommend playing a bunch of those. After all of that you won't see those computers anymore :D
Hello everyone.
ItzXector will be banned from the leaderboards for continually submitting runs where the IGT and RTA don't match up, or don't match up at all with the provided IGT picture. I've warned them before and yet it still continues.
The only way to get back on the leaderboards will be to gain the community's trust. This is up to them and you guys to decide how they can do it and if they can do it.
