Like RCD said, the problem is trust over time. The excellent point raised by many people is that data caps are somehow allowed to exist, or people live enough in the middle of no where that it is impractical to stream.

So what to do?

The web cam is probably the best idea. Mostly so that over time you can see some consistency across runs, some natural reactions, and some demonstration of skill over time.

This is definitely a problem that extends beyond Mario, so it'd be interesting to think about what can be done as a standard everywhere.

If darbian were doing attempts offline and got a PB, then no, we wouldn't accept it. Sure he's trustworthy but the rule at hand isn't only for specific people. I have gotten a PB offline (4:58.691) and it wasn't accepted because of that.

You can resubmit with a legitimate speedrun video for any of the runs that you have previously submitted.

Some words of advice for you.

• I can't think of any game that would allow the use of savestates. It has to be played all the way through. If you game over, you may use continues using Start+A on the main screen for SMB1. That's fine.
• If you have questions or something isn't clear about the rules, please ask. We're more than happy to answer your questions and we get asked questions frequently.
• Don't spam us with multiple submissions. It doesn't speed anything up. In fact, it slows us down. We get your submission the first time and we will get to it when we can. There are currently 27 runs awaiting verification and SMB1 is a popular game these days.
• If you make a submission and realize you made an error before it gets approved or rejected, you can click on your username at the top right, and view profile. Then on the left click on "pending actions" and you can see your submitted runs. You can go back in there and edit it.