AAAh i didn't see that this came out ! I'm gonna try that asap, thanks d-gits sir :)

I just realised that there was this big debate, so i guess i should give my input on this.

As far as I know, there are at the moment 4 kinds of clips

• A : clips that are 100% consistent with the proper setup and easy to do (example 5-1x)
• B : clips that are 100% consistent with the proper setup and hard to do (example 5-16x)
• C : clips that are not 100% consistent but don't require a frame drop (i'm not clear if this exists : 4-12?)
• D : clips that require the game to run under abnormal conditions

The line between categories B and C can be very thin since something being consistent but frame perfect is basically the same as being random in SS conditions.

At the moment :

• I don't know of any clip in category A that completely destroys a level. The closest to complete destruction would be 3-1x, but it's kind of inbetween A and B (since death and big time loss are actual risks).
• There are several clips in category B, and all of them make the level significantly harder than if you didn't try anything in a first place. (Enough so that i would consider not doing them even if allowed to.) Best example of this would be 5-16x or 3-10x.
• The risk/reward ratio of all clips in category C make them completely impractical in SS, and using them just results in ridiculous time losses. If someone gets rewarded for doing these, then their stubbornness should only provoke admiration

My thoughts about the effect of those facts on the game: Clips of type A just make the game more spectacular, just like autojump/brownie skip do, by saving small amounts of time with a damage to the game much lower than brownie skip imo, and a change of difficulty negligible. Therefore they make the runs more interesting, not less. As for clips of type B, they are more damaging, but they are also more challenging : destroying the level requires mastery and involves risks, just like regular skips do. As a player, i enjoy this challenge, and it leads to risk/reward considerations that are the essence of speedrunning this game. Since modifying ones setup in order to ruin the game or trying to go slow are both stupid for 106, i think clips of type C and D are just irrelevant.

My conclusion : clips are good, i think they should be allowed.