Not that it matters, but I've deleted my run. If standards just aren't going to be a thing then I'm not interested. Since I'm 7th while being clearly categorically different playing on default settings other than the weapon and considered worse than people with no video or playing easy mode with increased items and more damage, then I'd say no one cares. No point in me wasting anyone's time. I was considering coming back but no thanks.

Without the difficulties (and custom settings remaining the same like your shot damage) being consistent, there is no actual comparison between runs. Nickhero seems to be getting ready to play on easy, but if you look at the scores, Nick and I are first and second if you play by normal rules, but we're like 5th and 7th, and 2 people with "better times" than me and no video or settings that have been included. Without different categories with some specific regulations, the places really mean nothing. There has to be something actually being compared that is skill based. Right now its who made the game easier to complete through the settings menu. And its 2019. If you aren't recording your speed runs, they don't count. While I'm at work, I could fake a time with a screenshot if I wanted to. None of those should ever count. I'm really not trying to just randomly show up and complain but none of this would be acceptable by any standards I've ever seen for speed runs.

I just realized one dude has a bunch of scores and no videos to prove it... just putting a google timer in your screen shot doesn't mean you did that. Not saying he lied... but just saying that isn't proof of anything. As far as I know, every computer has the ability to record at this point so I am not sure why someone would submit multiple scores without videos and I'm not sure why they would be accepted.

Edit: Actually, Nickhero and I should be first in second for normal any%. Everyone else who beat us is either on easy, custom rules, and/or no video.

To be honest, normal, hard, and easy should all be separate categories. Nickhero (a friend who was doing this with me just to be me) and I both played on normal rules only changing Bass's weapon. I looked at the number one and they changed the damage they do and the difficulty and obviously beat the crap out of our times. The top 3 people are all on easy mode and I'm wondering why easy mode with custom rules is on the same ranking as normal with default rules. Just seems very silly to me. I haven't been in here in like a year and was just curious to see what was going on, but apparently this game has no set rules, just change whatever you want (which as far as I can see just changing weapons on characters should be fine), difficulty and damage included, and your time which beats a default player is considered better somehow. Doesn't that seem strange?

Its not a big deal to me, I only did this for a bet with a friend. But I managed to get 1st in any% Bass. But when I looked at who is now second place, they actually were playing on easy mode, making my run categorically different since I ran on the default normal difficulty. The only thing I changed was my sub weapon, which I assume is fine since my run was accepted. But if I played easy mode, my score could be a lot better since there are a lot less things to avoid and shoot at. So... should there actually be more categories? Is the current any% any specific difficulty?