I have the Genesis Plus GX core through OpenEmu (Mac exclusive emulator), and I was wondering if that emulator counts. Not that I can't use RetroArch, I have that too, I was just wondering if this emulator also counts. All the rules say is "standalone or through RetroArch (core)", so I just was curious.

Before I get into this, I just want you to understand that I'm NOT criticizing the mods for this, and I don't think they would purposely reject a run for these reasons.

Alright. Let's get started. https://www.speedrun.com/btb/run/ydg33r0y In this run, you can see that it was rejected. The note says, "Please note that all submissions must abide by the following (from the 6th August 2021): -Be recorded at 30/60 fps -Have audio to claim a WR. Show the FULL desktop to identify the use of autoclickers, including the taskbar."

I have so many questions about this, like:

1. What do you mean, "record at 30/60 FPS"? I'm playing this through the website itself! And if this is because I WAS using the website, why A: is this even a platform? And B: Why did someone else have their run verified LAST MONTH using the web version and yet MINE got rejected?

2: I AM showing the full desktop. I'm using a Macbook Air (M1), and on MacOSX, you don't necessarily have the choice of having the taskbar show ALL the time. And even THAT isn't an excuse. You did see a glimpse of my taskbar during the run. And if the rejection is because I didn't show the taskbar for the full run, WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY THAT?! On MacOSX, you HAVE to have your cursor on the bottom of the screen in order to even show the taskbar at all, and sometimes, that probably won't happen regardless. I closed ALL my tabs and windows, stretched the screen (both game and timer), got out of full screen, and turned my volume to 70% JUST TO DO ONE RUN. As you could tell from the recording, the taskbar STILL didn't show up. The only way the taskbar will always show is when all windows are closed, and you're on the computer background. And again, this probably won't happen anyway.

3: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "Autoclickers"?! You can HEAR me button mashing the trackpad! Even "The game audio was too loud to hear the trackpad!" isn't an excuse. What to know why? Because YOU CAN HEAR THE TRACKPAD! Sure it's hard to hear, but if you're this persistent on the rules, why don't you check that before you hit "Reject"?

4: It didn't take me 5 seconds to realize that this is literally just a copy and paste of the rules. I only complain about this because it doesn't pinpoint the specific reason WHY the run was rejected. It can't be ALL of them, because I have the audio, and you can hear that in the first 4 seconds! Also, that rule applies to WR in the rules. You never said that it applied to all runs. So either way, most of this doesn't make sense.

5 (add-on to 2): Why and HOW do I follow the "show taskbar" rule? That clearly only applies to PC considering that Mac can't do that at all. If that's the case... deep breath WHY DID YOU REJECT IT FOR SOMETHING I HAVE NO SAY OVER?!?! Now granted, the mod maybe just didn't know that, or maybe they didn't notice that I was using a Mac (okay, maybe not that last one), but I just wanted to point that out because I will NEVER be able to have one "genuine" run verified as long as I'm on Mac.

Again, I don't think that the mods would purposely do this, but I do hope they could acknowledge the Mac users, and not just PC. If the mod is reading this, I want you to know that I was not criticizing you for anything. I was just saying, for my run (and future runs) please acknowledge these points. I'm not saying this was your fault. I'm not saying that you did it on purpose. I just wanted to let you know that there was nothing wrong with the run. Thank you for reading this, and have a great day.

Hello. I was rewatching the Classic Mode runs a while ago, and was wondering if there could be a separation between RNG manip and No RNG manip. This is simply because of 2 things:

1. The RNG code in Melee's Category Extensions has a separation (in Adventure Mode), and that's about the same concept for here (Not that it's the same thing, but it is a similar situation).

2. The unfair advantage it could give. I know that it's easy to do, but considering how much of a unfair time save it is, especially to the people like Tsobey who went through a lot for their PB's, it only makes sense to separate the 2.

This doesn't necessarily have to be 2 separate categories, but there should be an option to compete with other players using the natural RNG, and the RNG manip. This could be like how the difficulty is (obviously) seperated. For example, "Beta-Classic Mode, Easy (No RNG Manip)" or "Beta-Classic Mode, Easy (RNG Manip)". It's not that I think RNG manip is a problem, but for the sake of past runs like Phantom and Tsobey who went above and beyond for their PB's through natural RNG, only for it to be taken away from RNG manip, they could at least have their own separation of Classic Mode. Let me know whether you agree or not. Thank you.

I was going to attempt speedrunning Melee's Catagory Extensions, but was wondering: What emulator works? I use Dolphin 5.0-16793 for speedrunning Melee, but is any type of emulator allowed, or is it just a certain few? There's no rules on what emulator is allowed or not, so I was just wondering. Thanks.

Do you know when you enter a galaxy, and there is usually a delay when you hit the ground (Same for landing after taking a launch star)? Maybe I’m doing something wrong, but it’s always random of whether I skip the delay or not. I just got into speed running this game, so I was wondering how to control the delay.