I think one of the best parts of speedrunning is being able to admire your own accomplishments, and look at the accomplishments of others. But looking at someone's profile and seeing "first place" doesn't mean much without the context of the game. For example, getting 10th place Portal Any% is a much bigger feat than getting 2nd place in a random mobile game.
So here's my suggestion. You should be able to change the metric for runs on your own profile (only on profiles, not on game leaderboards) into something else of your choosing. Whether that be percentile, or displaying it in front of all runs in that category, for example 2nd out of 78 runs.
I don't think the site should become more competitive, which is why I think this should only be on personal profiles. But I don't see the harm in more customization, and more ways to show off your difficult accomplishments.
It looks to me like anyone can set up a post and promise prize money. But what is stopping them from just up and leaving when it comes time to pay out?
Does speedrun.com middleman the money first, or is it more like a black market where you just hope the person is trustworthy?
Could you give your PC specs, specifically your CPU and GPU?
You're probably getting frame drops with remote play due to internet issues and the app as a whole being bad.
Unless your PC is very old and cheap, it should have no problem recording from a capture card. You can buy cheap ones from Amazon for ~$20 which should work well, just remember to get a HDMI splitter if you do buy a cheaper capture card with no passthrough.
You're best off asking in that game's forum since they're the only ones that know the game.
Are the WR graphs based on time submitted, or time verified. E.g;
Person 1 submits run on April 2 Person 2 submits run on April 8 Moderator logs on and verifies both on April 13.
Would it show the runs as April 2 and April 8 in the graph respectively? Or will it show them both as April 13? And if it's the latter, which one takes priority?
Of course a major factor is just the thrill of going through games quickly. But I feel like a lot of people also have goals in mind. Whether that's getting the WR, breaking a PR minute barrier, finding a timesave for everyone else to use, etc.
For me it's theorycrafting with other people and being able to beat WRs through logic rather than brute force. Finding a skip, no matter how minor, is a high that nothing else can replicate.
What about for you guys?
I don't see a reason unless it's within a second or two of first place. Unless you're asking this because it could make splicing easier to hide? Though even then I don't think it applies.
Really depends on how choppy the recording is. 20fps? 10fps? 30fps with random stutters?
@BitMoreDave yeah this was a very sloppy run, just wanted to get something out there since eagleforce's was so far behind the current strats
well played
