FranceAhoy boys. Just pitchin' in with what I think is the situation.
First of all, for me, that's a macro. You put multiple inputs on 1 keystroke (controller keystroke here, but that'd be the exact same for someone playing on a keyboard). Every macro should be banned, or else... you know, vicious circle. You allow one macro, you instantly get problems if you have to deny other macros.
The thing is, it's just a few milliseconds. Personally I wouldn't really care if that's allowed since getting a good time doesn't really depend that much on amazing stair skating (just needs to be good, and you really need less than 10 inputs per second to get a good performance). I'd like to point out that you can learn how to mash; it's not that hard, it takes practice and good usage of your arm's muscles.
If I have to say Yes or No on this topic, I'd say no. Macros of any kind shouldn't be allowed (of course, in order to compete on the leaderboards).
Old thread lol
Note that the armor key CS glitch doesn't allow you to exit the room as long as the trap is active. Door triggers don't seem to exist during that event, so, useless.
Dchaps, Sephjul
I can't believe how much salt there is in here. Why :/
Hey.
So... About Turbo and Macros, no for me; it's unfair, it removes skill, it's not how speedrun works. I'm gonna repeat what I said a while ago on skype, because I feel like it's important that everyone knows that.
First things first, speedrunning is arbitrary. Any%, 100%, Low%, whatever : that's all decided by men, not by games. Nothing - is - absolute.
A while ago, people were running one category (Any%), called "The fastest possible for the game", but it became too hard because... well at some point it becomes hard, so they made it easier by creating new categories with time, all the time, until we get to RE Vita glitchless Jill Best Ending bleblebleble (Turbo% Kappa), or OoT no RBA no GIM no WW no stuff, etc.
It's stupid to add too many categories. Adding those don't improve anything, it makes everything more complicated.
But isn't the point of speedruns to push your limits? What is a WR against a PB?
Speedrunning is all about skills, so why use turbo, macros, or anything that's third-party? Show your skills god damn, I can hold A too! Remember that you're running for yourself, but your record is for the community.
But yeah. It's pretty hard to write thoughts about that, because there's so much to say. It's been a while since I'm into speedruns, I've seen it change bit by bit, becoming that weird blob full of categories and rules and complicated shit. Why :(
I anything felt harsh to you in here, that was not meant at all, and sorry :3
poop~
