No Holidays Allowed 2023 by No Glitches Allowed benefits Go Rescue Pet Adoption Center located in Norfolk, VA. The event will run Wednesday, December 6th-Saturday, December 9th, 2023. Watch the event at [https://www.twitch.tv/noglitchesallowed](https://www.twitch.tv/noglitchesallowed)

Go Rescue website, [find out more about this amazing shelter!](https://www.gorescuedogs.com/) 

[Find the schedule here!](https://horaro.org/nha23/schedule)

Donations/Open Incentives & Bidwars: [https://tiltify.com/+no-glitches-allowed/no-holidays-allowed-2023](https://tiltify.com/+no-glitches-allowed/no-holidays-allowed-2023)

### **W**hat is Go Rescue?

In 2011, a local woman named Georgia Obenaus lost her home and her only focus became how to prevent her family dogs from going back to animal control. Starting out with just an empty shell of a building, GO Rescue soon became not just a place for her current rescues, but a shelter that has grown to rescue over 2,000 dogs to date with no signs of slowing down. They work to provide a haven for homeless dogs, giving them the time, care and love they need to find not just any home, but the right home. **GO Rescue is a state approved 501c3 Non-Profit, which means your invaluable donations may be tax-deductible and your employer might also match your donations.**

Last but not least! Join the [No Glitches Allowed Discord](https://discord.gg/WfcvgPv) to find out when the next event will be, and to volunteer/run for future events!

No Holidays Allowed 2023 by No Glitches Allowed benefits Go Rescue Pet Adoption Center located in Norfolk, VA. The event will run Wednesday, December 6th-Saturday, December 9th, 2023.

No Glitches Allowed 2023 is now Live!

Between December 7th and December 9th, Epic Games unveiled three new titles from studios it has acquired in recent years. The lineup includes Lego Fortnite, a remarkably well-executed survival adventure game developed by Epic Games, Rocket Racing, an arcade-style racing game created by Psyonix (the minds behind Rocket League), and Fortnite Festival, a rhythm game crafted by Harmonix (the developers of Rock Band).

While Fortnite Festival hasn’t really attracted any kind of speedrunning audience (perhaps for obvious reasons, I mean the run would be mostly autoscroller) the community for speedrunning both Rocket Racing and Lego Fortnite is growing *fast*. I wanted to learn some more about these runs, so I spoke with some runners for each game to hear their thoughts.

# Rocket Racing

![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/HrTnfr2Yw-mmZ_TyvKBQIT1dPJxOSIlr8HBUj4JCPCiJGaUUezoXjAKGngn_EvLfoTOa5sVMS5lhFAbwbbrsP_0T48nlXXj_7oRVfK2qcTCfVLko0cImVjfaGWbFSuaYiHdHndeNWP2wFrlc5vvXiqk)

There’s something so beautiful about the simplicity of speedrunning racing games, it’s really as pure as speedrunning gets - just *go fast.* With this simplicity of course comes little variation between games, at least in comparison to other genres. So what makes Rocket Racing stand out? Well according to @nathan_uwp, it mainly comes down to the Boost Management:

> “The drifting makes it so much fun for running too. Like how you can drift more and then use those to plan when to do ur boosts.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhK73hKWcDQ

For some context, the way you increase the charge in your boost meter in this game is by drifting. You’ll notice speedrunners like Nathan drifting almost non-stop, switching directions to still keep a relatively straight line while also ensuring the boost is charged as often as possible.

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As far as my own opinion, the addition of certain Rocket League elements into a racing game is honestly kind of genius. You can air dodge in specific directions to stick to walls or ceilings (which makes for some pretty sweet level design might I add), and you can also fly a little bit into the air which lets you cut corners much tighter than you normally would be able to - and even “cut corners” on certain hills.

# **Lego Fortnite**

![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/T0JVt9ZS4-5GWmZYxQxQAhOI62W4-fJdPWkC33b-YJbMAHqDxzOGa1hbC3uNJn6ke0cKHiziOWnpkHGIcn_Dwg5QETBv3PDfIQNrHtZnE44Aukellp5imDqKWsflcVCftUEz0csJW3-eUs14lZ23ZNg)

Speedrunning an open-world survival adventure game without (as far as I’m aware) a proper ending may not seem like an obvious choice to some of you, but in cases like these, it really comes down to the category structure. In this case, it’s quite similar to what you may have seen before on the Minecraft or Valheim leaderboards, with categories focused on completing specific Builds or killing specific bosses, with sub-categories for number of players, random or set seed, and starting biome.

![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/TY6xgErzYvcgV3D3LyF27RNnwDeOtUXzKqRg8SKu04UCDtwMTighZRe5SRFkBLMQ8yRTBT1M1O5ZzOwWss0CT0IYbbUzr00c5rxGU2ltqaAXLXg7Errj8olHVcFLtWa--zhkGYWDm_tKkhG3rVB2hPE)

To learn some more about what makes Lego Fortnite speedrunning interesting, I spoke with @shovelclaws who has been grinding both Solo & Co-op for the default category, Common Village (Grasslands).

> “The default category is really simple, it’s collecting the necessary resources and building things. In my mind there are 2 big "skills." 1) Positioning: getting your village in a nice place to reduce travel time, and 2) Decision Making - deciding where to go and when. There’s also 3 big skill checks 1) building the shack, 2) getting lumber mill for planks, and 3) getting your "village level" up high enough which there are a variety of strats for”

The relationship between village level and biome is quite complex and interesting, but I don’t want to get bogged down in the details during this article - however if you’d like to learn some more about that you can follow this link into the conversation inside the [Fortnite Speedrunning Discord](https://discord.com/channels/1005846129470083142/1182732735312306247/1183158808567095338).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ald2WqnAc_w

As an example, the fastest strategy for Common Village in the Grasslands biome is to [spam the candle decoration](https://youtu.be/Ald2WqnAc_w?si=_RFaP-ivTCkjTJFJ&t=398) all over the ground because they require 1 vine which is a very common resource, making it the most efficient decoration for leveling your village in the short term. Shovelclaws mentioned that it believes in the longer categories (ie. Epic Village) it may be more efficient to invest in beds, which are 10 wood each - too expensive for a short category like Common Village but potentially worth the timesave in a 1 hour+ speedrun.

# ![](/static/blob/3ekv5kzx.jpg)Conclusion

After researching and playing some myself for this article, I can definitely see the speedrunning appeal for these two games - Rocket Racing for its clever integration of Rocket League movement mechanics for a new spin on the racing genre, and for Lego Fortnite (who would have thought) for its satisfying collect/build gameplay loop and Candle strats (of all things) - not to mention up to 8 Player co-op. I personally would LOVE to see a 4-8 person speedrun of Epic Village up on a marathon stage some day.

Epic Games released three new games INSIDE of Fortnite, two of which turned out to be pretty neat for speedrunning - let's take a look.

Rocket Racing & Lego Fortnite Speedrunning

499 ( the pajama dog died :( )

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Why didn't you just restart? It's not much to ask for.

Bro this kid is so annoying. Pls just stfu

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Bro threw a temper tantrum and just stomped out

well java edition is supposed to be exculsive to Mac, PC, and Linux so most likely yes

453 ( don't you think it's about time we started a new chain )

Bro i don't have anything against David btw why is this rule anyway?

https://www.speedrun.com/users/SMOdavidTM (sry david)

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Off-topic discussion, unrelated to speedrunning.

Talk

Super Mario Odyssey

Minecraft: Bedrock Edition

Minecraft: Java Edition Category Extensions

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Red Ball

Celeste

Obby But You're on a Bike

Everest had one of the biggest updates so far with Everest Core becoming the "Stable" version. Here is what you need to know as a player and what rule changes are happening:

### **What does this all even mean?**

To put it in layman's terms, they're updating the game to use a newer framework. Which should mean faster loading times, utilizing more RAM, better performance, etc. But most importantly Everest will always run on FNA, even with an XNA Celeste install (Steam default), but even if you were running on FNA (Epic default) before there are some gameplay relevant changes for all players using a Windows PC.

### **What are those changes that Everest Core brings?**

Before Core:

- XNA: low latency, 61FPS if vsync is off OR you are on a high refresh rate monitor (so this should affect most speedrunners)

- Computer performance can affect the quirk on lower end machines

- FNA: higher compositor latency

After Core:

- Everest always is FNA, restart into vanilla stays on FNA/XNA depending on what you selected in e.g. Steam

- **launching Vanilla through Olympus counts the same as holding right on the titlescreen!**

- Core patches both Everest's and (if applicable) vanilla's FNA to have less latency, when restarting into vanilla. 

- Added Compatibility modes:

- Legacy FNA: Negates the lower latency for both, Everest and Vanilla

- Legacy XNA: Forces Everest to run at 61fps 

- Note that when enabled, the 61fps quirk is forced to always occurs, even when vsync is on

- For XNA users on Steam, they can enable the FPS counter in the steam overlay by opening it with "Shift+"TAB" while in-game and navigating to "Settings"->"In-Game" to see if they're affected by the 61fps quirk.

If you want to more about latency, please refer to this Everest wiki page: [https://github.com/EverestAPI/Resources/wiki/Everest-Core-Latency-Guide](https://github.com/EverestAPI/Resources/wiki/Everest-Core-Latency-Guide)

### How do I check if I'm running on XNA or FNA?

Per default, Steam is on XNA, Epic is on FNA, and itch depends on how you downloaded it. The Epic version can't be changed to XNA, but Steam gives you the option to download the FNA version. To make extra sure on what version you're running Everest will tell you in the compatibility option which legacy option is **not** compatible with your vanilla install.

![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/752203178715644024/1185644353297846273/image.png?ex=65905c5a&is=657de75a&hm=48d3ae67caf4695c541a91328bd2150a325c1f4370c818b018f2088ef4571151&)

### What changes for the speedrun leaderboards?

Honestly not much. Everest will still not be allowed for Vanilla boards, the updated framework for FNA installs that you get when restarting into Vanilla is however allowed.

Modded boards will require latest "Stable" version or additionally latest legacy "Stable" non-core version, which is 4449. As a note, the legacy version will very likely not be supported by Helpers in the near future, so maps that require helpers will very likely stop working properly on 4449, so it's recommended to update to Core when possible.

All current mods and the autosplitter should work after this update. There is only a niche Speedrun Tool and autosplitter interaction that is not working yet but should be working soon again. If you have any issues or bugs with this new Everest Version, please report them to the Everest Team.

Also take this as reminder that verifier applications close soon in a bit over 5 hours. Please get those last minute applications in if you forget them!