I apologize for the comments, we never meant for anyone to be disrespected. We failed to consider how the comments would feel on the receiving end; we'll do better and leave out any unnecessary comments in the future. We resubmitted the run cutting out the cringe pop off at the end and the note on the run. From here out let's just enjoy some friendly competition in Golden Axe II. We'll see you on the battlefields 😉

It's time for this game to get some new mods as the current mods are corrupt.

Me and Inception Kitten recently broke the world record in the category Co-op Easy with a time of 8:08. Our run was rejected because the video recording had accidentally cut off the bottom few pixels of the screen. The rules for this category don't state anywhere that video evidence is even required, and why would it? This is a category of just 3 other runners. You would think that the mods would be delighted to see some new blood climbing the ranks and bringing activity to their favorite 30 year old game. But instead we were unfairly rejected, despite providing more evidence than is asked for in the run rules. World records in thousands of other games are accepted that have even worse recordings with more of the screen cut off by twitch chat, donations, and sub alerts.

Just a couple days later we pushed the record even further to 7:58, this time with a proper recording showing the entire screen and including a mic on so you can hear us communicate strategies the whole time and hear us physically pressing the buttons. There is no universe in which this is insufficient proof of the run being legit: .

We submitted this run with the comment "Here's your stupid 5 pixels on the bottom of the screen. sub 8 boys", poking fun at the absurdity of our other rejection. Within the video you can hear me say "That's what you get mods, you try to deny our run, we'll break the record barrier. It's sub 8:00, you guys are noobs. OOOOOOOO!" Apparently this run was then rejected because "Disrespect of any mod is not welcomed, and we won't allow such behavior in this leaderboard."

In what world is that disrespecting the mods? If anything they are disrespecting the time and effort we put into pushing the boundaries of this game by denying a legitimate world record on the leaderboard because they are too sensitive to light trolling. All we did was call the pixels on the bottom of the screen stupid, and called out the other players of the categories as noobs in jest. Clearly in the video we are laughing as I said that because it was never meant to be taken seriously.

Not only has that run been rejected, but also we have been shadow banned from the leaderboards. We have been competing with the runners enri and vardemir in the Co-op Normal category, trading records with each other, at the same time that this went down. We submitted a run competing with theirs on the same day that they also submitted a run. Their run was approved but our run has been left in limbo, not being accepted or reject, despite clear video evidence and without any form of disrespect or playful banter involved. We are holding a world record time that would take first place in this category as well, but what's the point of submitting if we aren't even allowed on the leaderboard at all?

In a game like Golden Axe 2 with very few runners the mods should be exited with all the new recent activity. But instead it feels to me like these mods are afraid of us coming and beating their precious records. Something here needs to change.

Here is my proposal: If the mods refuse to verify the legitimate world record, then we as a community need to make a push to appoint new mods to watch over this game. Alternatively, the mods can verify our world record runs, and we agree to delete any comments that they deem as disrespectful, mute any audio in the run that is deemed as disrespectful, I will apologize to the mods for what I said, and we can put this in the past as we head into a new era of Golden Axe II speed running.