Many runners have been expressing their interest in a Pacifist category (to kill the least amount of mobs possible). Therefore we decided to create a spreadsheet leaderboard to test the waters. You can find more details in this following link. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14MN08DzaeGDiZgNxK5wJyM-P9_yarhtUDTxLunalTFE/edit?usp=sharing

Can I just change difficulty to medium once I get control of the game for the run to be valid?

As some of you noticed, the leaderboards have been added with in game time. The main driving force to the change is to help runners with slow load times to be able to compete at the same ground as the ones with good load times without technical limitations.

Full game category: Our initial vision is to make IGT as the primary timing. However currently most of the runs do not include IGT in their video proof. We also realise that there exist a risk of abusing RTA timing rules and menuing skills will be significantly downplayed. These made the idea challenging to implement and not realistic at the moment. Therefore, our alternative is to retain the current comparison method but make IGT visible, in hopes to encourage more people to submit runs with IGT and to display the actual quality of the core gameplay at the same time. Showing IGT after a run is still a recommendation not a requirement but this may change in the future.

Individual Levels: The addition of IGT to IL is honestly unexpected by the mods (we cannot choose to exclude IGT from the board). Me and MrPitt will continue to discuss a solution on the final appearance of the leaderboards. For the moment for IL submission, please enter the time at "Time" field only. All Warp Keys category will still be timed as it used to be without changes.

If you have any suggestions or complaints, feel free to discuss at #papa-louie-3 in the Speedrunning Server or DM JackPotato or MrPitt on Discord. Have a good day.

• JackPotato, moderator of PL3

Flash point is allowed for any Papa games. Source: PL3 board mod

I'll take that you are talking about the IL categories. No checkpoints basically implies all runs must be done under a single segment. So using checkpoint under any circumstances e.g. dying is not allowed, even if you retry from the last checkpoint using the same character. That being said, changing characters mid level is of course, not allowed.

Please move the conversation to private messages. This forum is only for inquiries and discussion of leaderboards.

So the rules used to accept runs over 1:30:xx (I am not sure about the exact number) without video so the last 3 runs were valid before the rule change. For the second place run, he used to be the mod and always self verified his own runs without video evidence. Eventually he left but his run is still there.

Now you must submit a run with video no matter how long it is. Hope this helps.

Here's a playlist with all the stuff you need to know to run the ILs https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmlh8SO7jS6nOGcC9FESFymSL2ClsTiU4