Sorry, why are metrics that represent how popular a category is not considered?

Both of the people accusing me of being a "fake account" have runs on mobile games with very few runners and very short completion times. Tell me, why should those be "accepted" speedgames and this not be? I call your stance idiotic because it's brazenly hypocritical and generally makes no sense. If this game shouldn't be allowed, then it's about time for some spring cleaning. At least half of the games on here should be removed to fit these standards

@Pear Maybe instead of accusing people who disagree with you of being sockpuppets, you should realize that anybody who looks up "mr. krabs ketamine speedrun" will be met with this thread as the first result. Now consider the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people who've watched speedrunning content of this game in the last day alone and think about the implications of that.

I've got some thoughts on this as an outsider. Short meme game or not, there is absolutely no way to deny the speedrunning community that has formed around this game. Multiple categories are being run extremely actively, the any% WR is super optimized at this point for the current strats, and videos showcasing the run are amassing over hundreds of thousands of views. How in the world can you possibly deny this, just because you're such a purist that you don't think that the game is legitimate enough? Whether you like it or not, basically anything can be speedran. As long as there is an active community of people who are passionate about running the game, what does it matter whether it's a meme game? There are so many games on this site that have a community of a few runners that aren't even active and a WR that's insanely unoptimized (from my childhood, dragon quest heroes: rocket slime comes to mind) and nobody complains. That's how it should be. As long as people are running the game, it should be allowed on here. In the grand scheme of things, why does it matter so much to exclude it? Who cares? All you're doing is making it more difficult for an audience of tens of thousands like me, if not more, who are interested in this "meme game" as a speedgame and want to have an easy way to see where the leaderboards stand. This stand that you're all taking is beyond idiotic.

Also, before anyone accuses me of being an alt, I just created this account because I was looking for the leaderboard, found this thread, and was so disgusted at the attitude shown in it that I felt compelled to weigh in.