BrazilHey,
I recently got back to the game and i've been grinding a while, and as always, i like to spend some time doing my research to see if there is anything faster than the current Johnny Cage thing and by doing a quick comparison i realised that Kratos is actually the fastest character, to explain this, i'll leave the info below:
Johnny Cage (supposedly fastest character):
Average round: 12s27s Fastest Kintaro/Goro round possible: 20s Average Shao Kahn round: 32s~35s Best Shao Kahn round possible: 28s
Kratos
Average round: 11s23s Fastest Kintaro/Goro round possible: 20s Average Shao Kahn round: 29s~33s Best Shao Kahn round possible: 26s
Basically, a godlike run with Kratos would be able to hit 5:0X, i even dare to say it's possible to sub 5 with him. The whole problem is, as we all already know, Kratos is a PS3 exclusive character and there is no way to import him to the PC version with mods or anything, the only alternative being RPCS3, which by the way it recently got a great update that allows the game to run smoothly at 60fps on any mid-end PC. With all that being said, i'd like to start a discussion about which alternative would be the best, allow emulator? separated categories? keep in mind that sooner or later this would become a subject of debate.
We have a PS5 category so PS4 (and every other console) can have a fair competition, will the Xbox Series be in the same way?
Hello everyone,
So i just got back to speedrunning this game to improve my 2yo PB with new strats and i've noticed something strange on MalandroZueiro's run, his video proof it's actually one of siro's old PB, so he basically stole a run from another person, you guys can compare both of them:
"MalandroZueiro's" (06:06):
siro's old PB (06:06):
Would be nice to have MalandroZueiro's times removed.
Thanks in advance!
Hello Everyone,
I've got into speedrunning Naruto Ultimate Ninja over the past few days and something that got my attention was that a runner named PapichuloRV has a run of Zabuza's Saga with the time of 4:57 where he uses powerups from the Item Stock Menu and it seems like a real game changer. My question is, should this really be allowed? Because no other runner at any other category had used this for their runs and it's technically considered an NG+ feature, since you don't have access to these items on the first playthrough.
Best Regards.
Hey @Cl9000,
I've got into speedrunning Gungrave games over the past few weeks, even made a speedrun of Overdose:
I've noticed the categories seem a bit messy and the game never had speedrun activity over it, so i'm proposing to become a moderator of it in an attempt to change that, in addition, would be highly appreciated if you could add me as Series Mod instead, as i look forward to speedrun Gungrave: G.O.R.E. as well.
Thanks!
Hey guys,
I submitted a run for NG+ about 2 months ago, i was informed by @Tagerplayer that the mod team was discussing leaderboard changes, so my run approval would have to wait a little longer, still, he confirmed that the run was under the rules and would be approved, 2 months has passed and it's still pending, please take care of it.
Cheers!
Hello Everyone,
Recently came to my knowledge that the previous approved WR on 30-Man Royal Rumble made by 'Maiden5' was an emulator run without using frame limiter, which makes the run definetely impossible to be beaten by normal means, with that said, the run had to be rejected, because first of all, it's basically cheating (i'm not saying it was Maiden5's intention, but i don't see any other gentle term to describe it), and second, this being as an attempt to reinstate competition to the leaderboard since Royal Rumble categories are short and more interesting for newcomers. Now, new rules regarding emulators will be added, because apparently i have to teach people how to setup their emulator settings. These rules will take effect immediately and they are:
1. Turning OFF Frame Limiter is prohibited. 2. Using Frame Skip is prohibited.
List Of Allowed Emulators
PSP - PPSSPP 1.4.2 or higher PS2 - PCSX2 1.5.0 or higher Wii - Dolphin 5.0
Note - Runs submitted before september 14th, 2019 will be excused from the rule above.
PS3 and X360 emulations are not allowed.
Note that these rules are being implemented in order to improve the legitimacy of future records, any suggestions or things to say, don't hesitate on doing it.
Cheers.
Hello People,
In this thread i'll be addressing some of the changes the leaderboard got recently and also some upcoming ruleset update. Keep in mind that all of the future adaptations are to aim for the game to be 100% fair for everyone in terms of Speedrunning.
TIME W/O LOADS ADDED
The Time w/o Loads was added (in 03/14/2019) as the main timing method, this being because 99% of the leaderboard is made out of emulator runs and some of them using PSXJin 2.0.2 that provides fast loadings (even faster than console), it's a great emulator, however, major loading time differences may occurr between runners and it's also minimally affected by the PC Specs, even if your configuration is the same as another runner. With that being said, time w/o loads are required from now on. I will be providing a Load Remover on the "Guides" section within 24 hours, with this tool you will be able to remove your loads automatically w/o having to go through a frame-by-frame analisys or making any kind of manual stuff, still, if a runner prefer to remove manually then do it. Any run submitted without "Time w/o Loads" will take a lot more time to be approved. To conclude, submitting with "Time w/o Loads" is not mandatory, but strongly recommended, it's necessary to have it so we can keep everything together, instead of splitting emulator and console into different subcategories and having to find a consistent form of emulation, this would create a huge mess, so time w/o loads is an alternative to simplify everything.
RUNS WITHOUT AUDIO
It's commonly known that runs w/o audio looks pretty suspicious, but recently came to my knowledge that turning off the game sound via emulator config affects not just the loading times, but the overall game speed aswell. An upcoming rule that shall be applied is that runs without game audio will no longer be accepted, as we (moderators) cannot take the risk of approving cheated runs. Please note that all of the currently accepted runs without audio will remain verified as they are completely beatable.
For anyone that is currently speedrunning the game or might have the interest of doing it in the future, i suggest to keep an eye out on the game rules for the next few days and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask down below.
Cheers.
At 01:23:47 he starts the infinite jump glitch, i mean, doing glitches in a glitchless category, doesn't really make sense.
Hello eveyone,
Not many of you may have noticed, but the leaderboard got a few less records than before and the reason for that is now we will have monthly submissions verification, so those who do not have their video proof available anymore will get their runs rejected, that way we can keep the leaderboard 100% legitimate and avoid any kind of Todd Rogers situation. If you are one of the runners that got your run rejected, please don't hesitate to resubmit your record with propper video proof.
Thank You.
Despite not having any run with it, the In-Game Time is the main timing method right? cause i got back into the game, but my PS2 is having really bad loading screens so there is no way i can beat my RTA.
Hello Everyone,
I'm Kromer, i've been speedrunning Mortal Kombat games the past 2~3 years (5 years involved with speedrun in general). Recently i experienced some moderation inactivity around this leaderboard, which encouraged me to request a spot in here. There will be a little bit of changes around here for the next few days (overall layout improvement and ruleset enhancement based on the community consulting). Any questions and concerns about me, my management methods or the leaderboard in general, don't hesitate to contact me, i'm daily active in speedrun.com and all my social media.
Thank You!
Hello,
Long story short, in the past few days, the Mortal Kombat Series moderators made some ruleset changes for some of the MK games (MK1, MK2, MK3, UMK3, and Trilogy) and i believe those changes doesn't really fit to the 100% solution of the problem by seeing the amount of divided opinions and controversies. Some of the moderators have suspicions on submitted runs and just decided to reject them with no real proof of cheating, but only based on this new ruleset that also implicated into some of the records being removed/rejected after those rules were applied. It would be nice to have an administrator to address this situation.
You can see in details here: https://www.speedrun.com/mk/thread/ba9a7
Thanks for your attention!
Hey people!
Can this high quality artwork be added as the game cover? i guess it fits better than the interrogation mark, thank you or your time!
Everybody else that are submitting runs for MK Series gets it approved in a matter of hours and my runs are over a week still pending, so please moderators, it's your job.
Thanks.
Hello everyone.
As you may have noticed, now the categories will be composed with platform subcategories and this being quite simple to explain. It's 100% due to loading times, making PC faster by roughly 2 minutes, so i decided to split the platforms, this being to make a fair competition for anyone that feels like getting into speedrunning this game.
