I just finished my first casual playthrough of Bug Fables. I'm really interested in speedrunning it, but I'm looking for something shorter than the existing categories.

Could we add a category to complete Cave of Trials in random mode? I'd be happy to provide a sample run if requested.

Why is Dig-Dug Level 1 a category in full game runs, and also another category in ILs?

I noticed there’s a verified run in this category that has pool cleaners. So are you allowed to buy shop items if you don’t use them?

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I just finished a 2 hour speedrun, went to check the recording, and found out it had stopped after five minutes. This is the first time this has happened. Here's the log info. Does anybody know how I can ensure this doesn't happen again?

14:46:42.010: ==== Recording Start =============================================== 14:46:42.010: [ffmpeg muxer: 'simple_file_output'] Writing file 'C:/Users/15716/Videos/2022-08-31 14-46-41.mkv'... 14:46:42.037: [qsv encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] settings: 14:46:42.037: rate_control: ICQ 14:46:42.038: ICQ Quality: 23 14:46:42.038: fps_num: 60 14:46:42.038: fps_den: 1 14:46:42.038: width: 1920 14:46:42.038: height: 1080 14:46:42.038: [qsv encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] debug info: 14:46:42.097: m_nSurfNum: 12 14:46:42.098: m_nTaskPool: 4 14:52:34.963: adding 42 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 42 milliseconds (source: Desktop Audio) 14:52:34.963: 14:52:36.745: Device Remove/Reset! Rebuilding all assets... 14:52:36.919: [qsv encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] encode failed 14:52:36.919: Error encoding with encoder 'simple_h264_recording' 14:52:36.927: [ffmpeg muxer: 'simple_file_output'] Output of file 'C:/Users/15716/Videos/2022-08-31 14-46-41.mkv' stopped 14:52:36.927: Output 'simple_file_output': stopping 14:52:36.927: Output 'simple_file_output': Total frames output: 21133 14:52:36.927: Output 'simple_file_output': Total drawn frames: 21080 (21295 attempted) 14:52:36.927: Output 'simple_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 215 (1.0%) 14:52:40.083: Device Remove/Reset! Rebuilding all assets... 14:52:40.385: ==== Recording Stop ================================================

I noticed that this category isn’t closed. The only shop item I could think of that you can use for this level is wall-nut regeneration, but slot machine also uses that and that shopless category is closed. Is there something I’m missing?

If this is a Roblox game, why is DS a platform?

It’s amazing that this game is playable on the Atari Lynx, a handheld console from 1989. 🙂

If anyone comes across this who is interested in running this game, be aware that the 3DS eShop closure happening in March 2023 will make the digital copy unpurchaseable. There is still the physical Atooi Collection, but that was a limited print.

Since this leaderboard has a few followers who haven’t submitted runs, I just wanted to make it aware that the 3DS eShop is closing for new purchases in March 2023, which will make the DSi version of this game unavailable for purchase.

While the console versions are objectively better, I didn’t want anybody to be surprised by the closing.

Announced yesterday. See Nintendo’s post for timeline on adding funds through different payment methods and such. Redownloads will be available indefinitely.

http://ninten.do/6188wJcyw

(This is for the US, may vary for other regions)

What did you all think? I was definitely not expecting a sequel to Wii Sports. And of course, Xenoblade 3 is huge.

Hate speech and vaccine misinformation has remained up on the forums for 37 minutes now. This needs to be addressed now. This should be your number one priority. A number of good recommendations have been offered in this thread, namely:

1. Addition of forum moderators.

2. Ability for old users to flag posts by new users. A certain number of flags hides that user’s posts and temporarily bans them, pending further review by site staff.

https://www.speedrun.com/the_site/thread/e9ftv/2

Heads up, Freerice has added some new categories (at least on mobile):

Polish Russian Turkish Food waste Ancient history

These are back in stock if anyone is looking for one right now:

http://3dscapture.com/ds/order.html

I stopped seeing ads a little while ago on the Freerice iOS app, so I emailed them to ask why that was. They responded back and said that they have a new sponsor and are no longer relying on ads to pay for rice earned on the mobile version. It looks like there are still ads on the web version, though.

Anyways, I bring this up because this necessitates a rule change. For mobile categories, the rules against adblockers needs to be edited.

I remember seeing it a few months ago but now it’s gone.

What is the url for the web version?

I’m trying to upload a run to YouTube, and it keeps uploading upside down. Even when I changed the original video to upside down to cancel that out, it still uploaded wrong. Any ideas how to fix?

edit: remove now-broken link