I think there's a lot of runs not showing up on this leaderboard: https://www.speedrun.com/bh2

The statistics page says there's 285 runs, but I can't find a lot of them, probably because the rules / categories have changed.

Is there a way to get a link to every run?

I tried using the API but my coding is bad so I'm having trouble. I found this link through the api, but it doesn't really help https://www.speedrun.com/bh2/run/y6we81z

Speedrun.com is in limbo regarding whether they want to support high scores or not, so in the meantime, I've created a manual high score leaderboard here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DepBIciwqc0ic_OWoyzAuKPyMdCvQ6QvZ-qkqXr1F-s/edit?usp=sharing

This leaderboard is completely curated by me. It specifically excludes players I believe cheated. If you want your scores on this leaderboard, you can PM me on discord (or really anywhere) and I will add them.

I'm considering the idea of submitting this game for a GDQ, so do you guys have any thoughts on categories that could be good? Or any thoughts overall?

Here's some categories I've thought about:

Any% heavenly cheats - shortest run, fast paced, heavy on RNG, bosses are pretty much all skipped, many waves skipped with powerups

Any% heavenly no cheats - on the longer side, but has a lot of variety

Any% heavenly no cheats all bosses - similar to no cheats except with twice the bosses

NG+ boss rush no cheats - Arbitrary, only features bosses, short run

Any% heavenly no cheats no damage - Arbitrary, weird, adds suspense, longer run, not very marathon safe

Any% heavenly all 3 stars - IDK about this category, might be worth a test run to gather my thoughts

Overall, I'm concerned with length, repetitiveness, lack of unique situations, and potentially computer problems that could ruin the responsiveness of the game.

Still though, there's a number of reasons why it could work too, so I don't know if I'd rule it out without a bit of thought.

I'm not super happy with any of the categories in particular, but I'm still giving it some consideration

Don't you think there should be some decision making process for deciding mods?

Sure, choosing the first mod that way is fine, but what if that person doesn't do a good job moderating? What if they don't want any other mods so that they get to make all the rules regardless of what everyone else thinks?

This is a big concern I have with this site as a whole. Rules for games, leaderboard layout, and run verification all need to be done by the players that actually play the game, and be decided by the community as a whole, not by the person who creates the leaderboard first.

There should be some way a community can say "Hey, we don't want this person to be the only mod, instead we want this/these people to be a mod".

The "talk to the current moderator" system doesn't work well if that moderator doesn't agree with you / the community. If that's the case, then the leaderboard is run by a tyrant instead of a moderator.

There needs to be some kind of merit behind mods or democratic process to decide mods after the first.

Why is there still no thread / submission form for this to be done?

It could be based on run times, experience with the game, community vote, etc. Anything would be better than how it is now where it's solely up to the discretion of the first mod for that game

hey i have some extremely good time trial times from when i used to play this game a lot, and i was wondering how good they really are.

i saw someone link this site: http://www.cyberscore.me.uk/game/228 but the times on this site are quite literally impossible. i know how to snake perfectly and my times just cant be beaten by 15 seconds like this website claims. are these not time trial times? where can i find the current WR's for time trials?

or is there some new technique that i'm not aware of?

The end of summer and the start of college is once again soon, so I am going to stop doing runs of Rogue Legacy.

I'm still always down to race, so feel free to message me if you want to race. My contact info is in my guide under the contact us section.

I might still work on my guide a bit, but no promises. I'll also post the suggestion page for it soon so others can contribute as well.

Good luck to anyone running this game!

Rules should be updated to have time end when you go in the door after killing the fountain.

The goal is any%, not defeat the fountain. The game is not over and the credits do not roll until you go in the door.

Edit: (read post below (don't change timing yet))