I've gone ahead and created a discord and added it to the series page after a user requested one. I've also requested a site mod to add me as a series mod to all the games so I can consolidate formatting. speedrun.com/acecombat now links to the series page (the search function is very wonky for me, so this should help getting here faster).
I've set up a text channel for each game. If anyone has suggestions on how to better format the discord I'm welcoming of suggestions.
This game doesn't really have definitive paths, the endings are flexible based on how you played and what you did. So I think 'any%' suffices for just completing the game in the quickest manner possible. But since being a magic girl is such an important thing in the game I like having a category that requires you to become one.
If anyone else has any thoughts on timing, categories ect, please let me know so we can discuss.
Is there any way to access the video link to a run? Embedding for youtube videos does not work for me so I can't see the videos for any runs from youtube, but I still would like to watch them so I find it unfortunate the link to the video is not posted on the page for the specific run.
I know this game is pretty dead, and the only category every competed on is crunch%, but I wanted to discuss the timing for anyone who comes along.
For crunch% it should just be kept simple, stick to in game time, so timing starts with gaining control and ends with losing control.
For the other 2 categories I'm fine with taking time of hard reset to completion, timed in real time.