It is possible. Unfortunately i've been busy a lot these months so a couple new moderators would be appreciated.

While we're at this, I'd like to share some thoughts: I'd definitely like to get rid of the all coins category since that was made to make the game more "fair" becase we in the beginning had no idea how to spawn the feudal lord, but now I understand a true any% would also include that and possibly all coins should be eventually merged into any% or a misc category.

It would be awesome to actually understand how to spawn the feudal lord but whatever.

As a suggestion, put them over your webcam.

Is the best possible time always 4:35.034? Whatever I do I always seem to get the same time to the frame lol

Hello y'all just to let you know, so we're all in the same page.

I'm taking as first frame for reference, the very first frame after pressing the start on the title screen (usually that screen looks like garbage and has not loaded the "FORMATION-Z" screen yet, one frame before that.

As last frame I'm taking the first frame where "CONGRATULATON" appears. I'm timing each of the runs like that to the milisecond with avidemux. I still have to time a couple runs, including mine.

Also congratulations @Destroerwow, no idea the game could be taken that far!

I can make a different category if there are significant differences between the runs.

I like all the changes, thank you for the work.

@junkyard_dave: I deleted my post because I realised that this is not the place to address a personal issue, or to try to defend from an unfounded accusation, but since you're trying to bait me, I guess I'm here again. Also please don't be shameless, we do know who you're talking about, are you kidding me? I don't care about which games you, or whoever mods here, and I know how to separate speedrunning from personal issues, just as I believe you do.

Anyways, I'm out

Rounding up doesn't make justice to the speedrun, imho, maybe it would be a good idea to add ms to the run at least if it's the WR, but that's up to you guys, just a small opinion.

About dying in the last boss, I've tried it, there is no way to die after beating the boss, the game just "ends" faster.

In fact, murph says that's the way to end the game in his speedrun. I'll test it a lot next time I stream and make a highlight out of it.

So, it turns out that the rules state that the timing is from gain of control, to last hit on the boss, a couple things about this:

Murphagator has used SDA rules to time his run, that gave him a 14:13.

If we use the timing method that's on the rules, his time would be a 14:12.786, according to what I could retime with avidemux on his youtube video.

I've also noticed that if you fall on the pit, that makes the game "end" faster, or lose control of the character faster. Was the "last hit on final boss" made to "shortcut" this?

Chill, man. People are trying to be reasonable with you and find a solution. You're new to the NES community. I'm not saying I'm a veteran and should have the right to say that, but you should stop being this aggressive, nobody likes that.

And yes, like Beerful, I agree in many things you said having inconsistent and "hidden" rules is a big mistake that should be avoided.

It's difficult to determine since both of your frame rates are different, and I can't exactly see the time when whitehat's Sabretooth disappears, because he's still in for 1 more pixel in the last frame he dies, for this reason I used a different timing method, took as the point A the moment when the words Level 01 leave the screen, and as point B, the moment when wolverine's face leaves the screen.

Results using avidemux, with THESE points (NOT USING official time rules) Whitehat: 6:31.291 Overswarm: 6:31.300

I think having a world record without a video on a site where it's possible to do so is a really bad idea.

You're preventing people who didn't watch him live from seeing what he did to get that world record, the strats he used and how they can improve to get somehow closer to that run.

Also mods are answering to reasonable concerns in an agressive manner.

The youtube excuse doesn't make sense since you can also upload videos to twitch, and there are no claims there.

"and saying they have the skills to do it again after all the attempts they did to get there can come off as insulting and discouraging."

How? Please explain how this can be insulting and discouraging, I think it's exactly the opposite. Getting recognition as a skilled player is insulting for you? He got up there because he has the skill to do so, and no one is questioning that.

Please keep in mind just one simple thing: the category requires the game to be run on Easy difficulty, and there's no way for the person who verified the run or to any other viewer to confirm the run was made on Easy, if he loads a savestate from the beginning of the first match, skipping all the menuing before.

I'd like to say @DAIKON, please don't feel discouraged from running the game and submitting a new run that complies with the rules. I can understand that this rule has not been written explicitly like people have said up there, but that doesn't mean it should be allowed, same happens with turbo.

It's like, and I'll bring a really dumb and exaggerated example just to make it clear, you weren't allowed to have your own gun, and you're using it to reset the console. You can say, "I'm not killing anyone with this gun, I'm not doing anything wrong", but still the rules are there.

It's also OK if you didn't know that's something not allowed, not everyone has to know everything, and that's nothing to be embarrased of. That's completely OK and no one is pointing you with the "cheater" finger.

I also think that the "witch hunt" kind of comments don't help at all. It's not a witch hunt. It's something that shouldn't be there, it's running the game from a savestate every time. Please don't be unreasonable.

My suggestions would be:

• Try to move your setup in a way that you can reset the button at least with your toe, that's what I do when I'm using an original cartridge, or not joking or trying to be funny with you, get a long stick to reset. IIRC that's what vidtendo does or at least used to do.

• Get a Powerpak, these allow you to reset the game from a menu, and still this thread makes me wonder if that's something that should be allowed, I've read that it emulates the console soft reset in a tas wiki, but I'd like to hear opinions about it too.

Again, don't get discouraged!

@jeremyarroyo: your accusations don't help at all, and I really don't think they're true.

Rottdawg's method of starting the timer on the explosion with a -7.25 delay is the best imo. I've been using that for ages and it works well.

Simple question:

Why does the privacy policy link in the "about" page links to Twitch's privacy policy?

I've read the Twitch privacy policy and I understand that if a page links there, it should be because it's operated by Twitch, or a Twitch Service. Is that the case of this page?

Is there any plans that this page has its own privacy policy?

Yes this happens to me too, there's nothing to worry about.

I was told the reason of the "stop the timer on uncorking" was because that's how they did it in japan. That doesn't make much sense to me since RTA is normally on last input, isn't it? Your last input is going through the door.

Hello, Zen the Intergalactic Ninja (NES) mod here:

I think the GB version should have a different leaderboard as they're completely different games.

Or at least that's what I've seen with other games (Batman for example, or DuckTales). Games in both systems have nothing to do with each other, they just share the name.