BrazilExceptions don't make it ok for it to be the way that it is and tbh you say it's only "aesthetic" because you're not affected by the current situation. Filters are not a board, they are just a mask to hide the problem, they don't change the boards, they are still the same. Like I said once on the thread, PC players only realize there should be a Console board when PC is at a forced disadvantage, just like it was with Elden Ring with the console only skips, you only see it when you're at the other side for a change.
It's easier to unite, because we can see the run more clearly and more objectively. The fastest console run is similar to the fastest PC run? Yes, but it's still a grindfest of a route that if I'm gonna be honest, PC isn't really affected by, you guys have gadget, you can get practice runs literally all the time, it's hard for us to even practice the run. That's what I mean about finding ways to play that suit us, we can try to reroute the game, channels of discussions can be a thread on discord that we create to talk about. The board is dismissive of console runs since always, man. It's always the same demand answer when every time there's new people bringing this up and I'm always trying to jump on the wagon to show more numbers about this but the answer remains the same, there's 30 active players to the game and on this thread alone 3 people that said that a console category would make them more comfortable to run, that's already a 10% increase.
The reason we are discouraged from running a game by not having a board is because we're being denied part of the fun of being in the board. Filtering doesn't change that, because it's just a filter, it's just hides the other runs and we are still forced with disadvantages the whole way through. We can't downpatch, we can't properly practice because with the current main route it's a grind to even make save files, we have to split manually to keep track of what we're doing and compare, we have less strats(therefore literally a forced slower run that can never compete), the list probably way longer than these examples. About the hardware disadvantages that did not receive splits, I remember that just as in ER we're here since message one on this thread asking for the bare minimum: "Console" board. Nothing else. I didn't touch ER in months because FromSoft kept patching everything we found that it was viable, glitchless tech included, which is not a problem with this game.
It's always about "demand' but the demand resurfaces every time, with new and old people talking, and it stays the same, but to be completely honest we shouldn't even need to ask about the bare minimum of fairness. It's one extra button in the board that's not gonna harm anyone nor generate "clutter", bigger games with more people and runs to manage have this very basic option.
Exactly, we aren't competing against anyone, which is one of the fun things about having a leaderboard, competing with your peers. It won't change the game but it can change how people play, take Sekiro as an example, we have different strats for console because of the way the hardware works, they are minor changes to the run because the game is way more linear, but still. The leaderboards are a way for people to gather and unite, how many people showed up in the discord saying "hey I've been watching the run on the board..." or something similar? If a console player wants to run the game, they'll be able to easily find their peers, learn what they came up with and go from there instead of being discouraged by several "oh you have to downpatch to do that" or "you can't do that on console because x, y and z"
I think Console boards would make all the games more accessible, more players could be interested in running the game if they know they will compete against peers instead of being pushed down the board for stuff they can't even do. PC runners have access to gadget to drop items, autosplitter and numerous other advantages, console runs could have been an entire different run if it had it's board separate because people would come together to find different ways to achieve the same goals.
I would run this game if it had a console board, tbh. It would just overall be more fair, Elden Ring has small activity because of the patches killing every run people try to do besides glitchless, and if I'm being completely honest there only seems to be a want for a console board when PC is at disadvantage somehow like it was back when Godfrey Skip was next to impossible on PC but easy on Console due to load times. 13% may look small but heck, there are entire boards in this website with less runs that 12 or 22. I think the community would only gain accessibility and more diversity in strats if we had a Console board. I'm giving my 2 cents because even tho I'm not a runner of the game, this is literally the only thing that keeps me away from running DSR
Yes, it is well known, some categories even use that method of killing him. It makes your run invalid if he does that in glitchless tho, even if you don't do it on purpose
It's more of a exploit of how the game works, you're not breaking anything intended by the devs, just abusing an oversight where if Sekiro is not directly looking at them, they won't block you
It's not optimal, but if you also have a PC, you can use Remote Play to stream the game to it and capture your screen using a recording software like OBS.
If you face latency issues with that method that prevent you from playing your best, create a second PSN account and use that one to log into Remote Play, that way you can be directly connected to the PS5 while the game image is still being streamed to your PC. I think you can find some tutorials on youtube on how to set that up if you can't figure it out how to do it
IRRC it's about the distance you get from him and how long you wait before you start moving again to get closer.
Did you exhaust his dialogue on the tower?
In BB, you can quitout and go, just don't take like an hour to come back and you'll be fine
It is somewhat common in Speedrun communities to get a run submitted and verified on the same day cause the mods watch the stream, I had a run verified in an hour because the mod was watching me play as I did it too. The game has seen quite a bit of trafic, it's normal that it takes a while, just wait a bit
There's another one on the castle when you shoot the brazier to light the other ones and open up the wall, after you light both of the braziers, there's a checkpoint, restart and the wall will be open
The difference from casual to standard is 1 more shot in like 1 or 2 bosses, that's barely 10 seconds of difference
