North Yorkshire, EnglandThat's exactly how I've been doing it to.! Haha yeah I'm up for the challenge. Whoever gets the quickest time technically gets the 1.16.100 world record
That's the only way to stop it updating unless you pause and delete the update every time you open the game. Unfortunately it's all too late for most people now. Rip console speedruns.
If you're running on 1.16.100 it's suddenly become alot harder as the pearl trades have been nerfed. Killing endermen in warped forest is probably the quickest way you'll get enough pearls now. Don't worry about your first pb time either finishing a run will give you more confidence going forward. Lots of helpful guides on here to so use them. Good luck with the runs.
I read the changelog PS4 updated regardless.
What version are you on?
Definitely something to think about then. But how many would get onboard/be willing to update to 1.16.100? We'd need a good host too. (Not me lol)
It's definitely a grind to get a good time so much rng especially now but a tournament with pre picked seeds would definitely be possible.( Maybe not organised by me though haha) Problem would be getting the top runners on board as in the interest of fairness it would have to be played on the same version. I found bigdorsey78 on twitch going for the ssg top ten and he recently managed to do it after a grind. You and him are exactly the type of people we want to encourage to continue trying though hence why some kind of incentive to continue is needed. Like I said in my initial post I'm trying to motivate myself to continue too.
Lots of good points there lagissad I think the mods do a great job btw and I'd love to hear their thoughts about how we can still keep growing as a community after this latest update. Since I joined the submitted runs on console rsg any% glitchless category has increased by almost 50% from 40 to close to 60 and that's in only two months. My worries are unless we do something to change it to make it competitive then the growth will just stop. The most unfortunate thing about this update is the fact that on console it's not a 'mandatory' update if you know how or were aware of the tricks to stop it. We could do a speedrun tournament akin to what's happening on Java atm but it would be undoubtedly won by someone playing on a version before 1.16.100 because they do have a bigger advantage.( When it comes to pearl trades) Yes there's still other categories to chase down such as obtain items ect that don't rely on pearl trades but most people come into speed running wanting to do either rsg or ssg full game runs and probably won't be happy with chopping down different types of trees as an alternative. My idea to wipe the 'latest version' leaderboard board clean each update isn't a great idea I know but Its at least an idea to build off to keep people interested rather than just staying as we are now. Even a simple text record like the verification leaderboard could be used to keep records of top 1-10 per version. I'm torn by the whole thing tbh and I was simply trying to find a middle ground idea between splitting the leaderboard into different versions ( 1.14 ..1.16 . Ect )and leaving it as is. I don't want to cause arguements or upset anyone by this idea btw I simply want the community to keep expanding in a fair way for new runners.
My point exactly flexo88 No new runners are going to compete knowing that but if we can't split it into 1.14 , 1.16 , 1.17 ect then a latest version leaderboard would be at least something to keep people interested. I find new people all the time streaming console speedruns and I always point them this way in the hope to make the community bigger.
So after my PS4 downloaded the dreaded 1.16.100 even though automatic updates were turned off I've been trying to figure out a way of motivating myself to continue the runs. So....How about this as an idea.? We keep the overall leaderboard as is. any new times and pbs will be added to it but we also have a 'latest version' leaderboard. The leaderboard would obviously be wiped clean every update but it still gives new players and people who updated a chance to compete. This is still a fresh thought so there's bound to be an obvious flaw but I'd like to hear people thoughts.
Whilst I agree a sub 30 is still possible on 1.16.100 the chances of getting a sub 30 run have been halved compared to the previous version. Just means more grind and even less completable runs. not appealing to new runners.
Personally I think if we don't have a split after 1.16.100 or at the latest 1.17 not many new runners will be encouraged to try. Why would you want to compete against someone who could get 16 pearls from two trades when you can only get 8? I play console and I'd be very happy to see a split.
