New submission guidelines

Hello! Welcome to WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It.

After discussions with runners, we've realised that hardware can make a huge difference to the times on runs, and so those with great emulators will have an advantage on those with PS2 hardware.

The way we've decided to standardise this is by having the speedrun be decided on the in-game timers in the run. You'll still record your time from character selection up until the end of the final match in the story, but this will be recorded more as an extra statistic.
Moderator (me, at the moment!) will verify your in-game times and the added sum of these will be your final run time.

For example, in a WWF Championship run, the times recorded will be:
Time spent in Free Roam;
Time spent for Match 1, 2 and 3.
The time recorded will be the final time shown before the timer disappears.

It would be wonderful if you could record the time spent in each segment, but not to worry if this isn't possible. It just makes it a bit easier on me, and makes it easier for you to see how you compare - for example "oh, I lost 20 seconds in match two" or whatever.

If you've got any questions about the system, don't hesitate to reach out.

Cheers everyone, and have fun going fast.

Tom

Slobber Knocker Guide

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WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It
Slobber Knocker Guide
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==SETUP==
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1. Create a CAW.

2. Follow the glitch listed here to give your CAW maximum ability points, and max all of your abilities to 4: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/469044-wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it/cheats. You may need to fiddle around with it a bit to get it to work. The end result should be all of your stats being at level 2 with a bunch of extra ability points to assign, to which you can upgrade your stats to 4s. 

3. Assign your CAW a moveset. These should consist of a balance of the most powerful, quickest moves in the game. The following moves have been used in runs with success:

- Crossover Clothesline (Running Strike)
- Bubba Cutter (Front Grapple)
- Northern Lights Suplex (Finisher) (this should be a pin)
- Dragon Suplex (Rear Grapple, Finisher)
- Big Splash Pin (Upper Ground Grapple)
- Pin With Bridge (Lower Ground Grapple)
- The Gore (Front Grapple, Finisher)
- Clothesline From Hell (Front Grapple, Finisher)

4. If you're using an emulator, create a save state just before confirming your character in Slobber Knocker. This will make resets easier. 

5. The rules of the run do allow you to change the game difficulty to easy, so if you wish to do so, you can. 

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==MATCH TIPS==
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**__General Elimination Strategy__**

As soon as an opponent enters the ring, immediately run at them and hit them with a crossover clothesline. If you are successful in knocking them down, go for a *normal* pin (grab + down on D-Pad). If you are not successful, attempt one again, attempt a Bubba Cutter and a normal pin, attempt a Dragon Suplex, or use your finisher and perform a normal pin if your opponent is not KO'd. Continue one of these four until the opponent is defeated.

**__Reserve your finishers, but also use them strategically__**

Try to always have finishers in reserve for difficult opponents. I recommend always having exactly 4 finishers in reserve as much as possible, so that at the same time you're building your momentum meter, you're also have a quick backup KO/pin when needed.

Also, keep in mind there are two reasons we assigned the Northern Lights Suplex and/or the Dragon Suplex as our finishers during the setup: a) They can KO opponents almost as effectively as any other quick finishing move (though the Northern Lights Suplex is a little bit slower), and b) it doubles as a pinfall, so if the opponent isn't KO'd by the finish itself, there's a much higher likelihood of securing a quick pinfall victory and not needing to worry about manually initiating a pin attempt.

There is a tradeoff with assigning the Northern Lights Suplex as your front; The Gore is a much quicker move. Basically, depending on what you assign to your front facing finisher, you're either choosing a) more likely, quicker KOs, or b) slightly less likely, slightly slower KOs with an instant pin combo as a backup. You may want to try both to see which finish you prefer. 

Regardless, I highly suggest using the Dragon Suplex back grapple as your second finisher. After testing using the Big Splash Pin as a second finish, it wasn't worth the possibility of having someone in a groggy state waiting to take a finish, but not getting a finisher off in time because you're wasting time trying to get in the right position. 

If you need to pick an opponent up to use a finish, double tap grab to get to his back; the dragon suplex is quicker than the northern lights suplex.

**__Use normal pins when your opponent is grounded__**

I specifically recommend assigning the Big Splash Pin and the Pin With Bridge moves to your top and bottom grapple slots respectively, but I also recommend avoid using them when possible. These moves are assigned to deter from time losses associated with accidentally performing a ground grapple instead of a pin fall. Ground grapples are easier to reverse and easier to kick out of than pins, thus should be avoided, but if you happen to accidentally do a ground grapple instead of a pin, you'll at least have moves that lead into a pin assigned to your ground grapples. 

**__Push your eliminated opponents towards the closest exit of the ring__**

This is a minor time save, but it is a time save that can accumulate over time.

Once you've KO'd or pinned your opponent, immediately start walking into them and pushing them in the direction of the nearest set of ropes so they exit quicker. This will help your next opponent come in a bit quicker and save you a slight amount of time. 

**__Opponent stuck in the corner?__**

If this happens, they're most likely facing the corner with their back turned to you. There are two things you can do here:

- Continue performing a crossover clothesline on them until they fall or otherwise exit the corner. If they fall, attempt a pin. If they don't, do your finish or attempt a Bubba Cutter or Dragon Suplex.
- Do a Fake Irish Whip to Back Elbow (irish whip the opponent, then immediately start spamming your strike button), and follow up with another move (a finisher would be ideal at this point).

**__Keep doing math during your run__**

You have 10 minutes in Slobber Knocker mode to defeat as many opponents as you can. You can also think of this as a series of ten 1-minute segments. If you're targeting a certain score, you can count how many opponents you're defeating a minute and use that as a baseline to determine whether you'll meet your goal or if you should potentially reset.

For example, if I have a goal of getting a final score of 80, I should be defeating 8 opponents every minute (8 opponents * 10 minutes = 80 opponents). If I have a goal of 77, then I should shoot for 8 opponents every minute, but I can also afford 3 1-minute segments of defeating 7 opponents. (8 opponents * 7 minutes = 56 opponents defeated in 7 minutes; 7 opponents * 3 minutes = 21 opponents defeated in 3 minutes; 56 + 21 = 77 opponents defeated in 10 minutes).

If you're able to keep mathematical track of how many opponents you defeat per minute (or per 30 second period or 15 second period, etc.), you'll be able to tell much earlier and much more accurately whether or not you're on track to meeting your goal, close to being on track to meet your goal, or to reset. 

**__Get good RNG!__**

Nothing else to say about that.

WWF Championship%

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WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It
WWF Championship%
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==SETUP==

1. Create a male CAW.

2. Follow the glitch listed here to give your CAW maximum ability points, and max all of your abilities to 4: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/469044-wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it/cheats. You may need to fiddle around with it a bit to get it to work. The end result should be all of your stats being at level 2 with a bunch of extra ability points to assign, to which you can upgrade your stats to 4s. 

3. Assign your CAW a moveset. These should consist of a balance of the most powerful, quickest moves in the game. The following moves have been used in runs with success:

- Crossover Clothesline (Running Strike)
- Bubba Cutter (Front Grapple)
- The Gore (Standing Grapple, Finisher)
- Clothesline From Hell (Finisher)
- Big Splash Pin (Upper Ground Grapple)
- Pin With Bridge (Lower Ground Grapple)

Your best bet in matches is to spam the Crossover Clothesline and the Bubba Cutter in particular; these do extraordinary damage to your opponent, and can lead to a pinfall victory even when your opponent is not in a KO'd animation.

4. Go into Story Mode, and enter your CAW into story mode.

==RUN==

1. Select your CAW and begin the story. Spam and continue your X and Start buttons/assigned keys until you've skipped through the Vince dialogue, the RAW intros, and the first dialogue option during your first opponent's promo.

2. After your CAW cuts his promo and goes backstage, start holding the Up D-Pad button. This will make you start going forward as the backstage free roam begins. Turn right to go down the flight of stairs, and enter the first hallway on your right. Once the hallway loads, go all the way to the end, and go right at the end of the hallway to enter the parking lot. Start spamming the X and Start button to skip the Vince dialogue.

3. Spam the X button when the match screen appears to begin your first match. Spam the start button thereafter until you've skipped both entrances. Defeat your first opponent in as short of time as possible.

4. After defeating your opponent, spam X and Start until the cutscene of your opponent returning backstage skips. After this, you'll be presented with two dialogues. The default option for both of these dialogues is "no." Spam X to select "no" for the first dialogue (asking if you want to save). Select "yes" for the second dialogue (asking if you want to continue the story) -- bear in mind this will require you to hit left before selecting the X button on the second dialogue. 

5. After continuing, spam X and Start to skip your second opponent's entrance. You can now continue to spam X to advance your second opponent's dialogue and to appear on stage. Once the screen starts fading to black (or before it does), start spamming X and Start to skip the SmackDown intros. Once they are skipped, start spamming X again to skip through your dialogue. 

6. Spam X on the match screen, and spam the Start button to skip through the entrances. Defeat your opponent as quickly as possible. Keep in mind there are no count outs as this is a Street Fight.

7. Spam X and Start to skip through all of the WWF Champion's cutscenes. Spam X on the match screen to begin the Last Man Standing match, and spam Start to skip the entrances. Defeat your opponent as quickly as possible.

Name	Author
New submission guidelines	TomEWylde 4 years ago
Slobber Knocker Guide	SunnySydeRamsay 3 years ago
WWF Championship%	SunnySydeRamsay 4 years ago