Hey! Is there any reason why we start the timing from reset and not from file select? Those extra 50 seconds are long when multiplied with like 1000...

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The difference between reset and file select is only about 8 seconds, and you'd have to watch the intro either way.

Aside from the fact that it's been this way for a long time, starting from power-on / reset eliminates the possibility of people using gameshark / everdrive / other external factors to cheat runs.

Just remove the intro using gameshark, but keep the stars as they are, that's not very hard. Crabshack, how can a game be cheated with gs/everdrive if a certain code is used? Eventually, timing from pipe could be something. I know someone discussed that earlier. I mean, I have waited around 28 hours for the intro already, and more people have probably waited longer, and it's just so pointless..

i love reading these threads

you should probably be resetting less anyways, how have you watched 28 hours of intro already? but yea, were not going to switch to a timing method that requires using cheat codes to skip the intro

If you are complaining about resetting in SM64, so you don't know MM's runners. Go watch their 20min intro and come back again to apologize, thx <3