No vid no did. No, more seriously I think the idea of not allowed run without video under a certain time is a good idea because I think when you are a top level runners you should be able to get everything you need to be one (buy a capture card and get the fastest version) this is what I did when I started to play on Wii U and I think people should do that after they see they are losing time because of the emulator lags. And for caming back on the thread "disallowing emulators" I think we should not allowed them on a under a certain time or even hidden or banning them (this is what they did on most game where emulator is not accurate) because the emulator is not an official platforms and have a thing called "record movie" so even if emulator runner have a video, you can't see if it's cheated or not.

Earlier today, I’ve been trying to see what factor cause the RNG to change before entering World 1-2 by using RAM Addresses from TASVideos and here's what I have concluded.

The RNG is changed when :

• Reseting the game (turning off your console) [Quitting the game or doing Input Reset doesn’t affect the RNG]
• The intro custcene is running while on the menu
• Selecting Mini-Game
• Starting a New Game (RNG can change +600 times due to the intro cutscene)
• Starting a Level
• Making a Double Jump
• Making a Wall Jump
• Breaking a Block with Big Mario
• Walking and doing Ground Pound with the Giant Mushroom
• Throwing a Koopa Shell (not kicking)
• Changing Screen (going on the underground for example)
• Fireworks

• For some reasons in World 1-2, the RNG change all the time even if you do nothing, but it don't impact the Power-Up in the Red Block because the Power-Up in the Red Block is defined after finishing World 1-1.

So with these results, I don’t think we can be able to Manipulate the RNG for having the Blue Shell 100% of the time because of the number of factors, unless you’re doing my strat with the SaveStates but I hope it will allow people to understand how the RNG works in this game.