I've already posted in the Discord about this, but I feel it's important to post about it here as well.

Starting Monday July 18, 2016, any and all modifications of the UNDERTALE folder's files, including those other than data.win (but with the exception of the deletion of steam.api) will be officially disallowed in speedruns. Submitted runs with any alterations at all to visual components and/or in-game audio will be rejected.

Myself and others have come to the realization that the original "decision" to allow game file modifications in speedruns was hastily made. In fact, there wasn't much of a decision at all. Runners used them and submitted runs with them, and verifiers at the time didn't think much of it. For this, we are at fault.

The undeniable truth here is, modifications CAN be used to obtain an unfair advantage over other runners; the potential lies therein for somebody to gain time by modifying their game (examples including coloring sprites to make them easier to see, modding music for the purpose of being able to perfectly time tricks like PCE's, etc). And the potential for such, along with the gray area involved concerning what is advantageous/inconsequential to the speedrun (as well as the fact that people in the future may not be 100% honest with regards to their intents), warrants banning any and all modifications of the game's files in order to preserve integrity and prevent future runners from potentially gaining an unfair advantage.

We are not accusing anybody of anything here. If you used game modifications in the past, we are NOT calling you out. We're aware this is going to make some of you unhappy, and believe me when I say we sympathize with you. But we ultimately believe it's for the greater good of the Undertale Speedrun Community, and its future, to return to our original standard of all runners playing the same game as intended, with zero modifications, as if the game was just bought and played.

Be aware that current runs on the leaderboards using modified files will NOT be removed, out of fairness to those who used them when they were legal. (Since these runs were ultimately accepted by a verifier, file modifications in these runs are deemed to be inconsequential.)

If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message.

-TGH

Hi everyone,

Tournament signups are complete! We have a full field of 32 runners.

The tournament bracket can be found here: http://challonge.com/undertaletourney

CURRENT DEADLINE (Round 2 Matches): August 7, 11:59pm Eastern

TOURNAMENT INFO (Participants, please read carefully!)

-Runs will be Any% (Neutral Ending). (Runners can opt to run Glitchless if they choose)

-Tournament format is Double Elimination. Everyone starts in Bracket 1. If you lose a match you move to Bracket 2. If you lose in Bracket 2, you are eliminated from the tournament. A runner must lose twice to be eliminated, and runners can potentially reach the Grand Final match even if they lose once.

-Runners will have until a certain date and time to arrange and complete their matches with their competitor for every round. If the deadline isn't met, a disqualification(s) may take place as to not stall the progression of the tournament. (See the top of this post for the current deadline!)

-Runners MUST stream, and use SpeedRunsLive, for all races. This is to keep track of race results. If you don't have an SRL account, make one ASAP. Instructions on how to create/use an account can be found on the FAQ page on SpeedRunsLive.com. I personally recommend using LiveSplit's "Races" functionality and IRC client to access SRL, it's really easy and will make things a lot simpler. (I will also recommend, for the sake of the best racing experience, that runners compare split times to their competitors using the "Comparisons" feature. This will give runners a great idea of where they stand in relation to their competitors throughout the race. But this is up to the runners.)

-Technical problems, such as streaming issues, that interfere with the normal completion of races will be dealt with accordingly, and on a case-by-case basis.

-If you don't have fun.....ya banned kid.

Let's have fun with this guys! It's gonna be a great tournament. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me.

-TGH