We have decided that all future runs will require game audio in order to be verified.

This is done for a few reasons: First of all, it is easier to notice spliced video when there is game audio present. Also, some emulators enable trickery to change how the game plays, but they tend to mess up the sound as a side effect.

And as a side note, It's more entertaining to watch runs with sound.

This change will not affect any runs already approved OR submitted before this rule change (march 7, 2022).

Good luck and go fast!

While punching, hold jump and walk back at the same time(hold jump + S). Start jumping and walking back while the punching animation starts.

Yes its that simple

You're welcome

(I could make a video showing it, but honestly its so simple you should just try it)

So this is how I understood the rules so far: The beginning of the run starts at first frame of loading screen after pressing new game. The run ends at last frame of mission complete screen of the final mission. are we changing this? I just got a little confused about the Mod comment on Weengell's 34:57 (Incredible BTW)

The category should have 3 requirements: a. defeat all Prisoners b. collect all exotic Spiders c. defeat Doc Oc and see the credits. We can call it either 100% or "all spiders & Prisoners".

I just think it will be pretty fun to have a longer category that shows more of the game. I'm currently figuring out the route, based on this ign article that shows all spiders and prisoners: https://www.ign.com/faqs/2004/spider-man-2-walkthrough-557674

What do you guys think?

Edit: turns out the IGN articale does not contain all spiders and prisoners inside missions, like the bank or mysterio's world. I'm down for doing a search across the entire game and finding them if you guys are

Edit 2: This guy, "Sonic_Exe231", made videos showing all spiders and inmates: his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoffm5XOA19gdJiWr4xZmMQ All Inmates: All Spiders: (thanks to Bokijack for sending me this channel)

If you know Puma building skip, just watch the second video.

So, regular Puma skip works like this: you run in the building, get close to puma, the jump up ahead of him, which confuses the game, Puma doesn't climb up the building, and you can go down and quickly finish him. demonstration of regular Puma skip: now, here is the interesting bit: sometimes Puma gets stuck in the large chamber in the building. If he does, it allows you to a. beat him very quickly b. after beating him and quitting to main menu (skipping the cutscene), when you reload the save, you appear next to the sign to the next area, allowing you to continue much quicker. Demonstration:

executing it correctly can save up to half a minute from regular Puma skip. I had this happen 3 times, only this once while recording. I don't know if its RNG based or if it can be influenced by the player. maybe if you nudge Puma to side just the right way?

Edit: Video links

What program/Media player allows me to go through the video frame by frame and shows precise time?

Lets say I discovered a consistent setup for a hard and inconsistent trick. ethically speaking, is it fine to keep it a secret until I use it in a run?

should I reveal and explain it immediately? what's the consensus about this? I know speedrunning is a group effort, so is it fair to hold back info for a while?

If I (while streaming ) break my PB, should I submit it? should I just upload one really good run I'm happy with every once in a while?

Is it really better if I have multiple runs on my account to establish reputation?

What do you guys do?

On my version of the game, the cash vault is full of "boxes" of cash. my old version of the game had the same thing(old version was original DVD, new version is ROM from the internet). All the runs on the leaderboard contain an empty cash vault. what is going on? will my runs be accepted even if they contain a full cash vault? should I get a different version of the game?