"No 30 Lives Code" Should be selfexplanatory: Its called any% for the vast majority of us.

"Loop 2..." Refer to https://www.speedrun.com/ghosts_n_goblins but I'd argue "2 loops would suffice. Although they also specify for NES which is interesting as that brings us to...

"Any%" What happened here? It doesnt specify in the rules that its for ColecoVision at all, clearly thats what you intend with it judged by the 1 run up there though.. But the main category should act as a sub-category and not a category on its own. https://www.speedrun.com/sm64#1_Star Notice the Subcategories under the actual categories? the N64/VC/EMU ? This game should make use of NES and I assume CV for ColeccoVision..

Those are my main gripes just looking in on this board atm. I'm studying NES shmups chronologically released for the system on my down time as a means to discover new titles. That lead me here and... ya.. There's alot to straighten out when it comes to organizing with categories and rules here.

My two cents

On the flipside, I've had to change a runner submissions initial comment because it directly adressed and disrespected another mod on the board.

30 lives codes doesnt belong in speedrunning, they exist for casuals

https://www.speedrun.com/gyruss I dunno why this one directs me here instead of the main game page? Spec given the fact that there's no such thing as IL categories for this game?

I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, its been well over 2y. Nobody but Czar went ahead making and running the 30 lives misc. He recently returned with an improved any% time that's faster than his misc time. Why is it still a thing? You don't see a much more popularized game like Contra https://www.speedrun.com/contra allowing for such a thing, I dont see a point in Life Force doing so.

My two cents

@Habreno I did mention him in a tweet I made 3 days ago without any response so there's also that. Likewise I dunno if this is a thing or not, but I didn't get a notification that you pinged me in here, I just caught that randomly when I decided to check the thread myself. Site bug?

So I have the dilemma of running games across multiple systems, but I'd still like to know when I hit that sweet cap of 50 NES speedruns. Is it entirely out of question to not just load in all games in your profile as standalone runs, but rather sorted by system category upon you just click each system individually to expand and show said runs and/or an indication by number for how many runs you have for each system.

I am requesting mod for https://www.speedrun.com/abadox Moderators have been inactive on SRC for over +1y and 2 months respectively and is not responding to social media. I have runs pending.

At the end of the day, one of our FullMods did already respond in the thread regarding its initial purpose of potentially adding a feature to the site itself. I believe that should settle the immediate purpose of the thread.

There's no downside, but there's also no need. You have the option to include your twitch/twitter at your SRC profile, those sites are more personal and made for things like that compared to SRC which mainly serves as a hub to access information on game records. As much as you don't see the downside of including it, I don't see the need of doing so here when there's better options. Chances are that if you have an SRC account, you very much in all likelihood have a twitch account, which is more suited for sharing personal information about said individual through your channel information. Or simply just get to know said runner through interacting generally.

So whilst there's no such thing as a wrong in having it adressed here, there' no real need either given the nature of a streamer for speedruns and where else they can go about being personal. My two cents ofc. This is very clearly a passion driven topic, more so for some than it is for others, I doubt everyone will see eye to eye on the matter.

isn't this place for speedruns mainly? You have plenty other options to fill in additional personal information and share with the world about yourself. Such as facebook, twitter, twitch or whatnot.

Discussed this with @Sathdresh since he seemingly had given this a blessing without me knowing. One of the reasons I shot this down initially was due to the practical issue that comes with having to deal with multiple systems and making it fair for everyone.

Ofc on a personal level, I don't condone to these types of categories in the first place, but if one must: I strongly suggest to stick to the NES trilogy ONLY as to lessen the headaches for everyone involved.

Its usually common practice for mods to at least add world records like that if users themselves doesn't. Specifically through history, there's been alot of japanese runners for instance, without SRC presence. As such: Mods usually keeps tabs on a TRUE WR for said game and just adds it themselves so people have something to go on.

same

no, just no.. If you wanna rewind games, enjoy your casual gaming. It does not and will not ever belong to speedrunning.

Edit: https://www.speedrun.com/kss/thread/zncme This is the link he meant to post....

Request to be made super mod for https://www.speedrun.com/the_mask as the other boy haven't been signing in on SRC for 2 months.

To make things easier on moderators end as well as runners to determine when to end timer, final frame will be the first frame of seeing The Mask initiating the scripted slide animation once final boss is defeated. Starting frame will be on first frame once the title menu starts darkening after start is picked.

All current submissions will be re-timed to accompany this change and the rules will get updated this week.

Edit: Done

at the very least for a speedrunner today: It should be common to have twitch and youtube setup for stream attempts and backup uploads for your vods, discord being the universally best software today for direct communication. There's your tools right there. I don't endorse facebook/twitter as a norm for everyone to have by any means, society generally have gone a bit mad comes both of them. On the other hand: Email is dated compared to instant messaging and should only be used for actual business today rather than a prime means of communication imo.

@spyriel Then I would suggest once you hopefully accept the seat of super mod in the near future. You may as well give OliKad a chance to prove himself as well. He has at the very least proven to be fairly outspoken within the community and is showing interest and care from what I can tell. I'd be happy to help out if needed, I certainly will however not advocate SRC staff to mod me as of today since I do not yet have a run up for this game yet. Do not fret however, with everything that's going down at the moment, I will move Power Blade learning up on my schedule and legitimately join that position in the future, if you would have me.

I know you hate the guy because he called you out on nonsense in the past, your judgement is clouded with emotion and I will not humor you one bit.