Welcome to Speedrunning & challenges.
This board is for going fast and playing differently: speedruns, routes, glitches, personal bests, races, randomisers and challenge runs such as Nuzlockes, no-hit runs, pacifist runs and minimum-damage attempts. Whether you are chasing a world record or just beat your own time by a second, we want to hear about it.
What belongs here
• Your personal bests and run write-ups.
• Routing, strategies, tricks and practice tips.
• Discussion of famous runs, marathons and runners.
• Challenge run ideas and rule sets.
• Questions about timers, splits and setting up recording.
What goes elsewhere
• General chat about a game: Retro gaming talk, PC gaming or the right game board.
• ROM hack and randomiser patches themselves: ROM hacks & fan games.
• Finding race partners: Looking for group works too.
A bit of speedrunning vocabulary
• Any percent: finish the game as fast as possible by any means the rules allow.
• 100 percent: complete everything the category defines.
• Glitchless: no major glitches, as the category defines them.
• RTA is real-time timing; IGT is in-game time. Each leaderboard says which it uses.
• Splits break a run into sections so you can see where you gain or lose time. LiveSplit is a popular free timer.
Rules for this board
• Credit runners. If you use someone's route or trick, name them.
• Follow the leaderboard rules for your game and category. Categories, timing and banned tricks are set by each game's community and can change.
• No cheating claims without evidence. If you have genuine concerns about a run, raise them calmly with the leaderboard moderators rather than calling someone out here.
• No spliced or faked runs presented as real.
• No piracy: emulator rules vary by leaderboard, but we never share ROMs or point to where to get them.
• Be encouraging. Every runner started slow.
Tips for new runners
Pick a game you love, watch a few current runs, read the leaderboard rules, and practise one section at a time. Record your attempts; reviewing footage shows mistakes you do not notice while playing.
The house rules
The general rules apply: be kind, English only (posts in other languages are translated automatically), no spam, no keyboard mashing and no self-promotion spam. Use Report on anything that breaks the rules. This thread is locked, so start your own thread to share your run.
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