More glitchess categories ?
9 months ago
Guadeloupe

Actually, only 11 exit seems to have official glitchess category.

I saw some World 2 runs for example and basically some players even don't use orb glitch. I think it puts players who can't or don't want to do this kind of glitch at a disadvantage too much.

Is it possible to create some glitchess categories or not ?

Edited by the author 9 months ago
Victoria, Australia
limchi
She/Her, They/Them
9 months ago

it depends on what you mean by "glitchless".

the reason for the distinction between 11 exit Orb/Cloud/Glitchless is a choice of which type of route to go for. the orb and cloud glitch are both designated as "major glitches", as they are both glitches which involve performing the item swap glitch to obtain an unintended item in the item box. for this reason, "Glitchless" is a bit of a misnomer - it should really be called "No Major Glitches", or something similar.

generally in the speedrunning community, we tend to create categories based on player interest. if there is large player consensus on making a new leaderboard to categorize runs, then there will be one. however, the world 2 category is already a leaderboard extension, which means that there will naturally be a lot less interest in running it. in particular, world 2 is more of an IL speedrun, as most people can submit their gold splits from their PB without losing much time.

tldr: we would consider making leaderboard splits for more relevant categories that are on the main boards, if there is a large player consensus. however, we already have far too large of a category extension boards, and as a result, it would not be that interesting. 11 exit is only relevant in the "glitchless" sense, as in all other main categories, the item swap glitch is banned.

you are more than welcome to submit times to the world 2 leaderboard glitchless though! speedrunning is about doing what you want to do, not to get the best time. do what you find fun first and foremost!

Germany

I think it puts players who can't or don't want to do this kind of glitch at a disadvantage too much.

are you even listening to yourself?

you know the whole point about speedrunning is finding the fastest strats possible.

all i hear from you is "i don't want to learn a hard strat, so please make a seperate leaderboard so i can have a higher rank"

the reason why there's different categories for something like 11 exit and 11 exit no cape is, because they require fundamentally different skills.

according to you, every single category should have a glitched and glitchless category.

just a single glitch (for example a single orb in world 2), does not warrant a new category. stop being lazy and learn the glitch.

Edited by the author 9 months ago
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Oklahoma, USA

wow partner that was definitely a little toasty on the wording