How about creating a community discord? Could be interesting to share our thoughts there.

Certainly could. I have some time for the next two to three weeks (I'm between jobs), so I have some time.

There's also a hacking discord for the series that's already established that might also be a logical place to add speedrunning discussions to, given how much research goes on there. I could also reach out to the Admins there and see if they'd be willing to open things up top speedrunning discussions for the games.

What do folks think is best though?

(Here's a link to the hacking discord incase anyone wanted it: https://discord.gg/SJgC6EUMne )

Love the idea of a community Discord. Forums are great for sharing findings and research, but Discord is better for casual chatting. If the hacking Discord is ok with having a speedrunning channel or something for us, that works for me

I did not even know there was a hacking discord. That would be something to explore. I could also plug it since I'm doing Evil% in the next retrothon marathon, so that would be a good place to advertise the speedruns :D