Hello, would like my username changed to just Shib, thanks in advance

I think SSD should not be banned. Haven't been around in a while, might come back to running when new games drop idk either way doesn't matter. Speedrunning is a hobby, most hobbies require some form of money to be spent for the highest level of competition. If you don't want to be competitive then you don't need an SSD, but for the people that want to go the extra mile shouldn't be told they aren't allowed to. With all the different consoles/versions of games people are willing to buy then an SSD shouldn't be a problem for someone whose that dedicated to speedrunning. I clearly remember people upgrading ps3 models from slim to super slim to get better times in BBS but now a $40 SSD is too much? As for the argument of making the hobby accessible, the community already made a decision to require video proof to get on the leaderboards which already makes the hobby WAY less accessible. Plus its not like we're saying "you don't have an SSD you can't run the game". You are free to still run whatever games you like you will just have to suffer a little bit longer load times. The entire point of this hobby is to go fast, I don't understand telling someone to go slower because its not fair to everyone. Lots of things in life are not fair ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I personally agree with both your points. I think Glitchless or even just "No CoR Skip" would require a completely different set of skills to show off in a run, making it worth being its own category. I also know several people personally who said they had interest in learning Gold Crown but then said they no longer wanted to once CoR Skip became a thing. They shouldn't have to be punished by having a 45 min slower time for wanting to do the extra fights. Also I've always been a believer that Gold Crown should end on picking up the final crown since the game already has to be completed once. I don't run the category myself but even as a viewer of it watching someone kill final Xemnas again is just meh.