Rule Changes for May 1st

A few minor rule changes and clarifications from the previous rules, but important ones. And a newly approved mod, now available for speedrunning.

The rule changes will go into effect May 1st, and all runs submitted on or after that date will be verified accordingly.

First update: Mod Requirement

The most important change to those that run mods. Previously, use of Speedrun Mod Checker was suggested as it greatly helps verifiers and runners ensure only approved mods were used, it is now required to be used if any mods are installed.

If any mods are used, it is required that you include “Speedrun Mod Checker” for ease of verification, and to not be required to show settings before each run: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3007986429

Second update: Map Settings

Clarification added to unapproved Map Themes, and an image with examples of approved layouts has been included.

Settings are split into variables on the board. Currently acceptable Map Settings are: Normal (City, Country, Alpine), Autumn, Turbo, Lake, North Pole. All settings not listed are not valid for speedrunning.

Approved Mods (Steam Only)

New Mod: Permanent Visit

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3146132932

One of the most requested mods, Permanent Visit stores viewer visits when re-entering restaurants. This mod has been approved for use immediately, and has been added to the "Speedrun.com Approved Mod" collection.

Updated Mod: Starting Meal Selector

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2898176672

Starting Meal Selector's recent update has been tested and approved by the verifier team, and will remain on the Speedrun.com Approved Mod list.

Happy Plating everyone!

Kulu

Our very first speedrun challenge event of 2024 is starting right now exclusively on speedrun.com!

The Romaine Calm Speedrun is a challenge for teams of any size run exclusively on speedrun.com. Players will be attempting to franchise on a specific seed as quickly as possible while choosing only recipe cards. All teams will be attempting the same speedrun. Submissions for the Discord role reward will be accepted through Wednesday, January 24th at 11:59PM EST. Please leave us some feedback with how you feel about the new speedrun event system as you try out the new format.

Event Coordinator: MissMonica

Event Type: Vanilla Speedrun

Event Timing: Now - Wednesday, January 24th at 11:59PM EST

Rewards: The top three teams on the leaderboard who successfully complete the speedrun during the event will receive the Romaine Calm Speedrun Challenger discord role reward that will remain active until the next speedrun event and then be retired. Everyone who receives a role reward for a specific speedrun challenge in 2024 will also be given the 2024 Speedrun Challenger role to keep.

Challenge Details:

• Run Type: Vanilla (No mods allowed.)
• Base Main: Salad
• Map Setting: Normal (City, Country, or Alpine)
• Seed: 87GG3R7Y
• Settings: Drop Letters Inside "On", Seeded run "Seed affects everything", Always show run timer "On"
• Card Choices: Only recipe (left) cards, & the Exclusive (right) theme card.

Good luck and have fun, everyone!

New members to the Speedrun Team!

Please join us in welcoming Ambersz, TheExperienceAwaits and HowtoCharlize as our newest team members!

They bring with them a wealth of expertise in PlateUp! speedrunning and we are confident their passion and knowledge of the game will help us to provide the best experience to the speedrun community.

Happy speedrunning!

Jay

Calling all potential verifiers!

If you're interested in joining the team of volunteers to approve speedruns with us we're looking for another 2 verifiers to join our team! If you're interested in volunteering your time and could make a positive impact please submit your applications via this google form; https://forms.gle/iNEnRUFogoSbskZn7. This will be open for the next few days and we aim to have additional verifiers in place early in 2024!

Thank you all, happy speeding!

Jay

The speedrun rules have been updated to reflect new changes found regarding customer count and player disconnects/input changes. The rules can be found below:

Player count is defined as the number of inputs. Additional player characters spawned during the course of a run (Start of Day 1 to End of Day 15) are not allowed. Any change to player count (including any additional name plate appearance) during a day before all customers have been called/spawned will require the day to be restarted (returning to lobby, and re-entering the restaurant through the save table.) The Day Progress bar indicates if all customers have been spawned. Once the bar is full, all customers have been called in/spawned. When taking the card "Closing Time", any change to player count during a day will require the day to be restarted.

Thank you and happy speeding!

Jay

Players disconnecting and connecting during a day retroactively reduces or increases the number of customer groups that will arrive in that day. Our previous knowledge of only having to start the day with the correct number of players connected has been inaccurate since a change in patch 1.14. For this reason all runs with a player disconnecting during the day, where all groups have not yet been called, including closing time groups, must return to HQ and restart the day over. All runs where a player disconnects forcing the number of expected groups to decrease in the day will be rejected going forward. For reference, testing has shown that a player disconnecting in trios reduces the overall customer groups by approximately 17%.

The speedrun verifiers and moderators were unaware of this new game mechanic and thus any runs submitted where a player started the day but subsequently disconnected were still approved. We would like your overall opinion, should we go back and reject the runs with a disconnected player or do we keep these runs accepted on the board and only apply the rule going forward? Please follow this link to cast your vote https://strawpoll.com/eNg69Vj44nA

Voting closes Saturday 2nd December at 6pm UTC

Happy Speedrunning!

Jay

New Members to the Speedrun Team!

We are thrilled to announce that LucilleTea, Ralig, and WonkTootie have joined our team as our newest verifiers. They have been active, influential, and respected members of our community for a long time, and we are confident that they will bring their passion and expertise to our team and help us to continue to provide the best experience to the speedrun community.

Please join us in welcoming them and showing them our support.

For anyone else interested in applying to be a verifier, we are always accepting applications, and they will stay on file until more verifiers are needed. To apply, fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/aLP3ZDoqPaRVt1JN9

Happy Speedrunning!

Kulutues

Set Layout Voting Results: Set Layouts now available in Random Seed Category

Hello Platers!

The poll results are in, Allowing Set Layouts in Random Seed Category is the winner by a large margin. Thank you all for letting us hear your opinions! I will update the rules accordingly, and I hope to see you all submitting more runs than ever!

(Winner) Allow Set Layouts for ALL Random Seed Submissions

58.87% (73 votes)

Do not allow Set Layouts for ANY Random Seed Submission

21.77% (27 votes)

Allow Set Layouts for Trios and Quads Random Seed Submissions only

19.35% (24 votes)

Total votes: 124

What this means:

Starting November 6th, Set Layouts (Seeds put into the flower pot) will be usable in all sizes (Solo, Duo, Trio, Quads), and Map Settings (Normal, Autumn, Turbo, Lake, North Pole), with the "Seed Affects Layout Only" option on.

Happy Plating!

Kulutues

Rule Change Vote: Allowing Set Layout in Random Seed.

Recently the community has been discussing a possible rule change to allow set layouts in Random Seed submissions for our Speedrun.com rules.

With the option "Seed Affects Layout Only", cards and blueprints will still be randomized, the issue at hand is allowing the seed option to generate a layout. We have found that the following 3 options are viable, and will change the rules according to the results of the poll linked below.

Allow Set Layouts for ALL Random Seed Submissions:

This option would allow the use of a Seed to determine the layout of a restaurant.

Allow Set Layouts for Trios and Quads Random Seed Submissions:

This option would allow the use of a Seed to determine the layout of a restaurant only for Trio and Quad runs. Solo and Duo submissions may NOT use a seed for layouts.

Do not allow Set Layouts for ANY Random Seed Submission:

This is the current rule, and disallows use of any seeds for layouts.

We ask that you please be informed before voting. Turn off mods such as Layout Generator, and Extra Options, then reroll layouts trying to find a viable speedrun layout for Duos/Trios/and Quads. As many of you have already know, there was a large discussion on this in the Discord Speedrun-Discussion channel, and verifiers have been hard at work testing various scenarios.

https://strawpoll.com/7rnzmP7OWyO

Thank you all, and Happy Plating!

Kulutues

Rules Update, Verifier Guidelines, & Discord Expansion

Welcome everyone, we have updated the rules for Speedruns to clarify, allow expansion, include future categories, as well as to account for the upcoming console versions of PlateUp!

The rules are still very much the same, but would be wise to read over to see if you have any questions before starting your next Speedrun. The revised rules also indicate what verifiers look for in each video submission, located at the bottom of the rules on. These rules will be updated when required, and when they are, an announcement will be made here, and on the official PlateUp Discord (https://discord.gg/plateup).

Along with this, we have created forms to: Suggest New Categories, Suggest New Mods for the Accepted Mod list, and to Dispute Rejected Speedruns. All of these are located in the official Discord.

We also wanted to address some concerns brought up to us by the PlateUp! Speedrunning Community, so there are new verifier rules that all current verifiers have agreed to and all new verifiers must read and accept: http://bit.ly/speedrun-verifier-rules

As we are preparing for new categories, console release, and new players we are looking for more members of the PlateUp! community interested in becoming a verifier. If anyone is interested in applying, please use this form: https://forms.gle/5AFr7rdCBWVGXk5Z8

We're looking for dedicated, objective, and impartial verifiers to follow these new rules as we begin work for all the upcoming developments!

Happy Plating!