It does not seem like there is a discord available although it's likely there will be one in the near future
If you want to become a new mod/verifier for this game reply to this thread I am looking for more people who want to help moderate this game
My autosplitter has just stopped working to
Changing your arrow keys to wasd is one of the moderations that is allowed so yes your run is still legal if you change them
If you want you can start with category extensions they can range from super short to really long that can maybe help you get a feel for hollow knight speedrunning. Or you could ditch that and just go speedrun hungry knight the choice is yours :)
I just made a guide going in full detail on how to downpatch the game so yes there is a way
I know there is a way to downpatch Poppy playtime but a lot of people are having trouble with that
there is a autosplitter that does that for you
yo I just got a 13:36 lets go I'm submitting that
my best run was like a 14:31 but I moved during the intro so I cant submit it but I found that with the timing rule as well as the autosplitter and with a couple of new skips I should be able to lower that to a sub 14:00 so I will keep trying
If so I will get another run out asap
I moved during the intro I was not sure if that fell against the unrestricted rule