Hey everyone!

I have discussed it with the other mods, we will be updating the rules for all of the categories. Currently they are a bit vague, as we were waiting for them to settle on a version. With the upcoming release of 30XX, it looks like we are set on the current version. Therefore, over the next couple of days you will see some updates to the rules.

One thing we are still discussing is how to handle runs that were submitted prior to the 1.40.0 patch, which was the nerf to the plasma blender. We will likely end up with runs requiring versions in the future, which may or may not antiquate past runs.

Here are some of the current rule sets you can expect to see;

Beat the Game and Rush Job Modes

1. Difficulty must be set to Normal/Reverent (BtG Modes only)
2. No custom seeds allowed
3. No Augs/Items purchased with Soul Chips before run
4. No undeveloping items with Soul Chips before run.
5. Must be on most recent patch; 1.42.0 (7/29/2020)
6. Run MUST show the in-game completion time at the end of the run.

Beat the Game (NG+) Modes

1. Difficulty must be set to Normal/Reverent
2. No custom seeds allowed.
3. Purchasing of Aug/Items with Soul Chips prior to the run is ALLOWED.
4. Undeveloping Augs/Items with Soul Chips prior to the run is ALLOWED.
5. Reloading the game or joining and dying in a challenge mode to reroll the available Augs/Items is ALLOWED.
6. Farming Soul Chips via the "Endless" Skull in Defiant is ALLOWED.
7. Must be on most recent patch; 1.42.0 (7/29/2020).
8. Run MUST show the in-game completion time at the end of the run.

Beat the Game (Low%)

1. Difficulty must be set to Normal/Reverent
2. No custom seeds allowed
3. No items AT ALL. This includes set pieces, permanent or temporary upgrades, or any item during the run.
4. Must show toggling off the permanent upgrades prior to the run.
5. Must be on most recent patch; 1.42.0 (7/29/2020)
6. Run MUST show the in-game completion time at the end of the run.
7. Run MUST show that no items were picked up via the completion screen at the end of the run.
8. Permitted to pick up any nuts, slot machine coins, energy or health drops, but not upgrades (as this is bound to happen by accident).
9. Cannot use the slot machine coins for any reason.

If anyone has any questions or requires further clarification, please feel free to reach out to me on Discord! radiooptimism#3563