What is multilogging you may ask?
By simple definition for general Runescape terminology, multilogging is when you use and play on multiple accounts at the same time and use that to benefit your accounts in some way, shape, or form.
Now, your question may be "What does this have to do with OSRS speedruns?"
To give you some backstory, there was once runner who goes by Phantasem, who actively pushed for the use of multilogging strats (killing off multiple alternate accounts throughout the run) in order to get bones and ashes quicker when doing F2P Ironman Champions' Guild. It was a hot internal debate within the community at the time, because some runners argued that it faulted the nature of the category (why bother having it be an ironman speedrun if other accounts are just going to have the same influence) vs logistical time improving strat (it's a strat within the categories ruleset, and should theoretically be allowed). In order to compromise, F2P Ironman Champions' Guild added an option to declare if a run used multilog strats or not, just so people could separate them if they wanted. (Thread for the internal debate: https://www.speedrun.com/2007scape/thread/t245s )
Now Phantasem has been the only one to use such strats, but if potential runners are interested in F2P Champions' Guild, I think it's to their benefit to understand what multilogging can bring.
Anyway, backstory over.
TL;DR WHAT IS MULTILOGGING AND WHAT QUALIFIES YOUR RUN AS "MULTILOG":
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Using any personal account of yours to benefit yourself in anyway during the speedrun.
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Repeated use of other people (could be your friends or even random people) to benefit you during the speedrun.
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Picking up another person's ashes or bones (if they had died) and using them to your benefit during the speedrun.
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Using an alternate account to pre-damage the rats on tutorial island.
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Using an someone else's fire to cook shrimp on tutorial island.
¤ Runs are reviewed on a case by case basis ¤ aeiou's guide within the guide section is a non-multilogging guide if you're using that.
