Loads take up a lot of time in this game and seem to vary between consoles/PC. Would it be more beneficial to use RTA Minus Loads as the timing method for this game? or at least have a loadless column on the leaderboards?

Another suggestion is categories. Any% skips basically every temple using flymode and OOBs so:

Any% remains any% with flymode/OOBs etc. allowed.

Any% No Major Skips or Any% No Fly Glitch - Where flymode glitch is disallowed, and maybe OOBs too.

These are just suggestions i'd like to know what the other runners/mods think. I am happy with the way it is currently too if we keep it as is.

I do usually prefer the simple RTA way and as of now I don't think the variations between loading times are a major time-loss/gain reason compared to the actual gameplay routes and skips. On the other hand I'd be totally up for a loadless column, that sounds totally fair and might be useful once strats and routes work better.

Within categories I think there should definitely be a Any% no Fly Glitch category, on which all current varified runs could be shifted to, though I don't think OOB should be part of that at least yes, since there isn't really any strat for it this far as far as I'm aware (but I wasn't aware about so many skips a few days ago^^).

But that's just my 5 cent.

EDIT: I didn't notice how big the loading difference actually was between pc and console - I now absolutely think we should use the no-load-time.

In terms of RTA vs In-Game Timing - Typically XBox and PS4 will be quite similar. PC will typically be much better.

But In-Game Timing makes verification a lot more difficult, especially when two runs have a very similar time. The loading transitions are a fade in and out and so decisions on when to stop and start timing must be made.

Lastly without a reliable in-game load timer, typically a runner will make a mistake with start/stop timers which means each verification needs to be timed manually which then will have some errors anyway. Its not to say it can't be done and I'll leave it up to the group at large what they want. However I would suggest just to leave it as is. Console players typically know they have a disadvantage (or seperate category).

Regarding the Any% No Fly Glitch - that is a valid category for the moment. We can make that happen. Regarding other categories - we'll make them as we need them.

So question for runners:

Split Boards into Any% and Any% No Fly Glitch?