We have added three new rules to Challenge of Gods runs:

• Using Relics is not allowed.
• The exploit to play the challenges on easy difficulty is not allowed.
• Glitches are not allowed.

These apply to both Ares and Athena challenges, as well as their respective NUR categories on the category extensions page.

These rules will not change the way the categories are played. They have always been informally adopted by runners, and now to make things clearer they are official. We believe that limiting glitches and exploits in challenges makes them more challenging and more aligned with the way they were intended to be played.

If you play on PSP Emulator using a touch screen (only in these conditions), you are now allowed to use a macro button for quick rolling (only for quick rolling), In practice this means that you can assign an extra button to press L, R, and square with a single button, making it easier to quick roll.

Outside of these conditions, macros are not allowed. For any action other than quick rolling, macros are not allowed. If you play on PSP Emulator with a controller, macros are not allowed. If you play on any other platform, macros are not allowed.

To assist on verification, PSP Emulator runners (whether using touch screen or a controller) are now required to show the entire "Control mapping" menu when showing the settings of the emulator after a run.