Just copying this from Skype as a little "comparision" of sorts... I hope you get what I mean with this:

Tompa: The stairs on floor 3 in D7, before collapse, are interesting... Should they be allowed? [00:03:58] Tompa: But if the stairs would take you inside the egg. Would they be allowed? [00:05:48] Tompa: It's just that: If we say yes to the stairs, then we also have to say yes to their destination, right? [00:06:09] Tompa: Here it is "lucky" that they take us to a place in the same dungeon, without skipping too much [00:06:35] Tompa: But where will the line go? [00:07:39] Tompa: If my point is understood =) [00:07:46] giuocob: that was exactly the problem with the celing walk in tal tal heights [00:07:55] giuocob: we were ok with it when it just skipped a couple rooms [00:08:05] giuocob: but once the same trick broke the game we had to go back and retcon everything [00:09:48] Tompa: If another stairs would exist, let's say in D1, but they took you to the egg, then no one would allow those stairs, but still allow the one in D7, despite being the same thing technically [00:10:03] Tompa: Similar case would be to allow Doghouse 1 but not Doghouse 2 [00:10:44] Tompa: My point being: The origin is that the community want glitches that don't skip "too much" but still skips "certain things" [00:11:09] Tompa: Sometimes that makes certian glitches allowed in special places, because in other places they would be too major [00:11:25] Tompa: So "external rules" were made so that the major places would not working on the ruleset [00:12:16] Tompa: Something is found, saves 1 second in a dungeon. Then crap: This can be use here too which saves 1 minute! We don't want to skip that... What should we do? Hmm, let's say because of that and that, we may not use the glitch there. Everyone OK? OK, good [00:12:26] Tompa: And arbitary rules have been created, yet again

Also: Why isn't something like D5 boss key skip technically allowed?

The deload trick is technically not a glitch either, to be used for walrus skip or early D2. The game just has a limit of how many sprites that can be loaded at once and when there are too many on screen, new ones won't load. This is a standard trick used in many other speedruns as well.

Any kind of text skips; pausing for dungeon entrances, boss starts and chests, should all be allowed. S&Q is an obvious yes.

"Intended" is a terrible definition for a glitchless category, for several reasons. I've gone into some depth with it in my "What is a glitch" document (Still a beta and far from the finished project, but if anyone is interested: http://www.mediafire.com/view/g6jatqkb6tx5jzk/What_is_a_Glitch.docx )

Hah, I'm dumb! It felt weird that Zorlax asked about it... But now I noticed the actual topic name and such. Ignore me :).

Summer Games Done Quick, a speedrun marathon.

Puzzle of the day: Get through the underground before D3 boss without the Pegasus Boots. Puzzle of a previous day: Kill Master Stalfos without using Bombs.

And my first puzzle goal for this game, slightly outdated by today's tricks... "Goal: Beat the game:

BOW is banned HOOKSHOT may only be used at D5 boss, for D6 Nightmare Key and to reach D7 boss. SHOVEL may only be used once (Hint: D3 key). BOMBS may not be stolen/bought. Must have the L-2 Sword at all main bosses after D3."

That is correct. When you move to the screen left to right/right to left, you have to face upwards and press up+side into the screen when you use the bomb.

143 frames faster for the owl at the forest entrance. 32 frames faster for King Moblin text.

I'll time the other owls/text boxes later as well. Even though no one will likely go for them =).

Meh to everyone complaining about the walking distance to the mass housing... It's 15 minutes of walking and gives a good excuse to get out in the sun at least twice/day. 30 minutes walk is not the end of the world. It's actually something everyone should do on a daily basis.

People are too lazy.

• The Venue. I think the venue is very great in most cases! Plenty of space and several rooms if you want a bit more quiet and such, very fitting for magic, mafia, munchkin and so on. One, that isn't ESA's fault really, is the lack of an oven/stove for some cooking. It was a great things to have last year, but too bad that the town of Skövde didn't allow it... Hopefully some kind of exception can be made for us next year?

• Stream/practice room. I was a bit skeptical in the beginning to have everything in the same place. But I must say, it worked out a lot better than I imagined! Even if you were practicing at the other side of the room, you could still follow along both streams on the projectors. It can be a bit too loud at times, though I really didn't mind it. It's to have some activity around so that the place doesn't seem dead.

• As always: Being able to walk to stores, food places, a lake, cinema, mini golf, bowling and whatever. This is one of the best things in comparision to the GDQ's.

• The attendees, the positive side! Apart from my above post: Everyone is always very nice and friendly! It's so nice to just hang out with someone you have never met before, play some random game, go out for lunch together. <3 to the community (Except for the filthy pigs, because Kill The Pigs ;))

I'll dedicate this post for one thing: The attendees.

The attendees are, in WAY TOO MANY cases DISGUSTING FILTHY PIGS. Why does this really have to be a problem for every single meet up of any kind? How hard can it be to simply throw your litter in the one-of-many trash bags around the venue? Is it really difficult to get rid of your bottle of soda after you're done? If the trash bag is full, is it difficult to replace it with a new one? Clearly, the best solution is to throw the litter on the ground instead, very smart...

I can sometimes, though VERY rarely, understand that you "just forgot" about taking care of your crap. INSTANTLY take care of it to simply avoid this from happening. For most of you "I'll take it later" clearly doesn't work. Maybe you have a nice mom at home or whatever that does all of this for you. But take some responsibility for your garbage! Don't just put your dirty mug of coffee on the sink, hoping that someone will take care for it (Even though, well, it works, as I have taken care of it too many times.). It doesn't even take a minute to make it nice and clean again. Some of you have also only washed the inside of water, expecting it to be clean afterwards. The mug has more than just the inside to it... Wash the entire mug.

If these things are too hard for some people, I can gladly have a "How to be your mom" school at start of the event, as it clearly seems to be needed. I've been cleaning up for everyone the entire week and I still do, considering it is not over at the time I write this. Spending this much time taking care of YOUR crap is a waste of time for me. It's nothing I should need to do, it's what YOU need to do.

We all want it nice and clean if possible, right? Why can't you just use the brain and think a little and this wouldn't be a problem. I might exaggerate a little about this. I'm just sick of being a maid. That's not why I'm here, that's not what I want to do. Please, make this a reality next time.

Thanks.

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The rules for Munchkin are sometimes extremely confusing though... Me and my friend have made lots of modifications to them, most players usually have some kind of houserule to it.

This will be one of the trickier parts to agree on when we play at ESA :D. Though my cards, so I'm the gamemaster and can decide the rules, HEH HEH HEH. Though when mixing with Robo's cards, stuff will go down!

I brought my Munchkin cards last year, but they were never used. I'll give it another shot this time around! I got the normal set and the 7 expansions, around 1000 cards.

Money sent, mission accomplished!

Potto: I know that Demon9 lives up in the North, though even further up in the country. I have no idea what his traveling plan is, but you could contact him about it

There are a couple of duplicates there:  AlexHopper_  Alicon  Flippy_o  Heinki  IDexz  Noiz  RoboSparkle  S.  Shigan

Bringing it down to 193 instead of 202.

Yeah, I do.

This is the one I have: http://www.casio.com/products/archive/Digital_Pianos_&_Keyboards/Privia_Digital_Pianos/PX-100/

Should hopefully answer all of your questions.

I will indeed bring my piano again =).