Hello Everyone!

We have a few, mostly minor, changes to our ruleset.

They are as follows:

VERSION CHANGES:

• Addition of a new legacy version version 0.3+
• Combining of legacy versions 0.2 and 0.26 into 0.2+ (since there were only 2 runs in legacy 0.26)
• Change of name from version 0.7 to version 0.7+

CATEGORY RULES CHANGES:

• You can no longer use a ghost stepping in salt but leaving no footprints as evidence of Wraith because Wraith no longer will step in salt at all.
• You are now allowed to use evidence of an Obake changing it's shape during a hunt since that is an ability they added to the game.
• We changed the wording on the tutorial level rules since no one was actually doing the full tutorial. (Using the remote to go through the slideshow and the steps it lists). Now you just have to get the evidence and ghost, since that's what everyone was already doing anyways.
• Clarified the wording on Appear% in category extensions, some runners didn't realize that you needed to actually see the ghost for it to count. Hopefully the new wording prevents future confusion.

GENERAL RULES CHANGES:

• Clarified that runs in the current version which were verified prior to these changes to the rules will be grandfathered in, and thus be allowed to remain up. While these runs might not be replicable, we believe they are still very much beatable based on times in past versions which is why we decided against archiving them for the time being.
• For those who are unable to use microphones whether due to disability, environmental obstacles, or technological issues; You will be allowed to submit runs without the use of a microphone if, AND ONLY IF, you are using the in-game Text Recognition System. Anyone using this system must be recording, and the use of the system must be visible in that recording, even if you do not witness any evidence through it's use. This was not a previously available system and we're highly grateful to Kinetic for providing a wonderful new accessibility setting.
• Clarified our minimum effort requirements to now include maximum allowed times for various categories. This should provide some better guidelines on what is and is not an minimum acceptable time for speedruns on the Phasmophobia SRC board. Your goal should not be to simply meet these requirements but to have runs that are competitive with other runs on the board, past and present.

PHASMOPHOBIA SPEEDRUNNING DISCORD: You may have not known this, but we have a discord! It's not the most active board in the world, but maybe you can help change that? All runners past, current, and prospective are welcome in. But, keep in mind that a basic level of decency is required of all participants (nothing crazy, just don't be rude, hateful, or a spammer). We don't exactly stay on topic all the time, or maybe even most of the time, but we are a relaxed community who have all played the game countless hours and either speedrun now or have in the past. We all love the game (for the most part) and are happy to have new members to share accomplishments, speedrunning advice, and memes with. Our Discord: https://discord.gg/phasmophobia-speedruns-764837017116606475