I just had my run rejected, despite following the rules as written, which originally stated: "you may use any settings".

AFTER my run was submitted the rules were changed to require start at level 0. That's not cool.

Functionally, there is no difference between starting at level 0 and level 9 as hard-downs are used throughout the run.

Are there any more rules you'd like to add before I run it again?

Also, this is nonsense: "you must start at level 0 as level select / codes are sitewide banned for skips"

• NES Tetris allows any starting level.
• Tengen Tetris: "Any level/handicap is allowed."
• Tetris DX allows any starting level.
• Game Boy Tetris: "Player can start from any level 0-9" .. and these are just the first few I searched.

The sitewide standard is any level selection. No codes are used, so that "rule" is irrevelant to my run.

New, faster run submitted starting at level 0.

Clearly level selection makes no difference: anyone who can make it to level 20 isn't going to see any benefits/deficits based on starting level.

please understand i was attempting to establish a consistency. its not fair to the other runners because of some simple loophole. although it said any settings. at the time of writing the rules level selection to me was not even considered and so i adjusted the rules to make it clear.

please be calm and feel free to message me. i would always accept help on writing rules and moderation. but this is kind of ridiculous