Hello @TheBritishRunner ,

I don’t understand the need of a video when you could have just contacted me, but hey, this is what it is.

Let’s try to break down every point one by one. Shall we?

> For RTA calculation, the runs begins when the first cutscene starts and ends when the last boss is dead and the cutscene start. IGT is showed up on the final screen.

Those are easy points where clearly define a start and an end, practical for people using LiveSplits manually and also starting and finishing in those points gives IGT and RTA as close as you can get in case of no Load Checkpoints, deaths etc..

> All runs need game audio, if your run has portions muted due to copyright music your run will be rejected. Music also must not overpower the game audio.

This is the most common rule you can find on all speedrun.com site. Even if not explicitly written in the rule pages of every game, this rule is usually implied. Full VOD with full Audio is the bare minimum to submit a run. Anyway, this rule is there more to help runners than to create barriers. Without audio most of the times there is no real way for someone to prove they are not cheating. Example, if there's any inconsistencies in the video (dropped frames, bad encoding, etc) then people would be freely open to accuse you of cheating. Audio is generally far more important in runs than video for proving proofs. I follow hundreds of games and speedrunners streamers and never came across a game community where they accept runs without audio. If you know one please show me just for my curiosity.

> LiveSplits and broadcasting elapsed timing on Console are both strictly recommended.

Three points here:
1. Maybe there is a misunderstanding because I said “LiveSplits and broadcasting elapsed” while I should have wrote “LiveSplits or broadcasting elapsed”. Who doesn’t have a capture card doesn’t need also LiveSplits on Console.
2. This is not really a rule but rather a suggestion. Given that the game is mainly timed with RTA, submissions with dropped frames must be rejected for obvious reasons. I found myself in this situation in the past running Remothered, Twitch lost a whopping 4 seconds creating de facto a spliced run, but luckily I was streaming showing the Playstation Broadcasting Elapsed Time on screen and that’s what saved my run. I don’t want to be in the position of rejecting any run possibly ever, so I advise to use some form of timing on screen. That’s all.
3. My bad “Rules” didn’t match the forum post about the rules. I wrote “Mandatory” in the forum thread which is an error. I did initially wrote Mandatory everywhere, but then quickly realised that not everyone has a way to show timing. I fixed this oversight. Thanks for making me notice this.

> Usage of Turbo / Macros in runs is not allowed.

This is basic cheating for me, I don’t know if in any community those are allowed, but I actually think this is another implicit rule not written anywhere because an obvious rule just like the Audio rule. I decided to write it just to be sure. You can Google what those are.

> Submissions must contain all footage for the runs provided. Any missing footage (not counting cutscenes) could result in the run being rejected. Extended periods of time spent in the pause screen will also invalidate a run. (Limit 2 minutes per pause)

The first part of the sentence I believe to be pretty standard and obvious. The 2 minute rule is not carved in stone. It’s just an indication. What this basically means is that I cannot accept abuse of pause. Imagine someone submitting a run where the runners runs 10 minutes then he/she pauses to watch a VOD of another speedrunner for ten minutes because he/she doesn’t know the route etc.., then try to replicate for ten minutes and so on. Is this speedrunning? Maybe or maybe not. Do I accept this? No! I wrote 2 minutes just to give an indication. A runner can of course go to the toilet if he/she needs and similar, but I don’t accept abuse of pausing. I could have wrote I don’t accept abuse of pause rather than specify 2 minutes, but I guess in that case you would be here complaining about what that means. Isn’t it?

> Submissions with dropped frames and without any livesplit or timing will be rejected.

Another obvious rule, this game is timed by RTA so there is a problem if someone drop frames and doesn’t have any timing showed.

> Mods are not allowed.

I don’t accept any run of game where someone messed with the code basically.

> Continues after deaths are allowed, but the run becomes Segmented. Continues after application crashes are allowed, but the run becomes Segmented. Load checkpoint is allowed, but the run becomes Segmented.

I think the problem with this rule is the naming convention I used Segmented/SS which means different things depending on the game. Probably those terms are misleading here and I’m open to suggestion maybe loads/no loads? Or resets/no resets? What is surely not accepted is spliced runs (many game communities call that Segmented).
Reason for showing this info is simple as showcasing who made a run without loading checkpoints. You may have two runners with the same IGT but one runner died 20 times and another runner 0 times. I think it’s just fair to show the second runner never died or similar. Also indicating this helps people understand why a runner may have IGT=RTA and another runner a wide gap between IGT and RTA.
Anyway, this rule doesn’t actually create barriers. Quite the opposite indeed. That info doesn’t define a category or anything, it’s just an info. To be completely honest if I got the moderation of this game from day one I would not accepted any run with deaths, nor any run with load checkpoints, not any run continued after application crashes and I would have timed the game with IGT and IGT only. However, all the runs in the leaderboard fell under those cases when I inherited the leaderboard, so I kept those cases as valid. Mods don’t own the leaderboard, leaderboards should be viewed as owned by the community and curated by the moderators.

You also complained about Rules be in a sticky locked post. I mean I think this is only a practicality. I like to keep rules tidy at the top of the Forum page. Imagine if every new runner needs to read all thread under the rules. It would create only confusion. Rules can be discussed in different forum post. I’m open to change rules of course and I would update the rules in the top Sticky Locked main post.

I hope this clarify all points. If you have any doubts you can write me on the forum, message me directly on speedrun.com or even contact me on Discord. No need of a video.

Finaly, yes I must say I didn’t like your video. It was offensive in more than one part. You personally attacked me, implying I created rules for my own benefit while it’s actually the opposite. You never contacted me to discuss the rules and you don’t know me. I don’t know if you had problems with other Mods in other communities, but not all Mods are the same. I don’t think I deserve this treatment. You picked the wrong person here. I made a name for myself in various communities complaining about rules just like you. Always trying to be polite, be respectful, make my points and give suggestions. Most of the time I complain about inclusivity and transparency. That’s actually why I wrote everything possible in the rules for transparency. They seem lots of rules but almost them all are basic implicit rules of the entire speedrun.com site, others rather than be rules are ways to avoid run rejected helping runners more than moderators.
In many parts of your video I have only heard complains and offenses without suggestions, this is not the best business card.

I don’t know what you wanted to imply with the fact that I have a run in every category. I became moderator and felt obliged to at least have a run in every category. I mean really every mod should have a run in every category of a game he/she moderates. Moderator should be seen as an expert of the game. Not necessarily a WR holder, but at least showing to know the game. Isn’t it? That’s just my opinion. Truth is my times sucks, all can be improved 10+ minutes I believe. They are all free WRs. I lost motivation pretty quickly due to lack of competition.

Just to add a bit of history, I fought for over a month to become a Mod of this game. Reason being that the other Mod is completely inactive. He only requested the game for the site to submit his own runs and then disappeared basically. Until 3 weeks ago you could submit runs only on PC Daymare mode. There was no way to submit a run for console for example. I took control of the leaderboard 3 weeks ago and made some order, specified the rules, even contacted runners that had runs on Youtube but not on the site to increase submissions. I don’t expect it to be perfect now, but believe it’s a big progress. I’m open to every suggestion, but I don’t tolerate people that want to create a toxic environment. 

Reason why there are just few runs in the leaderboard is not because of the rules, written just few weeks ago, but rather because this game is an Indie low budget game, the game application used to crash a lot until patches arrived, especially in the fountain puzzle. Notorious speedrunners and streamers stayed away from the game for that reason after trying it. Other reason why we have few runs is because people don’t like the magazine reload, developers created the “Modern-Take” mode only recently to overcome that problem. Indeed I had the first run in a long time to verify made on that mode.

If you have a backbone I do actually expect your apology for offending me and personally attacking me for no reason whatsoever. Either way I hope to see your runs soon.

I made a documentary style video in world record progressions for dead space so here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9gGHWUijn0

Putting the video here for people who might be interested let me know what you think.

Just need to ask how to know if you have 100% logs and nodes as there arent any 100% records within the game itself so you cant cross-reference but also another issue maybe instead of maximizing the inventory you need to get all schematics and instead of all nodes you need to get the maximum number of weapons upgraded fully aswell as your rig and stasis and kinesis

I`ve done two investigations into X maverickhunter aka Sahailaway in dead space 1 and 2 and I have made a video about my evidence or  proof to back up my claims just making this thread to warn people and other mods to watch out for him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSCq0RChTpg

Due to technical problems with the game the rules have been changed to timer starts when the flight lounge goes into lock down resulting in you being separated from Hammond and Kendra. The main reason for this is because of the bug within the game (for console users i believe) that when you unlock impossible mode and exit the game. The game will re-lock the mode so you cannot play it. However their is a way of playing it beat the game on any difficulty then play impossible and save the game in the flight lounge when Hammond and Kendra stop talking and the game prompts you with a tutorial hologram using the save station behind of Hammond. If there is any problems or questions with or about this change then please ask me or tell me in this forum.

Not trying to sound like a dick but why are there 1st place runs that have no proof that they even done the run

You guys should have a zombies 1st prestige speed run category

could you be more specific . for me who reads this for he first time I have no clue what you are saying ... I can only assume it has something to do with the deleted thread ... i admit , I hate deleted threads , threads should only be locked , never deleted . doesn't really put out good vibes and a feel of democracy and transparency ...

After my run of dead space 3 NG+ i will be working on a guide for dead space to hopefully get some people interested in running this as i have heard of the excuses i cant do the skips and well im going to show people how i got better at this game just thought id help out

You guys need to make some rules such as when the timer starts and when it ends and what else is allowed to be used during the speedrun.