So, I've come to the realization that my rules for splits aren't really good, and also won't be SDA/SRL approved any time soon. That's why I want to change the rules so timing is better.
New timing rules: Timing starts when you press Start on title screen and ends when you lose control of Stuart in Escape From Central Park.
Should I purge the runs from the existing Easy to make it cleaner and delete the "new rules" Easy, or keep it like this?
Alright, so I made the changes and purged the existing runs in the old Easy category, deleted the "new rules" Easy, and edited the rules of existing categories. I hope that everyone who had a run in the deleted category knows that I meant no harm by deleting the runs, it was just to clean up so that this game has a smoother run. I am sorry for any confusion that was produced from this.
#1 There is no reason to change the timing method again. Selecting "Story Mode" makes the most sense for the timing start (like selecting 1P/2P on Super Mario World, which is SRL standard). SRL/SDA "standard" doesn't matter. SDA "standard" is start of control to end of control, which you haven't made better, you've made worse. SRL doesn't have a "standard", but it's usually just last menu selection, which is "Story Mode" in this case.
#2 You don't delete runs because you make up new rules. You re-time the runs. Deleting runs because you want to add one extra menu press makes no sense. Please fix this back to the way it was.
Thanks. Sorry if I got frustrated, but keep in mind that the timing rules really aren't important, definitely not worth clearing a leaderboard for. :)
I gotcha, man. I'm kinda new to the whole speedrunning business, so feel free to aid and correct me on whatever I do wrong. :)