I'd like to take a moment to clarify some aspects of our verification process and address a few misconceptions that users might have about the verifiers team.

The verifiers team is made up of volunteers. We don't work for speedrun.com, nor do we receive monetary compensation for spending our own time watching your runs and ensuring they comply with the rules. We are also not robots — we have real lives to manage as well. This means that runs submitted may not get immediately verified, and we might make mistakes during the verification process, such as overlooking a glitch in a glitchless run or mistiming the run's length. To minimize these issues, we have a private channel on our Discord server where we can consult each other on matters like whether a trick constitutes a glitch, how to retime runs, and whether specific actions during a run break the rules. This allows us to reach a consensus on each run's verification.

Another important point to clarify is that you don’t need to be an active or highly skilled speedrunner to become a verifier. As long as you’re knowledgeable about the game and are willing to watch runs, you can be a verifier. The admins of the Discord server also serve as super mods, meaning they can add or remove verifiers as necessary. We also create tools like the autosplitter, which we do for free.

This week, an incident occurred involving a member of the verifiers team, MayC. After being absent for a few months, MayC submitted a few runs that violated one of the submission rules. One of our verifiers, ktc, noticed this and brought it to the group's attention. We reached a consensus that the best course of action was to reject the runs, even the ones that had already been verified.

Initially, MayC agreed with this and resubmitted the runs with footage that complied with the rules. However, these resubmissions were invalid because they were automatically generated by our Tank-Only bot assistant. Therefore, we rejected them again and asked MayC to make new submissions, this time using the "All" control scheme and avoiding bot-generated submissions.

This appears to have been the breaking point for MayC, who then began insulting two of the verifiers, ktc and Radgryd, in an emotional outburst. I took action and removed MayC from the verifiers team for violating our server rules. In response, MayC demanded through DMs that I reinstate him, threatening consequences if I didn’t. I refused to add him back, and he subsequently began streaming on his Twitch channel with the title "Controversy Time: Let’s talk about Radgryd, KTC, and the verifiers :)". During this stream, MayC physically threatened and defamed members of the verifiers team with extreme slander. Such behavior is unacceptable, and as a result, MayC has been banned from participating in our leaderboards and Discord server.

TL;DR: This week, an incident occurred involving a member of the verifiers team, MayC. He physically threatened and defamed team members with extreme slander during a live stream on his Twitch channel. This behavior is unacceptable, and as a result, we have removed him from the team and banned him from our leaderboards and Discord server.

You can see the message log from the verifiers channel below. You can listen to MayC's rant on stream by downloading the audio here.