Hey Mountain Climbers,

So the other mods and I have been discussing the best way to go about timing the mountain climbing runs. It's been difficult to determine a way due to a couple of factors:

1. There is no solid "ending" point. For games like Table Tennis, we can take the exact frame the score 30/30 or 50/50 or 100/100 is reached and calculate the total time that way, but Climbing doesn't really appear to have that. We could just say to use the first frame that the text "You win!" appears on the screen, but none of the other ILs are timed that way. We (the mods) will probably just have to pick a reference point and use it, but it wouldn't hurt to hear your thoughts on what a good ending point would be.

2. There is something of an in-game timer. You can calculate the total time the run takes by subtracting the ending time from 1:29 (the starting time), but there's a few problems with that. A: The timer continues to count down, even when you've reached the top, going back to the issue with no definitive ending point. B: The timer does not include milliseconds, and runs are already coming down to them, especially in 86m. C: If the game is lagging at all, the in-game timer ends up counting down slower than a normal timer does, making retiming afterwords (to get milliseconds) essentially impossible.

The possible solutions I can see right now include requiring the use of an external timer (like livesplit) and ignoring the in-game timer; or requiring the in-game timer and rounding all times to the nearest second. We do want to hear what your thoughts are on this issue, so any and all suggestions are welcome. Thank you!

This run was submitted by cc33z, and unfortunately, since we do not have a TAS category and most likely won't be adding one, I had to reject the run. But I feel that it should get the recognition it deserves, so here's the video! I would highly recommend checking it out: