There has been discussion on the discord about changing our timing method for full episode runs to remove lobby time entirely as well as the loadings.

• It would facilitate the use of an auto-splitter for the game which is something the community has been wanting for a long time.
• It would make coop runs timing more precise by removing inconsistent pre-loadings in the lobby for certain players.
• Would allow for coop runs to not be invalidated if the game crashes or a disconnect happens during the run
• Would allow for a break in between levels ONLY for very long categories such as All Episodes DLC.
• It would also make it so the runner would only have to add together each level's time in their submissions, making full episode runs more accessible and attracting to new runners.
• Would make it a lot easier for console runners to time their runs correctly.
• Would make it so full episode runs would get verified faster since verifiers won't have to remove loads manually or double check for mistakes as often.

Feel free to discuss about this topic down below. This thread will be used to decide how we manage timing going forward. Feel free to also join the discussion on discord and also vote in our #polls channel. https://discord.gg/Z57PWYn5ZG

Edit (Trombonerist) - the poll is now closed for timing changes. The other bullet points regarding breaks are still being discussed. Feel free to respond here or on the discord server. We will be updating the new timing rules soon.

I totally agree on removing the lobby time. Also, looking forward to the autosplitter :)