In an attempt to bring things more in line with other NES leaderboards, Western and J rules have been combined into a single category called any%. Western and J were basically the same category with timing differences and arbitrary rules allowed or banned. On a more minor note, with the new SR.com changes there is only about 3-4 categories visible without scrolling so now we can fit one more in. More importantly, there was an abundance of loading save states to skip the pre-run manip in Western, which is a huge advantage for emulator over console since you can do many more attempts in the same amount of real time.

TLDR: Western and J rules got combined into any% which is just Western+Turbo allowed+show pre-run manip if you use one.

In my opinion, this is an step backwards:

1st Doing this you make the run even more chaotic than the original two 2nd Nobody has even vote if we want this changue or not 3rd What was the problem? Even tho it is true is an advantage, it isn't impossible to get WR with console even tho is even harder. +There were 51 runs before the changue! The mods has just destroyed 80% of the category for "bring things more in line with other NES leaderboards" or what it really says "create a chaotic leaderboard"

Conclusion: This categories were already dead, there were a few people like me who run them for fun. Making this changue you only have created the death of Any%. And my enjoyment for this route. Btw I did get the WR which was 6:20.971

1st More chaotic? I don't get it, turbo makes the run more consistent and easier to hit the turtle fight you want and the goblin fights you want. More consistent = less chaotic. 2nd If there is a ruleset that is setup to be a big advantage for Emulator over console, this is a big problem that needs fixed. 3rd Nothing is destroyed, you're just being negative and illogical for no reason. The category is a meme and easy to learn and people will still run it because of this. Now it's faster, equally fair for console and emu alike, more consistent, and all in one leaderboard instead of two.

Savestates should never be allowed on leaderboards.