Keep it up, King! Thanks for your continued work supporting this game.

Thank you for your clarity and forethought on this topic. Looks like our transition to the new patch will be very smooth.

All points here seems fine, will discuss any issues if they come up!

Beautiful last two moves post cutscene. Nice run!

He didn't interupt you with Desert Girasole which is nice. Good run!

What a cool strat! Love to see new stuff being used

```
Stage	Time
Moss-Head and Curly Brows	0:58:85
Endless Ambition	1:07:95
500 Million God	1:07:80
Any Marine that stands…	0:50:02
A Confused Captain	1:20:33
A Heart of a Maiden	1:03:76
The Biggest Incident Ever	1:00:65
Hope for Liberation	1:16:21
The Sin of Being Too Popular	2:20:07
The Evil Army Rules Over Evil	1:13:48
Grandpa's Wish	0:50:26
Operation Prevented	1:25:85
A Cyborg Beyond Human Knowledge	0:46:50
Tension is Mounting	1:59:31
I'm Not Letting You Get Away	3:48:55
Plan for Reemployment	0:54:70
Achievement	1:02:18
What is Justice? What is Evil?	1:00:75
Strength vs. Speed	1:02:96
I'm Embarrassed to be Human	1:15:51
The First Step to Destruction	0:59:68
Sword and Fist	1:10:75
Men Who Live Righteously	1:00:23
Harsh Winds and Strong Waves	1:00:78
Heedless Rush	1:28:75
Lightning Speed	1:02:07
Sophistication	1:13:61
The Greatest Evil of the East	1:29:90
Stone-Assimilation Man Pica	0:21:56
How to Live in This Ocean	2:32:13
Reigning Justice	3:17:38
Territory Control Mission	2:10:10
```

```
Total:  0:44:12.630
```

```
RTA: 1:10:11.000
```

1-1 3:35:04 Sanji
1-2 1:58:71 Buggy
1-3 0:21:25 Kid
1-4 3:08:13 Whitebeard
1-5 0:30:76 Yonji

2-1 2:12:70 Okiku
2-2 2:00:68 Mihawk
2-3 0:24:50 Hawkins
2-4 4:28:20 Kaido
2-5 5:00:28 Cavendish
2-6 4:00:15 Big Mom


3-1 2:15:56 Ace
3-2 3:50:23 Luffy
3-3 4:37:09 X Drake
3-4 4:38:31 Judge
3-5 2:50:23 Carrot
3-6 3:36:98 Crocodile

4-1 4:54:20 Zoro
4-2 1:42:68 Akainu
4-3 3:05:21 Bartolomeo
4-4 2:20:85 Smoker
4-5 2:51:93 Ichiji
4-6 6:09:58 Reiju

5-1 2:19:26 Nami
5-2 1:05:56 Franky
5-3 2:40:46 Kuzan
5-4 2:10:35 Blackbeard
5-5 3:28:41 Robin
5-6 4:42:81 Usopp
5-7 0:58:76 Kizaru

6-1 2:35:91 Oden
6-2 2:22:78 Doflamingo
6-3 7:50:86 Katakuri
6-4 1:23:66 Shanks
6-5 8:17:58 Smoothie

Total: 



0:17:65
0:972:0  = 16:12:0
94:0:0
+__________________
Total: 110:29:65 = 1h 50m 29s 650ms

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4

So with the Character Pass 4 coming out and the fact that if it is correct to the datamine it will include 2 new skills and potentially new stages among of course new characters. We will be monitoring the update closely and reserve the right to reject runs that include game altering bugs that weren't present before along with bugs similar to those found with Okiku and Oden where 1 or more moves aren't working as they did in older patches.

```
The Present Criteria for something that may be rejected is as follows:
1: A glitch that involves a ludicrous amount of damage that can one shot foes that are either immune to damage like 1-5 Crocodile or kill enemies in one hit despite apparent HP values. Think Ace dive glitch but stronger.
2: A Glitch that gives you really low HP. This would allow Maximum activation of Cheat Death on Easy mode stages which currently is implausible to do and such a thing would remove the need for any other character. Now this has to be a glitch so things like Urouge Giant Form making him take 10% of his HP is normal.
3: A Zip that moves much faster than what current characters can move or a OoB style teleport. Currently this game has very strong OoB protection. But if it happens that one is possible please run it by the mods first.
```

As with any of these criteria we are keeping an open mind to these tricks, but try not to horde them and then post a bunch of times using untested glitches that may be patched fairly quickly. If this kind of thing happens we will raise it to a community vote and see how it goes from there. On the topic of New Board spilts ect. I feel it would create a unnecessary divide  between current and old patch and make the board look empty until it would be filled out. If new characters and skills are far too extreme we may think of splitting but again a community vote would be held. Now by too extreme I generally mean that they vastly outperform characters in the game to the point where they should more or less be used everywhere. Current Whitebeard is like this but there are reasons to use a few characters and he was always part of the roster and thus it wouldn't make sense to ban him outright as he makes for a great speed character and isn't entirely omnipotent, mainly he is just fast and hits very far with No Grow C4.

Take care and thanks for reading! - Nighlin

Upcoming DLC and What it Means For The Board.

Song DLC such as the Anime Openings and Uta Soundtrack are likely to get striked for audio, especially in regards to the Uta Music. For this reason I warn against using them in run attempts and the run will be removed if the audio gets removed due to its inclusion.

With the inclusion of the Uta patch I will also look into the new skills and potential bugs. If anything notable is found I will edit this post with data about it and its potential legality. If you are curious what constitutes a "Illegal" glitch or tactic look at the "Upcoming DLC and What it Means For The Board" News post.

Current Glitches: 

Kaido VFX White Lightning (Legal)

Gear 5 Cinematics Ignoring Invulnerability (Testing, if it goes through cutscenes Invulnerability then it's banned) 

Cracker Duplication (Banned, can crash weaker consoles, and is too variable)

Regarding Song DLC and Glitch Allowance

We are hosting our annual ASF (Anime Speedruns Festival)! I myself will be doing my best to do a NG+ run with the final patch and try to show off as much of the new characters and content as possible. Things like Koby training might not fit but Yamato and potentially Roger's additional content are likely on the table. Please check out this link if you would like to submit or if you just want to see what kind of games we have for submission this year. Let your friends know if they are interested in these kinds of events. 

https://oengus.io/marathon/animes

Take care everyone and I'll see you in the New World! -Nighlin
