Hiya, just wanted to ask what the attitude was to using an emulator in this community?

I've never speedrun anything before and wanted to try my hand at DW3! It's a lot of prep work though (unlocking characters, weapons, good item rolls) so I want to make sure any potential runs I do were considered legal haha.

Hopefully this won't be the last time you hear of me!

Hi Tom, I'm not a mod but pretty sure as long as the emulator is running the game at normal speed it should be all good. I think some individual stage times on the board are on emulators here and there.

Good luck grinding! Getting good rolls by playing Wu Zhang on Hard is tough but could be decisive! Definitely recommend getting the golden saddle!

Looking forward to seeing some new times on the board :) Hodge

Okie dokie sounds good, and thanks for the reply!

Haha cheers, so Wu Zhang is best for grinding then? Noted!

Ah my personal goal beforehand was just to get a record, but after seeing what you've done to this game, I'd love to reach to point where you actually have a rival hahaha ;) Congratz on the sheer dominance so far! As mentioned though, I'll need time to catch up with my rather fresh save. Hopefully I don't forget about this new hobby and leave you hanging hehe ~

Hey Tom, sorry, I happened to drop off speedrunning a bit about the time you messaged! (moved house, new job, no access to PS2 etc) but as you might have seen, there's now 3 WRs held by another player and on emulator! I'm happy to see the competition, and I'd encourage putting up your PBs on the boards if you can be bothered, getting those Silvers and Bronzes when I was chasing down Shafter's times gave me motivation and a way to measyre progress, even on the toughest stages.

Hope you're good mate, and if you need to boost any character's defence, may I recommend normal difficulty, Siege of He Fei Castle (Wei) quite a quick one for getting a few +4s and +8s!